Numerical Training Videos and Early Numerical Achievement: A Study on 3-Year-Old Preschoolers

Early numerical abilities predict later math achievement and could be improved in children by using various training methods. As the literature on the use of training videos to develop numerical abilities is still surprisingly scant, the aim of the present study was to test the efficacy of a numerical training video on the development of counting and number line knowledge in 3-year-old preschoolers. Far transfer effects to cardinality and working memory were also examined. The study involved 86 children randomly assigned to two intervention groups: a numerical training group exposed to videos on counting and number lines; and a control group exposed to videos on colors and animal names in a foreign language. After the video training, there was an improvement in the numerical training group’s counting skills, but not in their number line knowledge, and this improvement persisted six months later. The numerical training group also showed a far-transfer enhancement of cardinality six months after the intervention. Based on our results, numerical training videos could be effective in helping to enhance early numeracy skills in very young preschoolers.

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Near and far transfer: Is music special?

10.31234/osf.io/gtnza ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Emmanuel Bigand ◽

Barbara Tillmann

Keyword(s):

Active Control ◽

Musical Training ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Training Group ◽

Data File ◽

Control Group ◽

Transfer Effects ◽

Far Transfer ◽

Near Transfer ◽

New Evidence

Far transfer is rare to occur, and a recent meta-analysis suggests that music is no exception. The overall effect of musical training on cognition was claimed to be null when considering studies with active control groups or implemented randomization procedures (Sala & Gobet, 2020). Using the authors’ data file and program (https://osf.io/rquye), we did not confirm the effect of randomization, and we demonstrated that their conclusion is based in part on the failure to differentiate near and far transfer, with near transfer effect sizes being selectively excluded for the musical training group studies, but not for the active control group studies. Reanalyzing their data file resulted in a significant effect size (g = .234), and also provided new evidence that far-transfer effects of musical training can challenge near-transfer effects of linguistic training. Music is a recreational activity that may be special in allowing for small, but significant far-transfer effects.

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Comparing Training Methods for a New Interactive Whiteboard

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care ◽

10.1177/2327857916051001 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 15-18

Author(s):

Brenda Sitthidah ◽

Justin St-Maurice

Keyword(s):

Evaluation Model ◽

Interactive Whiteboard ◽

Control Group ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Training Methods ◽

Organizational Training ◽

Video Training ◽

User Training ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Training Control

The successful implementation of health information systems can be affected by various barriers ranging from technological, human, and organizational. Training is one of the most cited factors for successful implementation. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of various training methods. The first two levels Kirkpatrick’s Four-Level Training Evaluation model were utilized to evaluate the training approaches for four groups: No training (control), training through an instructional booklet, training through a video tutorial and super-user training. Following training, participants answered a questionnaire about their impressions of the training and were asked to complete an exercise with an interactive whiteboard. The questionnaire suggested that users preferred super-user training. Based on the results of the exercise, there was a statistically significant difference between training methods in terms of the number of correctly answer questions. Super-user and video training were significantly better compared to the control group. There were no statistically significant differences in the amount of time it took to complete the exercise. Based on these results, super-user training is recommended.

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Exploring Effective Training Methods to Improve Football Performance: Effects of Small Sided Games on Cardiovascular Endurance

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i2.15.12562 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (2.15) ◽

pp. 158

Author(s):

Zulakbal Abd Karim ◽

Muhammad Arif Hanis Abd Ghani ◽

Ali Md Nadzalan

Keyword(s):

Training Group ◽

Control Group ◽

Football Players ◽

Training Methods ◽

Post Intervention ◽

Cardiovascular Endurance ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Performance Effects ◽

Physical Abilities ◽

Study Participants

This study is aimed to examine the effects of small-sided game training on the cardiovascular endurance among football players. A total of 30 university football players were involved in this study. Participants involved in six weeks of small sided games training and Yo-Yo intermittent recovery level 1 test was conducted pre- and post-training intervention. Descriptive statistics, paired and independent t-test were conducted in data analysis. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the training group and the control group in cardiovascular endurance levels at post-intervention test. In conclusion, a small sided game training is a valuable training method to be implemented in enhancing physical abilities among football players.

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FC10-06 - Review the effectiveness of assertiveness training in reducing student depression

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0924-9338(11)73573-8 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (S2) ◽

pp. 1869-1869

Author(s):

Y. Seyednezhad Jeludar ◽

T. Ahmadi Gatab ◽

N. Shayan ◽

S. Shabani

Keyword(s):

Training Group ◽

Control Group ◽

Specific Situation ◽

Training Methods ◽

Assertiveness Training ◽

Rate Of Increase ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Approach Method ◽

Early Childhood Experience ◽

Spss Software

IntroductionInterpersonal approach to understanding depression, represents a kind of non-ideological stance is that the psychoanalytic emphasis on early childhood experience with an emphasis on cognitive behavioral stressful. Environmental stimuli mixed blends.ObjectivesEfficacy in reducing depression, assertiveness training students are.MethodsQuasi-experimental approach method with pre-test project - the test is compared with the control group and comparable Tools used in this study Depression Inventory is beck Used SPSS software For data analyzing.ResultsResults shown us that increased assertiveness training methods of cognitive and behavioral assertiveness are Also Assertiveness training group counseling on ways to reduce depression is effective in depressed students.And the rate of increase of depression assertiveness be reduced.ConclusionsExpressiveness of training practices Assertiveness in depressed student's increases Also Learn answers dare Certainly, anxiety and tension can be the specific situation before the break were cut.

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Flywheel or free weight training for improvement of lower limbs strength?

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation ◽

10.3233/bmr-200151 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

S. Arsenis ◽

A. Gioftsidou ◽

I. Smilios ◽

P. Malliou ◽

A. Chatzinikolaou ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Training Program ◽

Weight Training ◽

Training Group ◽

Lower Limbs ◽

Soccer Players ◽

Knee Extensors ◽

Control Group ◽

Training Methods ◽

Free Weight ◽

Angular Velocities

BACKROUND: New training methods are constantly used to improve the ability of skeletal muscles to develop strength. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of half-squat training with free weights and flywheel device on isokinetic knee muscle strength for well-trained amateur soccer players. METHODS: Forty eight players were randomly divided into three groups (n= 16 each): Desmotech Training group (DT), Free Weight Training group (WT) and one Control Group (CON). DT and WT performed an eight-week half-squat training program, with two sessions per week. The DT group performed training with a flywheel device. Isokinetic concentric-eccentric strength assessments of the knee extensors-flexors muscle groups were performed at different angular velocities (60, 180 and 240∘/s). RESULTS: The eight-week training program improved all the isokinetic joint moment indicators examined in the DT and WT groups (p< 0.01). The DT group achieved higher performances at all the isokinetic parameters examined, however, without statistically significant differences to the WT group. CONCLUSIONS: Flywheel-based exercise is an effective training method and is suggested to be used to strengthen the lower limbs of soccer players.

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Greater Power but Not Strength Gains Using Flywheel Versus Equivolumed Traditional Strength Training in Junior Basketball Players

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18031181 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 1181

Author(s):

Marko D. M. Stojanović ◽

Mladen Mikić ◽

Patrik Drid ◽

Julio Calleja-González ◽

Nebojša Maksimović ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Strength Training ◽

Training Group ◽

T Test ◽

Control Group ◽

Basketball Players ◽

Significant Group ◽

Sprint Time ◽

Change Of Direction ◽

Time Interaction ◽

And Control

The main aim of the present study was to compare the effects of flywheel strength training and traditional strength training on fitness attributes. Thirty-six well trained junior basketball players (n = 36; 17.58 ± 0.50 years) were recruited and randomly allocated into: Flywheel group (FST; n = 12), traditional strength training group (TST; n = 12) and control group (CON; n = 12). All groups attended 5 basketball practices and one official match a week during the study period. Experimental groups additionally participated in the eight-week, 1–2 d/w equivolume intervention conducted using a flywheel device (inertia = 0.075 kg·m−2) for FST or free weights (80%1 RM) for TST. Pre-to post changes in lower limb isometric strength (ISOMET), 5 and 20 m sprint time (SPR5m and SPR20m), countermovement jump height (CMJ) and change of direction ability (t-test) were assessed with analyses of variance (3 × 2 ANOVA). Significant group-by-time interaction was found for ISOMET (F = 6.40; p = 0.000), CMJ (F = 7.45; p = 0.001), SPR5m (F = 7.45; p = 0.010) and T test (F = 10.46; p = 0.000). The results showed a significantly higher improvement in CMJ (p = 0.006; 11.7% vs. 6.8%), SPR5m (p = 0.001; 10.3% vs. 5.9%) and t-test (p = 0.045; 2.4% vs. 1.5%) for FST compared to the TST group. Simultaneously, th FST group had higher improvement in ISOMET (p = 0.014; 18.7% vs. 2.9%), CMJ (p = 0.000; 11.7% vs. 0.3%), SPR5m (p = 0.000; 10.3% vs. 3.4%) and t-test (p = 0.000; 2.4% vs. 0.6%) compared to the CON group. Players from the TST group showed better results in CMJ (p = 0.006; 6.8% vs. 0.3%) and t-test (p = 0.018; 1.5% vs. 0.6%) compared to players from the CON group. No significant group-by-time interaction was found for sprint 20 m (F = 2.52; p = 0.088). Eight weeks of flywheel training (1–2 sessions per week) performed at maximum concentric intensity induces superior improvements in CMJ, 5 m sprint time and change of direction ability than equivolumed traditional weight training in well trained junior basketball players. Accordingly, coaches and trainers could be advised to use flywheel training for developing power related performance attributes in young basketball players.

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Effect of Resisted Sprint and Plyometric Training on Lower Limb Functional Performance in Collegiate Male Football Players: A Randomised Control Trial

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18136702 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (13) ◽

pp. 6702

Author(s):

Shahnaz Hasan ◽

Gokulakannan Kandasamy ◽

Danah Alyahya ◽

Asma Alonazi ◽

Azfar Jamal ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Functional Performance ◽

Group Analysis ◽

Training Group ◽

Control Group ◽

Football Players ◽

Plyometric Training ◽

Sprint Training ◽

Short Term ◽

Hop Test ◽

Collegiate Football

The main objectives of this study were to evaluate the short-term effects of resisted sprint and plyometric training on sprint performance together with lower limb physiological and functional performance in collegiate football players. Ninety collegiate football players participated in this three-arm, parallel group randomized controlled trial study. Participants were randomly divided into a control group and two experimental groups: resisted sprint training (RST) (n = 30), plyometric training (PT) (n = 30), and a control group (n = 30). Participants received their respective training program for six weeks on alternate days. The primary outcome measures were a knee extensor strength test (measured by an ISOMOVE dynamometer), a sprint test and a single leg triple hop test. Measurements were taken at baseline and after 6 weeks post-training. Participants, caregivers, and those assigning the outcomes were blinded to the group assignment. A mixed design analysis of variance was used to compare between groups, within-group and the interaction between time and group. A within-group analysis revealed a significant difference (p < 0.05) when compared to the baseline with the 6 weeks post-intervention scores for all the outcomes including STN (RST: d = 1.63; PT: d = 2.38; Control: d = 2.26), ST (RST: d = 1.21; PT: d = 1.36; Control: d = 0.38), and SLTHT (RST: d = 0.76; PT: d = 0.61; Control: d = 0.18). A sub-group analysis demonstrated an increase in strength in the plyometric training group (95% CI 14.73 to 15.09, p = 0.00), an increase in the single leg triple hop test in the resisted sprint training group (95% CI 516.41 to 538.4, p = 0.05), and the sprint test was also improved in both experimental groups (95% CI 8.54 to 8.82, p = 0.00). Our findings suggest that, during a short-term training period, RST or PT training are equally capable of enhancing the neuromechanical capacities of collegiate football players. No adverse events were reported by the participants.

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The effects of combined cognitive training on prospective memory in older adults with mild cognitive impairment

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-95126-z ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Yifan Chen ◽

Wei Zhou ◽

Zijing Hong ◽

Rongrong Hu ◽

Zhibin Guo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Executive Function ◽

Cognitive Training ◽

Prospective Memory ◽

Training Group ◽

Strategy Training ◽

Control Group ◽

Executive Function Training ◽

Encoding Strategy

AbstractThis study aimed to assess the effects of combined cognitive training on prospective memory ability of older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). A total of 113 participants were divided into a control group and three intervention groups. Over three months, the control group received only community education without any training, whereas for the first six weeks, an executive function training group received executive function training, a memory strategy training group received semantic encoding strategy training, and the combined cognitive training group received executive function training twice a week for the first six weeks, and semantic encoding strategy training twice a week for the next six weeks. The combined cognitive training group showed improvement on the objective neuropsychological testing (Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale). The memory strategy training group showed improvement on the self-evaluation scales (PRMQ-PM). Combined cognitive training improved the prospective memory and cognitive function of older adults with MCI.

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Multidirectional Overground Robotic Training Leads to Improvements in Balance in Older Adults

Robotics ◽

10.3390/robotics10030101 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 101

Author(s):

Lara A. Thompson ◽

Mehdi Badache ◽

Joao Augusto Renno Brusamolin ◽

Marzieh Savadkoohi ◽

Jelani Guise ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Healthy Aging ◽

Robotic System ◽

Control Group ◽

Support Surface ◽

Training Methods ◽

Robotic Training ◽

Balance Confidence ◽

Balance Ability ◽

Abc Scale

For the rapidly growing aging demographic worldwide, robotic training methods could be impactful towards improving balance critical for everyday life. Here, we investigated the hypothesis that non-bodyweight supportive (nBWS) overground robotic balance training would lead to improvements in balance performance and balance confidence in older adults. Sixteen healthy older participants (69.7 ± 6.7 years old) were trained while donning a harness from a distinctive NaviGAITor robotic system. A control group of 11 healthy participants (68.7 ± 5.0 years old) underwent the same training but without the robotic system. Training included 6 weeks of standing and walking tasks while modifying: (1) sensory information (i.e., with and without vision (eyes-open/closed), with more and fewer support surface cues (hard or foam surfaces)) and (2) base-of-support (wide, tandem and single-leg standing exercises). Prior to and post-training, balance ability and balance confidence were assessed via the balance error scoring system (BESS) and the Activities specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale, respectively. Encouragingly, results showed that balance ability improved (i.e., BESS errors significantly decreased), particularly in the nBWS group, across nearly all test conditions. This result serves as an indication that robotic training has an impact on improving balance for healthy aging individuals.

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Effects of multi-domain cognitive training on working memory retrieval in older adults: behavioral and ERP evidence from a Chinese community study

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-020-79784-z ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Xiangfei Hong ◽

You Chen ◽

Jijun Wang ◽

Yuan Shen ◽

Qingwei Li ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Working Memory ◽

Training Program ◽

Cognitive Training ◽

Local Community ◽

Training Group ◽

Event Related Potential ◽

Control Group ◽

Baseline Session

AbstractWorking memory (WM) is a fundamental cognitive function that typically declines with age. Previous studies have shown that targeted WM training has the potential to improve WM performance in older adults. In the present study, we investigated whether a multi-domain cognitive training program that was not designed to specifically target WM could improve the behavioral performance and affect the neural activity during WM retrieval in healthy older adults. We assigned healthy older participants (70–78 years old) from a local community into a training group who completed a 3-month multi-domain cognitive training and a control group who only attended health education lectures during the same period. Behavioral and electroencephalography (EEG) data were recorded from participants while performing an untrained delayed match or non-match to category task and a control task at a pre-training baseline session and a post-training follow-up session. Behaviorally, we found that participants in the training group showed a trend toward greater WM performance gains than participants in the control group. Event-related potential (ERP) results suggest that the task-related modulation of P3 during WM retrieval was significantly enhanced at the follow-up session compared with the baseline session, and importantly, this enhancement of P3 modulation was only significant in the training group. Furthermore, no training-related effects were observed for the P2 or N2 component during WM retrieval. These results suggest that the multi-domain cognitive training program that was not designed to specifically target WM is a promising approach to improve WM performance in older adults, and that training-related gains in performance are likely mediated by an enhanced modulation of P3 which might reflect the process of WM updating.

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