PURPOSE This study was intended to compare the effectiveness of educational animated video and educational drama in improving the knowledge of epilepsy and reducing epilepsy-related stigma among children aged 9-11 years. METHOD The first group of children involved in the study (n(1)=762) watched a video and then completed a questionnaire on epilepsy. The second group (n(2)=400) completed the ...

BACKGROUND There is currently no standard tool for the measurement of asthma in epidemiological studies. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of asthma, to describe the potential local risk factors, and to assess the agreement between written and video questionnaires in 13- to 14-year-old schoolchildren. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study involving 5427 adol...

Video is an electronic media that able to combine audio and visual technology together so as produce a dynamic interesting impression. The purpose of the study was find out assessment expert validators in viva video learning feasibility test based on BSNP questionnaire. benefits this research provide enjoyable activities students become more active learning, well enrich teacher’s knowledge abou...

While the positive uses for video games in an educational setting have also been established, the educational aim is usually made explicit. The goal of this research was to develop a video game wherein the educational aspect was implicitly embedded in the video game, such that the gaming activity remained interesting and relevant. Following a pilot study to confirm the usability of an in-house ...

PURPOSE Serial assessment of gross motor development of infants at risk is an established procedure in neonatal follow-up clinics. Assessments based on home video recordings could be a relevant addition. METHODS In 48 infants (1.5-19 months), the concurrent validity of 2 applications was examined using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale: (1) a home video made by parents and (2) simultaneous obser...

Live organisms versus digital video of the organisms were used to challenge students' naive ideas and misconceptions about blood, the heart, and circulatory patterns. Three faculty members taught 259 grade 10 biology students in a California high school with students from diverse ethnolinguistic groups who were divided into 5 classes using microscopes (128 students) and 5 classes using digital ...

The aim of the present study was to examine the links between independent rating and coding approaches to assessing activity-impulsivity and inattention in dogs. Fifty-six adult Belgian shepherd dogs were videotaped performing in behavioural tests. Seventeen behavioural variables were measured by coders (video coding). Raters watched the same videotapes and then rated the activity-impulsivity a...

the ability of smartphone technology to document static microscopy images has been well documented and is gaining widespread use in ophthalmology, where slit-lamp biomicroscopy is frequently utilized. however, little has been described regarding the use of smartphone technology to relay video of tissue microscopy results to patients, particularly when a tissue sample integrates motility of orga...

Methods Schools at various centres were randomly selected. Children of eligible age group were included in the study after confirming with the school records. Two groups of children aged between 6-7 year and 13-14 year were selected and questionnaires were given. Parents of the younger age group children answered the questionnaire. The 13-14 year aged children answered the questions themselves ...

this study sought to investigate the impact of teaching speech acts and role relations through authentic audio-taped and video-taped materials on the level of iranian efl learners’ pragmatic competence. to this end, 55 intermediate learners were ed and randomly assigned to two experimental groups: the audio-taped group and the video-taped group. during the treatment, the audio-taped group recei...