Exergames como alternativa pedagógica motivadora nas aulas de Educação Física: Uma revisão integrativa

Esta revisão integrativa da literatura objetivou analisar os exergames como possibilidade de recurso pedagógico motivador para o aumento da prática de exercícios físicos e gasto energético nas aulas de Educação Física. Foram utilizados os descritores “Educação Física”, “exergames”, “videogames”, “jogos eletrônicos” e “inclusão”, nas bases de dados eletrônicas MedLine (via PubMed), ERIC, Scopus, SciELO, Redalyc, Campbell Collaboration e Google Scholar. Foram selecionados 16 artigos originais indexados pelo Qualis Periódicos (nove em português e sete em inglês), categorizados em exergames e a influência motivadora; exergames e gasto energético; exergames e alunos com deficiência. Os resultados indicaram que o uso dos exergames como intervenção pode ser uma alternativa pedagógica motivadora e ferramenta de aumento do gasto energético na prática de exercícios físicos nas aulas de Educação Física, pois abarcam o movimento corporal conjugado à ludicidade e incitação, sendo bem aceito pelos alunos sem ou com deficiência. Compreende-se que o caráter do divertimento que os exergames apresentam podem ser um dispositivo facilitador. O mundo fantasioso criado pela ludicidade dos jogos digitais, que requerem realização de atividades físicas, possibilita aumentar o gasto energético e colabora na aprendizagem e desenvolvimento motor.

Evidence and gap maps: Using maps to support evidence-based development

Evidence mapping began in the early 2000s and has taken off in the last ten years, notably with the innovation of an online interactive visual Evidence and Gap Map by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) and the different types of maps produced by the Campbell Collaboration. In the CEDIL Methods brief, ‘Evidence and gap maps: Using maps to support evidence-based development’, Howard White, Research Director, CEDIL, describes what evidence and gap maps are, what sort of evidence is being mapped, and the various ways in which these maps are being used and how you can commission one.

Focal Concerns and Police Decision Making in Sexual Assault Cases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sexual assault and case attrition at the arrest stage are serious problems in the United States. Focal concerns have increasingly been used to explain police decision making in sexual assault cases. Because of the popularity of the focal concerns perspective and potential to inform evidence-based training, a systematic review and meta-analysis are needed to condense the literature. In this study, we assess the overall strength of the relationship between focal concerns variables and police decisions to arrest in cases of sexual assault. Our assessment of the effects of focal concerns variables on arrest decision making in sexual assault cases followed the systematic review protocols provided by the Campbell Collaboration of Systematic Reviews. Specifically, we used the Campbell Collaboration recommendations to search empirical literature and used meta-analysis to evaluate the size, direction, and strength of the impact of focal concerns variables on arrest decisions. Our search strategy detected 14 eligible studies and 79 effect sizes. The meta-analysis found several robust and statistically significant correlates of arrest. In fact, each focal concerns concept produced at least one robust arrest correlate. Overall, focal concerns offers a strong approach for explaining police decisions in sexual assault cases. Although practical concerns and resource constraints produced the strongest arrest correlates, results show the importance of additional case characteristics in officers’ decision to arrest.

The collaboration and reporting quality of social welfare systematic reviews in the Campbell Collaboration online library

Background To analyze the collaboration and reporting quality of the systematic reviews of social welfare in the Campbell collaboration online library. Methods The Campbell collaboration online library was searched for systematic reviews of social welfare and the basic information extracted in order to assess the reporting quality of systematic reviews using a MOOSE checklist. BICOMS-2 and UCINET software were used to produce the social network, and Comprehensive Meta Analysis (Version 2) and STATA 13.0 were used to analyze the related data. Results Fifty-seven systematic reviews of social welfare were included. Twenty-eight items of the included social welfare systematic reviews were rated as complete (≥70%). There were significant differences between ≤2013 and ≥ 2014 in five items. These differences were as follows: research published by one organization or more than one organization in one item, more than three authors or less than four authors in two items, and one country or more than one country in six items. It’s completed about researches with more than one organization, three authors or more than one country. Some items were found to have a low reporting rate of studies published before 2014, by one organization, with less than four authors or one country, respectively. The social network of authors and organizations showed good collaboration. Conclusions Some items could be further improved with regard to the rate of reporting systematic reviews of social welfare in the Campbell collaboration online library. This could improve the overall quality of social welfare systematic reviews.

Avaliação de programas de intervenção para a aprendizagem socioemocional do professor: Uma revisão integrativa

A profissão docente gera grande demanda emocional, o que pode afetar o bem-estar do professor e gerar problemas de saúde. As competências socioemocionais envolvem um conjunto de habilidades, conhecimentos e atitudes para reconhecer e lidar melhor com as próprias emoções e com a dimensão emocional dos alunos, o que pode diminuir o estresse e aumentar a qualidade da prática do professor. A aprendizagem socioemocional pode aumentar os recursos internos e a competência para lidar melhor com as demandas profissionais. Nesta revisão integrativa da literatura buscou-se levantar nas principais bases de dados mundiais (SCOPUS, PubMed, ERIC, SciELO, Web of Science, Campbell Collaboration) os estudos realizados sobre programas de intervenção específicos para desenvolver as competências socioemocionais do professor do ensino básico, suas características e impactos ou efeitos no professor. Foram incluídos 18 artigos sobre estudos que tiveram como objetivo a aprendizagem socioemocional do próprio professor, não associados a programas voltados aos alunos. Concluiu-se que embora haja poucos estudossobre o tema, todos apresentaram impactos ou efeitos positivos no aumento de habilidades socioemocionais, na saúde, bem-estar, ou na eficácia docente. Palavras-chave:Professor; Aprendizagem socioemocional; Estresse;Revisão integrativa

Systematically Searching Empirical Literature in the Social Sciences: Results from Two Meta-Analyses Within the Domain of Education

Introduction. This paper provides an overview of the information retrieval strategy employed for two meta-analyses, conducted by a systematic review team at Concordia University (Montreal, QC, Canada). Both papers draw on standards first articulated by H.M. Cooper and further developed by the Campbell Collaboration, which promote a comprehensive approach to systematically searching an extensive array of resources (bibliographic databases, print resources, citation indices, etc.) in order to locate both published and unpublished research. The goal is to verify if searching comprehensively through multiple resources retrieves studies that are unique, and hence, improve the overall representativeness of a diverse body of literature. We also analyze the sensitivity and specificity of the results by data source. Methods. In order to determine the source sensitivity, we consider percentage of results from each source retrieved for full-text review. In order to determine the source specificity, we derive a percentage from the total number of studies included in the final meta-analysis compared against the overall number of initial results found. Results. Results demonstrate the need to search beyond the subject-specific databases of a particular discipline as unique results can be found in many places. Databases for related disciplines provided 129 unique includes to each meta-analysis, and multidisciplinary databases provided 44 and 99 unique includes for the two meta-analyses in question respectively. Manual search techniques were much more sensitive and specific than electronic searches of databases and yield a higher percentage of final includes. Discussion. The results demonstrate the utility of a comprehensive information retrieval methodology like that proposed by the Campbell Collaboration, which goes beyond the main subject databases to locate the full range of information sources, including grey literature.