Student Exercises Research Articles

ENGAGE: COMMUNITY – A STUDENT LED, TELEHEALTH EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL TO COMBAT SOCIAL ISOLATION IN OLDER ADULTS

BACKGROUND AND AIMS EngAGE: Community is a student-led Exercise Physiology service delivery model that provides accessible, enjoyable and socially engaged exercise programs for older adults to combat loneliness. We aimed to assess the impact of EngAGE: Community on social, psychological, and quality of life outcomes in community-dwelling older adults, and student development. METHODS EngAGE: Community was a 15-week telehealth group-exercise program that recruited community-dwelling older adults and student Exercise Physiology practitioners. Classes were supervised by an Accredited Exercise Physiologist. Each EngAGE session consisted of exercise, educational and community-developing activities. Participant survey outcomes for social and psychological health, and quality of life were collected online before and following the program. Student development outcomes were also collected online before and following the program. RESULTS Across four programs, 73 community participants and 15 student participants were recruited, providing 1042 community engagement hours and 900 student development hours. Of these, 45 community participants completed sufficient attendance for data inclusion, and 14 student datasets were included. Community participants reported significant improvements in social [UCLA Loneliness Scale (p=0.001), Social Anxiety and Phobias Scale (p=0.007)] and psychological health [Kessler-10 (p=0.03)], as well as quality of life [SF-12 (p=0.02) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (p=0.05)]. A subset of the population demonstrated significant improvements in lower (p<0.001) and upper body strength (p=0.003). Student practitioners reported significant improvements in Work Self-Efficacy (p=0.002), Confidence in Skills (p=0.02) and Work Readiness (p=0.03). Community participants (n=48) provided an 81-98% agree/strongly agree response to qualifying statements suggesting the program was enjoyable, educational, social, and beneficial for their wellbeing. The cost per practitioner contact minute for all EngAGE: Community rotations was calculated as $1.92 compared to $4.21 for usual care (45% saving). CONCLUSION EngAGE: Community is a viable and cost-effective telehealth strategy to improve older Australians social and psychological health while developing Exercise Physiology student practitioners.

What's special about human speech? A student exercise for comparing speech production between humans and chimpanzees.

Modern humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor on the phylogenetic tree, yet chimpanzees do not spontaneously produce speech or speech sounds. The lab exercise presented in this paper was developed for undergraduate students in a course entitled "What's Special About Human Speech?" The exercise is based on acoustic analyses of the words "cup" and "papa" as spoken by Viki, a home-raised, speech-trained chimpanzee, as well as the words spoken by a human. The analyses allow students to relate differences in articulation and vocal abilities between Viki and humans to the known anatomical differences in their vocal systems. Anatomical and articulation differences between humans and Viki include (1) potential tongue movements, (2) presence or absence of laryngeal air sacs, (3) presence or absence of vocal membranes, and (4) exhalation vs inhalation during production.

Preferences of Medical Technology Students on COVID-19 Personal Preventive Behaviors and University Safety Protocols: A Conjoint Analysis

The increase in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines has created an alarming issue in high-density public places, such as schools and universities. Personal preventive behaviors that the students exercise play a big part in whether such behaviors prevent or only predispose them even more to contracting the virus. Several factors may influence the personal preventive behaviors of an individual. These include attitude, awareness, personal beliefs, and culture concerning the disease. Through outlining these several factors, the researchers aim to identify the main attributes that determine students’ preferred COVID-19 personal preventive behavior and implemented precautionary measures. The researchers used a two-part survey: socioeconomic and demographic followed by an orthogonal plan. The safety protocols implemented by the university were found to be the most important factor, followed by knowledge about the disease, communication channels, attitude, and social construct of the family. Thus, this follows that based on the attribute’s importance value, the students prefer safety protocols that are most implemented by the university while social construct of the family is the least preferred. These findings suggest that the safety protocols implemented by the university are the most important factor, hence, policy implementation and strengthening should be observed by the university. Keywords: COVID-19, preventive behavior, knowledge, perception, attitude

Study on a New Model of Physical Exercise Status of College Students in a University in Xinjiang to Resist Subhealth

Individual health has become the core of realizing a healthy China, and this paper takes students of a university in Xinjiang as an example to explore the effect of physical exercise of college students on warding off subhealth. The study adopts a composite approach, constructs an assessment model based on the three major categories of subhealth and 39 tertiary indexes, and applies FAHP, path analysis and other methods to explore the relationship between physical exercise and subhealth. The results showed that college students' physical fitness generally declined during the epidemic, but their awareness of health increased; most of them were in moderate subhealth; social resources and adaptation had the greatest impact on subhealth, and positive emotions helped improve subhealth; there was a significant correlation between physical exercise and subhealth, especially in the male and female students' physical fitness tests. The study suggests that publicity and education on sub-health should be strengthened, and scientific advice should be provided to prevent sub-health from various aspects, so as to contribute to the realization of "Healthy China".

Selection of general fitness development exercises for first year female students of Duy Tan University (Vietnam)

The aim of this study was to select and evaluate exercises designed to develop general fitness for first-year female students. A randomized controlled trial design (parallel design) was employed. The research methods included document analysis and synthesis, interviews, pedagogical observation, pedagogical examination, pedagogical experiments, and statistical analysis. A total of 200 first-year female students enrolled in the Physical Education Program at Duy Tan University in Da Nang City participated. They were divided into two groups by random drawing by class: the experimental group (N=100) and the control group (N=100). The experimental group followed the Physical Education program at Duy Tan University with the addition of the selected exercises and modifications, while the control group followed the standard General Physical Education program. The researcher selected 28 exercises categorized into two groups: Group 1 (exercises with limited movement, 23 exercises) and Group 2 (exercises measuring each part of movement, 5 exercises). The results showed significant improvements in all tested fitness parameters for the experimental group compared to the control group (p<0.05). Additionally, the achievement growth rate in all tests assessing general fitness was higher for the experimental group (p<0.05). The initial application and evaluation of these exercises demonstrated high efficiency in improving the general fitness of the first-year female students.

Ways of increasing the efficiency of physical exercises of teenage school students with impaired health

The work is devoted to the definition of anatomical and physiological features of the formation of the movement culture of schoolchildren. The relevance of the issue of increasing the effectiveness of physical exercise classes for primary school girls with postural disorders is substantiated and is the formation of a culture of movements. It has been established that postural disorders are a prerequisite for the appearance of accompanying diseases and abnormalities in physical development and negatively affect the culture of movements, distorting the physique, plasticity of movements, gait, impair motor achievements during physical exercises, lead to a decrease in motivation for motor activity, negatively affect well-being children, lead to the emergence of psychological complexes and complicate socialization in the student body. According to the index method, which included the determination of the shoulder index, which characterizes the level of stooping (kyphotic posture), and the index of vertical curvature of the spine, which indicates the presence of scoliotic posture, it was found that 26.3% of schoolgirls have various posture disorders, while 82 of them .8% of girls have slouching (kyphotic posture), the other 17.2% of schoolgirls have scoliotic posture in various variants of vertical curvature of the spine. Since the level of some motor indicators indirectly determines the culture of girls' movements and affects the formation of a posture stereotype, pedagogical testing of various types of strength, coordination abilities and flexibility of elementary school students was conducted. At the same time, a significant difference was recorded between the motor development of schoolgirls with various postural disorders in the indicators of strength endurance of the muscles of the abdomen, back, flexibility, plasticity and static balance of healthy girls and schoolgirls with postural disorders. The conducted linear correlation analysis using the Pearson method between posture indicators and movement indicators showed a reliable relationship of moderate strength between the posture indicator and some movement indicators, which justifies the need to develop a methodology for teaching the movement culture of elementary school students with posture disorders in the process of physical education.

Why Isn't There an Inverse Quotient Rule?

When learning Calculus, students are taught how to undo the Chain Rule through u-Substitution and may have been introduced to Integration by Parts as a way to undo the Product Rule. This paper describes analogous integration techniques to undo the Quotient Rule and argues that the “Inverse Quotient Rule” is a worthwhile technique to teach in Integral Calculus. An appendix includes 26 textbook-style exercises for interested students.

Using Large Language Models for (De-)Formalization and Natural Argumentation Exercises for Beginner's Students

Using Large Language Models for (De-)Formalization and Natural Argumentation Exercises for Beginner's Students

Online English writing teaching method that enhances teacher–student interaction

Abstract A significant component of the online learning platform is the online exercise assessment system, which has access to a wealth of past student exercise data that may be used for data mining research. However, the data from the present online exercise system is not efficiently used, making each exercise less relevant for students and decreasing their interest and interaction with the teacher as she explains the activities. In light of this, this research creates an exercise knowledge map based on the connections between workouts, knowledge points, and previous tournaments. The neural matrix was then improved using cross-feature sharing and feature augmentation units to deconstruct the workout recommendation model. The study also developed an interactive text sentiment analysis model based on the expansion of the self-associative word association network to assess how students interacted after the introduction of the personalized exercise advice teaching approach. The outcomes demonstrated that the suggested model’s mean diversity value at completion was 0.93, an increase of 0.14 and 0.23 over collaborative filtering algorithm and DeepFM (deep factor decompose modle), respectively, and that the proposed model’s final convergence value was 92.3%, an improvement of 2.3 and 4.1% over the latter two models. The extended model used in the study outperformed the support vector machine (SVM) and Random Forest models in terms of accuracy by 5.9 and 1.7%, respectively. In terms of F1 value indicator, the model proposed by the research has a value of 90.4%, which is 2.5 and 2.1% higher than the SVM model and Random Forest model; in terms of recall rate indicators, the model proposed by the research institute has a value of 94.3%, which is an increase of 6.2 and 9.8% compared to the latter two models. This suggests that the study’s methodology has some application potential and is advantageous in terms of customized recommendation and interactive sentiment recognition.

Fresnel–Arago laws: an easily feasible demonstration and laboratory exercise for students

The basic premise of this work was to create a simple experimental setup for the demonstration of Fresnel–Arago laws and the realization of an experimental exercise. An Iceland calcite is used as a beam splitter, and by adding a diverging lens (commonly used to magnify the image), a large image of overlapping spots is obtained at a short distance, visible to a wide audience. Additionally, by placing a diverging lens at different distances from the calcite, the level of the spots overlapping can be changed. The interference image is photographed by a smartphone and processed by one of the available applications for quantitative image processing. The experiment was carried out using red and green laser light. The same setup, with a diverging lens, also allows the reconstruction of the original Fresnel and Arago experiment with a thin metal cylinder. Quick and easy construction, relatively simple processing of the interference image, without the use of expensive devices (CCD camera, beam splitter, beam expander), and the good agreement between the nominal and measured laser light wavelengths, make this setup very suitable for realization as a student exercise for undergraduate and master’s students.

Effect of Aerobic Strength Training on Physical Fitness and Weight Loss of Female University Students

There is still a growing global trend of physical inactivity despite several research showing the positive effects of exercise on health. Furthermore, the most effective weight-loss or weight-control approach is still up for debate. The literature has proven that suggested aerobic strength training (AST) enhances a variety of physical performance outcomes in sports, which helps to validate the effectiveness of AST on physical fitness and weight reduction. Even though AST is one of the most popular strength training techniques, more research is needed to fully understand how it affects female university students' ability to lose weight and perform physically. The purpose of this study was to test the impact of 8 weeks of aerobic strength exercises in female students for physical fitness and weight loss. The study sample comprised overall female students of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur (Baghdad-ul-jaded Campus). The participants of the study were (n = 30) females with ages between (M = 254.5; SD = 30.58 years) were divided into two groups: The experimental group (EG; n=15), and the control group (CG; n=15). Prior to and after the intervention, participants experienced physical and anthropometric measurements. Data were analyzed by applying descriptive, paired sample t-test, and independent t-test. Only a significant improvement for LHGS (p = 0.05), agility (p = 0.00), flexibility (p = 0.01), skipping (p = 0.01), 30-m SRT (p = 0.00) were found in all physical fitness parameters and participants significantly losing weight for the EG (p<0.05) as compared to the control group. The findings suggest that AST improves female students' physical fitness, and helps to reduce weight.

Doctoral Theses in the Digital Age – ICT use by Social Sciences PhD Students of The Maria Grzegorzewska University

The article is a result of a complementary advanced publication workshop accompanying the curriculum course exercises for PhD students, on the role of ICT in the research work of a scientist. To fulfill the extended course requirements the participants decided to write relevant paper, if possible, related to their individual research endeavors and their relations to the digital world. The paper consists of a collection of short chapters written by young researchers. They express their own views, based on early research experience, relevant generally to the inclusion of critical digital age components in their theses. The chapters are only moderately consulted by the tutor in the direction of finding a common denominator related to social sciences.

Translation as a Mediation Activity for Vocabulary Retention: An Empirical Study

This study investigates whether translation as a mediation activity in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) fosters better vocabulary retention than English-only vocabulary exercises for students of English as a foreign language. Translation as a language instruction and acquisition method has been the topic of much debate between proponents of English-only methodologies and advocates of bi/multilingual philosophies. This study intends to spotlight the pedagogical value of translation in the EFL classroom. To that end, quantitative data were collected from 82 students at the Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles (Preparatory Classes for Engineering and Management Schools) (henceforth, CPGE) in Marrakesh, Morocco. The Statistical Package for Social Science (henceforth, SPSS) was used to analyze the data collected from two posttests. The results prove that translation as a mediation activity leads to better vocabulary retention than English-only vocabulary exercises. This study suggests that translation as mediation is a valid language learning activity to implement in English classrooms.

The Management Strategies to Develop Physical Exercise for Secondary School Students in Industrial Zone of Shaanxi Province, The People’s Republic of China

Background and Aim: With the development of the economy and society, the urbanization process of industrial areas in Shaanxi Province is accelerating, educational resources are gradually optimized, and various educational reforms are gradually implemented. However, in this process, the physical exercise of secondary school students is gradually neglected, leading to problems such as the decline of students' physical fitness and poor physical quality. This research aims to construct management strategies to develop physical exercise for secondary school students in the industrial zone of Shaanxi province, the People’s Republic of China. Materials and Methods: The participants in this research can be divided into four groups, which are as follows: (1) 370 students were selected to participate in the questionnaire survey; (2) 7 experts were invited to in-depth interviews; (3) 19 experts were invited to conduct two round Delphi consensus; and (4) 9 experts were invited to discuss and confirm the management strategies. Descriptive statistics, including mean and standard deviation, are utilized to evaluate the questionnaire data. The consensus data was analyzed by using the median and interquartile range, with the criteria for assessment set at a median of ≥ 3.50 and an interquartile range of ≤ 1.50. Results: The management strategies to develop physical exercise for secondary school students in an industrial zone of Shaanxi province, the People’s Republic of China can be summarized into 8 main factors and 19 sub-factors. 8 main factors are as follows: (1) Start physical exercise in schools; (2) Establish a sports game; (3) Policies to support sports talent; (4) Finding sponsors; (5) Leader to activate the task; (6) Set up a team of teachers; (7) Teaching and learning network; (8) Controlling. Conclusion: The management strategies were constructed based on 8 core factors and 19 sub-factors. 9 experts already evaluated the content and application of this management strategy. The evaluation score is at the highest level, this is considered to confirm the suitability of this management strategy.

Use of Arduino and flute in teaching waves in a high school class

This work aims to use music as a teaching tool and, alongside it, utilize Arduino as a device to verify the components to be studied. The theoretical framework to be used is based on the Potentially Meaningful Teaching Units, UEPS approach, allowing for the construction of meaningful learning for students through problem-solving situations. A didactic sequence was developed for the study of the theme of sound waves and their components at the high school level. This sequence was applied over a period of four weeks, including an initial presentation of topics related to waves, the construction of an electronic system using Arduino, and the verification of phenomena based on musical notes. The data collection instruments for this research included questionnaires to assess students' prior knowledge, mind maps, and exercise lists. The Arduino programming board, which allows for the digitization of analog and digital electrical signals, was used in conjunction with a microphone module, enabling the integration of electronic physics with wave physics. As a result of this research, there were indications of learning through the interdisciplinary relationship between music and physics, which was made effective through the use of Arduino and the recorder flute.

Comparison of Yoga Asana along with Aerobic Exercise and Aerobic Exercise alone for Dysmenorrhea among College Students with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Background: Dysmenorrhea is a distressing sensory and emotional experience that occurs usually in the region ofthe lower abdomen. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the syndrome in which the ovaries create excessiveproduction of androgens that are typically present in women at a minimal level. This study compares the effectof yoga on PCOS with dysmenorrhea in women of reproductive age using the McGill pain questionnaire andWaLIDD score.Purpose: The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of aerobic exercise and yoga asana fordysmenorrhea among college students with polycystic ovarian syndrome.Materials and Methods: This experimental study has been conducted from December 2022 to May 2023 whichincluded 150 girls (18 to 25 years old) who were screened for PCOS and 98 girls who willingly filled out a Googleform to the female college students, Based on the inclusion criteria, 50 people took part and were separated intotwo groups: one group is given aerobic exercise with yoga, while the other group is given only an aerobic exercise.The treatment is for 60 minutes and 5 days per week is given and continued for 12 weeks. The pre-test and posttestwere taken. The values were tabulated and statically evaluated.Result: the results revealed that the addition of yoga along with aerobic exercise results in 70-80% of the womenbeing beneficial for managing the dysmenorrhea and PCOS which are statistically significant with a p value of0.0001.Conclusion: The study shows that yoga asana with aerobic exercise for PCOS students is more beneficial inlowering the risk of dysmenorrhea than aerobic exercise alone.

Promoting health education through collaborative writing sessions in the Dominican Republic

Objective: This study explored medical trainees’ understanding of collaborative writing sessions in the Dominican Republic as a strategy to strengthen their technical writing and critical analysis skills in health education and communication. Method: We conducted semi-structured interviews with seven medical trainees who participated in a series of collaborative writing sessions and published their articles in medical journals. Thematic analysis was used to study coded notes and identify salient themes with quotations and a conceptual model. Results: Five perceived individual- and programme-level enabling factors of the collaborative writing sessions were described: (1) detailed agenda, (2) direct mentorship, (3) effective teamwork, (4) personal investment and dedication, and (5) future vision. Conclusion: Study findings highlight that collaborative writing sessions with direct mentorship offers medical trainees a unique opportunity to acquire key written communication and analytical competencies and publish their articles, as part of their professional development. The incorporation of these valuable health education training exercises for health professional students can help develop an academic culture of writing and publishing on emerging global health topics.

Pharmacology of Sedating and Anesthetic Agents: A Case-Based Flipped Classroom Exercise for Preclinical Medical Students.

Sedating and anesthetic drugs are widely used in clinical practice; however, relevant teaching remains underrepresented in undergraduate medical education. We developed a 2-hour flipped classroom activity integrating foundational science topics, evidence-based medicine, and clinical reasoning on anesthetic pharmacology for preclinical medical students. Presession, second-year medical students reviewed a study guide and completed a readiness assessment. The flipped classroom session was facilitated in a large-group format with learners in small groups. At session end, students completed a consolidation quiz. Two case-relevant questions were included on the midterm and one on the final exam. Student satisfaction was assessed through an anonymous postsession survey. One hundred ten students participated in the session. Mean performance on the readiness assessment was 96%. Mean performance on the postsession quiz was also 96%. Mean performance on the three midterm and final exam questions was higher than the national mean (94% vs.72%, p < .005). Seventy-six students (69%) completed the survey, with mean satisfaction of 4.6 (SD = 0.7) on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree). We developed a flipped classroom session teaching pharmacology of sedating and anesthetic drugs for preclinical medical students. Students performed well on pre- and postsession assessments and above the national mean on National Board of Medical Examiners questions, suggesting adequate knowledge acquisition. This session was found to be a highly satisfactory and effective teaching tool requiring students to integrate foundational and clinical science knowledge.

Influence of living settings on physical activity levels and volition in exercise in male and female university students.

This study explored the influence of living settings on physical activity (PA) levels and volition in exercise and their correlation, considering sex differences. Five hundred and sixty-six university students (261 rural and 305 urban) from Calabria region (Italy) attending universities courses filled an online survey where Global Physical Activity Questionnaire and Volition in Exercise Questionnaire were administered. Rural females (RF) showed lower PA levels and self-confidence than rural males (RM) (p<0.01). Postponing training and unrelated thoughts were higher in RF than RM (p<0.01 and p<0.05 respectively). PA levels, self-confidence and coping with failure were lower in urban females (UF) than urban males (UM) (p<0.01), Postponing training and unrelated thoughts were higher in UF than UM (p<0.01 and p<0.05). In RF and UF, PA levels positively correlated with self-confidence (Rho = 0.397) and coping with failure (Rho = 0.330), whereas negatively correlated with postponing training (Rho = -0.487) and unrelated thoughts (Rho = -0.283). In RM and UM, PA levels positively correlated with self-confidence (Rho = 0.270) and coping with failure (Rho = 0.258), whereas it negatively correlated with postponing training (Rho = -0.285). PA levels positively correlated with reasons (Rho = 0.260) only in UM. We showed for the first time the relationship between PA and volition factors considering the living setting in university students. Sex differences were observed in some volition facilitators and PA levels independently by the living context.

Dynamic Interdisciplinary Exercise for Juvenile and Family Law Students

Dynamic Interdisciplinary Exercise for Juvenile and Family Law Students