scholarly journals The impact of brand, sex, moment and distance of estimation on the speed perception of vehicles

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 191-202
Author(s):  
István Kósa ◽  
Zoltán Ambrus ◽  
Csilla Zsigmond ◽  
Blanka Bálint ◽  
Manuela Manon Ionescu
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Experimental Arrangement ◽  
Vehicle Speed ◽  
School Students ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Speed Perception ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
The Impact

Our research explores whether stereotypes influence estimations of the speed of a cheap vehicle and an expensive one viewed on film by participants. A second aim was to determine whether stereotyping could arise while completing a questionnaire. DAVIES (2009) demonstrated that no effect attributable to stereotyping could be detected among 18–21 year old participants’ contemporaneous estimates of two vehicle speed (the cheap Volkswagen Polo and the expensive BMW). In Experiment 1 we tested Davies’result among 14–18 year old school students. No interaction was found between any of the factors involved. The analysis also revealed that neither the main effects due to brand, nor the moment of estimation of the speed was significant. Furthermore, the main effect due to participants’ sex was not significant. In Experiment 2 we tested DAVIES’ same results (2009) among university students (N = 351), but with a different experimental arrangement. Participants estimated the speed of cars from two different distances. No interaction was detected between any of the factors – brand, distance, sex – involved. The analysis revealed that neither the main effects of the brand, nor the distance of the vehicle from the camcorder was significant. However, the effect of participants’sex wasfound to be significant: females’ overall speed estimate achieved a higher grade of accuracy.

scholarly journals Hygienic Assessment of New Forms of Organizing Studies in a Medical Pre-University

2020 ◽  
pp. 4-9
Author(s):  
VR Kuchma ◽  
AYu Makarova ◽  
OV Tikashkina
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
The Body ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Modular Construction ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Impact

Background: Transition to machine learning, personalized medicine, and high-tech healthcare requires up-todate medical personnel. The higher medical school is transforming the system of training specialists using modern digital technologies and is starting education in the associated pre-universities, thus necessitating research into effects of current technologies on the functional state of high school students. Materials and methods: In April 2019, based on voluntary informed consent, we examined 181 healthy Moscow medical pre-university students (15–17 years of age) and assessed the impact of learning on the central nervous system, musculoskeletal system, and visual analyzer. Results: Traditional lessons in the pre-university are combined with project activities and development of practical skills. Phantom and simulation technologies along with modular construction of the curriculum are used to form practical knowledge and skills. The study load of 38–40 hours a week exceeds hygienic standards. Individual project activities in small groups (up to five students) with teachers last 20 hours a week. Simulation classes are held once a week after the main classes and last 90 minutes with a 5-minute break. Classes using simulation technologies are not always hygienically rational. Study loads, specifics of the timetable and teaching techniques approximated to university ones are adequate to functional capabilities of the body of medical pre-university students. Simulation classes cause no pronounced deviations in the neuromuscular apparatus of students. Most students demonstrate high stress tolerance and a greater motivational readiness for simulation exercises. Emotional tension and high anxiety rates are almost similar during traditional lessons and simulation activities on phantoms. Conclusions: It is advisable to make wider use of modern digital (simulation, phantom, virtual) and design and research teaching technologies including in medical classes of educational institutions.

Migration and transformation characteristics of DOM in fine sand and marl rock

2016 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyi Wang ◽  
Xiaoge Zhen ◽  
Renzheng Li ◽  
Xiaoman Liu ◽  
Tiantian Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Effects ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Fine Sand ◽  
Early Experiment ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Seepage Velocity ◽  
Adsorption Effect ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
The Impact

This paper mainly studied migration and transformation characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in underground aquifers. To achieve the research purpose, we carried out the dynamic column experiments of the DOM at different conditions indoors. In the experiment, the water of Wujiang River from Pingdingshan Coal-field is used as water sample, meanwhile, fine sand and marl rock are used as testing rock sample. A comparative study on migration and transformation characteristics of the DOM in different rock samples is done. The results show that, in the fine sand, the main effects are convection and dispersion, while the adsorption and biological effects are very weak. However, in the marl rock, besides existing convection and dispersion, the adsorption and biological effect are quite significant. And in the marl rock, convection and dispersion plays a major role in the early experiment, while adsorption is the main effect in the medium term, then the biodegradation dominates the final stage. With the increasing of temperature and seepage velocity in the fine sand, the impact of the convection effect becomes gradually weak, the dispersion effect gradually enhances, and, however, convection effect is still playing a dominant role. With the temperature rising in the marl rock, the adsorption effect becomes weak, but biodegradation is enhanced. As the seepage velocity increases in the marl rock, the adsorption and biodegradation both decrease.

scholarly journals Exploring the Impacts of Student-Led Sustainability Projects with Secondary School Students and Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2790
Author(s):  
Paul Vare
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Context ◽  
Education For Sustainability ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Student Agency ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Impact

Secondary school students are granted few opportunities to change their world, yet they are expected to engage fully as citizens the moment they leave school. This issue is growing starker with multiple global crises contributing to mental health concerns. This situation stimulated a practical education for sustainability project designed to promote student agency by supporting small, student-led, community-based projects, planned and supported within the secondary school context. This research ran alongside the project in order to investigate (a) the impact of implementing these projects on the students involved and (b) the implications of this for their teachers. The research approach was based on Cultural-historical Activity Theory, which explores the learning generated through multi-layered interactions within a given activity system. In stimulating student agency, it was clear that the project had challenged existing practice. Students sensed a shift in power relations, remarking on how teachers respected and listened to their opinions. Those teachers who appeared more authoritarian appeared to experience the greatest transformation although ceding power did not come naturally, particularly where this challenged notions around teacher responsibility. In this way, teachers’ professionalism threatened to become the means by which they withheld power from their students. Implications of this for schools and policy are considered.

scholarly journals University Mentoring Programmes for Gifted High School Students: Satisfaction of Workshops

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 5282
Author(s):  
Alba Ibáñez García ◽  
Teresa Gallego Álvarez ◽  
Mª Dolores García Román ◽  
Verónica M. Guillén Martín ◽  
Diego Tomé Merchán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
School Students ◽  
Technical Research ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Students Satisfaction

This paper analyses the degree of participant (mentees, mentors, and technical-research team) satisfaction with two university mentoring programmes for pre-university students with high intellectual capacities in Spain. Three versions of a Likert-type scale questionnaire were applied (mentees, mentors, and technical-research team), resulting in a total sample of 43 questionnaires from mentors, 314 from mentees, and 43 from the technical-research team in 43 workshops offered by the GuíaMe-AC-UMA Programme; and 27 questionnaires from mentors, 203 from mentees, and 27 from the technical-research team in the 27 workshops offered by the Amentúrate Programme. The results indicate a high level of satisfaction with the development of the workshops offered by both programmes, on the part of all participants. No significant differences were found in terms of thematic area or gender, although there were differences in age. The participation of the three agents involved in this training offer was very successful, and our results supported the findings of previous investigations. More work is required on the transfer and maintenance of the impact that this type of programme can have on young pre-university students with high abilities.

The Influence of Oral Versus Silent Reading on Reading Comprehension in Students With Reading Disabilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-116
Author(s):  
Melissa F. Robinson ◽  
Elizabeth B. Meisinger ◽  
Rachel E. Joyner
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Elementary Students ◽  
Oral Reading ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
School Students ◽  
Development Level ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
Level 2 ◽  
Specific Learning

This study examined the effects of reading modality (oral vs. silent) on comprehension in elementary school students with a specific learning disability in reading ( N = 77). A 2 (development-level) × 2 (reading modality) × 2 (time) mixed factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to determine the influence of these variables on comprehension. Significant main effects were found for reading modality and time on comprehension, but the main effect for developmental level was not significant. Students understood more of what was read orally than silently and showed improved comprehension across the year. The development-level by modality interaction was significant. Early elementary students benefited from oral reading in terms of comprehension, whereas equivalent comprehension was observed for late elementary students across modalities. No other two- or three-way interactions were significant. Results from this study suggest that reading modality is an important variable to consider for researchers and educators who are interested in the construct of reading comprehension.

scholarly journals Student's attitudes towards induced abortion and its associated factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
E A Tapia Pulido ◽  
R I Cosgalla González ◽  
I A Alemán Pérez ◽  
K C Cervantes Gómez ◽  
F G Márquez Celedonio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Private School ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Moment

Abstract Background At present, the legal status of abortion worldwide is maintained heterogeneously. In Mexico, its practice is allowed within the capital of the country and one more state, provided that it is before the 12th week, however in the rest of the country it is still classified as illegal. Research question: What are the factors associated with the modification of attitudes towards abortion? Methods An observational, prospective, cross-sectional and analytical study was conducted in Veracruz, Mexico between December 2019 and March 2020. University students from public and private schools were included, from the city of Veracruz-Boca del Río, selecting the participants through a non-probabilistic sampling. The Attitudes Abortion Questionnaire was applied to assess the attitudes provided, pro-selection, reproductive rights, health risk and legalization. The surveys were conducted through Google Forms® and were answered on that same platform. The results were collected and analyzed with the SPSS Statistic® program. Results 517 students were included. Private school students showed differences in pro-election attitudes when compared to public, students from urban areas had more pro-election attitudes and in favor of reproductive law compared to those from rural areas, having active sex life and having someone known to having performed induced abortion favors the attitude of pro-choice, reproductive rights and the legalization of abortion as a means of solution for its complications, and detracts from the position provided, in both situations (p < 0.05). The strong religioside is the one who has the main differences showing less points in the pro-election, reproductive law and legalization as a solution and more in being provided. (p < 0.001) Conclusions The social context still manifests itself uneven at the moment of having a posture and attitude with the legalization of induced abortion, being strong, independent of religion strong beliefs in a god. Key messages University students are in different positions before abortion according to their social and cultural context. The regulation of the abortion policy will have to contemplate the particular Mexican situation taking into account its social fabric and the moment in which it lives.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Dynamic Response of the Bridge-Vehicle System considering Random Road Roughness Based on the Moment Method

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Fan Feng ◽  
Fanglin Huang ◽  
Weibin Wen ◽  
Zhe Liu ◽  
Xiang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Random Process ◽  
Moment Method ◽  
System Response ◽  
Vehicle Speed ◽  
The Road ◽  
Bridge Span ◽  
Road Roughness ◽  
System Vibration ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Impact

The bridge-vehicle interaction (BVI) system vibration is caused by the vehicles passing through the bridge. The road roughness has a great impact on the system vibration. In this regard, poor road roughness is known to affect the comfort of the vehicle crossing the bridge and aggravate the fatigue damage of the bridge. Road roughness is usually regarded as a random process in numerical calculation. To fully consider the influence of road roughness randomness on the response of the BVI system, a random BVI model was established. Thereafter, the random process of road roughness was expressed by Karhunen–Loeve expansion (KLE), after which the moment method was used to calculate the maximum probability value of the BVI system response. The proposed method has higher accuracy and efficiency than the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) calculation method. Subsequently, the influences of vehicle speed, roughness grade, and bridge span on the impact factor (IMF) were analyzed. The results show that the road roughness grade has a greater impact on the bridge IMF than the bridge span and vehicle speed.

Influence of Primary Performance Instrument and Education Level on Music Performance Evaluation

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Education Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact that education level and primary performance instrument have on the evaluation of music performances. Participants (N = 423) in the study were middle school (n = 187), high school (n = 113), and college (n = 123) musicians who performed on either a brass (n = 115) or a nonbrass (n = 301) instrument. They listened to six junior high trumpet performances by players of various abilities. Results indicated statistically significant findings on six of seven performance subareas for the interaction of education level and performer, and significant main effects for performance instrument, education level, and performer. For many subarea-by-performer interactions, middle and high school students rated performances lower than did college students. In all performance areas (except melodic accuracy), there was a strong lack of influence for instrument (brass, nonbrass) on evaluation. The results suggest that it may be prudent to incorporate activities that help develop evaluation skills in middle and high school instrumental rehearsals.

Classroom interdisciplinary diversity and entrepreneurial intentions

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 832-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Padilla-Angulo ◽  
René Díaz-Pichardo ◽  
Patricia Sánchez-Medina ◽  
Lovanirina Ramboarison-Lalao
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of classroom interdisciplinary diversity, a type of classroom diversity that has been under-examined by previous literature, on the formation of university students’ entrepreneurial intentions (EI). Design/methodology/approach Based on Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour and the interactionist model of creative behaviour by Woodman et al. (1993), this paper provides empirical evidence demonstrating that classroom interdisciplinary diversity is important in the formation of university students’ EI at early educational stages using a cross-sectional study design and survey data on first-year business school students and partial least squares analysis. Findings Classroom interdisciplinary diversity is important in the formation of university students’ EI through its positive impact on entrepreneurial perceived behavioural control (PBC) (self-efficacy), a key antecedent of EI. Practical implications The results have important implications for educational practice as well as for both public and private organisations willing to promote entrepreneurial activity, in particular, the positive effects of combining people with different profiles and career fields of interest on entrepreneurial PBC (self-efficacy). Originality/value This study contributes to the scant literature on early university experiences in entrepreneurship education and their influence on EI. It studies the impact of an under-examined dimension of diversity (classroom interdisciplinary diversity) on the formation of students’ EI.

Mental Health of Iranian High School and College Students

1989 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azar Makaremi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Middlesex Hospital ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
Anxiety Depression

The objectives of this study were to investigate the mental health of Iranian high school and college students with regard to sex differences and to compare the results with those from other countries. The sample included 159 high school students (79 boys, 80 girls) and 160 college students (80 boys, 80 girls). The Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire was used to measure free floating anxiety, depression, phobia, obsession, and somatization. Significant effects of group and sex were noted for phobia, but for depression only the main effect of group was significant. For other scales neither the main effects of group and sex nor their interactions were significant. Iranian college students showed more anxiety than their British peers.

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