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Liteboho Tlotliso Mosheshe; Janine C. Correia; Nadine Rampf – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2024
This study explored the effects of a novel intervention, binaural beats (BB), on anxiety levels of anatomy students during cadaveric dissections and its impact on the learning environment. The study was quasi-experimental, employing a purposive sampling strategy. State (SA) and trait (TA) anxiety levels were measured using the State-Trait Anxiety…
Descriptors: Intervention, Anatomy, Laboratory Procedures, Human Body
Kristie J. Napolitano – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Teachers in my school district observed students struggling with their social and emotional skills in the classroom and on the playground; therefore, a group of teachers and administrators began to search for programs to help the school district strengthen student social and emotional skills prior to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The team…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3, Social Emotional Learning, Intervention
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Amanda B. Nickerson; Margaret E. Manges; Julianna Casella; Yingqi Huang; Jennifer A. Livingston; Lyndsay N. Jenkins; Gina M. Bellavia; Thomas H. Feeley – Grantee Submission, 2024
The goal of the current pilot study was to examine the effects of bystander intervention training on a sample of 27 high school students who were selected by their peers as opinion leaders. Measures of bystander intervention knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors were included in the within-subjects design. Sixteen of the students also participated…
Descriptors: Intervention, Bullying, Sexual Harassment, Pilot Projects
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Julia Brooks; D. Catherine Walker; Kristen Murray – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: Focusing on body functionality -- what the body can do -- may benefit women's body image. This pilot study examined the effects of focusing on body functionality appreciation during an audio-guided mirror gazing task (F-MGT). Participants: 101 college women, M(SD)[subscript AGE] = 19.49(1.31), were alternately assigned to F-MGT or a…
Descriptors: Human Body, Self Concept, Pilot Projects, Females
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Pecjak, Sonja; Pirc, Tina – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
The aim of our exploratory pilot study was to investigate the unofficial initiation rite of accepting novices in secondary school. We examined the prevalence of unofficial hazing, types and frequency of hazing activities and the attitudes toward hazing of students with different roles in hazing (targets, bystanders, and target-bystanders) in a…
Descriptors: Incidence, Secondary School Students, Hazing, Intervention
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Park, Sung-Yeon; Yun, Gi Woong; Constantino, Nora; Ryu, So Young; Fred, Daniel; Jennings, Enid; Duenas, Kate – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2020
A pilot study was conducted to develop a marijuana knowledge scale and test feasibility of an information literacy-focused intervention targeting college students. First, students recruited from four classes completed an online survey measuring knowledge, attitudes, and intention to use marijuana and the responses (n = 117) were used to create a…
Descriptors: Health, Information Literacy, Marijuana, Intervention
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Wakhata, Robert; Balimuttajjo, Sudi; Mutarutinya, Védaste – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2023
This is an exploratory study considering instructional methods in mathematics education. The study examined misconceptions arising from selected assignments undertaken by sixty-five students. The students were attending a calculus mathematical course unit on limits of functions, in different academic areas offered at selected tertiary institutions…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Misconceptions, Calculus
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Moloney, Grace; Ahern, Aoife – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
This thesis examines why, despite extensive research, women are underrepresented in engineering courses in many countries, including Ireland. The reasons for this underrepresentation are not well-understood. This study seeks to contribute to the understanding of women's decision-making regarding their studying engineering, through the application…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Disproportionate Representation, Gender Differences
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Klaudia Gajewska – JALT CALL Journal, 2025
Given the novelty of human--machine communication (HMC) in task-based language learning (TBLL), we conducted a multimethodological pilot study to explore the use of Alexa in out-of-class task-based learning to mediate texts in English as a foreign language. Fourteen Polish intermediate learners participated in the quasi-experiment and programme…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
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Remmert, Jocelyn E.; Woodworth, Amanda; Chau, Larissa; Schumacher, Leah M.; Butryn, Meghan L.; Schneider, Margaret – Journal of School Nursing, 2019
Prior interventions have shown limited efficacy in increasing the number of adolescents engaging in adequate physical activity (PA). Preliminary evidence suggests acceptance-based behavioral treatments (ABTs) may increase PA; however, this approach has not been tested in adolescents. This was a nonrandomized experimental pilot study that examined…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Intervention, Physical Activity Level, Adolescents
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O'Keefe, Paul A.; Horberg, E. J.; Dweck, Carol S.; Walton, Gregory M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
College students are often urged to "find their passion," but if students believe that passions or interests are fixed, they may not develop interest in fields beyond the academic identity with which they enter college. Can a brief intervention that portrays interests as developable, not fixed, boost interest, and even grades, in…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Student Interests, Undergraduate Students, Career Choice
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McFaul, Hugh; FitzGerald, Elizabeth – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
This paper provides a realist evaluation of the Open Justice virtual reality (VR) smartphone app, designed to develop presentation skills for students on an undergraduate legal education module. This work addresses two research questions: what proportion of students engaged with the Open Justice app, and what worked for whom in what circumstances…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Legal Education (Professions), Computer Simulation, Computer Software
S. Andrew Garbacz; Megan Kaul; Miranda Zahn; Eliza Godfrey; Caleb Flack – Grantee Submission, 2022
The purpose of this study was to conduct a small-scale pilot study of Conjoint Behavioral Consultation (CBC), modified for middle school students with social, emotional, and behavior concerns. Participants were 30 middle school students with social, emotional, and behavior concerns, along with their parents and teachers. Participants were…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Problems, Problem Solving
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S. Andrew Garbacz; Megan Kaul; Miranda Zahn; Eliza Godfrey; Caleb Flack – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2022
The purpose of this study was to conduct a small-scale pilot study of Conjoint Behavioral Consultation (CBC), modified for middle school students with social, emotional, and behavioral concerns. Participants were 30 middle school students with social, emotional, and behavioral concerns, along with their parents and teachers. Participants were…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Problems, Problem Solving
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Wilson, Joshua; Potter, Andrew; Cordero, Tania Cruz; Myers, Matthew C. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Purpose: This study presents results from a pilot intervention that integrated self-regulation through reflection and goal setting with automated writing evaluation (AWE) technology to improve students' writing outcomes. Methods: We employed a single-group pretest-posttest design. All students in Grades 5-8 (N = 56) from one urban, all female,…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Writing Instruction, Writing Evaluation, Pilot Projects
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