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The Students Satisfaction Oriented: Academic Service Improvement Strategy, Department of Aquatic Resources Management, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
Author: Widaryanti
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Student Satisfaction,Undergraduate Students,Student Surveys,Factor Analysis,Educational Improvement,Educational Quality,Change Strategies,Agricultural Education,Statistical Analysis

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.
Preschool Children's Interaction with ICT at Home
Author: Konca, Ahmet Sami
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Information Technology,Questionnaires,Parents,Young Children,Statistical Analysis,Family Environment,Television Viewing,Computer Use,Technological Literacy,Use Studies,Gender Differences,Parent Background,Educational Attainment,Family Income,Access to Computers,Early Childhood Education,Educational Technology,Kindergarten,Toys,Internet,Foreign Countries

The purpose of this research is to determine preschool students' usage profile of information and communication technology (ICT). To investigate children's use of ICT, a questionnaire was completed by the parents of 703 children, age 4-6. Frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to describe the interaction. In addition, inferential statistics were used to compare the demographic groups. The results of the study reveal that children live in a technologically rich environment. On a typical day, the mean number of minutes children watch TV is 115 and 28 minutes for computer usage. In parallel with this, children have many computer skills. According to gender, boys use computers more than girls. Furthermore, males have more computer skills than girls. In addition, the effect of parents' educational level and monthly income on children's ICT usage skills was determined. The results imply that children live in a technological rich environment and have basic skills to interact with ICT.
Development of Employable Skills in Vocational Education by the Utilization of Instructional Materials
Author: Owoh, Titus M.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Skill Development,Employment Potential,Job Skills,Vocational Education,Instructional Materials,Evaluation Criteria,Material Development,Selection Criteria,Educational Benefits

The acquisition of practical and applied skills as well as the basic scientific knowledge that would facilitate efficient occupational training requires good manipulation of skills oriented instructional facilities in a conducive learning situation. Thus, the provision and effective utilization of functional instructional materials are essential for adequate practical training in vocational education for the development of employable skills in the students. However, there are many factors that hinder effective production and utilization of instructional materials in vocational education. Hence appropriate recommendations are made to remedy these ugly situations facing our educational system.
Using Blended Teaching to Teach Blended Learning: Lessons Learned from Pre-Service Teachers in an Instructional Methods Course
Author: Shand, Kristen
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Blended Learning,Teaching Methods,Preservice Teacher Education,Preservice Teachers,Methods Courses,Social Studies,Focus Groups,Educational Principles,Interviews,Course Organization,Sense of Community,Individualized Instruction,Student Satisfaction,Affordances

In this study, we explore the design and delivery of a blended social studies teaching methods course to examine the elements of the blended design that pre-service teachers found most constructive. In focus groups at the completion of the course, pre-service teachers were asked to reflect on their experience in the blended course, identify the aspects they found most supportive, and consider what principles of blended learning they would implement in their future classrooms. Four overarching themes were identified from the analysis, which include: organization and structure, transparency and support, community and discourse, and personalized learning.
An Exploratory Multiple Case Study about Using Game-Based Learning in STEM Classrooms
Author: Vu, Phu
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: STEM Education,Case Studies,Educational Games,Learning Activities,Academic Achievement,Student Behavior,Teacher Attitudes,Curriculum Implementation,Pretests Posttests,Behavior Change,Achievement Gains,Classroom Techniques

This exploratory multiple case study attempted to examine whether game-based learning activities had any impacts on students' academic performances and behaviors, and what perceptions the teachers had toward implementing games into their classrooms. Data used in this study included 101 students' pre and post-test scores, and four structured written reflection papers by four STEM classroom teachers. The results indicated that students' academic performances improved during the week GBL was implemented. In addition, their behaviors were noticed to change positively. Finally, teachers' perceptions about GBL changed before and after they integrated the games into their classroom. The study was concluded with discussions, implementation of using GBL in STEM classrooms and suggestions for future studies.
Determining the Relationships between Selected Variables and Latent Classes in Students' PISA Achievement
Author: Yalcin, Seher
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Achievement Tests,Foreign Countries,International Assessment,Secondary School Students,Multivariate Analysis,Reading Achievement,Mathematics Achievement,Science Achievement,Predictor Variables,Academic Achievement,Principals,Questionnaires

The purpose of this study was to identify the multilevel latent classes for reading, mathematics, and science success of the students, who participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 from Turkey and to determine the predictive ability of: i) students' perseverance; ii) their openness to problem solving; iii) their economic, social, and cultural status (ESCS); and iv) resources of school in relation to the determined student and school classes using a multilevel approach. The population of this research was school principals and all the 15-year-old students, who attended PISA 2012 in Turkey. Analyses were conducted with the data obtained from a total of 3,196 students and 169 school principals. In the first step, a multilevel latent class analysis was used to investigate the number of these classes in schools reading, mathematics, and science success of the students. Then, a three-step analysis was undertaken to determine the predictive ability of the chosen variables for the identified classes. The results indicated that all the chosen variables significantly predicted the school-level latent class membership. Moreover, analyses suggested that the students' ESCS was the most important factor affecting their achievement.
Learner Centered Classroom in Science Instruction: Providing Feedback with Technology Integration
Author: Yilmaz, Ozkan
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Instruction,Feedback (Response),Technology Integration,Classroom Techniques,Handheld Devices,Focus Groups,Interviews,Communication Strategies,Undergraduate Students,Misconceptions,Student Surveys,Instructional Effectiveness,Teaching Methods,Student Satisfaction,Foreign Countries,Qualitative Research

&quot;Learner centered&quot; term points out environments that attention to the learners brings to the educational setting. This term includes teaching practices: effort to uncover what learners think in a specific problem on hand, talking about their misconceptions and, giving them situations to readjust their ideas. In Learner centered classrooms, teachers assess different student for feedback and revision. The two major, summative and formative, assessment reveal individual students? progress continually. Teachers, in many classrooms, provide feedbacks to students are relatively rare. Feedback is most effective in learning when students have the opportunity to use it to readjust their thinking. Technology integration, a part of learner centered classroom, is support to providing feedback in effective way. This paper explores the design of learner centered classroom in relation to the interactive technology integration which is based on using mobile technology to provide effective feedback in learning environment. Higher education students used mobile interactive technology with teacher, one term, in misconception in science course. Qualitative research design was used in this research. Focus group interview method was used to get data collecting. The study findings show that mobile technology supports feedback effectively and promote student engagement in the classroom. [This paper was presented at the International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science &amp; Technology (ICEMST), May 19-22, 2016, Bodrum-TURKEY.]
Exploring the Anxiety State of the Science Majoring International Graduate Students with Conditional Acceptance in the United States
Author: Alpaslan, Muhammet Mustafa
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Graduate Students,Anxiety,Science Education,Majors (Students),Phenomenology,College Admission,Admission Criteria,English (Second Language),Language Proficiency,Engineering Education,Semi Structured Interviews,Student Attitudes,Fear,College Entrance Examinations,Barriers,Social Isolation,Language Tests,Second Language Learning

As the conditionally accepted students enroll in the graduate courses, not having met the English proficiency requirement in their program yet creates a vulnerable state of mind for them. This phenomenological study explores the anxiety state of the conditionally admitted international students at a US higher institution. Six science and engineering graduate students who have not yet met the English proficiency requirement participated in one-on-one and semi-structural interviews. Findings indicate that the students were at high risk of anxiety and depression, and less motivated than their peers because of the ongoing fear of being unsuccessful if they do not receive the required TOEFL score, or its equivalent, in the given time. The study findings help explore the severity of the anxiety and the depression the international students experience as they continue working to succeed in their career. Future implications and directions were discussed.
The Role of Student Engagement in the Success of Study of Scholarship Awardee Students of Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
Author: Astuti, Farchaini Budi
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Learner Engagement,Scholarships,Agricultural Education,College Students,Student Characteristics,Success,Influences,Student Surveys,Structural Equation Models,Statistical Analysis

This study aims to analyze the effect of student characteristics, internal factors and external factors on student engagement and the success of scholarship awardee's study in Bogor Agricultural University. The theory used in this study is that the success study of the scholarship awardee is affected by the student characteristics, internal and external factors and that the student engagement has a role in mediating between the influencing factors and the success of the study. This study was conducted using a survey design of 345 scholarship awardee as respondents using the instrument to measure the internal and external factors as well as student engagement. A Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was constructed to analyze the effect between variables. Exogenous latent variables in this study include student characteristics, internal factors and external factors, whereas endogenous variables include student engagement and success of study. Student engagement is also the intervening variables that mediate between the success factors and the student success studies. The results of the study proved that the student characteristics and the internal factors affected the student engagement and the success of study. In this study, it was found that external factors affected on student engagement and did not affect on the success of the study. The result also show that the student engagement affected significantly on the success of study of the Bogor Agricultural University's scholarship awardee. The results of this study have various implications for the practice of higher education implementation, especially to improve the student engagement and the success of student's study.
Latino Youth's Out-of-School Math and Science Experiences: Impact on Teacher Candidates
Author: Diaz, Maria E.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Qualitative Research,Hispanic American Students,Minority Group Teachers,Preservice Teachers,Service Learning,Science Education,Mathematics Education,Youth Programs,Elementary School Students,Secondary School Students,Participant Observation,Interviews,Reflection,Focus Groups,Lesson Plans,Culturally Relevant Education,Indigenous Knowledge,Trust (Psychology)

This qualitative study examines the learning and interaction processes between Latino/a teacher candidates (TCs) and youth during a community service-learning program involving science and math. Knowing and affirming nondominant youth's strengths are essential from funds of knowledge and Third Space perspectives. Participants were 11 TCs and their tutees, 30 youth in first through tenth grades. The study took place in a Texas border colonia, or unincorporated settlement lacking basic services. Data sources were participant observations, youth's interviews and TCs' pre- and final reflections, rapport-building analyses, a focus group, and lesson plans. We found TCs incorporated the youth's funds to develop and implement authentic math and science lessons with them. Implications relate to how community service-learning projects can help TCs' future math and science teaching and can create a Third Space to explore math and science in culturally-relevant ways.
Professional Development Needs of Online Teachers
Author: Roy, Mamta
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Faculty Development,Program Development,Online Courses,Conventional Instruction,Teaching Methods,Teacher Role,Educational Change,Teacher Competencies,Teacher Effectiveness,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Qualitative Research,Teacher Attitudes

Keeping in mind the rising rate of K-12 enrollment, and the increased demand for online teachers, the need for professional development of online teachers is keenly felt. The skills needed for teaching in face-to-face environments are not always transferable to online settings. There is a pointed change in the way teaching takes place in an online format, which calls for an understanding of teacher roles and the competencies prompted by this paradigm shift. A lack of understanding of the pedagogical transformations required by online teaching could lead to teacher stress. The purpose of this study was to understand the extent to which educators teaching in K-12 online settings in Ohio are equipped to work in such environments by relying on specific competencies and skill sets. This understanding would then enable the development of programs designed to address their professional development needs.
Institutional Characteristics Influencing Bachelor of Science Nursing Student Performance in the Nursing Council of Kenya Licensure Examinations in Kenya
Author: Okanga, Anne Asiko
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Institutional Characteristics,Bachelors Degrees,Nursing Education,Performance Based Assessment,Performance Factors,Licensing Examinations (Professions),Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis,Demography,Student Characteristics,School Policy,Teacher Characteristics,Academic Achievement,Foreign Countries

Kenya has seen a paradigm shift in nursing education sector recording high rates of enrolment of students to training while their performance in Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK) examination remained variable and unpredictable. This study evaluated performance of BSc nursing students in NCK examinations by examining institutional characteristics in relation to performance. NCK identified it as priority area of research. The study used qualitative and quantitative approach to collect data retrospectively. The records of 1292 students who sat examinations in the period between the period July 2012-June 2015 from NCK nurses database was used. Cluster and purposive sampling were done for key informants interviewed from nursing schools. Quantitative data was converted from MS Access to SAS and analyzed. Odds ratio was used to measure strength of association between institutional characteristics and performance with p = 0.05 being considered significant. Qualitative data was recorded and transcribed for content analysis. The proportion of those who passed and aged 30 years and above (upgraders) was significantly higher than those who were less than 30 years (OR: 1.6, 95% CI: 1.2-2.2, p = 0.002). Both Class attendance policy and faculty experience had marginal positive association (OR: 0.4, 95% CI: 1.0-2.0, p = 0.068) and (OR: 0.7, 95%CI: 0.5-1.0, p = 0.068) respectively. Admission criteria was reported by key informants to be influencing performance, In conclusion the study identified faculty years of experience and class attendance policy were associated with performance. Mode of study was reported to influence performance by key informants. The study recommended training institutions to continue with upgrading Programmes, uphold class attendance policy, select faculty based on experience. Results can be used to predict performance and facilitate development of policies for recruitment and examination.
Prevalence for Private Tuition among Parents, Teachers and Pupils in Public Primary Schools in Machakos County
Author: Kirigwi, Lucy Wambui
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Private Financial Support,Tuition,Tutoring,Incidence,Public Schools,Elementary School Students,Counties,County School Districts,Geographic Regions,Statistical Inference,Parents,Teachers,Hypothesis Testing,Statistical Analysis,Grades (Scholastic),Competition,Student Placement,Teacher Student Ratio,Income,Part Time Employment,Holidays,Surveys,Qualitative Research

Private tuition refers to tutoring offered outside mainstream teaching. The study sought to establish the difference in prevalence for private tuition among parents, teachers and pupils in public primary schools in Machakos County. The study employed descriptive survey design. The target populations were all teachers, parents and pupils of public primary schools in Machakos County. A total of 405 respondents were sampled for the study and comprised of 27 parents, 27 teachers and 351 pupils. Data were collected by use of questionnaires and interview guide. Descriptive as well as inferential statistics were used to analyze data and results presented in tables showing frequency, standard deviations and means. The hypothesis was tested using ANOVA which showed the tuition mean prevalence between groups as 1.457 and within groups as 0.056. The post hoc analysis was done using the Scheffe test and the mean difference between teachers and pupils gave a mean of 0.228 and between pupils and parents gave a mean of 0.260. The findings indicate that private tuition is still being offered despite the government ban and that the main reasons given for engagement in holiday tuition include desire to get high marks, stiff competition for placement into particular secondary schools, inadequate teacher pupil ratio and as a way of earning extra income by teachers. The study recommends that the government remunerates teachers adequately and to have other measures of rewarding performance other than academics. The study also recommends that the government needs to improve infrastructure in all secondary schools to minimize the stiff competition for those schools perceived to be prestigious. In addition, there should be stakeholders' awareness of other ways of engaging pupils constructively during their free time other than in private tuition.
Technology Leadership in Malaysia's High Performance School
Author: Yieng, Wong Ai
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,High Achievement,Principals,Leadership Role,Technology Integration,Case Studies,Information Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Structured Interviews

Headmaster as leader of the school also plays a role as a technology leader. This applies to the high performance schools (HPS) headmaster as well. The HPS excel in all aspects of education. In this study, researcher is interested in examining the role of the headmaster as a technology leader through interviews with three headmasters of high performance schools. Various topics related to technology leadership among headmaster have been discussed based on National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS-A) 2009 recommended by International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). From the conversation, the headmaster of HPS have played their leadership role of technology in schools by meeting the various components of NETS-A. In terms of challenges, the online internet is a major obstacle to promoting the use of ICT in the school. The hard work and effort by the headmaster of HPS in the field of ICT has shown a good result and outcome. The headmaster of other schools should have to emulate the great efforts HPS headmasters to create a generation of young literates.