Students In Different Classes Research Articles

Exploring the characteristics of the cadets’ learning network under military education

Military academy education is a part of university education. This study aims to explore the characteristics and achievements of the learning network for military academies students in Taiwan order to understand the main reasons for the differences and to identify special students. Moreover, this study analyzed the social network to explain the patterns of the students’ learning network. The findings are as follows. (1) An extensively connected learning network exists among the students of different classes. Students who comply with social norms have close relationships and interact frequently with each other. (2) Different cognition of social norms is the main reason leading to differences among students in their learning network and performance. Compliance with social norms is effectively conducive to the access and sharing of knowledge and improvement of learning performance. (3) The academic performances of those who have aloof relationships with their peers are polarized with either extreme good or extreme poor, and most of them comply with no notice or reflect the behavior of rejecting social norms. The academic contribution can support administrator as an important reference for planning education strategy.

What difference does one course make? Assessing the impact of content-based instruction on students’ sustainability literacy

Composition studies, with their cross-disciplinary role in students’ academic lives, can be essential in placing sustainability at the center of students’ learning. This research assessed the impact of content-based instruction on students’ sustainability literacy in a first-year composition course through a mixed-method design. In the quantitative part of this case study, 221 students in different classes of a first-year writing course in a higher education institute in Kuwait during the Fall term of 2022 were first given a pretest to determine their sustainability literacy levels. During a 6-week period, 121 students participated in the content-based instruction emphasizing sustainability, while 100 students comprised the control group, receiving curriculum without any emphasis on sustainability. The allocation of students in these two groups was random, determined solely by the classes they were enrolled in at the beginning of the semester. At the end of the semester, both the experimental and control groups were given a posttest to measure the impact of the instruction on their sustainability literacy levels. For the qualitative component, 60 students from the experimental group and 60 students from the control group were tasked with composing an essay identifying Kuwait’s major sustainability challenges and proposing corresponding solutions. The impact of content-based instruction on students’ literacy levels was measured by conducting a qualitative and quantitative content analysis on their writing. The results showed that the experimental group students made statistically significant improvements in their sustainable literacy levels, scored better on the posttest, used more sustainability terms and concepts, and identified more sustainability-related challenges and solutions in their essays.

Assessing the Professionalism Levels of Undergraduate Medical Students at a Medical College.

Objectives: To evaluate the professionalism of medical students at Bahria University Medical and Dental College (BUMDC), at the same it will let us know the range of differences among students in different classes (1-5 years). Methodology: It was a cross-sectional study conducted on 583 students of BUMDC, ranging from 1st year to 5th year (academic session 2021-2022). A validated tool was utilized to collect data. The tool assessed 6 aspects of professionalism: excellence, respect for others, altruism, duty, accountability, honor, and integrity, using a 5-point Likert scale. Results: The results indicated a notable variance in the overall professionalism score (p=0.000), altruism (p=0.000), duty (p=0.000), accountability (p=0.000), excellence (p=0.000), honor and integrity (p=0.000), and respect for others (0.001) based on the clinical status of students. Conclusion: It is evident from the study that the level of professionalism among the graduating 5th year class is significantly below the ideal standard. Additionally, it is concerning to observe a notable decline in professionalism from 1st year to 5th year medical students. It is crucial to educate medical students on all essential skills required to deliver top-notch healthcare services efficiently during their practice. Key Words: Professionalism, medical students, undergraduate, attitude, behavior.

The Relationship Between Cumulative Ecological Risk and Problematic Smartphone Use Among Chinese College Students: Based on Latent Profile Analysis

The aim of the current study is to explore the number of classes of cumulative ecological risk with latent profile analysis. Furthermore, the relationships between the classes of cumulative ecological risk and problematic smartphone use (PSU) among 2050 Chinese college students were researched. The results showed that there are four latent classes of cumulative ecological risk among college students, namely, low risk - medium peer relationship risk group, medium risk - high belonging risk group, high identity risk - very high friend conflict risk group and high risk group, accounting for 11.71%, 30.54%, 9.75% and 48.00%, respectively. The number of the high risk group is the largest with the highest family risk, school risk, peer risk and social risk. The students in the medium risk - high belonging risk group have a particularly high risk of belonging, which should be paid attention to. The students in the low risk - medium peer relationship risk group are with a low level of ecological risk. The high identity risk - very high friend conflict risk group have the fewest students, indicating that only a few students have high school identity risk and very high risk of friend conflict. In addition, cumulative ecological risk is significantly positively correlated with PSU, and the PSU level of the high risk group is significantly higher than that of other groups. These findings indicate that there is considerable heterogeneity in cumulative ecological risk, and there is different correlation between cumulative ecological risk and PSU among college students. The current study not only enriches the biological ecological model, showing that the combined action of multiple ecological risks has a greater impact on PSU, but also provides a basis for classified intervention of college students of different classes.

Speech units as an educational subject

Teaching and learning are two basic processes underlying the activity of students and teachers nowadays. The learning process puts both parties toward each other,what it teaches, and what it takes, the teacher and the student. Today training students to teach themselves, and their education, equipping them with the skills of independent work with the most advanced methods of conscious, sustainable, active, and creative learning takes great importance. The purpose of this topic is to know the importance of usage of all skills during a lesson hour. The teacher is free to use a variety of methods and strategies for teaching and learning to suit the needs of students in different classes. He combines these methods during the learning process and adapts according to the increasing development of linguistic competence and independence of student development, the consistency of this process. Teaching has at its center the method of communication, task-based methods, functional methods, and situations as real life, etc. These methods are realized through various strategies and techniques, according to language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing). Teachers and students collaborate on the organization of teaching and learning. To facilitate teaching/learning, the teacher finds efficient ways to organize communication activities and provides and suggests source materials for students. In contemporary teaching, the teacher does not only play the role of teacher but also plays the role of supervisor. Together they establish cooperative relations in the process of learning.The teacher clarifies the students and takes their understanding of what happens in the classroom. This means clarifying the rules of the line of work and the responsibilities of students in the process of activities. The teacher suggests and provides the use of audiovisual means, electronic, and helps students to use various forms of information technology within and outside the classroom. It gives students the website in accordance with their age and educational requirements. In teaching, an hour should be applied to all four language skills strategies, but they escalate from level to level depending on the objectives. Setting the students in the spotlight makes the student participate actively in linguistic interaction, preparing them for a new phase of their education or being able to face the demands of the labor market.

Study of Listening Discrimination in Korean University Students

A listening experiment was conducted with 68 students of Chung Ang University in Seoul, South Korea. Most of the students were from the Department of English Education. This experiment was performed in a classroom with different classes of students. The goal of the experiment was to determine how well Korean students could discriminate the sounds of five English minimal pairs. The five minimal pairs tested were the following: light/right, sad/said, suffer/supper, pull/pool, and it/eat. Students had to choose the minimal pair which they heard and circle it on their piece of paper. Each minimal pair was listed five times for a total of 25 utterances. The author read the words on the list from start to finish a total of two times to ensure that students heard each word clearly.

A recommendation system for effective learning strategies: An integrated approach using context-dependent DEA

Universities have been focusing on increasing individualized training and providing appropriate education for students. The individual differences and learning needs of college students should be given enough attention. From the perspective of learning efficiency, we establish a clustering hierarchical progressive improvement model (CHPI), which is based on cluster analysis and context-dependent data envelopment analysis (DEA) methods. The CHPI clusters students' ontological features, employs the context-dependent DEA method to stratify students of different classes, and calculates measures, such as obstacles, to determine the reference path for individuals with inefficient learning processes. The learning strategies are determined according to the gap between the inefficient individual to be improved and the individuals on the reference path. By the study of college English courses as an example, it is found that the CHPI can accurately recommend targeted learning strategies to satisfy the individual needs of college students so that the learning of individuals with inefficient learning processes in a certain stage can be effectively improved. In addition, CHPI can provide specific, efficient suggestions to improve learning efficiency comparing to existing recommendation systems, and has great potential in promoting the integration of education-related researches and expert systems.

Project-Based Learning Approach and Its Impact for the Pancasila Student Profile Strengthening Project

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of the project-based learning approach on the implementation of the Pancasila student profile strengthening project. This research uses a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques in this study with; 1) Interview method addressed to the grade 4 teacher of karawang district driving school, 2) Documentation method, and 3) observation method. In this study, it was stated that inthe nature of the project activities to strengthen the profile of pancasila students in addition to fostering the character of the pancasila student profile, students also have good interactions with fellow students and with their teachers. In the implementation of the project carried out, students are required to work together and discuss each other so that there is an in-depth interaction between students in different classes; this has an impact on student socialization which is more diverse and widespread.

The Effect of Project Based Blended Learning Towards Negotiation Text Writing Ability Moderated by Learning Motivation

This study aims to examine the effect of Project-Based Blended Learning on the ability to write negotiating texts moderated by the role of learning motivation. This experimental study involved 60 students in different classes where 30 people are in the control group and 30 others are in the experimental group. The data in this study are obtained from the results of the pretest and posttest to assess the ability of negotiating texts. The collected data is analyzed using the Anova test. Before being analyzed, the researcher tested the instrument and tested the classical assumptions. The test results show that all instrument items are valid and reliable. All data are known to meet the classical assumption test. The results of hypothesis testing indicate that learning motivation is able to moderate the relationship between project-based blended learning and the ability to write negotiating texts. Teachers are advised to apply project-based blended learning with more intensity to be applied in learning. For further researchers, it is possible to integrate this learning model into learning activities to measure the improvement of other students' abilities.

Course timetable optimization for a university teaching building considering the building energy efficiency and time-varying thermal perception of students

Building energy efficiency and time-varying thermal perception of students are usually less considered when arranging courses, which can lead to energy wastage and student discomfort. In order to achieve carbon neutrality in university buildings, this study aimed to optimize the course timetable by considering the building energy efficiency and students’ time-varying thermal perception. First, the thermal perceptions of students in different classes were investigated using questionnaires and indoor and outdoor thermal environments were monitored. Then, different thermal environment scenarios were established based on survey data. Finally, a co-simulation model was established to optimize the course timetable of a teaching building during the autumn semester. The following results were obtained: (1) The course timetable optimization that considered both building energy efficiency and time-varying thermal comfort could achieve 16.9% energy savings. (2) When time-varying thermal perceptions were considered, more courses were arranged in the first class during the afternoon because the heating set-point temperature was relatively low. (3) An increasing amount of energy would be saved through course timetable optimization as the thermal comfort level decreased; however, the increase in the energy-saving rate decreased. (4) During the months with low outdoor temperatures, the energy-saving effect achieved by course timetable optimization was more notable.

Educational Tools and Interventional Analysis of Meaningful Learning: Case Studies Applied to Teaching Acoustic Physics in the Discipline of Environmental Comfort

It is of fundamental importance the mastery of Physics contents for the understanding of Acoustic Comfort. In this sense, it is up to the teacher to become aware of students’ prior knowledge, to give a new meaning to the cognitive structures that make it possible to transform their difficulties into learning potential. In this work, educational teaching/learning interventions were developed and focused on the Theory of Meaningful Learning. These case studies were carried out with several students in different classes in the same program. In addition to the pre- and post-intervention questionnaire, Computational Educational Tools were used in order to assess the previous concepts and the effectiveness and efficiency of the provided pedagogical intervention. Satisfactory results were obtained with a reduction of about 250% in terms of alternative conceptions to the scientific knowledge previously detected in the participating volunteer students. The analysis was based on the approach of Ausubel and collaborators’ Meaningful Learning theories, contextualized to the content of Acoustic Physics and applied in the classes of the Environmental Comfort course in the Civil Engineering and Civil Construction Technology programs from 2012 to 2018.

The Application and its Effects of Lecture Method in the Teaching Process at A Foundation University in Turkey

In this study, an application used in a lecture at a university was tried to be explained and the effects, thoughts, feelings, and criticisms that occurred in the students as a result of this application were tried to be determined. The steps of the developed application are as follows; the determination of the lesson objectives before the lesson by the teacher, the preparation of the evaluation questions for each lesson objective, the teacher’s entering the lesson by directing the evaluation questions to the students at the beginning of the lesson, making a short conversation about the answers given by the students to the evaluation questions, reminding students of the evaluation questions asked at the beginning of the lesson and enabling them to create answers again, comparing the first answers to the evaluation questions with the last answers, and enabling the students to see the differences between the answers. Qualitative research designs were used in the study. The required data were collected through analyzing the answers given to the questions of a semi-structured evaluation form based on the developed application from 73 students in different classes and courses from the education faculty of a foundation university in the 2019-2020 semester. The application was received positively by the majority of the students and their interest in the lectures increased. In addition, there were statements that the students were excited and had fun with the application, and they thought that the application should be expanded.

Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Kanuni Kampüsü'nün Okunabilirliği

Physical environments that are perceivable and readable help the users to reach their destinations without getting lost on the one hand and cause them to internalize the environments in which they reside and to identify themselves with the environments on the other. This study discusses the notion of “readability” of the campus settlements that have multifunctionality, open and closed areas, etc. The study employed Lynch’s mind mapping method, and the Kanuni Campus of Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) was chosen as the pilot area and its readability was investigated.The study consists of three sections. The first section is a literature review on readability, image, mind maps, and Lynch’s image elements. In the second section of the study, the maps drawn by the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students of the Department of Architecture were transformed into a separate mind map for each class. The third section presents the analyses. The study exposed the similarities and differences in the mind maps of the students in different classes. Based on the results The readability of a campus is an important design problem in campus design. While doing this, the designer should organize the image elements that create a strong image effect in everyone.

Students’ preference for grading rules: The role of ratio bias

Ratio bias exists if people perceive the likelihood of an event to be greater when it is presented as a ratio with large numbers (e.g., 10 in 100) than when it is presented as a ratio with small numbers (e.g., 1 in 10). This study shows the prevalence of ratio bias by examining students’ preference for grading rules at a college that uses a relative grading system. The study was conducted in an institution allowing instructors who teach multiple classes of the same course to grade students as if they are enrolled in a single class by pooling students of different classes (pooled grading, or PG). The other (default) alternative was to grade students separately based on each class (separate grading, or SG). We find that students strongly prefer PG to SG, which indicates that students’ preferences are affected by ratio bias. We also find that preference for PG is not affected by gender, but older students are less likely to choose PG than younger ones. Lastly, by conducting an additional experiment, we confirmed that students’ preference for grading rules in the original survey is not likely to be affected by overconfidence or social bias, nor could it be affected by the type of questionnaires.

MEASURING STUDENT’S LOGICAL REASONING SKILLS OF CHINESE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL USING RASCH MEASUREMENT MODEL

This study aims to develop an evaluation tool to evaluate the overall logical reasoning core literacy skill and understand the differences in logical reasoning skills between students of different classes and genders. The quality of the developed evaluation tool is tested and optimized based on the Rasch model. The measured sample data are processed and analyzed by winsteps software and SPSS software. 122 senior three students from different classes were evaluated by the developed logical reasoning literacy level evaluation tool with good reliability and validity. It was found that the overall logical reasoning skills of senior high school students was concentrated in Level II, and some students could reach Level III; there are obvious differences in the level of logical reasoning skills between the experimental class and the ordinary class. The overall level of the experimental class is higher than that of the ordinary class; there is little difference in the distribution of male and female at the low level, but compared with male, female' literacy Level Is obviously limited after reaching a certain level, so it is difficult to break through and rise to the third level.

Investigation of online teaching in pre-medical and basic medical phases during the prevention and control of COVID-19 pandemic

Objective To evaluate the online teaching for undergraduates at the pre-medical and basic medicine stage in Peking University Health Science Center during COVID-19 pandemic period and to provide reference for improving the quality of online teaching. Methods Self-designed questionnaire was used in this study. A total of 105 five-year program undergraduates of clinical medicine and eight year program of basic medicine at the education stages of pre-medicine and basic medicine and 10 teachers were selected from February 24 to March 1, 2020.The comparison between online teaching and traditional teaching in terms of strengthens and weakness was implemented. The data were analyzed by Fisher's exact test. Results Compared with the traditional teaching, 37.1% (39/105) of the students and 6 teachers considered that the effect of online teaching was equal to traditional teaching and 39.0% (41/105) of the students and 3 teachers thought that the teacher's in teaching plan document was 125% higher than that in traditional teaching and 35.2% (37/105), 19.1% (20/105), 4.8% (5/105) of the students and 3, 2 and 1 teachers thought that in online teaching environment, the classroom interaction decreased to 75%, 50% and 25% respectively. There was no significant difference between students and teachers in the evaluation of the adequacy of lesson preparation and the effect of classroom interaction (all P > 0.05). Teachers listed three advantages of online teaching as the feasibility of reviewing after class, the teaching time and place were more flexible and the students in different classes were able to join the course simultaneously; Teachers listed three difficulties of online teaching as barrier to implement the training of lab experiment, surgical operation and other clinical skills, the network is sometimes stuck, and students' learning situation were not able to be followed. There were 63.8% (67/105) of the students and 8 teachers thought that online teaching was a complementary pathway for traditional teaching at moment. Conclusions In the online teaching, the teachers are better prepared for the lesson, but the classroom interaction is not as good as that in traditional pathway. The current teaching mode should still be based on traditional pathway and online teaching function as a complementary technology to traditional teaching.

APPLICATION OF NATIONAL MOVEMENT GAMES IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES

This article provides a range of information and guides on how to teach movement games to schoolchildren of all ages and ensure their effective and healthy growth. In addition, teachers were instructed to organize different movement games for different classes of students from time to time during the lesson.

Alleviate the contending issues in network operating system courses: Psychomotor and troubleshooting skill development with Raspberry Pi

Abstract Despite the growing popularity of network operating system courses in vocational high schools, issues have been raised regarding the lack of appropriate computer hardware specifications and the limited use of real networking devices. The media that have been used in teaching network operating systems have been based on virtualization-based simulation. However, such virtualization does not expose students to real hardware. This results in less than optimal hands-on activities and students’ psychomotor abilities. Consequently, alternative authentic media are needed to accommodate practical learning and improve psychomotor skills. The aim of this study is to explore the implementation of a single-board microcomputer in learning network operating systems. The Raspberry Pi was chosen as it can replace the role of a non-simulation PC. The choice of Raspberry Pi was also based on the fact that in Indonesia it is still rare to find its implementation for teaching and learning activities in vocational high school, so it is necessary to introduce the device to students. The operating system used by the Raspberry Pi is similar to Ubuntu, which is one of the network operating systems that must be mastered by vocational IT students. The research made a comparison between the two learning media as employed by two groups of students in different classes, one using virtualization-based simulation and the other using the Raspberry Pi. Based on the results, it is concluded that the use of the Raspberry Pi is more effective than that of virtualization-based simulation in improving students’ psychomotor and troubleshooting skills.

İyi Sınıf Öğretmeni Özelliklerine Yönelik Öğrenci, Öğretmen ve Veli Görüşleri: Bir Temel Nitel Çalışma

Bu çalışmada alan yazında nitelikli, yeterli sınıf öğretmeni, toplumsal bağlamda iyi sınıf öğretmeni olarak tanımlanan öğretmenlik alanına ilişkin “iyi” olma özelliğinde belirleyici olan görüşlerin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda derinlemesine bilgi edinmek amacıyla araştırmada, Temel Nitel Çalışma Modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, Mersin ilinde 4. sınıflarda öğrenim gören 31 öğrenci, bu okullarda görev yapan 16 sınıf öğretmeni ve farklı sınıflarda öğrencileri bulunan 28 öğrenci velisi oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada, iyi sınıf öğretmeni özelliklerini belirlemek amacıyla, elverişli örneklem yöntemiyle seçilmiş öğrenci, sınıf öğretmeni ve velilerin “Sizce iyi bir sınıf öğretmeni hangi özelliklere sahip olmalıdır?” sorusunu cevaplandırmaları sağlanmıştır. Çalışmada, öğrenci, öğretmen ve velilerin tamamının yüksek katılım gösterdiği iyi sınıf öğretmenine ilişkin ortak görüşün “öğrenciyi seven” ifadesi olduğu görülmüştür. Diğer en yüksek katılım gösterilen ifade ise özellikle öğretmen ve velilerin üzerinde durduğu “donanımlı (bilgili)” ifadesi olmuştur. Sonuç olarak, öğrenciyle empati kurabilen, onlarla arkadaş olan, dersi aktif ve eğlenceli hale getiren ve öğrenmeyi artırabilmek için gerekli donanım ve bilgiye sahip öğretmen özelliklerinin, iyi sınıf öğretmeni algısında önemli oranda belirleyici olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

The application of ICT learning through Hippani: the effects on mathematical reasoning ability

The use of ICT in learning mathematics is not something new in order to maximize students’ mathematical abilities, especially in this modern era of industrial revolution 4.0. One of the mathematical abilities that focus on students’ development is mathematical reasoning ability. Based on this, the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of ICT learning that developed through Hippani Animator Software on students’ mathematical reasoning abilities. This is a quasi-experimental study with non-equivalent control group design involving 72 students in different classes. Learning in the experimental class was carried out using ICT conducted in computer laboratories while in the control class did not use ICT learning. The experimental class was given a treatment using ICT, while the control class was given a conventional method but with the same mathematical reasoning abilities. The research was conducted for grade VII students at the Public Islamic Junior High School called State of Madrasah Tsanawiyah (MTsN) 3 Kuningan to introducing statistical data presentation. The results showed that the mathematical reasoning ability of the experimental class was better than control class. It indicates that the use of ICT in mathematics learning is effective in developing students’ reasoning abilities.