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Scenario-based Learning: Experiences from Construction Management Courses

  • Lim, Benson Teck-Heng;Oo, Bee Lan
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.583-587
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    • 2015
  • Scenario-based learning (SBL) has been used in a variety of training situations across different disciplines. Despite its seemly widespread use in construction management discipline, very few attempts have been made to explore its effectiveness and the respective students' learning experience. Using a survey research design, this study aims to investigate students' perceptions on SBL approach in construction management courses. The specific objectives are: (i) to identify the characteristics of a favourable SBL environment, and (ii) to explore the students' learning experience and effectiveness of the SBL approach. The results show that the four characteristics of a favourable SBL environment are: effective team formulation, constant engagement with lecturer, working in a group, and incorporation of motivational incentive for participation. The students really appreciated the opportunities to apply concepts learnt in the lectures in their SBL group work. Also, they perceived that the SBL approach is effective in developing their reflective and critical thinking skills, analytic and problem-solving skills and their ability to work as a team. These findings should facilitate more critical approaches to similar form of teaching methods.

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Developing Metacognitive Skills of Mathematics Learners

  • KAUR, Berinderjeet;BHARDWAJ, Divya;WONG, Lai-Fong
    • Research in Mathematical Education
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.21-29
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    • 2016
  • Metacognition means "thinking about one's own thinking". There are generally two aspects of metacognition: i) Reflection - thinking about what we know; and ii) Self-regulation - managing how we go about learning. Developing metacognitive abilities is not simply about becoming reflective learners, but about acquiring specific learning strategies as well. There are several strategies that may be used by teachers to develop metacognitive skills amongst learners. As part of a Professional Development project secondary school mathematics teachers have been developing their knowledge and skills to teach for metacognition. In this paper we analyze two lessons presented by groups of teachers in the project and tease out similarities and differences between the lessons that afford or hinder the development of metacognitive skills of learners.

Development and Application of a System Thinking-Based Approach with the Use of a Patient Simulator in Nursing Education : Focus on Congestive Heart Failure (시스템 사고기반 울혈성 심부전 간호교육 시뮬레이션 프로그램 개발 및 적용)

  • Kim, Hyeon-Young;Yun, Eun Kyoung
    • Korean System Dynamics Review
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.61-84
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    • 2014
  • This study aims to explore the development and application of a simulated skills package designed to improve nursing students' knowledge integration and their system thinking(ST) skills about congestive heart failure(CHF) and to identify the change in students' ST levels using a ST-based learning approach. A simulated learning support package was developed by nurse educators and ST experts. The developed program was implemented with 35 third-year nursing students from S university in Seoul. The subjects improved their ST skills regarding CHF after intervention. Mean test scores for students completing the program were significantly higher than pre-intervention scores, including measures of direction of causality, polarity of causal relationship, feedback loop, polarity of feedback loop (reinforcing, balancing) and time delay (t=2.26~6.53, p=.030~p<.001). It is suggested that more educational programs be developed on various topics in order for nursing students to improve their ST skills as well as knowledge integration in clinical nursing practicum packages.

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The Effects of Self-directed Practice using Peer-tutoring on Confidence, Performance and Learning Satisfaction of Nursing Students in Practicing Core Nursing Skills (동료 교수학습이 핵심기본간호술 수행자신감, 숙련도와 학습만족도에 미치는 효과)

  • Yoo, Myoung-Ran;Kang, Myungsuk;Kim, Hyewon;Han, Hye-Lee;Choi, Ju-Young
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.27-36
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: The purpose of the non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest study was to test the effects of self-directed nursing practice using peer-tutoring, on the level of confidence, performance and learning satisfaction of nursing students in practicing core nursing skills. Methods: The data were collected from 80 junior nursing students at a nursing college in Daejeon before and after 3 weeks of intervention on practicing six core nursing skills, according to the highest order of priority. The subjects were divided into the peer-tutoring practice group (PTPG, n=40) and the lecturer-guided practice group (LGPG, n=40). The data were analyzed using mean, frequency, and t-test. Results: The PTPG scored statistically higher than the LGPG on the performance of 'indwelling urinary catheterization' and 'wearing protection equipment while entering quarantine room & disposing waste'. The PTPG scored statistically higher than the LGPG on the confidence of 'indwelling urinary catheterization' and 'inserting intravenous catheterization'. The PTPG scored statistically higher on learning satisfaction than LGPG. Conclusion: The results showed that self-directed nursing practice using peer-tutoring could be effective for nursing students in improving proficiency in core nursing skills and might be applied to core nursing skills training.

A Study on Students' Need for Free Learning Semester Programs of Libraries (도서관의 자유학기제 프로그램에 대한 학생수요조사 연구)

  • Noh, Younghee;Kim, Hyein
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.187-211
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    • 2016
  • The present study investigates the seventh and the eighth graders' perception of Free Learning Semester Programs offered by libraries by developing a survey questionnaire on students' needs for Free Learning Semester Programs of Libraries. The skills that middle school students want to improve in Free Learning Semesters are career exploration skills, and the type of Free Learning Semester that is most intensively implemented is career exploration activities. Programs are often offered in the form of experiential classes. Regarding the activities that the students want to participate during Free Learning Semester, the most preferred activities included field experience activity in the career exploration domain, cooking class in the student choice program, smartphone app development in club activities, design activity in the art domain, the badminton in the physical education domain, and using iPad in the information use skills. In addition, among the library programs in coordination with Free Learning Semester, the students liked the occupational experience program most. Future studies need to include the development and implementation of Free Learning Semester Programs based on students' opinions, and investigate their satisfaction with the Free Learning Semester Programs offered by libraries.

Predictors of Online Learning Satisfaction in Nursing Students after COVID-19 Pandemic (COVID-19 대유행 이후 간호대학생의 온라인 학습 만족도 예측요인)

  • Ahn, Jun-Ha;Son, Jang-Hoon;Kim, Soo-Yeon
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.19 no.7
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    • pp.451-461
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    • 2021
  • This study was conducted for nursing students to identify the effects of professors' teaching skills, learners' online learning readiness and major satisfaction on the online learning satisfaction after the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants recruited from nursing colleges located in five province, and data was collected using the Google Online Questionnaire from August 17th to October 5th, 2020. A total of 130 data were analyzed using the SPSS 23.0 program. As a result of this study, the factors that affect online learning satisfaction are the methods in the teaching skills (β=.43, p <.001) and self-directed learning in the online learning readiness (β=.33, p <.001), and satisfaction in nursing major (β=.21, p <.001). The results of this study suggest that education methods need to be devised to enhance the satisfaction of online learning in nursing colleges, and environmental improvements that can be self-directed learning are needed.

The Effect of Online Mentoring on the Self-directed Learning Skills and Emotional Stability of Elementary School Students (온라인 멘토링이 초등학생의 자기주도학습 능력과 정서적 안정감에 미치는 영향)

  • Jeong, Youngsik;Kim, Kyunglee
    • 한국정보교육학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2021.08a
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    • pp.239-245
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    • 2021
  • In order to analyze the educational effect of learning mentoring conducted for 4 weeks by the Korea Educational Broadcasting System(EBS) for elementary school students, the changes in self-directed learning skills and emotional stability were analyzed through pre-test and post-test for 27 students who participated in the EBS learning mentoring. As a result, it was found that students' self-directed learning ability and emotional stability were both improved. In addition, the students showed high satisfaction with the mentor who guided their learning and taught them. Therefore, in order to reduce the learning gap of underprivileged students in the distance learning situation, the EBS learning mentoring project should be continuously promoted, and the mentoring period and the number of students and teachers participating in mentoring should be significantly increased.

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Developing English listening and speaking skills by using puppetry in elementary schools (초등영어에서 인형극을 활용한 듣기.말하기 능력 향상방안)

  • Im, Byung-Bin;Kim, Yang-Sook
    • English Language & Literature Teaching
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.263-291
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    • 2003
  • This paper is to help the students in elementary schools develop and improve their English listening and speaking skills by presenting effective teaching and learning techniques using puppetry. It is absolutely obvious that listening and speaking are very important skills for most EFL students. Using puppets in the classroom is a creative English teaching technique which can involve authentic, communicative language situations. Moreover, puppets appeal to children and can aid in lowering affective filters thereby creating a more comfortable learning environment. The study clearly showed that using puppets is feasible and enjoyable in elementary English classes. However, caution must be exercised in drawing and generalizing conclusions from this experience. The results of the experiment are as follows: First, using puppetry in the English class was found to have positive influence on students' affective domains (interst, attitude). Second, using puppets in the English classes was found to be efficient for improving students' English listening and speaking skills. Third, appropriate materials should be selected and well thought-out plans should be made to be successful English class using puppetry. Perhaps the most interesting line of future research is to use qualitative research to examine the effect of this technique on the teacher variable. Further research is recommended, especially on using puppetry for speaking proficiency and creating affectively comfortable learning atmospheres.

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The Effects of Action Learning on Nurses' Problem Solving, Communication, Emotional Creativity and Innovation Behavior (액션러닝이 간호사의 문제해결능력, 의사소통, 정서창의성 및 혁신행동에 미치는 효과)

  • Lee, Sook-Ja;Jang, Keum-Seong
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.73-87
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a Action Learning(AL) program in terms of problem solving, communication skills, emotional creativity and innovation behaviors. Design for this was a nonequivalent control group quasi-experimental study. The participants were C-hospital staff nurses in G city (Experimental group=29, Control group=30). The AL program was composed of fourteen sessions in eight weeks. Data were collected and the program was conducted from May. 26 to July. 18, 2008. Data were analyzed with ${\chi}^2$-test, Fisher's exact test, t-test and ANCOVA, and utilized the SPSS win 20.0 program. There were significant increases in problem solving skills, communication skills and emotional creativity in the experimental group compared to the control group. Considering the above results, AL program has proven to be an effective educational program for improving the problem solving, communication skills and emotional creativity of nurses.

The Effect of the Intergenerational Exchange Program for Older Adults and Young Children in the Community Using the Traditional Play (전래놀이를 활용한 지역사회 노인과 아동을 위한 세대교류 프로그램의 효과)

  • Choi, Min-Jung;Sohng, Kyeong-Yae
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.48 no.6
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    • pp.743-753
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: This study aimed to explore the effects of a community-based first and third Intergenerational Exchange Program (IGEP) on older adults' health-related quality of life (HRQoL), loneliness, depression, and walking speed, and on 4~5-year-old preschool children's learning-related social skills. Methods: This study employed a non-equivalent control group pre-post-test design. The experimental group included 42 older adults and 42 children who participated in the IGEP for 8 weeks, and the control group included 39 older adults. The experimental group participated in the IGEP once a week for 8 weeks. It comprised a traditional play program based on the intergroup contact theory. Results: Compared to the control group, there was a significant increase in scores on the HRQoL-Visual analogue scale (VAS) and a decrease in loneliness and depression in older adults in the experimental group (p<.05). Children who participated in the IGEP showed an improvement in their learning-related social skills (p<.001). Conclusion: These results confirm that the IGEP is an effective intervention to improve HRQoL-VAS, loneliness, and depression among older adults and learning-related social skills among preschool children in the community.