Students Of Different Majors Research Articles

Reform and Practice of Blended Teaching for “Preventive Medicine” Course Based on the “SPOC+BOPPPS” Model under the OBE Concept

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of blended teaching for the “preventive medicine” course based on the “SPOC+BOPPPS” model under the OBE concept. Methods: A questionnaire survey was used to evaluate students' satisfaction with blended teaching, scores of various examinations and comprehensive ability. The two-sample independent rank sum test was used to evaluate whether there were differences in scores of various tasks and various abilities among students of different majors. Results: More than 90% of students are satisfied with this teaching reform, with a median overall rating of 10 points for the course. Students have high scores in formative and summative assessments, with median scores exceeding 80 points. Students' comprehensive abilities are generally excellent, with a median score of 4 for all abilities. Conclusion: Under the concept of OBE, the student's satisfaction with the “SPOC+BOPPPS” model applied to the blended teaching of preventive medicine is higher, and the overall teaching effect is good.

Navigating Diverse Career Paths: Students’ Perception on Career Counseling Need in Islamic Universities

This research aims to explore the needs of career counseling services for students in different majors in Islamic universities, and identify how these services can be tailored to meet their unique needs. A mixed-methods approach was used to collect and analyze data from undergraduate students in diverse majors at an Islamic university in Kendari. The study found that students in certain majors require more specific counseling, such as information on job market trends and technical skills development. Additionally, the study suggests that career counseling services can be tailored to meet the specific needs of students in diverse majors by providing specialized workshops and networking events, as well as spiritual counseling and guidance. Providing a combination of in-person and online resources can also be highly beneficial for students' career development. The findings of this study can inform the development of more effective and tailored career counseling services for students in Islamic universities, and help ensure that graduates are well-prepared for the job market and can make meaningful contributions to society.

Students' Preferences Regarding Scientific Clubs at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

The purpose of the research was to comprehensively discuss the areas of scientific interest of students in the various majors at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at UWM in Olsztyn and to identify what activities they find most useful. The research was conducted by a diagnostic survey method using a questionnaire sheet. The survey shows that the scientific clubs at the Faculty of Economic Sciences correspond to the interests of students. Moreover, students indicated that the benefits and activities offered by the clubs are attractive and in line with their expectations. The activities provided by these organizations enable them to develop and achieve the goals they set while participating in the study clubs. The results of the study may contribute to the preparation of a better offer of scientific clubs at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at UWM in Olsztyn so that it is attractive and meets the needs of students of different majors as well as possible.

Supporting the Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence Applications in Universities – A Research Based on Students Opinions

Purpose: The purpose of the research was to identify a feasible way to support the ethical use of AI in universities based on identifying how the AI software application ChatGPT is used in education at higher education institutions and with students in different majors. Study design/methodology/approach: The research methodology consisted of the following stages: (1) a survey based on a questionnaire designed considering the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) framework to collect students’ opinions on the use of AI ChatGPT; (2) The results of the survey were used to design the materials of the AI Transmedia Campaign, but also to identify the best distribution channels of them; (3) After implementing the AI Transmedia Campaign, a feedback survey was developed, ascertaining the effectiveness of the approach to create an ethical behaviour towards the AI software application in general, and on AI ChatGPT, in particular. Findings: Research shows a gap in regulating the ethical use of AI applications in higher education. Thus, the AI Transmedia Campaign has been well received and appreciated by all categories of students. Originality/value: The research is international and was carried out in higher education institutions in Romania, Greece, and Slovenia (the size of the research sample, 2942, proves the scope of the study). The research results have demonstrated and characterised the students’ behaviour (the cognitive response and the intention to use) towards the use of AI ChatGPT and the utility of the AI Transmedia Campaign realised in the context of the implementation of the RespectNET project (2021-1-IT02-KA220-HED-000027578, https://respectnet.eu/).

The construction of competency training mechanism model for tourism undergraduates based on grounded theory.

The motivation of this paper is to solve the problem of tourism majors' lack of theoretical knowledge and professional ability by building a capacity training mechanism model based on grounded theory. The goal of the study is to optimize the ability training strategies of tourism undergraduates and improve their professional quality and competitiveness. The paper adopts the ability training model based on grounded theory, and combines with Back Propagation (BP) neural network for optimization and evaluation. By comparing the performance of different ability training mechanisms, this paper explores the best training strategies to provide support and guidance for the training of tourism undergraduates. Firstly, the employment background of the current market is studied and analyzed. By sorting out the relevant documents of grounded theory and combining with the current training strategies of tourism majors, the students' personality characteristics and the basic principles of establishing models are integrated. The Back Propagation (BP) neural network is combined with the grounded theory. The data input of the student ability model is re-optimized. The undergraduate competency training mechanism model is constructed. The results show that when the number of iterations of the network model is 500.00, the evaluation accuracy of the competency training model based on BP neural network can reach 70.00%. At this time, the evaluation accuracy of competency training model based on content analysis method is only 55.00%. In addition, the results show that with the increase of model iterations, the recognition accuracy of the ability model based on grounded theory and the ability training mechanism of content analysis method is continuously improved. However, the ability evaluation model based on grounded theory has higher accuracy, and the accuracy of ability evaluation even exceeds 78.52% when the number of iterations of the network model is 600. Secondly, through the statistics and comparison of the grading results of students of different majors, it is found that the ability training mechanism based on grounded theory can improve the overall ability level of students more significantly. The research has important reference value for promoting the optimization and perfection of students' training strategies.

Designing learning experiences on climate change for undergraduate students of different majors

Education about climate change faces an evolution of the knowledge, and universities should respond with innovative learning processes. As facilitators can adapt to these changes, they will be able to improve learning experiences for students. In this work, learning experiences about climate change were evaluated in undergraduate students without engineering background, as function of the size of the group, duration of the course, gamification activities and technology and virtual tools experiences. The implementation of these activities in the intensive 5-week course focused on climate change education has revealed valuable insights into student motivation, attitude, knowledge acquisition, and engagement. Notably, students’ trust in information sources about climate change exhibited variations, with global organizations garnering higher confidence compared to local and personal sources. In a 15-week course exposed to virtual tools (e.g. escape room), the diagnostic test highlighted a 53% understanding level, particularly challenging in numeric aspects. However, the escape room significantly improved results in the final exam, demonstrating a 93% correctness rate, emphasizing the effectiveness of the activities in reinforcing key climate change concepts. On the other hand, the emergence of climate change-themed escape room as an engagement tool demonstrated its potential in enhancing knowledge acquisition and cooperative learning. In addition, Escape room offered an immersive environment that encourages active participation, enabling students to grasp complex climate concepts and solutions more effectively. The study underscores that climate education should go beyond facts, emphasizing universities’ crucial role in nurturing the “climate change generation” with the knowledge and motivation for meaningful contributions to climate action and policy formulation.

Research on Curriculum Design of Data Mining in Different Majors

With the increasing attention paid to the application value of big data, data mining has become an important major course not only in big data, computer and information technology, but also in most majors in colleges and universities. This course involves the explanation of classic algorithms of data mining as well as the application of classical algorithms of data mining, so it usually has both theoretical and practical hours in the composition of teaching form. Because of the differences in the knowledge structure of students in different majors, there should be differences in the theoretical teaching and practical teaching design of data mining courses among different majors. The teaching content should be selected according to the characteristics and needs of students in different majors, and should also consider the development and trends of big data technology. In addition, in order to improve the teaching quality and effectiveness of data mining courses, it is also necessary to use modern teaching methods and technologies to support teaching, such as online teaching resources, flipped classroom teaching, etc. In short, it is necessary to carry out targeted teaching design for data mining courses in different majors to match the basic situation of students in different majors, ensure better teaching effect and play a better role in different fields of specialization.

Exploring Japanese Values Education from a Cultural Perspective

Abstract Cultural patterns, through the process of socialization, determine the national identity of a nation and influence the way of thinking, value orientation, and behavior of individuals. In this paper, we analyze Japanese values education from the dimensions of “group”, “interpersonal”, and “self”. The information mining algorithm based on web logs is used to establish a correlation matrix of Japanese learners’ values, and the values of Japanese learners are clustered according to the similarity of access subgraphs between the correlation matrices. During the period, the ID3 algorithm is used under the decision tree to eliminate the gap in metric size between clustering subgroups and achieve spatial division of learners’ value types. The three critical dimensions of Japanese values education and their sub-dimensions were empirically analyzed, and the F-values of the three dimensions of values for students of different majors were 0.265, 0.431, and 0.078, respectively, with P-values of 0.05 or higher, so there was no significant difference in the perception of values among students of different majors. In the value analysis of “self” sub-dimension, the descriptive statistics mean prestige, economy, and society values are 4.3592, 4.249, and 3.8696 respectively, which are all above 3. The value of education in Japanese universities is practical.

A Study on the Enhancement of English Proficiency of Contemporary College Students by Intercultural Communication in the Background of the Internet

Abstract The process of English learning is closely related to the process of intercultural communication. This paper addresses the problem of quantifying the intercultural communication ability of college students, designs the dimensions of intercultural competence, establishes the factor indicators of intercultural competence, and constructs a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method for the assessment of intercultural competence. A regression model is created to investigate the correlation between achievement and English proficiency. The nonparametric model of principal component analysis is used to optimize the problem of the stratification effect of general local linear regression, and the principal component-based local linear regression method (PC-LLR) is proposed. The second-year undergraduate students of different majors in X university were selected as the research subjects, and an overall assessment of intercultural communication competence was made to explore the differences among different student groups. Based on the correlation analysis between intercultural competence and English proficiency, PC-LLR regression analysis was launched. The Beta value interval of the regression was [0.0535, 5.0292], all of which were positive, and the four variables of knowledge, attitude, skill, and awareness had a positive predictive effect on the dependent variable. Intercultural knowledge has a relatively high Beta value, which makes it a strong predictor of English proficiency.

Learning burnout of college learners and countermeasures analysis in the context of Chinese normal university

The research purpose of this study is to explore the status and causes of learning burnout among college students and dig out the countermeasures of solving this issue. The study takes 400 students of different majors, grades and genders from three normal universities as subjective in Southwest China, and the questionnaires including demographic information, learning burnout status, learning burnout causes were distributed to them, finally, 395 valid questionnaires were collected. Using IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0 software for statistical analysis (T-test), the results shows that there exists the phenomenon of learning burnout among university students, and there are significant differences in learning burnout in terms of gender, grade and major; Meanwhile, through regression analysis, it can be seen that each factor has different degrees of influencing the learning burnout, so the accordingly countermeasures are suggested. The study is hoped to put forward some countermeasures for learning burnout, so that it is better service the educational quality.

Career Adaptability of Students at Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City

This study elucidates the career adaptability of students at Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), through the analysis of survey data consisting of 380 samples collected in 2023. The data was gathered using a combination of quota sampling and convenience sampling methods. The theoretical foundation of this research is based on Savickas’ (2005) model of career adaptability [1]. The data analysis methods employed include descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, reliability testing using Cronbach’s Alpha, One-way ANOVA, and T-Test, all conducted using SPSS software. The study focuses on third-year students and above, from six member schools of VNU-HCM. The results indicate that VNU-HCM students scored highest on future orientation and lowest on confidence. Among the 23 indicators of career adaptability, the highest average scores were observed in the areas of personal responsibility, concern for future careers, and the acquisition of new skills. Conversely, the indicators with the lowest average scores included planning to achieve goals, confidence in overcoming life's obstacles, and confidence in problem-solving. To enhance the career adaptability of VNU-HCM students, the study emphasizes the need for educators, counselors, and policymakers to support students in career planning; building self-esteem; enhancing decision-making skills; and fostering optimism. Additionally, there should be increased support for building student confidence to overcome obstacles and solve problems. Attention should also be given to differences in career adaptability among students of different majors, academic performance levels, and the positive, significant impact of part-time work on enhancing career adaptability for VNU-HCM students.

KRT高阶动态双向教学模式及其在《卫生法学》中的应用

This article explores, summarizes and inducts the KRT advanced dynamic bidirectional teaching mode and its application in “Health Law”. The research shows that this new teaching mode, which integrates advanced teaching, dynamic teaching and bidirectional teaching, has significant advantages in cultivating students' advanced thinking ability, promoting self-directed learning, updating teaching content and improving learning interest. However, there are also some areas that need improvement, such as optimizing the operation interface of online teaching platforms and tools, balancing the depth and breadth of teaching content to meet the needs of students in different majors. Further optimizing and perfecting the KRT teaching mode is of great significance and value for cultivating students' advanced thinking ability and practical ability in the field of health law.

A survey on college students’ cybersecurity awareness and education from the perspective of China

As people increasingly rely on information and communication technology (ICT), a variety of cyber security issues are emerging, making improving cyber security awareness (CSA) an important topic. This quantitative study focuses on a group of college students from eight local public universities in China (n=1710) and aims to investigate their CSA and education levels using a 32-question questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and cross analysis were used to analyze the current situation related to cybersecurity in college. The results showed that nearly 50% of students spend more than four hours online, with female students spending more online time than males. Smartphones are currently the most popular devices, and spam is the most common issue they encounter. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, and One-way ANOVA test were used to analyze the levels of CSA and education. For CSA, all students are still weak in their password practices. Male students have higher CSA levels in usage habit related to device and HTTP use, but female students perform better in social media. Majors do not make a significant difference in CSA, and freshmen perform better than juniors in device and HTTP application. Regarding cybersecurity education, almost all students believe that colleges need to strengthen information security education. Male students are more familiar with cybersecurity laws, and there are differences in the education methods chosen by students in different majors. Students majoring in computer-related fields prefer more specialized knowledge. This study not only provides valuable insights into the prevailing state of CSA among college students but also offers effective recommendations for enhancing cybersecurity education practices in colleges. The findings underscore the importance of addressing weaknesses in password practices and emphasize the need for comprehensive educational approaches that encompass various facets of cybersecurity. Institutions should consider tailoring their instructional strategies to meet the unique needs of students from diverse academic disciplines. Moreover, fostering awareness of cybersecurity laws and regulations is crucial for all students, regardless of their major.

Motivation for learning English of Thu Dau Mot University’ students

This paper aims to identify the English-learning motivation of Thu Dau Mot University’s students. Based on the questionnaire, the data for analysis were collected from more than 100 students of different majors studying non-majored English at Thu Dau Mot University’s Foreign Language Center. The findings show that students have relatively positive learning motivation. In the relationship between learning achievement and motivation, the motive that comes from the students’ desire to get a better job occupies 58.4% of all the students surveyed because they believe it is essential and decisive to ensure their future income (applying for a job to earn money), and motivation to integrate into modern world life (because English is a global language: 40.4%) are the factors affecting students’ achievement.

Fostering multiple document comprehension: motivational factors and its relationship with the use of self-study materials

AbstractMultiple document comprehension (MDC) is an essential skill for university students, making it beneficial to improve it. We assume that the value assigned to MDC is important to foster MDC since it can be a predictor for behavioral choices, such as working with self-study material. Using self-study material is typical for university learning, but it requires the motivation to improve a skill such as MDC. We define motivation to improve MDC in terms of expectancy, value, and cost to improve MDC. We expect that it is a driving force for working with self-study material on MDC, while it might also depend on the perceived value of MDC. Therefore, this study examined whether the perceived value of MDC predicts the motivation to improve MDC, which is also expected to predict the use of self-study material. A total of 278 students of different majors participated in a MDC assessment and received the opportunity to train their MDC skill with self-study material. The engagement in using the self-study material was measured by the total time and the number of page transitions on the self-study material. The results indicated that the perceived value of MDC partially predicted motivation to improve MDC. However, further analysis revealed mainly no significant effects of the perceived value of MDC and the motivation to improve MDC on the engagement in using the self-study material. However, the log data indicated that the engagement in using the self-study material was not as high as expected.

Thu Dau Mot University students’ perceptions of plagiarism

Plagiarism is a very common problem in many universities. A lot of students plagiarize unconsciously because they don't understand the concept. The study will clarify the concept of plagiarism, as well as ways for universities to help their students avoid the habit of plagiarism. The aim of this study is to explore Thu Dau Mot University Students’ Knowledge about the seriousness of Plagiarism; Find out the most common types of plagiarism committed by students; Analyzing and finding out the possible common reason a student unintentional plagiarism. In terms of purposes of the study, to answer the research question and based on the background of previous studies, in this study, one hundred students in different majors - freshmen to seniors (freshmen, suphomores, juniors and seniors). The result of this study shows that the majority of students are aware of plagiarism and the consequences of plagiarism, plagiarism in Thu Dau Mot University is quite common. The study indicates that plagiarism does exist at Thu Dau Mot University and students are willing to take the risk of plagiarizing, regardless of knowing that it is unacceptable. It also confirms that plagiarism is common amongst students across all departments at Thu Dau Mot University, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam.

Social media aids for business learning: A quantitative evaluation with the 5E instructional model.

Social media use is widely accepted in higher education, connecting students' learning with daily life. Considering the potential of social media to revolutionize the whole spectrum of teaching and learning, this study examines social media usage of business school students of different majors and their perception of social media as learning aids through a quantitative online survey guided by the 5E instructional model, with 423 valid responses from students majoring in accounting, finance, and economics. Results indicated that respondents perceived social media as influential in helping them access study-related information. It facilitated comprehensive learning, information access, information sharing, and student communication with instructors. Significant differences in perceptions of using social media as aids for business learning were found among students of different demographics, including gender, education level, and residence, but not quite for different majors. While various studies have examined the use of social media in education, scant studies focus on business school students under the lens of the 5E instructional model, especially Asians.

An analysis of environmental awareness among Chinese higher education groups due to differences in different majors

In this study, the university students of Chongqing Three Gorges University as the main research object, through the questionnaire survey method to obtain empirical data, analyze the factors affecting the environmental protection consumption behavior of university students. College students are a relatively independent consumer group, we from the environmental protection consumption behavior, personal environmental protection attitude, environmental awareness of the concept of three aspects of their analysis, the study of all kinds of college students personal environmental awareness. Students of various major categories in Chongqing Three Gorges University were selected as research objects for data collection. SPSS software was used for reliability and validity of the data obtained, correlation analysis was used to analyze the relationship between variables, and students of different majors were filled in environmental conceptual papers, and the information after filling was datalized and analyzed by multidimensional scaling method. Therefore, it is concluded that we should strengthen the education of college students in environmental aspects, advocate the community, the school level to carry out environmental education activities, encourage college students to actively participate in, so as to improve their environmental awareness level in consumption, use green consumption to restrain their consumption behavior, so as to reduce the environmental problems caused by college students' consumption. At the same time, colleges and universities strive to build environmental education, so that environmental protection will deepen the environmental awareness of college students, and promote the development of environmental protection of the whole society, and finally achieve the goal of building environmental protection consumption of all employees.

Implementing IT in engineering education

Nowadays in the multicultural workplace engineers need both hard skills and soft skills. They need to be good communicators, as they need to collaborate with others, convince their opponents when negotiating in order to gain benefit for a company and society. Students engineers could have difficulty in achieving success in the future professional field, as their communication skills, the most beneficial skills in the 21st century, are not being developed properly as hard skills development is a priority during the engineering education. In the modern world Information Technologies play an important role in education, including teaching and learning due to their didactic potential. They provide an opportunity to differentiate instruction and change classrooms into dynamic learning environments. The aim of research was to elaborate a technique for developing engineering students’ communication skills through radio podcasts. Research methods included a literature review, analysis and synthesis, experimental work, assessment of the development level of engineering students’ communication skills, analysis of the data obtained. As a result, a teaching technique was elaborated for the development of engineering students’ communication skills through radio podcasts that includes (1) organizing students’ individual, team and group work on podcasts; (2) filling a portfolio with analysis of the podcasts; (3) role-playing podcasts using the revealed speech and non-speech features; (4) creating own podcasts, focused on a specific thematic content. Experimental work was held in 2022 and 2023 at Higher Engineering School, Industrial university of Tyumen, Tyumen, Russia. It investigated the effectiveness of using the technique for developing communication skills through radio podcasts among engineering students. The results of pre-test and post-test confirmed the positive dynamics of the development of communication skills through radio podcasts among engineering students of the experimental group. The prospects for further research is that the technique presented in research can be employed in communication skills development among university students of different majors, and can complement engineering education.

СТУДЕНЧЕСКИЕ КЛУБЫ КАК ЭФФЕКТИВНЫЙ СПОСОБ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНЫХ КОМПЕТЕНЦИЙ В ВУЗЕ

Higher educational institutions that focus on training specialists in the humanities currently require innovative forms of work. It would give the opportunity to create practices close to professional ones, allowing them to test the acquired competencies within the walls of the university. The article presents the practical experience of joint activities of the authors and their colleagues in the field of education, one of the important tasks of which is the education of a professional. The work of student clubs is considered on the example of the Institute of Cross-cultural Communication and International Relations (ICC&IR) of NRU «BelSU». Students are immersed in a creative, professional atmosphere that allows them to test their knowledge and skills. Such activity of professors and students is an effective way of work aimed at developing the necessary professional competencies of students of different majors.