Improve Student Achievement Research Articles

A Review on Predicting Student's Performance Using Data Mining Techniques

Abstract Predicting students performance becomes more challenging due to the large volume of data in educational databases. Currently in Malaysia, the lack of existing system to analyze and monitor the student progress and performance is not being addressed. There are two main reasons of why this is happening. First, the study on existing prediction methods is still insufficient to identify the most suitable methods for predicting the performance of students in Malaysian institutions. Second is due to the lack of investigations on the factors affecting students achievements in particular courses within Malaysian context. Therefore, a systematical literature review on predicting student performance by using data mining techniques is proposed to improve students achievements. The main objective of this paper is to provide an overview on the data mining techniques that have been used to predict students performance. This paper also focuses on how the prediction algorithm can be used to identify the most important attributes in a students data. We could actually improve students achievement and success more effectively in an eff i cient way using educational data mining techniques. It could bring the benefits and impacts to students, educators and academic institutions.

Using Web-assisted Instruction to Improve Student Achievement in English as a Foreign Language

This study investigated the effects of web-assisted instruction (WAI), as compared with sole use of traditional face-to-face classroom instruction, on student learning of English as a foreign language by adopting a pretest-posttest control-group quasi-experimental design. The participants included 183 students from four intact classes in a technological university in southern Taiwan. A standardized English proficiency test was utilized as the pretest and posttest to measure student progress over an 18-week period. The results showed that (1) WAI is more effective than traditional instruction alone in improving students’ posttest performance, (2) active participants in the online course achieve higher scores than passive ones in the posttest, (3) WAI has no differential effects for students of different ability levels, and (4) the experimental students acknowledged the advantages of WAI, but held reserved attitudes towards WAI. This study suggests that web-based learning be incorporated into the curriculum to provide students with additional learning in English, that students be guided and monitored throughout the process to ensure online learning success, and that teaching strategies be developed to encourage students to take control and responsibility for their own learning.

Turnaround, Transformational, or Transactional Leadership

This case was written for school leaders, specifically building-level principals and central office administrators attempting to implement school turnaround reform efforts. Often, leaders who embark on this type of organizational change work in intense environments that produce high levels of pressure to demonstrate improvement in student achievement. Educators studying this case should examine the impact on ethical leadership when implementing rapid reform efforts, particularly the pressure on school leaders at the district and building levels to employ a transactional rather than transformational approach to leadership as they respond to the pressures of turnaround school policy.

Pengembangan Multimedia Pembelajaran Interaktif untuk Meningkatkan Motivasi dan Hasil Belajar Siswa pada Materi Kesetimbangan Kimia SMA

The purpose of this study was to develop a multimedia learning to improve student motivation and outcomes in studying chemical equilibrium. Development of interactive multimedia development model is adapted from Lee and Owens, the steps were analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The Media developed combined texts, animations, videos, references, summaries, profiles, pictures and narration to visualization abstract concepts of chemical equilibrium. After validation and trials at small group the media was used in a teaching class. It shoved that the media may be helpful for low motivations students in studying chemical equilibrium and improved students achievement.

The Challenges Educators Face to Improve Student Achievement

This conceptual analysis explores the available research on the challenges that face our educational leaders to improve student achievement. This analysis captures the impact of student attendance and examines its relationship to academic performance. The success or lack of success that students experience in the classroom is impacted by variables not controlled by the teacher in the classroom. The opportunity for students to manage their attendance is often times out of their control as well. Therefore, the consequential result is that those families that face challenges with meeting this requirement therefore, impact the student’s ability to achieve. The role of the parent is multifaceted and therefore extends even to that of the student prior to them even attending school. The results would indicate that this is also a challenge for the lower income families.

Pengaruh Jenis Masalah pada Problem Based Learning terhadap Dinamika Metakognisi Siswa SMA Kelas X pada Konsep Stoikiometri

Innovation is needed in learning to make meaningful learning, so the student constructs their ownknowledge from the learning experience of learning process. One of the innovations is to integrate Problem Based Learning model. Problem Based Learning involves students to be active in every problem. Eleven problems type in Problem Based Learning that have different solving steps, due to every student different metacognition character potential and can change by given treatment. This research is a pre-experimental design: the pretest-posttest control and experimental group design with embedded experimental design. The metacognition character data were analyzed qualitaively, whereas the average grade data were analyzed quantitatively. The analysis of metacognition character shows the different metacognition characters and on learning process there is improvement of student achievement from 14% to 84.4%.

Improving Students’ Learning Through School Autonomy: Evidence From the International Civic and Citizenship Survey

This article investigates the effect of school autonomy on multiple measures of student achievement, combining the individual data of the students participating in the International Civics and Citizenship Survey with their results in the national high stakes standardized tests at the end of eighth grade administered by the Italian National Institute for Educational Evaluation. In general, the results are consistent with previous findings suggesting that the success of decentralization policies in education depends not just on formally granting more autonomy to schools; autonomy can be a prerequisite to laying out a number of institutional (outside the school) and organizational (internal to each school) changes that may lead to the improvement of student achievement.

Breaking Through Barriers: Using Technology to Address Executive Function Weaknesses and Improve Student Achievement

Assistive technologies provide significant capabilities for improving student achievement. Improved accessibility, cost, and diversity of applications make integration of technology a powerful tool to compensate for executive function weaknesses and deficits and their impact on student performance, learning, and achievement. These tools can be used to compensate for decreased working memory, poor time management, poor planning and organization, poor initiation, and decreased memory. Assistive technology provides mechanisms to assist students with diverse strengths and weaknesses in mastering core curricular concepts.

IMPROVING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT BY APPLYING SPORE STRATEGY

This study aims to discover the improvement of the students’ achievementin writing narrative text by applying Spore Strategy. The objective of this study isto find out whether the Spore strategy can improve students’ achievement inwriting narrative text or not. This study was conducted by using classroom actionresearch. The subject of the research was class XI IPA 2 of SMA Negeri 6 Medanwhich consists of 34 students. This study applied quantitative and qualitative data.The data of this study were obtained quantitatively through writing test whichshow that the students score kept improving in every test and qualitatively basedon diary notes, observation sheet and interview sheet which show that teachinglearning process ran well, the students were active, enthusiastic, and interested inwriting. In the first test, the mean score was 56.8. In the second test, the meanscore was 67.2, and in the third test the mean score was 81.2.The researchfindings indicated that Spore Strategy significantly improved students’achievement in writing narrative text.

IMPROVING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT BY APPLYING SPORE STRATEGY

This study aims to discover the improvement of the students’ achievement in writing narrative text by applying Spore Strategy. The objective of this study is to find out whether the Spore strategy can improve students’ achievement in writing narrative text or not. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class XI IPA 2 of SMA Negeri 6 Medan which consists of 34 students. This study applied quantitative and qualitative data. The data of this study were obtained quantitatively through writing test which show that the students score kept improving in every test and qualitatively based on diary notes, observation sheet and interview sheet which show that teaching learning process ran well, the students were active, enthusiastic, and interested in writing. In the first test, the mean score was 56.8. In the second test, the mean score was 67.2, and in the third test the mean score was 81.2.The research findings indicated that Spore Strategy significantly improved students’ achievement in writing narrative text. Keywords: Writing, Spore Strategy, Test, Data, Classroom Action Research.

Parent Involvement on School Committees as Social Capital to Improve Student Achievement

This study explores how the participation of parents on school committees improves student achievement. In decentralized education systems like the one in Indonesia, parents’ participation has become a focal point for improving the quality of education. The data for this study were collected using questionnaires distributed to 250 students in state senior high schools, selected by quota-purposive sampling. The qualitative findings of this research are threefold: most parents participated in student learning only by providing material aspects, such as tuition and books; most parents had a misconception that it was the school that should solely be responsible for the education of their children; busy parents tended to ignore the progress of their children’s learning. In order to create social capital for their children, parents need to be active in the learning process, cooperate with school officials, and get involved in the planning of social activities.

MENINGKATKAN HASIL DAN AKTIVITAS BELAJAR SISWA DALAM ANSAMBEL MUSIK MELALUI METODE TUTOR SEBAYA PADA SISWA KELAS VIII B SMP NEGERI 1 MOGA PEMALANG

The purpose of this study is to determine (1) the improvementof students achievement in the subjects of Arts and Culture, specifically the basic skills competencies to play music ensemble, and (2) the improvement of students learning activities in the subjects of art and culture, particularly the basic competency skills of playing music ensemble. The method used is this research is classroom action research by using peer tutoring which includes four stages: (1) planning, (2) implementation, (3) observation, (4) analysis and reflection. The research design used in this research was applied research design according Chemish Tagart. This research is collaborative, involving cultural arts teachers to carry out the observation and reflection. Results were analyzed by quantitative descriptive techniques to describe the data and compare the findings with predetermined performance indicators. The results of this study indicate that: First, peer tutoring learning can improve students achievement at Moga Junior High School 1. This is proven by the material mastery improvement from 36.11% on the pre-cycle to 83.33% by the end of the second cycle. Second, peer tutoring method can improve students learning activity. This is proven by the improvement in activity score from 2.30 on the pre cycle activity to 3.51 by the end of the second cycle. Peer tutoring learning methods should be developed in schools teaching materials, especially music ensemble which requires a long time allocation to practice the skills of playing music.

UPAYA MENINGKATKAN MOTIVASI DAN HASIL BELAJAR MUSIK NUSANTARA MELALUI PENDEKATAN APRESIASI PADA SISWA KELAS VIII C SMP NEGERI 5 PEMALANG

There are still many students of Pemalang Junior High School 5who consider art and culture subject as an unimportant lesson compare with other subjects being tested in the national exam and that it is a mere complementary subject. This can be observed through the fact that there are many students who scored below schools academic standard, which is 75, and teachers have not applied the approach and effective teaching approaches to improve students achievement. The purpose of this research are (1) to find out the improvement of students’ motivation in learning national music through appreciationapproach, and (2) to determine the improvement of student learning outcomes in learning national music through appreciation approach.The approach used in this research is classroom action research with four stages: (1) planning, (2) implementation, (3) observation, (4) analysis and reflection. Results were analyzed by quantitative descriptive techniques to describe the data and compare the findings with predetermined indicators. The research results shows that the process of learning national music through appreciation approach can improve students’ motivation and learning outcomes. These improvements are influenced by the activities of students in the learning process derived from the observations using the observation sheet, interviews, documentation, and performance of the students in singing, as well as the score of their daily tests. By the end of the second cycle, thestudents activity improvements increase from 50% to 70%.

The Relationship between Teacher Professional Attitudes, Work Motivation, along with Organizational Culture towards Teacher Performance

Schools in Indonesia are currently under tremendous pressure to increase student academic achievement levels. Ongoing educational reform initiatives place responsibility for change and improvement directly upon individual schools; all provinces have implemented standards-based education to provide schools with specific academic goals that they must meet.Teacher performance is closely related to the overall process of managing and using resources effectively and efficiently in achieving educational goals. School performance is a multidimension in that its improvement does not only depend on a single factor, but a multiplicity of them, teachers is viewed from their professional activities like lesson planning, learning teaching activities of monitoring and assessing pupils progress (Rizvi, Meher & Bob Elliott, 2005).Bogor regency is facing many educational challenges like poor grades of students and low quality teachers, and because teachers play a significant role in the educational system, their quality needs to be improved if educational goals are to be realized in all high schools in Bogor, research findings indicates that teachers quality and professionalism is still below average based on key indicators of lesson planning, action research, assessment and evaluation and monitoring leaners progress.The teaching profession requires specific skills for effective and efficient performance. Teachers have a duty of teaching, educate and counsel leaners through continuous value development among staff and students. To teach means to continue and develop the science and technology related to the cognitive domain. To train means to develop skills related student psychomotor domain. A teacher is required to bear in mind the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domain of the learner. Based on the findings from (Departemen Pendidikan Nasional, 2012) at some schools in Bogor, it was discovered that lesson planning as being the primary function of teachers still very low, figures recorded as follows 30% for preparing teaching learning materials, 50% for lesson planning, and 60% assessment and evaluation, therefore, these figures calls for immediate attention if educational standards are to be improved in Bogor regency.Scholars like Santrock (2007) hold that low teacher performance is influenced by both internal and external factors. Teacher's attitudes correlate with their performance at school; teachers are required have basic skills as educators, counselors and have content knowledge in pedagogy, positive personality and social skills. The quality of education depends on creativity and innovation of teacher's attitudes which are reflected in the key indicators of education.The literature indicates that levels of a school's teacher motivation can negatively or positively affect school academic outcomes. Researchers found that high levels of teacher motivation strongly and directly correlate with significant improvement in student achievement (Davis & Wilson, 2000). Motivation may affect the ability of teachers to acquire the new skills and knowledge needed to comply with educational reform guidelines.The application of motivational theory to academic settings is a major challenge for school leaders. According to Lunenburg and Omstein (1991), school administrators must learn to appropriately initiate motivation in the school climate. Principals promote a climate of excellence by providing a framework for teacher motivation for the express purpose of maximizing teacher performance while promoting teacher professional growth and change.Work motivation of teachers has a relationship with the working force in implementing the main functions of the teachers. Motivation is a positive mechanism that moves and directs teachers to use their power and potentials to achieve successful predetermined goals. High motivated teachers make efforts to manage their classroom properly, and make teaching plans. …

INOVASI PEMBELAJARAN DI DALAM BUKU AJAR KIMIA SMA UNTUK MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA

Abstract Learning innovation of chemistry textbook to improve students achievement of senior high school students is explained. The study is carried out through development of innovative textbook, standardization to meet the standard textbook requirement based on BNSP and UNESCO standar, and implementation of the textbook as learning media in the class. Text book development is conducted to enrich chemistry materials based on the curriculum followed by innovation by integrating teaching method and learning media into the textboox. The developed textbook is the standarized by expert judgement. Finally the innovated textbook is then used as learning media on the teaching of chemistry to year XI senior high school students. The research showed that learning innovation into the textbook has successfully been done. Innovated textbook is found very effective to improve students achievemen in chemistry. Students achievement in experimental class which were taught by innovated textbook is found higher thatn that in control class that are taught by ordinary references. The students are interested to use innovated textbook. Innovated textbook is able to bring students to study independently and bring them moving from teacher centre learning into students centre learning

Creating a Middle Grades Environment That Significantly Improves Student Achievement

(2013). Creating a Middle Grades Environment That Significantly Improves Student Achievement. Middle School Journal: Vol. 44, Active, Purposeful Learning Opportunities for All Students, pp. 32-39.

Orchestrating expertise in reading and writing

With increased attention focused on the economic cache afforded through literacy and numeracy skills, governments around the world have turned their attention to developing the expertise of their teachers. Improving teachers' levels of competency leads to improvement in student achievement. In this qualitative case study, we focus on the Educational Foundations Program, in Ontario, Canada, established in part to develop competencies in the area of literacy instruction by addressing teachers' content knowledge. Serious questions about the ways in which the notion of ‘expertise’ is understood and developed arose as the programme was implemented. We examine notions of expertise and the experiences of teachers, administrators and curriculum leaders charged with orchestrating expertise in reading and writing in their respective districts.

Bring Powerful Writing Strategies Into Your Classroom! Why and How

AbstractLearning to write is critical in today's world, yet many students are not developing the writing abilities they need to use writing as a powerful tool for learning and for showing what they know. Research indicates that failure to acquire strong writing abilities restricts opportunities for both post‐secondary education and employment. This article addresses why writing is important and its place in the Common Core State Standards, factors that contribute to the poor writing performance of so many of our students, and how we can develop strong writers across the grades. The focus of the article is Self‐Regulated Strategy Development, an evidence‐based approach supported by a long‐standing body of research meeting stringent standards that clearly indicates significant improvements in student achievement. The article includes resources for readers who wish to learn more, as well as a description of effective professional development in SRSD.

A Visualization and Patterning Flowchart Strategy for Teaching Accounting Cost Flows and Evidence of Its Effectiveness in Achievement of an AACSB Learning Objective

Undergraduate accounting students can have a difficult time conceptualizing manufacturing processes, their physical inventory flows, and the accompanying accounting cost flows. Traditional methods of teaching this material within the management and cost accounting classes stress the transactional and reporting requirements in great detail. This paper presents a simple flowcharting approach that can be used to aid accounting students in developing an innate understanding of inventory and cost flows across multiple cost accounting topics. We theorize that once this simple visual organizational flowchart is internalized, students are better able to organize and analyze complex situations by breaking the data down into their individual process components. In addition, this framework aids students in grasping the inter-relatedness of topics that they may have previously viewed as “unrelated and disjoint. This paper first discusses the flowchart pedagogy and related literature. Specific examples of the application of the flowchart approach are presented for three different topics in cost accounting. We then discuss the learning objectives and assessment procedures involved in measuring student achievement. The final section of the paper contains the statistical analysis of student achievement of those learning objectives and the related discussion. Within the cost accounting course, final exam data for 356 students over 6 semesters was collected and analyzed. Statistical evidence is presented (both numerically and graphically) indicating a significant improvement in student achievement in product costing when this pedagogy is utilized. Specifically, the paper observes that the use of the flowchart methodology in the student treatment group is associated with a mean increase in student performance of 4.2 percent, as well as an overall positive shift of the distribution of the performance of the students, in the product costing learning objective.

Tyranny of the textbook: an insider exposes how educational materials undermine reforms

Introduction Chapter 1 : The Most Effective Curriculum Materials Are Rarely Adopted Chapter 2 : The Educational Publishing Business and Profit Motive Chapter 3 : The Educational Materials Publishing, Players Process, and Priorities Chapter 4 : Standards and Testing Don't Increase Student Achievement Chapter 5 : Why Technology Hasn't Improved Student Achievement Chapter 6 : Why Teacher Education and Professional Development Don't Improve Student Achievement Chapter 7 : Rising Above the Plateau