The Relationship Between Facebook Intrusion and Self-Control Dimensions Among Facebook Users

Previous studies have shown the essential role of self-control in the development of behavioral addiction such as gaming, Internet, or gambling addiction. On the one hand, most studies have considered self-control as a homogeneous phenomenon. On the other hand, little evidence has been found on the relationship between the self-control dimensions and Facebook intrusion (FI). Additionally, research on the relationship between the dimensions of self-control and FI has only been conducted on a group of gamers. Consequently, the aim of this study was to test the relationship between FI and the self-control dimensions among young Facebook users who were not gamers. A total of 991 individuals (785 females) took part in the study. The self-control dimensions were assessed with NAS-50 and FI was assessed with the Facebook Intrusion Scale. Taking into account the results of the structural equation analysis, the findings showed a significant relationship between FI and self-control dimensions such as inhibition and adjournment, initiative and persistence, and goal maintenance among young Facebook users. Based on this study, it can be concluded that the behavioral mechanism connected with FI may be primarily associated with a low ability to suppress or delay unwanted or improper actions and that this may contribute to the failure of goal-directed behavior. It can also be assumed that this mechanism is associated with a low ability to focus on goals and a low ability to induce efficient motivation and have persistence to achieve higher-order goals.

Three Essays on Adverse Events and Student Outcomes

<p>This dissertation contains three essays on the impact of unexpected adverse events on student outcomes. All three attempt to identify causal inference using plausibly exogenous shocks and econometric tools, applied to rich administrative data. In Chapter 2, I present evidence of the causal effects of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake on tertiary enrolment and completion. Using the shock of the 2011 earthquake on high school students in the Canterbury region, I estimate the effect of the earthquake on a range of outcomes including tertiary enrolment, degree completion and wages. I find the earthquake causes a substantial increase in tertiary enrolment, particularly for low ability high school leavers from damaged schools. However, I find no evidence that low ability students induced by the earthquake complete a degree on time. In Chapter 3, I identify the impact of repeat disaster exposure on university performance, by comparing outcomes for students who experience their first earthquake while in university, to outcomes for students with prior earthquake exposure. Using a triple-differences estimation strategy with individual-by-year fixed effects, I identify a precise null effect, suggesting that previous experience of earthquakes is not predictive of response to an additional shock two years later. The final chapter investigates the impact of injuries sustained in university on academic performance and wages, using administrative data including no-fault insurance claims, emergency department attendance and hospital admissions, linked with tertiary enrolment. I find injuries, including minor injuries, have a negative effect on re-enrolment, degree completion and grades in university.</p>

Three Essays on Adverse Events and Student Outcomes

<p>This dissertation contains three essays on the impact of unexpected adverse events on student outcomes. All three attempt to identify causal inference using plausibly exogenous shocks and econometric tools, applied to rich administrative data. In Chapter 2, I present evidence of the causal effects of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake on tertiary enrolment and completion. Using the shock of the 2011 earthquake on high school students in the Canterbury region, I estimate the effect of the earthquake on a range of outcomes including tertiary enrolment, degree completion and wages. I find the earthquake causes a substantial increase in tertiary enrolment, particularly for low ability high school leavers from damaged schools. However, I find no evidence that low ability students induced by the earthquake complete a degree on time. In Chapter 3, I identify the impact of repeat disaster exposure on university performance, by comparing outcomes for students who experience their first earthquake while in university, to outcomes for students with prior earthquake exposure. Using a triple-differences estimation strategy with individual-by-year fixed effects, I identify a precise null effect, suggesting that previous experience of earthquakes is not predictive of response to an additional shock two years later. The final chapter investigates the impact of injuries sustained in university on academic performance and wages, using administrative data including no-fault insurance claims, emergency department attendance and hospital admissions, linked with tertiary enrolment. I find injuries, including minor injuries, have a negative effect on re-enrolment, degree completion and grades in university.</p>

Informative campaigning in multidimensional politics: The role of naïve voters

This paper aims to investigate the possibility that electoral campaigning transmits truthful information in a situation where campaigning has a direct persuasive effect on a subset of the electorate called “naïve voters.” To this end, we construct a multi-sender signaling game in which an incumbent and a challenger decide whether to focus on policy or ability in electoral campaigning, and a media outlet then decides whether to gather news. Voters are divided into sophisticated and naïve voters. We demonstrate that a candidate's strategy regarding their issues of focus (campaign messages) can signal his or her private information. Specifically, negative campaigning against the incumbent's ability signals the incumbent's low ability in all separating equilibria. It is also noteworthy that separating equilibria exist only when sophisticated and naïve voters coexist. This implies that a fraction of naïve voters has a non-monotonic effect on the possibility of transmitting truthful information.

Audio Visual Application on Narrative Text’s Vocabulary Achievement on Tenth Grade Students of SMKN 5 Padang

Background: The low ability of students in achieving narrative text vocabulary. Objective: To discover whether understudies who are instructed utilizing sound visuals have superior lexicon accomplishment than understudies who are instructed utilizing routine media in the tenth grade of SMK N 5 Padang. Methods: This study uses a true experimental quantitative design method. The research design is a two-group pretest-posttest design. In this study, the population is class X SMK N 5 Padang. Results: Shows that students taught by Audio Visual have better vocabulary achievement in Narrative text than students taught by Conventional Media. in class X SMK N 5 Padang. Conclusion: The employment of audiovisual media in the teaching of vocabulary mastery was extremely effective when compared to traditional media.

Analysis of students' thinking level in solving Pythagoras' theorem problems based on Van hiele's theory

The aims of this analysis are to explain the level of thinking of grade VIII students at SMP Negeri 1 Talang Ubi in solving Pythagorean Theorem questions based on Van Hiele's theory. The research approach used in this analysis is descriptive qualitative case study research. The subjects of this research were three students of grade VIII of SMP Negeri 1 Talang Ubi, South Sumatera Indonesia. The three students were chosen based on their test answers on the Pythagorean Theorem material, with one being a high-ability student, one being a medium-ability student, and one being a low-ability student. The study's data collection techniques included assessments, interviews, and documentation. Techniques for data processing include data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The findings revealed that high-ability students could complete all four stages of Van Hiele's thinking: imagination, interpretation, informal deduction, and deduction. Moderate students achieved three levels of Van Hiele's thinking, including visualization, analysis, and informal deduction, while low-ability students achieved only one level of Van Hiele's thinking, visualization.

Penerapan pembelajaran Team-Assisted Individualization (TAI) berbasis tahapan Newman untuk meningkatkan kemampuan siswa kelas VII SMP Brawijaya Smart School dalam menyelesaikan soal cerita matematika

the aim this research is to know applying Team-Assisted Individualization (TAI) based Newman Stages can increase ability of students to solving mathematics world problems. Data collected with document analysis and observation with descriptive qualitative approach. The result shows that the number of students in high-ability increase 42,43 percent and the number of students in low-ability decrease 33%, group distribution based on prior-ability and characteristic of students, the teacher assist student getting into difficulty, groups of learning to fare well, reflection of learning can unbend misconseption of students, and the appreciation be a motivation of students in learning

The Effect of Finger Painting Activities on Raudhatul Atfal's Children's Creativity

This research is motivated by the lack of creativity of children in RA Baitussalam Gempol. The low ability of children's creativity because teachers still use activities that do not attract children's interest. So the researchers tested finger painting activities on children's creativity to find out whether finger painting activities had an effect on children's creativity at RA Baitussalam Gempol. The type of this research used is experimental research with pretest-posttest design. The samples in this study were groups A1 and A2 using simple random sampling, where A2 was used as the experimental class with the treatment given, namely finger painting activities. Meanwhile, group A1 was used as the control class. The results of this study indicate that Sig (2-tailed) is 0.000 < 0.05 which means that Islamic finger painting activities have a significant effect on children's creativity at RA Baitussalam Gempol. Keywords - Finger Painting, Creativity.

Kemampuan Penalaran Matematis Siswa Kelas VII MTs. Al-Madani dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Cerita Materi Aritmetika Sosial Tahun Pelajaran 2020/2021

This study aimed to describe mathematical reasoning in solving story problems of social arithmetic material based on the level of ability of grade VII students of MTs. Al-Madani academic year 2020/2021. This study was conducted at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Al-Madani Pelulan, Kuripan sub-district, West Lombok district. The selection of subjects using purposive sampling technique was selected 6 students from grade VII of MTs. Al-Madani, consists of high-ability students, medium-ability students, and low-ability students, 2 students each. Data collection was carried out by using the test method, documentation and interviews, the data analysis technique used was the qualitative data analysis technique proposed by Miles and Huberman, namely: data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. Based on the data analysis of the results written tests and interviews with research subjects, the average score of students' mathematical reasoning for high-ability subjects was 31.5, and the average score for medium-ability subjects was 20.5. The average score of mathematical reasoning for low-ability subjects was 10.5. High-ability subjects met the indicators of understanding the problem of performing mathematical manipulation, finding patterns to make generalizations. and draw conclusions. Medium-ability students met the indicators of understanding the problem. perform mathematical manipulations, and check the validity of an argument.. Low-ability subjects only met the indicators of understanding the problem.

ANALISIS KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KRITIS MATEMATIS SISWA KELAS XI IPA 3 SMAN 1 LEMBAH MELINTANG

This research was motivated by the low ability of students to think mathematically critical thinking in solving problems. The research objective was to describe the students' mathematical critical thinking skills in class XI IPA 3. The research method used was descriptive method with a qualitative approach. The research subjects were students of SMAN 1 Lembah Melintang class XI IPA 3. The instruments used to collect data were written tests, interviews, and documentation. The test results were analyzed based on the aspect of mathematical critical thinking skills. The results showed that mathematical critical thinking skills with high category abilities can work on critical thinking test questions properly and correctly. Furthermore, the moderate ability is not able to do critical thinking test questions well, while the low category has not been able to do critical thinking test questions properly in accordance with the aspects of mathematical critical thinking skills.