4th Students Research Articles

Performance Evaluation of Nursing Students in the Clinical Area

Performance evaluation is vital in the nursing field due to the large numbers of nursing students, and the necessity of skill training as an internship in the field under the supervision of the nurses. Accordingly, this study is aimed at determining the current situation and clinical performance evaluation of nursing students. This is descriptive-analytical research. The study sample contains all nursing students of 7th and 8th semesters with an internship in the field (n=145), who participated in the study by personal consent. Nursing Clinical Performance Evaluation Checklist made by Esmaeili et al. (2013) was used as a research instrument. The questionnaire contains 28 items in 3 domains of the nursing process (12 items), professionalism (9 items), and ethical principles (7 items). The face and content validity of the instrument was confirmed, and the reliability was measured using internal consistency by Cronbach's Alpha (0.92). For the data analysis, SPSS-20 was used. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the data. The results showed that the mean value and standard deviation of performance evaluation of students of 7th and 8th semesters of nursing are obtained at 5±2.03, which is in average level. The highest mean value of performance evaluation was associated with the ethical principles of students (6±2.3), and the lowest mean value was associated with the range of the nursing process (5±2). The mean value of professionalism was 6±2.1. The results obtained from the study showed that the 7th and 8th-semester nursing students were at an average level in terms of performance evaluation. Keywords: evaluation, clinical performance evaluation, nursing students, clinical area

EFFECTS OF POSITIVE EMOTIONS, ACADEMIC SELF EFFICACY AND SELF REGULATED LEARNING ON SATISFACTION WITH LIFE IN MEDICAL STUDENTS

ABSTRACT
 BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: The previous studies had found a significant relationship among positive emotions, academic self-efficacy (ASE), self-regulated learning (SRL), and satisfaction with life (SWL). The present study was conducted to predict SWL from positive emotions and SRL in medical students.
 METHODOLOGY: The study involved a cross-sectional survey research design. Three hundred medical students from the three medical colleges in Bahawalpur, Lodhran, and Sahiwal were randomly recruited to participate in the study from October 2019 to January 2020. Research Ethics Committee duly approved the study at The Islamia University of Bahawalpur vide No. REC/B-31/2019-F. All the participants filled the necessary informed consent form. Four Likert type scales (a) Dispositional Positive Emotions Scale, (b) Academic Self Efficacy Scale, (c) Efficacy for Self Regulated Learning Scale, and (d) Satisfaction with Life Scale were appended to a single questionnaire to collect the data. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 25, was used for statistical analysis. The correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and analysis of variance were used to compute results.
 RESULTS: The study found a statistically significant positive correlation among positive emotions, ASE, SRL, and SWL in medical students. The positive emotions and SRL significantly predicted SWL while ASE did not significantly predict SWL in medical students. The 4th and 5th-year students showed more positive emotions, and students of 1st and 4th years showed more SRL than students of other years. 
 CONCLUSION: The study concluded that both positive emotions and SRL significantly predicted SWL in medical students. There were found significant year-wise differences in both positive emotions and SRL.

The Influence of E-Learning and Learning Interests on Learning Outcomes of Physical Education in 11th Students of SMA Negeri 8 Medan

The purpose of this study was to explain the effect of differences in learning outcomes of physical education through edmodo and google classroom on Class XI students of SMA Negeri 8 Medan. This research method uses an experimental method with a 2x2 level design. The data analysis technique used analysis of variance. The research instrument used a questionnaire. The results of the research that have been carried out state that: (1) Based on the results of the analysis of variance in the list of attachments at the level of α = 0.05, it is obtained that F0 <Ft is 0.279 <4.11. (2) Then in the Tukey test in groups A1B1 and A2B1 where = 1.681 and = 2.95. Research conclusions: 1) There are differences in physical education learning outcomes through edmodo and google classroom.

The intention was good: How promoting strategy use does not improve multimedia learning for secondary students.

It is well established that successful learning with multimedia is challenging, especially for younger learners. It was investigated whether students would profit from instructional support regarding the use of multimedia learning strategies. Participants were high school students in 8th , 9th , and 10th grade (N = 168). Participants were assigned to a no-support control group or one of four experimental groups. In the experimental groups, students received either only a multimedia strategy training before learning (training group) or the training was enriched by prompts (prompts before or during learning) or if-then plans (implementation intentions). In the training, multimedia learning strategies were introduced (e.g., linking information from text and picture). The prompts and implementation intentions were aimed at enhancing the application of the multimedia strategies conveyed through the training. Students learned about the process of mitosis by studying multimedia instructions and were tested regarding the acquired knowledge. It was expected that solely training students to use adequate multimedia learning strategies would not promote learning compared with the control group, rather, that additional support like prompts or implementation intentions would be necessary to enhance learning. Although in the experimental groups, multimedia learning strategies were used more frequently especially in the beginning of the instructional unit, there were no effects on learning outcome. Promoting multimedia strategy use did not improve learning. The quality of the different instructional support measures and their suitability for the target groups are discussed as possible explanations for these findings.

PENGARUH MODEL SAVI TERHADAP KETERAMPILAN PROSES SAINS DAN PENGUASAAN KONSEP PADA PEMBELAJARAN IPA

Abstract.The aim of this study is to portray the effect of SAVI Model towards students' science process skills and students' conceptual mastery on the subject material about Energy. The study was done under the quantitative paradigm with quasi experiment approach by utilizing the purposive sampling. The population of the study was 149 4th grader students with 37 students from 4D as the experimental class where the SAVI Model was applied and 38 students from 4A as the control class where the classical instructions was conducted. The data was gathered through test and observation sheet. The data was analyzed by utilizing the SPSS version 23 through test-1. The result indicates that there's a significant effect of SAVI Model toward students' science process skills and their conceptual mastery on the subject material about Energy at MIN 2 Bogor by showing the average mark of 79,52 on students conceptual mastery and 89,98 on students' science process skills.Keywords: SAVI model; mastery of concepts; science process skills;

Station Rotation Type Blended Learning Model Against Critical Thinking Ability of Fourth Grade Students

This study is conducted based on the problem of the low critical thinking skills of grade 4th students of SDK . It is presumed because the learning model applied is less relevant to the students' need. The model that expected can solve the problem is the blended learning station rotation model. This study investigates critical thinking difference between students with blended learning rotation models and students with conventional learning toward fourth-grade students of SDK KaryaSingaraja. The instrument of data collection is a critical thinking skill test in the form of an essay. The data is analyzed descriptively. The hypothesis is tested by using t-test polled variance. The study results show that the experiment group's mean score is 81,28 and higher than the control group, 65,5. Meanwhile, it gains score tvalue (5,21) >ttable(2,00) with 5% significant(0,05). The result shows a significant difference between students with blended learning rotation models and students with conventional learning. It can be concluded that the blended learning rotation model positively affects the critical thinking of the fourth-grade students of SDK . Appropriate learning model selection affects students' critical thinking.

Analyse of creative thinking ability of vocational students after waste management project-based learning

One of the abilities that must be developed in 21st century learning is think creatively. The ability to think creatively is part of creativity that involves developing ideas and products the problems solve. This study aims to analyze the creative thinking skills of vocational students on waste treatment materials by applying project-based learning (PjBL). The study used weak experimental method by using one group pretest-posttest design. The subject of study was grade 10th students at one private high school in Cianjur. Data collection of students’ creative thinking used essay test. Essay test of creative thinking ability consists of five indicators namely (1) fluency, (2) flexibility, (3) originality, (4) elaboration, and (5) sensitivity to problem. The result shows that the highest gain score was fluency, with gain score of 12 and the lowest gain score obtained by sensitivity to problem with gain score of 5. The effectiveness of PjBL was seen from index N-gain with a medium category (0.40). The finding revealed that PjBL is quite influential in improving the students creative thinking abilities, especially in contextual teaching material such as waste management learning.

Situation analysis of mathematical physics learning with online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

This research was conduct to determine the situation of learning mathematics physics online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants in this study were physics semester 4th students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar with 21 students. Data collection techniques include online interviews and questionnaires. The collected data analyzed by reduction, display, and conclusion drawing. The results of the study describe the learning process of mathematical physics not conducive during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The problem that arises in the form of difficulty lectures in teaching explicit physics material that has many mathematical formulas and calculations. The difficulty on the part of students is that students experience limited costs to buy internet quota in online learning. The lecturer provides the solution by creating a mathematical physics module that is given in stages. This module is presented with language and examples of questions that are easily understood by students through the google classroom application. Lectures also occasionally use the zoom application, and Google meets to explain the material that is difficult to understand.

Comparison of State and Private Elementary School Students’ Motivational Attitudes Towards the English Course-Adana Province Example in Turkey

The role of motivation in foreign language teaching has been a debated issue for long years. One of the problematic issues is the motivation problem encountered in foreign language courses. Because, the most important factor affecting academic success is motivation. Most researchers argued that as the motivation level increases, the level of foreign language learning will increase and students will learn foreign languages more easily. In this research, motivation attitudes of state and private elementary school students in foreign language courses in Turkey were examined. At the same time, the relationship between foreign language and motivation attitude of state and private elementary school students was tried to be determined. The sample of the research is 747 students in 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades selected by random sampling from a Private Elementary School and a State Elementary School in Adana Province, Turkey, in 2018-2019 academic year. In the research, the participants were applied the Academic Motivation Scale-AMS and there was a significant effect on the motivation of different school type (state and private), gender, school and primary school was not examined. The difference between motivation levels of the students in state and private schools was tried to be determined. In the study, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficiency and Independent Sample t-test Analysis were performed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences—SPSS 22 Programme. According to the results, it was found that the motivation level differed according to the gender and school type.

Indonesian cultural diversity learning for 4th grader students

Background: The importance of multicultural education is given to children from an early age in the hope that children are able to understand that in their environment and also in other environments there is cultural diversity.
 Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the material used for elementary students in increasing a number of knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed in their ethnic cultural environment, national culture, and other ethnic intercultural cultures.
 Design and methods: content analysis is research conducted to analyze and understand the text. Content analysis can also be interpreted as a model used to examine data documentation in the form of text, images, symbols, and so on. In this study, content analysis was focused on content and sentences that showed the values of Cultural Diversity Education contained in the thematic textbook for SD / MI class IV curriculum 2013 revision edition 2017.
 Results: In the book, Theme 1 and Theme 7 introduces various kinds of Indonesian culture such as cultural parades featuring the diversity of Indonesian culture, musical instruments, regional dances, traditional houses, regional specialties, folk songs, regional clothing to ethnic groups in Indonesia. It indicates that the values of education cultural diversity contained in these textbooks is very diverse and must be instilled, better understood about cultural diversity and practiced in each individual and student.

ANALYSIS STUDENT’S SPEAKING PERFORMANCE AS AN ACADEMIC SPEAKER’S PRACTICE

Speaking is a productive skill with requires the interactive and performance process. To be able to improve and represent student’s capability in their speaking skill, student also need to drill and practice their speaking as the academic presenter, because if they able to speak academically, their speaking skill will get well improvement automatically. This research is aimed to investigate student’s speaking performance while they have academic speaking practice. The population of this research is 4th semester student of Universitas Muhammadiyah Tangerang, located in Cikokol-Tangerang. The sample is single sample. To find the data, researcher use video record originally from the speaker then doing the analysis with triangulation validity. This research showed that students speaking performance is need to be treating well, especially in their self-confident and vocabulary master, because it will be impossible for them to be a good speaker if they have lots of anxiety.

Prevalence of Direct Peer Bullying among Primary Schools’ Children in Holly Karbala Center

Background: Bullying among schoolchildren is certainly a very old phenomenon. The fact that somechildren are frequently and systematically harassed and attacked by other children has been described inliterary works, and many adults have personal experience of it from their own school days.Subjects and Method: This cross-sectional study carried out on randomly selected 450 elementary schools’students in 5th and 6th classes 222 males, 228 females in holly Karbala city, province in academic year 2015- 2016. Data were collected by using a standardized questionnaire.Result: Overall prevalence rate of peer bullying was 33.8% and the prevalence of victims was 25.3%.Results of current study show that there is statistical significant association between bullying and gender, thebullying is more common in males students 38.7% than female 28.89%, while 19.8 % males, 30.7% femaleswere victims of this behavior, this difference is statically significant also the study revealed that bulling wasprevalent in poor families.Conclusion: Peerbulling is highly prevalent in primary schools in holly Karbala city, Iraq, compared tomany countries, there were positive association between bulling and male students,poverty, low schoolachievement.

The challenges of clinical education in nursing: A qualitative analysis of nursing students and clinical instructors' perspectives

Context: Clinical education is an integral part of nursing education and also it is considered as the heart of professional education. Internship is a part of nursing education program which provides internship students with suitable opportunities to enhance their skills in applying the theoretical knowledge in the clinical placement. Aims: The objectives of this study were to (1) gain a deep understanding of the experiences and perspectives of nursing students and clinical instructors and (2) explain challenges of clinical education in nursing. Setting and Design: This study was a qualitative content analysis conducted in Qom University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: The study participants included 25 senior nursing students in 7th and 8th semesters and 8 nursing instructors. Purposive sampling was conducted until data saturation was reached. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews. Statistical Analysis Used: MAXQDA version 10 was used to store the interview data and codes and “qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach” was used to analyze the data. Results: Data analysis revealed two themes and nine categories which were as follows: “lack of effective clinical education facilitators” (demands for diverse clinical learning methods, setting professional values, and focus on autonomy-based education) and “barriers to effective clinical education” (experiential learning by working in the ward, factors undermining scientific learning, focus on routine-oriented work, ineffective educational planning, nurse mentors' superficial knowledge, and communication barriers). Conclusion: Clinical training as facilitators of learning in the clinical environment requires the participation of faculty, clinical instructors, students, and medical staff. Moreover, the paper has addressed the potential problems which are related to the nursing students, instructors, and clinical setting.

Depression, Stress, Burnout and Associated Factors in Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study from a Turkish Medical School

Background: Mental problems are common among medical school students, and these problems affect social and academic functionality. It was aimed to determine depression, stress and burnout levels of medical school students in a university which constitutes 3.25% of the all medical students in Turkey. Methods: 1306 students studying in all classes at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine participated in this cross-sectional study. Sociodemographic data form, CES-Depression Scale (CES-D), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and Maslach Burnout Inventory Student Scale (MBI-SS) were applied to the participants. Results: The mean score of the MBI-SS exhaustion subscale was 15.6, cynicism was 10.4, and the efficacy subscale was 11.7. The mean score of CES- D was 21.2 and PSS was 28.3. The prevalence of depression was estimated as 64.2%. Female participants showed higher scores in PSS, but lower scores in cynicism and efficacy. For exhaustion and cynicism, 1st graders’ scores were significantly lower than all the others. For efficacy, 4th graders’ scores were significantly lower than 1st and 6th graders’. In CES-D; the 4th graders’ scores were significantly higher than the 1st and 3rd graders’. In PSS; 4th graders’ scores were significantly higher than 1sts. Conclusion: Stress, burnout, and depressive symptoms are high in medical students, especially in 4th graders and female students. It is considered to be important to raise awareness and plan preventive services on this issue.

The level of knowledge about primary immunodeficiency diseases among medical students in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia

Background: Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) are monogenic disorders that affect the immune system and increase the susceptibility to infections. The lack of knowledge about PIDs is the main cause of the delayed diagnosis that leads to subsequent increments in morbidity and mortality. Thereby, this study aimed to evaluate the knowledge about PIDs in medical students in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted by recruiting university undergraduate students (3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th-year medical students) from four universities in Riyadh, from February to March 2020. A questionnaire was distributed to the participants through mediators in each university. Results: A total of 387 students participated in the study. The majority (69%) was 21-23 years old and a little more than half were female (52%). The students’ knowledge score ranged from 3 to 33, with a mean of 14.1±5.6. The sample was classified based on the level of knowledge into two groups: below-average group and average/above-average group with a cut-off point of 60% of the total score. The majority (83%, n = 322) was in the below-average group, while 17% (n = 65) were in the average/above-average group. The number of average/above-average knowledge participants was highest among the 6th-year students as compared to the other academic years (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The results indicated a lack of knowledge about PIDs among medical students. PIDs should be emphasized more in medical education.

Saudi medical students' knowledge, perception, and exposure to emergency medicine

Background: Information and promoting awareness of emergency medicine (EM) as a vital and independent branch of medicine has been a core component of the national undergraduate medical curriculum for a number of years. This project aims to assess how successful this integration has been by evaluating clinical-level students on their knowledge, exposure, and overall opinion of the subject. Methods: A survey was conducted by means of a cross-sectional online questionnaire that was made available to clinical year students in all medical colleges in Saudi Arabia. Demographic data, descriptive statistics, and correlation analyses were then carried out to discern if any patterns or commonalities could be found. Result: A total of 356 medical students participated in the study. Regarding EM perception and interest, a significant variance in responses was highlighted between the 4th, 5th, and 6th-year students. Regarding exposure, 68.8% did not have the EM as an independent course module, and 55.1% did not take an elective in EM as an alternative. The overall level of knowledge of EM and its importance was below the desired standards in 62.4% of the participants. Students who undertook some form of further education in EM had on average a 57.7% higher chance to score at or above desired standards on EM. Conclusion: Despite the overall majority of participants demonstrating a less than desirable knowledge on EM, exposure, and correct integration of EM in medical course composition has a notable positive effect on student perceptions and opinion of EM.

Distance and classical forms of learning: what is the proportion of the optimal combination?

The pandemic has sharply actualized the digitalization of higher education, when all students were transferred to distance education. This period turned out to be very specific for students. On the one hand, these are new forms of education, new opportunities. On the other hand, limited experience of interpersonal communication with classmates and interaction with teachers. The purpose of this article is to assess the attitude of students to distance education and to highlight the conditions that determine the effectiveness of such education. The empirical basis of the work was the data of the monitoring 8th students monitoring in the Middle Urals, carried out under the leadership of Yuri Vishnevsky for 25 years. The sample consisted of 2,000 students from 13 universities in the Sverdlovsk region. The results show that the opinion of Ural students regarding distance education is not uniform; there are both its supporters (12%) and opponents (9%). Most students are ready to combine distance and classical forms of education in one proportion or another. They consider about 50% of distance education to be acceptable. The educational profile, attitude to the profession and the level of responsibility are the main factors that determine the attitude towards distance education. These factors determine the effectiveness of both distance and traditional education. However, in the case of distance education, higher requirements are imposed on the level of responsibility and awareness of the student. Otherwise, distance education is accompanied by various deviations. In the current reality, when a third of the Ural students do not represent the content of their chosen profession, more than half do not have any professional goal, it is important for the university, and, first of all, for teachers, not only to provide new educational opportunities, but also to help students’ professional socializing so that they can be successful in the future. To do this, it is important to maintain a healthy balance of distance and classical education, which ensures the greatest efficiency.

Evidence-Based Medicine Approaches of Students in a Medical School

Aim: To define knowledge and attitudes of Cumhuriyet University Medical School (CUMS) students about Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) and to determine opinions about the 1-week EBM education given to fourth-year students. Material and Methods: This was a descriptive study on third, fourth, and fifth-year students of CUMS. The 1-week EBM education given in 4th-year is an internship, they can take theoretically and practice lectures. The data collection tool used in research has questioned descriptive features of students, knowledge and attitudes about EBM, and their views on the internship. Results: 165 students volunteered to participate. The most common answers for investigation research question; for 3rd-year students' was general web sites, for 4th-year students' and 5th-year students' was electronic EBM database. While 3rd-year students valued to easy access for searching data, reliability was important for 4th and 5th-year students. The frequency of students' use of electronic databases (p&amp;lt;0.001), the rate of know the keyword as “good” (p=0.021), Medline usage frequency (p=0.003) and mean scores obtained from the pyramid of evidence (p&amp;lt;0.001) have differed significantly between students' years. There was a significant difference between students' English levels and electronic EBM database selection (p=0.034). Students', have upper-intermediate and upper English levels, 72.7%(8) chose the Electronic EBM database source to investigate. The most difficult parts for students when reading an article are their English insufficiency, statistics, and academic language. Students’ opinions about the EBM course; 77.2%(88) found that the course was beneficial, 7.0%(8) said course were not helpful, and 15.8%(18) were undecided. Conclusion: Improving students' English levels could increase their frequency of EBM database usage. It was observed knowledge and attitude of EBM were quite low in 3rd-year students, and general knowledge and attitude of 4th-year students, have received just new internship, were better than the other years. These findings show us that internship is beneficial.

Physical Fitness Assessment: Concentrating on the 1st, 2nd And 3rd Year's College Students

The main propose of the study was to concentrate assessment of physical fitness, especially to focus on the 1st, 2nd And 3rd Year's College students. In most of the advance countries of the globe, different test have been developed in accordance vicinity. Hence, the present study was carryout to develop test batteries for the physical fitness assessment. In this regards, 2340 students of 8th 9th and 10th classes were conveniently selected in the study. Mean and standard deviation were used to test the formulated hypotheses. Poor physical fitness among the students was found. Therefore, it was recommended that the teachers and parents should make it obligatory to take proper care of their students/children’s physical fitness by providing a healthy diet and also allow them to participate in sports activities.

MEDIA EDUCATION: GLOBAL PROSPECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN UKRAINE (ON THE EXPAMPLE OF THE IREX “LEARN AND DISTINGUISH” PROJECT)

The paper highlights the strategic guidelines for the media education development outlined by international organizations (UNESCO, EU). The authors analyse the implementation of media education in Ukraine. The authors analyse the implementation of the media education in the Ukrainian education starting from the adoption of the Concept on the Implementation of Media Education in Ukraine (2010). The implementation of media education into the secondary education is confirmed by example of the State Standard of Primary Education (2018) and Typical Educational Programmes for 1st-2nd and 3rd-4th grades developed under guidance of O Savchenko (2019). The authors analyse the findings of the project “Learn and Distinguish” (L2D), implemented by the International Research &amp; Exchanges Board (IREX) in partnership with the Academy of Ukrainian Press and StopFake aimed at integrating media and information literacy skills into curricula. It was piloted in 50 schools in Ukraine, reaching approximately 5,425 students in 8th and 9th grades. The authors made conclusions that value of the L2D lies in transferring the participants’ media knowledge. No less important is the project’s input into capacity development. The authors underline the added value of the project. It promotes further harmonization of the Ukrainian education with the trends/standards of the world community providing the development of the efficient media education system in Ukraine. And secondly, it serves for the dissemination of innovative knowledge and practices at the horizontal level (between teachers, schools, students).