16 research outputs found
Flipped versus conventional classes in a Saudi Arabian university
This thesis presents an investigation of the implementation of the flipped
classroom in higher education in Saudi Arabia, which addressed three main
research questions:
1- Is there any difference in acquisition of knowledge, and student attitudes,
between students who take a flipped class and those who take a
conventional class?
2- Is there any difference in the use of time, and approach to study, between
students who take a flipped class and a conventional class?
3- What factors affect the implementation of flipped class?
The study compared two groups of students, those who learned using the
flipped classroom and those who learned through traditional lectures followed
by an activity session. In the flipped classroom, face-to-face time was reduced
from 3 to 2 hours and activity time was doubled from 1 to 2 hours. The
participants were 491 female students; half of them were taught in a flipped
classroom and the other half by conventional method. Instructors, content,
materials, assignments, and exam questions were the same in both groups. As
this study used the mixed method approach, the data were collected by
questionnaires, interviews, classroom observation, studentsâ diaries, and marksâ
reports and Blackboard Learn reports.
At the end of the course, there were no significant differences in test or
assignment marks between students studying by the two methods. With regard
to studentsâ attitudes toward the flipped classroom, 60% of the students in the
flipped classroom reported that they preferred this method, whereas 14% of the
students reported having a negative attitude toward it. About 45% of students
in the flipped classroom group reported a positive attitude towards face-to-face
lectures, differing significantly from the perspective of those in the conventional
group, 75% of whom reported a positive attitude. However, even with the
positive attitude toward flipped class, one of the main findings showed that only
39% of the learners âalwaysâ watched the videos as required, and the trend of
watching the videos showed a decrease in the number of views over time.
However, viewing rates increased sharply during the period of exam study, as
learners watched these videos again, or even for the first time.
This thesis also explores flipped classroom studentsâ study habits inside and
outside the classroom, and investigates the factors behind these behaviours,
including their motivations and the obstacles to study which they faced. For
example, shortage of time and issues with studentsâ self-regulation were the
main factors that hindered students from watching the videos, as a result, not
watching the videos influenced the quality of their participation in classroom
activity negatively. Investigating the studentsâ experience in flipped class also
showed other factors which were related to the adoption of a strategic or surface
approach to learning
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Assessing Patient Engagement in Health Care: Proposal for a Modeling and Simulation Framework for Behavioral Analysis
Human behavior plays a vital role in health care effectiveness and system performance. Therefore, it is necessary to look carefully at the interactions within a system and how a system is affected by the behavioral responses and activities of its various components, particularly human components and actions. Modeling patientsâ engagement behaviors can be valuable in many ways; for example, models can evaluate the effects of therapeutic interventions on health improvement, health care effectiveness, and desired outcomes of changing health lifestyles. Modeling and simulation (M&S) help us to understand the interactions within a whole system under defined conditions. M&S in patient behavior analysis involve models that attempt to identify certain human behaviors that most likely have an impact on health care operations and services. Our studyâs overall aims are (1) to investigate the impacts of patientsâ engagement and various human behavior patterns on health care effectiveness and the achievement of desired outcomes and (2) to construct and validate a framework for modeling patient engagement and implementing and supporting patient management best practices, health policy-making processes, and innovative interventions in health care. We intend to extract routinely collected data of different parameters from general patients diagnosed with chronic diseases, such as diabetes. Our plan is to design data sets and extract health data from a pool of >4 million patient records from different general practices in England. We will focus on the primary electronic medical records of patients with at least 1 chronic disease (>200,000 records). Simulation techniques will be used to study patient engagement and its impact on health care effectiveness and outcome measures. The study will integrate available approaches to develop a framework for modeling how patientsâ behaviors affect health care activities and outcomes and to underline the characteristics and salient factors that operational management needs to be aware of when developing a behavioral model for assessing patient engagement. The M&S framework, which is under development, will consider patient behavior in context and the underlying factors of human behavior with the help of simulation techniques. The proposed framework will be validated and evaluated through a health care case study. We expect to identify leading factors that influence and affect patient engagement and associated behavioral activities and to illustrate the challenges and complexities of developing simulation models for conducting behavioral analyses within health care settings. Additionally, we will assess patientsâ engagement behaviors in terms of achieving health care effectiveness and desired outcomes, and we will specifically evaluate the impacts of patient engagement activities on health care services, patient management styles, and the effectiveness of health interventions in terms of achieving the intended outcomesâimproved health and patient satisfaction. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): PRR1-10.2196/3009
Pengaruh Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Risk Terhadap Kinerja Perusahaan
ESG risk telah menjadi kebutuhan investor global dan domestik dalam berinvestasi di pasar modal
untuk menilai risiko keberlanjutan perusahaan dalam jangka panjang. Penelitian ini memberikan
bukti empiris pengaruh ESG risk terhadap kinerja perusahaan, yang diproksikan melalui kinerja
akuntansi dan kinerja pasar. Return on asset (ROA) dan Return on Equity (ROE) digunakan untuk
mengukur kinerja akuntansi, sedangkan Tobinâs Q dan Price Earnings Ratio (PER) sebagai
pengukur kinerja pasar. Penelitian ini dilakukan terhadap 57 observasi pada perusahaan terindex
ESG Leaders (IDXESGL) di Bursa Efek Indonesia selama tahun 2020-2022. Data dianalisis
menggunakan regresi data panel, dengan random effect model untuk ROA, ROE dan Tobinâs Q
serta pooled least square untuk PER. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ESG risk berdampak
pada menurunnya kinerja perusahaan yang diukur dengan PER, namun tidak berdampak kepada
kinerja perusahaan yang diukur menggunakan ROA, ROE dan Tobinsâs Q. Serangkaian robusstnest
test seperti estimasi 2SLS, GMM dan GLS dilakukan untuk menguji goodness of fit model prediksi.
Hasil penelitian memberikan bukti yang kuat bahwa ESG risk dapat menurunkan kinerja pasar yang
diukur dengan PER. Penelitian ini mengindikasikan bahwa perusahaan dengan nilai ESG risk yang
tinggi memiliki risiko ESG material serta kontroversi yang tinggi dalam kegiatan bisnisnya.
Ketersediaan skor ESG risk dapat membantu investor meningkatkan efisiensi pasar, terutama bagi
mereka yang memperhatikan faktor ESG untuk mencapai tingkat pengembalian yang lebih tinggi
dari investasi merek
Regulation of the neural niche by the soluble molecule Akhirin
Though the adult central nervous system has been considered a comparatively static tissue with little turnover, it is well established today that new neural cells are generated throughout life. Neural stem/progenitor cells (NS/PCs) can selfârenew and generate all types of neural cells. The proliferation of NS/PCs, and differentiation and fate determination of PCs are regulated by extrinsic factors such as growth factors, neurotrophins, and morphogens. Although several extrinsic factors that influence neurogenesis have already been reported, little is known about the role of soluble molecules in neural niche regulation. In this review, we will introduce the soluble molecule Akhirin and discuss its role in the eye and spinal cord during development
Regulation of the neural niche by the soluble molecule Akhirin
Though the adult central nervous system has been considered a comparatively static tissue with little turnover, it is well established today that new neural cells are generated throughout life. Neural stem/progenitor cells (NS/PCs) can selfârenew and generate all types of neural cells. The proliferation of NS/PCs, and differentiation and fate determination of PCs are regulated by extrinsic factors such as growth factors, neurotrophins, and morphogens. Although several extrinsic factors that influence neurogenesis have already been reported, little is known about the role of soluble molecules in neural niche regulation. In this review, we will introduce the soluble molecule Akhirin and discuss its role in the eye and spinal cord during development
Tsukushi expression is dependent on Notch signaling and oscillated in the presomitic mesoderm during chick somitogenesis
During somitogenesis, segmentation of the body axis occurs by epithelial somites budding off from the rostral end of the unsegmented presomitic mesoderm (PSM), and its molecular regulation is achieved by a molecular oscillator and signaling molecules. Tsukushi (TSK) is a unique secreted protein and involved in diverse biological cascades in vertebrate embryos by modulating several signaling pathways at the extracellular region. However, the involvement of TSK in somitogenesis remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the detailed expression patterns of TSK at different developmental stages of a chick embryo. Chick-TSK (C-TSK) is expressed in the PSM and shows an oscillation pattern with three phases. The oscillation pattern of C-TSK in the PSM is similar to that of c-Notch1 and c-haity1, but not to c-Delta1. Our in vitro data showed that Notch signaling is necessary for the normal expression of C-TSK and that expression of C-TSK is an intrinsic property of the anterior PSM. These data suggest that TSK plays a role in chick somitogenesis. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved