scholarly journals Comparing Lab-Measured and Surveyed Bread Waste Data: A Possible Hybrid Approach to Correct the Underestimation of Household Food Waste Self-Assessment Surveys

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3472
Author(s):  
Shahin Ghaziani ◽  
Delaram Ghodsi ◽  
Gholamreza Dehbozorgi ◽  
Shiva Faghih ◽  
Yeganeh Rajabpour Ranjbar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Food Commodities

Among the common methods of quantifying household food waste, direct measurement is regarded as infeasible due to its prohibitive costs, and self-assessment methods tend to underestimate the actual values. This paper aims to propose a methodological approach to reach a compromise between feasibility and accuracy. Bread was studied, since it is a relatable example. The self-assessment method was used to survey 419 households in Shiraz, Iran, during 2019 to estimate household bread waste (BW) and to identify waste-causing consumption recipes (WCCR). These WCCRs were replicated in the lab, and the resulting BW was measured. The underestimation in the self-assessment method was revealed by comparing the survey results with the lab measurements. The underestimation ratio (UR) ranged between 1.24 and 1.80. The pattern of difference between these four bread types was similar among the survey and lab data. In conclusion, the lab measurements may estimate BW caused by the WCCRs more accurately. This suggests that URs can be applied to correct the underestimation in self-assessment surveys. Such an approach could provide the basis for further research on the development of cost-effective methods to quantify waste across a variety of food commodities.

Improving Lab Culture Through Self-Assessment: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soleil Hernandez ◽  
Raymond Mumme ◽  
Laurence Court ◽  
Daniel El Basha ◽  
Skylar Gay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Self ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Self Assessments ◽  
Team Project

Purpose: Motivated by perceived dissatisfaction within our lab’s changed working environment brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, we performed a self-assessment of our lab culture through anonymous surveys and live sessions. Methods: In Survey 1, we asked each lab member to identify and rank up to 10 values that are important for a healthy lab environment. They were then asked to rate how well the lab embodied those values at two time points: before the COVID-19 pandemic while working onsite, and at the time of the survey while working remotely (10 months into the pandemic). In a series of live group sessions, we reviewed relevant literature and the survey results to finalize ten themes. We then reflected on each theme and proposed action items to address any deficiencies. Finally, we conducted Survey 2 after the self-assessment to judge the group's finalized themes, implemented changes, and overall satisfaction with the assessment process. Results: Themes identified were attitude, accountability, teamwork/collaboration, communication, diversity/inclusion, emotional intelligence, integrity, training, well-being, and adaptability in crisis-management. All lab members liked the self-assessment process and felt their voices were heard. On average, there was a 1 2 % increase in satisfaction across all themes from the start to end of the lab assessment. Conclusion: We successfully assessed the culture of our lab and subsequently improved lab member satisfaction. The success of this team project suggests that other scientific labs could benefit from similar interactive self-assessments.

Evaluation of Physical and Psychosocial Well-Being of Personnel: Employees’ Self-Feeling and Presenteeism at Work

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-19
Author(s):  
M. Frelih ◽  
A. Fedorova
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Metallurgical Enterprise ◽  
Digital Service ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
The Impact

The article is devoted to the study of factors that have a negative impact on the well-being of employees in the workplace. Special attention is paid to the problem of presenteeism on the example of a large metallurgical enterprise. A review of foreign and domestic publications allows concluding that until now specialists do not have reliable and valid tools for studying the presenteeism phenomenon in organizations. The purpose of the research presented in the paper is to examine influence of the factors of the intra-organizational environment on the personnel well-being and assess the level of presenteeism at the enterprise. Empirical data were obtained by conducting a sociological survey of various categories of workers, as well as assessing the impact of presenteeism on the economic indicators of the studied enterprise. For the subsequent in-depth study of health problems in the workplace, the authors have developed a research tool based on the use of a digital service, which allows monitoring the self-feeling of employees by the self-assessment method, which determines the level of physical and psychosocial well-being of staff.

Self-assessment of Сompetencies as a Tool for Assessing the Effectiveness of Corporate Educational Programs

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-202
Author(s):  
M.M. Dmitrieva ◽  
S.V. Umnov ◽  
D.A. Podolsky
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Corporate Training ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Assessment Of Learning ◽  
Before And After

The existing tools for assessing the effectiveness of educational programs differ in the degree of effectiveness, applicability, and costs. The self-assessment method, which involves the determination of the level of expression of various qualities by students of educational programs before and after graduation. The method of assessing students' own competencies has significant limitations associated with social desirability. Nevertheless, the article analyzes the possibilities of using this method to assess the effectiveness of corporate educational programs. The results of using the self-assessment method to assess the effectiveness of corporate educational programs conducted in large organizations are presented. The possibilities and limitations of using various kinds of criteria for evaluating themselves by listeners are substantiated. The conclusion is made about the possibility of using the self-assessment method in the case of the focus of educational programs on the development of meta-competencies of managers. The article provides data on the assessment of learning outcomes, discusses the potential reasons for the differences obtained in the framework of projects, as well as the possibilities and limitations of using the self-assessment method to assess the educational effect of corporate training programs.

scholarly journals LOS PROCESOS DE AUTOEVALUACIÓN Y ACREDITACIÓN: SU INCIDENCIA EN LA GESTIÓN DE LA CALIDAD. UN ACERCAMIENTO POR MEDIO DEL ESTUDIO DE CASO. THE SELF-ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION PROCESSES: THEIR IMPACT ON QUALITY MANAGEMENT. AN APPROACH THROUGH CASE STUDY RE

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-156
Author(s):  
Javier Cox-Alvarado
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
The Self ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Study Case ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Estudio De Caso

Este artículo es un avance de una investigación, la cual pretende comprender la incidencia  de los procesos de autoevaluación y acreditación en la gestión de calidad en la Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), desde la perspectiva de tres encargados de carreras acreditadas, por medio de un  abordaje metodológico de investigación centrado en el estudio de caso.Palabras clave: Autoevaluación, acreditación, gestión de la calidad, excelencia académica, estudio de caso.AbstractThis article is an advance of an investigation, which seeks to understand the impact of self-assessment and accreditation processes in quality management at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), since the perspective of three directors of accredited programs, through a methodological approach focused in study case research.Keywords: Self-evaluation, accreditation, quality management, academic excellence, case study.

Household food waste quantification: comparison of two methods

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 (7) ◽  
pp. 1504-1515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathilde Delley ◽  
Thomas A. Brunner
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Compositional Analysis ◽  
Postal Survey ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Household Food ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Comparison Of The Results

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to quantify household food waste by using two different methods. A comparison of the results highlights a divergence between the perceived contribution to the problem and more objective measurements.Design/methodology/approachSelf-reported quantities, collected by means of a postal survey sent out to a random sample of the French- and German-speaking Swiss population, were compared to extrapolations from a national waste compositional analysis report.FindingsThe results of the self-reported survey showed 8.9 kg of avoidable and possibly avoidable household food waste per capita per year, whereas calculations based on the second method resulted in a total of 89.4 kg of mostly avoidable household food waste per capita per year.Research limitations/implicationsThis striking tenfold discrepancy between the two sets of results highlights the extent of under-reporting in self-assessment and speaks in favour of using more objective methods to quantify food waste, building on the example of the second method used in this study.Practical implicationsThe discrepancy highlighted here could be used as a hook in an awareness-raising campaign to highlight everyone’s contribution to the food waste issue and encourage citizens to reconsider their behaviour and adopt recommended behavioural changes.Originality/valueBy highlighting the divergence between self-reported and actual waste management facts and figures, this paper justifies the need to develop measures to encourage citizens to reconsider their attitudes and practices.

scholarly journals Enhancing Student Motivation in Secondary School Mathematics Courses: A Methodological Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vergara ◽  
Fernández ◽  
Lorenzo
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Student Motivation ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Specific Content ◽  
Mathematics Courses ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Subject

In this paper, a teaching experience carried out within the framework of the subject of mathematics is presented. This subject is taught at several levels in secondary schools. In addition to some specific content related with mathematics (percentages, fractions, graphics, and bank interest), the methodology is designed in order to enhance the development of transversal skills (e.g., oral exposition, poster design and presentation, the analysis of social inequalities, etc.). Survey results based on the responses from over 110 students across four consecutive years, as well as the teacher’s self-assessment, indicate that the proposed methodology enhanced the students’ motivation and was helpful for developing mathematical content in a more pleasant way than in a conventional class based on a master class and problem-solving class.

scholarly journals Kockázatvállalási tendenciák a profi sportolóknál versus kockázatvállalás a munkahelyen

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eszter Dorottya Új ◽  
Balázs Őrsi ◽  
Csilla Csukonyi
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Real Performance

Kockázatvállalás területében számtalan elméletalkotó vizsgálódott. Általánosságban azt találták, hogy az emberek jobb szeretik elkerülni azokat a helyzeteket, melyek nagymértékű rizikófaktorral rendelkeznek. Döntéseik során inkább a biztos, kockázatmentes választást részesítik előnyben. Azonban az ismeretlen kimenetelű szituációk hatással lehetnek rájuk. Jelen kutatás során kérdőíves és teszteléses módszerek segítségével figyeltük meg a kockázatvállalási hajlandóság alakulását olyan változók hatására, mint kimenetel ismerete, vagy önbevallásos módszerrel meghatározott szakértelem. Az eredményekből látszik, hogy bár nincs összefüggés a Dospert kérdőíven elért pontszám és a kockázatvállalási hajlandóság között, azonban bármely nagyságú kockázat vállalása esetén az önmagukat szakértőnek vallók jobban meg tudták tippelni valós teljesítményüket.Several theoreticians have examined the issues of taking risks. In general, they found that people prefer avoiding the situations implying factors of high risk. In their decisions, they prefer secure choices lacking risks. However, situations of unknown outcome may have an impact on them. By means of queries and tests, in the presented research we have examined the changes in the willingness to take risks caused by variables like knowledge of the outcome or expertise defined by the self-assessment method. From the results we can see that although there is no correspondence between the number of points gained in the Dospert query and the readiness to take risks, those assessing themselves as experts are able to predict their real performance better in case of risks of any size.

scholarly journals Snap-Send-Share-Story: A Methodological Approach to Understanding Urban Residents’ Household Food Waste Group Stories in The Hague (Netherlands)

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 160940692098132
Author(s):  
Ann (Ann) Trevenen-Jones ◽  
Min J. Cho ◽  
Jyothi Thrivikraman ◽  
Daniela Vicherat Mattar
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Photo Elicitation ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Household Food ◽  
The Hague ◽  
Ecological Action

Rich understandings of the phenomenon, urban household food waste (HFW), are critical to realizing the vision of sustainable, inclusive human settlement. In 2018/19, an exploratory study of HFW perceptions and practices of a diversity of urban residents, was conducted in the Bezuidenhout neighborhood, The Hague (Netherlands). Nineteen participants, communicating in one of three languages, as per their preference, participated through-out this visually enhanced study. The sequential “Snap-Send-Share-Story” qualitative, participatory action research (PAR) inspired methodology, employed in the study, is introduced in this paper. Focus groups (“Story”) which resourced and followed photovoice individual interviews (“Snap-Send-Share”) are principally emphasized. Three focus groups were conducted viz. Dutch (n = 7), English (n = 7) and Arabic (n = 5), within a narrative, photo elicitation style. Explicit and tacit, sensitive, private and seemingly evident yet hard to succinctly verbalize interpretations of HFW—shared and contested—were expressed through group stories. Participants accessed a stream of creativity, from photographing HFW in the privacy of their homes to co-constructing stories in the social research space of focus groups. Stories went beyond the content of the photographs to imagine zero HFW. This approach encouraged critical interaction, awareness of HFW, reflexive synthesis of meaning and deliberations regard social and ecological action.

Implementasi Metode Self-Assesment untuk Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Matematika Siswa Kelas XI IPA SMA Negeri I Banyumas pada Masa Pandemi COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-288
Author(s):  
Anisa Septi Bayuningsih ◽  
Abd. Haq ◽  
Bayu Bagus Riyandiarto
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Linear Program ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Assessment Sheet ◽  
Class Average

The purpose of this study is to determine an increasement in student learning outcomes in mathematics learning using the Self-Assessment method in class XI MIPA 2 students, totaling 36 students in Linear Program material at SMA Negeri I Banyumas. This research is a Classroom Action Research (CAR) which consists of four steps in the cycle, namely Planning, Action, Observing, and Reflecting. Data collection and analysis techniques were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The test result obtained in the first cycle obtained a class average of 67.05 and a percentage of completeness of 50%. From the Self-Assessment sheet, it is known that students' difficulties are determining the area of completion and modeling the problem into a linear program, so it is necessary to do cycle II to improve student learning outcomes. From the test results in cycle II, it was found that the class average increased to 75.56. Students' learning completeness increased from previously only 50% of students who completed to 70%. The findings of student difficulties written on the Self-Assessment sheet are still dominated by modeling the problem and its objective function. The conclusion from this research is that the implementation of the Self-Assessment method shows an increase in student learning outcomes.

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