Student Community Research Articles

PREDICTION OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT STYLES BASED ON TEASCHERS’ PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

The class, as a community of students of the same chronological age, can be organized or chaotic, thus encouraging or hindering the development of students as individuals. Discipline and achievement as well as a positive attitude toward school, have a strong relationship, just as there is a relationship between establishing discipline and teacher stress levels and job satisfaction. Creating a stimulating climate for learning through various teacher approaches to facilitate the learning process, maintain a pleasant atmosphere, prevent inappropriate behaviour, and maintain discipline is united by the term classroom management. Given that the teacher is an irreplaceable link in the system of upbringing and education, it is necessary to direct him to recognise effective interactions for the achievement of educational goals through various segments of professional training. The quality of the teacher-student interaction affects, indirectly, the individual characteristics of the student, his behaviour, academic success, and attitude toward education in general. The aim of this paper and research is to examine the relationship between empathy, burnout at work, competencies, and personal characteristics on the one hand and classroom management styles that dominate teachers on the other hand. The research was conducted in 2019 on a sample of 300 teachers employed in elementary schools. Of all the examined variables, the most significant predictors were empathy, learning and teaching competencies, communication and cooperation competencies, and emotional exhaustion.

Instruction on Creating Interactive Quizzes Using Mentimeter Application in Civics Education Learning

This community service activity is grounded in the challenge that teachers face when teaching civics education in the classroom, given the students' circumstances and confronted with the necessity to adjust to education in the twenty-first century, which is based on technology and information aligning with the Merdeka curriculum. Engaging in enjoyable learning activities can facilitate students' comprehension and retention of academic material. This service activity intends to enable teachers to utilize interactive learning media in the classroom using the Mentimeter application. The community service is conducted by implementing service learning at SMA Negeri 3 Palu in collaboration with the service team. The attendees comprised representatives from both the teaching and student communities. The implementation phase comprises the coordination phase, the program implementation phase (preceded by a pre-test), material provision, teacher and student trial, and the evaluation phase (post-test). The results of the service indicated that both teachers and students were unfamiliar with the Mentimeter application prior to the activity. Following the instruction, teachers and students engaged in practical exercises. Teachers are intrigued by the prospect of incorporating this application into their lessons due to the enthusiasm of students and their fondness for the media.

Promoting student success in online post-graduate studies at a South African University: The role of professional and administrative support

Post-graduate online students studying in cohorts are expected to collaborate effectively with their peers and instructors in the virtual environment and are presumed to have the necessary skills needed for self-directed online learning. However, studies have shown that the low retention and success rates in online learning could be attributed to individual students experiencing a sense of isolation in a community of online students. Providing various non-academic support is as crucial for ensuring success as academic support services. More importantly, the support should acknowledge and address the unique set of skills, experiences, and expectations of the individual student in the community of online learners. This study aimed to ascertain whether professional and administrative student support that focused on the individual needs of the post-graduate student promotes retention and success in online studies. A qualitative case study at a business school at a South African higher education institution evaluated the professional and administrative support types, range and timing in promoting success in online post-graduate studies. This included the content analysis of key documents such as the self-evaluation report and the survey report on evaluation, impact and lifelong learning of a post-graduate qualification, followed by a focus-group session to ascertain staff perceptions of the professional and administrative services and resources in promoting success in online post-graduate studies. Using Simpson’s Proactive Motivational Support model (PaMS) as a lens, the study revealed a lack of motivational aspects of student support for online post-graduate students. Furthermore, the results affirmed the presumption of post-graduate students as a homogenous group prepared to succeed in online learning communities. Moreover, that limited provision was made to support online post-graduate students from remote areas and for those with disabilities. The study concludes that a more personalised approach to student support will motivate post-graduate students to become successful self-directed students in a community of online learners. Moreover, a focused school, college and institutional approach and an integrated inter- and intra-institutional collaboration are needed to enhance self-directed learning, foster a sense of belonging, and promote success in online post-graduate studies.

Digital Footprint: Assessing Student Satisfaction with Education Quality

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way learning is organized around the world. Russian universities have also been faced with the need to quickly transfer all teaching to an online format. The importance of student satisfaction with the education quality in online learning is increasing, since it is an important condition for motivation. The paper shows that based on the analysis of students’ messages in the social network, it is possible to observe and analyze the overall dynamics and trends in student community satisfaction with the quality of the learning / the efficiency of universities and conduct a comparative analysis of the identified characteristic data groups with their totality. It is shown that the data on the reaction of students of a particular university may have significant deviations from the totality of data, which reflects the characteristics of the reaction of students of a particular university to events occurring at the same time. This may indicate the internal differences of the university, which form an appropriate response to external events.To understand the satisfaction of students in the transition to a new implementation format of the learning. The digital traces of students from the social network VKontakte were analyzed using individual Big Data tools on the PolyAnalyst software platform. This made it possible to trace changes in the mood of students and, on the example of a single university, to identify and explain deviations in the attitude of students to the implementation of the learning, as well as to verify the methodology. The methodology developed by authors makes it possible to detect problematic issues in the university, including the moment of their occurrence, relevance, degree of concern of students. Such content analysis can be used not only to assess students’ satisfaction with the quality of the learning, but also to monitor the emergence of any problems that cause concern and strong reactions on the part of the student community, as well as other communities and individual groups.

Interaction of Educational Communities of Higher Education in the University Scientific Area

The relevance of the article is predetermined by the need to find new resources for the development of the university scientific area and identify opportunities for its qualitative improvement. The purpose of the work is to determine the basis for the typology of the interaction of university educational communities and to define the basic features of the scientific concept of the organisation of the university scientific area in the Ural Federal District as a representative scientific and educational model of higher education in the macro-region. The dominant theoretical approaches are community-based, resource-based, typological approach. The object of the study is the interaction of the community of research and pedagogical staff (RPS), the student community and the community of administrative staff (AS), the subject is the resources of educational communities in universities of the macroregion. The empirical base consists of mass questionnaire regional and Russian surveys, materials of expert interviews, and statistical data. An approach to the study of RPS, AS and students as traditional, virtual, and digital communities is proposed. The analysis of the prerequisites for interaction and the specifics of each of the identified communities allowed us to reveal the most acute problems preventing their integration into the unified university scientific space of the macroregion. It is shown that the unbalanced ratio of the number of representatives of communities in general and by region of the district, and the bureaucratization of university activities have a negative impact. It is noted that contradictions in the goal-setting of communities in research activity create a situation of interpersonal disunity. The study of research practices revealed the need to formalize the status of the “personnel reserve of science”, the dissemination of innovative practices of large universities, the organization of a unified system of regional investment in student science, the inclusion of regions in the sphere of influence of world-class research and educational centers. Four groups of problem areas are identified as typological bases of scientific interaction: the number of participants in communications; the chronotopе of scientific interaction; motivation, opportunities and positions in science; the nature of interaction. The interpretation of the resource potential of the university scientific area and the communities interacting in it is proposed. The main features of the conception of the university scientific area of the macro-region as a specific social ecosystem are defined.

Ethics and AI-Plagiarism in an Academic Environment: Students’ Understanding of Compliance with Author’s Ethics and the Problem of Plagiarism in the Process of Interaction with Generative Artificial Intelligence

Everyday, artificial intelligence (AI) is being increasingly integrated into the teaching and learning process at Russian universities. The high level of quality of feedback from AI tools leads to the spread of AI plagiarism – unauthorized borrowing of generative AI materials – among students. The purpose of this study is to: a) highlight aspects that determine students’ understanding of the issues of compliance with author’s ethics and the problem of plagiarism when interacting with generative AI; b) develop a questionnaire to determine students’ understanding of the issues of compliance with author’s ethics and the problem of AI plagiarism; c) conduct an online survey of university students, analyze and discuss the results obtained. The paper highlights five aspects that determine students’ understanding of the issues of compliance with author’s ethics and the problem of AI plagiarism when completing educational assignments and preparing research texts: a) students’ general understanding of the issues of compliance with author’s ethics and the problem of plagiarism in an academic environment; b) students’ experience of AI tools for educational purposes; c) students’ understanding of the problem of AI plagiarism and attitude towards borrowing materials from generative AI; d) teachers’ actions to prevent AI plagiarism among students; e) the policy of educational organizations regarding student compliance with ethics and AI plagiarism. An online questionnaire was developed to determine the degree to which students understand the issues of compliance with copyright ethics and the problem of AI plagiarism. 1,599 students from 29 universities of the Russian Federation took part in the survey. The results showed that in general, in the Russian student community, plagiarism is a widespread social phenomenon, many types of which are perceived by young people as a norm of academic behavior. Despite the relatively high awareness of students in the field of AI technologies, the extremely rare use by teachers of specialized subject disciplines of AI tools in the educational process I’d the reason for the current low level of spread of AI plagiarism in the academic environment. At the same time, it is necessary to state that students lack a systematic understanding of exactly how they can “legally” use generative AI materials and what exactly will be considered AI plagiarism. According to students, the importance of understanding the issues of compliance with author ethics and the problem of AI plagiarism will depend, on the one hand, on the actions of teachers to explain to students the rules for using generative AI materials, and on the other hand, the presence in universities of a regulatory framework regulating the field and the extent to which students use AI in the educational process.

Polymedia, de-territorialization, and cultural transformation: Pakistani students’ digitally mediated acculturation journeys in China

ABSTRACT In light of the increasing trend of inter-Asian migration within China, this qualitative research explores the socio-cultural and technological implications of the de-territorial and digitally-mediated acculturation journeys of Pakistani higher education students in China. A comprehensive analysis of the polymedia experiences of Pakistani higher education students reveals paradoxical trends. The research findings illustrate China’s controlled approach to cultural and technological diversity. The study highlights the dominance of Chinese apps, notably WeChat, and VPN services in strengthening co-national bonds, fostering transnational connections, and cultivating cultural belonging. Conversely, the article contends that the students’ polymedia interactions demonstrate China’s evolving cultural and technological landscape. For instance, digital access, availability, and literacy empower sojourners to reinforce their ethnic identities and communities, promote increased usage of US-based digital platforms, and further accelerate the adoption of the English language within China’s socio-cultural landscape. Understanding these digitally influenced creative pathways and information ecologies presents a significant opportunity for Chinese institutions to foster stronger connections with the expanding South Asian student communities.

School Events as a Communication Forum for Dissemination and Internalization of Religious Moderation Values and Student Character Building

Activities at school can be a gateway to programmed and sustainable academic progress. The event in question is a meeting forum at school, outside of learning. The forum is a vehicle for programs to be communicated and seeks to involve related parties. Events at school will have an impact on the internalization of the value of religious moderation and the formation of students' character. This paper aims to examine the factors that influence school events and the impacts they have. These factors are the managerial attitude of the school principal, the role of central and regional government, the potential of the physical environment, and the involvement of the community and parents of students. The research was conducted in 36 elementary schools with 225 teachers. Data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires, and analysis using SEM techniques. The results of the research found that school activities have not received serious attention as an entry point for school improvement. School events are a forum for program delivery, and can be an entry point for improving education, both student learning outcomes and others. The initiative and creativity of school principals is important for identifying deficiencies in their educational institutions, and becomes the basis for developing improvement programs and involving stakeholder participation to support them.
 
 Received: 24 June 2023 / Accepted: 29 January 2024 / Published: 5 March 2024

Addressing School Connectedness, Belonging, and Culturally Appropriate Care for Newly Immigrated Students and Families

School connectedness is the degree to which students experience acceptance, inclusion, and care by school personnel and peers. A sense of belonging incorporates an emotional connection to the community. School connectedness and belonging are protective factors that promote student engagement, accomplishment, and community performance. Despite the rise in students from immigrant families in the United States, belonging and connectedness for youth from diverse cultural and linguistic experiences are understudied. School-based nurses, our term, is inclusive of advanced practice pediatric, family, and psychiatric nurse practitioners, are well-positioned to support school connectedness for youth who may encounter hurdles to health care because of cultural and linguistic differences. We present practice suggestions for language, culture, and inclusion using three health conditions experienced by youth: anxiety, asthma, and obesity. School-based nurses and other school personnel who provide linguistic and culturally appropriate care can support students in feeling connected and included in their school communities.

Inquiry-Team-Based Lab Course Design Enhances Underrepresented Undergraduate Predictors of Persistence in the Sciences

IntroductionPersistence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) may be promoted in underrepresented student populations by implementing an authentic inquiry-team-based learning (ITBL) STEM laboratory course design.MethodsBetween Spring 2021 and Spring 2022, the research team compared junior and senior undergraduates enrolled in an ITBL-based pharmaceutical science lab course to a comparative student population enrolled in a traditionally designed biology lab course. At the end of either STEM lab course, students completed the experimentally validated Persistence in the Sciences (PITS) survey and an open-ended question asking them to recount a moment that validated or questioned their science identity determined the effect of the ITBL STEM lab course design on factors that may impact underrepresented students’ indicators of science identity formation and persistence in STEM.ResultsStudents taking an ITBL-based pharmaceutical sciences lab course demonstrated higher scores on the persistence in the sciences instrument compared to students in the traditionally designed biology lab. Interestingly, different underrepresented student communities scored differently among the six factors. Multiple mechanisms of validating science identity were cited by students such as through gaining confidence in individualistic laboratory performance, collaborating through learning barriers, and fostering confidence and societal impact in a future career in pharmacy.ConclusionThe pharmaceutical sciences ITBL lab offered a collaborative, growth-promoting environment with experiments that are authentic to perspective pharmacists, which resulted in students reporting higher persistence in the sciences scores indicative of feeling like a pharmacist such as project ownership content/emotion, science identity, and networking across various student demographics.

Motivation, Self-efficacy, and International Students’ Academic Performance

This project explored how international students’ learning motivations and self-efficacy can affect their academic performance when studying abroad via a systematic literature review approach. It specifically explored two sets of relationships by outlining the key concepts and theories that predict such relationships, discussing the specialities of these concepts and theories with regard to the research target, international students, and summarising and comparing the findings of empirical studies in specific contexts.The project specifically reveals that international students’ motivations can be enhanced by their clear goals to study abroad and undermined by their sociocultural adaptation to the learning environments. Their self-efficacy beliefs can also be damaged by their language difficulties and adaptation problems. Despite some inconsistencies in empirical research findings, international students’ intrinsic motivations and self-efficacy beliefs can both positively enhance their academic performances. Based on these findings, teachers are suggested to offer adequate social support for international students by providing student counselling services, promoting an inclusive culture, and supporting the construction of international student communities. These methods will assist international students’ cultural and academic adaptation and enhance their academic motivations and self-efficacy beliefs. The teachers are also suggested to differentiate teaching approaches in response to the specific needs of international students and facilitate students’ self-efficacy development through affirmative recognition.

Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention: The Mediating Role of Access to Finance and Incubation Center

This study investigates the factors influencing entrepreneurial intentions, including the mediating role of incubation centers and access to finance. A quantitative survey-based research design was used to collect data from 364 business studies students studying across the province, from a total of 6173 students, with the help of a closed-ended questionnaire based on a five-point Likert scale. The study employed a proportionate sample strategy to account for the disparity in university enrollment. Researchers used this strategy by treating each university as a distinct stratum to ensure the correctness of the sample size. The sample size was determined to be 364 by utilizing the Raosoft online sampling calculator. Descriptive and inferential statistical approaches were applied, and statistical techniques frequency, percentage, and regression analysis were utilized. In addition, the Hayes Process Macro was used to investigate the mediation. The result of the study shows that Attitude Towards Entrepreneurship has a positive influence on entrepreneurial intention, a positive influence on entrepreneurial intention and that incubation centers play a role in mediating the relationship between Attitude Towards Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intention. All of these factors have a positive influence on entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, the findings suggest that finance mediates the relationship between Attitude towards Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intention. The study recommended, in the light of findings, that the university may strengthen incubation center engagement, provide financial literacy and access enhancement, student community engagement and social norms shift through education training workshops, and universities make proper university-industry collaboration, curriculum enhancement for perceived behavioral control, take initiative for strategic financial planning for social entrepreneurship and may adopt proper and continuous monitoring.

Strategies for achieving graduate scholarships to the student community with Mata Garuda

Strategies for achieving graduate scholarships to the student community with Mata Garuda

Factors and Conditions of Practical Training for Future Choreographer-Teachers

The article addresses the task emphasized in the Federal State Educational Standards for Higher Education in all areas of choreographer training, as well as in the professional standard “Teacher of Additional Education for Children and Adults” (Order of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, October 22, 2021), namely, the preparation of future specialists in choreography for teaching activities. The goal of the article is to draw attention to the factors that determine this process since pedagogical tasks are present in all types of professional activities for future choreographers. The study was conducted based on comparative, critical analysis, synthesis, generalization, and interpretation methods. Examination of regulatory documents, psychological-pedagogical scientific literature, and practice allowed us to identify factors that have the greatest influence on the practical training of future choreographers and categorize them based on their sources of impact as external and internal. External factors include: cultural-educational environment, interaction with teachers, and student community. Internal factors include: passion for the profession, creativity, self-development, self-education, and self-discipline. Based on these factors, conditions were identified and justified that can significantly improve this process. Such conditions include: enriching the pedagogical component in teaching special disciplines to choreography students; involving students in practice-oriented activities during internships; and using new technologies in teaching disciplines. In conclusion, it is stated that practical training for teaching activities of choreography students represents a process of complex factors influenced by the specifics of choreographic education and implemented through the theoretically substantiated pedagogical conditions discussed in the article.

Developing culturally-situated student feedback literacy through multi-peer feedback giving: an online community-based approach

While multi-peer feedback has been increasingly implemented in the academic writing classroom in English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts, scant attention has been paid to the development of culturally-situated student feedback literacy arising from the provider-provider interaction in teacher-centered EFL classroom contexts. This study investigated how student reviewers developed their culturally-situated feedback literacy in online community-based multi-peer feedback. Drawing on multiple sources of data (pre-task surveys, feedback comments, post-task stimulated recalls, in-depth group interviews, and follow-up individual WeChat interviews) from 31 Chinese EFL learners, our analysis revealed that the openly shared, asynchronous multi-peer feedback (1) helped students construct knowledge and community norms; (2) facilitated the students in multiple rounds of comparison and self-reflection; (3) encouraged open criticism as acts of in-group cohesion and established students’ own standards for affective appropriateness; and (4) motivated students to take actions to close the gaps in their feedback-giving practices within the community. ABSTRACT IN CHINESE 在以英语为外语 (EFL) 的学术写作课堂中, 多人同伴反馈的使用日益增多。然而, 鲜有研究关注在教师主导的 EFL 课堂环境中, 学生反馈者之间的互动如何促进其发展适应特定文化的反馈素养。本研究旨在探究学生在基于在线社群的多人同伴反馈中如何发展其适应特定文化的反馈素养。本研究分析了 31 名中国 EFL 学习者提供的多种数据, 包括任务前调查、反馈评论、任务后刺激回忆、小组访谈以及后续的个人微信访谈。研究结果表明, 公开共享的异步多人同伴反馈: (1) 帮助学生构建知识和形成社群规范； (2) 促进学生进行多轮比较和深入的自我反思； (3) 鼓励公开的批评行为, 使其成为群体凝聚力的一种表现, 并帮助学生建立关于情感恰当性的个人标准； (4) 激励学生采取行动, 改善他们在社群中的反馈实践。

Monitoring the level of motivation of students of higher education institutions for various types of physical activity in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine

The article examines the influence of the martial law in Ukraine on the level of motivation of students of higher education institutions to engage in various types of physical activity. The authors draw attention to the peculiarities of monitoring and determining the factors affecting the change in student motivation in the conditions of a military conflict.
 Changes in motivational factors in changing socio-political conditions and finding practical approaches to maintaining the physical health of the student community during the war period are considered. The study identifies various aspects of motivation and identifies key factors that determine student activity in this context. A variety of methods, including questionnaires and factor analysis, were used to identify key trends and challenges.
 The results of the study indicate the importance of developing programs and initiatives to support the physical activity of students under martial law. The authors discuss practical perspectives and challenges in the implementation of such programs, as well as draw conclusions for supporting the health and well-being of student youth in today's conditions.
 This scientific article not only analyzes the level of students' motivation for physical activity, but also draws attention to the importance of understanding the context of martial law as a key influencing factor. The research methodology is multifaceted: from the objective evaluation of various types of physical activity to the study of psychosocial and cultural factors that shape motivation under conditions of stress.

Pendampingan Kemampuan Reading dalam Konteks Sains pada Komunitas Membaca Mahasiswa Kota Palangka Raya

The community service activity is a mentoring program for student reading communities to provide reading skills in the context of science. This activity was carried out with student reading communities from various universities in Palangka Raya City for three weeks with the IAIN Palangka Raya service team. The purpose of this community service activity is to train reading skills in English and also to increase the insight of students into the science. The method of this activity includes the preparation phase (problem identification and planning), the implementation phase, and the evaluation phase (interviews and feedback). From the results of this mentoring activity, it can be concluded that this activity has a positive impact on community members by making them more productive in reading and increasing their skills and interest in reading.

Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic Indian Economy: A Critical Analysis

The global Covid-19 pandemic is affecting many industries. The health crisis has become a problem for every sector. Education in India is one such sector that has been badly affected. During this pandemic, there was a worldwide lockdown. Ithad an impact on the student community in India and the world. There were nearly 38 crore students who suffered a lot due to the pandemic lockdown. Many countries have faced this global crisis in lockdown. Due to the pandemic lockdown suffered a lot. A new change has taken place in the education sector and in the media. This is a kind of change and transformation in the Indian education sector. New teaching methods used in India have been used. This article discusses the efforts made by the Government of India to expand access to higher education.The good and bad effects of COVID-19 on learning are detailed and solutions are proposed. It was an innovative initiative in India to face and overcome the Corona-pandemic situation.

Exploring the predictors affecting the sense of community of Korean high school students: application of random forests and SHAP.

Adolescence is a stage during which individuals develop social adaptability through meaningful interactions with others. During this period, students gradually expand their social networks outside the home, forming a sense of community. The aim of the current study was to explore the key predictors related to sense of community among Korean high school students and to develop supportive policies that enhance their sense of community. Accordingly, random forests and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) were applied to the 7th wave (11th graders) of the Korean Education Longitudinal Study 2013 data (n = 6,077). As a result, 6 predictors positively associated with sense of community were identified, including self-related variables, "multicultural acceptance," "behavioral regulation strategy," and "peer attachment," consistent with previous findings. Newly derived variables that predict sense of community include "positive recognition of volunteering," "creativity," "observance of rules" and "class attitude," which are also positively related to sense of community. The implications of these results and some suggestions for future research are also discussed.

Evaluation of Turkish Academic and Student Attitudes on Plagiarism: Validity and Reliability of the Plagiarism Attitudes Scale.

The main purpose of this study was to translate the Plagiarism Attitude Scale into Turkish and validate it for use in Turkish settings, in order to better understand research integrity attitudes and awareness of the Turkish academic and student community, while also contributing an instrument for research in this area. The research was designed and conducted with 483 participants. In the process of adapting the scale to Turkish, language, content, and construct validity analyses were performed. Following the completion of the validity phase, the reliability of the scale was examined using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and the split-half method. The results indicate that the scale's language and content validity are deemed sufficient. According to the findings of the research, the Plagiarism Attitude Scale, in its adapted Turkish version, is considered a valid and reliable tool. The use of this Turkish scale will assist local researchers in sharing their unique perspectives and help the international community better understand research ethics concerns in Türkiye. Additionally, this scale will serve as a valuable resource for planning educational programs.