Assessment Online Learning At Elementary School

This study aims to determine the assessment model for online-based elementary school teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research was carried out at SDN 2, Palas District, South Lampung Regency. The research method used in this study is a qualitative research method with a descriptive study approach. The data collection techniques used are through questionnaires and interviews. The results showed that the online assessment in elementary schools during the Covid-19 pandemic was carried out through: assignments, daily exercises (oral tests), written tests and portfolios. From the various types of assessments carried out, it turns out that there are several obstacles, from the results of interviews that have been conducted, the obstacles experienced in online assessments are skills and attitude assessments to overcome the obstacles regarding online assessment, it still needs to be developed again, namely self-assessment and parental assessment to help solve problems regarding attitude and skill assessment.

Reliability of parental assessment of auditory skills in young children: a cross-sectional study in Italian language

ObjectiveHearing impairments (HIs) that progress or have later onset may have specific effects on language and cognitive development, but are difficult to suspect during routine primary care visits. Family concern regarding hearing is thought to represent an important risk factor requiring audiological examination. Yet it is not clear how successful parents are in recognising the consequences or specific suspect elements of HI in young children. The aim of this study is to verify whether parents of at-risk children recognise the presence of HI through a parental questionnaire that draws attention to auditory skills development and compares them with language and communication skills.DesignObservational study.SettingFrom 2013 to 2019, parents were administered the Questionnaire on Hearing and Communication Abilities before audiological evaluation of their children at a secondary care institute.Participants309 Italian children (1–36 months old) at risk of HI.Primary and secondary outcome measuresQuestionnaire sensitivity in predicting the presence and type of HI.ResultsParents report a decrease in auditory skills for children with sensorineural HI (Χ2(2)=14.4, p=0.003), with an increased concern expressed in 59% compared with 24% in normally hearing children. Both auditory (r=−0.18, p=0.002) and comprehension (r=−0.13, p=0.057) skills weakly but negatively correlated with a diagnosis of HI. On discriminant analysis, the positive predictive value of the questionnaire was 0.78, but with low sensitivity (0.39).ConclusionsParents of children with a verified risk of HI have some capacity to recognise non-typical auditory behaviour. Thus, it is important to assess parental concerns during primary care health visits, and a targeted questionnaire on auditory abilities can complement existing screening procedures. However, given the low sensitivity of the questionnaire, we conclude that for a reliable detection of HIs that progress or have later onset an objective screening tool is always required.

Parental assessment of disease severity in febrile children under 5 years of age: a qualitative study

ObjectiveTo explore how parents judge disease severity of their febrile child and to identify symptoms they associate with serious illness, minor illness or health.DesignSemistructured interviews were conducted. Interviews were audio taped, transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically.ParticipantsParents of children aged 0–5 years with a febrile illness.SettingParticipants were recruited at the paediatric ward and the emergency department.ResultsTwenty-six interviews were conducted, in which 37 parents participated. Parents described disease severity of their child mainly in terms of changes in their child’s normal characteristics (behaviour and physical features). They found it harder to describe specific disease symptoms such as dyspnoea or dehydration. Their child being active, eating and drinking well, and smiling were perceived as reassuring, whereas high fever, moving very little and uncertainty about the type of infections were mentioned as alarming symptoms. Previous experience with febrile illnesses in their children was of great influence on the number and accuracy of symptoms they reported.ConclusionParents used the normal behaviour and physical features of their child as a reference frame for judging disease severity. With a larger deviation from the child’s normal characteristics, parents considered the illness more serious. They were less able to describe specific symptoms of disease such as dyspnoea or dehydration. This knowledge is important for clinicians in their communication with parents of children with febrile illness.

Study of the parental assessment of the adaptation of first-graders with health limitations to the educational organization, considering the features of the urban environment

Admission of a child to an educational organization is a difficult period for him. What should be considered when creating an educational environment at school and home? What determines successful adaptation of first-graders to new academic activities, which require from child certain knowledge about the world, good visual-motor coordination, possession of mental operations, planning skills and self-regulation of behavior, verbal communication, and the manifestation of volitional efforts to fulfill educational tasks? The successful adaptation of a child largely influences his further socialization. Modernization of education, aimed at ensuring its accessibility, individualization, and differentiation, creating conditions for achieving new contemporary quality of primary level of general education, leads to heterogeneity in the composition of pupils in terms of their psychophysical development. This complicates the adaptation of both first-graders with health limitations (HL) and children with regular development. Attracting intellectual and socio-cultural resources of the city in education, socialization, and adaptation of children with HL to new social conditions are becoming an urgent issue. The purpose of the research is to study the parental assessment of adaptation of a first-grader with HL to the educational organization in the urban environment. The authors of the article compiled a questionnaire for parents to determine the features of adaptation to the school life conditions of their children. The article presents the analysis results of the conducted survey. Research methods include quantitative assessment and qualitative analysis of the survey, as well as content analysis of relevant literature sources. The present research is caused by the insufficient theoretical study and practical development of issues related to the adaptation of first-graders with HL by parents.

Patient and parental assessment of factors influencing the choice of treatment in pediatric hydrocephalus

OBJECTIVEChoosing between competing options (shunt or endoscopic third ventriculostomy) for the management of hydrocephalus requires patients and caregivers to make a subjective judgment about the relative importance of risks and benefits associated with each treatment. In the context of this particular decision, little is known about what treatment-related factors are important and how they are prioritized in order to arrive at a treatment preference.METHODSThe Hydrocephalus Association electronically distributed a survey to surgically treated hydrocephalus patients or their families. Respondents rated the importance of various surgical attributes in their decision-making about treatment choice, and also indicated their preference in hypothetical scenarios involving a trade-off between potential risks and benefits of treatment. Rank-order correlations were used to determine whether certain predictor variables affected the rating of factors or hypothetical treatment choice.RESULTSEighty percent of 414 respondents rated procedural risks, minimizing repeat surgery, and improving long-term brain function as being very or extremely important factors when deciding on a treatment; 69% rated the need to implant a permanent device similarly. Parent-respondents rated procedural risks higher than patient-respondents. A majority of respondents (n = 209, 54%) chose a procedure with higher surgical risk if it meant that implantation of a permanent device was not required, and respondents were more likely to choose this option if they discussed both treatment options with their surgeon prior to their initial intervention (Spearman rho 0.198, p = 0.001).Although only 144 of 384 total respondents (38%) chose a less established operation if it meant less repeat surgery, patient-respondents were more likely to choose this option compared to parent-respondents (Spearman rho 0.145, p = 0.005). Likewise, patient-respondents were more likely than parent-respondents to choose an operation that involved less repeat surgery and led to worse long-term brain function (Spearman rho 0.160, p = 0.002), an option that was chosen by only 23 (6%) of respondents overall.CONCLUSIONSThis study is the first exploration of patient/parental factors that influence treatment preference in pediatric hydrocephalus. Procedural risks, minimizing repeat operations, and the desire to maximize long-term cognitive function appeared to be the most important attributes that influenced treatment decisions that the survey respondents had made in the past. Patients and/or their caregivers appear to see some inherent benefit in being shunt free. It appears that fear of multiple revision operations may drive treatment choice in some circumstances.

Urban Children’s Well-Being Factors and Qualities of Being and Doing in Natural Space: Nature Immersion

Research has suggested positive effects of nature immersion–a state of being or an act of doing in natural space–for urban children who were otherwise at risk for emotional or behavioral problems. However, few studies have systematically investigated natural space qualities that predict child well-being at the clinical level. The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of natural space qualities as factors of urban child well-being. Explanatory mixed methods were used. Quantitative data ( N = 174) included a survey and two parental reports of child well-being. Interviews provided qualitative data ( N = 15). Data were analyzed using generalized linear model and content analysis. Both data streams were merged into a point of meta-inference that contributed to parental assessment of enhanced child well-being: More frequent nature–child space-time immersion combined with parental valuing of nature connection ( p < .001) as a soothing and safe resource. The factors of urban nature immersion affected child well-being over parental socioeconomic affluence alone. The evidence corresponds to Nightingale’s tenet that an act of doing, which is considered an action of the child’s own will, affects one’s sense of well-being. The findings indicate that nature immersion can be applied to urban child self-care and holistic nursing modalities.