Student Compliance Research Articles

Transitioning to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: differences in access and participation among students in disadvantaged school districts

PurposeThe novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which emerged in 2019 and quickly spread to the United States, resulted in widespread closure of PreK-12 schools and universities and a rapid transition to online learning. There are concerns about how students in high-needs school districts will engage with online learning, given the limited access many disadvantaged students have to Internet and computers. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to determine teacher perceptions of students' access and participation to online learning, as well as concerns about educational outcomes among different groups of learners.Design/methodology/approachThe authors surveyed 300 K-12 teachers in NY state about the tools and accommodations they employed in their online teaching, whether their students were participating in the online learning and the reasons for their lack of participation.FindingsRespondents reported that nearly 30% of all of their students were not regularly completing their assignments. Students in high-needs districts were significantly more likely to not complete their work. Teachers reported being very concerned about their students' educational outcomes, particularly students with disabilities (SWDs) and English language learners (ELLs). Respondents also provided suggestions for improving educational access to online learning in the future.Originality/valueNo published research has yet examined student compliance in online learning during an emergency and, in particular, during this unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic and months-long stay-at-home orders.

Bug-in-the-Ear Training Increases Teachers’ Effective Instruction Delivery and Student Compliance

Many teachers struggle to implement behavioral interventions in the classroom with sufficient treatment integrity. One way to support teachers’ intervention implementation is through bug-in-the-ear (BITE) training, a training format in which a school-based consultant provides teachers real-time prompts and immediate performance feedback as teachers interact with students. In the current study, a multiple baseline design across three teachers was used to test the independent effects of BITE training on teachers’ initial and maintained use of effective instruction delivery (EID), an intervention for increasing student compliance with teacher instructions. Student compliance in response to EID was also measured. Results indicated immediate and large increases in EID and student compliance, with both outcomes maintained at high levels post-BITE training. Teachers also rated BITE training positively on a social validity measure. Limitations, directions for future research, and implications for applied practice are discussed.

Comprehensive and safe school strategy during COVID-19 pandemic

BackgroundAlthough several studies have tried to evaluate the real efficacy of school closure for pandemic control over time, no definitive answer to this question has been given. Moreover, it has not been clarified whether children or teenagers could be considered a problem for SARS-CoV-2 diffusion or, on the contrary, whether parents and school workers play a greater role. The aims of this review are to discuss about children’s safety at school and the better strategies currently able to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection at school.Main aimCompared to adults, very few cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in children, who generally suffered from an asymptomatic infection or a mild disease. Moreover, school closure is systematically associated with the development of problems involving students, teachers and parents, particularly among populations with poor resources. Although several researches have tried to evaluate the real efficacy of school closure for pandemic control over time, no definitive answer to this question has been given. Available findings seem to confirm that to ensure adequate learning and to avoid social and economic problems, schools must remain open, provided that the adults who follow children at home and at school absolutely comply with recommendations for prevention measures and that school facilities can be optimized in order to significantly reduce the spread of infection. In this regard, the universal use of face masks in addition to hand hygiene and safe distancing in schools, at least starting from the age of 6 years, seems extremely useful. Moreover, since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak the use of telemedicine to manage suspected SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals in the community has appeared to be an easy and effective measure to solve many paediatric problems and could represent a further support to schools .ConclusionsWe think that schools must remain open, despite COVID-19 pandemic. However, several problems strictly related to school frequency and reduction of infectious risk must be solved before school attendance can be considered completely safe. A single more in-depth guideline agreed between countries with the same school problems could be very useful in eliminating doubts and fostering the compliance of students, teachers and non-teaching school staff reducing errors and misinterpretations.

English Learner Policies into Practice: The Power of Campus Leadership

English learners (ELs) are a central and yet marginalized student population attending many public schools today. There are currently language policies written into legislation that provides support for EL students. The question is, how do the beliefs of school leaders influence their response to issues of policy implementation and compliance for EL students? In this study, campus administrators (leaders) in Texas school districts utilize responsive interviews to examine how the beliefs and practices of campus administrators shape their response to issues of compliance and implementation of language policies for ELs indicating how leaders accept educational responsibility for EL students. Ultimately, successful campuses are bred through a supportive, culturally competent climate and culture that is modeled and nurtured through an involved campus administrator who is willing to accept educational responsibility for EL students.

The Artificial University: Decision Support for Universities in the COVID-19 Era

Operating universities under pandemic conditions is a complex undertaking. The Artificial University (TAU) responds to this need. TAU is a configurable, open-source computer simulation of a university using a contact network based on publicly available information about university classes, residences, and activities. This study evaluates health outcomes for an array of interventions and testing protocols in an artificial university of 6,500 students, faculty, and staff. Findings suggest that physical distancing and centralized contact tracing are most effective at reducing infections, but there is a tipping point for compliance below which physical distancing is less effective. If student compliance is anything short of high, it helps to have separate buildings for quarantining infected students, thereby gracefully increasing compliance. Hybrid in-person and online classes and closing fitness centers do not significantly change cumulative infections but do significantly decrease the number of the infected at any given time, indicating strategies for “flattening the curve” to protect limited resources. Supplementing physical distancing with centralized contact tracing decreases infected individuals by an additional 14%; boosting frequency of testing for student-facing staff yields a further 7% decrease. A trade-off exists between increasing the sheer number of infection tests and targeting testing for key nodes in the contact network (i.e., student-facing staff). There are significant advantages to getting and acting on test results quickly. The costs and benefits to universities of these findings are discussed. Artificial universities can be an important decision support tool for universities, generating useful policy insights into the challenges of operating universities under pandemic conditions.

THE ANALYSIS OF THE MODERN TRANSLATION MARKET AS THE BASIS FOR TRANSLATION STUDENTS’ PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN TERMS OF THEIR INNOVATIVE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

The article deals with a comprehensive analysis of the translation services domestic market in order to reveal the main changes that have occurred over the past decades as well as identify the latest trends in translators’ innovative professional activity. The author proves that an effective method of teaching translation in higher education institutions (HEI) should be based on the processes that take place on the translation market and the particular requirements for translators in terms of innovative professional activities. The study revealed that the main translation services provided by Ukrainian top translation companies include: technical and industry-specific translation (68% of the total volume of translations); localization (20%); interpretation (7%); audio-visual translation (5%). Leading Ukrainian companies have five main requirements for candidates for the position of a translator, namely: 1) CAT-knowledge (100% of all the companies); 2) working experience (70% of the translation companies mentioned it as a mandatory requirement; 30% – as desirable and preferred); 3) excellent command of the source and target language (100% of all the companies); 4) higher philological and / or special education (60% of the companies); 5) specialization (70% of the companies). The article also analyzes the compliance of translation students’ professional training with the defined market requirements basing on the views of leading domestic and foreign scientists. The author highlights the main reasons for the inconsistency of the syllabuses and the translators’ innovative professional activity, namely: the increase of general scientific disciplines due to the decrease of professional ones, lack of specialization, poor information technology training, absence of applied disciplines, the predominance of oral and literary translation disciplines in curricula. The author analyzes the pedagogical system of translation students’ professional training based on the requirements of the translation services market (Gabr, 2001). It is regarded as an effective basis for developing curricula and programs for professional training of competitive translation specialists

Legal Compliance In Realizing The Attitude Of Defending The State For College Student Upn Veteran East Java

This Research aim to find the connection between legal awareness UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur Collegestudent with state defense attitude. Legal awareness is awareness or values contained in man about theexisting law or about laws that are expected to exist. Actually, what is emphasized is the values regardingthe function of the law and not a legal assessment of it concrete events in the community concerned. Legalawareness is very important in measuring the level of state defense attitudes. There are several indicatorsof the problem of legal awareness, namely Knowledge of legal regulations (law awareness); Knowledge ofthe contents of legal regulations (law acquaintance); Attitude towards legal regulations (legal attitude);Legal behavior patterns (legal behaviour). All indicators are related to campus regulations. Legalawareness, especially regarding student compliance in obeying the rules set by the campus. the higher thelevel of violation of campus discipline, the greater the reduction of student defending attitudes. Themethod used in this study begins with identification from various literatures related to the legal awarenessculture of students towards university regulations and policies in terms of the problems that occur and thechallenges that must be faced by the university. Then arranged in such a way as to bring up the rightproblem formulation which later can be comprehensively reviewed through field studies and directobservation, especially related to the problems taken in this study, namely the application of campusregulations to realize the attitude of defending the State in students. The research results in this study areexpected to be able to contribute to the university and the development of students who are expected tohave a spirit and attitude to defend the country.

Graduate students reported practices regarding the issue of informed consent and maintaining of data confidentiality in a developing country

Research involving human subjects requires strict adherence to ethical principles, including informed consent and assuring data confidentiality. Herein, a questionnaire was utilized to assess compliance of graduate students who conduct research involving human subjects in Jordan with proper practices related to informed consent and maintaining of data confidentiality. Among the 251 respondents, 55.4% were from health-related fields, 61.4% undertook research involving humans, and 48.6% did research requiring institutional review board approval. Only 37.1% of respondents reported exposure to research ethics education during their graduate study. Satisfactory adherence to informed consent practices was reported at rates of 56.0%–67.5%. Satisfactory adherence to practices related to data confidentiality and study participants' anonymity was reported at rates of 67.3%–74.7%. Sharing of data or samples with others was reported at a rate of 24.3%. The rates of adherence to proper informed consent practices and practices that maintain data confidentiality were less than ideal. Significant policy changes need to be implemented to address these issues.

The Contested Discourses of Yoga, Youth, and Urban Schooling: Paradox and Possibility

Background/ContextYoga, as a recent cultural phenomenon in the United States, is often marketed as a way to relieve stress and anxiety. This has led to yoga becoming widespread in schools, particularly schools that serve low income youth of color. While some advocates argue that yoga can help students navigate highly controlled, standards-based school environments, others assert that yoga is being used as a tool for student compliance rather than liberation.Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of StudyThis study addresses the tensions between schooling discourses and yoga discourses, and how youth use their own discourses and agency to navigate those complications.Setting/PopulationThis study took place in an alternative high school program for students who were in danger of not graduating because they had too few credits. Reflecting the community, the participants were low income youth of color.Research DesignIn this yearlong critical qualitative study, I served as an observer for weekly yoga classes at the school, interviewed the student participants during the fall and the spring, and interviewed the yoga teacher and classroom teacher during the fall and spring. I kept a field journal and wrote memos after every class and analyzed the data from the observations and interviews using critical discourse analysis.Conclusions/RecommendationsEven as yoga may serve as a counternarrative to schooling discourses, it is only with intention and practice that it does not reify narratives of power and patriarchy. This is particularly true when the participants themselves may replicate these narratives, such as the participants’ complex use of heteronormative masculine discourses. For yoga to be liberatory in schools, the following aspects should be included: a sense of community where all students feel valued, classroom teacher participation, explicit instruction in the discourses of yoga around acceptance and compassion for oneself and others, and acknowledging school and youth discourses around sports and heteronormativity.

Effects of Precision Requests as a Standalone Intervention on Noncompliance of Students with Emotional Disturbance

For teachers who work with students with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD), noncompliance can be a serious problem by impacting their own and others’ access to the curriculum. The precision request (PR) has been recommended as effective in addressing noncompliance, but it has limited support as a sole intervention in a classroom exclusively for students with emotional disturbance. This study used an ABAB (withdrawal) single-case design to demonstrate effects of teachers’ PRs on noncompliance of eight third and fourth grade students with EBD in a self-contained class. PR was shown to increase student compliance (log response ratio effect size = 0.17) with no adverse effects on latency to compliance. Both teacher and students rated the social validity as positive. This finding was corroborated by the teacher’s continued use of PRs after study completion. Implications of the findings for practice and suggestions for future research are included.

Clickers versus Plickers: Comparing Two Audience Response Systems in a Smartphone-Free Teaching Environment

This study compared the performance of two audience response systems (ARSs) without students requiring smartphone technology or Internet access during problem-based learning (PBL) activities. Clicker handsets linked to a radio frequency (RF) receiver and paper voting cards, known as Plickers, which display a QR code (two-dimensional barcode) that can be captured by the instructor using a standard camera on a tablet device, represent two audience response platforms that allow students to vote in classrooms where smartphones are prohibited. Following regular usage of both by 157 first-year undergraduates, the proportion of the cohort voting with each polling platform was compared across 65 polling events as a measure of student compliance and engagement, and by deduction ARS performance. Results from this study showed that both clickers and Plickers achieved satisfactory cohort compliance rates of 87.22% and 78.26%, respectively. Anonymous student survey data overwhelming favored the clicker handsets over the Plicker voting cards, which was, in part, justified by clicker usage being more self-explanatory than that of Plickers; however, from an instructor’s perspective, both voting platforms adequately captured the level of students’ understanding during interactive sessions where problem-solving opportunities were embedded while maintaining a smartphone-free environment.

PENERAPAN CUCI TANGAN PESERTA DIDIK DI RUMAH SAKIT GIGI DAN MULUT UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA PROF. SOEDOMO

Background: Dental health professionals have potential infection risks during treatment for the patients. Performing good hand hygiene is very important to prevent the transmission of infections including in dental practice. However, various studies have shown that health workers have low compliance to hand hygiene. Some
 factors influence the compliance of health workers in hand hygiene practice are knowledge, perceptions, attitudes, workload, and the availability of hand hygiene facilities.
 Objective: The aim of the study was to improve the compliance of the dental clerkship students’ hand hygiene practice at UGM Prof. Soedomo Dental Hospital.
 Methods: The research design was action research. Quantitative data was collected during the diagnosing action through a questionnaire on knowledge and perceptions of hand hygiene and observation of hand hygiene compliance among 35 students, focus group discussion (FGD) on four students, and evaluating the hand hygiene
 facilities for students. The data collected in initial stage was used to determine the planning action, taking action, and evaluation stage.
 Results: The hand hygiene compliance of the students increased by 60% after dissemination of hand hygiene standard procedures, hand hygiene training, improving hand hygiene facilities, and increasing the commitment using consent forms before treating patients. The result of the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test showed a Z value of -4.583 with a p-value of 0.000 (p<0.05).
 Conclusion: It can be concluded that the hand hygiene compliance of clerical students in UGM Prof. Soedomo Dental Hospital increase significantly by the policy and management interventions.
 

Effectiveness of Peer-Assisted Learning in Nursing Student Knowledge and Compliance in The Application of Standard Precautions

The learning process in higher nursing education develops student competences, such as applying standard precautions, in providing professional nursing care. To improve student knowledge and compliance related to standard precautions requires innovation from lecturers in providing appropriate learning methods. Peer-assisted learning (PAL) can enhance the active role of students and improve achievement. The PAL method involves senior students as peer teachers who help junior students. Using a questionnaire as an assessment instrument, this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of PAL on knowledge and compliance in the application of standard precautions in student nurses. This study design was quasi experimental with pre and post assessment and a control group design approach. This research was conducted at the D Hospital in Padang, Indonesia, a hospital where students practice. This study was conducted in June–September 2017 with a sample size of 45. Data analysis using paired t-test showed that the average values of the level of knowledge and skills of students in the application of standard precautions before and after PAL methods differed significantly in the intervention group (p = 0.001). In conclusion, PAL can be applied in the learning process of nursing students to increase student achievement. Abstrak Efektifitas Metode Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) Terhadap Tingkat Pengetahuan dan Kepatuhan Mahasiswa Dalam Penerapan Kewaspadaan Standar. Proses pembelajaran pada pendidikan tinggi keperawatan mengembangkan kompetensi mahasiswa dalam memberikan asuhan keperawatan profesional. Salah satu kompentensi mahasiswa adalah menerapkan kewaspadaan standar. Untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan kepatuhan mahasiswa terkait kewaspadaan standar membutuhkan inovasi dari dosen dalam memberikan metode pembelajaran yang sesuai. Metode peer-assisted learning (PAL) merupakan metode pembelajaran yang dapat meningkatkan peran aktif mahasiswa serta meningkatkan pencapaian kompetensi mahasiswa. Metode PAL melibatkan mahasiswa senior sebagai peer-teacher yang membantu juniornya dalam belajar. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui efektifitas metode PAL terhadap tingkat pengetahuan dan kepatuhan dalam penerapan kewaspadaan standar pada mahasiswa keperawatan. Intrumen penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner. Desain penelitian ini adalah quasi experiment dengan pendekatan pre dan post with control group design. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Rumah Sakit D di Padang, Indonesia, sebagai salah satu rumah sakit yang menjadi tempat praktik mahasiswa. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada Juni – September 2017. Jumlah sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah 45 orang. Hasil analisis data menggunakan paired t test menunjukkan nilai rerata tingkat pengetahuan dan keterampilan mahasiswa dalam penerapan kewaspadaan standar sebelum dan sesudah dilakukan metode PAL berbeda secara signifikan pada kelompok intervensi (p= 0,001). Metode PAL dapat diterapkan dalam proses pembelajaran mahasiswa keperawatan karena dapat meningkatkan pencapaian kompetensi mahasiswa. Kata kunci: kewaspadaan standar, mahasiswa keperawatan, peer-assisted learning (PAL)

Perancangan Dan Implementasi Sistem Informasi Presensi Terpadu Pada Politeknik Negeri Padang

Dalam membuat jadwal perkuliahan dengan manual sangat susah sekali kita harus mencek setiap jadwal apakah tidak bentrok dengan jadwal yang sudah ada dan itu membutuhkan waktu lama dan tidak efisien karena sering terjadi kesalahan. Setelah jadwal selesai maka tiap harinya ada proses rekap absen siswa dan rekap absen dosen, proses ini sering terjadi kesalahan rekap-an serta sangat lama, sebagai contoh rekap mahasiswa bisa di kerjakan berbulan-bulan dan saat me informasikan kompen mahasiswa telat, sehingga banyak siswa yang komplen. Dengan permasalahan itu penulis melakukan perubahan agar masalah terselesaikan dengan menggunakan sebuah aplikasi FET untuk membuat jadwal perkuliahan secara cepat , efisien dan akurat, hasil jadwal tersebut kita dapat mengimpor kedalam databases MySQL kemudian akan ditampilkan dan di proses dalam sebuah sistem informasi berbasis website yang dapat mengelola secara online rekap-an absen siswa dan dosen secara cepat dan akurat.

Pengaruh Dari Pematuhan Tata Tertib Sekolah dan Keikutsertaan Siswa Dalam Ekstrakurikuler Pramuka Terhadap Disiplin Siswa Dalam Belajar Pada Siswa SMA Swasta Akreditasi A di Kota Padang

The purpose of this article was to study the effects of reversal of school rules and student participation in scout extracurricular activities on the learning discipline of high school accreditation A students in the city of Padang. This type of research was associative descriptive. The population in this study were 5340 respondents from Private an Accreditation Private Schools in Padang. The sampling technique was a two-stage cluster random sampling. The data used in this study are primary data and secondary data. The technique in collecting data was the form of a questionnaire. The instrument testing used a validity and reliability test. The data analysis techniques used descriptive analysis. Based on the results of this study it can be concluded that (1) there is an effect of student compliance with school rules with student learning discipline (2) there is no relation between student’s participation in scout on the learning discipline (3) Student participation in scout extracurricular influences compliance with school regulations.Keywords: obedience to school rules, scout extracurricular, learning discipline

Making sense of resistance in an afterschool tutoring program

The term resistance has been an evolving concept in literacy and composition studies. While much has been studied in terms of student resistance in high schools, first-year composition classrooms, and in university writing centers, little is known about how resistance occurs in afterschool tutoring programs between volunteer writing tutors and their tutees. Using an ethnographic case study approach, this paper examines how three adult volunteer writing tutors made sense of resistance in working with their adolescent tutees in an urban tutoring program. The findings showed that tutor attitudes, values, and reactions shaped their experience of resistance in a variety of ways including a) misreading tutee signals of engagement; b) masking expectations of cultural and linguistic compliance within a discourse of resistance; and c) embracing resistance as a bridge to tutor growth. The author uses these findings to inform current conceptions of student resistance and compliance and to provide implication for volunteer tutor training.

Qualidade de ensino e eficiência em programas de Pós-graduação de distância: um estudo quantitativo em duas menções de mestrado em educação

The main objective of this study is to determine the level of student satisfaction with respect to teaching performance in distance postgraduate programs at the Miguel de Cervantes University, for which a satisfaction survey was applied during the development of the program. The survey was applied every year during the 2012-2015 period. It consists of 17 questions that assess the degree of student compliance with the service delivered by the online platform. Out of a universe of 58 students, 52 responded to the survey. The results obtained indicate a general agreement with the distance program and with the platform, which is evident in the level of satisfaction and positive response above 88%. Finally, it can be said that the questions referred to the Punctuality, have a 93.99% positive evaluation while the axis of the Quality of the delivered contents with an 87.9% satisfaction.

Are High-Probability Request Sequences as Low an Intensity Intervention as Portrayed?

High probability request (high-p) sequences, based on the momentum of behavior principle, have been an effective intervention for improving compliance and work completion for students who display challenging behaviors. They have been portrayed as a low-intensity intervention because of being perceived as simple, clear, and easy for any teacher to implement as compared to developing a token economy, behavioral contract, or conducting a functional behavioral assessment which are intensive and require expertise in applied behavior analysis. However, high-p request sequences may not be as low-intensity as has been depicted. There are several subtleties for implementing them effectively that teachers would not automatically understand. Also, an examination of the research may raise concerns how well this intervention translates into practice. The purpose of this articles is to provide foundational and theoretical information that is often overlooked when researching and implementing high-p request sequences, describe different techniques for building behavioral momentum, address issues translating research into practice, discuss problems in following published implementation steps, and offering an alternative approach for engendering student compliance.

Assessment of correlates of hand hygiene compliance among final year medical students: a cross-sectional study in the Netherlands

ObjectivesTo identify the factors that influence the hand hygiene compliance of final year medical students, using a theoretical behavioural framework.DesignCross-sectional survey assessing self-reported compliance and its behavioural correlates.SettingInternships of medical...

Individual and Social Influences on College Student Compliance with a Gluten-Free Diet

The objective of this study was to examine individual and social influences on college student compliance with a gluten-free diet. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2016-2017 with undergraduates (n=24) at a large public university. Eligible participants were 18-25 years old with self-reported physician-diagnosed celiac disease. The interview question path was based on the Health Belief Model and assessed individual and social influences on eating choices. Transcribed interviews were independently coded by three researchers (ICR=.82) then analyzed for themes using the Health Belief Model as a guiding framework. Barriers to complying with a gluten-free diet included the college meal plan, meal planning and cooking skills, negotiating social interactions around food, financial burden of purchasing gluten-free food, and intentionally eating gluten as self-confidence grew. Students often reframed non-compliance as a “cheat day,” discussing it as they would a reduced-calorie diet, which could reduce perceived threat. Providers discussed threats to health in terms of long-term outcomes but students focused on the immediate impact of eating gluten. Nutritionists, parents, and health care providers can better prepare college students for the transition to independent food choices and how to remain compliant with a gluten-free diet within the challenging college food environment.