High Percentage Of Students Research Articles

Dietary and lifestyle habits of secondary school students in Subotica

Abstract Dietary habits, alcohol use and physical activity initiated in childhood and adolescence are often maintained during later life. Study objective was to investigate high school students' behavior patterns and nutritional status. The cross-sectional study involved 301 students (16 years old) from two secondary schools in Subotica, North Backa Region. Study took place in October 2019. Students anonymously filled out a modified national questionnaire consisting of 27 questions and covering the areas: free time, physical activity, alcohol use, eating habits. Anthropometric measurements (height, weight) were done in schools. Statistical data processing was done in SPSS. Boys were more physically active than girls, both in regard to competitive sports (36.4% vs. 8.2%) and recreational sports or other physical activity for at least 4 hours per week (15.2% vs. 7.3%). This difference is statistically significant (χ2=40.534; DF = 3; p = 0.001). More than a half of the students (58%) admitted drinking alcohol occasionally in the last 12 months and every fifth student during weekends. Daily consumption of breakfast is present in 44% students, fresh fruits in 28.3% and vegetables in 25.9%. On the contrary, 31.6% of them eat sweets and 30.8% drink sweetened soft drinks daily. There is a statistically significant difference in type of used fats, with boys using more often “bad” fats (χ2=12.884; DF = 3; p = 0.005). Every third student (32.5%) is overweight or obese (>85th percentile). The high percentage of students with BMI > 85th percentile, poor nutrition habits, lack of physical activity, frequent alcohol use, indicated a need for stronger implementation of interventions aimed at adolescents and younger age groups. Following the study, a comprehensive intervention program was implemented in the period October-December 2019. The program included educational seminars, peer education, demonstrational cooking workshops, stands for parents, preparing an e-cookbook, sports and recreation fair. Key messages The results obtained underline a need for youth empowerment and environmental interventions to support their lifestyle change. It is our obligation to help them find a way to enhance their health potential as early as possible.

The impact of a technological intervention program on learning mathematical skills

Learning mathematics is a challenge in the current educational context. This is demonstrated by a high percentage of students who both fail to develop these numerical-type skills and have a low academic performance. This research performs a quasi-experiment to develop mathematical skills and knowledge. The sample consisted of 54 students (20 female and 34 male) between 10 and 14 years old (Mage = 11.11, SD = .79) organized into two groups. First, an experimental group (N = 26) that received a technological intervention of learning virtual objects and second, a control group (N = 28). The results shown a statistical significant interaction between the experimental group and the post-test, which suggests that the intervention improves the skills to solve root exercises F(1, 52) = 10.41, p = .002, η2 = .17, with a significant main effect F(1, 52) = 1184.02, p = <.001, η2 = .96. The knowledge of root exercises problem-solving variable has no meaningful interaction with the intervention F(1, 52) = 2.14, p = .15, η2 = .04. Nevertheless, there was a direct effect between the pre- and post-test measurement differences and the intragroup factor F(1, 52) = 17.95, p = <.001, η2 = .26. The results are discussed about the benefit generated by the use of virtual learning objects in favor of developing mathematical skills and based on previously published studies.

College Students’ Access to Academic Accommodations Varies as a Function of School Type, Selectivity, and Cost

Students with disabilities face many challenges in their pursuit of higher education. Academic accommodations and other educational supports can allow these students to learn, and to demonstrate their learning, in a manner similar to their classmates without disabilities. The purpose of this study was (1) to determine the percent of students classified with disabilities and receiving accommodations in college and (2) to see if students’ access to accommodations varies as a function of their college’s type, selectivity, and cost. Overall 4.6% of undergraduate students are formally registered with their school’s disability office. Contrary to expectations, the highest percentage of students with disabilities receiving accommodations are found in America’s most selective and expensive private colleges and universities. The prevalence of students with disabilities at private, liberal arts colleges in particular is almost three times higher than the prevalence at two-year public (i.e., community) colleges. These findings suggest that public colleges should be more proactive in identifying and accommodating students with disabilities and private colleges should be more judicious in their accommodation granting. Colleges should also use principles of universal design to promote the academic success of all students, regardless of their disability status.

Measuring Creative Thinking Skills of Senior High School Male and Female Students in Physics (CTSP)Using the IRT-based PhysTCreTS

The study is aimed at (1) describing students’ CTSP, (2) comparing CTSP between male and female students, (3) identifying the highest and lowest sub-aspects of students’ CTSP. The research subjects were 534 students of the State Senior High School in Bantul Regency, obtained by a stratified random sampling technique. The testing instrument was the IRT-based PhysTCreTS and data were analysed using the Partial Credit Model (PCM) IRT technique. Findings show that: (1) The highest percentage of students’ CTSP lies in the “medium” category (48%), while the “high” and “very high” categories amount to 23%; (2) The CTSP of male students have a higher percentage than those of the female students but, in term of the means, male students’ abilities are lower; and (3) There are differences in the CTSP sub-aspects between male students and female students. For the high category, male students are dominant on the sub-aspects planning, expressing, and formulating while female students are dominant in planning, formulating, and expressing. For the low category, male students are dominant in finding alternatives, criticizing, and testing while female students are dominant in finding alternatives, developing, and testing. The result can be used as a ground base to enhance students' creative thinking by giving special treatment to sub-aspects which fall into the low category of the creative thinking abilities of male and female students.

Students’ behaviors in the context of the risk of HIV infection

The HIV infection rate in Poland is 3.3 per 100,000 and concerns mostly young adults. 2,764 students from 12 universities in the Podkarpackie region were examined. A high percentage of students had experiences of sexual contacts without condoms: vaginal contacts—40%, oral—22%, anal—14%, with strangers (8.3%) or little-known persons (9.6%), while alcohol-intoxicated (both partners—20.3%, one partner—14.8%) or drug-intoxicated (both partners—4%, one—4.2%). 3.8% admitted to having injected drugs, 1.2%—tattooed, and 4.9%—pierced in non-sterile conditions. Students who were not tested also displayed risky behaviors.

STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN TRANSLATING NARRATIVE TEXT FROM ENGLISH INTO INDONESIA AT IAIN BUKITTINGGI

The research is due to several problems found in the field; the students assumed that narrative text was the difficult text to translate. It happened because the students translate the text literally, also the students were lack of vocabularies in translating the text. This research aims to find out the causes of students’ problems in translating narrative text. The research used descriptive method with a quantitative approach in which the sample of the research was 55 fifth semester students of English Education Study Program at IAIN Bukittinggi, academic year 2018/2019, by using questionnaires as the instrument of this research. The findings of the research showed that there are two factors causing problems in translating narrative text from English into Indonesian; they are linguistic factors and non-linguistic factors. It is proved by the highest percentage of students’ difficulties which is 55% in linguistic factors and 52% in non-linguistic factors.

ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE PRACTICE OF SYSTEMATIC PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

The systematic practice of physical activities has been reported as a healthy habit for the prevention and control of chronic non-communicable diseases. The purpose of the research is to identify the attitudes of university students towards the systematic practice of physical activities, for this, a basic research was carried out, with a descriptive and correlational design that included a cross-section in students belonging to level I of the education course Physics of the Polytechnic School of Chimborazo in the period between October and December 2019. The universe consisted of a total of 182 students, of which 165 were part of the research sample. A questionnaire created specifically for the research was applied and the correlation between the study variables was established using Pearson’s correlation test. It is obtained that the average age is 21.55 years, with a predominance of female students (61.82%) and of urban origin (70.30%). 52.73% of the students presented nutritional alterations due to excess, 16.97% presented obesity and 35.76% were overweight. 53.33% reported not practicing systematic physical activities and of those who did practice it, only 48.05% did so 3 or more times a week. 43.03 were identified with a low level of knowledge about the importance of the systematic practice of physical exercises. It is concluded that there is a high percentage of students with excessive nutritional alterations, without doing physical activities and with a low level of knowledge about the importance of exercise. Mean negative correlation between nutritional status and frequency of physical exercise.

Bilinguals and Their Perceptions of Both Languages in Their Brains

This descriptive research examines the perception of bilingual students on the status of the mother tongue (L1) and the second language (L2) in their brains. The question of the influence or non-influence of L1 in using L2 has been studied under different theoretical frameworks. The issue of the representation of the languages in the brain has also been considered from a neurological perspective. However, no study has been undertaken on how bilinguals themselves perceive both languages in their minds. Do students see L1 and L2 as being together in one system, separate and independent of each other, or independent but sharing an intersection? The sample available to the researcher was 54 high school bilingual students. The research instruments are a questionnaire and a semi-structured face-to-face interview. The results of this study show that the highest percentage of students believe that both languages are independent of each other but share an intersection. All students have compared both languages, and have established differences and similarities between L1 and L2 through mental translations.

Weight Loss Diet is Linked to Orthorexia Nervosa in University Students

Abstract Objectives Orthorexia nervosa (ON), a term describing the obsession with healthy eating, has been coined since 1997 but no study has been reported in people following weight loss diets. This study aimed to assess the association between ON and weight loss diet in a university student population. Methods Students 18 years or older in all majors and at all education levels in a southeastern university were invited to take an online survey. Survey questions include Bratman Orthorexia Test (BOT), Eating Attitude Test-26 (EAT-26) and participant characteristics. Results 411 students (ages 18–65, BMI 15.1–55.5, female 75.2%, white 75.6%, graduate students 16.1%) have completed the survey. Among them, 117 have followed weight loss diet(s) for more than 3 months. Comparing to non-diet followers, diet followers were older (26.2 vs. 23.9), had higher BMI (26.5 vs. 24.9), reported higher BOT scores (5.9 vs. 3.9) and had a higher percentage being a health fanatic or orthorexic (BOT &amp;gt; 5: 76.1% vs. 38.8%). Diet followers also reported higher EAT scores (16.9 vs. 9.0) and had a higher percentage of students at high eating disorder risk (EAT ≥ 20: 32.5% vs. 12.6%). Conclusions Following weight loss diets is associated with high ON tendencies among university students. This association needs to be tested in other populations. Prevention and treatment strategies for ON and eating disorders should take following weight loss diets into consideration. Funding Sources None.

English Pronunciation Practices: From Tongue Twisters to YouTube Channel

Background: Pronunciation plays an important role to create effective communication since incorrect pronunciation may lead to misunderstanding. The EFL teachers should be aware of this issue by identifying the appropriate methods for teaching pronunciation to EFL students, with expectations; students may correctly pronounce the English words that support comprehensible communication. This research aims at describing the tongue twisters method for practicing English pronunciation as well as the YouTube channel for sharing their pronunciation practices.Methodology: This research employed an observation sheet and pronunciation task through students’ tongue twisters video uploaded on the YouTube channel as the instruments. The observation sheet was applied to find out students’ activities of tongue twisters practice in five meetings and their difficulties during the practice. Meanwhile, students’ uploaded tongue twisters video on the YouTube channel was analyzed to get the result of their tongue twisters practice.Findings: The students were given 26 tongue twisters consisting of 24 English consonant sounds to pronounce four times for each of them. The result showed that tongue twisters for sounds /p/, /f/, /v/, /ð/, and /z/ were difficult enough for them due to the interference of their mother tongue that commonly missed on these sounds. Besides that, the highest percentage of students who got a score of 60-69 on their YouTube channel video indicates that they still need more practice.Conclusion: Having tongue twisters’ practice and uploading the practice video on YouTube channel create learning experiences for students. They need to allocate more time practicing the English pronunciation better intensively. Therefore, the teachers should create maximal lesson planning and preparation to make sure that each student gets the same opportunity to practice it.

Understanding the Meaning of Multicultural Collaboration in a Public-School EFL Class

This phenomenological study sought to understand the meaning of multicultural collaboration in a Chilean English as a Foreign Language class purposefully selected because of its high percentage of students from different cultural backgrounds. Through participant observation and in-depth interviews, the essence of the phenomenon was identified. Findings revealed that the students’ and the teacher’s positive attitudes towards multiculturalism, along with their respect and acceptance for diversity, propitiated a healthy and safe learning environment that made multicultural collaboration possible. Future studies should explore how these conditions may be replicated in other multicultural educational scenarios.

Smoking awareness and habits among dental students at the Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia... what can we do to help?

Background and Objectives: Tobacco epidemic is affecting the whole world. By 2025 the numbers of smokers are expected to increase from 1.1 billion adults to 1.6 billion. Students are a vulnerable and an important target for tobacco industry, despite the fact that Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation is a competence in their curriculum they must master before graduating. Material and methods: 500 questionnaires were distributed to students attending undergraduate dental school at King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Dentistry (KAUFD). Response rate was 77.2%. Questionnaire consisted of five parts: general information; questions related to cigarette smoking; questions related to hooka/waterpipe smoking; questions related to shisha smoking and questions for non-smokers. The data was analyzed using the SPSS-PC package. Analysis included simple descriptive statistics in the form of percentages, frequency distributions and bar graphs; a p value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Results: 368 dental students who answered the questionnaire, 19.2% students were smokers and 80.8% (31.1% males and 68.9% females) were non-smokers. According to year of study, the highest percentage of students who smoked were in their senior years (5th: 24.3%). Peer pressure was the most likely reason to start smoking, as well as pressure from the school. There is a clear need for the school to implement more ways to help students cope with the stress of academic load, as well as more awareness of the addictive nature of tobacco use, to empower the students to fight the pressures both within and outside their school life.

El recurso didáctico de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones por parte de los estudiantes de la educación superior.

En el Marco del Proyecto de Investigación FCI016-2019 de la Facultad de Ciencias Matemáticas y Físicas de la Universidad de Guayaquil se desarrolló un análisis exploratorio, como parte de una investigación en curso, para identificar el por qué y el para qué los estudiantes usan las TIC en sus entornos de aprendizaje. Para ello se aplicó una encuesta a un grupo de estudiantes de Tercer Semestre de la Carrera de Ingeniería en Sistemas Computacionales. Entre los hallazgos relevantes se evidenció que un alto porcentaje de estudiantes tienen conocimiento de las TIC como recurso didáctico; sin embargo, es poca la población que reconoce su impacto en procesos de aprendizaje, exigiendo su reorientación y transformación de las mismas en clase.

Identifikasi miskonsepsi siswa SMA pada topik ekosistem

This study aims to obtain information about the misconception of high school students on ecosystem topic. The method that used in this research is descriptive method, and this research takes two schools in Bandung city as sample of the research. Selected schools are schools with high grade passes and low grade passes in Bandung. This study uses three-tier problem as a research instrument combined with CRI method that has been modified. In addition, teacher and student interviews were conducted to obtain information on learning activities that were thought to be factors of misconception. The result of research shows that student has misconception in all concepts that was tested to. In particular, the school with high passing grade has misconception in 12 concept from 27 conception tested. The concept with the highest percentage of students is found in the concept of food webs in context the definition of food web. While the students in schools with low-grade passing experience misconceptions as many as 17 concepts with each context from the 27 concepts tested. The concept that has the highest percentage is concept about energy flow with the context of energy flow sequence. Based on the results of the interviews, it was found that learning was conducted by using lecture method and used the power-point presentation as the only media in learning. With this kind of learning, students with misconceptions are mostly bored with learning, and lose interest in caring for teachers. In addition, most students admitted that the students do not understand the explanation given by the teacher, so look for alternative sources of referral of learning such as textbooks, worksheets, and reference sources from the internet.

"Disbelief and Sadness": First-Year Health Profession Students' Perspectives on Medical Errors.

The aims of the study were to examine the reactions of first-year health profession students to medical errors and determine whether differences exist between disciplines. After viewing the Team STEPPS Program's Susan Sheridan video that describes two separate medical errors, students from anesthesia assistant, medical imaging, medicine, nursing, physical therapy, and physician assistant programs provided unstructured open responses reflecting on initial impressions of medical errors depicted in the film. Student responses were assessed via inductive coding techniques and thematic analysis and stratified by discipline. Frequencies of key themes were calculated. Descriptive analyses characterized respondents and χ2 tests compared responses between disciplines. In a review of 373 student responses (80% response rate), 255 students expressed an emotion-based reply, of which 93.75 were negative with such comments as they felt horrified, appalled, and disappointed by the patient's experience. Of the 227 students who commented on blame or fault, 70% felt that a system error was at fault, 45% felt that it was the provider and only 1.3% stated that it was the patient's fault. Of the students who mentioned the context or situation, just more than half felt that the episode was preventable and there was a causal relationship between clinic workers' actions and the medical error. Finally, a high percentage of students had a solutions-oriented response, noting the importance of teamwork and communication in the avoidance of medical errors. First-year health profession students responded to medical error with strong emotion and distress. Their responses largely represent an individualistic view of healthcare in both the causes and solutions to medical errors. No differences in response themes were observed by discipline. This study represents our students' emotional responses to a medical error scenario. The qualitative responses and reactions of students to the Sheridan video offered opportunities to tease out nuances that would otherwise be unavailable in a typical attitudes survey. We noted a individualistic view of healthcare in both the causes and solutions to medical errors. We view these results as an opportunity for interprofessional education in systems-level approaches to improve patient safety. Curricular efforts in interprofessional education, collaborative practice, and patient safety should be driven by these results.

The Mediating Effect of Alexithymia on the Relationship Between Schizotypal Traits and Sleep Problems Among College Students.

A body of research has investigated the relationship between alexithymia and sleep problems, as well as the relationship between schizophrenia and alexithymia. However, there have been few studies on the relationships between the three. The current study explored the relationship between schizotypal traits and sleep problems among college students, and the potential role of alexithymia as a mediator of this relationship. The participants were all first-year students at a medical university in Guangdong province, China. A total of 2,626 college students participated. They were asked to complete a questionnaire that incorporated the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ), the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). The results revealed a relatively high percentage of students with mild insomnia (74.8%) and a smaller percentage with moderate to severe insomnia (7.9%). Correlation analysis revealed that both the TAS-20 and ISI scores had significant positive correlations with the SPQ score (p < 0.01). There was also a significant positive correlation between the TAS-20 and ISI scores (p < 0.01). The ISI score was significantly influenced by the SPQ score in a direct way, and increased considerably with increases in the TAS-20 score, indicating the importance of alexithymia as a mediator. The mediation model was tested via regression analysis and the bias-corrected bootstrap method, and these results further confirmed the role of alexithymia as a mediator.

Administering an additional hepatitis B vaccination dose after 18 years maintains adequate long-term protection levels in healthcare workers

Background: HBV (hepatitis B virus) vaccination in first year of life is recommended to prevent infection. Observational studies have suggested that vaccination at birth provides protection for 90% of the population for 30 years. Data on response to booster doses and long-term protection are lacking.Methods: We compared HBV antibody levels of healthcare students who were immunized for HBV with a primary series during their first year of life (primary) to students who were immunized with a primary series and received an additional dose at age 18 (boosted) four years earlier. Antibody titres ≥10 mIU/mL were considered adequate. Those that were inadequate received another dose and were reassessed.Results: We assessed 381 students, 80.1% were primary and 19.9% boosted. A significantly higher percentage of students in the boosted group had antibody titre levels ≥10 mIU/mL compared to primary group (88.1% vs. 41.3%, p < .001). Of 179 students in the primary group with inadequate antibody levels, 134 received a booster dose and 126 of them (94%) developed anti-HBs levels ≥10 mIU/mL. Of 9 students with inadequate levels in the boosted group, 8 received another booster dose and all developed adequate levels.Conclusions: Primary vaccination against HBV at birth does not necessarily provide lifelong adequate antibody levels. Boosting at 18 years reinforces antibody levels for at least four more years. Current guidelines recommend testing and boosting all medical personal. Based on our study, it may be prudent to extend this practice to all individuals who are at higher risk.

The independence learning and learning outcomes of Mathematical analysis of students at civil engineering department, faculty of engineering, Universitas Negeri Padang

This research is motivated by the high percentage of students who get low scores in Mathematics Analysis Courses. The purpose of this study was to reveal the contribution of learning independence to the learning outcomes of Mathematical Analysis of Building Engineering Education Study Program students, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Padang. This study was designed as a quantitative research. The population was 63 students of Building Engineering Education Study Program in 2015, the samples were taken by totally. Instruments in the form of questionnaires that have been tested for validity and reliability. The findings of the study showed that the contribution of learning independence to the learning outcomes of Mathematical Analysis of students of Building Engineering Education Study Program, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Padang was 35.28%.

INFLUENCE OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FACTORS ON THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ HEALTH

The aim is to analyze the factors that affect the students' health both positively and negatively and to evaluate the real health status of Ukrainian student youth. Materials and methods: The research was conducted at Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University and University of State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, 647 students of the 1st - 4th years of study were examined. To study both negative and positive factors, we conducted a survey of the students of different genders of several education departments, using original questionnaires. To analyze the results of the students' self-assessment of their health state, the methodology of V. P. Voitenko, which contains 27 questions that characterize the most important aspects of well-being, mood, activity, sleep quality, pain senses and lifestyle of students, was applied. Results: It was determined that the most important factors for the preservation of health included nutrition, physical activity, active leisure, sleep, love and sex. 56.3 % of male students and 49.9 % of female ones indicated that motor activity is of great importance for health care. The students stated that the most dangerous health factors included drug use, radioactive contamination of the environment, smoking, alcohol abuse, stress, etc. It was found that the highest percentage of students had satisfactory and poor health levels - 44.8-54.9 % and 17.8-29.5 % respectively. Conclusions: A wide range of specific components of the educational process and the healthy lifestyle of students can have different effects on life. Lifestyle is one of the many factors that affect students' health. The students' self-assessment of their health state lets to manage the educational process of physical education efficiently, allocate physical activity and apply individual tasks rationally.

Economically disadvantaged communities: a solution-based study through education and information communication technology

North Carolina ranked 40th out of the 50 states in the USA in a new report card on public education. Generally, schools are graded A, B, C, D and F grades where 80% of school grades are based on the percentage of student tests scores that are at or above grade-level performance. In Economically Disadvantaged communities, specifically, those in one large county in Central North Carolina, schools there tend to perform poorly, scoring 'D' and 'F' grades in the state schools' report cards. The main research question was: Do students in low performing schools also score low on the Incoming Readiness scale? A survey and secondary data (North Carolina School Report Cards for 2016-2017) were collected and analysed. The key finding was low performing schools had higher percentage of students with low Incoming Readiness. The study covers issues of social justice and the need to improve school performance.