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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Knowledge Assessment"”.
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Nutrition Knowledge Assessment of Preschool Children
… teacher to interview preschool children for assessment of nutrition knowledge concepts. Specifically, knowledge of vegetable concepts which included identification of the food, the food group, the source, preparation methods and use by the body was measured. The assessment was administered to …
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Improving prior knowledge assessment in process characterization
… both human and capital, so leveraging prior knowledge from previous experiments is essential. Until now, using data from past experiments data relied on a centralized static document called Prior Knowledge Assessment (PKA). The PKA aggregates the results of many statistical models that were …
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Oncology nurses' perceived knowledge, assessment, and recommendation of alternative therapies
… therapies (ATs) frequently and often without the knowledge of their health care providers. The purpose of this study was to investigate oncology nurses' perceived knowledge of ATs, their level of assessment of the use of ATs by cancer patients, and what ATs they recommend to patients. The …
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Development of a Knowledge Assessment System Based on Concept Maps and Differential Weighting Approaches
… and practicability of designing and developing a Knowledge Assessment System (KAS) for assessing different types of knowledge as defined in the revision of Bloom's Taxonomy (Anderson et al., 2001). The KAS created as a result of this study is based on concept maps and employs two differential …
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Waveform capnography in the South African prehospital setting: knowledge assessment of qualified advanced life support (ALS) paramedics
… use of capnography, the willingness and knowledge of South African paramedics where capnography is available for routine use is poorly understood. From informal reviews, it would appear that even when capnography is available the practitioners decided to not use the tool. Aim: To …
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Rabies sero-survey in vaccinated domestic dogs and knowledge assessment of rabies among dog owners, Ohangwena region, Namibia
… the study assessed the level of people’s knowledge on rabies. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. A random sample of 170 sera was collected from the dogs after one year from the previous vaccination. We tested sera at the Central Veterinary Laboratory using the BioPro …
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Knowledge assessment of lead poisoning precautionary measures among women of child-bearing age in high lead exposure residential areas in Kabwe District
… poisoning preventive measures were considered knowledgeable. The purpose of the study was to assess the extent of knowledge of precautionary measures among women of child-bearing age who stay in high lead poisoning exposure residential areas in Kabwe because of their triple roles they play in …
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Knowledge assessment of lead poisoning precautionary measures among women of child-bearing age in high lead exposure residential areas in Kabwe District
… poisoning preventive measures were considered knowledgeable. The purpose of the study was to assess the extent of knowledge of precautionary measures among women of child-bearing age who stay in high lead poisoning exposure residential areas in Kabwe because of their triple roles they play in …
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The Development, Pilot, and Field Test of the Core HIV/AIDS Knowledge Assessment for Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Counseling-Related Degree Programs
… of this study was to develop a core HIV/AIDS knowledge assessment (CHAKA) for students enrolled in counseling-related degree programs. Although there are studies that examined counseling HIV/AIDS knowledge, the instruments that were used were limited in ways that may compromise the accuracy of …
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Evaluating the Effects of Project DARE in Rural Southeast Minnesota Schools
… is to determine whether differences exist in knowledge and attitude toward chemical substances and use between groups receiving instruction with the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program and no specific drug education program. The study also investigates the effect of gender and …
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Effect of an Outpatient Education Program on Knowledge and Healthy Behavior Change of Patients Who Have Undergone Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
… to determine if there was an increase in knowledge of a change in healthy behaviors as a result of the program. The sample consisted of 48 patients; 24 who experienced an outpatient education program and 24 who did not. Three instruments developed by the investigator were used. Both groups …
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Improving Metacomprehension And Learning Through Graduated Concept Mod
… is integral to making improvements to their knowledge base. In other words, without an accurate perception of their knowledge on a topic, learners may not know that knowledge gaps or misperceptions exist and, thus, would be less likely to correct them. Therefore, this study offered a …
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Finding order in a contentious Internet
… is contingent, rooted in consensus based knowledge assessment necessary to adapt apace with Internet growth. The efficiency with which observable negative externalities are remediated is a compelling entry point to this work. The Pakistan-YouTube story is a halcyon parable of …
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The effects of biographical data on the prediction of domain knowledge
… information on the prediction of domain knowledge. Specifically, it was hypothesized that individuals with a higher level of experience within a domain would have a higher level of domain knowledge, and that attribution of experience (e.g., educational experience, extracurricular …
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Transforming Learning Into A Constructive Cognitive And Metacognitive
… queries exhibited significantly more accurate knowledge organization (indicated by similarity to an expert model), better acquisition of perceptual knowledge, and superior performance on integrative knowledge assessment involving the integration and application of task-relevant concepts. …
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An outcome evaluation of the maternal care manual of the Perinatal Education Programme (PEP)
… in Cape Town, South Africa. Pre-and-post course knowledge assessments and a survey of participants were used to evaluate the maternal care manual of the PEP. Knowledge assessment scores achieved by the midwives before and after the course were compared. This was done to measure the knowledge …
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An exploratory study with preliminary results : the development and evaluation of a genetics concept inventory
… evaluation of pedagogy, but demonstrates limited assessment of student knowledge. Student knowledge assessment is an important factor in measuring the scientific literacy of current students. Concept inventories have been developed and used for the past fourteen years to assess non-science major …
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USING PRAISE TO INCREASE VISUAL ATTENDING IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: AN EYE TRACKING STUDY
… how praise affects performance on post-lecture knowledge assessments of information delivered through online videos. Results indicated that three out of four undergraduate participants were visually engaged with the video lecture more when provided praise than in the absence of praise, while the …
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Estimating lower bounds for time series prediction error
… and has the potential to aid the technocratic knowledge assessment process in science that involves discrete time series prediction problem.
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Youth Grief Counseling: An Exploration of Competency in Graduate Counseling Students
… (personal competencies, conceptual skills and knowledge, assessment skills, and treatment skills). ANOVA results revealed significant effects found for coursework taken and self-perceived youth grief counseling competency as measured on the GCCS subscales of conceptual skills and knowledge (p < …
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