1,636 research outputs found
Increasing Transparency within City Government Using Blockchain Technology
When the news or a friend mentions blockchain technology, is it typically always referenced in the context of cryptocurrency? While cryptocurrencies do rely on blockchain technology to record financial transactions between people and businesses,
1 government agencies have begun testing how blockchain technology could improve the lives of constituents.2 A notable advantage of implementing blockchain technology within government, however, is that it has the possibility to prevent corruption due to its very nature.3 The City and County of San Francisco has been the latest victim of government corruption in recent years,
4 with the most recent scandal involving the indictment of a major city developer for allegedly bribing three former building inspectors to obtain permits and expedite inspections.5 Despite enacting the Sunshine Ordinance as a guideline to avoid corruption,6 corruption still seems to fester in San Francisco’s local government continuously.7 This paper will explore how blockchain can be implemented to strengthen the goals of the Sunshine Ordinance and hopefully, solve San Francisco’s corruption problem
Implementing Peer-Review Activities for Engineering Writing Assignments
Professional engineers spend a considerable portion of their day writing, yet disciplinary writing skills are not addressed in many engineering courses. This study investigates peer review as a mean to enhance student writing in engineering courses. Students completed formative peer reviews using an online peer review system for a group project in a fluid mechanics course (with online and face-to-face sections) and for an individual writing assignment in a senior capstone class in mechanical engineering. A university-wide rubric for disciplinary writing was used to assess student writing performance on interim and final assignments completed over the course of a semester. Online surveys were used to assess student perceptions of the peer review process. The study was implemented over two semesters with iterative revisions in instruction made between semesters based on initial findings. Results suggest that peer review can increase student performance, as long as reflections are used to prompt student revision, regardless of the class delivery method or assignment type
Incidencia de la aplicaci?n de una secuencia did?ctica con enfoque CTSA en el desarrollo de pensamiento ambiental latinoamericano en estudiantes de grado octavo de la Instituci?n Educativa Francisco de Paula Santander.
216 p. Recurso Electr?nicoLa presente investigaci?n corresponde a una propuesta realizada durante los estudios
de Maestr?a en Educaci?n Ambiental en la Universidad del Tolima, con el objetivo de
determinar la incidencia de la aplicaci?n de una secuencia did?ctica en el desarrollo de
pensamiento ambiental latinoamericano en estudiantes de grado octavo de una
Instituci?n Educativa del municipio de Ibagu?.
Para lograr este objetivo se trabaj? una secuencia did?ctica con enfoque ciencia,
tecnolog?a, sociedad y ambiente, desde una metodolog?a de investigaci?n de tipo
cualitativo bajo el dise?o investigaci?n ?acci?n. Dentro de los resultados obtenidos con
la aplicaci?n de la secuencia did?ctica, se encontr? que los estudiantes reconoc?an m?s
elementos dentro de su representaci?n de ambiente, se aproximaron a nuevas
concepciones y distintas formas de trabajar la educaci?n ambiental y tener nuevas
lecturas sobre lo que implican los problemas ambientales. Finalmente, con la
investigaci?n se determin? que la secuencia did?ctica incidi? en el desarrollo de
pensamiento ambiental latinoamericano al facilitar la aproximaci?n de los estudiantes a
nuevas representaciones de ambiente, y al propiciar el trabajo de pensamiento cr?tico
entorno a la relaci?n ciencia, tecnolog?a, sociedad y ambiente, abriendo posibilidades
para que los estudiantes se involucren en la toma de decisiones responsables frente a
los diferentes modelos o estilos de vida.
Palabras claves: pensamiento ambiental latinoamericano, ambiente, educaci?n
ambiental y secuencia CTSA.The current research corresponds to a proposal made during the Master's studies in
Environmental Education at the University of Tolima, with the objective of determining the
incidence while the application of a didactic sequence in the development of Latin
American environmental thinking carried out with eight graders students from an
Educational Institution in the municipality of Ibagu? city.
In order to accomplish this goal, it was developed a didactic sequence with a focus on
science, technology, society and the environment, from a qualitative research
methodology under the research-action design. Within the results obtained with the
application of the didactic sequence, It was found that students can recognize more
elements within their environment representation, they approached new conceptions and
different ways on how working environmental education and have new readings about
what environmental problems involve.
Finally, with the research, it was possible to determine that the didactic sequence had an
impact on the development of Latin American environmental thinking by facilitating the
students' to approach new representations of the environment, and by fostering critical
thinking work around the relationship between science, technology, society and the
environment; creating new possibilities for students to be part of the wise decision among
different lifestyles that all the people have.
Keywords: Latin American environmental thinking, environment, environmental
education and CTSA sequence
Trastorno de estrés postraumático en el personal de enfermería del área de emergencia y hospitalización COVID del Hospital General Dr. León Becerra Camacho. Milagro 2021.
El trastorno de estrés postraumático es una afección de salud mental que se ha
involucrado de forma preocupante en la salud de los profesionales, pues se trata del
personal de primera línea ante la aparición de enfermedades de difícil control como
COVID 19, el trastorno de estrés postraumático amenaza de manera constante a los
trabajadores que se encuentran atendiendo a una gran cantidad de pacientes de modo
recurrente, como es el caso del área emergencia y hospitalización COVID, por lo cual
fueron abordadas en el presente trabajo investigativo, con el objetivo principal de
evaluar el trastorno de estrés postraumático en el hospital general Dr. León Becerra
Camacho del cantón Milagro, este estudio es de enfoque cuantitativo tipo no
experimental, con un diseño transversal descriptivo; se contó con una población y
muestra de 29 profesionales de enfermería, a quienes se les aplicó la escala de trauma de
Davidson de 17 ítems, logrando determinar que el 52%padece del trastorno, asimismo,
se identificó los signos y síntomas con mayor presencia en el personal, obteniendo que
el ítem 1, fue el más presente con el 86%, en el cual predominó la frecuencia 2-3 veces
con un 41% y una gravedad de moderado con el 37%, a su vez, el criterio diagnostico
con más frecuencia en el personal es el C- evitación, concluyendo, que este trastorno
estuvo presente en más de la mitad de los trabajadores de las áreas investigadas, de esta
manera se vuelve indispensable tomar medidas de prevención, con la finalidad de evitar
complicaciones en su salud mental, mejorar su desempeño laboral y sobre todo brindar
al profesional seguridad y confianza para que manifieste sus preocupaciones, problemas
y exteriorice las experiencias que le han causado un trauma
Poetics of Justice: Using Art as Action and Analysis in Participatory Action Research
This article explores the use of art as a form of communication and meaning-making in participatory action research (PAR). The authors, researchers and educators, contemplate this concept through a pedagogical lens, and consider the role that visual and performing arts can play in social action. Based on the work of a youth-adult participatory action research collective, the authors reflect on the pedagogical process used to analyze research findings, take actions, and affect local change. Created to investigate opportunity to learn issues, the youth members of the collective created spoken word poetry, post-cards, film shorts, and speak-outs to engage multiple audiences in their research findings. By engaging art as an element of PAR, actions can travel visually, viscerally, and verbally with the potential to influence individuals, communities, and policies
Sleep-disordered breathing in children and adolescents with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and its association with executive functioning
The relationship between sleep-disordered breathing and executive functioning in children and adolescents with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) has not been wellstudied, despite literature referring to sleep problems in individuals with SLE. The goals of this study were to examine whether sleep-disordered breathing was more prevalent in children and adolescents with SLE compared to controls, whether there was an association between sleep-disordered breathing and executive functioning, and whether certain risk factors moderated or mediated this relationship.The SLE group consisted of 22 participants whose parents completed the study questionnaires (M age = 15.5, SD = 2.70, range = 9 - 18) and of which 17 completed the cognitive testing. Twenty-four controls from an attempted demographically matched population completed a subset of the questionnaires (M age = 14.2, SD = 1.96, range = 9 - 17). Parents of those with and without SLE completed the Sleep Disorders Inventory for Students (SDIS). Parents of those with SLE also completed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) and Depression and Anxiety in Youth Scale (DAYS). Participants with SLE completed the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System Trail Making and Verbal Fluency tests and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV/Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III Digit Span test. Disease activity and disease severity variables were collected by chart review.Results from an independent samples t-test indicated that the SLE sample did not exhibit more sleep-disordered breathing symptoms than controls. For the SLE group, correlation analyses indicated that sleep-disordered breathing symptoms were positively associated with the BRIEF Global Executive Composite score. Multiple regression analyses to determine moderation and mediation in the relationship between sleepdisordered breathing and executive dysfunction were not conducted because of a small sample size.This study suggests that sleep-disordered breathing is not a major health concern for children and adolescents with SLE, but those with more symptoms of sleepdisordered breathing may exhibit more executive functioning difficulties. This study also suggests that the BRIEF, SDIS, and DAYS questionnaires may be useful screening measures for use with this population. Given several methodological limitations, findings are preliminary. Further research is needed that incorporates larger samples.Ph.D., Clinical Psychology -- Drexel University, 200
Examination of the Relationship between In-Store Environmental Factors and Fruit and Vegetable Purchasing among Hispanics.
Retail food environments have received attention for their influence on dietary behaviors and for their nutrition intervention potential. To improve diet-related behaviors, such as fruit and vegetable (FV) purchasing, it is important to examine its relationship with in-store environmental characteristics. This study used baseline data from the "El Valor de Nuestra Salud" study to examine how in-store environmental characteristics, such as product availability, placement and promotion, were associated with FV purchasing among Hispanic customers in San Diego County. Mixed linear regression models indicated that greater availability of fresh FVs was associated with a 0.02 increase and 3.69 fewer dollars on FVs compared to women, controlling for covariates (p = 0.02). These results can help inform interventions targeting in-store environmental characteristics to encourage FV purchasing among Hispanics
The First Year of an Undergraduate Service Learning Partnership to Enhance Engineering Education and Elementary Pre-Service Teacher Education
This IUSE project was designed to address three major challenges faced by undergraduate engineering students (UES) and pre-service teachers (PSTs): 1) retention for UESs after the first year, and continued engagement when they reach more difficult concepts, 2) to prepare PSTs to teach engineering, which is a requirement in the Next Generation Science Standards as well as many state level standards of learning, and 3) to prepare both groups of students to communicate and collaborate in a multi-disciplinary context, which is a necessary skill in their future places of work. This project was implemented in three pairs of classes: 1) an introductory mechanical engineering class, fulfilling a general education requirement for information literacy and a foundations class in education, 2) fluid mechanics in mechanical engineering technology and a science methods class in education, and 3) mechanical engineering courses requiring programming (e.g., computational methods and robotics) with an educational technology class. All collaborations taught elementary level students (4th or 5th grade). For collaborations 1 and 2, the elementary students came to campus for a field trip where they toured engineering labs and participated in a one-hour lesson taught by both the UESs and PSTs. In collaboration 3, the UESs and PSTs worked with the upper-elementary students in their school during an afterschool club. In collaborations 1 and 2, students were assigned to teams and worked remotely on some parts of the project. A collaboration tool, built in Google Sites and Google Drive, was used to facilitate the project completion. The collaboration tool includes a team repository for all the project documents and templates. Students in collaboration 3 worked together directly during class time on smaller assignments. In all three collaborations lesson plans were implemented using the BSCS 5E instructional model, which was aligned to the engineering design process. Instruments were developed to assess knowledge in collaborations 1 (engineering design process) and 3 (computational thinking), while in collaboration 2, knowledge was assessed with questions from the fundamentals of engineering exam and a science content assessment. Comprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness (CATME) was also used in all 3 collaborations to assess teamwork across the collaborations. Finally, each student wrote a reflection on their experiences, which was used to qualitatively assess the project impact. The results from the first full semester of implementation have led us to improvements in the implementation and instrument refinement for year 2
EIPECK: Assessing Educators’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Engineering Integration in K-12
Global efforts are underway to include engineering in pre-college curricula. In the USA, this pursuit led to the inclusion of engineering content in the most recent version of the Next Generation Science Standards that guide K-12 science. As these standards become part of the K-12 curriculum, teachers face the challenge of gaining basic engineering literacy, while developing the associated inclusive pedagogies necessary to integrate engineering content into their classrooms. In this context, teacher preparation programs can benefit from easy-to-implement tools that measure preservice teachers’ readiness to integrate engineering content in their future classrooms. This work describes the development and validation of an instrument to help assess educators’ perceived levels of pedagogical content knowledge for engineering integration at single or multiple time points throughout their academic preparation. The proposed instrument can complement other assessment methods, such as classroom observations, interviews, and journal entries. Additionally, the instrument can be used to help discern the effectiveness of teacher preparation programs in preparing future teachers to integrate engineering
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