Relationships between underachievement, individual type and attributional motivation were investigated among 37 underachieving senior science students from a boys' college, a girls' college and a coeducational college in New Zealand. An adaptation of the Myers-Briggs type inventory was used to identify individual type, and attributional motivation was determined by using two questionnaires, based upon attributional constructs established by Weiner (1979). Students in the sample were also interviewed. Results show a significant difference, too great to be attributed to a sampling fluctuation, between the observed number of students and the greater than expected number of students, particularly for the ESFJ (Extrovert-Sensing- Feeling-Judging) and ISFJ (Introvert-Sensing-Feeling-Judging) individual 'types' within the sample of underachieving students. A difference also was found between the observed number of Function Pairs, derived from the Myers-Briggs descriptions, and the expected number of Pairs within the sample. These differences were also too great to be attributed to a sampling fluctuation.A general lack of motivation was found among the students, with 'lack of effort' being attributed as a major cause of underachievement. Differences in attribution trends were found between different 'types'. Most of the students indicated that they were passive learners and generally were unaware of how to use metacognitive strategies to improve their learning and motivation.Implications from this research suggest that intervention approaches should be made by educators to improve accountability and reduce underachievement by students. Recommendations for various approaches used by the author, and by others described in the thesis to reduce or overcome underachievement are suggested. These might be used for individual types who are prone to underachieve, and for ++ / underachievers generally.

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<b>Introduction:</b> Children's social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties are associated with reduced academic performance, stressed teacher-child relationships, and other negative academic and life outcomes. The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management (IY TCM) programme is one intervention developed to address problematic behaviours via training teachers to use positive and proactive management strategies. The overall aim of this DPhil is to use the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management programme as a case study for applying mixed methods at the systematic review level to ascertain what is known about both the programme's effectiveness and how people experience the course, and subsequently to use the systematic review's findings as a springboard (rather than as an end goal) for more exploratory research into 'for whom' the programme might work. <b>Method:</b> Study One is a mixed methods systematic review of IY TCM. It applied multilevel meta-analysis to RCT outcome data and grounded theory meta-synthesis to interview and focus group data on stakeholders' experiences of IY TCM. Quantitative and qualitative findings were cross-synthesised and mapped using an integrative grid. Study Two moves the field forward by filling a gap in the evidence base, as identified in Study One. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with special educational needs coordinators (SENCos) across Devon, exploring the acceptability and appropriateness of expanding IY TCM to the subgroup of children with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream schools. Data were analysed thematically and mapped onto IY TCM content. <b>Results:</b> In Study One, nine studies reported across 14 papers met inclusion criteria for either quantitative or qualitative strands of this systematic review. Multilevel meta-analysis of RCTs (n=4) indicated that the programme produced teacher- and child-level results in the desired directions. Clear trends across all measured outcomes favoured the intervention group over the treatment-as-usual comparison. Qualitative meta-synthesis (n=5) illuminated a cyclical learning process and broader conceptualisation of teacher and child outcomes than was evident in the quantitative evidence. Notably, RCT data on teacher outcomes were limited to self-reported or observed behaviours, while teachers described other benefits from IY TCM including increased knowledge and emotional well-being. Cross-synthesis of findings from the two review strands highlighted harmony across the RCT and qualitative evidence but also a number of areas in which constructs that were prioritised by one type of research were not integrated into the other. Study Two generated classroom management strategies from SENCos, which aligned closely with strategies taught in IY TCM, indicating that IY TCM would be both acceptable and applicable (if not sufficient) for use when working with children identified with SEN and behavioural difficulties in schools. <b>Discussion:</b> Based on the positive effects of implementing IY TCM despite very few studies to power analyses, the programme appears to offer tangible benefits to both teachers and children. It is possible that results are underestimated due to limited types of outcomes measured and absence of experiential data from additional stakeholders (e.g., parents). Depending on current provision of special educational needs services, schools operating inclusion models are likely to find these strategies beneficial for children identified with SEN, and this subgroup should be explicitly examined in future IY TCM studies.

Obiettivo: Accrescere la conoscenza relativa a come supportare il coinvolgimento attivo dei pazienti anziani, descrivendo i contenuti di interventi per il coinvolgimento attivo con pazienti anziani attualmente presenti sul panorama scientifico, sviluppando un nuovo intervento e studiando le prime fasi della sua implementazione. Metodo: Nel primo studio, in risposta al primo obiettivo, è stata condotta una analisi sistematica della letteratura scientifica sul tema. Il secondo studio ha visto la conduzione di focus groups con professionisti sanitari e interviste individuali a pazienti anziani per raffinare e validare qualitativamente un nuovo intervento per il coinvolgimento attivo. Nel terzo studio, si è studiata l’implementazione iniziale dell’intervento in un contesto italiano di cure integrate attraverso una ricerca partecipativa. Risultati: Il principale risultato del primo studio è stato la sbilanciata attenzione tra i 35 interventi per il coinvolgimento attivo presenti in letteratura per le componenti emotive a favore di quelle educative e comportamentali. È sulla base dei risultati del primo studio e di un modello teorico che è stata sviluppata una prima bozza di intervento. Nel secondo studio, la prospettiva di professionisti sanitari e pazienti anziani ha fornito indicazioni per modificare l’intervento e renderlo potenzialmente implementabile nella pratica clinica. L’intervento che è risultato consiste di almeno due incontri mensili individuali, più un set personalizzato di esercizi riflessivi per il paziente da compilare in autonomia a casa. Infine, il terzo studio ha osservato come le diverse pratiche educative presenti nei diversi setting – ospedaliero, ambulatoriale, territoriale - di un contesto di cura integrato hanno generato diverse, specifiche, difficoltà per l’implementazione. Un certo sforzo di flessibilità e personalizzazione dei contenuti e delle procedure dell’intervento è stato dunque richiesto. Implicazioni: L’intervento sviluppato mostra potenzialità nel supportare il coinvolgimento attivo dei pazienti anziani, ma necessita di ulteriori studi relativi all’implementabilità sul lungo termine e alla sua efficacia. / Aim: To contribute knowledge about how patient engagement support can be provided to older adults, by describing the contents of interventions aimed at patient engagement for older adults, developing a patient engagement intervention, and studying its early-stage implementation. Methods: In study 1, a systematic review of the literature was performed. In study 2, a qualitative study with focus groups involving healthcare professionals and individual interviews to older adults was conducted to develop the intervention. In study 3, a qualitative study of a participatory process was accomplished to explore the early-stage implementation of the intervention in one integrated-care organization. Results: The main finding of study 1 was that the emotional dimension was less used than the educational and behavioural dimensions among the 35 patient engagement interventions for older adults. The findings from the study 1 were used, together with a theory of patient engagement, to develop a draft of an individual patient engagement intervention for older adults (PHEinAction). In the study 2, the views of healthcare professionals and older adults were used to refine and finally endorse it. The final version of PHEinAction consisted of at least two face-to-face one hour individual sessions one month apart, plus a set of personalized home-based exercises aimed to facilitate a range of emotional, behavioural, cognitive changes for patient engagement. Finally, the study 3 observed how the existing patient education practice of inpatient, outpatient and territorial settings differently challenged the implementation. A certain degree of flexibility of PHEinAction’s contents and procedures was required to address these challenges. Implications: PHEinAction shows promise as an intervention to improve patient engagement in older adults. However, more research is needed, especially focusing on long-term implementation studies and evaluation of effects with experimental studies.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:58:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Edgard Dias da Silva.pdf: 6317770 bytes, checksum: 90930392a2e7a7fb9fded7ba2d0a5409 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-05-08 / Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo / The objective of this study was to investigate the potential of an intervention of education on the concepts of Statistics with elementary students from high school, built from a cultural visit (exhibition of Leonardo Da Vinci), and the environment as a tool complexity. It is a search for embossing qualiquantitative, which followed an almost-experimental model in the format pretest/ intervention/post-test, supplemented by qualitative analysis of the activities carried out during a speech of education. They were subjects of the search 45 students in two classes of the 2 nd grade of high school, a public school in the outskirts of the city of Sao Paulo. The two classes were randomly allocated to the experimental group, which participated in the intervention, the control group, which took its lessons routine. Both groups answered the pre-test simultaneously. Students in the experimental group visited the exhibition "Leonardo Da Vinci - A display of a Genius," focusing on the "Vitruvian man", which explores the various proportions of the human body, then in the classroom, collected their own data (age, gender, number of siblings, weight, height, size of the arms, among others), organizing them into tables and graphs, calculating measures of central tendency, exploring the relationship between the body measures, and finally dealt with the data on the environment using computer Tabletop software. After the speech the two groups answered the post-test. The results showed that the experimental group presented a statistically superior performance in the post-test, this result, combined the results of qualitative assessment allows us to conclude that the intervention of education, based on a work contextualized offered conditions for a significant learning these concepts / O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar as potencialidades de uma intervenção de ensino sobre os conceitos elementares de Estatística com alunos do Ensino Médio, construída a partir de uma visita cultural (exposição de Leonardo Da Vinci), tendo como ferramenta o ambiente computacional. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de cunho quali-quantitativo, que seguiu um modelo quaseexperimental, no formato pré-teste/intervenção/pós-teste, complementada pela análise qualitativa das atividades executadas durante uma intervenção de ensino. Foram sujeitos da pesquisa 45 alunos de duas turmas da 2ª série do Ensino Médio, de uma escola pública da periferia da cidade de São Paulo. As duas turmas foram alocadas aleatoriamente ao grupo experimental, que participou da intervenção e, ao grupo controle, que teve suas aulas rotineiras. Ambos os grupos responderam o pré-teste simultaneamente. Os alunos do grupo experimental visitaram a exposição Leonardo Da Vinci A exibição de um Gênio , focando o Homem Vitruviano , que explora as diversas proporções do corpo humano; depois, na sala de aula, coletaram seus próprios dados (idade, gênero, número de irmãos, peso, altura, envergadura dos braços, dentre outras), organizando-os em tabelas e gráficos, calculando medidas de tendência central, explorando as relações entre as medidas corporais e, finalmente, trataram os dados no ambiente computacional utilizando o software Tabletop. Após a intervenção os dois grupos responderam o pós-teste. Os resultados mostraram que o grupo experimental apresentou um desempenho estatisticamente superior no pós-teste, esse resultado, aliado aos resultados da avaliação qualitativa nos permite concluir que a intervenção de ensino, baseado num trabalho contextualizado ofereceu condições para uma aprendizagem significativa desses conceitos