The Impact of a Summer Sports Camp for Children with Visual Impairments on the Self-Efficacy of Physical Education Pre-Service Teachers: A Pilot Study

This study examined the perceptions of competence of 43 children with visual impairments who were attending a summer sports camp. It found there were meaningful differences in the perceived competence of the girls, but not the boys, after they attended the camp, and no differences in the perceptions of competence with age.

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The Effects of Trained Peer Tutors on the Physical Education of Children who are Visually Impaired

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness ◽

10.1177/0145482x0710100604 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 101 (6) ◽

pp. 339-350 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Brian Wiskochil ◽

Lauren J. Lieberman ◽

Cathy Houston-Wilson ◽

Susan Petersen

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

Visual Impairments ◽

Academic Learning ◽

Peer Tutors ◽

Learning Time ◽

Academic Learning Time ◽

Children With Visual Impairments

This study examined the effect of trained peer tutors on the academic learning time–physical education (ALT-PE) scores of children with visual impairments. It found a mean increase of 20.8% for ALT-PE and increases in ALT-PE scores for closed and open skills and that trained peer tutors were more effective than were untrained peer tutors.

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The Impact of Science-Fiction Movies on the Self- Efficacy Perceptions of Their Science Literacy of Science Teacher Candidates

Educational Sciences Theory & Practice ◽

10.12738/estp.2017.5.0058 ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

Science Teacher ◽

Science Fiction ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

Science Literacy ◽

The Self ◽

The Impact

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Preservice Physical Educators’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs Toward Inclusion: The Impact of Coursework and Practicum

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly ◽

10.1123/apaq.2013-0112 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 49-67 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Andrea R. Taliaferro ◽

Lindsay Hammond ◽

Kristi Wyant

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Efficacy Beliefs ◽

Adapted Physical Education ◽

Physical Educators ◽

Physical Education Teacher ◽

Physical Education Teacher Education ◽

Midwestern University ◽

Disability Categories ◽

The Impact

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of completion of an adapted physical education (APE) course with an associated on-campus practicum on preservice physical educators’ self-efficacy beliefs toward the inclusion of individuals with specific disabilities (autism, intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, and visual impairments). Preservice students in physical education teacher education (N = 98) at a large U.S. Midwestern university enrolled in 1 of 2 separate 15-wk APE courses with an associated 9-wk practicum experience were surveyed at the beginning, middle, and conclusion of each course. Results of 4 separate 2-factor fixed-effect split-plot ANOVAs revealed significant improvements in self-efficacy beliefs from Wk 1 to Wk 8 and from Wk 1 to Wk 15 across all disability categories. Significant differences between courses were found only for autism in Time 1.

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Young adolescents’ engagement in dietary behaviour – the impact of gender, socio-economic status, self-efficacy and scientific literacy. Methodological aspects of constructing measures in nutrition literacy research using the Rasch model

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980014003152 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 18 (14) ◽

pp. 2565-2574 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Øystein Guttersrud ◽

Kjell Sverre Petterson

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

Field Test ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Scientific Literacy ◽

Economic Status ◽

The Self ◽

Dietary Behaviour ◽

Socio Economic Status ◽

Tenth Grade ◽

The Impact

AbstractObjectiveThe present study validates a revised scale measuring individuals’ level of the ‘engagement in dietary behaviour’ aspect of ‘critical nutrition literacy’ and describes how background factors affect this aspect of Norwegian tenth-grade students’ nutrition literacy.DesignData were gathered electronically during a field trial of a standardised sample test in science. Test items and questionnaire constructs were distributed evenly across four electronic field-test booklets. Data management and analysis were performed using the RUMM2030 item analysis package and the IBM SPSS Statistics 20 statistical software package.SettingStudents responded on computers at school.SubjectsSeven hundred and forty tenth-grade students at twenty-seven randomly sampled public schools were enrolled in the field-test study. The engagement in dietary behaviour scale and the self-efficacy in science scale were distributed to 178 of these students.ResultsThe dietary behaviour scale and the self-efficacy in science scale came out as valid, reliable and well-targeted instruments usable for the construction of measurements.ConclusionsGirls and students with high self-efficacy reported higher engagement in dietary behaviour than other students. Socio-economic status and scientific literacy – measured as ability in science by applying an achievement test – did not correlate significantly different from zero with students’ engagement in dietary behaviour.

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Salivary Cortisol Levels and Depressive Symptomatology in Consumers and Nonconsumers of Self-Help Books: A Pilot Study

Neural Plasticity ◽

10.1155/2016/3136743 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 1-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Catherine Raymond ◽

Marie-France Marin ◽

Anne Hand ◽

Shireen Sindi ◽

Robert-Paul Juster ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Salivary Cortisol ◽

Depressive Symptomatology ◽

Book Industry ◽

Secondary Analysis ◽

The Self ◽

Cortisol Reactivity ◽

Self Help ◽

Cortisol Levels ◽

The Impact

The self-help industry generates billions of dollars yearly in North America. Despite the popularity of this movement, there has been surprisingly little research assessing the characteristics of self-help books consumers, and whether this consumption is associated with physiological and/or psychological markers of stress. The goal of this pilot study was to perform the first psychoneuroendocrine analysis of consumers of self-help books in comparison to nonconsumers. We tested diurnal and reactive salivary cortisol levels, personality, and depressive symptoms in 32 consumers and nonconsumers of self-help books. In an explorative secondary analysis, we also split consumers of self-help books as a function of their preference for problem-focusedversusgrowth-oriented self-help books. The results showed that while consumers of growth-oriented self-help books presented increased cortisol reactivity to a psychosocial stressor compared to other groups, consumers of problem-focused self-help books presented higher depressive symptomatology. The results of this pilot study show that consumers with preference for either problem-focused or growth-oriented self-help books present different physiological and psychological markers of stress when compared to nonconsumers of self-help books. This preliminary study underlines the need for additional research on this issue in order to determine the impact the self-help book industry may have on consumers’ stress.

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Peer-Led Culinary Skills Intervention for Adolescents: Pilot Study of the Impact on Knowledge, Attitude, and Self-efficacy

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.jneb.2017.07.006 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 49 (10) ◽

pp. 852-857.e1 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Amanda R. Oakley ◽

Sarah A. Nelson ◽

Sharon M. Nickols-Richardson

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

The Impact

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CLIL approach in encouraging self-efficacy amongst Malaysian gifted students for Arabic tasks accomplishment

Dil ve Dilbilimi Çalışmaları Dergisi ◽

10.52462/jlls.69 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 1001-1012

Author(s):

Mohd Sham Kamis ◽

Md Jais Ismail ◽

Muhammad Nazir Alias ◽

Damien Mikeng ◽

Syahrul Ghani Zainal Abidin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Gifted Students ◽

Verbal Report ◽

The Self ◽

The Internet ◽

Research Questions ◽

The Individual ◽

Classroom Task

CLIL approach refers to Content and Language Integrated Learning. This paper discusses the self-efficacy of Malaysian Gifted Students (MGS) at GENIUS@Pintar Negara in understanding Arabic tasks in the classroom, for example, understanding the Arabic terms in the lesson of Haji. These terms are; a) dam tertib and takdir, b) dam tertib and ta’dil, c) dam takhyir and takdir, d) dam takhyir and ta’dil. Besides, by employing the CLIL, the MGS can improve themselves because the CLIL approach encourages their self-efficacy to completely deal with the language task. The present study employs; qualitative study by using an interview, verbal report, and observation. This method is an instrument to answer two research questions. a) How the individual of MGS adapts his/ her situation to understand the four Arabic terms of the dam in Haji after undergo the three principles stages of classroom task in CLIL? b) What is the best method to memorize the four Arabic terms of the dam in Haji? In this study, three participants took part in the pilot study, and seven participants took part in the actual study. The present study revealed that the MGS in the Pusat GENIUS@Pintar Negara prefer to be independent learners by using the internet to understand the four Arabic terms and memorize by using keywords related to the four Arabic terms in performing Haji.

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