Students In Undergraduate Programs Research Articles

The development of learning resources through Benthic species study in mangrove ecosystem Reuleung Leupung for invertebrate zoology learning

This study aimed at developing learning resources through the use of bottom water biota aquatic Mangrove Ecosystem Reuleung, Leupung, and to analyse the composition of biota bottom waters as a source of learning of invertebrate zoology of the students of Undergraduate Program in Biology Education. The research was conducted from July to September 2017 in mangrove ecosystem area of Reuleung Leupung, Indonesia. Two lecturers and three laboratory assistants from Syiah Kuala University and Ar-Raniry Islamic University participated in this study. Data on aquatic biota species as a learning resource was analysed by using percentage formula, while the dominant level of marine biota was analysed by using dominance formula. The results showed that the amount of aquatic biota used ranged from 3.13% to 93.75% and the composition of the use of each species ranged 0.03 to 0.94. It can be concluded that bottom biota which has the highest percentage as learning resource used in study is Moluska Phylum from Class Gastropoda, while Phylum Crustacea from class is widely used in learning is the Malacostraca Class. The composition bottom biota as a learning resource in Invertebrate Zoology learning is low to high.

Meaningful Learning and The Integration of Responsible Management Education in the Business School Courses

In recent years there has been an increasing interest in responsible management education. Integration of the principles of responsible management education (PRME) within the core curricula of business schools and management education-related institutions calls for the creation of innovative pedagogies and educational approaches. Responding to the inherent challenges associated with the development and implementation of education for sustainability within existing business‐related education, this paper seeks to discuss a teaching initiative of introducing Model United Nations (Model UN) as a classroom activity for undergraduate students. The main purpose of research presented in this paper is to explore students’ experience of engaging in Model UN debates around topics related to the sustainable development goals as defined in the UN 2030 Agenda for sustainable development (for example, youth unemployment, climate change, poverty, etc.). Model UN is traditionally known as an extra-curricular educational simulation of the United Nations where students play their roles as delegates from different countries and endeavour to solve real world issues using the policies and perspectives of their assigned country as well as policies and procedures of the United Nations. In this paper Model UN is proposed as a classroom engagement activity which assists undergraduate students in recognising the complexity of international negotiations and reflecting on challenges associated with the decision making process and how it affects the sustainability agenda on the individual and societal level. This paper seeks to provide a useful insight into the practical value of Model UN simulation as a means to facilitate meaningful learning on the course. It is suggested that experience of introducing Model UN as a core curricular activity, rather than one that is extra-curricular, will be of particular interest for educators who are involved in delivering sustainability-related courses or wishing to teach sustainability-related topics in globally responsible business-related education programs for undergraduate students.

Análise dos atos normativos que regem o estágio curricular supervisionado das licenciaturas do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte

O Estágio Curricular Supervisionado é uma das etapas obrigatórias e importante no currículo acadêmico para a formação docente. Entendemos que ele não é apenas mais uma disciplina no currículo do licenciando, para Pimenta (1995), ele é uma atividade que possibilita a inserção dos alunos – futuros professores – nas instituições escolares, ou seja, a inserção dos futuros professores no seu ambiente de trabalho. Ainda de acordo com a autora, essa inserção possibilitará ao graduando o conhecimento prático de como se dá o processo de ensino, esse não sendo restrito a unidade escolar, mas sim a compreensão de sua totalidade, ou seja, a compreensão do processo de ensino-aprendizagem, os desafios, os procedimentos que se deve ter, as obrigações, tudo que envolve a práxis docente na real atuação do professor. Perante o exposto, essa pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar as bases que regulamentam o estágio curricular supervisionado no contexto do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN) a partir de leis, pareceres e atos normativos vigentes sobre o estágio e a prática profissional dos licenciandos, somado a isso, analisar, também, a Organização Didática (2012) da referida instituição concernente ao estágio supervisionado das licenciaturas. Concluí-se que os documentos aqui analisados, apontam a importância que o estágio tem no processo formativo, não como uma disciplina obrigatória separada das outras disciplinas, mas sim como uma continuidade da aprendizagem para o futuro professor, onde a teoria e a prática se encontram, oportunizando ao licenciando suas próprias experiências, podendo o mesmo aprender mais com elas.

Motivating Students in Electrical Circuit Course

AbstractElectrical Circuit course is the elementary core course for the students of undergraduate program of electrical and electronic engineering. The course is taught in the very first semester of the freshmen. In undergraduate level, most of the engineering disciplines also require this course that is taught in the first to third semester or so. Since this course has many real life applications in many engineering tasks, it is therefore, required to teach efficiently so that students can apply the knowledge earned from this course in solving their practical problems. But it has been observed that many students drop out the program due to lack of motivation after studying this course. Motivation is the key to engaging students in meaningful and productive work. Identifying individual students' interests, providing choice (to promote a personal connection) and supporting competence (through the teaching of immediately useful strategies) result in motivation that deepens learning. Of course, motivating the students is one of the greatest challenges that teachers face all over the world while teaching in engineering courses. In this paper, the teaching method of "˜Electrical Circuit" course for undergraduate electrical and electronic engineering students through motivation has been described.

Teaching digital electronics course for electrical engineering students in cognitive domain

Digital electronics course is one of the very fundamental courses for the students of undergraduate programme of electrical and electronic engineering (EEE) and the other undergraduate engineering disciplines. Therefore, "digital electronics" shall be taught effectively, so that students can apply the knowledge learned to solve their real-life engineering problems. A teacher needs to adopt new teaching methodologies to attract current generation of students, and thus, to prepare them with practical knowledge and skills. Skills in the cognitive domain of Bloom's taxonomy revolve around knowledge, comprehension and critical thinking of a particular topic. This makes teaching and learning more effective and efficient. In this paper, the teaching method of 'digital electronics' course for the undergraduate EEE students in the cognitive domain has been described with an example. Class performance evaluation in two different cohorts shows that the students' results improve after using this approach.Keywords: Bloom's taxonomy, cognitive domain, digital electronics course, teaching methods.

CHANGES IN ABILITY OF SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING OF THE THIRD-YEAR STUDENTS ON PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING

Learning method applied in Faculty of Dentistry of Brawijaya University is Problem-based Learning (PBL). One of the purposes of PBL is to develop students’ ability of self-directed learning (SDL). SDL is students’ ability to learn independently. This ability is necessary to determine the need and objective of students’ learning. This research aims to compare the ability of SDL of the first-year students and the third-year students of undergraduate program in Faculty of Dentistry of Brawijaya University. This is pre-experimental research using one-group pretest-posttest design. Samples are divided into two groups. The first group is pre-test group consisting of students of 2014 that have ever joined PBL in their first year. Meanwhile, post-test group consists of students of 2014 that have ever joined PBL on their third year. Instrument used in this research is adapted questionnaires. Data is analyzed using Independent Samples T-test, resulting in significant difference of students’ SDL scores between the first year and the third year (p<0.05). The average SDL score of the first year is 228.85 while the third year is 218.20. It can be concluded from this research that students’ SDL score in the first year is higher than that in the third year, and both of them are significantly different.

A Case Study of Coaching Programs for Undergraduate Students in D University

A Case Study of Coaching Programs for Undergraduate Students in D University

Relationship Model among Learning Environment, Learning Motivation, and Self-Regulated Learning

This study applies social capital theory, motivation theory, and systems theories to examine the role of the learning environment and motivation in learning to encourage self-regulation in learning especially effort regulation. This study examines the relationship among learning environment (i.e., student cohesiveness, teacher support, involvement, investigation, task orientation, cooperation, and equity), learning motivation (i.e., learning goal orientation, task value, and self-efficacy), and self-regulated learning in effort regulation. This study also examines the mediating role of learning motivation on relation between learning environment and self-regulation in learning effort. Respondents were 307 students of undergraduate program on business, management, and economics in Yogyakarta and Bandung, Indonesia. Self-report questionnaires were administered to respondents during their regular class periods. Results revealed that students’ perception of learning environment on all dimensions were significantly related to learning motivation and self-regulation in effort regulation. Students’ perception of learning environment especially task orientation dimension was significantly influenced on three dimensions of learning motivation. The result of this study also indicated that learning goal orientation and self-efficacy are the mediating variables in the relationship model. These results supported many of the hypothesized relationships. Further explanations are discussed regarding both the expected and unexpected outcomes.

Exploration of flipped classroom model in the medical laboratory English class

Specialty English of Medical Laboratory is a comprehensive and overlapping discipline and plays a major role in multiple medical courses, including Life Science, Clinical Medicine and Laboratory Medicine. However, its teaching practices are limited due to the extensive contents, scattered basic knowledge points, complexities of language learning processes and high demanding of sophisticated teaching skills. Since internet technology′s breakout and the web-based education expanding in the past decade, personalized flipped classroom has drawn considerable attention in the education field and became a hop-spot in teaching practice system. In the present study, the concepts of flipped classroom and basic characteristics of Specialty English of Medical Laboratory were elaborated, as well as the reconstructing teaching processes, exploring the concrete plan for teachers and students in undergraduate program.(Chin J Lab Med, 2017, 40: 641-642) Key words: Medical laboratory science; Foreign language curriculum; Teaching methods; Classroom teaching

Development of Listening and Linguistic Skills through the Use of a Mobile Application

The purpose of this article is to present the results of a research that was developed with eight groups of students of undergraduate programs of the Language Institute at Santiago de Cali University. The research was developed with four groups of students who used a mobile application developed jointly by foreign language professors, a software development professor and systems engineering students, as a support tool for individual practice of English level 1 (Test groups) and an equal number of groups of students who did not use the application (Control groups). No mobile applications already available in the market were used because none of them fit the sequence of topics that the course develops along the semester, thus, it was necessary to design an application tailored to the different themes, grammar and vocabulary requirements that were developed by the students. In both cases, a written test was performed at the beginning and end of the course in order to establish the benefit that the application could offer to the students in the test groups. The results indicate that the frequent use of the mobile application might have a positive impact on the development of both listening and linguistic competencies of English.

Oficinas vivenciais: reflexões sobre direitos humanos de pessoas com deficiências

Resumo Considerando o aumento da atenção para a inclusão da pessoa com deficiência na sociedade, torna-se fundamental para os futuros professores, ou seja, os alunos dos cursos de licenciatura, compreenderem como as pessoas com deficiência percebem sua vida, se ajustam, vivem o dia a dia e participam da vida em comunidade. Este trabalho se propõe a relatar as Oficinas Vivenciais do projeto "Vivenciando a Deficiência: (des)educando para incluir", realizada junto a 638 alunos matriculados na disciplina Psicologia da Educação, na Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (MG). As Oficinas foram realizadas por meio da vivência de simulação das deficiências, com os participantes se colocando no lugar do outro, com equipamentos que simulam deficiências visuais e/ou auditivas. Na avaliação final, ficou explícito o compromisso em serem multiplicadores de acessibilidade e a necessidade de disciplinas que trabalhem os Direitos Humanos, especificamente, das pessoas com deficiência para a quebra de estereótipos.

Picture Pieces Activity: An effective Team Building Strategy

Practice of Profession requires having the ability to work in teams. This is well articulated in Graduate Attribute 9 of Washington Accord. Furthermore, engineering problem solving requires multi-disciplinary skills. This necessitates the need for engineers to be able to work in multi-disciplinary teams. The challenge for academia is to make the Future Engineers to understand the need for working in teams, with multidisciplinary skills. Projects during are an important part of engineering curriculum. These projects offer learning contexts, which enhance student learning. The challenge for academia is to make the students realize the importance of Project management which is an art of managing the project and its deliverables with a view to produce finished products or service.Accomplishing this goal requires that all team and team members work together with a common Strategy and Goal. Keeping this in mind, an activity was designed in Project Management module, in a course titled Engineering Exploration. This course is designed for freshman engineering students of undergraduate program in KLE Technological University, Hubballi. Through this activity called Picture Pieces Activity, the authors have attempted to communicate to students. 1) The need to work in team in order to successfully accomplish a given task. 2) The factors that contribute to effective team execution of a project. This paper shares the details of the activity, the experiences of authors and the learnings in doing this activity.

Examination of Psychological Counselor Candidates’ University Satisfaction: The Case of Uludag University

In the present study, Uludağ University, Faculty of Education, Guidance and Psychological Counseling (GPC) undergraduate program students’ expectations and satisfaction levels regarding the services and facilities provided by the university were investigated in a sample of 354 students (227 females and 127 males). The data collected by the “Student Expectation and Satisfaction Survey of Hacettepe University” were analyzed based on the program type (Daytime and Nighttime Education) and year of study. Findings revealed that the expectation levels of students in all groups were high and satisfaction levels were medium or lower. There was no significant effect on the satisfaction level of the program type and the year of study.

ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЕ УСЛОВИЯ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ КУЛЬТУРЫ САМОСТОЯТЕЛЬНОЙ РАБОТЫ ЛИЧНОСТИ В СИСТЕМЕ НЕПРЕРЫВНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ

&lt;p&gt;The article describes the possibilities of productive study of modern pedagogy courses, individual tasks and routings in the structure of formation of competence in students of undergraduate program, those enrolled in the programs of professional development and training of highly qualified personnel (post-graduate). Refined models and conditions of use of pedagogical modeling the structure of the Pedagogy course in the models and sections of scientific knowledge identify opportunities to optimize the conditions of development of personality constructs in the formation of independent work culture. Technology system-pedagogical modeling of continuous education system determines the possibility of personalization and achievement in individual and group activities. Productivity solutions in the model of personality development, included in the system of continuous education, determine the quality of formation of culture of independent work of the individual. In different multicultural systems typology of formation of culture of independent work of the individual visualize the success of the formation of personality in the independent choice of the conditions and possibilities of becoming productive and social importance of activities and communication products. Opportunities to improve the quality of formation of independent work of the individual are defined through the use of technology of system-pedagogical modeling, guaranteeing conditions of personalization choices and products activities in the system of certain features of the individual and specific productive development. The quality of solutions of personality development problems, included in the system of continuous education, is of interest from the standpoint of traditional and innovative professional and pedagogical knowledge, as evidenced in the actualization and visualization methods and details of making the experience of domestic and foreign levels.&lt;/p&gt;

建築系複合領域分野の初学者にみる環境要素の実測・演習の導入効果

For enhancing the general level of understanding toward architectural environmental design, it is important not only for ordinal architectural students but also for architectural students in composite regions to imagine environmental elements in their design. As a first step, discovery of environmental elements in living areas was important for the introduction of understanding the relation between architectural design and environment. On the other hand, the number of composite regions in architecture becomes too large to ignore. It is worth enough to develop the educational program for architectural students in this field. In this study, as a means of addressing this issue, educational program, in which simple field measurement on thermal environment and practical exercise on ultraviolet environment was introduce for the discovery of environmental elements in living areas, had been developed and conducted for architectural beginners in composite regions. Based on the previous studies about architectural educational programs for undergraduate students, the educational program in this study is divided into some stages. In each stage, challenges and work descriptions are set to meet the minimal performance standard for the purpose of understanding and acquiring the image of environmental elements in living areas. In this program, the environmental elements comprises of three topics, outdoor thermal environment, indoor thermal environment, and ultraviolet radiation environment. Simple field measurements and practical exercises are introduced, for the purpose of discovering the image of environment elements in living areas directly by students. Each topic consists of three steps: 1) lecture, 2) simple field measurement / practical exercise, 3) report. Finally, countermeasures of the target site are proposed in a final paper by students to finish up this program. Field measurement is for thermal environment, and practical exercise is for ultraviolet radiation environment. The program was developed and conducted for 4 months (Sep.-Dec. 2013.) as part of usual didactic course, offered to third grade undergraduate students, most of them were architectural beginners, at composite regions in architecture, Otsuma Women's University, Japan. The following 6 environmental elements are treated and measured by the students; air temperature, relative humidity, wind direction, wind velocity, surface temperature, and ultraviolet radiation environment. The results confirmed that the program successfully ensured students' measurement on environmental elements in living areas, even if both the students were architectural beginners in composite regions and the contents of the program, field measurement and practical exercise, were too simple in total. The high percentage of correct answer on ultraviolet radiation environment in the before-and-after quiz also showed the possibility of students' interest enhancing the discovery on environmental elements, because all the students were women. Moreover, from the increase in number of the students' description about environmental elements in the reports and the final paper, the educational program enhanced students' discovery on environmental elements. On the other hand, some areas were highlighted for improvement with regards to the content of the lectures and reports in the program, especially on students' misunderstanding and miscalculation on environmental elements. This showed the needs of improvement in the next paper.

Health Literacy pada Mahasiswa Kesehatan, Sebuah Indikator Kompetensi Kesehatan yang Penting

Health literacy Competency is important for health students since they will be a role model for people to do healthy behavior and provide health services to the community. Previous research results in 2014 on students of Faculty of Health Sciences Dian Nuswantoro University showed 31.9% of respondents had low level of health literacy (inadequate and problematic).This research aims to design a program for intervening student health literacy. Data was collected by filling questionnaire, focused group discussion and developing SMS Gateway program. Population was second semester students of Undergraduate Program of Public Health, however the number of students who participated in this study was 82 student from three classes.The results showed low health literacy was experienced by 40.2% of respondents; it was higher than previous study because the number of respondents was bigger. In addition, there were 95.9% of respondents could not answer correctly questions of nutritional fact in NVS measurement. FGD results showed that respondents prefer to use social media and SMS Gateway to receive health messages. Health messages that they need were: reproductive health, nutrition, smoking, drugs, cosmetics, and diet. The recommendation is using social media such as Blackberry Messengers, Line, Instagram, Twitter to broadcast health messages besides SMS Gateway that has been developed. Keywords: health literacy, health student.

PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS UNTUK ANAK-ANAK

A large numbers of credits taken by college students in Undergraduate Program proved to be insufficient for their successful competition in the job market. To deal with this issue, Teacher Training Colleges and Institution provided their graduates with several professional skills related to computer and internet, foreign language learning, and other vocational skills. Some of the results of these programs are fruitful for the graduations; however, several ongoing activities need to be monitored and reviewed. Although 'Hunting Tourists' has been the trade mark of the English Tadris Department, 'Teaching Engish for the Children' which will be implemented in the few years to come, may override the previous ones because of its advantages and practical values . Kata kunci: Praktikum, pembelajaran, pendekatan, metode, strategi, teknik, bahasa Inggris, program.

The Development of Teacher Knowledge in Support of Student Mathematical Inquiry

Applying the Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching framework, we discuss the components of teacher knowledge that might be useful in supporting mathematical inquiry, and examine ways in which we strive to develop this knowledge within a middle grades mathematics program for undergraduate students who are prospective teachers. Using sample activities from multiple courses in the program, we offer general principles of instruction for supporting mathematical inquiry at all grade levels. We contend that an awareness and application of the multiple facets of mathematical knowledge for teaching can be critical to supporting mathematical inquiry across the K-16 spectrum.

The Students Satisfaction Oriented: Academic Service Improvement Strategy, Department of Aquatic Resources Management, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

Higher education institutions must have a strategy change management in the increasingly competitive business environment. A continous performance improvement should be made accordingly. This study was conducted with the case of MSP-IPB, to analyze the priority of academic services improvement which were oriented in student satisfaction. This study used a survey design. Conducted using SERVQUAL instrument with 195 active students of undergraduate program in academic year 2014/2015 as respondents. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to assess the SERVQUAL dimension that was most important to address to enhance students’ satisfaction with MSP-IPB. The finding of this study suggest that the academic service performance of MSP-IPB needs to be improved because it shows negative gap value for all service quality attributes. Priority in changes management performed is to focus on internal factors of MSP-IPB. Recommendations change management strategy as follow to make service standards for the overall education services, to build customer relationship management (CRM) system, to build the capacity of MSP-IPB through the principles of good university governance, improvement of contents curriculum, teaching materials, and changes in teaching methods and to reallocate the resources that can support the success of improving the quality of education services provided. Results from this study indicate that the university management must make changes and improvements oriented student satisfaction for facing the era of globalization and increasingly severe business challenges in the present and in the future.

The Social Space of Educational Strategies: Exploring Patterns of Enrolment, Efficiency and Completion among Swedish Students in Undergraduate Programmes with Professional Qualifications

ABSTRACTThe aim of the study was to analyse enrolment patterns, and study efficiency and completion among students in programmes with professional qualifications, using microdata from Statistics Sweden. The programmes were Architecture, Medicine, Nursing, Law, Social work, Psychology, andEngineering (year 2001–2002,n = 15,918). Using the concepts from Bourdieu’s sociology, data was analysed with Specific Multiple Correspondence Analysis. Different patterns emerged and were constructed as different dimensions of the social space of educational strategies in higher education, patterns of enrolment, efficiency, and completion. The students’ relative positions in the social structure were analysed by the type and amount of their cultural capital. The most important factors for differences between coherent intensive and scattered extensive enrolment patterns were programmes, gender, mother’s socioeconomic index, parents’ education, and type of university. Regarding efficiency, the most important factors were programme and type of university. The factors most important for graduation were gender and type of university.