TEACH-WELL. Psychische Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden im Klassenraum durch das Good Behavior Game (Team-oriented classroom intervention to support mental health and well being – TEACH-WELL)

Im Beitrag wird die TEACH-WELL Studie vorgestellt und das Design kritisch diskutiert. Es handelt sich um die Beschreibung eines Forschungsvorhabens, das sich derzeit noch in der Planungsphase befindet. TEACH-WELL möchte die vor allem in den USA, Belgien und den Niederlanden nachgewiesenen Effekte des Good Behavior Game (GBG) in der Grundschule replizieren. In Anlehnung an das Forschungsdesign des wissenschaftlichen Ausgangsprojekts von Leflot, van Lier, Onghena & Colpin (2010, 2013) wird ein Quasi-experimentelles Kontrollgruppendesign mit fünf Messzeitpunkten und insgesamt ca. 1.300 Grundschülerinnen und -schüler umgesetzt. Es ist davon auszugehen, dass sich durch den Einsatz des GBG unter anderem eine deutliche Verhaltensverbesserung der Schülerinnen und Schüler im Unterricht zeigt. (DIPF/Orig.

Stellar Astrophysics and Exoplanet Science with the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE)

The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) is a planned 11.25-m aperture facility with a 1.5 square degree field of view that will be fully dedicated to multi-object spectroscopy. A rebirth of the 3.6m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Maunakea, MSE will use 4332 fibers operating at three different resolving powers (R ~ 2500, 6000, 40000) across a wavelength range of 0.36-1.8mum, with dynamical fiber positioning that allows fibers to match the exposure times of individual objects. MSE will enable spectroscopic surveys with unprecedented scale and sensitivity by collecting millions of spectra per year down to limiting magnitudes of g ~ 20-24 mag, with a nominal velocity precision of ~100 m/s in high-resolution mode. This white paper describes science cases for stellar astrophysics and exoplanet science using MSE, including the discovery and atmospheric characterization of exoplanets and substellar objects, stellar physics with star clusters, asteroseismology of solar-like oscillators and opacity-driven pulsators, studies of stellar rotation, activity, and multiplicity, as well as the chemical characterization of AGB and extremely metal-poor stars.Comment: 31 pages, 11 figures; To appear as a chapter for the Detailed Science Case of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explore

The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a public–private enterprise, is a new time-domain survey employing a dedicated camera on the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope with a 47 deg2 field of view and an 8 second readout time. It is well positioned in the development of time-domain astronomy, offering operations at 10% of the scale and style of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) with a single 1-m class survey telescope. The public surveys will cover the observable northern sky every three nights in g and r filters and the visible Galactic plane every night in g and r. Alerts generated by these surveys are sent in real time to brokers. A consortium of universities that provided funding (“partnership”) are undertaking several boutique surveys. The combination of these surveys producing one million alerts per night allows for exploration of transient and variable astrophysical phenomena brighter than r∼20.5 on timescales of minutes to years. We describe the primary science objectives driving ZTF, including the physics of supernovae and relativistic explosions, multi-messenger astrophysics, supernova cosmology, active galactic nuclei, and tidal disruption events, stellar variability, and solar system objects. © 2019. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific

A holistic framework of corporate website favourability

This paper extends the current knowledge of corporate website favourability (CWF) by developing a comprehensive conceptual model of its influence on corporate image, corporate reputation, loyalty and identification. The paper reviews previous studies on corporate websites from the perspectives of marketing, management, corporate identity and corporate visual identity in order to inform our understanding of the antecedents and consequences of CWF. The propositions and the conceptual framework present an approach by which a corporation can design and manage a favourable corporate website. A number of important contributions are offered: First, the paper adds to the understanding of CWF; second, it discusses the antecedents of CWF by drawing upon the existing literature; third, it is beneficial for practitioners in shaping CWF strategies, and fourth, it offers possible consequences of CWF and provides a framework for future testing

The extended LUBO-school training in special education: evaluation of an indicated prevention program for primary schools

Bereits bestehende psychische Auffälligkeiten von Kindern in der Förderschule schon zu Beginn ihrer Schullaufbahn machen eine gezielte Förderung emotional-sozialer Kompetenzen dringend notwendig. In der vorliegenden Studie wurde die Wirksamkeit des erweiterten, indizierten „Lubo“-Präventionsprogramms bei 225 Kindern mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf in den Bereichen der Lern- und Entwicklungsstörungen evaluiert. Zur Überprüfung der Effekte des Programms in der indizierten Prävention, wurde eine summative Evaluation mit Prä- , Post- und Follow-Up-Messung (nach drei Monaten) in den Bereichen (1) sozial erwünschte Verhaltensweisen (emotional-soziale Kompetenzen), (2) sozial unerwünschte Verhaltensweisen (Problembelastung), (3) kognitive Leistungsfähigkeit, schulische Fertigkeiten und intellektuelles Leistungspotenzial durchgeführt. Die Überprüfung der Effekte erfolgte mittels t-Test und multifaktorieller Varianzanalyse. Die Ergebnisse zeigen Zuwächse bei den emotional-sozialen Kompetenzen und den schulischen Fertigkeiten sowie Rückgänge von problematischen Verhaltensweisen. (DIPF/Orig.)In the first years of school, pre-existing mental behavioral problems of children in special education schools make a specific promotion of social and emotional skills urgently necessary. To test the effectiveness of the extended Lubo training in the use for children with special educational needs in the areas of learning and behavioral disorders, the training was evaluated in a study with 225 pupils in special education schools (EBD/LD). To quantify the effectiveness of the program in the indicated prevention, a summative evaluation with pre, post and three-month follow-up in the areas: (1) socially desirable behaviors (emotional-social skills), (2) socially undesirable behaviors (at-risk behavior), (3) academic skills and potential of intellectual performance was performed. To verify the effects, t-tests and multifactorial analyses of variance were used. The summative evaluation pointed out effects in the outcome areas of emotional-social skills, academic skills and reduction of behavior disorders. (DIPF/Orig.