State University Faculty Research Articles

The Predictive Power of Students' Metacognition and Perceptions of Instructional Competencies of Instructors on Academic Life Satisfaction

In university education, change and development occur due to environmental factors and the individual's efforts. Students' awareness of their cognitions, the instructors they interact with, and their qualifications play an essential role in this development and change process and determine academic life satisfaction. This study aims to assess university students' metacognitive skill perception and their perceptions of instructors' instructional competencies and to reveal the predictive power of these two variables on academic life satisfaction. The practical implications of this study's findings can empower educators and students to enhance academic life satisfaction. Based on the relational survey model, the study's data were obtained from 405 students at a state university's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Academic Life Satisfaction Scale, Metacognitive Skill Perceptions Scale, and Instructor’s Instructional Competence Scale were used to collect data. In the data analysis, the Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient was calculated to examine the relationship between the scores obtained from the scales. Hierarchical Regression Analysis was used to solve the sub-problems related to prediction. The hierarchical regression included the student's achievement perception as a control variable. As a result of the data analysis, it was determined that there was a moderate positive significant relationship between students' academic life satisfaction and their perception of instructors' instructional competencies and metacognitive skill perception levels. When students' achievement perceptions were controlled, it was determined that metacognitive skill perception explained 15% of academic life satisfaction. When achievement perception and metacognitive skill perception were controlled, it was found that the perception of the instructor's instructional competence explained 10% of academic life satisfaction. Based on the research findings, it was concluded that the effect of students' metacognitive skill perception on academic life satisfaction was higher than their perceptions of the instructor's instructional competence.

Investigation of the Relationship between Fear of Transmission and Attitudes Towards Clinical Practice in Nursing and Midwifery Students

ABSTRACT Infectious diseases cause high mortality worldwide and create profound changes in social, economic, and cultural life. These changes are often accompanied by fear and anxiety. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between fear of transmission and attitudes towards clinical practice among nursing and midwifery students. This descriptive and exploratory study was conducted at a state university's Faculty of Health Sciences in the Southeast Anatolia Region of Turkey between January-June 2023 with 498 students. Data were collected online using the Introductory Information Form, Transmission/Contagion Fear Scale, and Korzul Clinical Practice Attitude Scale, and evaluated with the SPSS 26 package program. All decisions were deemed significant at p

Pengaruh Kreativitas dan Family Background Terhadap Intensi Berwirausaha Mahasiswa

This study's goal is to determine how students in Padang State University's Faculty of Languages and Arts Visual Communication Design Study Program perceive the impact of creativity and family history on their aspirations to pursue entrepreneurship. This study uses a quantitative method to investigate causal relationships. 560 students from the 2019–2022 class made up the study's population. Both primary and secondary sources of information were employed. An 85-person sample is subjected to a sampling method known as proportionate random sampling. Using the SPSS V.21 software, The method used for analysis is multiple linear regression analysis. To assess the research hypothesis, data were gathered using t statistical tests at a=0.05, normality testing, F tests, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, and validity tests at reliability tests. The study's conclusions show that: 1) inventiveness significantly influences the desire to start a business. 2) Ambition for entrepreneurship is influenced by family background 3) The desire to start one's own business is greatly influenced by one's ingenuity and family background.

Analysis of Factors Affecting Intelligent-TPACK in the Faculty of Economics and Business Lecturers State University of Surabaya

This research analyses the factors influencing Intelligent-TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge with AI) in FEB lecturers at the State University of Surabaya. This research uses a quantitative descriptive approach. The research population consisted of 155 respondents, and 112 respondents were taken as samples using a simple random sampling technique, which was calculated using the Slovin formula with an error rate of 5%. The research questionnaire used was adapted from the Intelligent-TPACK scale. Primary research data was obtained directly from questionnaires distributed to the sample, and secondary data was obtained from literature reviews of previous research and other relevant reading sources that supported the research. Data analysis was carried out using PLS-SEM with the help of SmartPLS 4.1 software to test the outer and inner models and the significance of hypothesis support. The research results show that five factors influence Intelligent-TPACK in FEB UNESA lecturers, including Intelligent-TK (lecturer's knowledge of AI tools and systems), Intelligent-TPK (lecturer's understanding of the pedagogical role of AI tools), Intelligent-TCK (lecturer's knowledge regarding the use of AI tools in their teaching field), ethics (lecturers' assessment of ethical aspects in using AI tools), and Intelligent-TPACK (lecturers' knowledge and skills in integrating AI pedagogically and ethically in teaching). The findings of this research show that Smart-TK has a positive and significant influence on Smart-TPK, Smart-TCK, and Ethics. Intelligent-TPK and Intelligent-TCK both make positive and significant contributions to Intelligent-TPACK, and Ethics assessments have a positive and significant influence on Intelligent-TPK, Intelligent-TCK, and Intelligent-TPACK for FEB lecturers at the State University of Surabaya.

Gender-fair language usage among Kalinga State University faculty, correlational with gender stereotype impressions

This study assessed the relationship between gender-fair language usage and the extent of gender stereotype impressions among the faculty of Kalinga State University. Specifically, it determined the extent of gender-fair language usage and the extent of gender stereotype impressions among the respondents, and it also identified if there is a significant relationship between the extent of gender-fair language usage and the extent of gender stereotype impressions among the respondents. Significantly, the study revealed that the faculty are very sensitive to gender-fair language usage and very sensitive to their level of gender-stereotype impressions. It also revealed that there is a significant relationship between the extent of gender-fair language usage and the extent of gender stereotype impressions among the Kalinga State University faculty. Thus, it was concluded that there is a high regard for gender sensitivity among the faculty of Kalinga State University as a result of their very sensitive level of gender-fair language usage and very sensitive level of gender-stereotype impressions. Consequently, one’s perception of gender-fair language usage also affects one’s impression of gender stereotyping.

Formation of the foreign language competence of future physical education teachers when working with digital didactic flash cards

The problem and the aim of the study. Modernization of higher education opens up new prospects for the use of electronic resources in ensuring the quality of foreign language education. The use of interactive tools (simulators, flash cards, virtual boards) meets the requirements for training programs of physical education teachers and the challenges of the international sports movement. The purpose of the work is to study the possibilities of using digital flash cards in training future physical education teachers to develop their foreign language communicative competence. Research methods. The study involved 54 first- and second-year students of Vyatka State University (Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology) (Russian Federation). Training program: 44.03.01 Pedagogical education, Physical education and sports (bachelor's degree level). The Quizlet online platform was used to work with digital flash cards. The test contains questions grouped into the blocks “Digital educational technologies” and “Foreign language in communication (physical education and sports)”. For statistical processing of data, the Pearson's chi-squared test was used. Results. The system of working with flash cards in foreign language professional communication of physical education teachers is described: studying the functionality, working with ready-made sets of cards, automating and improving lexical units, developing thematic sets. A special feature of the program is the adaptation of its content to the specifics of the field of study. In independent work and online collaboration, students of the experimental group used Flashcards, Speller, Scatter, Quizlet Live modes. Statistically significant differences in the qualitative changes that occurred in the level of foreign language training were determined (χ2 = 8.179; p < 0.05). In conclusion, the possibilities of including flash cards in the training of physical education teachers are formulated: competition and receiving positive emotions; resources for self-development, etc. Difficulties are also highlighted: low initial level of language qualification and digital skills; different motivation; dependence of the learning process on sports specialization.

Promotion's impact on digital era reading habits at Kwara State University

The progress of a country is closely linked to its education system, as educated people are critical to its development. In Nigeria, there's a noticeable decline in reading interest among university students. They seem to prefer less meaningful activities over reading. This study investigates how promoting reading can impact the reading habits of students in the digital age, specifically at Kwara State University's Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. The research used a survey method to collect data from students across three departments: Computer Science, Mass Communication, and Library and Information Science, totaling 1334 students. A sample of 299 students was chosen using the Raosoft sample size calculator. The survey was conducted using an online questionnaire distributed via social media. Out of 299, only 152 students responded, which is about 51%. The findings revealed that students use various digital tools for reading, including online databases, websites, emails, mobile phones, and videos. The internet makes reading more engaging. Most students read for exams, personal development, academic purposes, entertainment, and research. In conclusion, the study shows that promoting reading positively influences the reading habits of students in the digital era at Kwara State University. This suggests that encouraging reading can effectively enhance students' engagement with reading in today's digital world.

Mask of Power Senior Student Power Hmps Pips in LDKM New Students of PIPS Faculty of Social and Law Sciences State University of Makassar

This study aims to analyze the construction work of senior students in the LDKM of new PIPS students and analyze the factors of the construction of senior students in the LDKM of new students of PIPS. To achieve the objectives of the study, Heidegger used a Phenomenology-Hermeneutics research approach. These research data were obtained through participatory observation, non-intervention strategies, non-structural interviews, and documentation. The data were analyzed using interpretation analysis methods and Nvivo data analysis program version 12. The results showed (1) The construction work of HMPS PIPS senior students in LDKM (Basic Leadership Training) activities began with a narrative of skills, skills, leadership, agents of change, the title of God, and students who have. The presence of this ideal fantasy (object a) makes them participate in LDKM (Basic Leadership Training) activities in which they are dominated through the path of requiring an understanding of the materials in LDKM (Basic Leadership Training), which are covered with symbolic violence that works through euthanizations leading to psychological and physical violence as a closure. (2) The working factor of HMPS PIPS senior students in LDKM (Basic Leadership Training) activities because it maintains the existence of the HMPS PIPS internal institution to compete for the position of President of BEM (Student Executive Board) from the Faculty to University level, where HMPS PIPS senior students, especially alums, get pride and recognition as senior figures who create PIPS new student cadres (maba) who can occupy as President BEM (Student Executive Board).

Designing and Validating the Model of the Characteristics of Boundary Spanner Faculty Members

he aim of the research was to design and validate the model of the characteristics of Boundary Spanner faculty members in state universities. The research was conducted using the sequential-exploratory combined method. In the qualitative part, it was considered to identify the characteristics of Boundary Spanner faculty members in the public universities of Tehran. For this purpose, 15 faculty members of Tehran's public universities were selected and interviewed in a targeted manner and based on their Boundary Spanning experience. The interviews were analyzed using open, central and selective coding. By coding the interviews, 48 open codes and 9 central codes were identified and placed in three classes, and the names of the personal characteristics of the academic boundary spanner, the job characteristics of the academic boundary spanner and the organizational characteristics of the academic boundary spanner were chosen for these classes. In the quantitative part, the research sought to validate the model obtained from the qualitative part by designing a questionnaire and a quan titative survey. The statistical population of the research in this department was 2189 faculty members of technical-engineering faculties of Tehran state universities, and the sample size was determined using Cochran's formula to the number of 327 people and sampling was done by stratified-proportional random method. Data collection was done using a researcher-made 19-question questionnaire (resulting from the analysis of interviews in the qualitative section). The data were analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis methods. The findings showed; The factor loading of the dimension of personal characteristics of the academic boundary spanner is equal to 0.89, the factor loading of the dimension of the job characteristics of the academic boundary spanner is equal to 0.73, the factor loading of the dimension of the organizational characteristics of the academic boundary spanner is equal to 0.85, which according to the t value obtained at the level of 0.1 0 is significant. The fit indices of CFI=0.98, GFI=0.92, AGFI=90 and RMSEA=0.05 also showed that the measurement tool has good validity.

To the 50th anniversary of debates with E.V. Ilyenkov on the problem of the ideal

The article examines a number of issues that remain relevant in this long-standing debate. Among them, a significant place has being occupied by the deaf-blindness problem and the interpretation of the results of the famous “Zagorsky experiment”. In the late 1970s, E.V. Ilyenkov, his followers, as well as the mass press and official bodies called it “an outstanding achievement of the world-class Soviet science”: four congenitally deaf-blind people, bereft of psyche and consciousness were able to graduate from the Lomonosov Moscow State University faculty of psychology, thanks to Marxist methods of education. This was the basis for E.V. Ilyenkov’s concept of the personality formation from “the mental scratch”, as a purely social formation, excluding the role of genetic factors, which was used for broad philosophical conclusions about the nature of consciousness and cognition. However, soon all the four were found out to have lost their sight and hearing at a fairly late age, having already developed consciousness and formed speech. These decisive facts refuted the concept of E.V. Ilyenkov, but were hidden by him and his followers that was supported by the official bodies. During perestroika, this falsification was publicly exposed. However, this falsification is still suppressed in many philosophical publications by E.V. Ilyenkov’s followers, and the Zagorsk experiment is extolled as an outstanding scientific achievement. The article critically examines these publications in terms of the biosocial problem analysis, which has become especially acute in the context of the global environmental crisis. It is emphasized that in the context of developing technological capabilities for vision and hearing prosthetics, it is necessary to develop new methodological, pedagogical and psychological approaches to solving the problems of deafblindness.

When Life Gives You Lemons, Do Outreach! A Program for University Professors to Virtually Connect to K-12 Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic and beyond

At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in the Spring of 2020, North Carolina (NC) public schools moved to distance education in which all students attended classes on video conferencing programs. During this time, NC State University faculty offered virtual guest talks to NC K-12 students. Eighty-eight faculty from three NC State colleges volunteered and 161 teachers requested talks, with approximately 5,400 students. Overall, significantly more teachers from the NC Piedmont region requested speakers (p<.0001); significantly more urban teachers requested talks (p<.0001); and, significantly more elementary school teachers requested speakers than middle (p<.0001) or high school (p<.0001) teachers. The program was beneficial to teachers and students, exposing them to real-world research. In the future, the program should be

Analisis Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Resiliensi Akademik Mahasiswa saat Penyelesaian Skripsi

This research aims to analyze the factors that influence students' academic resilience when completing their thesis at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Padang State University. This type of research is quantitative and descriptive. The population of this study included students form the 2016-2018 session of the Faculty of Economic and Bussines Padang State University, with a total of 473 students who completed their thesis. The data collection technique uses a questionnaire using a sampling technique, namely proportional random sampling technique. The sample of this study included 83 students. The data obtained was processed using descriptive analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The results of the research show that there are 5 factors that influence the academic resilience of students at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Padang State University, namely the self-regulation factor, the social support factor, the academic procrastination factor, the optimism factor and the spirituality factor. The dominant factor that influences students' academic resilience when completing their thesis is the self-regulation factor.

The Formation of Ethnopedagogical Local History as a Means of Professional Training of Future Teachers

In the presented article, based on the works of scientific teachers, the socio-cultural and scientific-pedagogical prerequisites for introducing future teachers to the living sources of folk pedagogy are identified. Separate historical approaches to the organization of ethnocultural local history are described. The author highlights the theoretical, methodological and practice-oriented functions of ethnopedagogical local history. The main directions, contents and methods of organizing search, research, and self-educational activities of students in the process of ethnopedagogical local history in villages are described. The experience and positive results of organizing ethnopedagogical local history at the Pedagogical Faculty of Osh State University are summarized. Specific examples show how students expanded and deepened the knowledge of folk pedagogy acquired in the process of studying pedagogical disciplines. The multifunctionality of ethnopedagogical local history reflects the integrative nature of ethnopedagogical and local history knowledge. In conclusion, the Author comes to the conclusion that ethnopedagogical local history in the future can function as a full-fledged type of pedagogical practice.

The Effect of Arm Muscle Power, Waist Flexibility, And Self-Confidence on Front Handspring Skills in Artistics Gymnastics

This study aims to determine the effect of arm muscle power, waist flexibility and self-confidence on front handspring skills of students of Medan State University Sports Coaching Education. Data collection was carried out in November 2021 at the Faculty of State University of Medan. The research method used in this study is a survey method with path analysis techniques. The sample used in this study amounted to 84 students who came from first semester students of Sports Coaching Education. The first test was taken, namely the measurement of arm muscle power and waist flexibility measurement, then continued with measuring self-confidence and front handspring skills. The hypothesis testing technique used in this study is using path analysis techniques. The data obtained will go through a data analysis process through SPSS. The results of this study indicate that there is a direct effect of the variable X1 on X3 = 0.171, the direct effect of the variable X2 on X3 = 0.677, the direct effect of the variable X1 on Y = 0.157, the direct effect of the variable X2 on Y = 0.199, the direct effect of the variable X2 on Y = 0.199, the direct variable X3 on Y = 0.651, indirect effect of variable X1 on Y through X3 = 0.111 and indirect effect of variable X2 on Y through X3 = 0.440.

The Influence of Entrepreneurship Knowledge and The Family Environment on the Interest of Entrepreneurship Students in Business Administration Faculty of Social and Legal Science University Makassar State University

The Influence of Entrepreneurship Knowledge and The Family Environment on the Interest of Entrepreneurship Students in Business Administration Faculty of Social and Legal Science University Makassar State University

Peacebuilding in Mali through photovoice

ABSTRACT What began in 2004 as a peace education program anchored in the Ciwara community school in the town of Kati just outside the capitol city of Bamako has become a longer-term peacebuilding project now located in camps for internally displaced persons in Mali. This project has been led by students and faculty from the Institut Universitaire pour Technologie of the Université des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de Bamako, in partnership with students and faculty in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities of Michigan State University. Together they have created Cours Collaboratifs Éducation à la Paix whose primary activity thus far has been a peace building project through photovoice. The project in these camps for internally displaced persons is designed to empower Malian university student mentors and their young mentees. Mentors and mentees are assisted by professional Malian photographers, staff from several national and international non-governmental organizations, and Michigan State University students and faculty using a video conferencing software. This essay describes the evolution of the CCÉP photovoice project, some of the ethical and political challenges we have encountered, and its potential for future everyday peacebuilding dialogs.

The New Normal Learning: Its Effect on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Bataan Peninsula State University Students and Faculty

The transition in the educational system places pressure on all academic institutions and their stakeholders upon the strike of a pandemic. The issues of readiness of the students and faculty are a concern. An immediate shift from face-to-face classes to online learning was implemented. Students’ everyday experiences had been controlled. They were confined to the four corners of their house with their cellphone, iPad, or desktop. Different activities in school were missed by the students which cause stress and anxiety. This study aims to investigate the potential effects of online learning on the mental health condition (particularly stress and anxiety) of students and faculty in the university. One hundred thirty-eight (138) students and sixteen (16) faculties completed the Perceived Stress Scale (10 items), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD 7- 7 items), and Psychological Well-Being (18 items). In-depth interviews with students and select faculty were done for the qualitative part to understand their experience, challenges, difficulty, and benefits online. Students and faculty reported feeling stressed and anxious not only because of COVID-19 dangers but also due to social and physical limitations, lack of familiarity with new learning platforms, technical difficulties, poor connection, and life-work balance challenges. Self-care had been very essential to students and faculty for them to cope with new normal learning. Keywords: Mental health, Psychological well-being, Stress, Anxiety, Self-care, Mixed Method

Physical Activity as Prevention to Weight Gain: Awareness Among Selected Middle-Aged Faculty of the West Visayas State University

This study sought to determine respondents’ level of awareness of physical activity as a prevention to weight gain among selected middle-aged faculty of the West Visayas State University, the academic year 2009-2010. The descriptive method of research was used in this investigation. The 60 selected middle-aged faculty of the West Visayas State University were the study’s respondents. They were taken as an entire group and classified as to age and gender. The standard deviation, mean and t-test set at .05 level of significance, were the statistical tools utilized to interpret the data. The findings revealed that when taken as an entire group and classified as to age and gender, both male and female respondents had a “highly aware” level of awareness. No significant differences were found on the level of awareness as the prevention to weight gain when respondents were classified as to age and gender.

Physical Activity as Prevention to Weight Gain: Awareness Among Selected Middle-Aged Faculty of the West Visayas State University

Physical Activity as Prevention to Weight Gain: Awareness Among Selected Middle-Aged Faculty of the West Visayas State University

MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY OF FUNCTIONAL MECHANOCOMPOSITES

The results of the Mössbauer spectroscopy studies in the field of mechanochemical synthesis of functional composites, carried out for more than 25 years at Lomonosov Moscow State University (Faculty of Physics, Department of Solid State Physics) and at the Institute of Solid-State Chemistry and Mechanochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Laboratory of Chemical Materials Science), are reviewed.