930 research outputs found
NHS research ethics committees : still need more common sense and less bureaucracy
National Health Service research ethics committees exist to ensure that research performed within the NHS complies with recognised ethical standards and to protect the rights, safety, and dignity of all actual or potential participants. In the past decade the operation of research ethics committees has come under, and continues to come under, close scrutiny. Researchers now consider the process of acquiring ethical approval to be so onerous that it is compromising clinical research. Medical educators also think that the process is too unwieldy to allow undergraduate students to acquire research experience, an essential learning outcome required by the General Medical Council
Coinherence and The Terrible Good : A Soul’s Journey to Awareness and Responsibility
Examines Williams’s conceptions of coinherence, exchange, and substitution as they are portrayed in All Hallows’ Eve—particularly in the actions of Lester Furnival
Monitoring and Evaluating Classroom Behavior In Early Childhood Settings
Monitoring and evaluating classroom behavior in early childhood for the purpose of improving teaching and learning is critical. There is a clear link between social behavior and academic learning. Classrooms where students are following expectations, engaging academically, and transitioning effectively between activities are classrooms where students spend more time accessing instruction. In order to make efficient and effective decisions for class-wide supports, data should be collected on the class as a whole. With accurate data, interventions can be implemented for the whole group that will increase instructional time. In this paper we propose quick and efficient data collection methods for three key behaviors: following expectations, engagement, and transitions. With minimal disruption and effort, teachers can collect data that will enable them to support appropriate behaviors, ensure that students understand behavioral expectations, maintain an organized environment, improve positive interactions, and decrease the number of students needing intensive, individualized supports
A transpersonal approach in a case of dissociative identity disorder
Psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and the humanistic movement have, in the latter years of the twentieth century, been joined by a fourth psychological force, Transpersonal psychology. This study utilized a Qualitative methodology, Social-Constructivist orientation, Case Study design, and Dual Narrative format to explore the feasibility of utilizing a transpersonal approach in a case of Dissociative Identity Disorder. Sub-units of the investigation were (a) the treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder by traditional, psychoanalytic/medical model psychotherapy, (b) the functions of the altered states of consciousness within the client\u27s personality system, (c) the functions of the Internal Self Helper in the integration of the client\u27s fractured self, and (d) the theoretical orientation of the therapist and its impact upon the treatment process
Adding Function-Based Behavioral Support to First Step to Success: Integrating Individualized and Manualized Practices
This study investigated the effects of adding individualized, function-based support to the well-documented early intervention, First Step to Success. A single-subject multiple-baseline design was applied across three, K-1 students who did not respond to standard First Step to Success procedures. A functional behavioral assessment and individualized function-based support plan was added to the First Step protocol. The multiple baseline analysis documented an effect between adding individualized, function-based supports to the standard First Step program and both (a) a decrease in problem behavior and (b) an increase in academic engagement. Implications of the results are provided for the design of school-based behavior support, implementation of First Step to Success, and applications of manualized interventions
Bridging key research dilemmas: Quantitative research using a critical eye
This chapter serves as a guide for quantitative researchers who seek to approach their research questions critically.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/56004/1/202_ftp.pd
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