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Engineering, and especially hardware and software engineers, need systems thinking and thinking mindset. Hands-on interactive assignments utilizing a combination of hardware and software have been shown to be the most effective methods of teaching systems thinking and thinking. Nevertheless, this environment was shattered by the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a number of challenging situations. During the pandemic, remote learning and social distancing posed the biggest challenges. Educators faced a challenge when creating hands-on and laboratory -based classes, and were forced to use innovative methods like virtual laboratories online. The research described in this paper examined the effect of changes to the educational environment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on students' cognitive abilities development related to systems thinking and thinking education. The study, which used quantitative and qualitative tools, involved 70 senior high school electronics students. According to the findings, there was a significant drop in both skills among remote group students in comparison with face-to-face group students. This study found that students are incapable of adapting to change in instruction modes if not given sufficient time, support, and communication.
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The present research explored the influence of thinking style and the perception of threats to health and wealth on protective actions and well-being within the framework of the first wave of COVID-19 in Spain. We expected that an (versus concrete) thinking style would be related to greater protective behaviours while maintaining a higher sense of well-being. Through an online questionnaire (N = 1,043), we explored these relationships and found that the most severe perceived threats to health and wealth and the highest degree of ion were associated with the greatest protective behaviours. Importantly, when people did not feel very threatened, those who thought ly reported more protective behaviours. Regarding well-being, when people perceived greater threats, those who had an thinking style reported greater well-being. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the present research provides support indicating that an thinking style is a protective factor against adversities because it is related to protective behaviours and increased well-being even when people perceive severe health and wealth threats. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Spanish) En este estudio se explora la influencia que ejercen el estilo de pensamiento y la percepcion de amenazas a la salud y a la riqueza en las conductas de proteccion y en el bienestar de las personas en el contexto de la primera ola de COVID-19 en Espana. Anticipabamos que un estilo de pensamiento o (frente a uno concreto) estaria relacionado con una mayor adopcion de comportamientos de proteccion y con una sensacion de bienestar mas alta. Exploramos estas relaciones mediante un cuestionario en linea (N = 1,043) y hallamos que una percepcion de mayor gravedad en las amenazas contra la salud y la riqueza y un nivel mas elevado de abstraccion estaban vinculados con mas conductas de proteccion. Un resultado relevante fue encontrar que, cuando los participantes no se sentian amenazados en exceso, quienes presentaban un pensamiento o mostraban comportamientos mas protectores. Por lo que se refiere al bienestar, cuando las personas percibian amenazas mas graves, quienes tenian un estilo de pensamiento o expresaban mayor nivel de bienestar. En el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19, nuestra investigacion corrobora la idea de que el estilo de pensamiento o es un factor de proteccion frente a la adversidad, puesto que esta relacionado con conductas de proteccion y con un mayor nivel de bienestar percibido, incluso cuando las personas perciben amenazas graves a su salud y su riqueza. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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The problem of teaching mathematics in modern Ukrainian schools is general, but it has become more difficult for students with a non-mathematical background. Despite numerous studies of this problem, no specific recommendations have been made. Therefore, to develop and implement an experimental method of teaching mathematics aimed at activating the cognitive activity of non-mathematical specialties pupils. The goal was solved by conducting a questionnaire among students and teachers, which allowed us to reveal and deepen the aspects of the specified problem. Two groups were created: experimental and control. The experimental group studied according to the new model of education, and the control group-according to traditional methods of teaching mathematics. The study revealed a complex of interrelated problems, both for teachers and students. Among the problems, the lack of motivational mechanisms and a complex pedagogical approach to explaining mathematics and the limited amount of teaching mathematics to students with a non-mathematical background are of primary importance. The results of the study indicate the need to introduce the specifics of conducting classes, which would focus on understanding the subject through imaginative thinking. The need to develop textbooks and manuals, which would focus on a more in-depth and understandable teaching of the subject with exercises and tasks for humanitarian areas, has been proven. At the same time, such measures became urgent due to the introduction of quarantine measures of the Covid-2019 pandemic. © Copyright for this article is retained by the author(s), with first publication rights granted to the journal.
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thought about the COVID-19 pandemic and its complications were more prevalent among students while homemakers and health care providers showed concrete thinking about the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Objective. COVID-19 is increasingly recognized as a systemic disease, and we are seeing more and more disorders of the nervous system, one of which is cognitive impairment, which has a significant negative impact on mental health, social maladaptation, quality of life [1]. Mental health disorders are closely related to COVID-19 at the biological, psychological, and social levels, and they are receiving more and more attention now [2]. Mental disorders may be the manifestations or complications of acute COVID-19, such as acute psychotic disorders, cognitive impairment, anxiety disorders, sleep disorders, depression, and suicide attempts [2]. The study of cognitive impairment in patients with COVID-19 is the basis of neuropsychological rehabilitation for those who need it. It is important to urgently minimize the potential negative impact on cognitive and psychosocial functions and quality of life of patients with COVID-19 [3]. Methods. Cognitive function was examined using the MOCA test in 60 patients with COVID-19 viral pneumonia as part of psychiatric screening on admission to the hospital. The study group of patients was represented by 34 (57%) men and 26 (43%) women. The age of patients ranged from 35 to 81 years (mean age was 62.4 years). 55 patients (92%) from the study group denied the presence of any organic or other mental disorders. 2 patients (3%) reported a previously diagnosed depressive disorder, 1 patient (2%) reported a bipolar disorder, and 2 patients (3%) reported an anxiety disorder. Results. 95% of inpatients with COVID-19 pneumonia had cognitive impairment of varying severity. Severe cognitive impairment was in 30% cases, in 47% - moderate -, in 18% - isolated, mild cognitive impairment, in 5% - no impairment. Data analysis shows both the presence of general cognitive dysfunction in patients with viral pneumonia COVID -19, and a more noticeable violation of its separate components: visual-spatial, executive functions, thinking, attention, slow reproduction (long-term memory) (p <0.01).The most noticeable were violations during the performance of tasks on visual-spatial, executive functions (2.25), thinking (1.1), slow reproduction (long memory) (1, 7), attention (4.8,) (p <0.01). It should be noted that almost all patients had no violation of recognition (3), orientation (5.8), and sequential subtraction (2.4) (p <0.01). Conclusions. A study of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia revealed cognitive impairment of varying severity. In addition, the largest violations of individual components were identified, such as visual-spatial, executive functions, thinking, attention, slow reproduction (long-term memory). Recognition, orientation, and sequential subtraction are almost intact. The dynamics of disorders of individual components of cognitive functions, such as recognition, orientation, sequential subtraction, differs significantly from dementia. In the acute period of COVID-19 disease, studies of cognitive function have been performed, which may indicate that cognitive impairment may have reversible consequences. Identified cognitive impairments were taken into account when drawing up individual plans for neuropsychological rehabilitation. No conflict of interest