Place is highly connected with outdoor education; it is defined by the location of the learning process and it designates both practically and theoretically ways to foster to students a strong bond with natural places. Place attachment refers to this bond or, in other words, the love relationship, one can develop with a place. This research tries to investigate if there is a causal relationship between outdoor education and development of place attachment. A quasi-experimental design research was conducted to 31 teenagers, 12-13 years old. A questionnaire, for measuring the level of place attachment to the natural surroundings of their school, was distributed at two different timelines. Four different dimensions of place attachment were measured; place identity, place dependence, social bonding and nature bonding. The experimental group participated in the program “Attachment to my Local Natural Landscape”, which was developed especially for this study and promoted direct connection with the land, through outdoor activities. The control group received no intervention. The results demonstrated that the program influenced only the female participants of the experimental group. No significant differences were indicated between the two groups after the implementation of the program. The small sample and the short length program implemented were important limitations of this study, which demand further future research to extract more clear results.

A pesquisa permeia a contabilidade e autogestão existentes nos empreendimentos econômicos solidários, em que o modelo de gestão é democrático e participativo e requer ferramentas contábeis compatíveis com suas características. O objetivo é verificar se a aplicação de técnica de ensino-aprendizagem contábil baseada nas rotinas gerenciais e demandas dos usuários contribui com a decodificação da informação contábil, colaborando com o controle gerencial dos empreendimentos. Assim, foi feito experimento em que no pré-teste foi analisado o entendimento contábil no que tange ao conteúdo informacional, sua utilidade e domínio. No pós-teste foi feita análise dos efeitos da aplicação da técnica sobre esses entendimentos. O estudo foi realizado com 16 cooperativas pertencentes à Incubadora Social da Universidade Federal de Goiás e a coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevistas estruturadas, observações e análise de registros. Estas foram transcritas e analisadas pelo método de análise de conteúdo, que consistiu em organizar categorias conceituais representantes do entendimento contábil testado, designada pela ocorrência ou expressão nos dados transcritos. A análise dos resultados foi feita pelo teste não-paramétrico, Postos Sinalizados de Wilcoxon. Os resultados apresentados não demonstraram diferenças significativas com relação ao entendimento contábil dos diretores e não diretores antes e depois da intervenção. Limitações como amostra e a rotatividade de pessoas na cooperativa denotam a necessidade de haver formações recorrentes para os cooperados. Para futuras pesquisas fica o tempo de curso ser prolongado permitindo a participação recorrente e de mais cooperados. Como implicações práticas têm-se a percepção dos cooperados na necessidade de ter e entender as ferramentas e controles para administrar à cooperativa. / The research permeates the existing accounting and self-management in solidarity economic enterprises in the management model is democratic and participatory and requires accounting tools compatible with its features. The objective is to verify whether the application of accounting teaching-learning technique based on management routines and demands of users contribute to the decoding of accounting information, collaborating with the management control of enterprises. So it was done experiment in which the pre-test was analyzed accounting understanding with respect to information content, its usefulness and domain. In the post-test was made analysis of the effects of the technical application of these understandings. The study was conducted with 16 cooperatives belonging to the Social Incubator of the Federal University of Goiás and the data collection was carried out through structured interviews, observations, and analysis of records. These were transcribed and analyzed by the method of analysis of content, which consisted of representatives of the organizing conceptual categories accounting understanding tested, designated by the occurrence or expression in the transcribed data. The analysis was done by non-parametric test, Wilcoxon Signed Posts. The results presented showed no significant differences with respect to the accounting understanding of the directors and not officers before and after the intervention. Limitations as sample and turnover of people in the cooperative denote the need for recurrent training for the members. For future research is the time course be extended allowing the applicant and more cooperative participation. How practical implications have the perception of the cooperative members on the need to have and understand the tools and controls to manage the cooperative.

This study compared the effectiveness, in terms of mathematical achievement and mathematics self-efficacy, of online homework to textbook homework over an entire semester for 145 students enrolled in multiple sections of college algebra at a large community college. A quasi-experimental, posttest design was used to analyze the effect on mathematical achievement, as measured by a final exam. A pretest-posttest design was used to analyze the effect on mathematics self-efficacy, as measured by the Mathematics Self-efficacy Scale. The control group completed their homework using the textbook and the treatment group completed similar homework using an online homework system developed by the textbook publisher. All class sections followed a common syllabus, schedule, and homework list and completed a common, departmental final exam. Classroom observations were also used as a way to establish the similarity between groups. The results of the study found that while the treatment group generally scored higher on the final exam, no significant difference existed between the mathematical achievement of the control and treatment groups. Both the control and treatment group did experience significant improvements in their mathematics self-efficacy, but neither group demonstrated more improvement than the other. When students were divided based on incoming math skill level, analysis showed that low-skilled students who used online homework exhibited significantly higher mathematical achievement than low-skilled students who used textbook homework. Exploratory analysis also showed that more students with low incoming skill levels and more repeating students received a passing grade when using online homework than did their higher-skilled, first-time counterparts, although the differences were not significant. Based on this study it appears as if online homework is just as effective as textbook homework in helping students learn college algebra and in improving students' mathematics self-efficacy. Online homework may be even more effective for helping the large population of college algebra students who enroll in the course with inadequate prerequisite math skills. Instructors and researchers should consider the possibility that online homework can successfully help certain populations of students develop understanding better than traditional approaches. This study has implications for mathematics instructors and for online homework system developers.

A pesquisa permeia a contabilidade e autogestão existentes nos empreendimentos econômicos solidários, em que o modelo de gestão é democrático e participativo e requer ferramentas contábeis compatíveis com suas características. O objetivo é verificar se a aplicação de técnica de ensino-aprendizagem contábil baseada nas rotinas gerenciais e demandas dos usuários contribui com a decodificação da informação contábil, colaborando com o controle gerencial dos empreendimentos. Assim, foi feito experimento em que no pré-teste foi analisado o entendimento contábil no que tange ao conteúdo informacional, sua utilidade e domínio. No pós-teste foi feita análise dos efeitos da aplicação da técnica sobre esses entendimentos. O estudo foi realizado com 16 cooperativas pertencentes à Incubadora Social da Universidade Federal de Goiás e a coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevistas estruturadas, observações e análise de registros. Estas foram transcritas e analisadas pelo método de análise de conteúdo, que consistiu em organizar categorias conceituais representantes do entendimento contábil testado, designada pela ocorrência ou expressão nos dados transcritos. A análise dos resultados foi feita pelo teste não-paramétrico, Postos Sinalizados de Wilcoxon. Os resultados apresentados não demonstraram diferenças significativas com relação ao entendimento contábil dos diretores e não diretores antes e depois da intervenção. Limitações como amostra e a rotatividade de pessoas na cooperativa denotam a necessidade de haver formações recorrentes para os cooperados. Para futuras pesquisas fica o tempo de curso ser prolongado permitindo a participação recorrente e de mais cooperados. Como implicações práticas têm-se a percepção dos cooperados na necessidade de ter e entender as ferramentas e controles para administrar à cooperativa. / The research permeates the existing accounting and self-management in solidarity economic enterprises in the management model is democratic and participatory and requires accounting tools compatible with its features. The objective is to verify whether the application of accounting teaching-learning technique based on management routines and demands of users contribute to the decoding of accounting information, collaborating with the management control of enterprises. So it was done experiment in which the pre-test was analyzed accounting understanding with respect to information content, its usefulness and domain. In the post-test was made analysis of the effects of the technical application of these understandings. The study was conducted with 16 cooperatives belonging to the Social Incubator of the Federal University of Goiás and the data collection was carried out through structured interviews, observations, and analysis of records. These were transcribed and analyzed by the method of analysis of content, which consisted of representatives of the organizing conceptual categories accounting understanding tested, designated by the occurrence or expression in the transcribed data. The analysis was done by non-parametric test, Wilcoxon Signed Posts. The results presented showed no significant differences with respect to the accounting understanding of the directors and not officers before and after the intervention. Limitations as sample and turnover of people in the cooperative denote the need for recurrent training for the members. For future research is the time course be extended allowing the applicant and more cooperative participation. How practical implications have the perception of the cooperative members on the need to have and understand the tools and controls to manage the cooperative.

As frequently as it occurs before elections that politicians give a united image of their potential coalition, previous studies have manly focused on explaining why coalitions of parties come to existence in the first place. However, previous scholars have not studied whether the demonstration of unity within a political bloc before an election affects the voters. The purpose of this study is to examine this aspect of politics through the following hypotheses:  H0: The demonstration of unity within a bloc before an election has no influence on how voters vote. H1: The demonstration of unity within a bloc before an election increases voters' willingness to vote for the most united bloc. The hypotheses were examined through quasi-experimental design and the study was conducted on university students. The result indicates that the demonstration of unity in a political bloc before an election has no significant effect on voting behavior, thus confirming the H0. However, further studies are suggested before confirming the result.

The present study provides an example of implementing the difference in differences (DD) estimator for a two-group, pretest-posttest design with K-12 educational intervention data. The goal is to explore the basis for causal inference via Rubin's potential outcomes framework. The DD method is introduced to educational researchers, as it is seldom implemented in educational research. DD analytic methods' mathematical formulae and assumptions are explored to understand the opportunity and the challenges of using the DD estimator for causal inference in educational research. For this example, the teacher intervention effect is estimated with multi-cohort student outcome data. First, the DD method is used to detect the average treatment effect (ATE) with linear regression as a baseline model. Second, the analysis is repeated using linear regression with cluster robust standard errors. Finally, a linear mixed effects analysis is provided with a random intercept model. Resulting standard errors, parameter estimates, and inferential statistics are compared among these three analyses to explore the best holistic analytic method for this context.

There is some evidence about the efficacy of preferred music on agitation in elders with dementia; however, little is known about its effectiveness on agitation when implemented by nursing staff in long-term care facilities. Even less is known about use of preferred music for managing anxiety in those with dementia. This quasi-experimental study aimed to evaluate the implementation of a preferred music intervention delivered by nursing staff on agitation and anxiety of institutionalised elders with dementia. The sample comprised of 57 elders with dementia residing in two building complexes which provided similar care routines and staffing in a large Taiwanese residential care facility. These two building complexes were randomly assigned as the experimental and control group. Nursing staff in the experimental group received a facilitation program to prepare them for implementing the preferred music intervention; whereas nursing staff in the control group received no facilitation program. The music intervention based on each resident's music preferences was then provided by the trained nursing staff for 32 experimental residents twice a week for six weeks. Meanwhile, 25 residents in the control group only received the usual standard care without music. All residents were assessed by Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) for overall and three subtypes of agitated behaviours and by Rating of Anxiety in Dementia for anxiety at baseline and week 6. Additionally, the modified CMAI measured the 30-minute occurrence of agitation at baseline, session 4, and session 12. The results indicate that institutionalised elders with dementia who received six weeks of preferred music intervention implemented by trained nursing staff had significant reductions on overall, three subtypes of agitated behaviours, anxiety, and 30-minute occurrence of agitation over time compared to those who received the usual standard care without music. Preferred music shows promise as a strategy for reducing agitation and anxiety in those with dementia when implemented by trained nursing staff. Such intervention can be incorporated into routine activities to improve the quality of care provided by nursing staff and the quality of life of those with dementia in long-term care settings. Our study results provide clinically relevant evidence which contribute to closing the gap between research and practice.

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Klimatfrågan är ett ständigt aktuellt ämne i dagens samhälle och det tycks finnas en stor medvetenhet hos de flesta människor om att det krävs akuta insatser och stora livsstilsförändringar, om vi ska ha möjlighet att minska vår klimatpåverkan. Trots att klimatförändringarna lämnar få oberörda och många individer uppger sig dessutom vara både insatta och engagerade i klimatfrågan, så omsätts engagemanget inte alltid till handling. Denna miljösociologiska kvantitativa studie avser undersöka om olika typer av klimatbudskap har en inverkan på individens attityd gentemot klimatförändringar vid exponeringstillfället. Studien undersöker också huruvida det finns skillnader i individens socio-ekonomiska bakgrund som inverkar på deras självskattade klimatengagemang. I studien deltog 140 respondenter med varierande bakgrundsvariabler (ålder, kön, boendeort, utbildningsnivå och inkomst). Respondenterna som delades upp i två experimentgrupper och en kontrollgrupp, fick besvara en digital enkät med en kvasi-experimentell design.                                                                                                     Resultatet visade att de olika kommunikativa angreppssätten att förmedla frågor kring klimatet på, inte hade en inverkan på respondenternas attityd gentemot klimatförändringar vid exponeringstillfället. Det fanns inte heller en signifikant skillnad avseende respondenternas klimatengagemang mellan bakgrundsvariablerna boendeort och utbildningsnivå. Däremot visade resultatet en signifikant skillnad mellan män och kvinnor gällande skattat klimatengagemang, något som ligger i linje med tidigare forskning. / Climate change is a constantly debated issue in our society today, and most people seem to have a sense of awareness that we need to act urgently and make major changes in our lifestyle in order to decrease our impact on the climate. Despite the fact that climate change leaves few untouched and many individuals also claim to be both well informed and engaged in the climate issue, the commitment is not always put into action. This environmental sociological quantitative study intends to investigate whether different types of climate messages have an impact on the individual's attitude towards climate change at the time of exposure. The study also examines whether there are differences in the individual's socio-economic background that affect their self-rated climate commitment. In the study 140 respondents with varying background variables participated (age, sex, level of education, place of residence and income). Respondents who were divided into two experimental groups and one control group were asked to answer a digital survey with a quasi-experimental design.                                                                                                                The result showed that the different communicative approaches to conveying issues around the climate did not have an impact on the respondents' attitude towards climate change at the time of exposure. There was also no significant difference with respect to the respondents' climate commitment between the background variables residential area and level of education. However, the result showed a significant difference between men and women regarding estimated climate engagement, which is in line with previous research.