Kurztest für allgemeine Intelligenz (KAI)

Der KAI gehört zu den psychometrischen Leistungsverfahren und misst die aktuelle geistige Leistungsfähigkeit, auch als fluide Intelligenz bezeichnet. Der KAI erfasst die Grundgrößen Informationsverarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit (IVG) und die Merkspanne. Aus den beiden Basiskomponenten lässt sich als Kerngröße des KAI die Arbeitsspeicherkapazität berechnen. Die Arbeitsspeicherkapazität gilt als wichtigstes Maß der gegenwärtigen kognitiven Leistungsfähigkeit einer Person. Der KAI ist ursprünglich zur Testung einzelner Personen als Papier-Bleistift-Version konzipiert worden. Um auch als Gruppentest eingesetzt werden zu können, wurde der KAI durch Lehrl et al. erneut modifiziert und eine PowerPoint-Version entwickelt. Somit eignet sich das Testverfahren beispielsweise für eine gleichzeitige Testung einer gesamten Schulklasse. Für den mehrfachen Einsatz der KAI-ppt in kurzen Zeitabständen wurden Parallelformen erstellt. Um die Auswertung ökonomisch zu gestalten, wurden Excel-Dateien entwickelt, die durch hinterlegte Algorithmen die Dokumentation und Auswertung durchführen. Diese Vorgehensweise wird in dem Arbeitsbericht Nr. 24 ebenfalls beschrieben. Die Excel-Dateien sind beim Herausgeber erhältlich

Whole-Day Schools - Management and Education

Ganztagsschulen haben durch ihr Mehr an Zeit einen größeren Spielraum, die Schulgestaltung an den Bedürfnissen der Beteiligten zu orientieren. In einer Auseinandersetzung mit anderen Perspektiven kann es gelingen, die Ausrichtung der eigenen Schule zu diskutieren, zu festigen und zu schärfen. Pädagogische Fortbildungsveranstaltungen bieten dazu eine Möglichkeit. Der zweite bayerische Ganztagsschulkongress Ganztagsschule gestalten – ganztags Unterricht organisieren am 3. und 4. März 2010 in Forchheim bot den Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern anhand vielfältiger Vorträge und Workshops ein Forum zur Diskussion mit Perspektiven aus Wissenschaft, Schulpraxis und Bildungspolitik. Die Dokumentation der Veranstaltung liegt hiermit vor.All-day schools stand out against other types of schools due to the extended availability of time and therewith a wider range of possibilities to adjust the orientation of the school to the needs of the persons involved. Schools can evolve and strengthen their orientation by a discursive examination and discussion of different approaches. A good opportunity for advancing this discussion are events in pedagogical further education. During the second Bavarian all-day school congress "Modelling All-Day School - Organizing All-Day Tuition", held on the 3rd and 4th of March 2010 in Forchheim/Germany, participants had the opportunity to attend numerous workshops and presentations as well as a panel discussion featuring experts from the fields of educational science, educational policy and teaching. The documentation of the congress is now available

Validation of a clinical instrument for measuring the severity of acute bronchitis in children – the BSS-ped

Background: There are no validated standardised clinical procedures for severity measurement of acute bronchitis in children. The "BSS-ped", a short version of the physician-rated assessment scale BSS (Bronchitis Severity Scale), can fill this gap, if it is valid. Objective: To examine the scale´s validity. Methods: Investigations were planned according to classical clinical-psychometric validity criteria including a formal competence evaluation of the scale´s authors and statistical analyses of data from 78 patients aged 1-6 and diagnosed with "acute bronchitis". Cross-validation was provided by analysis of data from 70 children with matching age, sex and diagnosis. All children were examined three times (day 0, 3-5 and 7) using the BSS-ped in addition to other clinical and psychometric monitoring procedures. Results: The evidently high level of expertise of the scale’s authors substantiates pronounced content validity and relevance of the BSS-ped and its items. The validity criterion, i.e. to reflect the unidimensional severity of acute bronchitis and its change using the BSS-ped score, was fulfilled. There were substantial correlations with other scales measuring the current health-related quality of life, as well as satisfaction and success of treatment. Severity change prognoses for acute bronchitis under placebo and an active substance were correct. The BSS-ped was found to be a feasible instrument because it can be repeated at short intervals (minute range) without any special technical aids or extended training. Conclusion: The BSS-ped is a valid procedure for measuring the severity of acute bronchitis in children

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Negative pressure wound therapy for seroma prevention and surgical incision treatment in spinal fracture care

To evaluate the clinical use and economic aspects of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) after dorsal stabilisation of spinal fractures. This study is a prospective randomised evaluation of NPWT in patients with large surgical wounds after surgical stabilisation of spinal fractures by internal fixation. Patients were randomised to either standard wound dressing treatment (group A) or NPWT (group B). The wound area was examined by ultrasound to measure seroma volumes in both groups on the 5th and 10th day after surgery. Furthermore, data on economic aspects such as nursing time for wound care and material used for wound dressing were evaluated. A total of 20 patients (10 in each group) were enrolled. Throughout the whole study, mean seroma volume was significantly higher in group A than that in group B (day 5: 19 ml versus 0 ml; P = 00007; day 10: 16 ml versus 05 ml; P 024). Furthermore, patients of group A required more wound care time (group A: 31 +/- 10 minutes; group B 138 +/- 6 minutes; P = 00005) and more number of compresses (total number; group A 35 +/- 15; group B 11 +/- 3; P = 00376). NPWT reduced the development of postoperative seroma, reduced nursing time and reduced material required for wound care