Active Choice Research Articles

Effect of Choice of Family Activities on Prosocial Behavior in Preschool Children

This study through the review of literature found that many articles are mainly about the importance of parents for children's daily life, they did not introduce the choice of family activities for preschool children pro-social behavior. Therefore, the study examine the choice of preschool children family activities questionnaire analysis. The 241 valid questionnaires were collected through the Pearson correlation analysis. Results reveal that outdoor activities, parent-child yoga/gymnastics, healthy diet education, regular physical examinations and hygiene habits cultivation, parent-child reading, role-playing, games, singing and nursery rhymes, visiting art exhibitions or cultural activities, encouraging children's free creation, scientific experiments, painting and handicrafts, visiting museums and science galleries, and watching science and art related videos have a positive correlation with the prosocial behavior of preschool children. Therefore, preschool children can choose daily activities around five fields, through reading, outdoor sports, science museum, etc

Male and female school graduates: socio-pedagogical portrait in a gender context

Introduction. Gender equality is one of the basic values of the modern world, but there are hidden gender barriers that significantly affect life trajectories. They can act already at school and determine some characteristics of boys and girls at the level of behavior, attitudes towards teachers, choice of extracurricular activities, etc. On the threshold of graduation from school, it is especially important to establish the gender differences that have developed by this moment in professional preferences, value orientations, in the achieved level of “soft skills”, in self-esteem and well- being. Identifying gender differences in high school students is also relevant in connection with the digitalization agenda and the task of attracting girls to the field of IT technologies. The study was aimed at identifying, describing and interpreting gender differences in the socio-pedagogical portraits of male and female school graduates. Materials and methods. The analysis was based on the initial data from a survey of 11th-grade students as part of the St. Petersburg School Graduate study (the total number of respondents in 2022 was 3,509, including 1,632 boys and 1,877 girls). The data were processed by means of constructing the contingency tables for all features with the “Gender” feature, ranking of indicators by the magnitude of the differences identified, and visualization of the gender difference profile. Results. Large gender differences were revealed in such a school education outcome as career guidance: 66% of boys and 25% of girls planned a career in IT and engineering and technical specialties; 40% of girls and 20% of boys – in the field of culture and art. At the same time, in such outcomes as academic subject knowledge, functional literacy, as well as the importance of basic values (health, family, material well-being), the differences between boys and girls were small. A significant gender asymmetry was identified in the leisure time of high school students, their additional classes and digital practices, which undoubtedly affected their skills and professional choice. The psychological characteristics of high school graduates were determined, for which gender differences were the most significant, for example, anxiety (which was often experienced by 46% of girls and 20% of boys), as well as fatigue and other psychogenic disorders. Conclusion. For the true implementation of gender equality in education, it is necessary not only to provide formal equality, but also to perform comprehensive work with gender stereotypes prevalent in society. The results of the study serve as scientific grounds for developing the content of additional education programs for adults – teachers, heads of educational institutions, parents, as well as for developing methodological materials for all participants in the educational process.

A patient choice-driven lifestyle intervention lowers HbA1c in type 2 diabetes: A feasibility study.

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a common metabolic disorder in which only 25% of patients meet management targets. While the primary care setting is positioned to provide lifestyle management education, studies are lacking which integrate behavior interventions in this setting utilizing clinic staff. Thus, we evaluated a 90-day lifestyle intervention for management of glycemia at a family practice clinic administered by clinic medical assistants. Twenty patients with non-insulin-dependent T2D completed a 90-day intervention driven by patient choices of nutrition and physical activity. Medical assistants were trained by members of the study team and administered the intervention under nurse practitioner supervision. HbA1c trended toward significant reduction 8.59 ± 0.9% to 8.15 ± 1.2% (p = 0.051, 95% CI: -0.88 to 0.003). Modest reductions were observed for waist circumference (115.5 ± 12.6 vs. 112.5 ± 15.2 cm; p = 0.014, 95% CI: -5.66 to -0.26), body weight (97.7 ± 21.9 vs. 95.6 ± 23.9 kg; p = 0.016. 95% CI: -3.84 to -0.31), and BMI (33.7 ± 7.2 vs. 32.8 ± 7.5 kg/m2; p = 0.028, 95% CI: -1.29 to -0.12). This 90-day, patient choice-intervention was successful at lowering HbA1c in patients with T2D. Our study is limited by a lack of control group, and results should be interpreted as such. These data have implications for team-based care models in clinic settings to improve health outcomes in patients with T2D.

Qualitative Elicitation of Physical Activity Salient Beliefs Among Turkish Adolescent Girls.

This study aims to investigate salient beliefs toward physical activity by gathering qualitative data through open-ended questions among high school-aged female adolescents in Turkey. A sample of 259 Turkish high school students, aged between 14 and 17, were randomly selected to participate in this study. Open-ended questions address 3 main components of the Theory of Planned Behavior, attitudes, perceived control, and social norms. Content analysis is employed to categorize the data according to themes, during the elicitation process. The results were categorized as variables of the Theory of Planned Behavior. Positive attitude contributors included health expectations, emotions, fitness expectations, learning, and socialization, while negative attitude contributors encompassed adverse health outcomes and emotions. Second, perceived competence and efficacy emerged as positive contributors to perceived behavior control, whereas factors, such as time constraints, health-related barriers, fitness barriers, environmental and economic barriers, and perceived negative competence and efficacy were identified as negative influencers of perceived behavior control. Last, it was found that families, friends, and teachers played significant roles in shaping social norms. Offering attractive choices for physical activities while explaining the positive impact on both physical, and mental health, as well as physical fitness is important for positive attitudes. Providing positive experiences and emphasizing the aspects of physical activity that support academic productivity are important factors in supporting perceived behavioral control. Finally, advocating for environments that promote physical activity behaviors among peers and ensure comprehensive support from families and educators is valuable in terms of subjective norms to increase physical activity intentions.

Bias toward escape responding during reinforcement learning among those with suicidal ideation.

Self-injury and suicide can be characterized by reward system dysfunction and self-reports of active efforts to escape unpleasant emotional states. Therefore, individuals with histories of suicidal ideation (SI) should exhibit a preference for active escape from unpleasant states, which exceed the effects of impulsive behavior under distress and lack of premeditation. Participants made active (Go) or passive (No-Go) choices in response to stimuli to escape or avoid an unpleasant state in a behavioral task. A drift-diffusion reinforcement learning model was used to estimate latent biases for active escape and avoidance in people with and without SI history. Bayesian logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between escape and avoid bias with SI. Escape bias predicted SI history, whereas avoidance bias did not. Escape bias remained a significant predictor of SI when controlling for negative urgency and lack of premeditation. Those with histories of SI demonstrate a decision-making bias favoring escape from aversive states. This bias remains significant after adjusting for facets of impulsivity linked to hasty decisions under distress and lack of premeditation. A heightened escape response may help clinicians to identify SI risk and develop targeted treatments to attenuate the escape bias.

Stone Tool Use by Black‐Horned Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus nigritus cucullatus) in an Urban Park in Londrina, Brazil

ABSTRACTTool use to crack open palm nuts has been observed extensively in some capuchin monkey species. However, for southern black‐horned capuchin monkeys (Sapajus nigritus cucullatus), there is only one published record of stone tool use from the 1990s, from an urban park in Londrina, Brazil. In the present study, we returned to this urban park to systematically investigate the hammer‐and‐anvil sites used to crack nuts by this capuchin monkey population. We analyzed the fruit and shell remnants resulting from hammering to test the following hypotheses: (1) hammers at tool‐use sites are actively chosen for size and/or weight, (2) tool use sites that are closer to a tree of the processed plant species are more frequently used, and (3) there is no seasonal effect modulating hammer‐and‐anvil use for processing nuts. We located and identified 205 tool‐use sites through active search within the park, and we measured and weighed the tools involved in hammering activity. We compared hammer weight and size to that of the comparable material available in the environment and found that hammer size and weight differed significantly from that of the raw materials found in the environment, suggesting active choice of the hammers. We identified three plant species for which nuts were processed through tool use: Syagrus romanzoffiana, Acrocomia aculeata and Terminalia catappa. Through measuring the distance between each tool‐use site and the nearest tree of the plant species processed there, we found that closer proximity between the tool‐use site and the nearest target tree (Syagrus and Acrocomia) increased cracking frequency. We returned to each site three times during the study year to determine if new tool use activity had occurred, and our data indicate habitual use of tools to crack open nuts throughout the year, with no large differences between seasons.

Bypassing sources of care by level and coverage: Access to essential services in Peru and Uruguay in the post-pandemic era

Healthcare provision to distinct social groups in Latin America contributes to inequities. Individuals make active choices by bypassing their coverage and intended healthcare source. After the pandemic, we sought to characterize bypassing behaviors and quantify their effects on access to essential services. Cross-sectional data from a population-based telephone survey in Peru and Uruguay were analyzed. Participants were selected by random digit dialing. Outcomes were defined as access to preventive screenings and satisfaction of emerging health needs. Bypassing by level was defined as when participants went around primary care for the usual source of care or last preventive visit; bypassing by coverage when care was sought outside of public coverage or social security. Sociodemographic characteristics were included, and the adjusted average treatment effect was calculated. Data from 1,255 participants in Peru and 1,237 participants in Uruguay were analyzed. Bypassing behaviors by level (32% Peru; 60% Uruguay) and coverage (29% Peru; 21% Uruguay) were more prevalent in more privileged groups, especially in Peru. System competence was low overall and varied by bypassing mode, especially in Peru. In the adjusted analysis, statistically significant differences were found in bypassing by coverage in Peru (-8% difference in unmet health needs) and by level in Uruguay (5% more unmet needs). Provision of essential preventive services was insufficient in both countries. In Peru, bypassing could serve as a proxy measure of inequities. Reminders of preventive services could be offered to bypassers of primary care. Profound health system reforms are needed to ensure equitable access to essential services.

Unsupervised Machine Learning Method for the Phase Behavior of the Constant Magnetization Ising Model in Two and Three Dimensions.

Machine learning methods have been important in the study of phase transitions. Unsupervised methods are particularly attractive because they do not require prior knowledge of the existence of a phase transition. In this work we focus on the constant magnetization Ising model in two (2D) and three (3D) dimensions. While there have been many studies using machine learning for the critical behavior of these systems, we are not aware of any studies for the phase diagram at off-critical magnetizations below the critical temperature. Previous work has used the raw spins as the input feature. We show that a more robust input feature is the local affinity, where the value of the feature at each site is determined by the spin and its neighbors. When coupled with a variational autoencoder, the method is able to predict the phase behavior of the 2D and 3D Ising models (including the critical exponent β) in quantitative agreement with conventional simulations. The choice of activation functions in the autoencoder is crucial, and this requires physical insight into the nature of the phase transition. The method is general and can be applied to any lattice or off-lattice system.

«Fruit of Hope»: Recruitment of Kyiv Academy Students to the Hospital Schools in the Mid-18th Century Russian Empire

The article examines the choice of medical career as a way of social mobility by students of the Kyiv Academy, focusing on the first recruitment campaigns to hospital schools in Saint Petersburg and Moscow in the mid-eighteenth century. Researchers have long noted that students from the Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine were a valuable source for imperial domestic physicians. Lesser is known about possible motivations of the volunteers to study medicine in view of their social background. The article argues that a medical career was an active choice for social advancement made not only by clergy students, but Cossacks and commoners as well. Among those who wished to pursue a medical career were also towners. It was rarely attractive to representatives of the Cossack elite at the time under consideration. The article illustrates the process of educational integration of many students from the lower social ranks on their way to becoming participants in imperial project. First, the article examines how this trajectory of social advancement was shaped by the recruitment policy of the imperial medical administration, both declared and implemented. Then, it discusses the students’ travels to the capitals in light of the challenges they faced and the decisions they made on their way to join the medical ranks. The final part examines the social background of the students and their academic performance to understand what the choice of medical profession meant for different social groups and how inclusive this path of social mobility was.

Conscious Initiation to Promote Physical Activity: A Behavioral Experiment and A Randomized Controlled Trial Intervention.

Previous studies have investigated the encouragement of healthy behaviors through both conscious manipulation and unconscious priming. However, direct comparisons between these two approaches are limited, resulting in interventions that may lack precision. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of conscious and unconscious priming on the intention to engage in physical activity, with the goal of identifying and applying the most effective method as a targeted intervention to bridge the gap between intention and actual physical activity. In study 1, 116 participants were screened in a 2 × 2 (conscious vs. unconscious) × (prime vs. control) online experiment to examine the influence of implementation intention manipulation and goal priming on physical activity. Building on these results, study 2 employed a randomized controlled trial with 127 participants to assess the effects of conscious mental simulation interventions on physical activity behavior. Study 1 showed that both conscious manipulation (p = .046) and unconscious priming (p = .004) significantly increased the choice of sports activities, with conscious manipulation being more effective. Study 2 found significant impacts of mixed simulation on activity levels immediately and one-week post-intervention (p = .001), with day-after intervention effects notable in the simulation group. This study explored the causal relationship between priming process physical activity, and found out the promotion effect of conscious mental simulation intervention on physical activity.

Active Choice Nudge to Increase Screening for Primary Aldosteronism in At-Risk Patients.

Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common cause of secondary hypertension, yet screening remains startlingly infrequent. We describe (1) PA screening practices in a large, diverse health system, (2) the development of a computable phenotype for PA screening, and (3) the design and pilot deployment of an electronic health record (EHR)-based active choice nudge to recommend PA screening. A multidisciplinary team developed a multipronged intervention to improve PA screening informed by guidelines, expertise, and multivariable analyses of factors associated with screening. The intervention included EHR-based tools to automatically identify screen-eligible patients, an active choice nudge recommending screening for these patients, and screening result interpretation. The intervention was piloted across 2 primary care practices for 7 months. Screening frequencies were compared with clinics not receiving the intervention. The baseline frequency of screening of eligible patients within 1 year was 1.4%. Higher mean systolic blood pressure (odds ratio [OR] 1.4; p < 0.001), more antihypertensive medications (OR 1.3; p = 0.002), lower minimum serum potassium (OR 2.0; p = 0.001), specialist care (OR 3.0; p < 0.001), and Black race (OR 1.5; p = 0.001) were associated with a higher likelihood of screening. The refined computable phenotype identified a subcohort with a higher frequency of positive screening (8.6% vs 4.1%; p = 0.03). In a pilot study of an active choice nudge, a greater proportion of eligible patients were screened in the intervention clinics (16.4%) than in the nonintervention clinics (1.8%; p < 0.001). PA screening rates are low. This pilot study suggests an EHR-based nudge leveraging a precise computable phenotype can dramatically increase appropriate PA screening.

Nudging tax filing through text message combinations: evidence from Pakistan

Abstract Developing countries, with limited monitoring and auditing capabilities, face significant tax evasion issues. This study examines the impact of various text message combinations on promoting tax compliance, particularly in encouraging service providers to submit monthly sales tax returns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A randomised controlled trial involved 18,087 service providers and tested three types of SMS reminders. These included a basic reminder for the due date, a reciprocity message emphasising social responsibility, and a loss aversion (LA) message highlighting financial penalties and deactivation. Subsequently, service providers who didn’t file on time received one of three warning messages. These warnings included a basic alert about potential legal action, financial penalties, and deactivation, as well as a message framing continued non-compliance as an active choice (AC). Overall, the interventions did not significantly influence tax filing behaviour beyond basic reminders and warnings. However, compliance improved for early registrants with the LA reminder and AC warning, and these results were robust to multiple hypothesis testing corrections. Compliance worsened for recent registrants in all combinations except the LA reminder and AC warning. These findings suggest that targeted low-cost messages that convey vague threats can improve tax compliance among certain taxpayer groups.

Investigating the associations between chronotype, physical activity, premenstrual syndrome, hunger, and food choice among Turkish women

ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate the relationship between chronotype and premenstrual syndromes with food preferences and appetite among 931 women aged 18–40 who attended a private nutrition clinic in Istanbul. The survey data were analyzed using SPSS v27. Based on voluntary participation, questionnaires consisting of sociodemographic questions, the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ), Premenstrual Syndrome Scale (PSS), Simplified Appetite Questionnaire (SAQ), International Physical Activity Questionnaire (Short Form) (IPAQ), and Food Choice Test (FCT) were administered to women. As the age of the participants increased, a decrease in the ‘PSS Total’ score and an increase in the ‘MEQ Total’ score were observed (p < 0.05). As the age of the participants increased, a decrease in the ‘PSS Total’ score and an increase in the ‘MEQ Total’ score were observed (p < 0.05). As body weight and BMI values increased, increases in the evening chronotype,‘PSS Total’, ‘SAQ Total’, and FCT’s ‘Price’, ‘Convenience’, ‘Weight Control’, ‘Natural Content’, ‘Health’, and ‘Emotional Appeal’ scores, and ‘MEQ Total’ score decreased were observed (p < 0.05). As the ‘SAQ Total’ scores increase, the ‘PSS Total’ score also increases (p < 0.05), while the ‘MEQ Total’ score decreases (p < 0.01). The increase in the scores of the FCT sub-factors ‘Health’, ‘Mood’, ‘Convenience’, ‘Emotional Appeal’, ‘Natural Content’, ‘Price’, ‘Weight Control’, ‘Ethical Concern’, and ‘Familiarity’ caused an increase in the ‘PSS Total’ score (p < 0.05). As the FCT sub-factors ‘Mood’, ‘Emotional Appeal’, ‘Convenience’, and ‘Price’ scores increased, the ‘MEQ Total’ score decreased (p < 0.001). As the IPAQ total score increased, the ‘MEQ Total’ score also increased (p < 0.001), and there was no decrease in the ‘PSS Total’, ‘SAQ Total’, and FCT sub-factor scores. In conclusion, as PMS increased, physical activity scores decreased, appetite increased, and food preferences tended towards emotionally attractive foods and an evening chronotype.

Auspice and other policy-related variations in preschool practice in the United States: have public preschool programs been more academic?

We investigated the extent to which practices considered developmentally appropriate and inappropriate varied by preschool program auspice (private, public school, and Head Start). Survey data from a 2010 national sample of 2,664 teachers of 4-year-olds provided teacher reports on the frequency of seven practices (e.g., offering children choices of play activities, using flashcards and math worksheets), approach to teaching subject matter, and time spent in whole group activities. More than 90 percent of teachers in all auspices reported high frequencies of some developmentally appropriate practices (DAP). Yet, private program teachers reported less DAP, more use of flashcards and worksheets, and more whole group time per day than teachers in the two public sectors. Some but not all differences by auspice could be explained by differences in teacher and classroom characteristics by auspice. In the context of other studies indicating little change in practice since 2010, our results suggest that increased public provision of preschool education does not lead to “academization.” We identify several other issues related to curriculum and “instruction” in preschool education requiring increased attention from researchers and policymakers.

An activity system perspective on the sources of competitive advantage: A review and conceptual integration of designing and generative logics

Recent years have seen a proliferation of activity system perspective research, by shedding light on how the choice of activity leads to competitive advantage. Nevertheless, this body of work remains fragmented due to the existence of two implications derived from activity system — designing and generative logics. This study aims to address this gap by systematically reviewing activity system perspective, providing a conceptual framework, and outlining a future research agenda. Our review reveals the focuses of prior works on fit and presents the key components of activity system and their attributes. Further, we propose a holistic understanding of activity system, followed by a conceptual framework of competitive advantage that encompasses the key components of activity system: designed value propositions, designed rules, designed activities, designed fit, generative activities, generative regularities, generative value propositions, and generative fit. Drawing on this framework, we offer a research agenda that highlights the hidden and visible sources of competitive advantage across components, along with research directions towards ecosystem and artificial intelligence. Our contribution lies in the conceptualization of activity system perspective as a designing and generative lens, offering a conceptual framework of competitive advantage and paving the ways for future research.

Capability choices in tourism and economic activities: The influence of human development

We applied Sen’s capabilities approach to examine how human development influences the association between tourism expansion and economic growth in different groups of developed, developing, and transitional countries. The mediation test explores the distinctive patterns of the Human Development Index as a mediator between tourism and per capita GDP. Developed nations exhibit a significant negative mediation effect, hinting at saturation and competition challenges, while developing and transition economies showcase a positive and considerable mediation effect, emphasizing the potential for tourism to fuel economic growth under favorable human development conditions. In addition, we conducted a convergent cross-mapping causality test highlighting the contextual nuances in the tourism-growth relationship.

Involving Infrastructure as a Latent Variable in Active Transportation Mode Choice: The Case Study of Baghdad City

Infrastructural developments have been implemented with the objective of promoting active transportation as a sustainable transportation mode, including the construction of cycling and walking routes and the improvement of existing infrastructure. The impact of this factor on ridership has been a subject of research, and the incorporation of this variable into mode choice models has also been contemplated. Nevertheless, road users’ perception regarding the utilization of these infrastructures has yet to be investigated. Accordingly, this research aims to examine the role of infrastructure provision for walking and cycling as a Latent Variable (LV) in the transport mode choice of high school students in Baghdad City, where this subject has not been previously addressed. A self-designed questionnaire was employed to collect the requisite data. The Integrated Choice and Latent Variable (ICLV) models have been designed and the results demonstrate that the time and cost of trips have a significant impact on the choice of transportation mode. Furthermore, the provision of walking and cycling infrastructure has a notable effect on the choice of walking and cycling for transport. The sub-models indicate that the provision of cycling fences and pedestrian bridges are the most significant variables. Consequently, it is recommended that these results be considered in the provision and improvement of cycling and walking infrastructures to promote active transportation.

Evaluation of Four Interventions Using Behavioral Economics Insights to Increase Demand for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in South Africa Through the MoyaApp: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

While voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of HIV transmission by 60%, circumcision coverage falls short of the UNAIDS 90% VMMC target. We investigated whether behaviorally informed message framing increased demand for VMMC. Adult users of the MoyaApp, a data-free application in South Africa, who viewed a form designed to generate interest in VMMC from August 2022 to November 2022. A quasi-experimental study was conducted to evaluate 4 MoyaApp VMMC intervention forms against the standard-of-care (SOC) form. All forms enabled users to provide contact details for follow-up engagement by a call center. The primary outcome was the proportion of forms submitted. Secondary outcomes included successful contact with the user, VMMC bookings/referrals, and confirmed circumcision. Multivariable ordinary least-squares regression was used for the analysis. Of 118,337 MoyaApp VMMC form viewers, 6% submitted a form. foot-in-the-door form viewers were more likely (+1.3 percentage points, P < 0.01) to submit a form compared with the SOC group (6.3%). Active Choice (-1.1 percentage points, P < 0.01) and Reserved for You (-0.05 percentage points, P < 0.05) form viewers were less likely to submit a form compared with SOC form. Users submitting the foot-in-the-door form were less likely to be booked/referred compared with those using the SOC form (-5 percentage points, P < 0.05). There were no differences between the intervention and SOC forms for successful contact and circumcisions. Message framing using behavioral insights was able to nudge men to engage with VMMC services. However, more work is needed to understand how to convert initial interest into bookings and circumcisions.

Exclusion for Public Safety or Inclusion for Gig Employment: Managing the Tension with a Trilogy of Guardians

Gig platforms seek to create income opportunities, particularly for socially and economically marginalized people who find it challenging to engage in regular employment. Alongside this empowerment, safety concerns over unregulated drivers for transportation network company (TNC) platforms such as Uber and Lyft have led to discourse among policymakers on the necessity of background check laws (BCLs) with different stringency to exclude individuals from TNC jobs. Drawing on theories of labeling, routine activity, and rational choice theory, we conceptualize a trilogy of guardians—the government, TNC platforms, and the community—to safeguard ridesharing while mitigating the social costs of excluding marginalized citizens from TNC jobs. Empirically, we document the shifting of crimes into the property domain as an unintended consequence of the exclusion solution (i.e., BCLs by the government). Our findings indicate that digital safety technologies deployed by TNC platforms to deter crimes (i.e., in-app safety features) can serve as an alternative to BCLs. Moreover, we show that resources provided by the community can inhibit the negative impacts of exclusion by stringent BCL (i.e., through alternative income sources) and enable the effectiveness of deterrence by in-app safety features (i.e., through policing). Our study surfaces a holistic social justice assessment that involves examining the risks of excluding marginalized individuals from gig work and showing that digital technologies expand the solution space to achieve the public safety of citizens and inclusivity in gig employment through enabling the role of each guardian as well as their interdependence.

Effectiveness and Practicality of Islamic-oriented Cooperative Learning Model in Private and State Islamic Higher Education in South and West Sulawesi, Indonesia

Aims: The Islamic-oriented Cooperative Learning Model for Improving Islamic Education Learning Outcomes is based on a number of problems in the praxis of learning Islamic education at the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training UIN Alauddin Makassar and STAI DDI Majene, namely student learning outcomes that are not optimal, learning motivation being, learning has not described active, creative and fun learning. Testing the effectiveness and practicality of this model through research activities aims to describe and analyze: (1) the level of effectiveness of applying the Islamic-oriented cooperative learning model through Islamic Education courses at UIN Alauddin and STAI DDI Majene; (2) the level of practicality of applying the Islamic-oriented cooperative learning model through Islamic Education courses at UIN Alauddin and STAI DDI Majene; and (3) the reality of implementing the Islamic-oriented cooperative learning model through Islamic Education courses at UIN Alauddin and STAI DDI Majene. Methodology: This research is a type of development research that examines the results of developing Islamic-oriented cooperative learning models, which are expected to improve student learning outcomes in Islamic education courses. This research was conducted at the Tarbiyah and Teacher Training Faculties of UIN Alauddin Makassar and STAI DDI Majene. The subjects of this study were 32 Class C English Education Study Program students and 35 Class A Madrasah Ibtidaiyyah Teacher Education Study Program, and 16 STAI DDI students. Data collection methods vii namely: observation, questionnaires and learning achievement tests. Data analysis technique using Percentage of Agreements and Normalized N Gain. Results: The results of the study show: (1) an analysis of the effectiveness of applying the Islamic-oriented cooperative learning model through the course of Islamic Education at UIN Alauddin and STAI DDI Majene, based on the results of the N Normalized Gain analysis is in the medium category, so that it can be seen as fulfilling the effective requirements in its application through learning Islamic education science; (2) practical analysis of the application of the Islamic-oriented cooperative learning model through Islamic Education courses at UIN Alauddin and STAI DDI Majene, based on the results of the Normalized N Gain analysis in the very good category, so that it can be seen as fulfilling practical requirements in its application through learning Islamic education; and (3) the reality of implementing the Islamic-oriented cooperative learning model through Islamic Education courses at UIN Alauddin and STAI DDI Majene, is in the very good category. Conclusion: The implications of this research show: (1) there is an increase in student learning outcomes through Islamic Education courses at UIN Alauddin and STAI DDI Majene; (2) there was a positive response from lecturers and students as the main actors of Islamic-oriented cooperative learning through Islamic Education courses at UIN Alauddin and STAI DDI Majene; and (3) the application of an Islamic-oriented cooperative learning model through Islamic Education courses at UIN Alauddin and STAI DDI Majene, which can be used in tertiary institutions, is easy and practical to use. Thus, this model can be used as an alternative choice in learning activities, especially if lecturers or students want to build activeness and success in their learning.