scholarly journals Training Teen Mothers as Motivational Interviewers: A Feasibility Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Yahne ◽  
Stephanie Jackson ◽  
Kristine Tollestrup
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Teen Mothers ◽  
Peer Mentors ◽  
Coding System ◽  
Training Strategy ◽  
Study Protocols ◽  
Basic Competency ◽  
Hispanic Teen Mothers

When teen mothers do not graduate from high school, they and their children risk a lifetime of negative outcomes. They face major economic and health difficulties, often repeated across generations.  To address this growing national concern that particularly impacts Hispanic teen mothers, we began by training young nonprofessional peer mentors in motivational interviewing (MI) to provide one-to-one support for teen mothers.  To our knowledge, young non-clinicians have never before been formally evaluated for MI competency.  Our preliminary investigation tested whether teen mothers who had succeeded in graduating could use MI effectively in conversations with their peers who had not yet completed high school.  The six peer mentors were able to attain basic competency in MI. Some of their demonstrated skills went beyond competency to MI proficiency as measured by the MITI coding system.  They also expressed their enthusiasm for the experience.  They fully participated in the study protocols and also maintained the spirit of MI throughout the study. These findings are being used to design a training strategy for the peer mentors that can be used in schools and clinics throughout New Mexico. The question we asked was:  “Can these young mothers, who have succeeded in graduating from high school, competently use MI to support other teen moms to continue their education?”  The answer in this feasibility study was “yes”.

Recruiting Immigrant and Refugee Arab American Mother–Father–Infant Triads Resettling in the United States: A Feasibility Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-148
Author(s):  
Dalia Khalil ◽  
Carmen Giurgescu ◽  
Dawn P. Misra ◽  
Thomas Templin ◽  
Arash Javanbakht
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Telomere Length ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Buccal Swab ◽  
Study Protocols ◽  
Hair Samples ◽  
Stigma Of Mental Illness ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Immigrant And Refugee

Background Recent Iraqi and Syrian immigrant families are exposed to stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms due to civil war. Recruitment challenges specific to conducting research within this population include the lack of knowledge about research, stigma of mental illness, and mistrust. Purposes Among immigrant Iraqi and Syrian families: (1) evaluate the approach to recruitment and retention; and (2) evaluate the acceptability of the study procedures. Methods This feasibility study was conducted based on the work of Orsmond and Cohn. It is focused on the evaluation of recruitment capability and resulting sample characteristics and evaluation of acceptability and suitability of the study procedures. Mother–father–infant triads were recruited from a community center. Parents completed questionnaires about stress and depressive symptoms. Buccal swab samples were obtained from the triads to measure telomere length, and infant hair samples were obtained to measure cortisol level. Telomere length and hair cortisol were utilized as measures of chronic stress. Results Ten mother–father–infant triads were enrolled out of 11 approached. Challenges faced this study included inability to reach families by telephone and the effect of cultural norms where the husband’s permission was needed before proceeding, resulting in a slow pace of recruitment. The study strategy and procedures appeared to be feasible as all of the families who participated completed all study protocols. Conclusion This study provides feasibility data to inform the launching of a larger study to examine the associations of family stress with infant stress and development. These findings from Iraqi and Syrian families may be generalizable to studies seeking to recruit these and other immigrant and refugee population families.

CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES OF INDIRECT WRITTEN FEEDBACK IN HIGH SCHOOL CONTEXT

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-73
Author(s):  
Yessi Widyasari ◽  
Yella Dezas Perdani ◽  
Gita Rahmi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Context ◽  
Written Feedback ◽  
Coding System ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Feedback Strategies ◽  
Problem Solvers

Indirect written feedback is crucial to be conducted since errors are unavoidable in the process of writing. However, many studies have been undertaken in university contexts. Thus, this qualitative case study was carried out to examine a teacher's indirect written feedback practices in senior high school context. The data were obtained from observations, document analysis, and semi-structured interviews through purposive sampling. The findings revealed that coded feedback was mainly used, supplemented by uncoded feedback and commentary. These imply that the coding system is effective in guiding the students to be problem solvers and independent writers. However, the teacher's inconsistency in giving codes emerged because of the use of a large number of codes. Thus, it is suggested to reduce the number of codes and provide sufficient activity to increase students' understanding of the codes. The results of the study are significant to help teachers adjust appropriate methods to teach writing. The results also give long-term benefits for the development of students' writing ability. For further research, it is important to analyze the effect of indirect written feedback strategies on the students' revisions as well as students' preferences on these strategies.

Training High School Student “Citizen Scientists” to Document School Water Access: A Feasibility Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 89 (8) ◽  
pp. 653-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Pinero Walkinshaw ◽  
Christina Hecht ◽  
Anisha Patel ◽  
Mary Podrabsky
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
High School Student ◽  
Water Access

Preliminary investigation of a multimodal enhanced brain function index among high school and collegiate concussed male and female athletes

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-449
Author(s):  
Tracey Covassin ◽  
Amanda L. McGowan ◽  
Abigail C. Bretzin ◽  
Morgan Anderson ◽  
Kyle Michael Petit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Brain Function ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Function Index

New York Basic Competency Examinations

1978 ◽  
Vol 71 (9) ◽  
pp. 767-768
Author(s):  
Fredric Paul
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
High School Diploma ◽  
York State ◽  
Basic Competency

Beginning with the graduating class of June 1979. students in New York State will need to pass basic comptetency examinations in mathematics and reading to be eligible for a high school diploma.

scholarly journals Integrating Cost-effective Rollover Protective Structure Installation in High School Agricultural Mechanics: A Feasibility Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Mazur ◽  
Stacy Vincent ◽  
Jennifer Watson ◽  
Susan Westneat
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Protective Structure ◽  
Agricultural Mechanics

The effect of a task-specific locomotor training strategy on gait stability in patients with cerebellar disease: a feasibility study

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 1002-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung-Jin Im ◽  
Yong-Hyun Kim ◽  
Kwon-Hee Kim ◽  
Jae-Woong Han ◽  
Sung-Jin Yoon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Locomotor Training ◽  
Cerebellar Disease ◽  
Gait Stability ◽  
Training Strategy

Helping Teen Mothers Succeed

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee SmithBattle
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
High School Graduation ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
School Support ◽  
Teen Mothers ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
School Graduation

Because the success of teen mothers is enhanced by completing high school, school districts should give high priority to supporting teen mothers to remain in school and to graduate. This article reviews the literature on the educational attainment of these students, their school aspirations, and the policies affecting their education. Although teens often begin mothering with a range of educational and social disadvantages, many teen mothers recommit to school to enhance their future opportunities. Unfortunately, rising school aspirations among teen mothers often are undermined by competing demands and the lack of consistent family and school support. School nurses can support teen mothers’ aspirations and contribute to their long-term success by linking them to resources and advocating for policies and practices that promote high school graduation.

scholarly journals Pengembangan Lembaran Kerja Matematika SMP Berbasis Pendekatan Metakognisi Untuk Meningkatkan Higher Order Thinking Skill Peserta Didik

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-153
Author(s):  
Yerizon Yerizon
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Development Research ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Thinking Skill ◽  
Three Stages

The purpose of this study is to produce a valid, practical and effective Junior High School Mathematics worksheet based on the metacognition approach to improve students' HOTS. This research is a development research using Plomp model with three stages, namely the preliminary investigation, prototyping stage, and assessment phase. The instruments used were questionnaires and tests. The results of this study is metacognition-based worksheet which is a) valid from the aspect of content, construct, language, and graphic, b) practical from the aspect of usage, time and readability, and c) effective from the aspect of improving the HOTS ability of students.

scholarly journals Developing Inquiry Learning-Based English Instructional Materials for the Seventh Grade of Junior High School

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Devi Safitri
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Inquiry Learning ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Basic Competencies ◽  
Basic Competency ◽  
Addie Model

This  research is aimed  to developing instructional English materials for the students of the seventh grade especially in basic competencies 3.5, 4.5, 3.6, and 4.6 at  MTs  Madani  Pao-pao  based  on  2013  curriculum  supported  by  using  inquiry  learning  model  and  using  the concept of HOTS in indicators achieved. The research design used in this study was Research and Development (R&D).  The   development   model   used   was   ADDIE   model. It consists of need analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The  procedures  included  analyzing  materials   needed   by spreading  questionnaire  to  the  students  and  analyzing  the  basic   competencies used, designing a  blueprint  of  materials and the instructional materials, and validating the material by the expert. There were 146 students as the respondents of 26 questionnaire questions. The instruments used in this research were the documents, questionnaire, and validation checklist. In this research, the expert was involved in order to validate the product. There were three systematic  aspects  that  they  validated  of  the product:  Materials  Systematic  Organization,  Systematic  English   Teaching  and  Systematic  Content  of  English.  Therefore,  the  result  indicated  that  based on experts judgment as well as  product  development  result,  the  developed basic competency  3.5  &  4.5  and  basic  competency  3.6  &  4.6  were applicable to be taught at the seventh grade students  of  Junior  High  School as topic in English for them.

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