Students Struggle Research Articles

A Probability-Based Model for Course Completion Prediction in Online Asynchronous Learning

The sheer scale of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), presents a significant challenge in delivering personalized learning experiences and effective student support. With vast participation numbers, it becomes difficult for instructors to track individual progress, pinpoint specific areas where students struggle, and understand the underlying reasons for failure to complete the course. This lack of individualized attention can lead to disengagement and higher dropout rates. A probability-based analysis offers a solution by generating student-specific predictions about their likelihood of completion. This empowers educators to proactively identify those at risk, tailor interventions, optimize resource allocation, and potentially improve the overall learning experience within the MOOC environment. This study focuses on developing a robust predictive framework to accurately estimate the probability of students completing an introductory programming course offered on the Open Learning Platform of the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. The approach began with a classification model to determine the likelihood of course completion. Building upon this, a regression model was developed to generate a specific probability percentage representing the chance of a student successfully completing the course within a designated time frame. Initial findings suggested that predictions from the classification model achieved the highest accuracy when students have completed approximately 42.8% of the course materials. It is anticipated that further refinements to the methodology will improve the reliability of the predictions. A crucial aspect of this research involves determining the optimal percentage of course progress needed to yield reliable probability predictions. This is investigated through systematic analysis and experimentations including incremental model testing. The dataset encompasses diverse demographic and educational variables, enabling the identification of influential factors affecting course completion. This study provides insights on developing personalized learning strategies, intervention tactics and academic planning within online asynchronous education.

Researching Decolonization: Exploring the Applicability of the Concept of Decolonization to Student Activism in Ghana

This article provides a comprehensive overview of the role university students played in the decolonization discourse in Ghana. It analyses whether or not the concept of decolonization can be used to investigate the resistance of student movements through their activism. The consciousness of student movements such as the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) of the continuous existence of forms of colonialism despite nominal independence can be seen in student struggles for socio-economic and political justice especially struggles against neocolonialism and neoliberalism from the 1960s to the early 1990s. It investigates the continuities and discontinuities of different historical conjunctures of student movements and how these fed into the wider debates on decolonization. Using a qualitative multidisciplinary approach and relying chiefly on primary sources, open-ended interviews, newspapers and archival data, this paper analyses the connection between student political activism and the concept of decolonization in Africa. The article situates student actions within decolonisation discourses in Africa by analysing student efforts to ensure the total liberation of all African states, oppose neocolonialism, and contribute to Africa’s development.

The Effect of Euphemism as Teaching Expressions on EFL University Students' Performance in Producing Vocabulary

Neglecting vocabulary hampers academic success as students struggle with comprehension, expression, and participation, impacting their university and future achievements. This study aims at Finding out the effect of Euphemism as teaching expressions on students' performance in vocabulary repertoire; Finding out the effect of Euphemism as teaching expressions on students' performance in producing vocabulary.A sample consists of 100 fourth year university students from Tikrit university. A sample has been randomly selected and divided into two equal groups, i.e., experimental and control groups. They have been equalized in age, gender, pretest, parents' academic attainment, and their previous year scores in novel. The two groups have been taught the same instructional material for twelve weeks. An achievement vocabulary posttest has been constructed, validated, its reliability obtained, its items analyzed, and then applied to the two groups of students at the end of the instructional period of the current study. The obtained results are as follows: There is statistically significant difference between the experimental and control groups in vocabulary repertoire and in favor of the experimental group;there is statistically significant difference between experimental and control groups in production of vocabulary and in favor of the latter.

Costly Barriers: A Student's Struggle With Medicaid Access.

A public health student enrolls in Medicaid, only to be unable to access the insurance for months.

Students difficulties in learning the Javanese language

Students at SMA Negeri 1 Kasiman face significant challenges in mastering the Javanese language. This research aims to pinpoint the specific difficulties encountered in Javanese language studies. The research employed a qualitative case study approach, focusing on students from SMA Negeri 1 Kasiman. Data were gathered through interviews, documentation, and questionnaires. The analysis was conducted using an interactive model, encompassing data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusions. Findings indicated that students struggle with aksara Jawa (23%), unggah-ungguh basa (21%), tembang macapat (13%), geguritan (10%), cerkak (10%), pranatacara (14%), and drama (9%). This highlights that the most challenging area is aksara Jawa, while drama poses the least difficulty. Contributing factors to these difficulties include insufficient time allocated for the subject and unengaging, uncreative, and non-innovative teaching methods and materials.

Analysis of Problem Solving Ability and Independent Learning Based On IT-Assisted PBL At Nurul Azizi Integrated Islamic Middle School

This research is crucial since students struggle with math. They want to "Analysis of Problem Solving Ability and Independent Learning Based on IT-Assisted PBL at Nurul Azizi Integrated Islamic Middle School" . This study is quantitative quasi-experimental. Fix IT issues Scholars value research and freedom. We tested eighth-graders at Nurul Azizi Integrated Islamic Middle School. Random VIII A and B have 30 students. Control and experimental groups are examined. VIIIB/VIIIA comparison. The control group employed conventional methods, while the experimental group used IT-based problem-based learning. Statistics-based research. A statistical analysis. Sample statistics predict a larger population. Parametric statistics estimates population parameters from distribution assumptions. Test a theory before experimenting. 1) Averages define typical. 2) Consistency unites. Three testable hypotheses tell or foretell. Discuss study results: Math issue-based instruction assists SMP IT Nurul 'Azizi pupils. This was expected as the experimental group scored 82.27 and the control 70. SMP IT Nurul 'Azizi's problem-based learning increases student autonomy more than conventional techniques with a 5% significance threshold (5.793>2.002) and a 2-way significant value (t-tailed) of 0.000. Compared to 74, the experimental group scored 85.83. SMP IT Nurul 'Azizi students' arithmetic problem-solving skills are linked to learning, with a 5% significant level (6.55>2.002) and 2-way t-tailed value of This study uses a two-way ANOVA with α = 0.05. At SMP IT Nurul 'Azizi, pupils' arithmetic competency was influenced by their learning model and baseline ability (p-value 0.05). This study uses a two-way ANOVA with α = 0.05. The significance threshold is 0.036, below 0.05.

Interference of prototypical geometry representations in students’ construction of concepts and development of proofs

ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of prototypical geometric representations on students’ ability to construct accurate geometric concepts and their subsequent performance in proving tasks related to those concepts. Ninety-one 11th-grade students participated in the study. We intentionally designed and utilized a questionnaire as the primary data-collection tool. We used the questionnaire items and findings as a basis for semi-structured interviews that we conducted with approximately 10% of the study participants. This allowed the integration of the quantitative and qualitative analyses, to provide a comprehensive understanding of the learning processes. Our analysis reveals that many Grade 11 students struggle with geometric concept formation due to an overreliance on prototypical examples, which in turn hinders their ability to construct proofs concerning the attributes of these concepts, highlighting the need for more diverse representations in geometry instruction.

Status and Compliance of Senior High School Voucher Program among Private Schools in NCR: A Quality Assurance Review

The Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, often known as K to 12, was introduced by Republic Act10533. The SHS voucher program is a mechanism to provide financial assistance to qualified students while also decongesting public schools and promoting partnerships with private schools. In response to the mandate of RA 10533 to expand Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (E-GASTPE), the Department of Education (DepEd) introduced the Senior High School Voucher Program. This demonstrates that condensing the 12 years of education taught around the world into 10 years of education in the Philippines has been a struggle for students and teachers seeking to meet global standards; thus, the goal of the study is to uncover implementation issues, show best practices, and recommend appropriate interventions that can improve the execution of the Senior High School Voucher Program among Metro Manila private schools. The study utilized a descriptive method of research and descriptive correlational design. The study was participated by the DepEd Officials/Employees, School Administrators, and Stakeholders. This demonstrates that condensing the 12 years of education taught around the world into 10 years of education in the Philippines has been a struggle for students and teachers seeking to meet global standards; thus, the goal of the study is to uncover implementation issues, show best practices, and recommend appropriate interventions that can improve the execution of the Senior High School Voucher Program among Metro Manila private schools.

My pronouns are fuck ICE: on the colonial gender continuum, colonial dysphoria, and loving illegality

This paper examines the role of the Multicultural Community Center (MCC) at the University of California, Berkeley in fostering inclusivity for trans-Latinx students, with a focus on Afro-Latinx and Abya Yala Indigenous students. It explores the emotional and social impacts of recognizing trans identities within educational settings, assessing how these recognitions interact with broader transgender inclusion practices. The study introduces the “Colonial Gender Continuum” framework to highlight the pervasive colonial influences on gender equity efforts, emphasizing the complex realities trans students navigate. Through detailed narratives, it reveals the intersectional challenges faced by trans Black, Indigenous, and Students of Color (BISOC), including colonial dysphoria—a profound psychological turmoil rooted in the historical and ongoing colonial impacts on gender identity. This condition exacerbates the struggles of trans students, highlighting the need for educational practices that address and rectify colonial practices in gender equity efforts.

Crisis on campus: The mental health struggles of undergraduate students

Crisis on campus: The mental health struggles of undergraduate students

THE IMPORTANCE OF WRITING AND ITS PROBLEMS AMONG STUDENTS OF SYAMSUDDHUHA ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL

The central issue addressed in this study is the students' inadequate writing skills. Writing proficiency is important for academic success across all subjects taught in Arabic. Students with poor writing abilities encounter difficulties in responding to questions that necessitate written answers in Arabic. This research aims to identify the challenges faced by students at Syamsudhuha Islamic Boarding School in mastering writing skills, to explore the factors contributing to these challenges, and to propose solutions for improving writing instruction. This study employs a descriptive survey methodology, utilizing interviews, questionnaires, and documentation as research instruments to comprehensively describe the existing issues and contributing factors. The findings reveal that students struggle with the application of nahwu and sharaf rules, limited vocabulary, lack of interest in writing. Contributing factors include static teaching methods, absence of instructional media, an ineffective language learning environment, unsystematic vocabulary distribution, and limited goals for Arabic language learning. This study suggested several solutions to these problems: providing language learning facilities and resources, enhancing the language environment, improving the quality of teaching, and incorporating systematic writing practice.

An Analysis of Japanese Verb Conjugation Errors Among Students at Universitas Harapan Medan

This study aims to identify and analyse the common verb conjugation errors among students in the Japanese Language Program at Universitas Harapan Medan. The research method utilised was the analysis of student essays, focusing on verb conjugation forms such as ~te, ~ta, ~nai, and ~nakatta. The collected data indicates that the most frequent errors occur in the ~te and ~ta forms, accounting for 43.37% and 42.17%, respectively. These findings suggest that students struggle with differentiating between positive and negative past forms. Errors in the negative forms ~nai and ~nakatta were also found at lower percentages. The results of this study indicate a need to improve the teaching methods of verb conjugation at the university.

APPLYING THE DIALOGUE METHOD IN TEACHING THE ARABIC LANGUAGE AT SMAIT AL-ARABIYAH

The Dialogue method is considered one of the most effective ways to teach Arabic, as it helps students achieve fluency in pronunciation and sentence construction. Hence, the researchers aim to implement this method in their Arabic teaching due to the struggle of students at SMAIT Al-Arabiyah with sentence construction. The research questions are: What is the process of learning Arabic using the Dialogue method at SMAIT Al-Arabiyah, and how effective is learning Arabic using the this method? The objectives of the research are to identify the process of learning Arabic through the Dialogue method at SMAIT Al-Arabiyah and to assess its effectiveness. Researchers hypothesize that the Dialogue method effectively enhances Arabic conversation skills. They employed experimental research methods and found that the application of the Dialogue method involved four sessions: an initial meeting for method explanation and pre-test, two sessions for method application, and a final session for post-test. The results showed that the method is effective, with an average pre-test score of 67.60 and a post-test score of 72.39, and a T score of 3.57. These findings indicate that this method is highly suitable for improving students' speaking abilities.

The Pandemic Classroom and Supportive Relationships: Antidote to Neoliberalism in Higher Education? 2023 Hans O. Mauksch Address for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Teaching

Research reviewed here reinforces earlier findings about the importance to higher education students of having supportive faculty. A 2022 faculty survey at a public Midwestern university demonstrates faculty awareness of student struggles during the pandemic coupled with a changing, more flexible and caring pedagogy to address student needs. Qualitative interviews in 2023 with students in the “pandemic cohort” suggest a desire for classrooms and student-faculty relationships that are at odds with the bureaucratic model of impersonality, rules and regulations, specialization, and a hierarchy of authority. What may be emerging from the pandemic is a kind of antidote to neoliberalism with an other-regarding rather than individualistic focus and a desire for connection rather than competition. Recommendations, implied by these data, for building these classrooms and supportive relationships and a discussion of the downsides of the “new normal” are presented.

Combating Student Alienation Through Assignment Design

In recent years, increased attention has been paid to mental health struggles among students, and a range of interventions have been proposed to improve student retention and learning through “trauma-engaged pedagogy” and “cultures of caring.” Drawing on the insights of affect theory, we argue that such a focus, although possibly helpful, ignores the role of alienation as a factor in student struggles. We further argue that assignment design is an overlooked and crucial site of student alienation, arguing that culturally relevant or politically inspiring readings and curricula will do little to ensure student engagement if assignments are arbitrary, artificial, and appear as simulacra of academic writing rather than as real sites of intellectual engagement. Drawing on our many years of experience as composition teachers at a community college as well as the work of colleagues and scholars and traditions of progressive pedagogy, we then suggest some criteria for assignments that foster engagement, offer lists of examples of such assignments, and outline a few of them in detail.

EnglishScore app practices: fostering EFL students’ listening skills through English test

Listening is one of the English skills that EFL students struggle with. Various English listening audio can be used as listening materials. However, doing a listening test can be an alternative to enhance listening skills. This study highlights how the EnglishScore app affects listening skills and the benefits and drawbacks of using it. A qualitative study was conducted in this research. Eighty-four EFL students who took the listening subject filled out an open-ended questionnaire using Google Forms to collect the data. Observation and documentation were also used as data collection techniques. The research findings revealed that the students practiced using the EnglishScore app at least twice to know their improvements. Most participants acknowledged that they had a good impact on their listening skills. This app provided benefits by providing various listening materials, training the students to become autonomous learners, and managing their time well. Meanwhile, the drawbacks were that there needed to be corrections or feedback, including the potential for technical problems and the need for accommodating different learning styles or the diverse proficiency levels in the classroom.

How Family Environment Affects Students' Academic Performance

Often within a school, students' academic performance always appears different. Some students do well on the exam and get high scores, but some students struggle. It has been proved that the academic performance of students is not only related to how they work at school, but also strongly relevant to factors outside school, and this can be related to many factors, for example, the IQ of students, the hard work of students at home and the environments of their family, etc. This article mainly discusses how the family environment of students impacts their academic performance. In this paper family environment has been divided into four parts: parental educational level, family income, family structure of students, and parental involvement. The paper is trying to discover do these four parts of family are related to students' study achievement. This paper searches many previous researches to support the idea. After reading and analyzing the resources, the conclusion can be that: the four parts of family environment have a certain relationship with students' academic achievement and influence from different aspects.

Students priming students for success

Introductory science courses can be a struggle for instructors and students not only because of the challenging nature of the material, but also due to differences in the background knowledge of students. Provision of pre-lecture resources reviewing or introducing key concepts is recommended to support diverse students. In this paper, we describe the iterative design, implementation, and assessment of pre-lecture PRIMERs in a large, introductory genetics course. The development of PRIMERs was conceived, driven, and performed by a student-staff team. Data over 2 years demonstrate that most students considered that PRIMERs supported their learning of the lecture material. Student comments revealed that they found the summaries and practice problems useful, and that they used PRIMERs both as lecture preparation and examination review resources. These results suggest that the students-as-partners model is an effective way to create and refine course resources.

“Fighting every step of the way”: nursing students in struggle with converging systems of power

The purpose of this study was to make legible nursing students’ efforts and aspirations as well as the industries that shape nursing education. Utilizing constructivist grounded theory, I interviewed 33 pre-licensure nursing students and recent graduates residing in California. Findings indicate that nursing students are engaged in active struggle. Nursing students internalize, perpetuate, and resist systems of oppression by mapping nursing education priorities, navigating the power dynamics of nursing programs, laboring through colonialism internalized and collectivized within cohort dynamics, and locating themselves in relation to community and future change. Nursing programs are vital sites of contestation with opportunities to expand and transgress the bounds of nursing, academia, and health care, not merely staging grounds for licensure. This study contributes to the excavation of oppressive systems, centering individual and collective student agency within the context of increasingly exploitative systems of education, nursing, and health care.

ANALISIS KESULITAN SISWA KELAS VIII DALAM MENYELESAIKAN SOAL SISTEM PERSAMAAN LINEAR DUA VARIABEL

This study examines the challenges faced by eighth-grade students at State Junior High School 1 Lahusa in solving systems of linear equations with two variables. This study aims to elucidate the challenges faced by students in solving systems of linear equations with two variables. This study is qualitative and employs a descriptive methodology. The participants in this study were 24 eighth-grade students from SMP Negeri 1 Lahusa. Data analysis process include data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. Interviews and tests are data collection procedures that are used. The research findings indicate that 25% of students struggle with idea generation, 50% have difficulty understanding the topic, and 25% find it challenging to do calculations. The challenges arise from students' lack of accurate understanding of problem-solving strategies and skills. Conclusively, 8th-grade students at SMP Negeri 1 Lahusa have the greatest challenge in understanding issues. This study suggests that teachers' instructional design should aim to provide a question-and-answer forum to address students' challenges.