Neben der Frage nach der leistungssteigernden Wirkung von sogenannten "Ich-kann"-Checklisten auf die Metakognitionsstrategien der Schülerinnen und Schüler, geht die Arbeit auch den Fragen nach, welche Schülerinnen und Schüler "Ich-kann"-Checklisten nutzen, in welcher Form und unter welchen Kontextmerkmalen sie am wirksamsten sind. Dabei handelt es sich um Listen mit festgelegten, fachlichen und überfachlichen Kompetenzen einer bzw. mehrerer Unterrichtseinheiten, die in Form von „Ich-kann“-Formulierungen für Schüler geschrieben sind und die Aufforderung einer Selbst- und Fremdeinschätzung beinhalten. Blickt man in die Veröffentlichungen der letzten Jahre zu diesem Thema und in die schulische Praxis, so ist eine deutliche Hinwendung zur Entwicklung und Arbeit mit „Ich-kann“-Checklisten und Kompetenzrastern zu erkennen. Umso erstaunlicher ist es, dass diesbezüglich so gut wie keine empirischen Untersuchungen vorliegen (vgl. Bastian & Merziger, 2007; Merziger, 2007). Basierend auf einer quantitativen Erhebung von 197 Gymnasialschülerinnen und -schülern in der 7. Jahrgangsstufe im Fach Deutsch wurde über einen Zeitraum von zwei Jahren diesen übergeordneten Fragen nachgegangen. Die Ergebnisse lassen die Aussagen zu, dass "Ich-kann"-Checklisten insbesondere für Jungen ein wirksames pädagogisches Instrument der Selbstregulation darstellen. So fördert die Arbeit mit "Ich-kann"-Checklisten nicht nur die Steuerung eigener Lernprozesse, sondern auch die Anstrengungsbereitschaft der Schülerinnen und Schüler, mehr für das Fach tun zu wollen. Eine während der Intervention erfolgte Selbsteinschätzung über den Leistungsstand mittels der "Ich-kann"-Checklisten fördert dabei den freiwilligen außerunterrichtlichen Gebrauch. / This paper examines the performance enhancing effect of so called “Can Do” checklists on the metacognitive strategies of 13 to 14 year old Gymnasium students. This study analyzes which students actually use “Can Do” checklists, in what form they apply them, and the specific circumstances in which they appear to be most effective. These checklists define fundamental, subject-specific, and interdisciplinary competencies that are formulated into written “Can Do” lessons that require both self-assessment and third-party assessment. The increasing development and application of “Can Do” checklists and performance metrics is clearly seen both in the recent scholarly papers that address this issue and in classroom practice. The fact that this trend is emerging despite the lack of empirical studies is particularly surprising (e.g. Bastian & Merzinger, 2007; Merzinger, 2007). These salient questions were examined through analysis of a two-year quantitative survey that monitored two consecutive classes of 197 Gymnasium students in their German class during their 7th academic year. The results of this study indicate that “Can Do” checklists are an effective pedagogical tool for self-evaluation especially for boys. Applying this methodology both fosters self management of the learning process and motivates the student to invest more effort into the subject. The benefits of continuous performance self-assessment using “Can Do” checklists also transfer voluntarily beyond the classroom.

The study was to investigate the effectiveness of Sociocultural Competency Training (SCCT) as an intervention in enhancing self-efficacy among trainees in the health care profession. The purposes of the study were threefold: (a) to evaluate the effectiveness of the training in enhancing the trainees' self-efficacy and behavioural performance; (b) to examine their personal experiences in the learning ofthe sociocultural competencies, and (c) to identify the factors that contribute to effective outcomes. A sample of 84 participants in the Health Sciences program at the Vancouver Community College was recruited. There were 26 local born Canadians and 32 immigrants in the experimental group, whereas 11 local born Canadians and 15 immigrants were in the control group. Experimental group participants took part in an 18- hour training over a 6-week period as part of their regular Human Relations Skills course curriculum. The control group also took the same training course after post-test data collection. This study used both quantitative and qualitative methods. Self-efficacy and behavioural performance were assessed quantitatively by the results from the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE), Situational Social Avoidance Scale (SSA), Social Self-Efficacy Scale (SSE), and Interpersonal Skills Checklist (ISC-33). Qualitative data was collected through written feedback from 28 participants and semi-structured interviewing with 24 volunteer interviewees in the experimental group. The results of this study supported the hypotheses that the Sociocultural Competency Training was effective in improving the interpersonal skills and lowering the social avoidance tendency among participants in the experimental group when compared to individuals in the control group. The hypothesis that there would be more significant change in participants' social self-efficacy was also supported. The Sociocultural Competency Training offered effective ways of helping people develop positive self-efficacy and behavioural competencies. Participants reported the training enabled them to have the sociocultural competencies to conduct their professional career in a multicultural community. In the future, the training can be used with high school students, college and university students, international students, professionals, business people, and expatriates who need to learn the sociocultural competencies for career success.

Rörfonation och traditionell svensk röstbehandling är två av de vanligaste behandlingsalternativen inom svensk röstlogopedi idag. Som forskare är det viktigt att kontinuerligt utvärdera de behandlingar som erbjuds för att göra vården mer kvalitativ och kostnadseffektiv. Finns det skillnader i behandlingseffekt mellan dessa två röstbehandlingar? Är skillnaderna så tydliga att det går att fastslå att den ena behandlingen är att föredra framför den andra? Med analyser av ett patientmaterial, före och efter behandling, i form av akustisk analys, perceptuella bedömningar av en grupp erfarna logopeder samt patienternas självskattningar syftar föreliggande uppsats till att besvara vad behandlingsformerna har för effekt inom dessa områden. Patientmaterialet bestod av totalt 28 patienter varav 23 fullföljde behandling. Tolv av dessa erhöll behandling med rörfonation medan resterande elva patienter erhöll traditionell svensk röstbehandling.. Utöver röstinspelningar bestod materialet av patienternas självskattningar, i form av RHI- och Swe-VAPP-formulär. Gällande behandlingseffekt på akustiska parametrar kunde inga slutsatser dras. De perceptuella parametrarna afoni, hyperfunktion och knarr förbättrades sett till hela urvalet, oavsett typ av röstbehandling. Tydliga förbättringar sågs i patienternas självskattningar efter båda behandlingsmetoderna. Röstbehandling ger således positiva resultat, men några skillnader i behandlingseffekt mellan de två olika metoderna för röstbehandling kunde inte påvisas. / Tube phonation and traditional Swedish voice therapy are two of the most common voice therapy options in Sweden today. As a researcher, it is important to continually evaluate available therapy options to make health care more qualitative and cost effective. Are there differences in treatment effect between these two voice treatments? If so, are the differences so obvious that it is possible to conclude that one treatment should be preferred over the other? Analyses of a patient material, before and after treatment, which included acoustic analysis, perceptual analysis by a group of experienced speech-language therapists and patients' selfassessments were made aiming to answer what effect the two treatment options have in these areas. The patient material consisted of 28 patients, of whom 23 completed the therapy. Twelve of them received treatment with tube phonation while the remaining eleven patients received traditional Swedish voice therapy. Besides audio recordings, the material consisted of patients' self-assessments pre- and post-therapy, including VHI and Swe-VAPP forms. The treatment effect on acoustic parameters was inconclusive. The perceptual parameters aphonia, hyper function, and creaking improved over the entire sample, regardless of the type of voice therapy. Clear improvements were seen in the patients' self-assessments after both therapy methods. Voice therapy thus gives positive results, but no differences in treatment effect between the two different methods of voice therapy were seen.

A family is the first educational institution where a child acquires his basic social standards. A family is also the most important institution for human socialization having a great influence on the development of a child‘s personality. Parents form the biggest part of a child‘s environment the development of a child‘s personality greatly depends on them. The aim of this work is to analyse the typical psychological relation between junior schoolchildren and their mothers on the bases of sex and family status. 400 people (200 children aged 9-11 and their 200 mothers) took part in a survey. 5 questionnaires were used for assessing children‘s psychological feelings, inside calmness, self - assessment, worries about school and motivation for learning. For assessing their mothers‘ psychological feelings, inside calmness and self – assessment 3 questionnaires were used. While carrying out a survey there were given 3 hypotheses which turned to be partly approved. A significant relation was defined between girls‘ inside calmness and their mothers‘ psychological feelings as well as between their self – assessment, whereas the same kind of relation between boys and their mothers was not confirmed. There was also defined a significant relation between boys‘ worries about school and their mothers‘ psychological feelings. A second hypotheses which states that in a two – parent family there is a closer relation between the children‘s inside calmness, psychological mood at school... [to full text]

Nonattendance, behavior problems and social disjuncture of young people shows that pupils have problems: such as the feeling of low self-assessment, lack of self confidence. Economical, social conditions, lack of activities cause different kinds of addiction, breaches of the law, offences among the teenagers. Thus, seeking to see the peculiarities of behavior and self-assessment of pupils who don‘t attend school, it is necessary to perform the detailed objective study by ascertaining which actions define different solutions of problems. The study aim object - 5-10 grade secondary school children not attending school. The aim - to analyse the peculiarities of behaviour and self-assessment of children having school attendancy problems. The main goals: 1. To analyse the teenagers‘not attending school, behavior and self assessment problems, on the basis of scientific-pedagogical, psychological literature. 2. To analyse the attitude of teenagers having school attendancy problems towards themselves, relationship with teachers, parents and contemporaries. 3. To reveal the attitude of pupils, having school attendancy problems towards learning. 4. To prepare recommendations for school administrators and tearchers. Theoretical, empirical and mathematical statistic methods were used. Target group: 302 5-10 grade students’ pupils, having attendancy problems from cities, small towns and villages of Lithuania and 302 tutors. Conclusions: The study show, that: • a quarter of students... [to full text]

Darbo tema. Fizinio aktyvumo įtaka Kauno S. Nėries vidurinės mokyklos moksleivių savęs vertinimui ir pasitikėjimui savimi. Darbo objektas. Moksleivių fizinis aktyvumas, savęs vertinimas ir pasitikėjimas savimi. Tyrimo problema. Iki šiol mažai tyrinėta fizinio aktyvumo įtaka moksleivių savęs vertinimui ir pasitikėjimui savimi, todėl iškyla probleminis klausimas ar fiziškai aktyvūs moksleiviai geriau save vertina ir labiau pasitiki savimi nei fiziškai pasyvūs? Darbo aktualumas. Svarbu nustatyti, kokią įtaką jauno žmogaus fizinės veiklos aktyvumas turi jo asmenybės raidai, savęs vertinimui ir pasitikėjimui savimi. Darbo naujumas. Fizinio aktyvumo įtaka 5–12 klasių moksleivių savęs vertinimui ir pasitikėjimui savimi yra mažai nagrinėta. Praktinė reikšmė. Tyrimų rezultatų išvadomis galėtų remtis kūno kultūros mokytojai akcentuodami svarbiausius asmenybes raidos aspektus (pasitikėjimą ir savęs vertinimą) per kūno kultūros pamokas. Hipotezė – fiziškai aktyvūs moksleiviai save geriau vertina ir pasitiki savimi labiau. Jaunesnieji moksleiviai geriau save vertina negu vyresnieji, o vyresnieji moksleiviai labiau pasitiki savimi nei jaunesnieji. Tyrimo tikslas – nustatyti fizinio aktyvumo įtaką Kauno S.Nėries vidurinės mokyklos moksleivių savęs vertinimui ir pasitikėjimui savimi. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Nustatyti moksleivių požiūrį į fizinį aktyvumą. 2. Nustatyti moksleivių savęs vertinimo lygį lyties ir amžiaus aspektu. 3. Nustatyti moksleivių pasitikėjimo savimi lygį lyties ir... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The theme of the work. The influence of physical activity of Kaunas secondary school of S. Nėris schoolchildren‘s self - assessment and self - reliance. The object of the work. Physical activity of the schoolchildren, self – assessment and self – reliance. The problem of the research. The influence of physical activity to schoolchildren‘s self – assessment and self – reliance has not been much explored, therefore the question arises,if physically active cholchildren have more self – assesssment and self – reliance comparing with physically passive schoolchildren? Topicality of the work. It is important to determine the influence of a young man‘s physical activity to his personal development, self assessment and self reliance. Originality of the work. The influence of physical activity to self assessment and self- reliance of 5-12 forms pupils has not been much explored. Practical meaning. Implications of physical activity research can be used by the teachers of physical culture while emphasizing the basic aspects of a personal development ( self reliance and self assessment) during the lessons of physical culture. Hypothesis. Schoolchildren who are physically active are more self confident and better assess themselves than non- physically active pupils.Younger schoolchildren better assess themselves comparing with senior schoolchildren. Senior schoolchildren have better reliance on themselves comparing with younger friends. The aim of the research. To determine... [to full text]

<p>Broad access to healthcare services is a key factor of human development in any country. The current health care situation in South Africa can be diagnosed as critical. The hospitals are understaffed, over-occupied and the diseases like Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) give health care workers additional challenges. The demand for management skills in the health sector including those for nurse managers is high. A recent World Health Organization (WHO) study of nurses working in maternal health services identified good management as more important than salary, unless the remuneration was dramatically higher. In South Africa, little empirical research exists about the management skills of nurse managers, even though proper management of human resources is vital to achieve better outcomes and access to health care around the world. In South Africa, a greater focus on human resource management in health care and more research is needed to develop new policies that will help to address the skills gap of nurse managers. The object of this research project was to identify the gaps between required and existing management skills of senior nurse managers in South Africa in private and public hospitals. Once identified, this skills gap assessment can be used by employers and policy-makers to define the management education that nurse managers require. The research is based on a survey of nurse managers in private and public hospitals using a questionnaire. The survey instrument was based on prior research of hospital managers&rsquo / competencies in South Africa, and a review of the related theoretical literature.</p>

Darbo objektas. sportinių šokių šokėjų patiriamas stresas, jo įtaka savęs vertinimui ir jo įveikimo būdai. Darbo problema: kuo ypatingas streso poveikis sportinių šokių šokėjams ir kokie yra galimi jo įveikimo būdai? Darbo tikslas: nustatyti streso poveikį, jo įtaką savęs vertinimui ir jo įveikimo būdus sportinių šokių šokėjams. Darbo uždaviniai: 1. Įvertinti streso poveikį sportinių šokių šokėjams. 2. Identifikuoti streso įveikimo būdus. 3. Nustatyti sportinių šokių šokėjų patiriamo streso įtaką jų savęs vertinimui. Tyrimo metodai: 1. Mokslinės literatūros analizė. 2. Statistinių duomenų analizė. (Taikant SPSS statistinių duomenų apdorojimo programą) 3. Anketinė apklausa. Tiriamieji klausimai: - Kuo yra išskirtinis stresas kaip reiškinys? - Kokie yra šokėjų patiriamo streso teoriniai pagrindai? - Koks yra streso poveikis sportinių šokių šokėjų savęs vertinimui? Išvados. 1. Sportinių šokių šokėjos dažniau nei šokėjai patiria stresą (p=0,040). Tiek vyrai, tiek ir moterys dažniausiai stresą patiria profesinėje veikloje – šokiuose (p=0,225). Dauguma sportinių šokių šokėjų šokdami stresą jaučia kartais (p=0,653). Sportinių šokių šokėjams dažniau nei šokėjoms stresą labiausiai kelia integruojančios arba ribinės funkcijos (p=0,002). Tiek vyrams, tiek ir moterims stresą dažniausiai kelia siekis būti geriausiu (p=0,773). Sportinių šokių šokėjoms dažniau nei šokėjams stresą kelia psichiniai stresoriai (p=0,002), o šokėjams vyrams dažniau nei moterims pasireiškia... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Object of this paper. Stress experienced by dance sport dancers, its influence to their self assessment and stress coping techniques. Problem of this paper: what is the speciality of stress experienced by dance sport dancers and what are possible its coping techniques. Aim of this paper: to identify effect of stress, its influence to self assessment and stress coping techniques to dance sport dancers. Tasks of this paper: 1st – to assess stress effect to dance sport dancers. 2nd – to identify stress coping techniques. 3rd – to identify influence of stress effect to dance sport dancers self assessment. Research methods: 1. Analytical Review of Literature . 2. Analysis of Statistical Data. (Using SPSS statistical data processing program) 3. Questionnaire survey. Research questions: - What is an exclusivity of stress phenomenon? - What are theoretical frameworks of dancers experienced stress? - What is the effect of stress to dance sport dancers self-assessment? Conclusions. 1. Sport dance dancers female more often than male feel stress (p = 0.040). Both male and female tend to suffer stress in their profession activities - dancing (p = 0.225). Most of dance sport dancers sometimes feel stress (p = 0.653). Dance sport dancers male more often then female integrative functions cause stress (p = 0.002). Often stress is caused by aspiration to be the best to both dance sport dancers female and male (p = 0.773). Stress is caused by mental stressors more often to dance sport... [to full text]

Emotions have become an important research topic in both the behavioural sciences and advertising. Nowadays, emotions are acknowledged as an important mediator of cognitive and behavioural consumer responses to advertising. Consequently, researchers in marketing and advertising have emphasised the need to consider emotions as a crucial factor in the advertising process. To test the viability of this assumption, an empirical research study was conducted at the Behavioural and Communication Research Division of the Bureau of Market Research (BMR). More specifically, the research study used a three–dimensional approach to measure generational differences in consumers’ emotional response to television advertisements. To capture immediate, positive and negative emotive responses towards a pre–selected test advertisement, the study used three research instruments, namely AdSAM, PrEmo (both non–verbal measurement instruments) and the List of Emotions (LoE) (verbal measurement instrument). Gauteng consumers (n = 102) who view television participated in the study, which revealed that ageing appears to be a significant antecedent in measuring emotive response to advertisements. In this regard, the study showed, among others, that Baby Boomers (older generation) were inclined to react to the advertisement in a different manner than younger generations (Millennials and Xers). For example, Baby Boomers found it easier to acknowledge higher levels of engagement with the test advertisement, as was noted in the high Arousal ratings. No significant differences were, however, evident between generations on the Pleasure dimension as all generations seem to have felt positively towards the test advertisement. Furthermore, although all generations felt positive emotive reactions when viewing the test advertisement, Millennials feel more Comfortable, whereas the Xers and Baby Boomers feel stronger Warmed emotions. Overall, older people tend to purposefully seek to experience positive emotions and avoid or limit negative emotions. In summary, both non–verbal and verbal measures reflected generational differences that seem to be more apparent when analysing negative emotions. The study also revealed that the AdSAM instrument appears to be advantageous when measuring emotions in television advertising due to its non–verbal properties. However, greater generational differences seem to be evident when emotions are measured with a verbal rather than non–verbal instrument. Against this background, certain recommendations for future research were made, amongst others, the need for further research on emotive reaction to television advertisements and the need for innovative research models that are customised for the diverse South African consumer market. / Thesis (M.A. (Research Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

Emotions have become an important research topic in both the behavioural sciences and advertising. Nowadays, emotions are acknowledged as an important mediator of cognitive and behavioural consumer responses to advertising. Consequently, researchers in marketing and advertising have emphasised the need to consider emotions as a crucial factor in the advertising process. To test the viability of this assumption, an empirical research study was conducted at the Behavioural and Communication Research Division of the Bureau of Market Research (BMR). More specifically, the research study used a three–dimensional approach to measure generational differences in consumers’ emotional response to television advertisements. To capture immediate, positive and negative emotive responses towards a pre–selected test advertisement, the study used three research instruments, namely AdSAM, PrEmo (both non–verbal measurement instruments) and the List of Emotions (LoE) (verbal measurement instrument). Gauteng consumers (n = 102) who view television participated in the study, which revealed that ageing appears to be a significant antecedent in measuring emotive response to advertisements. In this regard, the study showed, among others, that Baby Boomers (older generation) were inclined to react to the advertisement in a different manner than younger generations (Millennials and Xers). For example, Baby Boomers found it easier to acknowledge higher levels of engagement with the test advertisement, as was noted in the high Arousal ratings. No significant differences were, however, evident between generations on the Pleasure dimension as all generations seem to have felt positively towards the test advertisement. Furthermore, although all generations felt positive emotive reactions when viewing the test advertisement, Millennials feel more Comfortable, whereas the Xers and Baby Boomers feel stronger Warmed emotions. Overall, older people tend to purposefully seek to experience positive emotions and avoid or limit negative emotions. In summary, both non–verbal and verbal measures reflected generational differences that seem to be more apparent when analysing negative emotions. The study also revealed that the AdSAM instrument appears to be advantageous when measuring emotions in television advertising due to its non–verbal properties. However, greater generational differences seem to be evident when emotions are measured with a verbal rather than non–verbal instrument. Against this background, certain recommendations for future research were made, amongst others, the need for further research on emotive reaction to television advertisements and the need for innovative research models that are customised for the diverse South African consumer market. / Thesis (M.A. (Research Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.