scholarly journals Enhancing Class IX Students Participants in Group Work in Chemistry

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Dorji Penjor ◽  
Galay Wangchuk ◽  
Lam Dorji ◽  
Sangay Dorji ◽  
Choki Wangmo
Keyword(s):  
Group Work ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Baseline Data ◽  
Heterogeneous Grouping ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Intervention Process ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Students Success ◽  
Difficult Subject

This action research has investigated ways to enhance students’ participation in group work in chemistry. It is observed that Bhutanese students participate minimally in group activities especially in science. Most   Bhutanese students shy away from participating or interacting in the classroom. To enhance participation and interaction, the curriculum experts developed the curriculum considering the need of every students in Bhutan in science. Research in Bhutan found out that heterogeneous grouping is an effective way to maximize students’ success and collaborative learning is effective for meaningful learning and in solving problems. Some researchers found that in Bhutan science subjects are seen as difficult for both students and teachers. Through our experience of being science student, we saw that many students do not like to study Chemistry because they believe it is a difficult subject. Aim of this study is to identify effectiveness strategies that teacher can use to enhance students’ participation in group work in Chemistry. This study was carried out with class IX students of Taktse Central School. We collected our data through observation and questionnaire. A tally was used to record their participation in the group such as the frequency volunteering to do presentation and taking initiatives in the group work. The data collection also involved survey questionnaire which consist of open ended questions.  Baseline data was collected and analyzed after which intervention strategies, such as allocation of group members and cooperative-learning methods was applied. After two months of the intervention process, post-intervention data was collected, analyzed and compared with the baseline data. The findings from this two sources reveal that students are more open for discussion and participation after the intervention process, and their initiative, contribution and understanding of contents increased. We were impressed by some student, who were usually quiet, shy and unsociable themselves to the teacher, became so close with us toward the end of our academic session.

scholarly journals 130 Improving Documentation of Bowel Movement on Geriatric Wards

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. i12-i42
Author(s):  
A Noar ◽  
J Parkin ◽  
R Hallam ◽  
T Wijekoon ◽  
C Walker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Work ◽  
Bowel Movement ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Baseline Data ◽  
Geriatric Ward ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Fishbone Diagram ◽  
Bowel Movements ◽  
Sustained Change ◽  
Ward Rounds

Abstract Introduction Constipation is a widely prevalent issue in older adults that may result in complications such as urinary retention, delirium and bowel obstruction. Previous studies have indicated that while stool charts are well completed by nursing staff, they are infrequently monitored by doctors. This project aimed to improve the documentation of bowel movement by doctors on ward rounds to 85%, by the end of a 3-month period. Methods Formulation of the project was achieved using group work and a fishbone diagram which focussed on how doctors can improve on documenting bowel movements. Baseline data were collected from inpatient notes on weekdays over a three-week period on a geriatric ward in Northern General Hospital, Sheffield. Interventions of posters and stickers of the poo emoji were placed on walls and in inpatient notes respectively as a reminder. Post-intervention data were collected on weekdays over two weeks, and then repeated a month later to assess for a sustained change. Results The data on bowel activity documentation were collected from 28 patients. The baseline data showed that bowel activity was monitored daily on the ward 56.25% of the time. There was a significant increase in documentation of 85.75% following the interventions. The sustainability study showed that bowel activity was documented on the ward 59.09% of the time. Conclusions This study shows how a strong effect on behavioural change can be accomplished through simple interventions such as stickers and posters. As most wards currently still use paper notes, this is a generalisable model that other wards can trial. However, this study also shows the difficulty in maintaining behavioural change over extended periods of time. Further PDSA cycles should examine the reasons behind the difficulty sustaining the change and implement new changes that aim to overcome them.

Working in Groups: The Importance of Communication in Developing Trust and Cooperation

EDIS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan D. Terry
Keyword(s):  
Group Work ◽  
Positive Experience ◽  
Total Group ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Group Members

Working together in groups can be a great experience or one filled with stress and anxiety. The success of group work depends largely on the trust developed among group members and the respect they show each other. When an individual has had a positive experience in a group, he/she is more likely to take risks, ask questions, and share ideas that will benefit the total group. This 3-page fact sheet was written by Bryan D. Terry, and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, August 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy1378

Facing Loss of Vision: The Response of Adults to Visual Impairment

1981 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna L. Emerson
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Reactive Depression ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Social Group Work ◽  
Group Experience

Short-term group therapy, using social group work, was utilized to treat the psychosocial problems of two groups of elderly low-vision clients and one group of young adult clients with low vision (N = 24). Group members showed psychosocial movement in three phases: shock, reactive depression, and readjustment. Evaluations measured the change in attitudes before and after group therapy. At the end of therapy, 17 persons, compared to none before the therapy, were at the point of self-acceptance and readjustment. Clinical examples illustrate the interplay of intrapsychic and group-experience factors leading to readjustment.

Group Writing: Student Perceptions of the Dynamics and Efficiency of Groups

1995 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet K. Winter ◽  
Joan C. Neal
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Writing Quality ◽  
Student Opinions ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Effective Group ◽  
Student Grades ◽  
Learning And Achievement

Understanding student perceptions of group work should help educators prepare students to be effective group members in the classroom and at work. This study ascer tained student perceptions of their learning and achievement in group situations. The following correlations were determined: (a) There was a relationship between student grades and perceptions of the writing quality as well as perceptions of the amount learned about group processes; (b) there was no correlation between grades and student opinions of the quantity of work achieved, the type of person who hindered the group the most, and whether the student enjoyed the group work.

scholarly journals Performance analysis and mentoring strategy of fish farmers groups in Muntilan Sub District, Magelang Regency, Central of Java Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 322 ◽  
pp. 05006
Author(s):  
Ina Restuwati ◽  
Achmad K. A. Munif
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Freshwater Aquaculture ◽  
Group Roles ◽  
Fishbone Diagram ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Performance Development ◽  
Diagram Analysis

The purpose of this research was to identify performance and determine the strategy for improving the performance of fish farmers groups in this area, which has excellent and dominant potential in freshwater aquaculture. There were about 131 fish farmers and 11 fish hatchery and rearing groups from this region's six research sample villages. The identification results of the fishbone diagram analysis showed that the fish farmer group's growth and development, in general, were still low, based on several dominant categories, namely infrastructure, fisheries extension performance, contribution performance, and the interests of fish farmers. In detail, the causes were: 1) insufficient facilities and infrastructure; 2) management in implementing fish farmers groups function has not run optimally; 3) the lack of fisheries extension workers; 4) the lack of contribution among group members; 5) relationship between fish farmers groups and local government institutions was still low; 6) fisheries activities were dominated by certain people; and 7) the interests of the fish farmers to form groups were still low. As the results of the SWOT analysis, the fish farmers group's performance development strategy was carried out by improving the performance of group roles and functions through mentoring and facilitating group activities.

scholarly journals Feasibility Study of a Menstrual Hygiene Management Intervention for People with Intellectual Impairments and Their Carers in Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (19) ◽  
pp. 3750
Author(s):  
Jane Wilbur ◽  
Thérèse Mahon ◽  
Belen Torondel ◽  
Shaffa Hameed ◽  
Hannah Kuper
Keyword(s):  
Small Sample ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Management Intervention ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene Management ◽  
Intervention Process ◽  
Hygiene Management ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background: The Bishesta campaign is a menstrual hygiene management (MHM) intervention developed to meet the specific needs of people with intellectual impairments and their carers. It was designed and delivered in the Kavre district, Nepal. This paper explores the campaign’s feasibility and acceptability. Methods: The Bishesta campaign was delivered to ten people with an intellectual impairment and their eight carers. Data on the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention was collected through: Structured questionnaire to participants before and after the intervention, process monitoring data, post-intervention in-depth interviews with all carers, observation of people with intellectual impairments, key informant interviews with all facilitators and staff involved in the campaign, as well as ranking of the perceived appropriateness and acceptability of campaign components by carers and facilitators. Results: The Bishesta campaign was acceptable for the target groups, facilitators, and implementers. It was largely delivered with fidelity. Participants used most of the campaign components; these made the target behaviours attractive and enabled participants to carry them out with ease. There were improvements across all target behaviours. The focus of this study was feasibility, not limited-efficancy; however, indicative positive outcomes from this small sample were observed, such as an increase in young people’s levels of confidence, comfort, and autonomy during menstruation. Conclusion: Within the sample, the Bishesta campaign appears to be a feasible intervention to ensure that one of the groups most vulnerable to exclusion from MHM interventions is not left behind.

scholarly journals Architectural character in conservation design projects

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 03008
Author(s):  
Salim Elwazani ◽  
Pooja Katara
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Cognitive Agents ◽  
Intervention Process ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Conservation Projects ◽  
Conservation Design

Embracing “character” as a form of spatial ambiance, this study has examined architectural character and the character’s relationship with the cultural values, building configurations, and building integrity. Considered sequentially, cultural values, building configurations, and building integrity are the three conservation cognitive agents that need to be satisfied before and during the intervention process in the first place, and in a post-intervention sense if to keep the heritage quality of the preserved property intact. Therefore, the study deciphered the character interface with each of the three agents and reflected on these interfaces in completed conservation projects. The study culminated with that the building character plays the central role in moderating the workings of the three agents towards successful conservation projects. The study further pointed out to the challenges that conservation professionals and historic architects face in accommodating character, and by extension, cultural values, building configurations, and building integrity in conservation projects. There is a need for defining and “operationalizing” character—and each of the three agents—to move the conservation process forward.

Reducing the wait time to initiate inpatient chemotherapy at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (29_suppl) ◽  
pp. 210-210
Author(s):  
Andrew James Wiele ◽  
Trung Nguyen ◽  
Onyebuchi Ononogbu ◽  
Kristyn-Mae Russo ◽  
Phat Le ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wait Time ◽  
Baseline Data ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Port Placement ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Pdsa Cycle ◽  
Time Stamps ◽  
Administration Time ◽  
Picc Line ◽  
The Impact

210 Background: Delays in initiating inpatient (inpt) chemotherapy (chemo) for planned admissions can decrease patient (pt) satisfaction and increase length of stay and healthcare costs. Our center, a community public teaching hospital, lacked clear standard operating procedures for scheduled chemo admissions, resulting in significant delays. We developed a process improvement initiative to reduce the pt wait time from admission to chemo administration (time to chemo [TTC]). Methods: A multidisciplinary team was formed to clarify workflows and identify root causes prolonging wait times for pts admitted to the inpt chemo unit. We implemented two Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles over a 6-month period. First, in early March, we collaborated with pharmacy and nursing to standardize the inpt chemo operating procedures and extend pharmacy’s evening hours for chemo preparation (prep) from 7pm to 9pm. Second, in early June, we implemented a Pre-admission Checklist that was visibly displayed in clinic for fellows to review with faculty, and began discussing pts scheduled for admission during the daily, multidisciplinary huddle that already occurred on the inpt chemo unit. Using the electronic medical record and available time stamps, baseline data was collected from November-December 2019, post-intervention data for PDSA cycle 1 was collected from March-April 2020, and data collection for PDSA cycle 2 is ongoing. Results: Root cause analysis identified late afternoon admissions and PICC line placements as two main sources for TTC delays. Hospital procedures also limited inpt PICC line placement between 8am-4pm and inpt chemo prep between 7am-7pm. Baseline data revealed 77.4% (24/31) of pts were admitted between 3pm-10pm, the median TTC was 20.4 hrs, and 6.5% (2/31) of pts had chemotherapy initiated within 12 hrs of admission (TTC < 12). Additionally, 56.5% (26/46) of pts had PICC lines placed during their admission, but 69.2% (18/26) of the pts with PICC lines were eligible for outpatient port placement according to institutional intravenous (IV) access guidelines. After PDSA cycle 1, median TTC decreased by 10% to 18.4 hrs, and 33.3% (5/15) of pts had TTC < 12. Conclusions: After standardizing inpt chemo procedures and extending chemo prep times, PDSA cycle 1 resulted in a 10% reduction in TTC and a 26.8% increase in the rate of TTC < 12. Although admission times cannot be controlled at this time, the impact of improving pre-admission planning, and specifically addressing IV access, for PDSA cycle 2 is currently being evaluated and will be reported at the time of abstract presentation.

Implementation Evaluation of a Participatory Ergonomics Program

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 2-688-2-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Allard ◽  
Marie Bellemare ◽  
Sylvie Montreuil ◽  
Micheline Marier ◽  
Johanne Prévost
Keyword(s):  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Intervention Theory ◽  
Participatory Ergonomics ◽  
Implementation Evaluation ◽  
Dynamic Vision ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
A Company ◽  
Primary Aluminium

This paper presents the results of an implementation evaluation for a participatory ergonomics project, in two plants run by a company involved in primary aluminium processing. The logbooks kept by the ergonomists, together with observations of project meetings and post-intervention interviews with Ergo group members, were the basic materials used in analyzing the implementation. The analysis includes a comparison between the projected and actual outcomes of the project, examines the contextual factors that explain the gaps observed, and questions the principles underlying the intervention. The results point to the need for ergonomists to have a dynamic vision of implementation evaluations, which will allow them to adjust and refine their intervention theory.

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