Faculty Students Research Articles

The Effect of Implementing Google Classroom-Based Learning Innovations and Technology Support on Learning Performance of Economics Faculty Students at Medan State University

This study aims to analyze the influence of the implementation of Google Classroom-based learning innovation and technological support on student learning performance in the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Medan. The research method used was a quantitative approach with a sample of students from the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Medan. The results show that the implementation of Google Classroom-based learning innovation and technological support have a positive and significant effect on student learning performance. These findings indicate that the use of online learning platforms such as Google Classroom, supported by the availability of adequate technology, can improve students' academic performance. The implication of this research is the need to improve lecturers' ability to utilize learning technologies, as well as the provision of adequate facilities and infrastructure to support online learning at the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Medan. This study provides insights for educational institutions in developing effective learning strategies through the integration of digital technology.

INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS AND USE OF E-RESOURCES IN THE FACULTY LIBRARY BY STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA

The use of electronic resources (e-resources) has become essential in the digital age for improving students' educational experiences all over the world. Despite the abundance of digital resources, it is still difficult to effectively incorporate these tools into the learning process, especially in the context of higher education institutions in Nigeria. As information specialists, librarians are in the front lines of helping students navigate the complicated world of e-resources by offering them advice, assistance, and guidelines. Their proficiency with retrieval systems, metadata organization, and user instruction improves students' capacity to use e- resources for academic research and learning. This study looks into the relationship between institutional factors and the use of e-resources by students of Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan. The study employed a descriptive survey design, while the random sampling technique was used to select 400 respondents among undergraduate and postgraduate students of Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, from whom data was collected through the aid of a questionnaire. The study found that the use of e-resources in the faculty library among the respondents was fairly high and the resources used include e-journals, e-books, Internet services, e-mail services and OPAC. It also found that the institutional factors that affect use of e-resources among the respondents include availability of computers, electricity supply, network speed, availability of login details, Internet connectivity, etc. The study hereby concludes that institutional factors determine the use of e-resources among students of Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan.

Strangers in the North: Critical narratives on the postgraduation career transitions of international doctoral students

AbstractData show higher enrollment of international graduate students compared to undergraduates in the United States in 2022, with the trend expected to continue. Many international doctoral students pursue education in the United States, hoping to seek employment and/or employment‐based permanent immigration after graduation. Through critical personal narratives (CPNs), the authors use their stories to reflect on employment‐seeking experiences during their time as international graduate students. The narratives depict a 20‐year time span of ongoing issues faced by international graduate students. These first‐person accounts authentically recognize the challenges and provide an avenue for institutions to subsequently address the areas of immigration policies, hiring practices, career development, and cultural responsiveness for international doctoral students.

Parents' Socioeconomic Status and Lifestyle Influence on Student Consumption

The aim of this research is to find out whether parents' socio-economic status and lifestyle have a partial or simultaneous effect on consumption among students at the Faculty of Economics, Batanghari University, Jambi. This research is field research (Field Research) using descriptive analysis methods with a quantitative approach. Data collection techniques in this research used questionnaires and documentation. The sample was 94 students from the Faculty of Economics, Batanghari University, Jambi, taken using simple random sampling. The data analysis method uses the Multiple Linear Regression Analysis method, the coefficient of determination test (R2), and hypothesis testing, namely the F Test and t Test. The results of the research show that simultaneously or partially, parents' socio-economic status and lifestyle have a significant and positive effect on the consumption of students at the Faculty of Economics, Batanghari University. The R Square value is 0.176, which means that the variables of parents' socio-economic status and lifestyle can explain 17.6% of student consumption, while the remaining 82.4% is explained by other variables. This research concluded that partially Lifestyle (X2) has a significant and positive effect on the consumption of economics faculty students at Batanghari University, Jambi (Y), meaning that if lifestyle increases, consumption of economics faculty students at Batanghari Jambi University will also increase.

Impact of social media on violence reduction in sports stadiums

This study aimed to identify the role of sports media based on social media in reducing the phenomenon of violence in stadiums from the viewpoint of Sports Science Faculty students at the University of Jordan. A descriptive method was employed, and a sample of 190 students (120 males and 70 females) participated. A comprehensive review of relevant research and collection of pertinent information led to the development of a tailored questionnaire. The instrument consisted of four axes and 24 items, answered using a five-point Likert scale. Statistical data processing was conducted using the SPSS program. The results indicated that, from the students' perspective, the role of sports media based on social media in reducing violence was moderate. Additionally, statistically significant differences (p<0.05) were found according to gender across all study axes, where males achieved higher arithmetic averages. Significant differences (p<0.05) were also observed according to academic year in the axis of professional commitment to sports media, with second-year students showing higher arithmetic averages. The researchers recommend that sports media based on social media adopt a balanced language when describing matches.

Levels of Self-Educational Activity of Students of Humanitarian Faculties of the University

The research at the Mykolaiv V. Sykhomlynskyi National University provided diagnostics of levels of self-educational activity of students of humanities faculties. It has been determined that self-education activity actualizes the subjective characteristics of future specialists: level of self-awareness, professional motivation, self-regulation, self-realization. Analysis of diagnostic results of 593 students revealed a predominantly low level of self-education activity. The theoretical and empirical research made it possible to predict its growth in the traditional educational process in the conditions of activation of students’ self-education. The results of the study can be applied in the process of psychological and pedagogical support of students.

Experience and attitudes towards e-learning among 1st year undergraduate students in health-related faculties during COVID 19 pandemic

Experience and attitudes towards e-learning among 1st year undergraduate students in health-related faculties during COVID 19 pandemic

Correlation Between Anxiety Level and Compliance with Health Protocol in Medical Faculty Students 3 Years After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Correlation Between Anxiety Level and Compliance with Health Protocol in Medical Faculty Students 3 Years After the COVID-19 Pandemic

“It answers questions that I didn’t know I had”: PhD students’ evaluation of an information-sharing knowledge graph

PurposeInterdisciplinary PhD programs can be challenging as the vital information needed by students may not be readily available; it is scattered across the university’s websites, while tacit knowledge can be obtained only by interacting with people. Hence, there is a need to develop a knowledge management model to create, query and maintain a knowledge repository for interdisciplinary students. This study aims to propose a knowledge graph containing information on critical categories (faculty, classes, dissertations, etc.) and their relationships, extracted from multiple sources, essential for interdisciplinary PhD students. This study evaluates the usability of a participatory-designed knowledge graph intended to facilitate information exchange and decision-making.MethodologyThe authors used data from multiple sources (such as university websites, faculty profiles, publication and dissertation metadata and crowdsourced data) to generate a knowledge graph in the Neo4J Bloom platform. The authors recruited 15 interdisciplinary PhD students using convenience sampling from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa at various PhD stages to design and populate the knowledge graph. Next, the authors conducted a mixed methods study to perform its usability evaluation. First, the authors engaged the students in a participatory design workshop to identify relevant graph queries. Second, the authors conducted semi-structured interviews to determine the usability of the knowledge graph and rate the queries. Each interview was coded with structural and thematic codes and was further analyzed using sentiment analysis in R programming language.FindingsThe usability findings demonstrate that interaction with this knowledge graph benefits PhD students by notably reducing uncertainty and academic stress, particularly among newcomers. Knowledge graph supported them in decision-making, especially when choosing collaborators (e.g. supervisor or dissertation committee members) in an interdisciplinary setting. Key helpful features are related to exploring student–faculty networks, milestones tracking, rapid access to aggregated data and insights into crowdsourced fellow students’ activities. However, they showed concerns about crowdsourced data privacy and accessibility. Although participants expressed the need for more qualitative data in the graph, they noted it helped identify people to talk to about the topics of their interest.OriginalityThe knowledge graph provides a solution to meet the personalized needs of doctoral researchers and has the potential to improve the information discovery and decision-making process substantially. It also includes the tacit knowledge exchange support missing from most current approaches, which is critical for this population and establishing interdisciplinary collaborations. This approach can be applied to other interdisciplinary programs and domains globally.

Assessing Hereditary Cancer Awareness among Medical Faculty Students: Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Hereditary Cancer Awareness Scale

Purpose: Cancer is the first or second leading cause of death in Worldwide. About 5 percent to 10 percent of most all cancers are caused by inherited mutations. This rate is up to 50 per cent in some cancers. Medical faculty graduates are the first group in contact with patients compared to specialized physicians. The level of knowledge or awareness of this group about familial inherited cancers is important in terms of early detection of cancer in the community. The main purpose of the study was to develop a cancer awareness scale in medical students and to test its validity, reliability and item analysis Methods: This scale was developed by three methods. Firstly Exploratory Factor Analysis, secondly Confirmatory Factor Analysis and finally Reliability and Item Analysis. Results: The Hereditary Cancer Awareness Scale (HCAS) is a reliable and valid measurement tool to assess the awareness of Hereditary cancer among medical students. Conclusions: The use of this scale in medical education and in the design of cancer awareness programs is important in terms of increasing awareness of cancer and preventing familial hereditary cancer in the future

Development of Learning Media Applications using a Smartphone

Background and objectives: Learning management that is consistent with learning in the 21st century requires designing teaching methods so that teachers, the teaching process, and the learning process are related. The use of smartphones is a teaching medium and packages of programs are packaged into smartphone applications. It is another method that is widely used today. The objectives of this research are: 1) to develop a learning media application Using a smartphone 2) to evaluate the quality of learning media applications using the developed smartphone 3) to assess user satisfaction with the learning media application Using the developed smartphone. Research methods: The tools used are 1) learning media applications. using a smartphone in this research, the researcher has a 5-step process which consists of the Analysis stage (Analysis), program design stage (Design), development stage (Development), experiment stage (Implementation), evaluation stage (Evaluation) 2) Quality assessment form for learning media applications on devices. Move The evaluation of the application was divided into 2 aspects: technical quality and content of the application by 3 experts and 3) a user satisfaction questionnaire of 60 people. The sample group was General science students Faculty of Education and Human Development Statistics used mean and standard deviation. Research results: The research results showed that 1) learning media applications were obtained. using a smartphone 2) learning media applications using a smartphone technical quality and content of the application Overall it is at a high level. And 3) users are satisfied with the learning media application. using a smartphone Overall it is at a high level. Conclusion: Development of learning media applications using a smartphone It is the development of teaching media in the form of a smartphone application. Having content to understand the work can help to have more skills in learning science. Application quality analysis results Evaluated by 3 experts it was found that the quality assessment results were at a high level. Results of satisfaction assessment of learning media applications using a smartphone Overall, it is at a high level.

Quality of Student–Faculty Interactions, Persistence, and the Mediating Role of Student Satisfaction

Rising student attrition, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has resulted in increased calls for higher education officials to better understand factors associated with increasing persistence rates, especially from the first- to second year of college. Though many studies have documented the influence of the frequency of student–faculty interactions on student persistence, less research has focused on the quality of those interactions, including potential mediating influences. To address these issues, this study used longitudinal data from 8,475 students among 44 four-year institutions to explore whether the quality of student–faculty interactions influences student persistence and whether student satisfaction mediates this relationship. Guided by theoretical models of persistence, we found that even in the presence of a range of potential confounders, students’ perceived quality of student–faculty interactions increased the odds of persistence to the second year of college. Furthermore, results from a Karlson–Holm–Breen (KHB) decomposition analysis suggest this relationship occurred indirectly through students’ satisfaction with the overall college experience.

Perceptions and attitudes of Nursing students towards end-of-life care: a Phenomenological Study at a tertiary hospital in Uganda.

Clinical practice is an important part of nursing education as it helps nursing students transition into competent health professionals who can provide quality services. However, research studies convey it as a significant stressor for nursing students when they are obliged to end of life during clinical practice. The perceptions of nursing students on caring for end-of-life care have not been exhaustively studied in the Ugandan context. This study was conducted to understand nursing students' perceptions of end-of-life care during clinical practice at Mulago Hospital. It was a qualitative study with a phenomenology method carried out among 15 nursing students from Makerere University who were assigned to Mulago Hospital for clinical practice. Data was gathered using an in-depth interview guide, audio was captured, and transcriptions were analyzed thematically using Atlas.ti version 6. Three main themes emerged from the data; two themes on perceptions were (i) reactions when nursing students were informed about the physical process of caring for dying patients and (ii) how student ideas about the care changed during the process of caring for end-of-life. The third theme was the attitude of students towards patients when offering end of life care. participants described their reactions as chaotic, devastated and scared about their first-time encounter with caring for dying patients, the physical process also required preparation to handle the situation and understanding, and for positive personal values felt respected, appreciated, trusted and valued when informed about the physical process of caring for the end-of-life. In this study, nursing students held divisive attitudes on care for dying patients. However, nursing students appear to transition from unfavorable impressions of the process and encounter of caring for dying patients to positive perceptions during the actual caregiving experience. Despite their differing perspectives on caring for dying patients, students were typically empathic towards them.

Analysis of errors at the station "Collection of complaints and anamnesis" during the primary specialized accreditation of specialists

The article highlights the criteria for assessing the quality of training of graduates of the residency faculty for the station “Collection of complaints and anamnesis” of the primary specialized accreditation of specialists. The checklists of the station “Collection of complaints and anamnesis” for the primary specialized accreditation of graduates of the residency department in the specialty “Therapy” and “Oncology” were processed on the basis of the Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy for 2021-2023. Systemic errors were identified, primarily in the area of generalizing the complaints expressed by the patient. FrequeThe article highlights the criteria for assessing the quality of training of graduates of the residency faculty for the station “Collection of complaints and anamnesis” of the primary specialized accreditation of specialists. The checklists of the station “Collection of complaints and anamnesis” for the primary specialized accreditation of graduates of the residency department in the specialty “Therapy” and “Oncology” were processed on the basis of the Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy for 2021-2023. Systemic errors were identified, primarily in the area of generalizing the complaints expressed by the patient. Frequent non-compliance with points related to taking care of the patient’s comfort was discovered. Some of the results of the study will be used in the preparation of residency faculty students in the specialty “Therapy” and “Oncology”.nt non-compliance with points related to taking care of the patient’s comfort was discovered. Some of the results of the study will be used in the preparation of residency faculty students in the specialty “Therapy” and “Oncology”.

Factors influencing the post-school transitions of Chinese middle school students after the high school entrance examination: an exploration through the lens of capital theory

Factors influencing the post-school transitions of Chinese middle school students after the high school entrance examination: an exploration through the lens of capital theory

Enhancing Facial Filler Training with 3D-Printed Models: A Prospective Observational Study on Medical Student Competence.

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the efficacy of 3-dimensional (3D) printed facial models in training medical students for cosmetic facial filler applications. A prospective observational study included 40 medical faculty students without prior filler application or surgical training. They received theoretical and practical training using 3D-printed face models, assessed through pre- and post-training surveys. MATERIAL AND METHODS Facial models were designed using SolidWorks and printed with a Mars 2 PRO 3D printer using PLA filament and high-performance silicone. Training comprised in-class instruction, live demonstrations, hands-on practice, and individual guidance. Students' skills were assessed through self-assessments and objective criteria. RESULTS After training, students showed significant improvement in procedural understanding and application locations, with increased confidence and competence (P<0.001). Statistical analysis confirmed these improvements. CONCLUSIONS 3D-printed facial models are valuable for enhancing medical students' skills in cosmetic facial fillers, offering cost-effective and safe simulation. This approach improves practical skills and confidence, benefiting medical education and patient care.

About the textbook “Outpatient Therapy” edited by professors O.Yu. Kuznetsova and E.V. Frolova

The textbook “Outpatient Therapy,” prepared by a team of authors under the guidance of professors O.Yu. Kuznetsova and E.V. Frolova, allows you to implement a competent approach to training the future primary health care doctors. The textbook complies with the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education. The book is written at a high scientific and methodological level, it is distinguished by a holistic approach to the coverage of the training material and the focus on the formation of both universal and general professional, and specialized professional competencies in the future doctor. The textbook is intended for students of medical faculties and can be used as the main educational literature in the discipline “Outpatient Therapy”.

Investigation into Theoretical Knowledge Levels of Fine Arts Faculty Students in the Field of Plastic Arts

Investigation into Theoretical Knowledge Levels of Fine Arts Faculty Students in the Field of Plastic Arts

The development of mathematics expectancy-value profiles during the secondary–tertiary transition into STEM fields

BackgroundTo master the secondary–tertiary transition into fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), academic self-beliefs play a pivotal role, especially those related to learning mathematics. The framework of expectancy-value theory has been used widely in primary and secondary education and partly in tertiary education to assess the self-beliefs of students in terms of expectancy of success and perceived value of mathematics. Based on this framework, we measured how the intrinsic value, the attainment value, the utility value, and the cost of learning mathematics as well as the expectancy of success when learning mathematics developed during the secondary–tertiary transition of students into STEM fields. Data were collected in a quantitative repeated-measures questionnaire study with two measurement points (measurement point 1: n = 710, measurement point 2: n = 487, listwise: n = 409). We conducted a latent profile analysis to identify the prevalent patterns of mathematics self-beliefs, called profiles, at each of the two measurement points. We studied the relation of these profiles to prior education, achievement at school, and achievement at university. By performing a latent transition analysis, we determined the probabilities of transitioning from the initial profiles to the posterior profiles.ResultsOur analysis revealed four distinct prevalent profiles at each measurement point, ranging from highly favorable (i.e., high expectancy, high value, low cost) to highly unfavorable with respect to learning mathematics. The profiles with favorable manifestations remained stable over time, while those with undesirable manifestations deteriorated further. We observed a sharp increase in cost across all profiles. Prior achievement correlated strongly with profile membership.ConclusionsThe expenditure of time and energy increased sharply during the secondary–tertiary transition, independently of the students’ initial motivational patterns. The perceived utility of mathematics for potential future careers was shown to be a significant source of motivation. The role of mathematics in future careers should thus be made visible in university teaching. Keeping the detrimental development of initially undesirable motivational profiles in mind, university teachers should create ample opportunities for students to gain a sense of accomplishment.

“A Good Transition Is Just Key”: The Views and Experiences of Disability Support Staff in Supporting Autistic Students Transition to University

“A Good Transition Is Just Key”: The Views and Experiences of Disability Support Staff in Supporting Autistic Students Transition to University