Evaluation of untrustworthy journals: Transition from formal criteria to a complex view     

Ji&#x;í Kratochvíl  Luk&#x; Plch  Martin Sebera  Eva Kori&#x;kov 《Learned Publishing》2020,33(3):308-322

Not all the journals included in credible indices meet the ethical rules of COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, and WAME, and there may also be trustworthy journals excluded from these indices, which means they cannot be used as whitelists for trustworthy journals. Equally, the many methods suggested to determine trustworthiness are not reliable because they include questionable criteria. The question arises whether valid criteria for identifying an untrustworthy journal can be determined and whether other assessment procedures are necessary. Since 2017, the Masaryk University Campus Library has been developing a suitable evaluation method for journals. A list of 19 criteria based on those originally suggested by Beall, COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, and WAME were reduced to 10 objectively verifiable criteria following two workshops with librarians. An evaluation of 259 biomedical journals using both the list of 19 and then 10 criteria revealed that 74 journals may have been incorrectly assessed as untrustworthy using the longer list. The most common reason for failure to comply was in the provision of sufficient editorial information and declaration of article processing charges. However, our investigation revealed that no criteria can reliably identify predatory journals. Therefore, a complex evaluation is needed combining objectively verifiable criteria with analysis of a journal's content and knowledge of the journal's background.  相似文献   

Simultaneous discrimination reversal learning in pigeons and humans: anticipatory and perseverative errors     

Rayburn-Reeves RM  Molet M  Zentall TR 《Learning & behavior》2011,39(2):125-137

Pigeons were trained on a two-choice simultaneous discrimination (red vs. green) that reversed midway through each session. After considerable training, they consistently made both anticipatory errors prior to the reversal and perseverative errors after the reversal, suggesting that time (or number of trials) into the session served as a cue for reversal. In Experiment 2, to discourage the use of time as a cue, we varied the location of the reversal point within the session such that it occurred semirandomly after Trial 10, 25, 40, 55, or 70. Pigeons still tended both to anticipate and to perseverate. In Experiment 3, we required 20 pecks to a stimulus on each trial to facilitate memory for the preceding response and sensitivity to local reinforcement contingencies, but the results were similar to those of Experiment 2. We then tested humans on a similar task with a constant (Experiment 4) or variable (Experiment 5) reversal location. When the reversal occurred consistently at the midpoint of the session, humans, like pigeons, showed a tendency to anticipate the reversal; however, they did not show perseverative errors. When the reversal location varied between sessions, unlike pigeons, humans adopted a win–stay/lose–shift strategy, making only a single error on the first trial of the reversal.  相似文献   

How research into healthcare staff use and non-use of e-books led to planning a joint approach to e-book policy and practice across UK and Ireland healthcare libraries     

Hélène Gorring BA  MSc  FCLIP  Denise Duffy BA  DipLis  Alison Forde BA  PG DipLib  MEd  Donna Irving MCLIP  FHEA  Katherine Morgan  Katie Nicholas BA MA MCLIP 《Health information and libraries journal》2023,40(1):114-119

The research goals were to obtain an understanding of who the users of e-books in the NHS are, what they are using e-books for, and when and how they use them. This article presents the methodology used and the findings from the research. It also explores the outputs and next steps from the research, both for the individual countries and collectively. The Five Nations group, (library leads in England, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scotland and Wales) commissioned research into healthcare staff use and non-use of e-books to understand the behaviours, needs and expectations of healthcare staff and to identify shared challenges around e-books to inform policy and practice.  相似文献   

An ecological approach to promoting early adolescent mental health and social adaptation: family-centered intervention in public middle schools     

Stormshak EA  Connell AM  Véronneau MH  Myers MW  Dishion TJ  Kavanagh K  Caruthers AS 《Child development》2011,82(1):209-225

This study examined the impact of the Family Check-Up (FCU) and linked intervention services on reducing health-risk behaviors and promoting social adaptation among middle school youth. A total of 593 students and their families were randomly assigned to receive either the intervention or middle school services as usual. Forty-two percent of intervention families engaged in the service and received the FCU. Using complier average causal effect analyses, engagement in the intervention moderated intervention outcomes. Families who engaged in the intervention had youth who reported lower rates of antisocial behavior and substance use over time than did a matched control sample. Results extend previous research indicating that a family-centered approach to supporting youth in the public school setting reduced the growth of antisocial behavior, alcohol use, tobacco use, and marijuana use throughout the middle school years.  相似文献   

Interplay of motivational and cognitive strategies in predicting self‐efficacy and anxiety     

Yes¸im Çapa Aydin  Esen Uzuntiryaki  Betül Demirdögˇen 《教育心理学》2011,31(1):55-66

The purpose of the present study was to test a model explaining self‐efficacy and anxiety by the interrelationships with task value, cognitive strategies (rehearsal, elaboration and organisation) and metacognitive self‐regulation in the domain of chemistry. Data were collected from 518 college students in Turkey. Findings of structural equation modelling indicated that chemistry self‐efficacy and anxiety were predicted as a function of task value, cognitive strategies and metacognitive self‐regulation, supporting the proposed model. That is, students with high levels of task value tended to use more learning strategies which promoted the use of regulatory strategies. In turn, these students may decrease their chemistry anxiety, leading to an increase in chemistry self‐efficacy indirectly.  相似文献   

Staff perceptions of professional development and empowerment as long-term leadership tasks of school principals in South African schools: an exploratory study     

Eldridge van Niekerk  Hélène Muller 《Africa Education Review》2017,14(3-4):93-110

This article reports on the perceptions of school staff of professional development and empowerment as part of the long-term leadership task of principals. The long-term leadership model was used as a theoretical framework to quantitatively determine the perceptions of 118 teachers and education managers in approximately 100 schools throughout South Africa. The findings indicated how principals perform, and indicated those aspects in need of attention in improving the quality of leadership relating to professional development and empowerment. A further finding was that there was a positive, and statistically significant, relationship between the respondents’ sense of empowerment and their perceptions of professional development.  相似文献   

Ten steps to 4C/ID: training differentiation skills in a professional development program for teachers     

Frerejean  Jimmy  van Geel  Marieke  Keuning  Trynke  Dolmans  Diana  van Merriënboer  Jeroen J. G.  Visscher  Adrie J. 《Instructional Science》2021,49(3):395-418

Instructional Science - This paper describes how an interdisciplinary design team used the Four-Component Instructional Design (4C/ID) model and its accompanying Ten Steps design approach to...  相似文献   

Metacognitive experience on Raven’s matrices versus insight problems     

Chuderski  Adam  Jastrzębski  Jan  Kroczek  Bartłomiej  Kucwaj  Hanna  Ociepka  Michał 《Metacognition and Learning》2021,16(1):15-35

Metacognition and Learning - Participants rated Intuition, Suddenness, Pleasure, and Certainty accompanying their solutions to items of a popular fluid intelligence test – Raven’s...  相似文献   

Effects of technology-enhanced constructivist learning on science achievement of students with different cognitive styles     

Fırat  Esra Açıkgül  Köksal  Mustafa Serdar  Bahşi  Alaattin 《Education and Information Technologies》2021,26(4):3659-3676

Education and Information Technologies - The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of technology-enhanced constructivist learning on science achievement of seventh-grade students with...  相似文献   

Professional Attitudes in Health Professions' Education: The Effects of an Anatomy Near-Peer Learning Activity     

Nickoo Merati  Anna Murphy-Buske  Patricia Alfaro  Sandie S. Larouche  Geoffroy P.J.C. Noël  Nicole M. Ventura 《Anatomical sciences education》2021,14(1):32-42

Interprofessional attitudes existing between healthcare disciplines can negatively impact communication and collaboration in the clinical setting. While human anatomy is a topic central to healthcare trainees, the potential of the anatomy laboratory to minimize negative interprofessional attitudes has yet to be characterized. This study aimed to assess the effects of an anatomy interprofessional near-peer learning activity (AIP-NPLA) on medical and nursing students' interprofessional attitudes at McGill University. The authors employed a convergent parallel mixed methods study to explore participants' AIP-NPLA experiences. The Attitudes to Health Professionals Questionnaire (AHPQ) was used pre- and post-AIP-NPLA to assess participants' attitudes toward their own and their counterpart profession. In addition, a focus group was held immediately following the AIP-NPLA to explore participants' experiences and interprofessional perceptions. Quantitative results using a principal components analysis demonstrated significant changes in nursing students' responses between pre- and post-AIP-NPLA scoring, rating the medical profession as being more caring overall. Medical students' responses pre- and post-AIP-NPLA demonstrated no significant differences. Qualitative results also suggested a breakdown of negative attitudes, an increased understanding of inter- and intra-professional roles, and the importance of interprofessional collaboration and mutual learning for their careers. These findings revealed that attitudes among healthcare trainees may be positively restructured in the anatomy laboratory, allowing for collaborative care to predominate in current and future clinical practices.  相似文献