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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating an Online Instructional Program to Teach Students to Evaluate Systemic Social Issues Using a Matrix Analysis

Smith, Michaela M. 12 1900 (has links)
This research aimed to determine the effects of an online training program on the accurate articulation of the concepts and elements needed to conduct a matrix analysis, the accuracy with which participants embedded these elements in a matrix analysis diagram, and the qualitative value of those elements. The development of the online training program was completed through a series of recursive steps. First, four literature searches regarding the matrix analysis, its foundational concepts, and underlying theoretical frameworks; systems analysis; culturo-behavior science; behavior analytic approaches to education; wicked and super wicked problems; and behavioral community psychology were conducted. Second, a tentative list of definitions for each element that collectively forms a matrix analysis was formed used to complete a component-composite analysis for each of the elements, and to determine the component skills individuals would need to develop to complete a matrix analysis and corresponding diagram. The component-composite analysis served as the basis for the general outline of the training program and the structure for the development of the training program presentations, activities, and assessments using Google Classroom. The online training program was piloted with 17 individuals enrolled in a graduate level course on behavioral systems analysis. Following the pilot of the online training program, a coding system was developed to assess the accuracy of responses to questions on the underlying concepts and the collective elements included in the matrix analysis on pre-training and post-module assessments, the accuracy and quality of the matrix analysis diagram elements in three matrix diagrams (pre-training, post-training, and generalization). The results for the pre-training and post-module assessments showed that participants provided more correct answers on the post-module assessments than on the pre-training assessment. The results for the accuracy measurement for the three matrix diagrams show stability in the key actors and sectors and behaviors and practices, but variability in performance across the remaining matrix elements. Lastly, the results for the specificity and level(s) of influence measurements for the three matrix diagrams show stable responding across most of the matrix elements.

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