scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPUTER SIMULATION WITH THE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TOWARDS STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION, ACHIEVEMENT, AND COGNITIVE LOAD

2019 ◽  
pp. 131-139
Author(s):  
Nurul Ihsaniah Omar ◽  
Abu Bakar Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Electronic Circuit ◽  
Load Test ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
School Level ◽  
Task Load ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Nasa Task Load Index

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of computer simulation with the electronic circuit on students’ motivation, achievement, and cognitive load. The assessment is done through the post-test, Instructional Materials Motivational Scale (IMMS) questions and the NASA Task Load Index cognitive load test. This study discusses the development of LiveWire simulation also the laboratory worksheet for the LiveWire software that will be developed for the subject Design & Technology for Form Three students at the secondary school level. The evaluation of the LiveWire software and the laboratory worksheet that will be developed involves the evaluation of the usability and users’ satisfaction. The method of delivery using LiveWire is a systematic step in the exploration into the use of simulation for electronic circuits. LiveWire is also suitable and is capable of increasing the development of meaningful knowledge among students. This is because of the strategy of use of the laboratory worksheet in helping the students to explore into and master a simulation application, especially for novice learners.

scholarly journals Teacher Effectiveness of Some Selected Secondary Schools’ Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics Subjects: Implication for Sustainable Development Using Science Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
Adewale Owodunni Saka ◽  
Peter Aboyami Onanuga
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Teacher Effectiveness ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
School Level ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
And Mathematics

This study examined the teacher effectiveness of the selected STEM subjects’ teachers of physics, chemistry and biology at thesenior secondary school level in Ijebu North local area of Ogun state, Nigeria. All the fifty teachers delivering the selected STEMsubjects were observed using and adapted Teachers’ Effectiveness Observation Guide (r=0.7). The data collected were analysedusing descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that teacher effectiveness of the selected STEM subjects’ teacherswas relevant. The results also indicated that teacher effectiveness of chemistry teachers was the best among the three categoriesof teachers. Furthermore, the findings revealed no significant gender difference in teacher effectiveness of the selected STEMsubjects’ teachers. The study discussed the implications of the findings for sustainable development using science education. Itrecommended among other things that periodic training should be organized for teachers in all areas of teaching dimensions,particularly in the use of activity-based instructional materials for science teaching.

scholarly journals User Testing an Information Foraging Tool for Ambulatory Surgical Site Infection Surveillance

2018 ◽  
Vol 09 (04) ◽  
pp. 791-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean Karavite ◽  
Matthew Miller ◽  
Mark Ramos ◽  
Susan Rettig ◽  
Rachael Ross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Surgical Site Infections ◽  
Information Foraging ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Task Load ◽  
Infection Surveillance ◽  
Nasa Tlx ◽  
Nasa Task Load Index ◽  
Infection Preventionists

Background Surveillance for surgical site infections (SSIs) after ambulatory surgery in children requires a detailed manual chart review to assess criteria defined by the National Health and Safety Network (NHSN). Electronic health records (EHRs) impose an inefficient search process where infection preventionists must manually review every postsurgical encounter (< 30 days). Using text mining and business intelligence software, we developed an information foraging application, the SSI Workbench, to visually present which postsurgical encounters included SSI-related terms and synonyms, antibiotic, and culture orders. Objective This article compares the Workbench and EHR on four dimensions: (1) effectiveness, (2) efficiency, (3) workload, and (4) usability. Methods Comparative usability test of Workbench and EHR. Objective test metrics are time per case, encounters reviewed per case, time per encounter, and retrieval of information meeting NHSN definitions. Subjective measures are cognitive load using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Task Load Index (NASA TLX), and a questionnaire on system usability and utility. Results Eight infection preventionists participated in the test. There was no difference in effectiveness as subjects retrieved information from all cases, using both systems, to meet the NHSN criteria. There was no difference in efficiency in time per case between the Workbench and EHR (8.58 vs. 7.39 minutes, p = 0.36). However, with the Workbench subjects opened fewer encounters per case (3.0 vs. 7.5, p = 0.002), spent more time per encounter (2.23 vs. 0.92 minutes, p = 0.002), rated the Workbench lower in cognitive load (NASA TLX, 24 vs. 33, p = 0.02), and significantly higher in measures of usability. Conclusion Compared with the EHR, the Workbench was more usable, short, and reduced cognitive load. In overall efficiency, the Workbench did not save time, but demonstrated a shift from between-encounter foraging to within-encounter foraging and was rated as significantly more efficient. Our results suggest that infection surveillance can be better supported by systems applying information foraging theory.

The Effects Of Anxiety And Seductive Details On Cognitive Load And Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 1151-1155
Author(s):  
Ecem Olcum ◽  
Valerie K. Sims
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Seductive Details ◽  
Task Load ◽  
Transfer And Retention ◽  
Learning Research ◽  
Meaningful Relationships ◽  
Nasa Task Load Index ◽  
The Relationship

This research seeks to understand the interaction between anxiety, seductive details, cognitive load, and learning. Research investigating the seductive details effect in learning and anxiety with relation to cognitive load has not reached a consistent conclusion. Additionally, to our knowledge, no previous study has looked at the relationship between anxiety and seductive details. Ninety five college students read a passage about lightning formation either with negative seductive details, neutral seductive details, or no seductive details. Learning performance was measured with transfer and retention tests, and cognitive load was measured by using NASA Task Load Index. The results indicated helpful effects of negative but not neutral seductive details on problem-solving test for individuals with higher fear from storms. Results showed no meaningful relationships between the seductive details effect, cognitive load, and learning performance. Anxiety producing information, in small amounts, can benefit higher order cognitive processing.

scholarly journals Surgery Task Load Index in Cardiac Surgery: Measuring Cognitive Load Among Teams

2020 ◽  
pp. 155335062093493
Author(s):  
Lauren R. Kennedy-Metz ◽  
Hill L. Wolfe ◽  
Roger D. Dias ◽  
Steven J. Yule ◽  
Marco A. Zenati
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Task Load ◽  
Surgical Complexity ◽  
General Populations ◽  
Nasa Task Load Index ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

Background. The most commonly used subjective assessment of perceived cognitive load, the NASA Task Load Index (TLX), has proven valuable in measuring individual load among general populations. The surgery task load index (SURG-TLX) was developed and validated to measure cognitive load specifically among individuals within a surgical team. Notably, the TLX lacks temporal sensitivity in its typical retrospective administration. Objective. This study sought to expand the utility of SURG-TLX by investigating individual measures of cognitive load over time during cardiac surgery, and the relationship between individual and team measures of cognitive load and proxies for surgical complexity. Materials & Methods. SURG-TLX was administered retrospectively in the operating room immediately following each case to approximate cognitive load before, during, and after cardiopulmonary bypass for cardiac surgery team members (surgeon, anesthesiologist, and perfusionist). Correlations were calculated to determine the relationship of individual and team measures of cognitive load over the entire procedure with bypass length and surgery length. Results. Results suggest that perceived cognitive load varies throughout the procedure such that cognitive load during bypass significantly differs compared to before or after bypass, across all 3 roles. While on bypass, results show that anesthesiologists experience significantly lower levels of perceived cognitive load than both surgeons and perfusionists. Correlational analyses reveal that perceived cognitive load of both the surgeon and the team had significant positive associations with bypass length and surgery length. Conclusion. Our findings support the utility of SURG-TLX in real cardiac cases as a measure of cognitive load over time, and on an individual and team-wide basis.

The effect of algorithm teaching on the problem-solving skills of deaf-hard hearing students

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arzu Deveci Topal ◽  
Esra Çoban Budak ◽  
Aynur Kolburan Geçer
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
School Level ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Post Test

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the effects of algorithm teaching on the problem-solving skills of deaf-hard hearing students. Design/methodology/approach In this research, a pre-test and post-test problem-solving scale was applied to the single group (16 deaf-hard hearing students at a secondary school level) that had received algorithm education. Pre-test and post-test results were compared in order to see whether there was a significant difference among students in terms of their problem-solving attitudes. Students’ levels of performing the applications were examined through observation forms and their opinions about algorithm teaching were received. Findings As a result of the research, it was determined that implemented algorithm teaching had a significant effect on improving the problem-solving skills of the students. Originality/value Scratch training can be administered as either a compulsory or an optional course for hearing students as the Scratch programme offers the opportunity of teaching algorithmic reasoning with games, making the courses entertaining and giving students the chance to create their own designs which helps to improve their creative problem-solving skills and their motivation accordingly. Scratch teaching can be beneficial in developing students’ problem-solving behaviours and creativity.

scholarly journals An Experimental Study Regarding Impact of 7E's Instructional Model Based Instructions upon Student's Attitude towards Physical Education Subject at Higher Secondary School Level

2020 ◽  
Vol V (IV) ◽  
pp. 137-151
Author(s):  
Faheemullah Khan ◽  
Syed Zia-Ul- Islam ◽  
Faisal Islam
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Positive Response ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
School Level ◽  
Instructional Model ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Student’S Attitude ◽  
Experimental Group

Constructivism means the realization of knowledge in mind and believes that students should construct knowledge rather than gaining it. Students should allow observing, manipulating, hypothesizing, experiencing to generate result knowledge rather than feeding. Impact of instructions based on 7E's instructional model upon student's attitude towards Physical Education and its comparison between the experimental and controlled group at both pre and post-test phase was checked by using statistical package for social sciences version (24.0). It was yielded that an instructional method using 7E's instructional model has a significant positive impact on a student's attitude towards physical education subject. The experimental group show a more positive response as compared to the controlled group.

scholarly journals Colonoscopy Trainers Experience Greater Stress During Insertion than Withdrawal: Implications for Endoscopic Curricula

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeline Lemke ◽  
Alison Banwell ◽  
Natalie Rubinger ◽  
Michelle Wiepjes ◽  
Mark Ropeleski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase I ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Phase Ii ◽  
Simulation Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Task Load ◽  
Simulated Environment ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Insertion Techniques ◽  
Nasa Task Load Index

Abstract Background Optimal colonoscopy training curricula should minimize stress and cognitive load. This study aimed to determine whether withdrawal or insertion colonoscopy skills training is associated with less stress or cognitive load for trainees or trainers. Methods In Phase I, participants were randomized to train on either insertion or withdrawal in a simulated environment. In Phase II, participants were randomized to begin with either insertion or withdrawal in patient encounters. Salivary cortisol levels, heart rate, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) surveys were used to assess stress in trainees and trainers. NASA Task Load Index (TLX) survey was used to assess cognitive workload in trainees. Results In Phase I, trainee stress increased during the simulation training during both withdrawal and insertion compared to baseline, while trainer stress changed minimally. Cognitive load was higher for trainees during withdrawal (P = 0.005). In Phase II, trainers’ STAI scores were greater during insertion training (P = 0.013). Trainees’ stress was highest prior to beginning patient training and decreased during training, while trainer’s stress increased during training. Trainees reported insertion training being of greater value (70.0%), while trainers reported withdrawal was preferred (77.8%). Conclusion Trainees and trainers exhibit important differences in stress during colonoscopy skills training. Trainees reported more stress during simulation training and greatest cognitive load during simulation withdrawal, whereas trainers reported greatest stress during patient encounters, particularly training of insertion techniques. Attention to the effect of stress on trainees and trainers and the drivers of stress is warranted and could be incorporated in competency based medical education.

scholarly journals Language-Driven CLIL: Developing Written Production at the Secondary School Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Julio Chumbay ◽  
Janina Felisha Quito Ochoa
Keyword(s):  
T Test ◽  
School Level ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Written Production ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

This research study analyzes the effect the implementation of language-driven CLIL has on senior learners from Manuel J. Calle High School in Cuenca, Ecuador in relation to the development of written production in terms of Syntax, Content, Communicative Achievement, Organization, and Language compared to a non-language-driven CLIL classroom. There were 40 participants in the experimental group, and 38 participants in the control group. Learners from the experimental group received a condensed 35-hour intervention using CLIL. This study features an exploratory, mixed-method, and quasi-experimental research design. To collect qualitative data, an open-ended questionnaire was administered to explore the subjects learners preferred to study in a language-driven CLIL classroom. To collect quantitative data, a Pre and Post-Test based on the writing section of Cambridge Objective Primary English Test was administered. The data was analyzed through the Independent T-Test and Paired-T-Test to determine if there was a statistically significant difference present between the language-driven CLIL classroom and the non-language-driven CLIL classroom. The data was calculated through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). A survey was administered to collect data on learners&rsquo; perceptions about CLIL and then analyzed statistically. Results indicated that learners preferred to study History, Biology, and Spanish Language and Literature. Results also demonstrated that the experimental group also demonstrated improvement in all the examined parameters when compared to the control group. However, when results from both groups are compared, there is only a statistical improvement in Organization and Syntax.

scholarly journals Brain Based Learning and Urdu EFL Learners' Academic Achievement in English at Secondary School Level in District Vehari

2020 ◽  
Vol V (II) ◽  
pp. 135-144
Author(s):  
Muhammad Qasim Ali ◽  
Najam Ul Kashif ◽  
Muhammad Asif Shahzad
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
School Level ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Academic Needs ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Brain Based Learning

Current educational standards are changing dramatically to meet student's academic needs, and learners are at the heart of the educational system. The sole objective of the study is to compare the effect of brain-based learning teaching method and traditional teaching method on students' academic achievement in English at the secondary school level. For this study, the researcher has selected a convenient sample of sixty students enrolled in GBHS9-11/WB who took part in the experiment, and these were divided into two groups: one for control and another for experimental purposes through systematic random sampling. An academic achievement test was developed that served as both a pre-test and a post-test, and both were identical in content and administration. The study concluded that the BBL method is far superior to the traditional method of teaching for the subject of English. Native, foreign or second language learning is a social phenomenon, so brain-based learning teaching method provides socialization to the learner. Therefore, in contemporary forms of teaching, the BBL teaching method is far best for English as a subject.

Analisis Kemampuan Penalaran Matematis Mahasiswa Calon Guru Matematika Sebagai Kajian Evaluasi

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanifah Nurus Sopiany
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Mathematical Reasoning ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Good Reason ◽  
School Level ◽  
Real Analysis ◽  
Reasoning Ability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Secondary School Level

Penalaran matematis menggunakan pola pikir logis dalam menganalisa suatu masalah yang nanti pada akhirnya akan ditandai dengan aktivitas menyimpulkan atas masalah tersebut. Seseorang yang memiliki penalaran yang baik, tentunya akan berhati-hati dalam bertindak dan memutuskan sesuatu. Materi-materi pada kalkulus merupakan materi yang ada pada tingkat sekolah menengah yang nantinya menjadi lahan mengajar mahasiswa calon guru matematika S-1. Kemampuan penalaran yang dikaji mempengaruhi pembelajaran mahasiswa kedepannya karena berlaku pada matakuliah lanjut, contohnya pada kemampuan pembuktian akan selalu digunakan pada matakuliah persamaan diferensial, struktur aljabar, analisis  vektor, analisis real, dll. Sedangkan sebagai calon guru yang nantinya mengajar pada tingkat sekolah menengah, maka kemampuan penalaran ini menjadi salah satu capaian pembelajaran matematika bagi siswa sekolah menengah, maka oleh karena itu guru yang mengajarnya haruslah memiliki kemampuan penalaran yang baik. Analisis kesalahan sangat penting untuk melakukan evaluasi dan refleksi pada struktur soal maupun pada perlakuan dalam pembelajaran dalam upaya memperbaiki kemampuan penalarannya.   Mathematical reasoning uses a logical mindset in analyzing a problem that will eventually be marked by concluding activity on the problem. Someone who has good reason, will certainly be careful in acting and deciding something. The material content on the calculus is the material that exists at the secondary school level which will become the field of teaching the prospective master of math teacher bachelor. The reasoning ability studied influences student learning in the future as it applies to advanced courses, for example in the ability of proof will always be used in the course of differential equations, algebraic structure, vector analysis, real analysis, etc. While as a teacher candidate who will teach at the secondary school level, then this reasoning ability becomes one of the achievements of mathematics learning for high school students, therefore teachers who teach it must have good reasoning ability. Error analysis is very important to evaluate and reflect on the problem structure as well as on the treatment in learning in order to improve the reasoning ability.

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