Research Article
SOARing in the Kitchen: Building Confidence Through Baking: A Case Study on Empowering Adolescents with Disabilities in the Kitchen
Michelle Gamber*
,
Cathy Felmlee Shanholtz,
Morgan Mauck
Issue:
Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2025
Pages:
1-9
Received:
20 December 2024
Accepted:
6 January 2025
Published:
7 February 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.ijsedu.20251301.11
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Abstract: This study aimed to understand the influence of a baking program on the self-confidence levels of adolescents with disabilities. There is limited research that highlights baking as an effective intervention to target self-confidence within this population. Baking can be a beneficial intervention due to its resulting improvements in interpersonal skills, relationship building, confidence, and quality of life. Improving confidence levels in adolescents with disabilities can be beneficial to improve performance in and outside of the classroom and increase quality of life. The study utilized a quantitative quasi-experimental single group pretest/posttest design. The General Self-Efficacy Scale was administered to participants before and after the 5-week baking program. The scale was completed in person and adapted as necessary depending on participants’ needs prior to the start of the baking program. Results indicate that the baking program was successful in improving self-efficacy, with participant scores by improving nearly three standard deviations. While no one specific question accounted for these significant changes, there was a positive association between how participants responded to “manage difficult problems” and “handling them” before and after the intervention. As a result, the findings from this study suggest that baking programs have the potential to improve self-efficacy in adolescents with disabilities and contribute to developing the confidence needed to attain future goals and independence.
Abstract: This study aimed to understand the influence of a baking program on the self-confidence levels of adolescents with disabilities. There is limited research that highlights baking as an effective intervention to target self-confidence within this population. Baking can be a beneficial intervention due to its resulting improvements in interpersonal sk...
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Research Article
Secondary Science Students’ Conceptions of Assessment: A Case Study in Fiji
Karishma Kavita Pillay*
Issue:
Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2025
Pages:
10-24
Received:
23 December 2024
Accepted:
14 January 2025
Published:
7 February 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.ijsedu.20251301.12
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Abstract: Early research on classroom assessment has shown that the student's voice is conspicuously lacking in the literature. Although recent studies have shown an emergence in students’ conceptions of assessment, very little substantial research has been done in the Fiji Islands. Therefore, this study examined how Fijian secondary science students felt about current assessment methods and which ones they valued the most. This study was guided by sociocultural theory, which emphasizes teacher-student interaction, making it appropriate for science learning and assessment, and the measurement theory, since Fijian secondary schools conduct standardized testing. In this interpretive study, 60 secondary science students volunteered to participate and share their experiences with current assessment methods. In this case study, data was collected using semi-structured interviews, and content analysis was used to evaluate the results. This qualitative study found that science students have multiple conceptions of current assessment methods and prefer formative assessment to summative assessment. Because it offers guidelines on how assessments should be utilized in classrooms and how students learn best, this study is helpful to both students and secondary science teachers. To raise student achievement, the study suggests that further research be done on the effective use of alternative types of formative assessment.
Abstract: Early research on classroom assessment has shown that the student's voice is conspicuously lacking in the literature. Although recent studies have shown an emergence in students’ conceptions of assessment, very little substantial research has been done in the Fiji Islands. Therefore, this study examined how Fijian secondary science students felt ab...
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