Levels Of Educational Achievement Research Articles

Transitional Emotional Intelligence Theory

God created human with distinct abilities, no one resembles the other, even compatibility. There were differences between them in many locations, such as fingerprints, inclinations, instincts, emotions, levels of educational and academic achievement, in addition to the multiple levels of intelligence among them. Communication and coexistence serve each other in the field of distinction and specialization; thus differentiation was necessary for the forces, tendencies and creativity to balance life in all societies.

Interactive Learning in the Preparation of Students 1-4 Grades

The purpose of this study was to identify effective interactive methods in preparing students in grades 1-4, as well as to investigate their impact on learning outcomes. The work uses theoretical and empirical methods. The analysis of existing interactive teaching methods, their selection in accordance with the age characteristics of primary school students and educational needs. Also, a pedagogical experiment was carried out based on the implementation of the developed model of using interactive teaching methods in grades 1-4 of general secondary education institutions and monitoring the learning outcomes obtained in this case. A survey of teachers and students was carried out. The study showed that the use of interactive methods in the lessons of the Ukrainian language and mathematics contributes to the growth of students' interest in studying these disciplines. As a result, there is an increase in the level of educational achievements of students from average to sufficient, and in some cases from sufficient to high. Thus, in this work it is proved that the proposed model of teaching using interactive methods that take into account the age and individual characteristics of students is highly effective. Further research should be carried out with the aim of correcting existing interactive methods in accordance with the modern educational needs of students and their individual characteristics. Research is also needed to identify new interactive methods and study their impact on learning outcomes.

SPECIFITY AND EFFICIENCY OF COMPUTER MONITORING OF KNOWLEDGE AS A HIGHPRIORITY METHOD OF DIAGNOSIS OF THE LEVEL OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Research issues of specificity and efficiency of the computer monitoring of knowledge as a high-priority method of diagnostics of the level of students’ educational attainments are made actual. The essence of the interrelated notions such as “ computer monitoring of knowledge”, “ computer testing”, “ test assignment” is revealed.On the basis of analysis of available references the objective of computer testing is defined, the reasons of figuring out the objective results which are achieved by the means of two constituents that are proper prepared test and actionable hardware system are set. At the same time the general properties of test such as validity, complexity, reliability, stability, representativeness, significancy, truthfulness, test hypothesis and discriminant are assigned. As a rule, test consists of two parts: informational and operational. The technology of constructing test tasks is characterized, it presupposes observance of number of rules: each test task should evaluate the achievements of an important and significant educational goal; it should check the appropriate level of knowledge acquisition, as well as higher cognitive levels and the time allocated for the test task which should be spent on finding the answer, but not on understanding the condition of the question. Along with that, the efficiency of computer testing is analyzed, which depends on the variability and multiplicity of created test tasks. Based on the results of the research we have the reason to confirm that computer testing being promising direction of modern educational process becomes constituent of the modern knowledge diagnostics. It broadens the means of control and evaluation of the level of educational achievements, it is an alternative to traditional methods of monitoring, it can be carried out taking into account different types and forms of control as a tool of operational management.Computer testing enables to audit knowledge of a large number of people simultaneously in a short span of time; random selection of questions from the course unit; processing of test results on a personal computer using a rating scale.

Тестирование как эффективный метод оценивания качества учебных достижений студентов

Electronic educational resources including testing, which simplify the process of searching and structuring educational information have been used more often in educational organizations recently. They have made learning more accessible and interesting for students of higher and vocational education institutions, especially in the context of a pandemic. The article provides a brief theoretical justification of the advantages of testing students' academic achievements. The emphasis is placed on the importance of testing as a tool for remote control of students' knowledge, the advantages and disadvantages of using tests both in the educational process of higher and secondary vocational education and in order to control the acquired knowledge are revealed. The study was carried out by the authors on the basis of a comprehensive use of theoretical and empirical methods. The leading theoretical methods were: analysis, generalization, concretization, forecasting, modeling. The work used such empirical methods as conversations, pedagogical observation, questionnaires, expert evaluation, testing, analysis of performance, generalization of pedagogical experience, methods of statistical processing of experimental data. The results presented in the article of the study of testing of students of MPSU at the initial (entrance test), current and final stage of measuring the level of educational achievements of students demonstrated an increase in the values of the effectiveness of testing at all stages of its implementation, an increase in the effectiveness of test control at the intermediate and final stages of the study. The results of the study made it possible to formulate promising directions for the development of problems of testing the quality of education of students of higher and professional education organizations: improving the forms and methods of analysis and interpretation of test results based on the invariant application of test models: improving the psychological and pedagogical orientation of the use of the testing algorithm for personalized learning trajectories in the practice of mass education, etc.

Visuospatial working memory of children and adults born very preterm and/or very low birth weight.

This paper examines the visuospatial working memory (WM) performance of children and adults born very preterm (VPT) and/or very low birth weight (VLBW) relative to their full-term (FT)-born peers. Of interest was the nature and severity of observed impairments, as well associations with educational/occupational functioning at each age point. Participants were drawn from two prospective cohort studies: (1) a regional cohort of 110 VPT (<32 weeks' gestation and <1500 g) and 113 FT born children assessed at age 12 years; (2) a national cohort of 229 VLBW (<1500 g) and 100 FT born adults assessed at age 28 years. Visuospatial WM was assessed using a four-span/difficulty-level computerized task. Both children and adults born VPT/VLBW had poorer visuospatial WM than FT controls, with their performance less accurate, slower (correct trials), and less efficient with increasing task difficulty (Cohen's d = 0.27-0.51; p < 0.05). Adults had better visuospatial WM than children, but between-group differences were highly similar across ages, before and after adjustment for confounding social background and individual factors. Poorer WM was associated with lower levels of educational and occupational/socioeconomic achievement. Visuospatial WM difficulties persist into adulthood raising concerns for the longer-term cognitive and adaptive functioning of VPT survivors. Both children and adults born very preterm have poorer visuospatial working memory than their term-born peers. They are less accurate, take longer to respond correctly and are less efficient, with test performance declining with increasing cognitive demand. Similar differences in visuospatial working memory are observed between VPT/VLBW and full-term individuals during both childhood and adulthood, with these differences remaining even after covariate adjustment. Individuals with poorer visuospatial working memory have lower levels of educational achievement and occupational/socioeconomic success. Visuospatial working memory difficulties persist into adulthood and appear tocontinue to impact everyday functioning and life-course opportunities.

The influence of formative assessment of students’ academic achievements on increasing their motivation to study at university

The purpose of the research is to study possible causal links between the introduction of high-level formative assessment and the motivation of students to learn a foreign language. The influence of the formative assessment of low and high levels on the motivation of students to study a foreign language is experimentally traced; effective ways of using formative assessment to increase the level of educational achievements of students are proposed. The materials and conclusions of the study can be used in the practice of teaching a foreign language at university.

Научно-методические подходы к созданию системы педагогической диагностики уровня обученности и развития выпускников начальной школы

The article discusses the problem of obtaining reliable information about the level of educational achievements of junior schoolchildren during their transition to the next stage of school education. The implementation of the development goals of students at the initial stage of schooling, set by the Federal State Educational Standard of Primary General Education, requires pedagogical diagnostics, which makes it possible to establish the cause of the difficulties that children have in the course of studying various subjects. This ensures the timely intervention of the teacher in the learning process to provide each younger student with pedagogical assistance and support, which makes it possible to eliminate the individual difficulties that arise in him.

Academic Achievement in Algebra of the Public High School Students in the New Normal

This study describes the academic achievement level in Algebra of the public secondary school students in the new normal as a whole and when grouped according to sex and parent's highest educational attainment. Utilizing descriptive-comparative and correlational designs, the academic achievement level, significant differences and relationships among the variables, and the perceived learning difficulties in Quadratic Functions were determined using mean, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal Wallis, Chi-square test of association, Spearman rank correlation, and frequency and percentage distribution. Results showed that the academic achievement level was low; no significant difference and relationship between sex and academic achievement level; there was a significant difference and relationship between parent's highest educational attainment and achievement level, and students' top difficulty is transforming quadratic functions into the form f(x)=[a(x-h)^2]+k. Therefore, Algebra teachers, school heads, and parents should take necessary interventions to address the problem.

Научно-методические подходы к созданию системы педагогической диагностики уровня обученности и развития выпускников начальной школы

The article discusses the problem of obtaining reliable information about the level of educational achievements of junior schoolchildren during&#x0D; their transition to the next stage of school education. The implementation of the development goals of students at the initial stage of schooling, set by the Federal State Educational Standard of Primary General Education, requires pedagogical diagnostics, which makes it possible to establish the cause of the difficulties that children have in the course of studying various subjects. This ensures the timely intervention of the teacher in the learning process to provide each younger student with pedagogical assistance and support, which makes it possible to eliminate the individual difficulties that arise in him.

Investigation conditions for inclusion of gamification elements in study of the basics of algorithmization and programming to improve the quality of educational results of pupils

The problem and the aim of the study. Formation of programming skills, communication with artificial intelligence and other people, the level of thinking development are the basic indicators that determine effectiveness of the didactic system. Within the framework of e-learning, digital technologies, gamification elements, cyber-physical devices, etc. are actively used to support the quality of learning. The authors investigate conditions for effective inclusion of gamification elements in algorithmization and programming activities to increase the level of educational achievements of pupils. Research methods. The analysis and generalization of scientific literature on the problems of gamification of learning and cognition processes, the study of the basics of algorithmization are used. For development of game projects, debugging and testing applications, the ideas of structural programming, the method of step-by-step detailing are used. The programming technology is supported by the principles and techniques of gamification. Empirical methods that were used are observation, analysis of the results of work in the Logo program (user interface, game design, choice of algorithmic constructions, etc.). The study involved 48 pupils who study in grades 5-6 in Kirov school №11. The Pearson’s χ2 (chi-square) criterion was used as a method for statistical processing of the experimental data. Results. The pupils of the experimental group were involved in the purposeful cognitive activity on development of game projects using the Logo programming language (studying fundamental concepts, graphical capabilities, managing a Turtle in the object-oriented environment, research, collaboration, social activity). Statistically significant differences were found between the experimental and control groups in the level of educational achievements χ2emp.2 &gt; χ2crit0.05 (7.885 &gt; 7.815). In conclusion, the conditions under which the gamification of learning the basics of algorithmization and programming is maximally effective for improving the quality of academic achievements of schoolchildren are summarized: correlation of the didactic goal and the result of the game form of work, the choice of the plot for the game project, thinking through the mechanisms of feedback and interactivity, the distribution of roles, etc.

Low education and mental health among older adults: the mediating role of employment and income.

Transition from work to retirement may be associated with poor mental health outcomes in older-age groups, especially among those of lower socio-economic position (SEP). This study investigates the association between low educational achievement and mental health status, and the mediating role of employment status and income level among older-age Australians. This study was based on the '45 and Up Study', a prospective cohort study of participants from New South Wales (Australia) aged 45years and older (N = 267,153), followed-up over the period 2006-2018. A causal mediation analysis was used to assess the total causal effect (TCE) of educational achievement level on psychological distress, and the extent of mediation by employment status and income level. Lower educational achievement was associated with subsequent psychological distress, with a stronger TCE among those with low educational achievement (OR = 1.46, 95% CI 1.25-1.72), followed by those with intermediate educational achievement (OR = 1.26, 95% CI 1.07-1.48), compared to those with high educational achievement. In models investigating mediation by employment status and income level, 44.7%, (95% CI 34.2-55.3) of the association was mediated by employment status and income level, with a stronger mediating effect evident for income level. Findings suggest that employment status and income level changes at older age are more strongly associated with poorer mental health among those of lower SEP. Poor mental health associated with lower SEP may be ameliorated particularly by changes to income level, but also how people transition from employment to retirement.

Дифференциация и индивидуализация начального школьного образования за рубежом

The article presents the main results of a critical analysis of the global trend, which is aimed at implementing an individual approach to teaching younger students. The characteristics of the features of primary education in the leading countries, whose primary school students demonstrate a high level of educational achievements in the course of international monitoring studies and occupy corresponding places (Finland and Singapore) are given. Attention is paid to the approach to selection, current forms of work and encouragement of especially gifted children in the US primary education system, which may turn out to be interesting and useful for domestic teachers. Methods of organizing the process of individually differentiated education of primary school children based on proven experience of working with them are considered.

Научно-методические подходы к созданию системы педагогической диагностики уровня обученности и развития выпускников начальной школы

The article discusses the problem of obtaining reliable information about the level of educational achievements of junior schoolchildren during&#x0D; their transition to the next stage of school education. The implementation of the development goals of students at the initial stage of schooling, set by the Federal State Educational Standard of Primary General Education, requires pedagogical diagnostics, which makes it possible to establish the cause of the difficulties that children have in the course of studying various subjects. This ensures the timely intervention of the teacher in the learning process to provide each younger student with pedagogical assistance and support, which makes it possible to eliminate the individual difficulties that arise in him.

Child Friendly Environment of Classroom on Basic Level in Nepal: Education Achievement of Community School

This study focuses on child-friendly classroom environments and basic level academic achievement and analyzes the role that teachers, parents, students, and school management committees play in school work. Nepal’s disadvantaged schools are concentrated in rural areas, but those schools are also trying to make themselves child-friendly schools. The objective was to analyze the problems seen in the construction of child-friendly schools by analyzing the classroom environment, the current condition of the school, the impact of the child-friendly classroom environment on the level of educational achievement. The school management committee, teachers, the interaction between the parents and the stakeholders on various issues has helped in the construction of the child-friendly school and the community has expressed its readiness to help as the school is their own. According to the parents, the school has been punishing the children for one reason or another and the school should be reformed as there are protests from all quarters. In order to achieve the set targets as per the educational policy of the state and for the all-round development of the children-It has become necessary for everyone to pay attention to remove the small weaknesses and analyze the results and engage in classroom management including child-friendly schools.

Modern Approaches to Selecting Testing Means and Assessment of Students’ Performance

The article provides a detailed description of modernization of learning results assessment system in the context of important directions of education quality assurance in higher educational establishment. The article is of an overview nature. The main focus is on the demands to teachers’ competences in as- sessing students. Assessment competence of a lecturer is a voluminous concept associated with modern concepts of pedagogical and psychological measurement, possession of design and assessment tools, the organization of the assessment process by a teacher, and self-assessment and mutual assessment of students. It also reveals the features of assessing the success of students, the systematic nature of the control and the role of the teacher in this process. The research also reveals peculiarities of assessing students’ performance, systematic character of testing and defines the role of a teacher in this process. The article reveals two approaches to assessing the educational achievements of an individual according to educational standards: (1) assessing the minimum level of educational achievement or the minimum required competence; (2) division of educational achievements into several levels of competence.The article gives information on the peculiarities of testing development, its theoretical approaches, main terms, notions and indicators of quality, represents the stages of test creation. Research has shown that there has been an overwhelming focus on written and computer-based testing lately. Special atten- tion is paid to the aspects of applying test tasks to improve the quality of education in higher educational establishment.Key words: assessment, assessing students’ performance, monitoring, testology, testing, pedagogi- cal task, a test, computer system of testing.

PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS OF USING EDUCATIONAL ANALYTICS AS A TOOL FOR SUCCESS AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MONITORING OF FUTURE PHYSICAL CULTURE TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN CONDITIONS OF BLENDED LEARNING

The article is devoted to defining the essence of the concept ‘educational analytics’ as an automated process of collecting, measuring, analyzing and visualizing data about the subjects of educational process in order to improve the educational environment. The algorithms of using educational analytics to control and evaluate the level of professional training of future physical culture teachers in conditions of blended learning as a tool of improvement the education quality are characterised.&#x0D; It has been found that blended learning, based on the use of information and communication technologies, contains a significant amount of digital data of online learning systems and a wide range of intellectual analysis to improve the academic success of both the individual student and the educational process as a whole.&#x0D; The study characterizes the types of combining full-time and e-learning education according to the level of process technologies. Basic effective strategies of using educational analytics in blended courses for students’ profiling and their academic achievements tracking (timely detection of difficulties in mastering certain content; regulation and control of academic activity; development of an empirical framework for educational programme planning and individual academic and professional development strategies) are identified. The key objects of educational analytics in blended learning are characterized (student activity in the form of number of course (Web site)visits; time, spent on tasks’ fulfilment; student productivity in forums and chats (number of reactions, argumentation); electronic testing data (number of attempts, the number of points scored, typical mistakes); the quality of practical tasks’ fulfilment).&#x0D; The author’s algorithm of using tools and strategies for organizing of blended learning and monitoring the level of educational achievements of future physical culture teachers while the course ‘Adaptive Physical Education’ is presented. The results of empirical research show that blended educational environment provides new approaches and ways to aggregate a wide range of information about students, their academic activity and success, the effectiveness of educational activities in a particular course, the level of mastering the material. It is emphasized that the use of educational analytics provides an opportunity to predict students’ success and determine the effectiveness of educational courses, and thus allows timely to choose strategies of students’ support and to correct the quality of educational content.

The Inequality of Sleep Quality: Social Deprivation and Ethnicity Affect the Sleep Quality of Middle Aged and Older Adults

Background: Duration and other sleep characteristics change as we age. The effects of other demographics on sleep are less clear, although US studies suggest that sleep disorders and duration are influenced by social deprivation and race. Here we use UK Biobank data from almost half-a million adults living in Britain to test the hypothesis that sleep quality shows a ‘social gradient’ in sleep. Methods: Data for this prospective analysis were sourced from the UK Biobank. These consisted of self-reports relating to sleep (duration, waking in the night, sleeping in the day, difficulty waking and snoring), personal wealth (household income, property owning etc), ethnic group, employment and education, as well as post-code-based Townsend indices of social deprivation from c0.5m adults aged 40-70 years. Analyses considered prevalence of each sleep characteristic, and a Positive Sleep Index was derived by combining sleep-related responses. Findings: Almost one-third of participants reported sleeping shorter (24.7%) or longer (7.7%) than age-corrected recommended sleep durations, with the incidence of shorter or longer sleep increasing with social deprivation and varying with ethnicity. Snoring, waking during the night, finding it difficult to get up in the morning and sleeping in the daytime, were subject to similar effects. Regression analyses of our Positive Sleep Index showed that being younger, male, employed, owning one’s home, having a higher household income, higher level of educational achievement and time in education, were all associated with better sleep, as were living in a more affluent area and being white. Interpretation: Sleep quality in the UK shows a social gradient, independently of a range of other demographic and social influences. These sleep inequalities suggest that the protective and recuperative effects of sleep may be disproportionately distributed across the UK and should encourage us to consider the potential benefits of community specific sleep interventions. Funding Information: Funds received from Unilever UK Central Resources Limited to cover application fees, no other funding supported this research. Declaration of Interests: JAG has received research funding, consultancy, travel support, and speaking fees from various industrial companies. PH is employed by Unilever UK Central Resources Limited. Ethics Approval Statement: This retrospective cohort study is based on data from the UKB study that was approved by the North West Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee; participants provided written informed consent for data collection, data analysis, and record linkage. Re-analysis of UKB data is part of UK Biobank project (NHS National Research Ethics Service 16/NW/0274).

СТРУКТУРИРОВАНИЕ СОДЕРЖАНИЯ ВАРИАТИВНОЙ ИНОЯЗЫЧНОЙ ПОДГОТОВКИ В ВУЗЕ

The article deals with the issues of structuring the variative foreign language training content. Variative foreign language training consists of a basic mandatory part for all students, which implements the requirements of Federal state educational standards at a minimum level and variation part. The variation part, represented by educational variants, is designed to meet the cognitive needs of students and take into account personal characteristics that affect the acquisition of a foreign language at the University. It is shown that the system approach is the basis for structuring the content. Professionally oriented foreign language training in higher education is considered as part of the higher education system, is subject to general goals, is regulated by the standard, program, and includes the levels of higher education: bachelor's, master's, specialty, and postgraduate. Disciplines related to foreign language acquisition are focused on the formation of foreign language communication skills, and also allow forming flexible skills that are necessary by specialists in different areas of professional activity today and are increasingly in the future. It is noted that the system approach regulates the construction of variative training parts in the aggregate, due to their interaction. The core of the system is the basic and variation variants availability. The framework of the system is the educational standards requirements, the educational program data, which sets the terms of the course development, the number of hours for classroom and self-study work, the form of intermediate and final control. The system integrity is manifested in the presence of horizontal and vertical links between the educational process elements. Horizontal links are located in the relationship between the basic and variation parts at each education level. Vertical links are found between the basic and additional parts of all levels on the basis of content and technology continuity. Continuity is understood as taking into account the individual level of educational achievements and reliance on the studied material. The results led to structure the variative foreign language training content in "Animal husbandry", to identify the basic and variation parts for the growth and development of foreign language skills and orientation training to suit individual needs and students’ characteristics.

Re-Imagining Social Mobility: The Role of Relationality, Social Class and Place in Qualitative Constructions of Mobility

Discussions around social mobility have increasingly gained traction in both political and academic circles in the last two decades. The current, established conceptualisation of social mobility reduces ‘success’ down to individual level of educational achievement, occupational position and income, focusing on the successful few who rise up and move out. For many in working-class communities, this discourse is undesirable or antithetical to everyday life. Drawing upon 13 interviews with 9 families collected as part of an ethnographic study, this article asks, ‘how were social (im)mobility narratives and notions of value constructed by residents of one working-class community?’ Its findings highlight how alternative narratives of social (im)mobility were constructed; emphasising the value of fixity, anchorage, and relationality. Three key techniques were used by participants when constructing social (im)mobility narratives: the born and bred narrative; distancing from education as a route to mobility; and the construction of a distinct working-class discourse of fulfilment. Participants highlighted the value of anchorage to place and kinship, where fulfilment results from finding ontological security. The findings demonstrate that residents of a working-class community constructed alternative social mobility narratives using a relational selfhood model that held local value. This article makes important contributions to the theorisation of social mobility in which it might be understood as a collective rather than individual endeavour, improving entire communities that seek ontological security instead of social class movement and dislocation.

REVISITING THE USE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES IN A MODERN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

The problem of organizing the educational process in the context of children’s health saving in a modern educational institution is considered. Health and education have been shown to be interrelated and interdependent. Successful mastering of school programs, children’s spiritual life, world outlook, mental development, level of educational achievements, belief in their forces depend on health, well-being and cheerfulness of children. It is emphasized that the most important aspect of the implementation of health objectives in the educational institution is the use of appropriate health education technologies. The content of the concept of “health educational technologies” has been clarified as favorable conditions for children’s education at school (absence of stressful situations, adequacy of requirements, methods of teaching and education); optimal organization of the educational process (according to age, gender, individual characteristics and hygienic norms); full and rationally organized motor mode. A modern classification of health technologies based on the work of scientists is presented. It is proved that the use of health technologies in a general secondary educational institution is a condition for the development of a health educational environment aimed at strengthening the health of participants in the educational process; a positive psychological atmosphere at training sessions; teachers’ and students’ awareness of ways to maintain health and their health behavior; developing a valued attitude by teachers to their own health and the health of students; disease prevention, negative attitude towards bad habits, etc. The need for qualified specialists ready to use health technologies in professional activities is substantiated. Here are some examples of the introduction of health technologies in the educational process of educational institutions in Volyn.