Fundamental Course Research Articles

Flipped versus traditional classroom and student achievement and cognitive engagement in an associate degree nursing fundamental course.

There is a call for instructional transformation in nursing education to include an innovative approach. This study aimed to investigate the effects of the flipped classroom method on student achievement and engagement in an associate degree nursing course. This study investigated associate degree nursing studies students' achievement and cognitive engagement under traditional learning (n=141) and flipped learning (n=130). This study was conducted in two first-year cohorts enrolled in their nursing fundamental course, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic respectively at a Hong Kong community college. A mixed methods approach was used with quantitative (examination scores) and qualitative (semi-structured focus group interview) measures applied. There was a significant increase in final exam scores for the flipped classroom, all p<0.01, with a medium-to-large (d = 0.60) effect size. Students commented flipped classroom method promoted their cognitive engagement and the benefits that contributed to such a positive student achievement included more peer interaction and more opportunity to apply their knowledge. This study contributed to our understanding of the effect of the flipped classroom method on student engagement in nursing education.

Relationship Recognition between Knowledge and Ability Based on the Modularity of Complex Networks

The purpose of formal education is to increase students’ abilities, and its content is to impart knowledge through various courses. Thus, it is essential to accurately identify the relationship between knowledge and students’ ability increment to ensure the quality of education and the sustainable development of education. Currently, this relationship is mainly established based on previous educational data and teachers’ experience, which is often imprecise. This paper proposes a framework for knowledge and ability recognition based on the structural characteristics of complex network modules. The proposed framework utilizes a knowledge cognitive-interdependent network model (KCIN) as its object. First, the key knowledge nodes are identified via cognitive convergence flow of knowledge nodes in KCIN. Subsequently, the module structure of the knowledge network is identified by taking the key knowledge nodes as the core. Finally, the relationship between knowledge and ability is established by identifying the similar attributes of nodes in complex network modules. To validate the framework, we use teaching process data on the Data Structure course, which is a fundamental course for Information majors. The results show that the framework can effectively optimize the knowledge–ability relationship acquired from previous data and teacher experience.

The impact of distance education on nursing students course performance in a sino-foreign cooperative program during the onset of COVID-19: a quasi-experimental study

BackgroundThe outbreak of COVID-19 changed many studies’ teaching mode in higher education profoundly, including nursing. This study evaluated the impact of distance education on the course performance of nursing students in a nursing fundamentals course during the epidemic of COVID-19.MethodsThis is a comparative prospective and retrospective quasi-experimental study. Nursing students in a Sino-foreign cooperative program were allocated to either an intervention group (distance education, n = 48) or control group (face-to-face teaching, n = 36). A self-efficacy questionnaire, an academic engagement scale and grades of the final written examination were used to evaluate the students’ self-efficacy, academic engagement and academic performance, respectively. The data in this study were analyzed by two independent sample t-tests and the Chi-square test.Students experiencing distance teaching had worse academic performance (p = 0.001) and lower levels of learning behavior self-efficacy (p<0.05). The total score of academic engagement (p = 0.04) for students experiencing distance teaching were significantly lower than the scores of those students in the control group.ConclusionsIn the context of COVID-19, nursing students conducted using distance education had poor course performance.

Clinical Efficacy of Shatapushpa Taila Matra Basti in PCOS – A Case Study

The most prevalent reproductive health issues in adolescent girls face nowadays are irregular periods, acne, and obesity. Polycystic ovarian syndrome is the underlying condition that causes these issues in the most severe way. Initially, PCOS was only thought to be associated to infertility, but it is now well-established that for many people, it begins during puberty and lasts until menopause. In addition to contributing significantly to infertility, the associated endocrine and metabolic disorders with PCOS raise women's risk for type II diabetes mellitus, chronic heart disease, dyslipidemia, hypertension, hyper-insulinemia, and obesity. In order to avoid the problems listed above, it is crucial to treat this illness as soon as possible, not just from the perspective of infertility. One of the Panchakarma procedures is called Basti, in which medicine is given through the anal region, urinary region, or vaginal region in the form of Kwatha or Sneha. The most successful therapies for Artava Kshaya are Basti Chikitsa. A 24-year-old female patient arrived to the OPD and complained of hair loss, acne, weight gain and menstrual irregularities. A USG abdominal scan identified PCOS. The patient sought out Ayurvedic treatment because she had tried numerous allopathic treatments without success. She was therefore treated in accordance with the Artava Kshaya fundamental course of treatment in Ayurveda. With the Ayurvedic treatment, remarkable changes in the ovaries and in menstrual bleeding were seen.

Integration of Scientific Research and Teaching in Course of Fundamentals of Mechanical Measurement Technology

Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering Testing Technology is a basic theoretical course for mechanical majors, mainly designing the basic theories and methods of mechanical engineering testing technology. In the field of engineering technology, product development, manufacturing, quality control and performance experiments are inseparable from testing technology. In order to deepen the students' understanding of the theoretical knowledge of testing technology, this paper puts forward the application of the basic theory of testing based on the cutting force sensor. The content includes the working principle of cutting force sensor, signal processing and installation.

Web 2.0 Araçları ile Laboratuvar Ortamında Yürütülen Gerçek Zamanlı Etkileşimli Ders Tasarımı: Retrospektif Kalitatif Çalışma

Objective: In this study, it was planned to evaluate the use of Web 2.0 tools in the online learning environment of the ''parenteral medicine applications'' and ''nutrition'' units of the nursing fundamentals course, which was carried out synchronized in the real laboratory environment during the pandemic period, and to evaluate the students'' opinions. Material and Methods: This retrospective, qualitative study was carried out with 2020-2021 spring semester firstyear nursing students (n=183). The topics chosen among the fundamentals of nursing course topics were delivered in the fundamentals of nursing application laboratory using the Teams program over the Moodle teaching Web 2.0 tools were used in the lessons. The course was planned using attention, relevance, confidence, satisfaction, and volition, an instructional design model. Results: The results revealed that more than half of the students actively participated in the lesson, were satisfied with the method used, were excited, and did not get bored. The simultaneous implementation of nursing practices in the laboratory environment stimulated students' interest in the lesson and positively affected their motivation and participation. Conclusion: Web 2.0 technologies can be used as alternative learning tools in the distance education process as they are among the methods that improve studentinstructor interaction, enable the student to participate in the lesson, support the summary of the topics covered, and enhance the motivation of the student.

Research Status and Enlightenment of Case Teaching Method——Taking the Course of Principles of Chinese Pedagogy as an Example

The course "Principles of Pedagogy" is a compulsory public course in China's normal universities and serves as a fundamental course for teacher certification. The quality of training normal school students is directly impacted by the teaching effect of this course. However, due to the course's excessive concept and objective limitations such as teaching duration and class size, most universities still employ traditional teaching models, resulting in an unsatisfactory teaching effect. This article aims to clarify the research review of case-based teaching methods, summarize the current research situation of using case-based teaching methods in the course of pedagogy principles, and propose suggestions for using case-based teaching methods in current Chinese universities to carry out pedagogy principles courses. The goal is to provide a reference for relevant research and teaching.

Application of EMI in International Business Law Course in EFL Setting

International Business Law is a fundamental course for Business English majors. It is suitable for adapting EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction) teaching mode according to its nature, talent training goal and teaching contents. This paper focuses on the implementing EMI in International Business Law course for business English majors of Baoding university and conducts questionnaires and an interview to collect data to summarize and analyze some experience so as to provide some useful references for peer universities.

Auguste Comte’s Classification of the Sciences

Auguste Comte is ostensibly the world’s most famous classifier of the sciences in modern history. His whole life was dedicated to establishing a classification that conformed to the ‘positivist’ (non-theological and non-metaphysical) principles he settled on after working with early nineteenth-century French social reformer Henri de Saint-Simon. This article first probes the background to Comte’s classifying of the sciences, discussing French and German influences, and the effect of the phrenological movement on his special attitude to psychology and social life. Central sections of the article concern the basic and most mature ordering of the sciences according to his fundamental Course of lectures on classification (1830-42), the development of a tableau to cover psychological issues, and attempts at tables to synthesize his ordering and draw out their implications for socio-political reform and the Church of Humanity he founded. Concluding sections cover key binding principles of his classificatory work, as well as matters of reception, influence, and critical response.

The blended teaching practice in the web development fundamentals course

The blended teaching practice in the web development fundamentals course

Experimental Analysis on hybrid mode Teaching of Applied Fundamental Courses Constructed through Deep Learning

Experimental Analysis on hybrid mode Teaching of Applied Fundamental Courses Constructed through Deep Learning

Exploring Trends and Gaps in Teaching Linguistics Research among Undergraduate EFL Students: A Bibliometric Analysis

The importance of linguistics is not just for EFL teachers to assist in mastering the concept of teaching. However, the understanding of linguistics should be started with the introductory for EFL Students as a fundamental course to help them build their understanding regarding what they are studying including the trends and gaps of the study in that context. This study aims to analyse trends and gaps in studies regarding teaching linguistics as a subject taught to EFL Students at the university level. This qualitative research applied bibliometrics analysis by collecting relevant studies taken from Publish or Perish and manage to collect 599 articles related to teaching linguistics from Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science databases ranging from 2018-2022; by applying exclusion and inclusion criteria, 367 articles were selected to be analysed using VOSviewer. The result showed the terms for the classroom, technology, foreign language, type, attitude, and literature are the most frequent and mostly discussed by the researchers. While in terms of solution, exploration, contribution, learning process, perception, difficulty, and text seems still gaining less attention compare the others. Therefore, these spots can be seen as research topic opportunity for future researchers to finding the niche. These result implies and also highlights that there are still many interesting topic to be explored regarding the scope of linguistics in language learning.

BiCAM-based automated scoring system for digital logic circuit diagrams

Abstract In online education, it is critical for the quality of education to evaluate and grade the assignments or examinations that students upload to the system. However, it is time-consuming to determine how well the circuit drawings prepared for the digital logic course, which is a fundamental course in computer engineering and similar disciplines, are not only correct but also compatible with the truth table. Content-addressable memory (CAM), also known as associative memory, is a data storage and retrieval unit. Typically, it is used instead of the conventional memories in fast-paced and time-sensitive applications such as address lookup in Internet routers, databases, and pattern recognition. CAMs implement the search process by comparing the content itself with a key instead of finding the address like the conventional memories. To see the effect of using binary content-addressable memory-based memory on the time spent scoring hand or digital-drawn logic circuits, it is compared with various data structures commonly used in logic simulation programs. I found a significant relationship (O(1)), indicating that the proposed architecture reduces the time complexity in the search process. This expression is the same as time complexity in hash tables.

Outcome-Based Education: A Learner-Centric Pedagogical Framework with Case Studies in Digital Communication and Signal Processing Courses

Outcome-based education (OBE) is the buzzword these days in the education field which boosts students’ creativity through their active engagement in learning course contents. Their participatory learning in the OBE model is well supported by making them aware of learning goals and course outcomes. Due to this, the students develop themselves nicely in their working surroundings along with peers. This helps develop their interpersonal skills along with improving academic performance. This paper primarily outlines the implementation of a few key standards of OBE in teaching-learning of two fundamental courses in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. It then covers how OBE, and its consequences demand paradigm shifts in instructional design and evaluation practices. The discussion on OBE for courses on Digital Communication and Digital Signal Processing is explored with Program-Outcomes (POs), Program-Specific-Outcomes (PSOs), besides Course-Outcomes (COs). Analysis of POs along with COs attainment for these two courses reflects the importance of the OBE framework. The inclusion of engineering pedagogy and active learning strategies in this framework leads to enhancing students’ creativity leading to their growth in their professional careers. Keywords— Outcome-based evaluation (OBE), Course- Outcomes (COs), Program-Outcomes (POs), Program-Specific- Outcomes (PSOs), Performance Indicators (PIs)

Supporting Construction Technology Students’ Outside-of-Classroom Teaching and Learning Physics at One Rwanda Polytechnic College Using a Screencast Application

The use of information and communication technology in teaching and learning science is appreciated to enhance students’ learning process by allowing teachers to create virtual environments and this has been among sustainable solutions since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to assess the extent to which screencast application’s learning materials support construction technology students’ outside-of-classroom learning in physics at one Rwanda Polytechnic College. It was a quantitative case study conducted on 128 students who were undertaking the course of physics fundamentals. Screencast application’s learning materials about the topic of thermodynamics were provided during a period of five weeks in parallel with usual teaching and learning and students used them for outside-of-classroom learning. At the end of this intervention, a Likert scale questionnaire was administered to participating students to assess their satisfaction on the support they have received. Only 80 students successively responded to all the questionnaire items and their responses were analysed using percentage frequencies and arithmetic means of Likert scale point scores. The results indicated that students’ satisfaction on the received support was relatively good for collaborative learning (M=4.02, SD=0.04), motivation to learn physics (M=4.14, SD=0.07), independent learning in physics (M=4.13, SD=0.07) and understanding of the topic of thermodynamics (M=4.04, SD=0.08). At the studied college, it was concluded that screencast application’s learning materials support first-year construction technology students’ in their outside-of-classroom learning in physics in good help and good gain category. Scientific studies on the effect of screencast applications on students’ performance in physics are also recommended for large samples in Rwanda Polytechnic College.

Sustaining blended and online learning during the normal and new normal conditions in a Saudi higher education institution: health science students' perspectives

BackgroundHigher education institutions (HEIs) shifted from in-person attendance to blended and online learning due to the COVID-19 lockdowns. ObjectiveThis study investigated the students' perception of satisfaction, convenience, engagement, and learning towards blended and online courses conducted before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdowns. MethodsA longitudinal study design was adopted to examine the students' perception of online and blended learning courses before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdowns. The subjects consist of Health science students (N = 130) belonging to two different colleges of a public university and the study period includes three academic years (i.e., six semesters) (2018–2021). A survey tool was developed to collect data from students studying the computer fundamentals course through blended and online learning modes from 2018 to 2021. ResultsOver 95% of students have been satisfied with the course offered through various blended learning formats since 2018. The blended 0.50-course format is the most preferred one for the students; however, the Blended 0.75-course format is highly rated by the students regarding their satisfaction and engagement than other learning formats during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Following adaption after COVID-19, the students reported a high perception of learning towards the course when delivered through 100% online learning mode. ConclusionStudents' achievement is significantly associated with the learning modes, exam modes, and various student batches. The blended 0.75-course format group shows a higher achievement than the other three-course format groups. Likewise, those students who appeared in their exams online showed higher achievement than those who appeared physically. Further, the students felt equally convenient with Blended 0.75 and 100% online learning course formats. These findings would also help HEIs choose appropriate learning and examination modes while designing courses.

Development of entrepreneurial thinking of students of technical specialties based on the use of transdisciplinary didactic content of a special course in physics

Research problem. The activation of the processes of entrepreneurial specialization and updating the content of vocational education based on a transdisciplinary approach is a socio-economic order and an urgent problem of modernizing didactics. One of the philosophical prerequisites for transdisciplinarity is the philosophy of holism, which we applied to theoretically substantiate the coherence of physical and entrepreneurial thinking. The research problem is related to the need to develop transdisciplinary didactic content to improve the quality of entrepreneurial training of students. The purpose of the study is to develop a transdisciplinary didactic content of a special course in physics and fundamentals of economics for the development of entrepreneurial thinking among students of various specialties with an entrepreneurial specialization. Research methods. The study involved 156 students enrolled in the educational programs Instrument Engineering, Heat Power Engineering, Electric Power Engineering and Economics, with an entrepreneurial specialization. Determination of the level of educational achievements was carried out using online testing on the website https://dot.tou.edu.kz (Toraigyrov University) in the student's personal account and through https://docs.google.com/forms. Research results. The possibility of a convergent approach has been confirmed. This is evidenced by the results of the ascertaining experiment according to J. Bruner’s method. The hypothesis about the coherence of professional entrepreneurial and physical thinking has been confirmed. The calculation of the G-criterion of signs revealed (Gemp.&lt; Gcr. (0&lt;1)) that the use of the integrated didactic content of a special course in physics contributes to the development of entrepreneurial thinking. The coherence of physical and entrepreneurial thinking was verified based on the calculation of the Pearson correlation coefficient, which, with a sample of n=21 and a confidence probability of 0.05, is 0.7795. Measuring the correlation of the results of the analysis of educational achievements of the control and experimental groups made it possible to establish a close relationship between the criteria for the formation of professional entrepreneurial and physical thinking among students. Conclusion. It has been proven that the use of a transdisciplinary approach to the development of integrated didactic content in physics and the basics of economics contributes to the development of professional entrepreneurial thinking among students of technical specialties with entrepreneurial specialization.

Penerapan Metode Naïve Bayes Untuk Rekomendasi Pemilihan Asisten Laboratorium Komputer Di Perguruan Tinggi

Binaniaga Indonesia University is one of the universities in the city of Bogor, just like other university in the learning process, computer laboratory assistants are often found whose job is to assist in providing appropriate directions to students who have difficulty during learning. Based on the results of interviews that have been conducted, there are indications that students who have been selected to become computer, laboratory assistants in the previous period, namely their performance is less than optimal, seen in daily life when assisting practicum courses in the computer laboratory, namely not providing the direction needed by practitioners who experience obstacles or difficulties, and also not optimal in terms of time while working in the computer laboratory. in this study, it can provide recommendations for selection of computer laboratory assistants to minimize errors in choosing computer laboratory assistants by applying the Naive Bayes method. The variables use is based on academic fields such as attendance, GPA (Gradual Achievement Index), the value of programming fundamentals courses, the value of programming language 1 or web systems and technology courses, and semester. The percentage of accuracy test results obtained by using the confussion matrix is the accuracy of 95.31%.

The Course Reform of Mechanical Design Fundamentals to Cultivate Engineering Literacy and Innovation Ability

In view of the shortcomings of traditional teaching in the Mechanical Design Fundamentals course, the teaching resources are integrated, the teaching content, teaching methods, and assessment methods are reformed, scientific research results are introduced into course teaching, and the task-driven teaching practice is applied. These measures have improved classroom activity, stimulated independent learning, and laid the foundation for the cultivation of students’ engineering literacy and innovative ability.

Community-based decentralized mental health services are essential to prevent the epidemic turn of post-Covid mental disorders in Bangladesh: A call to action.

Community-based decentralized mental health services are essential to prevent the epidemic turn of post-Covid mental disorders in Bangladesh: A call to action.