Educational videos for practitioners attending Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative workshops supporting breastfeeding positioning, attachment and hand expression skills: Effects on knowledge and confidence

UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFHI) is the global standard for maternity and community services requiring all practitioners to be trained to support mothers in the essential skills of supporting positioning and attachment, and hand expression. These studies aim to rigorously assess knowledge in nurses, midwives, and doctors in these skills, tested before and after watching short videos demonstrating these skills. Practitioners were attending BFHI education, and the video study was additional. In Phase 1 clinicians in England were randomised to one of two videos (practitioner role play or clinical demonstration). The results showed improvements in knowledge and confidence, and a preference for clinical demonstration by mothers and infants. The clinical demonstration video was evaluated in China in Phase 2 where expert trainers viewed the video after completing the BHFI workshop, and in Phase 3 practitioners viewed the video before the BHFI workshop. Phase 2 with expert trainers only showed improvement in knowledge of hand expression but not positioning and attachment. In Phase 3 clinicians showed improved knowledge for both skills. In all Phases there were statistically significant improvements in confidence in practice in both skills. Viewing short videos increased knowledge, particularly about teaching hand expression, and confidence in both skills

An Algorithm to Determine Non-Perfect Colorings that arise from Plane Crystallographic Groups

This paper presents a computer algorithm that assists us in our research on non-perfect colorings of plane crystallographic patterns

Color Models as Tools in Teaching Mathematics

In this paper we discuss various situations how color models and patterns can be used to simplify the study of abstract mathematics and serve as tools in understanding mathematical ideas. We illustrate the realization of such models through the development of advanced computer technology. In particular, we present how a computer algebra software such as Mathematica, or a dynamic geometry environment, can be utilized to facilitate the study of transformation geometry and group theory

Weaving Mathematics

In this lecture, Dr. De las Peñas talks about the intersection of mathematics and Philippine indigenous weaving. Speaker: Ma. Louise Antonette N. De Las Peñas is a Professor at the Department of Mathematics and currently the Associate Dean for Research and Creative Work, Loyola Schools, Ateneo De Manila University, Philippines. Her research interests are discrete geometry, mathematical crystallography, group theory, and technology in mathematics education. She is a recipient of several research awards including the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) Achievement Award in the Mathematical Sciences and the Philippine Commission on Higher Education Republica National Research Award. She has published her research extensively in international and national journals, book chapters, international conference publications; and a number of her published articles have been given recognition by the Philippine National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) as outstanding scientific papers. Prof. De Las Peñas is an Executive Member of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCR) Mathematical and Theoretical Commission, and an International Program Committee Member of the Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics (ATCM). She is currently the column editor of The Mathematical Tourist of the journal The Mathematical Intelligencer and member of the Editorial Board of the Electronic Journal of Mathematics and Technology (EJMT).https://archium.ateneo.edu/magisterial-lectures/1030/thumbnail.jp

Teachers’ Belief Changes in a Technology-Enhanced Pedagogical Laboratory

Preservice teachers who were enrolled in a technology integration course facilitated student-centered lessons to K-12 students in a pedagogical laboratory. A quantitative instrument, Teachers’ Beliefs Regarding Technology Use Survey (TBTUS), was employed to measure the impact of the pedagogical laboratory experience on preservice teachers’ beliefs regarding technology integration. The impact was largely insignificant. The qualitative data suggest that changes might be incremental and TBTUS might not be sensitive to the changes that occurred after 22-hour treatment, with only six hours of real teaching experience. Moreover, unlike vicarious experiences, personal teaching experiences may be different for each candidate, so they might have learned strategies that are unrelated to the beliefs that were measure

Inspiring Students to Study and Learn Mathematics Using Technology

In this paper, we focus on the advantages of studying mathematics from analytical, graphical and geometric perspectives. Using Casio’s ClassPad 300 ([1]), we present activities on problems involving abstract concepts and real life applications. These activities viewed from the analytical, graphical, tabular and geometric points of view, promote creative ways to facilitate the learning of mathematics that inspire students with varying levels of ability. Consequently, students develop a profound appreciation and a deeper understanding of mathematics

The Use and Influence of Technology in Mathematics Education

The use of various types of technologies in the classroom and examinations is growing rapidly and is strongly influencing teaching and learning practices. In this paper, we will look at particular situations on how various technologies such as numerically capable calculators, graphics calculators, and technological tools that are CAS enabled or have CAS with Dynamic Geometry, impact students\u27 learning. We also discuss briefly the educational opportunities that are made available by the emergence of graphics calculators with capabilities of handling electronic learning activities, such as Casio’s Class Pad (see [1]) and Casio’s 9860 graphics calculator