Stadtwerke Dinslaken (Germany)

Humans perform better at dexterity tasks with their dominant hand, but can training in one hand affect the performance of the other? This study examines the impact of increased non-dominant hand usage in everyday life tasks on intermanual transfer learning. I conducted weekly drawing tests of 14 research participants split into groups that either practiced or did not practice non-dominant hand use between testing. Aiming to lead to a better understanding of the scale and confines human dynamics pose during the process of intermanual transfer learning, the experiment yielded the following results: (1) general, not-task-specific short-term practice improved fine motor skill performance by an average of 1% for group A right-hand (R) accuracy and an increase of 2% for left-hand (L) performance after the first training phase with p-values of 0.61 and 0.23 respectively, which suggests no statistical significance. (2) Short-term non-dominant-hand practice by conducting an increased number of everyday tasks shows a possible close relationship between the factors of time, practice, and side, suggested by FTimeSideGroup = 2.53 and ηp² = 0.17, which as of now lack greater statistic power with p = 0.14. (3) Reducing practice with the non-dominant hand resulted in reduced performance quality, which is visible in the average drop of accuracy by 1% of group A subjects after ceasing training with the non-dominant hand for a week. The connectivity between the factors of the interaction between time, side, and practice can also be observed in the decrease of performance quality when regarding F = 3.95 and ηp² = 0.25 with p = 0.07, suggesting lack of statistical relevance. Summing up, though discovering possible impact of training on L and R performance accuracy after a short amount of time, these research results are not sufficient in statistical power to certain a noticeable impact of non-specific practice on cross-hand education. The experiment design, nevertheless, established a paradigm for studying intermanual transfer learning in a school setting and identified methods and limitations to assess drawing skills for quantitative analysis for future research.

(Abstracted from J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2022;35(26):10487–10493 In 2007, the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit (MFMU) Network developed the vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) calculator to help optimize the likelihood of a successful vaginal delivery. One study found that the risk of maternal and neonatal morbidity is no greater than that of elective repeat cesarean delivery (CD)—specifically when the likelihood of successful VBAC is >70%.

Patientenratgeber: die häufigsten Augenerkrankungen und mögliche Behandlungsmethoden. Inklusive Laserbehandlung bei Kurzsichtigkeit.

This study aimed to determine improvement in the ability of observation report text writing through discovery learning model containing Banyumas culture of making batiks. This classroom action study was conducted in 2 cycles. The objects of this study were the result of observation report text writing on students' batik making activities. Based on the discussion result, it can be concluded that through discovery learning model, the students could improve their skills in writing observation report text. This was proven by average scores in each cycle, such as: the average score of pre-tests was 53,6, the average score in cycle 1 was 65,55; cycle 2 was 73,05. Moreover, from the observation result, it found that students who have low scores tend to be passive, out of focus, and quickly get bored in learning process. That was proven by students who were sleepy and less enthusiastic caused by exhaustion. In contrast to the students who have low scores, the high-scores students tend to be more active and excited in paying attention during learning process.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat peningkatan hasil belajar siswa kelas IV SD Negeri 16 Bireuen Kabupaten Bireuen pada materi operasi hitung bilangan bulat. Desaian penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kualitatif dengan jenis penelitian tindakan kelas (classroom action research). Data yang dikumpulkan dalam penelitian ini adalah hasil tes yang meliputi tes awal dan tes akhir, hasil observasi yang meliputi observasi kegiatan guru dan siswa, serta hasil catatan lapangan. Sumber data dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas IV yang berjumlah 25 orang SD Negeri 16 Bireuen Tahun Ajaran 2020/2021. Data hasil penelitian di analisis dengan menggunakan teknik analisis data kualitatif yang terdiri dan mereduksi data, menyajikan data dan menyimpulkan data. Dari hasil pembelajaran dengan menggunakan media papan perjalanan juga mendapat respon yang baik dari siswa kelas IV SD Negeri 16 Bireuen. Jika ditinjau dari angka ketuntasan yaitu 64 % dan tingkat ketuntasan siswa dalam menguasai materi mencapai 57 % dari nilai rata-rata tingkat ketunrasan 85. Oleh karena itu, hasil yang diperoleh dari pelaksanaan tindakan pada siklus I belum berhasil dan perlu dilakukan siklus berikutnya.dan jika di tinjau dari pelaksanaan siklus II yang tingkat ketuntasan siswa sudah mencapai 92 % . Berdasarkan hasil pelaksanaan penelitian yang telah dilakukan menunjukkan bahwa hasil belajar siswa kelas pada materi operasi penjumlahan bilangan bulat dapat ditingkatkan melalui pelaksanaan kegiatan pembelajaran dengan menggunakan media papan perjalanan di IV SD Negeri 16 Bireuen Kabupaten Bireuen tahun pelajaran 2020/2021.