Interactive Self-Assessment Questions within a Virtual Environment

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Evans ◽  
Luis Palacios
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Memory Retention ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Multimedia Design ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Assessment Questions

This study considers the impact that different levels of interactivity have on the memory and understanding. In particular, it focuses in the use of interactive self-assessment questions (ISAQs) as a mechanism to help students learn better. An ISAQ is a computer-based multiple-choice or text-entry question that requires input from the learner, and provides feedback based on that input. This study extends some of Mayer’s (1990) multimedia design principles and considers their applicability in this context. The study also takes into account whether the incorporation of ISAQs has a measurable impact on learning as indicated by their performance in tests. The study considers three different types of ISAQs, designed to engage either memory or understanding, in an effort to determine which one is the most effective. It considers the effect of adding interactivity in the form of memory (retention) and understanding (transfer) self-assessment questions in a learning-object content management system used by undergraduate students at Brunel University in West London, UK. It was predicted that both types of ISAQ would increase the performance of learners in tests but with different degrees. The results indicate that transfer tests have a significant impact on retention.

Interactive Self-Assessment Questions within a Virtual Environment

2013 ◽  
pp. 218-227
Author(s):  
Chris Evans ◽  
Luis Palacios
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Memory Retention ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Multimedia Design ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Assessment Questions

This study considers the impact that different levels of interactivity have on the memory and understanding. In particular, it focuses in the use of interactive self-assessment questions (ISAQs) as a mechanism to help students learn better. An ISAQ is a computer-based multiple-choice or text-entry question that requires input from the learner, and provides feedback based on that input. This study extends some of Mayer’s (1990) multimedia design principles and considers their applicability in this context. The study also takes into account whether the incorporation of ISAQs has a measurable impact on learning as indicated by their performance in tests. The study considers three different types of ISAQs, designed to engage either memory or understanding, in an effort to determine which one is the most effective. It considers the effect of adding interactivity in the form of memory (retention) and understanding (transfer) self-assessment questions in a learning-object content management system used by undergraduate students at Brunel University in West London, UK. It was predicted that both types of ISAQ would increase the performance of learners in tests but with different degrees. The results indicate that transfer tests have a significant impact on retention.

Effectiveness of Interactivity for Enhanced Undergraduate Learning

2010 ◽  
pp. 359-375
Author(s):  
Chris Evans ◽  
Luis Palacios
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Enhanced Learning ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Assessment Questions ◽  
The Web

This study focuses on how Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) can best be used by Brunel University students to enhance their learning. The study considers the impact that different levels of interactivity have on the memory and understanding of the students. In particular, it considers the use of interactive self-assessment questions (ISAQs) as a mechanism to help them learn from an eLearning system. One mechanism that has been employed for over four years is the use of a bespoke multimedia eLearning system available over the Web to first-year undergraduates. A common feature of many eLearning systems is the use of ISAQs to allow students to evaluate their grasp of the material with a view to revisiting it if they feel it necessary. However, ISAQs are time-consuming to develop and implement. This case study considers whether the incorporation of ISAQs has a measurable impact on learning as indicated by their performance in tests.

Developing Interpersonal and Counseling Skills Through Mixed-Reality Simulation in Communication Sciences and Disorders

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Twyla Perryman ◽  
Carlie Sandefur ◽  
Chelsea T. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Counseling Skills ◽  
Clinical Simulation ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Simulation is increasingly becoming a valuable tool for training and educating students in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of a mixed-reality simulation on CSD students' perceptions of their ability to apply clinical and counseling skills. Additionally, this study sought to investigate the overall efficacy and acceptance of this type of clinical simulation experience for undergraduate CSD students. Method A total of 29 undergraduate students participated in a clinical simulation experience that used actor-controlled avatars in a mixed-reality simulation environment to practice collecting case history information and delivering diagnostic news to parents of a child client. All students completed pre- and postsimulation questionnaires that rated the impact of the clinical simulation experience on their confidence in demonstrating targeted clinical skills and their general attitudes about their participation. Additionally, five lead participants participated in follow-up interviews to gather data to best describe students' perceptions. Quantitative and qualitative data were recorded and analyzed. Results The majority of the students exhibited positive attitudes toward the mixed-reality clinical simulation experience and reported an increase in their perceived ability to apply several counseling skills (e.g., listening and selective feedback) following the session. Analysis showed that the perceived confidence levels on seven out of the 17 targeted skill items increased on the postevent questionnaire to a level of statistical significance and that the simulation experience was described as meaningful and supportive for increasing confidence. Conclusions Mixed-reality clinical simulation may be a useful tool for teaching interpersonal communication and counseling skills for students, including undergraduates, in CSD. Additionally, the use of mixed-reality technology in this study produced similar results seen with other clinical simulation methods such as standardized patients or computer-based simulations.

scholarly journals Personality traits of parents and problems behaviors of the children with intellectual disabilities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashutosh Kumar Santosh ◽  
Jai Prakash
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels

Background: The children with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) are known to exhibit different types of problem behaviors and significant limitations in their day to day age appropriate activities and adaptive behaviors. All parents of children with ID are not alike. They hold different personality traits, which are responsible for their behavioral expression. Therefore personality traits of the parents of children with ID have significant impact on the development of problem behavior of their children, Aims and objective: Hence the present study was conducted with the sole purpose of (1) to examine the types of problem behavior shown by the children with ID having different categories of ID and (2) to identify the types of the personality traits holds by the parents of children with different categories of ID (3) to examine the relationship between the personality traits of the parents and expression of problem behaviors of the children with ID. Hypothesis: •There is no significant difference in Problem Behaviors exhibited by children with different levels of ID. • There is no significant difference in Personality traits of parents having children with different levels of ID. Methodology: Sample: Sample consists of 45 parents (either father or mother) who have children with mild, moderate or severe level of ID and must exhibit the problem behaviors. Equal numbers of parents were chosen in all three groups through purposive sampling techniques. Research design: This is the cross sectional study where the impact of different types of problem behaviors exhibited by the children having different categories of ID was examined over the different personality traits of the parents. Variables: The independent variables are the different types of problem behaviors exhibited by the children with ID having different categories of ID and the dependent variable is the personality traits of the parents having children with ID. Research tools: Socio-demographic data were collected on the revised version of the NIMH Socio Economic Status (SES) Scale (NIMH, 1999). Problem behaviors were assessed by using Behavioral Assessment Scales for Indian Children with Mental Retardation (BASIC-MR) Part- B developed by Peshawaria, & Venkatesan, 1992. It measures ten types of problem behavior commonly found in children with ID. Personality traits of the parents were assessed by using Sixteen Personality Factors (16PF) questionnaire, developed by Cattell, 1967 &Kapoor, 1978. Statistical Analysis of data: Obtained data were analyzed by using Chi-square test and F-test. Software SPSS version 17.0 was used for statistical treatment of data. Result: Result indicates that violent and destructive behavior (F = 13.17), self-injurious behavior (F =10.41), and repetitive behavior (6.69) was found significant on 0.01 levels, whereas temper tantrum behavior (F= 4.67) and rebellious behavior (F = 3.62) was also found significant at 0.05 levels. These five types of problem behavior is present in ascending order in all three groups of children with ID (Mild, moderate and severe levels of ID). These problem behaviors are closely related to the parent’s personality traits of I (Sensitivity) (chi-square = 9.82, significant at 0.05 level) and Q1 (Openness to change) (chi-square = 11.58, significant at 0.05 level). Children of such parents were involving more in problem behavior. Those problem behaviors which was not found significant were misbehavior with others (F = 1.88), odd behavior (F=0.46), hyperactive behavior (F=0.48), antisocial behavior (F= 2.33), and fears (F= 2.25).

scholarly journals The Impact of Tertiary EFL Teachers’ Professional Identity on Job Burnout in Hubei Province China

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-105
Author(s):  
Jing Zhao ◽  
Siti Maziha Mustapha ◽  
Jun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
Job Burnout ◽  
Central China ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels

In order to explore the relationships of tertiary EFL teachers’ professional identity and job burnout, a quantitative survey was conducted on 565 tertiary EFL teachers in Hubei Province in central China. The results indicated that teachers with different educational background and teachers teaching different types of students experience different levels of burnout; Tertiary EFL teachers’ professional identity were significantly negatively related to their job burnout; The valence and self-presentation in professional identity can be used to predict teachers’ job burnout. Therefore, tertiary EFL teachers should try to enhance their occupational belongings so as to alleviate their current job burnout and promote their sustainable development.

scholarly journals Creating Content and Use Cases for Testing Semantic Correlation Rules in Content Delivery

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 02003
Author(s):  
Sophie Bischoff ◽  
Jule Fuchs
Keyword(s):  
Content Delivery ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Use Cases ◽  
Test Collection ◽  
Content Management System ◽  
Semantic Correlation ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Component Content ◽  
Correlation Rules ◽  
The Impact

Information retrieval (IR) systems like content delivery portals (CDP) help users to complete processes like searching tasks. However, these systems are facing difficulties like a lack of context or an abundance of content within the required information. An approach to solve this problem is the creation of microDocs with semantic correlation rules (SCR). The objective of this paper is to examine the realization of SCR in CDP according to use cases by focusing on the impact SCR have on the effectiveness of CDP for IR. SCR can be implemented in various creation systems. Furthermore, the paper focuses on the exemplary development of SCR in a component content management system (CCMS). Therefore, a system-based evaluation was conducted. In addition a test collection, following an ontology and a corresponding metadata architecture was created to evaluate the impact of SCR on CDP. The evaluation includes three systems, representing the different types of CDP. It uses methodology precision and recall, as well-fitting methods for the intended purpose. To conclude and finalize, testing results will be summed up, interpreted and the findings will be provided with an outlook.

scholarly journals Preocupações de Professores Supervisores de Estágio Curricular Supervisionado em Educação Física

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Luciane Costa ◽  
Jaqueline Silva ◽  
Vinícius Oliveira ◽  
Allana Cardoso ◽  
Rui Resende ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Initial Training ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Initial Formation ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Private Higher Education Institutions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Annual Planning

This quantitative study aims at analysing the pedagogical concerns of supervising teachers of the Supervised Internship in initial training in Physical Education. Twenty-seven teachers from public and private higher education institutions in Brazil participated in this study. For the data collection, the Pedagogical Concerns Scale of the Teacher was used, which evaluates the pedagogical concerns in the following dimensions: Self, Task and Impact. The results present an abundance of pedagogical concerns corresponding to the dimension of the impact of the teaching, being the main ones: to identify problems of learning of the students and to meet the needs of the different types of students. In the dimension of the teaching task, the most pointed concerns were the lack of a conscious policy of self-assessment and the lack of continuity in the annual planning of the discipline. Concerns about the personal aspect are not present among the highest pedagogical concerns of the trainee supervisors. It is concluded that the supervisors of internships concentrate their pedagogical concerns on the impact dimension of the teaching, necessitating in this way, the fomentation of strategies that improve their interventions and actions in the context of the supervised internship in the initial formation in Physical Education.

scholarly journals Fragmentation of Modern Artistic Narrative (English-Language Prose)

2021 ◽  
pp. 225-239
Author(s):  
G. I. Lushnikova ◽  
T. Yu. Osadchaya
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Different Types ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Specific Material ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels

 The question of the role, forms and functions of fragmentation of modern artistic narra tive is considered. The results of the analy sis of the fragmentary narrative of the works of contemporary  English-speaking  authors (J.   Barnes,   D.   Mitchell,   M. Cunningham, I. Banks, J. Franzen, S. Faulks, J. Eugenides, A. Smith, J. McGregor and others) are presented. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that in the modern literature of the postmodernist direction, nonlinearity of narration, deliberate mixing of temporal, local, descriptive and other layers are becoming widespread, practically becoming the norm. The novelty of the research is seen in the fact that the fragmentation of a literary text is studied at different levels — compositional, content-thematic, plot, ideological-figurative, genre, narrative, chronotopic. It has been proved that the forms of implementation of fragmentariness are quite diverse: irregular division of the text, heterogeneity of themes and ideas, lack of linear development of the plot, combination of elements of different genres, the presence of internal polystylism, the use of different types of narration and narrator, violation of the unity of the chronotope. The analysis of specific material showed that the functions of a fragmentary narrative are determined by each specific context, the leading ones being the impact on the reader, the management of his attention, the placement of accents according to the writer's intention, the creation of the impression of authenticity and reliability.

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