Independent College Students Research Articles

A Study on English Learning Motivation of Sports Major Students in Vocational Colleges of Henan Province

After becoming the universal language of the world, English has effectively promoted the development of global integration and become an essential tool for international communication, and sports international exchange activities have increased greatly. Therefore, for PE Students in independent Colleges, to master English well is not only a requirement of times, but also a necessity to improve their professional competence.This study believes that the cultivation of their professional English learning is highly necessary, exploring their interest and study their English learning motivation is very significant. English teachers are supposed to stimulating PE students’ interest in English learning, exploring their learning enthusiasm based on students’ characteristics and help students to promote learning initiative and achieve the purpose of improving students’ English interest and performance.

“It's Just Hard Reaching Out”: Factors Affecting Help-Seeking Behaviors among Independent College Students

Independent students pursue higher education without financial, practical, and sometimes emotional support from family. For these students, asking for assistance when needed is key for college persistence. Decisions around help-seeking are shaped by multiple factors but are often portrayed as a solely individual decision. This study examined factors affecting help seeking among independent students enrolled in a four-year university. Within a process evaluation of a campus support program for independent students, we conducted in-depth, individual interviews with 23 independent students ages 18–23, as well as 5 university staff. Students described a range of psychological and relational factors influencing their willingness to seek assistance and identified significant barriers to help-seeking. In contrast, staff interviews focused more on perceived student deficits in help-seeking. Both groups also identified institutional factors that influenced student efforts to seek assistance. Findings can inform the development of effective campus-based services to support the retention of independent students.

"Trying to be positive in the face of the storm": The experiences of independent college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic created multiple stressors for college students, particularly for young adults experiencing multiple forms of disadvantage. Little is known about the pandemic experiences of independent college students, many of whom are emancipated minors, former wards of the state, and other students who lack familial financial and practical support as they pursue higher education. Twenty-three independent students, ages 18-23, from one northeastern university were interviewed to understand how independent students were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and their needs for support from the university during this time. Most participants were identified as Black or Latinx, and two thirds were first-generation college students. Participants reported an overall lack of support from their families prior to the pandemic. During the pandemic, they experienced compounding academic, economic, and mental health-related stressors. Students responded to these stressors in resilient and resourceful ways, by adapting to their new realities, expressing gratitude, and finding opportunities for self-growth. Participants recommend that institutions of higher education support independent students during periods of emergency through providing financial assistance, offering opportunities for connection with both adults and peers, and demonstrating administrative flexibility and understanding of their unique needs.

Structural Equation Model Analysis of HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitude, and Sex Education Among Freshmen in Jiangsu, China.

BackgroundThe study of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) related knowledge, attitude, and sex education status of Jiangsu freshmen was conducted, which can provide data support directionally for the prevention work of HIV/AIDS among this population.MethodsMale students (4,006) and female students (4,279) were selected from 20 universities or colleges in the Jiangsu province. The knowledge, attitudes, and sex education of freshmen were conducted with an online questionnaire. The log-binomial regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors of HIV/AIDS knowledge. In addition, a structural equation model was used to analyze students' health needs that affect knowledge awareness and knowledge mastery.ResultsThe overall awareness rate of AIDS knowledge was 87.4%. The students in undergraduate colleges (OR = 2.523, 95% CI=2.223~2.864) and independent colleges (OR = 1.389, 95%CI = 1.172~1.646) were more likely to have a higher awareness compared with the students in junior colleges. In this study, 2,011 freshmen approved of premarital behavior, 4,921 freshmen insisted on using condoms when having sex, and 8,138 freshmen were willing to take HIV antibody test when they suspected they were infected. In total, 4,703 freshmen believed that sexual health education was necessary for colleges and universities, and most of them (57.2%) hoped that sex education in schools should be improved. The direct effect of sex education on knowledge awareness and attitude is 0.15 and 0.58. The mediation effect test found that the pass ability knowledge path of sex education indirectly affected sexual attitudes (0.05).ConclusionThe awareness rate of HIV/AIDS among Jiangsu freshmen has not reached the national standard. Health education has a significant positive effect on knowledge awareness and attitude; however, students' needs in terms of time, place, and degree of sex education have not been met in time. It is necessary to strengthen the HIV/AIDS health education of college students in multiple ways.

Flipped-Learning Approach in Business English Translation Course in a Chinese Independent College

This study applies and tests the efficacy of the flipped learning approach designed for a business English translation course in a class consisting of 26 third-year business English major students in an independent college, the Yangtze University College of Arts and Science. Because the students in independent colleges usually have weak English skills and lack learning awareness, this study explores a way to improve their competence in business translation while changing the traditional lecture-centred methodology. After finishing the 16-week semester of application, a posttest would be conducted to be compared to a pretest that was administered at the beginning of the course to test the efficacy of the new flipped learning approach. From the data collected, this paper suggests the flipped learning approach can stimulate students’ self-learning before class, enhance their engagement in class and significantly improve their translation competence. Therefore, this study proposes using a flipped learning approach in business English translation courses taught in Chinese independent colleges. 

Design and Application of Mental Health Intelligent Analysis System for College Students Majoring in Physical Education

In today’s society, whether in business life or in private life, establishing relationships with friends and acquaintances effectively emphasizes the important role of Esq. As a person with high EQ, he should provide self-identity and proof needs, pay attention to consumption and insufficiency, control his temper, and establish relationships with friends and acquaintances. In this study, sports colleges and sports major students as the research object, to compare their multiple intelligence fields. Starting from the connotation of EQ and the analysis of EQ of independent college students, this paper puts forward that physical education is the only way to cultivate students’ EQ, and puts forward suggestions that physical education should cultivate college students’ self understanding ability, self motivation ability, self-control ability and self-control ability, so as to resist setbacks. Comparison method and non intelligence scale were used. A questionnaire survey was conducted on college students, and their life experience, self-esteem, self-confidence and hope were evaluated. Self reported self-esteem, self-confidence and stress levels are used to distinguish between resilient and inelastic students. The results show that the minimum support of a is 25%, the minimum confidence is 9%, and the number of association rules is 213; the minimum support degree of B is 16%, the minimum confidence is 16%, and the number of association rules is 194.

The Causes of the Lack of Independent Personality of Contemporary College Students and Its Educational Countermeasures

Only with independent personality can we have inner freedom, spiritual independence, our own judgment standard and rational judgment. Independent personality is a mature expression of a person. Independent personality is also an important manifestation of a country's civilization progress. Independent personality embodies the independence of personality and affects a person's thought and behavior. The lack of independent personality will lead to problems in college students' studies, life and emotion. Because the cultivation of independent personality of college students is very urgent, can be said to be urgent. In school education, social education, family education pay attention to the overall development of college students, in self-education pay attention to their own promotion, then it is possible to become a mature, stable, full of self-esteem, self-confidence, self-love and independent college students, can truly adult and become the pillars of society. Only with independent personality can we have inner freedom, spiritual independence, our own judgment standard and rational judgment. Independent personality is a mature expression of a person. Independent personality is also an important manifestation of a country's civilization progress. This paper discusses the reasons for the lack of independent personality of college students from four aspects: society, school, family and self, and puts forward some research countermeasures from these four aspects.

An Analysis of the Particularity and Countermeasures of Ideological and Political Education of Independent College Students

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Positive Psychological Quality and Mental Health of Independent College Students Research on Relationship Investigation and Cultivation Strategy

积极心理品质；心理健康教育；独立学院；多元线性回归模型

Optimization of Independent College Students Evaluation of Teaching Assessment System Based on the PDCA Model

Student evaluation of teaching is one of the important ways of independent college teaching quality evaluation, which has a positive practical significance to promote independent college teaching reform, and improve the teaching quality. In recent years, at the same time in the further carry out the work of student evaluation of teaching, more and more problem is highlighted. In this paper, from two aspects of roles and work itself, analysis of the present status of the independent college student evaluation of teaching. On this basis, student evaluation of teaching is introducing the theory of PDCA cycle, which is continuously correcting problems found in student work, optimizing the evaluation working process, , so to promote the communication between teachers and students cooperation, to achieve real actual effect of student appraisal evaluation of teaching Keywords : PDCA；Student evaluation of teaching；Independent college；Optimization DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-32-11 Publication date: November 30 th 2020

A Qualitative Community Assessment of Racial/Ethnic Sexual Gender Minority Young Adults: Principles for Strategies to Motivate Action(s) for Realistic Tasks (SMART Thinking) Addressing HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse.

HIV/STI, substance use, and mental health issues disproportionately affect racial/ethnic sexual minority young adults. These health vulnerabilities intensify across the life course, most notably when young adults are independent college students. To identify the perspectives of racial/ethnic sexual gender minorities living on or near an urban university, we implemented an intersectionality-informed SWOT (strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats) analysis, as a qualitative community assessment situated within in a campus-community setting. The community needs assessment was the first step in the strategic prevention framework (SPF) to co-locate substance abuse, mental health, viral hepatitis, and HIV prevention care services for Latinx and Black/African American sexual gender minority young adults at a minority-serving institution. The SWOT analysis identified principles for selecting, adapting, and implementing an evidence-based intervention. The significance of these principles demonstrates the value of intersectionality in evidence-based interventions to influence health education and behavior among racial/ethnic sexual gender minorities.

Research on the Employment Competitiveness of Students in Independent College from the Perspective of Transformation

Students in independent colleges are facing fierce competition in employment. The transformation and development bring both great opportunities and new challenges. Based on the objective understanding of the present situation of students’ employment in independent college, the paper interprets multi-dimensionally the connotation of students’ employment competitiveness, using the EFE Matrix on the evaluation of the independent college students’ employment environment , and the SWOT Matrix on the analysis of advantages and disadvantages of the independent college students’ employment competition, putting forward dynamic ways of effective enhancement of the independent college students’ employment competitiveness under the viewpoint of transformation, moreover, promoting independent college students’ employment in light of the new situation.

On the Feasibility of Applying WeChat to China’s Independent College English Listening and Speaking Teaching

This study aims at proving the feasibility of applying WeChat to China’s college English teaching and learning. The study shows that students in independent colleges receive inadequate training in English class, and lack autonomous learning ability after class. Therefore their listening and speaking skills are not satisfactory, but students generally believe that it is necessary to improve these two skills. WeChat is an instant messaging App which has a wide range of features. It is widely used by college students, many of whom are very eager to take participation in learning activities based on intelligent terminals. WeChat is suitable for teachers to extend the traditional classroom into after-class learning, to supervise the students, providing assistance, feedback, and evaluation to students work, so that to create a positive atmosphere of learning English. Therefore, it is a desirable platform to support teaching, and it is feasible to apply it to English listening and speaking teaching.

Assessing the College Financial Aid Work Penalty

ABSTRACTWorking has become commonplace among college students in the United States; however, this activity can have unexpected financial consequences. Federal formulas implicitly tax the amount of financial aid some students are eligible to receive by as much as 50 cents for each marginal dollar of income. In this article, I document this college financial aid “work penalty” and discuss the related incentives for some college students to reduce their income. Using data from a national sample of financially independent college students in the United States, I did not find evidence to suggest that students meaningfully reduce earnings because of implicit taxes. Lack of knowledge, abstruse formulas, and the timing of aid receipt likely limit responses. The reduction in aid has the potential to burden low-income students who need to both work and receive financial aid to afford college expenses.

College Student’s Research on the Training Mode of Innovation Ability for Independent College of Guangdong Province

The cultivation of College Students’ innovative ability is the core of the teaching reform of independent colleges and the need of the all-round development of college students. This paper analyzes the characteristics and problems of the independent college students’ innovation ability, the ways and methods of Cultivating College Students’ innovation ability are studied. We must establish the school enterprise union “produce study research use” personnel training mechanism, developing the teaching system of innovation ability, strengthening the construction of teaching staff, establish innovative practice platform, and focus on training and improving students' practical innovation ability.

Reform and Practice of Mathematical Modeling and Mathematical Experiment Course in Independent College

Based on the educational background of independent college and the relevant previous studies and researches, this paper discusses the importance of mathematical modeling and mathematical experiment course in independent college. Meanwhile, based on the investigation and study of the characteristics of the independent college students, this paper points out the deficiency of the curriculum in independent college and according to the experience of the relevant practices，it also summarizes the reform ideas and measures about the mathematical modeling and mathematical experiment curriculum.

Income-Tested College Financial Aid and Labor Disincentives

Working has become commonplace among college students; however, this activity can have unexpected financial consequences. Federal formulas implicitly tax the amount of financial aid students are eligible to receive by as much as 50 cents for each marginal dollar of income. This tax creates an incentive for college students to reduce income, though abstruse formulas and the timing of financial aid receipt are likely to limit responses. Using data from a national sample of financially independent college students in the United States, I do not find that students bunch below earnings protection thresholds in a manner that would indicate attempts to avoid reductions in financial aid in total or grants specifically. Moreover, I do not find evidence that implicit income taxes predict lower earnings in a manner that suggests that students meaningfully reduce earnings in response to the tax. Therefore, while economically efficient, the reduction in aid has the potential to burden low-income students who need to both work and receive financial aid in order to afford college expenses.

Investigation of independent college students’insomnia status and the syndrome type of traditional Chinese Medicine

Objective To explore college students’ sleep and insomnia syndrome type of traditional Chinese medicine.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among 1 325 college students of independent colleges using the Pittsburgh sleep quality index and the standardization of TCM syndrome introduced by guiding principles of clinical research on treatment of insomnia with new drugs of traditional Chinese (2002).The results underwent analysis.Results Of 1 325 college students in independent college,209 people had poor sleep quality,in which liver fire retarding type accounted for 129 people,hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency type accounted for 67 people,followed by the heart and spleen deficiency type two(3 people),phlegm heat disturbance type(4 people),Qi deficiency type (2 people),other type (4 people).Conclusions College students in sub-health state with insomnia showed two common types:liver depression transforming into fire,hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency type.We should give effective intervention based on dialectical theory of the Chinese medicine. Key words: Independent college students; Sleep disorders; Chinese medicine syndrome type

An Analysis of Independent College Students’ Characteristics in China

An Analysis of Independent College Students’ Characteristics in China

A research on a preference of emotional memory in different cognitive style of undergraduates

Objective To explore the preference of emotional memory in different cognitive style of undergraduates. Methods A 2 cognitive style (field independent style / field dependent style) * 3 facial expressions (positive/neutral/negative faces) mixed designs were adopted to compare the reaction time, which in the condition of stimuli presentation time 500 ms in field independent and dependent participants (n=25, respectively). E-Prime program was used to present the stimulus and to record the reaction time and accuracy to stimuli of all subjects. Repeated Measurement ANOVA was used in the research, facial expressions (positive/neutral/negative faces) as the within group factor, and groups (stress/non stress) as between group factor. Both the main effect of each variable and the interaction effect of variables were tested. Results There were a significant difference of response time and accuracy between the field independent and field dependent college students. It was shown by repeated measurement ANOVA that the main effect(F(2, 47)=4.321, P<0.05)in facial expressions properties and the interaction effect(F(2, 47)=3.299, P<0.05)between groups and facial expressions properties were found. Further analysis showed that the reaction time to detect stimulus of positive((610.71±11.26)ms)and neutral((606.24±18.27)ms) facial expression was shorter than negative((653.17±20.91)ms)faces for field independent participants(P<0.05) .Interestingly, for field dependent group, the neutral faces((675.67±21.01)ms)were faster than others (P<0.05). Conclusion Field independent students had significant advantages over field dependent students in emotional memory. Key words: Undergraduates; Cognitive Style; Emotional Memory; Bias