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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"knowledge scale"”.
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HIV/AIDS knowldege, beliefs, and attitudes in deaf and hard-of-hearing adolescents
… and reliability of the adapted form of the AIDS Knowledge and Beliefs Survey when used to measure the knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of deaf and hard-of-hearing adolescents. A descriptive research design was used to gather data for this study. The study sample had an average of 71.44% of …
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Hpv Vaccine Acceptance Among Southern Black College Students: The Influence of Culture, History, and Health Beliefs
… to explore factors related to HPV awareness, knowledge, and vaccine acceptance. The overall mean scores on the 10-item HPV knowledge scale and 6-item Pap smear knowledge scale was 5.12 and 3.70. Personal (76.9%) and parental vaccine acceptance for daughters (74.8%) was high; while parental …
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The effect of trade books on the environmental literacy of 11th and 12th graders in aquatic science.
… was the Children's Environmental Attitude and Knowledge Scale. This test was given at the beginning of the semester and at the end of the semester. The scores at the end of the semester were analyzed by 2 X 2 mixed model ANOVA with the teacher as the random effect and the condition (trade …
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Human Papillomavirus Knowledge and Human Papillomavirus Uptake Among U.S. Navy Personnel 18 to 26 Years of Age
… this study were to (a) describe the general HPV knowledge, HPV testing knowledge, HPV vaccination knowledge, HPV vaccine uptake, and socio-demographics; (b) describe the relationship between HPV knowledge, HPV vaccine uptake, and socio-demographics; and (c) identify select variables that …
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Reading anxiety's effects on incidental vocabulary acquisition: Are culturally relevant texts exempt?
… vocabulary tests assessed on the Vocabulary Knowledge Scale, and an interview that solicited their opinions regarding reading anxiety remedies and the importance of cultural relevance in reaDing Results revealed a significant negative correlation between reading anxiety and performance on …
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Mexican American cultural sensitivity among family planning clinical staff
… of family planning clinical staff and their knowledge of and attitudes towards Mexican American culture. Characteristics included: (a) ethnicity, (b) length of employment, (c) cultural issues experience, (d) clinic site, and (e) clinic type. Thirty-two clinical staff members of a large family …
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CLINICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS' BEHAVIORAL INTENTION TO PROVIDE THE INTRAUTERINE DEVICE (IUD) MEASURED BY THE THEORY OF REASONED ACTION
… assessed the linear relationship(s) among summed scales and individual instrument items. Hierarchical regression identified the level of variance accounted for by TRA scales and the knowledge scale. Consistent with TRA tenets, statistically significant associations were found among TRA constructs …
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A Survey Study of Prepare Workshop Participants' Application of Knowledge, Confidence Levels, and Utilization of School Crisis Response and Recovery Training Curriculum
… terms of (a) can school psychologists apply the knowledge gained when responding to crisis situations as a result of the PREPaRE training? (b) what are school psychologists' perceptions of their confidence in responding to an actual crisis situation? (c) and have school psychologists utilized …
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Development of Technology Knowledge and Beliefs: Does Instructional Modality Matter?
… the classroom, including his or her technology knowledge and beliefs about technology. This study investigated the technology knowledge and beliefs of undergraduate online and face-to-face pre- service teachers enrolled at one university. Participants completed two surveys presented concurrently …
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Investigating the effectiveness of infant feeding school-based education on the breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes of adolescent female students
… breastfeeding intervention on the breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes and future infant feeding intentions of secondary school adolescent females. Design: A one-group, pre-test/post-test, quasi-experimental design Methods: A convenience sample of 77 adolescent secondary school female students …
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A Program Evaluation of the Welcome Baby Project: A Primary Prevention Program for Teenage Mothers and Their Infants
… Parenting Inventory (AAPI), and the High Scope Knowledge Scale (HSKS). Videotaped observations of mother-infant interactions in a teaching session were rated using the National Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCATS). The quality of the home environment was assessed using the Home Observation …
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Study Abroad as a Multifaceted Approach to Supporting College Sophomores: Creating Optimal Environments to Promote Intercultural Maturity
… cultures and their impact on the global society (knowledge scale), and awareness and acceptance of the dimensions of their identity (identity scale). Regression analysis indicated that gender was associated with increases in almost all capacities related to intercultural maturity, where females …
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Breast self-examination: A test of Deci's theory of self-determination
… preexisting instruments were used: the Champion Knowledge Scale, the Lashley BSE Techniques Questionnaire, the Lauver BSE Scales, the Inventory of Social Supportive Behaviors, and Cox's Health Self-Determinism Index. Discriminant analysis was utilized to predict BSE performance from age, …
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A Southeastern community's knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and beliefs regarding the role of the nurse practitioner
… descriptive study was to examine consumer knowledge,attitudes, intention, and beliefs about nurse practitioners(NPs ),to determine whether a relationship existed between knowledge,attitudes, intentions, and beliefs, and demographic variables of age, gender, ethnicity,education,degree, …
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Multimodal analysis of instructional materials and vocabulary learning in EFL and CLIL instruction
… made use of an adapted version of the Vocabulary Knowledge Scale test (VKS) (Wesche & Paribakht, 1996) to investigate aspects of depth of vocabulary knowledge in a single group of 25 Spanish students in secondary education exposed to English via the EFL subject and a CLIL science subject, whose …
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The Influence of Text on Coherence of Story Retells, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Acquisition, and Eye Gaze: A Computer-Based Story Telling Task with Eye Tracking
… in measures of comprehension and vocabulary knowledge and that they would show a different eye gaze pattern during the computer-based storytelling task than the group presented with Greek symbols in place of English.</p> <p>Children completed a battery of pretests to assess reading level and …
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The effects of a digital educational intervention on undergraduate nursing students' attitudes, knowledge and self-efficacy with female genital cutting
… occurs as a result of health caregivers lacking knowledge and skills that sustain both the cultural and clinical components of perinatal care for immigrant women with FGC. Their lack of knowledge and skills marginalize this vulnerable group of women and often prevent them from accessing and …