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Social and Psychiatric Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Distance Learning on High School Students: A Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey
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Seyahi, L. S.; Ozcan, S. G.; Sut, N.; Mayer, A.; Poyraz, B. C. – African Educational Research Journal, 2022
We investigated the socio-psychological effects of both the pandemic and distance learning on high school students in Turkey and Denmark. We aimed to assess whether there were any differences between students attending public or private schools in Turkey, and between two countries having different approaches to the pandemic and considerable…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, High School Students
Information Literacy Skills and College Students: A Mixed-Methods, Action Research Study of Students' Knowledge and Self-Efficacy for Applying Information Literacy Skills to Their Academic and Social Lives
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Jade Geary – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this action research was to examine information literacy skills in undergraduate students. In particular, this research investigated students' knowledge and self-efficacy of information literacy skills. Furthermore, this study explored students' application of information literacy and how students apply information literacy skills…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Information Literacy, Knowledge Level, Self Efficacy
Health Promotion in Early-Stage Dementia -- User Experiences from an Educative Intervention
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Kajander, Martine; Gjestsen, Martha Therese; Vagle, Vigdis; Meling, Målfrid; Henriksen, Anne Torsvik; Testad, Ingelin – Educational Gerontology, 2022
Educating and supporting people with early-stage dementia has gained increased focus worldwide as a response to an aging population and limited advancements in the medical treatment of the condition. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of people with early-stage dementia who were provided with support and information through a…
Descriptors: Dementia, Aging (Individuals), Health Promotion, Intervention
Community-Partnered Evaluation of the Aging Mastery Program in Los Angeles Area Senior Centers
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Guerrero, Lourdes R.; Menkin, Josephine A.; Carrillo, Carmen A.; Reyes, Carmen E.; Trejo, Laura; Banks, Cynthia; Sarkisian, Catherine A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Background: The National Council on Aging's Aging Mastery Program (AMP) aims to help older adults implement health behavior and lifestyle changes to promote healthy aging and social engagement. The purpose of the present community-partnered evaluation was to test the effectiveness of AMP implementation in Los Angeles County to improve…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Aging (Individuals), Health Behavior, Life Style
Different Forms of Knowledge and New Chinese Skilled Immigrants' Adaptation to New Zealand's Knowledge Society
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Wang, Hong; Thorns, David – International Social Science Journal, 2009
Although it is widely accepted that knowledge plays a key role in the economic activities and social life of knowledge societies, our understanding of what counts as knowledge is often incomplete. The explicit features of knowledge enable it to be codified and thus disseminated globally. This can lead to all knowledge simply being reduced to…
Descriptors: Social Life, Foreign Countries, Values, Social Networks
What College Students Know about Older Adults: A Cross-Cultural Qualitative Study
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Zhou, Ling-Yi – Educational Gerontology, 2007
A total of 227 college students from Joliet, Illinois in the USA and Shanghai in the People's Republic of China (PRC) answered open-ended questions on their perception of being old. Topics also included participant's knowledge about older adults' regular activities, social policies and benefits for senior citizens, the happiest and the most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Older Adults, Knowledge Level