Browsing Open Research by Author "Brown, S"
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Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) in an introductory course in chemistry
Brown, S; White, S; Wakeling, L; Naiker, M (The University of Wollongong, 2015)Approaches to study and learning may enhance or undermine educational outcomes, and thus it is important for educators to be knowledgeable about their students’ approaches to study and learning. TheApproaches and Study ... -
Attitude to the subject of chemistry in nursing and health science undergraduate students
Brown, S; Naiker, M (Timeline Publication, 2018)Nurses require an understanding of biological sciences but may fear chemistry. We quantified attitude to chemistry in both nursing students, and health science students. Attitude toward the Subject of Chemistry Inventory ... -
Attitudes Towards Science Among Senior Secondary Students in Fiji
Brown, S; Naiker, M; Sharma, B; Wakeling, L; Johnson, J; Mani, J; Kumar, B; Naidu, A; Khan, N (Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2020)In order to investigate gender and ethnicity-based differences in scientific attitudes among Fijian students, the widely studied Test of Scientific Related Attitudes (TOSRA) was administered to 1401 senior secondary Fijian ... -
Cluster Analysis of Assessment in a Compulsory Human Physiology Course for Health Science Undergraduates
Brown, S; White, S; Power, N; Bowmar, A (Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), 2015)No abstract. -
Cluster Analysis of Assessment in Anatomy and Physiology for Health Science Undergraduates
Brown, S; White, S; Power, N (International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE), 2016)Academic content common to health science programs is often taught to a mixed group of students; however, content assessment may be consistent for each discipline. This study used a retrospective cluster analysis on such ... -
The High-bar and Low-bar Back Squat: a Biomechanical Analysis
Glassbrook, D; Brown, S; Helms, E; Duncan, S; Storey, A (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017)No prior study has compared the joint angle and ground reaction force (Fv) differences between the high-bar back-squat (HBBS) and low-bar back-squat (LBBS) above 90% 1RM. Six male powerlifters (height: 179.2 ± 7.8 cm; ... -
Interventions to Prevent Women Developing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: An Overview of Cochrane Reviews
Griffith, RJ; Alsweiler, J; Emoore, A; Brown, S; Middleton, P; Shepherd, E; Crowther, CA (Cochrane Collaboration, 2019)This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Overview). The objectives are as follows: To summarise the evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews regarding the effects of interventions to prevent women developing gestational ... -
Lifestyle Interventions for the Treatment of Women With Gestational Diabetes (Protocol)
Brown, S; Brown, J; Alwan, NA; West, J; McKinlay, CJD; Farrar, D; Crowther, CA (John Wiley and Sons, Ttd., 2015)This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To evaluate the effects of lifestyle interventions in treating women with gestational diabetes. -
Lifestyle Interventions for the Treatment of Women With Gestational Diabetes (Review)
Brown, S; Brown, J; Alwan, NA; West, J; McKinlay, CJD; Farrar, D; Crowther, CA (Cochrane Collaboration, 2017)Background Gestational diabetes (GDM) is glucose intolerance, first recognised in pregnancy and usually resolving after birth. GDM is associated with both short- and long-term adverse effects for the mother and her ... -
Measuring student engagement in an introductory anatomy and physiology course
Brown, S (2018)Surveys which measure student engagement should be simple and convenient to use, yet robust enough to capture meaningful data. In the current study, a 10-question survey was used to measure 3 constructs of student engagement, ...