1) The document summarizes a research article that conducted a meta-analysis of previous studies to determine if extra-curricular activities (ECA) in schools improve educational outcomes.
2) The meta-analysis reviewed 136 studies and ultimately included 29 studies that met criteria for population, activity type, and outcomes measured.
3) The analysis found that while ECA are associated with positive outcomes, there is no conclusive evidence that ECA causally improve outcomes. Current research does not show ECA positively or negatively affect student performance.
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It is the process of transferring the research knowledge into practice, thus facilitating an innovative change in practice of protocols. Research utilization is the use of the findings from a disciplined study or a set of studies in a practical application that is unrelated to the original research.
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HEALTHCARE RESEARCH METHODS: Secondary and tertiary StudiesDr. Khaled OUANES
Secondary analyses are based on the use of pre-existing data sets and usually the researcher conducting the statistical analysis has not had any contact with the participants whose data are being examined.
A systematic review is, on the other hand, the thorough compilation and summary of all publications relevant to a particular research topic.
evidence based practice is a important tool in clinical practice.everything we do in our life can also correlated to evidence based practice. PICO is used to frame a answerable question
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evidence based practice is the most recent development of the research world. in nursing the utilization of the research is very limited as it contribute to a lots of factors. here i have discussed about the ebp in brief. this is just an short and concise form of the real matter so read extensively for more knowledge.
Health research is the process of scientifically investigating a particular well-defined aspect of physical, mental, or social well-being of individuals.
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH METHODS: Secondary and tertiary StudiesDr. Khaled OUANES
Secondary analyses are based on the use of pre-existing data sets and usually the researcher conducting the statistical analysis has not had any contact with the participants whose data are being examined.
A systematic review is, on the other hand, the thorough compilation and summary of all publications relevant to a particular research topic.
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A 17-item digital technology self-efficacy measure adapted from Holcomb, King, & Brown (2004) who reported reliability µ=0.80. Language was updated replacing computer with digital technology. Items were measured with a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). A 1.0 score reflects low digital technology self-efficacy, while a 4.0 represents high digital technology self-efficacy.
Holcomb, L., King, F. B., & Brown, S. W. (2004). Student traits and attributes contributing to success in online courses: Evaluation of university online courses. The Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2(3), 1-16.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. It has been rightly proclaimed in the American declaration of independence that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Created with certain unalienable rights….” Similarly, Indian Constitution has ensured and enshrined Fundamental rights for all citizens irrespective of caste, creed, religion, color, sex or nationality. These basic rights, commonly known as human rights, are recognized the world over as basic rights with which every individual is born.
Importance of extra curricular activitiesAnimesh Jain
Why should educational institutes focus on extra curricular activities like Cultural fests, Sports Fests, Technical and Managerial Fests, Seminars, Conferences and Workshops.
The present study was conducted at Lucknow District in Uttar Pradesh. The purpose of this study is to document how being perform in extra-curricular activities can influence development in academics, social skills, and high school completion. In this paper we study the possible influence of extracurricular activities on student’s performance of eighth-and ninth graders. 120 students of age group between 13 to 16 years comprised the sample of the study. Self-made questionnaire for school students were administered. Data was analyzed in term of percentage and t-test analysis. The statistical analysis revealed that all the 6 types of extracurricular activities, viz. Yoga, Horse riding, Sport activities, Dance, Music and Indoor and outdoor activities together showed significant role in some extracurricular activities and Student’s performance of Government and Private School. Students who participate in extracurricular activities generally benefit from the many opportunities afforded them. Benefits of participating in extracurricular activities included having better grades, having higher standardized test scores and higher educational attainment, attending school more regularly, and having higher a higher self-concept. Those who participate in out-of-school activities often have higher grade point averages, a decrease in absenteeism, and an increased connectedness to the school. Finally, we discuss the possible influence of extracurricular activities on student’s performance and whether such participation is advisable.
1 Running Head: ARTICLE CRITIQUE
Article Critique – Task Stream Assignment
EDF 5481
Florida International University
ARTICLE CRITIQUE 2
Article Critique – Task Stream Assignment
Introduction Summary
The article I critiqued is called “Interactions Among Online Learners: A Quantitative
Interdisciplinary Study” by Pawan Jain, Sachin Jain, and Smita Jain, 2011. The study focuses on
the amount of interaction students have with each other and with their professors to identify if
interaction levels differ among disciplines.
Research Problem
The major research problem identified in the study is that there is not enough research
concerning the matter of online interaction. The majority of the completed research is very
discipline specific and cannot be generalized. The author’s justification for conducting the study
was to remedy the lack of prior research on this increasingly important topic. The purpose is “to
fill the gap and try to understand the relationship between the interaction and differences in
discipline;” however, the authors also noted that this was “one” of the purposes of the study and
failed to mention any other purpose.
While the authors did not specifically discuss their decision to utilize a quantitative
approach in this study, it was clearly justified by their need to examine the relationship between
discipline and study interaction. The theoretical basis that is used as the basis for this study is
that increased interaction within an online course will ultimately lead to a better designed course
and better outcomes for students grades. Further, the authors attest that much of the literature is
inadequate for their study due to the specificity of the studies, disallowing them to be universally
applied.
ARTICLE CRITIQUE 3
The research question is “do the differences in the discipline area impact the overall
interaction among learners as defined by the number of learner-learner interactions?” The
hypothesis that was tested is “there is no significant relationship between the number of learner-
learner interactions and discipline area.” The only noted relationship that could be inferred
between the theory and the research question/hypotheses is that there are not any studies that
have been conducted that measure said information in a way that can be used for their purposes.
They note the importance of learner-learner interaction as a major pedagogical design; however,
they continued to note the lack of available research.
METHODS SUMMARY
Measurement
The primary concepts/variables in this study were the observations of the amount of
discussion posts by students in 39 different courses across 4 disciplines (College of Education,
College of Business, College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Health Sciences). The
identified independent variable was the 4 categories of discipline; the dependent variable ...
A Study on Attitude towards Educational Research among B.Ed Students Teachersijtsrd
This paper describes the development of a new measure of attitude towards Educational Research for use among B.Ed. Student Teachers which operationalizes the affective attitudinal domain. Item selection, the internal structure and reliability of the scale, content validity and construct validity were established on a sample of 250 B.Ed. Student Teachers in the Educational Colleges in Coimbatore. A study of level of Attitude towards Educational Research among B.Ed. Student Teachers between the groups that there is a significant with respect to medium of instruction and educational qualification and no significant with respect to gender, locality and marital status. Ms. J. Morin | Mrs. D. Geetha ""A Study on Attitude towards Educational Research among B.Ed Students Teachers"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-4 , June 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd25111.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/25111/a-study-on-attitude-towards-educational-research-among-bed-students-teachers/ms-j-morin
Development of research proposal
Concept of Research Proposal- its components,identifying and formulating research questions, hypothesis, objectives, methodological considerations, justifying potential conclusion, significance of the proposed research.
Basic steps involved in research proposal
This paper provides an overview of evidence-based educational interventions (EBEIs) and associated practices in school psychology. The profession has, for some time, embraced scientific principles and procedures across areas of professional practice, including diagnosis and classification, assessment, prevention and intervention, consultation, and research and program evaluation. More recently, the profession has embraced evidence-based prevention and intervention practices, intending to implement them in schools. Source: https://ebookschoice.com/evidence-based-educational-interventions/
EDUC 7001-8 Assignment 6: Prepare an Alpha-Numeric Outlineeckchela
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Research Methodology and Research Method
This chapter looks at the various research methodologies and research methods that are commonly used by researchers in the field of information systems. The research methodology and research method used in this research is acknowledged and discussed.
The chapter starts off by providing a comprehensive introduction to research. Then the research methodologies and research methods particularly used in information systems are discussed. A significant effort has been made to clarify and provide distinctions between research methodology and research method. During the course of this research, when investigating the literature on research methodology and research methods, it was found that many researchers were using the two interchangeably. Therefore the two sections on research methodology and research methods have been treated separately.
A section that compares and differentiates between the two is presented first, followed by the section on research methodology. Then the different types of research methodology are described and the two main types of research methodologies namely qualitative research methodology and qualitative research methodology is discussed. The research methodology that has been utilized for this research is discussed and the reason why the particular research method was chosen with proper justification is explained.
Then research methods in general are discussed and the types of research methods suitable for information systems research are explained. The differences between the qualitative and quantitative research methods are elaborated upon. Since secondary data sources have been used in this research, a section is included to discuss the differences between the two and to explain the advantages of using secondary data sources for research.
Then the research method, that is, the actual data collection and data analysis method is described and justification is provided on why the particular research method was chosen. Case study research method is combined with grounded theory research method for document analysis of archival data that was accessed via the Internet. Descriptive methods have been used to investigate the opportunities and issues of cloud computing with mobile phones for developing countries.
In recent years, educational researchers in particular have started showing more interest and awareness towards ethical guidelines and codes while conducting educational researches. This trend stems from the popularity of the online researches and sophisticated software to crosscheck if the written text is ethically correct or not exactly plagiarized. This has culminated into the authenticity and validity of some of the contemporary styles of research being employed to new research methodologies. This paper is a theoretical analysis of the concept and importance of ethical guidelines and the cases of plagiarism. In addition, certain reasons of plagiarizing tendencies have also been dealt with. Conclusions have been drawn from personal experience, related works and university norms to incorporate an ethical code of conduct in the domain of educational research.
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Discussion Questions
1. To what extent did lapses in PCA’s manufacturing practices lead to a large scale, organizational communication failure during the crisis?
2. When should large organizations such as PCA take the silent approach or a vocal approach? Why would a organization want to stay silent or voice their side?
3. To what extent were the proxy communications justified in stepping forward to communication during the crisis?
4. Were all of the organizations and agencies described in the case equally justified in assuming the role of proxy communicator?
5. What are the potential complications for proxy communicators in crises?
6. If PCA had decided to communicate during the crisis, what messages of communication would have been most important to stakeholders? What messages would have been most helpful for consumers?
7. If you were the head of a major organization, how would you handle this situation from the top to bottom of your given organization (I.E. employees, media, consumers, etc)?
Running head: QUALITATIVE ARTICLE REVIEW 1
QUALITATIVE ARTICLE REVIEW 4
Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a yoga and mindfulness intervention for school teachers
This paper is an academic review of a qualitative research article written by Matthew R. and Tamar Mendelson (2014) entitled: Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a yoga and mindfulness intervention for school teachers. Holistic Life Foundation, a nonprofit organization implemented a 6-session yoga and mindfulness program for teachers in seven urban public schools. The purpose behind the case study was to examine how the challenges of overcrowded classrooms, academic and emotionally challenged students, and lack of sufficient administrative resources effect teachers. My evaluation of this article is a holistic interpretation of a qualitative research project and is based on my understanding of this type of study. The study used seven urban schools randomly selected to either receive the intervention or to a no-intervention control condition. The participants were volunteer elementary and middle school teachers in Baltimore city public schools in low income neighbor hoods. The students test scores was the same in math, reading, and science. 21 teachers were used in the intervention and 22 teachers was used control arm. Qualitative feedback was collected, from the intervention instructors and participants. The participants also completed self-report measures of stress and burnout at baseline and post-test to provide preliminary information about intervention effects. Data collection techniques is a collaboration of observation, interviewing and data analysis (cite). Throughout the study, teachers were questioned, and observed in which the findings are outlined in the results section of the report. As finding emerge the hypotheses uncovers that the interv ...
Running Head Single Parent UpbringingSingle Parent Upbringing.docxagnesdcarey33086
Running Head: Single Parent Upbringing
Single Parent Upbringing
Fernando Pupo
SO 300 Research Methods
Park University
The focused question for my research is: How being raised by a single parent affects how children and their development?
In order to make our research successful we should conduct research about similar researches done in the past on similar or related topics with the same outcome. The same will be a part of the Literature Review of our research which includes all the scholarly articles that we can study during the course of our research. This will help us to broaden our thinking and help us to think ideas which we might have missed. Thus conducting a literature review is an essential part of a research process. It is also not possible for us to go use the entire article as a part of our research process or else the essence of our research questions would get diluted, thus conducting a literature review should be done with utmost care. We shall take notes from the different articles we review and include those notes as literature reviews in the report.
An article which I reviewed in the course of the study was “Are Married Parents Really Better for Children? What Research Says about the Effects of Family Structure on Child well-being” by Mary Parke. The topic mentioned above and my research topic is very similar and the main scope of research by Mary Parke is the effect of family structure on the wellbeing of children. There is not a very big difference in the topic of my research. A thorough study of the topic helped me to refine my research question. Earlier my research question was focussed only on the growth and development of a child under single parenting. But with the study of this paper I changed the research topic to “The effects of single parenting on the well being of children”. Thus now my study not only included the affects of single parenting on the growth and development of a child, but also on how the same child lived as an adult and if the single parenting had any significant impact on the life of the same child as an adult.
The basic question asked by Mary Parke in her study is “How the changes in family structure have affected the well being of children”. The topic is very explicit in nature and clearly states the possible outcome. There can be only two outcomes for this research whether the changes in family structure witnessed over the last few decades have or have not affected the well being of a child grown up under single parenting.
The major ideas of the study by Mary Parke was that the if single parenting effects the well being of children, then how can marriages be made more stronger in order to avoid the effects single parenting has on the well being of children. The study also tries to find out the differences between a child who is raised under two parents and those raised by single parenting. It also looks at if there exists any significant differences between the well-being of these two.
Problem Based Learning In Comparison To Traditional Teaching As Perceived By ...iosrjce
Objectives: To compare lecture based learning (LBL) with problem based learning (PBL).
Methods: A cross sectional prospective study was carried out among 145 3rd year MBBS students in
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College(JNMC), Aligarh. The study was performedfor a period of 60 days. Data was
collected by means of structured questionnaire.
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understanding of subject while 71(48.9%) respondents favored both LBL and PBL. 98(67.6%) respondents
admitted that PBL has led to more clarification of their concepts while 105(72.4%) students appreciated both.
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respondents preferred present scenario (LBL parallel with PBL)in JNMC.
Conclusion: LBL must be in symbiosis with PBL for better analytical approach and clarification of concepts.
There is need to improve the information resources for PBL and enhancement of practical knowledge of
students.
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Do Extra-curricular Activities in Schools Improve Educational Outcomes?: Article Review
1. Name of the Journal : Do Extra-curricular Activities in Schools Improve Educational Outcomes?
A Critical Review and Meta-analysis of The Literature
Issues/ Volume : Int. Rev. Educ. (2010) 56
Page Number : 591-612
Prepared for : Dr. Johan @ Eddy Luaran
Prepared by : Mohd Nur Fadzly bin Basar
ID Number : 2013 309 367
Course : Research Methodology (EDU 702)
1. Overview
This study was written by the great scholar, Associate Professor Boaz Shulruf from The Centre for Medical
and Health Sciences Education, The University of Auckland, New Zealand which is hub for educational
research and scholarship within the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, working across the Schools
of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Population Health to promote excellence in teaching and learning.
This study is the meta-analysis with the objective to answer the question, do extra-curricular activities
(ECA) in schools support positive educational outcomes for the students. Meta-analysis study can be
simply defined as the research to study the research. The author has put a bundle of effort to assemble
a lot of studies that share the identical area of study about ECA in the hope to find the identifying patterns
from the results of those studies. The question of this study is corresponding to with the issue of quality
demonstrated by the curriculum teacher in typical Malaysian school, which is why it is important for the
researcher in this area of study. In addressing this demand, the author stressed a lot on the importance
of allocating more resources to ECA to ensure the development of the students.
Furthermore, this research not only explore the range of educational outcomes gain by the students who
systematically joined the ECA, but it also covers the widely validation of the previous studies have stated.
2. A Description of Methodology
All in all, this study methodically reviews what have been said in the previous studies examining the causal
effects of participation in ECA at a secondary school on the self-development of the students. The major
part of experiment talked about the previous research conducted by various research. The author by his
review team has drawn up a list of possible keywords in order to look for the suitable studies related to
ECA and its effect to students.
Taking a team approach to define a possible keyword, they had encompassed an extensive range of
sources including academic databases: ERIC, JSTOR, Proquest and etc. Besides, the grey literatures also
had been used to support any information gained from academic databases. Wikipedia has defined grey
literatures as material that informally published and very difficult to be found in the conventional channels
as it is not commercially published and not broadly accessible such as practitioner journals, books,
government reports and patents.
2. The result for the search has identified 136 studies that met the criteria. However, the filtering process
which is the second stage of the search only identified 88 studies those met the criteria for population,
type of activities and outcomes. The third filtering stage of the article examination came out with 58
studies and final examination revealed that only 29 studies have described enough methodology and
findings of the research.
On top of everything, this study had systematically studied quantitative researches explaining the causal
effects of partaking in ECA on student’s educational outcomes such as, academic achievement, life skills,
communication and leadership capability.
3. Evaluation
The author did adequately establish the significance of the research question. The research
question of this study is what it is about ECA participation that supports positive educational
outcomes? The author did a lot of review from the various research that had been chosen through
deep and comprehensive filtration process in order to meet the aim of the study.
In order to be appropriate and applicable enough to the research question, this study followed
the recommendations of the ESRC UK Centre for Evidence-Based Policy and Practice for guiding a
systematic review search. Systematic reviews of previous literature on the effects of participation
in ECA are carried out to obeyed research standards in order to support the objective of the
research with the slightest level of bias.
The author considered reviews on 29 studies done before those related to this study represent
the current knowledge on ECA participation. He concluded that ECA is not causation but
associations with regard to those educational outcomes of the students. This study led the author
to jump into conclusion that current knowledge does not suggest that ECA affect student’s
educational outcomes either positively or negatively. The conclusion, in fact, answering the
question of the research.
To the degree how I reviewed this study, I did not find any methodological errors or weaknesses
in this paper. The search for the various previous studies has been done through tight systematic
reviews and agreed the research standards. All in all, to be aware of that this study has followed
all the methodological requirement cannot be denied. The tendency to commit the
methodological bias while doing the search for literature has always been observed. The further
efforts to avoid bias is, all the decision making was made through a collaborative team approach.
Indeed, ethical concerns need to be overlooked and emphasize in research making. The principles
of honesty, openness, respect for intellectual property and carefulness have been observed
cautiously. The society owns the perception that ECA has a causal effect to the students, however
the author has taken the high level of honesty by concluding that current knowledge does not
suggest that ECA affect student’s educational outcomes either positively or negatively. He also
opens the study for further research, critics and suggestion because there are still rooms for
improvement to study ECA. Besides, the search for the studies than by previous researchers has
gone through a very tight and strict filtration process, considering peer and non-peer review
literature and collect from a very wide sources to observe the quality of the meta-analysis of those
literatures.
3. 4. Discussion of Implication
Every school in our country and generally in the world are equipped by the ECA for their students.
They have a certain budget to be spent to ECA. We share the same belief that ECA is important to
students as it teach students what they have not learned in the class period. But the question is why
this study does not in line with what all teachers believe in? Is what we believe about ECA wrong?
The author has come out with the conclusive end that ECA cannot be consider possess the causal
effect to the educational outcomes of the students positively or negatively. This shock finding leads
to the conclusion that the results of the research are not necessarily right all over the time. The results
might be right in some range of time, but the degree of relevancy in research may not be applied in
other time. However we need current result for the further studies and references in the future.
Research is the unstoppable and continuous process to find what is right for humankind.
Likewise, our belief also can be right or the reverse. For a moment, ECA is still relevant and
important to our children in the school. But the issues of effectiveness and quality of implementation
should be observed always and continuously. It is possible to assume that this study did not intend to
prove that ECA is unnecessary but rather to tell us that our low-quality implementation of ECA is the
one that should be blamed. Our lacking in how we carried ECA out to our students is the main factor
why this study concludes that ECA does not have a significant causal effect to student’s development.
On top of everything, this study hopefully has opened the eyes of educators that they have to put
a tons of effort in order to make ECA always relevant to students academically and holistically.