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A Structural Equation Model of Factors Influencing Satisfaction of University Students in Myanmar

Satisfaction among university students derives from a variety of factors. It is indicated by the literature that personal, instructional, university, social, and outcome-related factors collectively contribute to the satisfaction of university students within the context of higher education. The purpose of this research was to develop and confirm the validity of the factors influencing student satisfaction of university students. A total of 1814 university students (644 males and 1094 females) from eleven universities in Myanmar participated in this study in February 2020. Various validated instruments, including established standardized measures and self-developed instruments, were employed for assessing both student satisfaction and its underlying factors. The structural equation modeling approach was done to confirm the validity of the model on factors influencing student satisfaction of university students. SEM results confirmed that instructional factors, social factors and outcome-related factors had direct effect on student satisfaction but personal factors and university factors had only indirect effect through social factors. Totally, 64.5 % of the variance in student satisfaction can be explained by the structural equation model. This study provided a research insight on the relationship of factors influencing student satisfaction and important implications for stakeholders to develop intervention plans and ways to improve university students’ satisfaction.

社交媒体时代舆论极化背景下大学生媒介素养教育路径探究

In the age of social media, with the speed of in-depth media integration accelerating, social media is increasingly becoming an extension of college students’ lives, and media literacy education is becoming more and more important. However, the risk of polarization of public opinion in the social media era is a new situation and a new challenge for college students’ media literacy education at present. The phenomenon of public opinion polarization in social media has a negative impact on college students with its prominent irrational emotions, diversified views and frequent occurrence of cyber violence, which also makes college students face many difficulties in media literacy education. In order to address the potential seams of public opinion polarization, college students’ media education should start from the following points: establishing a scientific teaching system, improving college students’ ability to participate in and apply the media, and organizing diversified self-education for college students.

대학생들의 성적 괴롭힘에 대한 인식과 개선을 위한 교육 프로그램 개발

The purpose of this study is to fi nd out the perception of college students' experiences of sexual harassment, types, victims, and countermeasures against sexual harassment in college, and to develop an educational program to improve awareness.
 As a result of the study, it was found that many students had experiences of sexual harassment as well as experiences of gender inequality in various ways. In this preventive dimension, preventive education in various ways within universities will be of great help in improving college students' gender recognition and concrete responses. Therefore, violence prevention education based on gender equality should be systematically and continuously carried out, and support at the university level would be needed to make various manuals that are of practical help to students. In addition, it will be possible to achieve healthy heterosexual relationships that can respect and care for each other through confl ict resolution education programs that prevent dating violence and are necessary for dating. In everyday life, it is necessary to educate students to critically refl ect on the overall media analysis so that they can have a critical consciousness from a gender equality perspective. For this education, it is necessary to develop education through diversifi cation of teaching methods, such as learner-centered participatory education and media education centered on critical awareness of daily life. Through these various educational programs, it is expected to have an effect on correct gender recognition and improvement for students, and this is expected to contribute to establishing a healthy campus culture within the university.

Exploration and Analysis of the Improvement Path of College Students’ Employment Ability Under the Concept of Career Planning

In the face of the fierce environment of employment, the employment of college students is a hot topic in all walks of life. The concept of career planning plays an important role in promoting the employability of college students. The career planning course for college students is a course generally offered by colleges and universities, which can help college students to better determine their employment goal and direction, and lay a solid foundation for the improvement of the employment rate of Chinese college students. This paper analyzes the reasons for the difficult employment of college graduates, puts forward the application value of career planning education in the improvement of college students’employability, points out the reasons for the difficulties of college students’ employment, and makes targeted measures to improve the employability of college students under the concept of college students’career planning.

Research on Entrepreneurial Intention of College Students Under the Background of Platform Economy

The paper reviews the influence of platform economy on the entrepreneurial intention of college students in recent years, and summarizes the factors and mechanisms that affect the entrepreneurial intention of college students under the background of platform economy. Based on the technology acceptance model and the theory of planned behavior, many studies suggest that perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, entrepreneurial attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavior control may affect college students' entrepreneurial intention. To encourage college students to participate in platform economy entrepreneurship, educators and policymakers need to pay attention to improving college students' perception of the ease and usefulness of starting a business using digital platforms, cultivating their positive entrepreneurial attitudes, and improving their perceived behavioral control. This may be achieved by providing entrepreneurship education and training, as well as creating an environment that encourages self-drive and self-control.

Effect of Imagery Training on College Students’ Basketball Shooting Accuracy

Background and Aim: The difficulty in basketball shooting predominantly arises from a lack of adequate physical abilities, incomplete skill development, and a shortage of appropriate training. The objective of this research was to integrate meditation training and imagery training into the shooting training of the college men's basketball team at Xi'an Aviation College. Materials and Methods: In this research, the questionnaire survey method and experimental method were used. Three experts were invited to rate the shooting performance of 40 of China’s college basketball players, divided into 20 each in the experimental and control groups. In the experiment, the students' imaginative ability, self-confidence in shooting status, and scores of shooting performance were tested in the 1st, 4th, and 8th weeks, respectively, and then the results were compared and analyzed by T-test. Results: After 8 weeks of training, the technical movements and shooting hit rate of the experimental group were significantly higher than that of the control group; the performance of the experimental group and the control group both improved after the experiment, but the experimental group had a significant increase in shooting performance, imagination ability, and shooting status self-confidence, while the control group only had a significant increase in the total score of shooting performance. Conclusion: College students' shooting scores are affected by a variety of factors, and each student's learning needs and strengths are different, so the teaching program needs to be flexibly adapted to suit the needs of different students. These results showed that the integration of meditation training and imagery training can significantly improve college students' shooting performance more than traditional shooting training, as well as improve students' imagery ability and shooting self-confidence, which in turn improves the quality of shooting training.

Effects of Cross-Training Exercise Program to Improve Health-related Physical Fitness for University Students in Guangdong

Background and Aim: Health-related physical fitness test is beneficial to the health-related physical fitness of college students. According to the researcher's survey, most students do not have an awareness of daily physical exercise, which leads to a decline in physical function and health-related physical fitness scores. The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of cross-training programs on improving college students' health-related physical fitness, to improve college students' health-related physical fitness scores by constructing an 8-week cross-training program, and to encourage students to actively participate in extracurricular physical exercise to promote health-related physical fitness and to form the awareness of lifelong sports. The results of this study show that cross-training can improve students' health-related physical fitness performance and that even after only 4 weeks of cross-training, students' health-related physical fitness performance can still make significant progress. Materials and Methods: The study involves Guangdong Province Foreign Language and Arts Vocational College of Catering and Tourism College 2022 students, the total number of grades 710 people, health-related physical fitness scores failed 66 people, using G-Power in 66 students to calculate the sample size of 28 students (14 male，14 female) aged between 18-22 years old. The research procedure started with anthropometric measurements: height, weight, BMI, body fat percentage, etc. Subsequently, cross-training was performed. Tests included: cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility. The experiment lasted for eight weeks, with five one-hour training sessions per week. Subjects underwent Health-related physical fitness tests in the first, fourth, and eighth weeks. Results: The 8-week cross-training program reduced students' BMI and body fat percentage, and improved students' health-related physical fitness grades and physical fitness. The student's health-related physical fitness grades failed in the first week, improved significantly in the fourth week (67 points), and the average score in the eighth week (75 points) improved even more significantly. Conclusion: Constructing a cross-training program had a significant effect on improving cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility in college students. It also increased their BMI and body fat percentage. It was concluded that an 8-week cross-training program decreased students' BMI and body fat levels while increasing muscle mass and improving health-related physical fitness scores, and students showed significant improvement in fitness scores in week 4 and even more significant improvement in week eight. Considering the positive effects of training on physical function and fitness, it is recommended that extracurricular sports be promoted so that more people can exercise in their spare time.

Needs Analysis of Metacognitive Strategies Training in English Language Instruction Using Digital Technology and to Improve the Autonomous-Learning Ability and English Language Achievement of Chinese EFL Undergraduate Students

Background and aims: Learner autonomy has become a focal point in language learning over the past 30 years. In China, fostering and improving college students’ autonomous learning ability has become a crucial aspect of higher education English teaching reform in the 21st century. Thus, this paper aims to analyze the needs of Chinese EFL undergraduate students to improve their autonomous learning ability and English language achievement. Materials and methods: A needs analysis questionnaire (N=183) was conducted to investigate students’ necessities, lacks, and wants in English language learning. Results: The findings showed that the students required being trained to use metacognitive strategies and apply digital technology in their English learning to improve their autonomous learning ability and English achievement. Conclusions: Besides using metacognitive strategies to improve their autonomous learning and English language achievement, students also expressed their preferences for digital tools as effective means to augment their learning outcomes and motivation.

Students' Foreign Language Learning Adaptability and Mental Health Supported by Artificial Intelligence.

The rapid development of social reform and the economy has brought great challenges to the mental health of college students. However, there are few studies on the impact of these psychological problems on college students' English learning. As a special group about to enter society, studying the mental health of college students in foreign language learning is of great significance. This paper discusses the principle of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology and the interactive mechanism to support college students' foreign language learning. Additionally, the adaptability supporting college students' foreign language learning is analyzed according to the current situation of AI supporting foreign language learning. Then, the mental health of college students in the AI environment is investigated and analyzed. This paper takes foreign and non-foreign language majors of Changchun University of Technology as the object and uses questionnaires, interviews, and classroom observation to obtain basic data. The results show that college students' adaptability to foreign language learning is higher than that of non-foreign. Students' intelligent operation and knowledge storage level impact their adaptability to foreign language learning. Psychological health problems include learning anxiety, loneliness, depression, and inferiority in college students' foreign language learning. These negative emotions, to a certain extent, affect the learning effect of college students' foreign language learning. This paper is of great significance to the adaptability of college students' foreign language learning to the intelligent environment and the analysis of their mental health problems. This paper hopes to provide data reference for the research on improving college students' foreign language learning effects.

Determinants of College Students’ Online Fragmented Learning Effect: An Analysis of Teaching Courses on Scientific Research Software on the Bilibili Platform

In the era of mobile Internet, online fragmented learning has become one of the mainstream ways for college students to study independently. Analyzing the online fragmented learning effect (OFLE) has essential reference value for guiding the online learning behavior of college students and optimizing the allocation of online learning platform resources. It also provides sustainable solutions for enhancing college students’ online independent learning effect. For this paper, we took college students who have studied teaching courses on scientific research software (TCSRS) on Bilibili as our research subjects, constructed a theoretical model of college students’ OFLE based on the theory of online learning and fragmented learning, verified the model through using questionnaire data, and analyzed the determinants of college students’ OFLE and its mechanisms. Our results indicate the following: (1) Most college students spend a dispersed amount of time learning TCSRS, showing the characteristics of “fragmentation”. (2) Learning motivation (LM), self-efficacy (SE), and fragmented time utilization (FTU) have a significant positive effect on college students’ OFLE. (3) Knowledge fragmentation (KF) affects college students’ OFLE, but it is not significant. These dimensions provide a theoretical reference for quantitative research on the impact of college students’ OFLE. Finally, also in this paper, improvement countermeasures are proposed from the perspective of improving college students’ OFLE and ability.

Exploring the experiences of college students in Chinese campus lockdown policy during the COVID-19 outbreak: A qualitative study

Campus lockdown policy is one of the most effective non-pharmaceutical intervention strategies used to prevent and control the coronavirus disease 2019epidemic worldwide. College students were greatly affected by this policy. Related studies center on English-speaking countries; few have highlighted discussion of the Chinese context. This study, therefore, aimed to broadly elicit the real experiences and unique insights of college students on Chinese campus lockdown policy. Through qualitative research, we identified four key themes with ten contributory subthemes: physiological experiences, safety experiences, love and belonging experiences, and self-esteem experiences. The unique contribution of this study relates to experiences relating to love and belonging and to self-esteem, which are little discussed in the existing literature. Our findings can provide enlightenment on how to improve college students’ health.

Feasibility of designing a cloud-based platform for entrepreneurship training of college students

Abstract This paper aims to improve college students’ entrepreneurial abilities as its main goal. A platform for college students’ entrepreneurship development is constructed using cloud technology, and the entrepreneurship data on the platform is classified and divided by combining it with the KNN algorithm. The algorithm is optimized for distance calculation and distance sorting stages to reduce inter-program dependencies and shorten the program execution time. The distance between matrices is calculated by calling the functions in the cublas function library. The experimental data are used to analyze the feasibility of entrepreneurship training for college students. The results show that the KNN algorithm can be applied to data processing in cloud computing. When the data dimension is 128 and the number of sample points is 215, the algorithm can get a maximum speedup of 1.52 times. The server configuration of the platform needs to be in a 4-way dual-core or 4-core to ensure the platform’s normal operation. This study is beneficial in promoting the improvement and development of entrepreneurial skills for college students.

Model Construction and Analysis of Deep Learning-based Cybersecurity Awareness Enhancement for College Students

Abstract This paper constructs a network security intelligence analysis model based on deep learning methods. Firstly, the weights and thresholds of network packets are modeled using the convolutional neural network algorithm to extract the main information features. Then, the backward propagation algorithm is used for layer-by-layer propagation, combined with an unsupervised autoencoder to achieve the network parameter update. The results show that the model can recognize a variety of network viruses, with an average detection rate of 97%, and the error rate is kept around 0.5%. The network security intelligence analysis model is based on the deep learning method to analyze and warn about network intrusion data, effectively improving college students’ awareness about network security.

The Role of integrating AI and VR in fostering environmental awareness and enhancing activism among college students

Given the increasing concern about the destructive impact of sympathetic activities on the Earth, involving the next generation in environmental conservation is crucial. Therefore, this study aims to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) can strengthen college students' environmental awareness and encourage them to make a move on environmental issues. Four hundred college students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds participated in a six-month study, and 375 valid questionnaires were successfully collected. By combining AI and VR, we provided interactive and engaging courses to deliver knowledge about environmental issues and inevitable disasters. The research demonstrates that using AI and VR technologies to teach environmental challenges can significantly improve college students' understanding of these topics, assist them in developing a conservationist value system, and provoke them to carry on environmental advocacy. This study adopted scale items to measure college students' environmental awareness and activities. More isolated structural equation modeling validated the value of AI and VR in environmental education. Additionally, mediation and moderation analyses indicated that the strength of college students' ecological susceptibility and motivation indirectly influenced their enthusiasm and environmental awareness through AI and VR. Through comparative analysis, we found that AI and VR exert differential effects on college students. Further correlational and regression analyses demonstrated that raising college students' environmental awareness can effectively promote their pro-environmental behavior, offering them more critical agency, possibly without the need for continued use of AI and VR. Therefore, employing AI and VR in environmental education may effectively help young people in ecological sustainability. Ultimately, we discussed the current AI and VR technologies adoption in Chinese universities and proposed relevant policy implications.

The Impact of Online Social Behavior on College Student's Life Satisfaction: Chain-Mediating Effects of Perceived Social Support and Core Self-Evaluation.

To examine the influence of social behavior on college students' life satisfaction and the mediating effects of perceived social support and core self-evaluation. 779 college students were investigated with the online social behavior scale, life satisfaction scale, core self-evaluation scale and perceived social support scale. Online social behavior significantly positively predicted the perceived social support and life satisfaction; Perceived social support significantly positively predicted the core self-evaluation and life satisfaction; Core self-evaluation significantly positively predicted life satisfaction; Perceived social support and core self-evaluation have a significant chain mediating effect between online social behavior and life satisfaction. This study confirmed the positive effects of online social behavior on college students, through improving college students' level of perceived social support and core self-evaluation to increase life satisfaction.

Improving University Students’ ESP Writing Skills through a Process-Based Portfolio Approach

Abstract Today’s employers expect university graduates to possess appropriate written ESP skills, which are most effectively taught through individualized ESP writing skills development. This paper provides an account of the ways a self-developed portfolio approach may be exploited to improve EFL learners’ ESP writing skills in a university environment. Through a quasi-experimental research design (N = 168), this project hypothesised that, and tested whether, our process-writing-based portfolio approach has a beneficial impact on participants’ ESP writing skills and examined if the portfolio approach in question was an effective means of improving participants’ ESP writing skills. For the testing of this hypothesis, a quasi-experimental research design was used with an experimental (N = 84) and a control group (N = 84), and participants’ test results were compared to examine the effectiveness of the applied portfolio approach. The findings of the study show that the portfolio approach applied in the scope of the present research project proves to be an efficient way of improving students’ ESP writing skills and can thus justifiably be applied at other institutions of higher education for improving such skills.

Research on the Influence of Urban Short Video on College Students' Tourism Behavior

This study found that the impact of domestic urban short video on college students tourism behavior is mainly concentrated in four aspects: perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, tourism attitude and tourism behavior. In order to study this influence relationship more accurately, the author proposes a model based on the influence mechanism of urban short video, which includes the above four independent variables, in order to obtain better research results. By combining network research and questionnaire survey, it is found that urban short video has a significant impact on college students tourism behavior, especially in improving college students tourism decision-making effect and stimulating tourism interest. In order to better promote the development of urban short video and college students tourism industry, this paper puts forward some countermeasures and suggestions. It is hoped that this study can provide new perspectives and inspirations for urban short video producers and college students tourism industry, and provide some suggestions for promoting sustainable development and innovation in related fields.

A Study of the Effectiveness of Corpus-Assisted Collocation Teaching on Improving College Students’ English Writing Ability Based on Random Matrix Theory

Abstract This paper presents a semantic analysis of corpus-assisted collocation teaching based on the random matrix theory, taking into account the characteristics of the computer corpus. The construction of a word-document matrix is based on the potential semantic analysis of the corpus and the intrinsic relationships between words and documents. The aggregation and combination relations of collocation, i.e., the lexicon of word meanings, are used to calculate affirmative sentence similarity, incorporating dependent syntactic and semantic analysis. The error analysis method was applied to the teaching of collocations to analyze the common types of errors and the variability of writing errors in English writing and to discuss the correlation between the performance of English composition and the number of collocations used. The correlation coefficient between composition scores and the number of collocations in compositions was 0.924, and the composition scores of college students had a positive linear relationship with the number of collocations.

A Systematic Review of Interventions Improving University Students’ EFL Writing Competence

Writing competence in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) is a critical skill for university students, as it affects their academic and career success. However, many EFL university students are not capable of writing English compositions and face considerable challenges in developing their writing skills. To address these challenges, various interventions have been proposed, yet few studies have integrated them in recent years. This study employed PRISMA guidelines to analyze forty-two empirical studies on interventions improving university students’ EFL writing competence based on peer-reviewed journals published between 2012 and 2022. The review identified the types of interventions, evaluated their effectiveness in improving students' writing competence, and provided recommendations for teachers and future researchers. Findings showed that teaching instruction, feedback, cooperative learning and modern technology were applied into teaching activities, which improved university students’ EFL writing competence to various degrees. Teachers are required to select suitable interventions or combine different interventions to help university students to effectively solve problems in English writing. Furthermore, the findings will make a contribution to understanding recent interventions in EFL writing instruction in university settings, providing a reference for educators to develop evidence-based practices to enhance university students’ EFL writing competence.

University Students Adult Attachment and Love Conflict Coping Strategies: Study on the Relationship with Love Satisfaction

With the development of The Times, the change in university students love situation is an important entry point in the study of an intimate relationships. In this study, a questionnaire survey of 320 University students and 5 University students showed that the overall level of love satisfaction was high, but the avoidance and anxiety of adult attachment were generally high. Love conflict coping strategies have a significant impact on the love satisfaction of university students and have a certain intermediary role in the relationship between adult attachment and love satisfaction of university students. Therefore, constructive communication is one of the effective ways to improve University students love satisfaction, which is conducive to the healthy development of University students love psychology.