scholarly journals The Effect of Multicultural Sensibility and Empathic Ability on Undergraduate Student’s Civility

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-194
Author(s):  
Byunglim Lee
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Relative Influence ◽  
Multidimensional Approach ◽  
Empathic Ability ◽  
Positive Correlations

This research aimed to study the effects of both multicultural sensibility and empathic ability on civility. There were 239 participants, who are undergraduate students in colleges, randomly recruited from N and D cities. The scales used included multicultural sensibility, empathic ability, and civility, and the results analyzed reliability, correlation, and regression.The results showed the following: first, the means of multicultural sensibility, empathic ability, and civility were 3.69, 4.08, and 3.96 respectively. Second, multicultural sensibility, empathic ability and civility had significantly meaningful positive correlations. Third, multicultural sensibility and empathic ability had a significant effect on civility. Finally, regarding relative influence, multicultural sensibility had more of an effect than empathic ability on civility.To increase civility, a multidimensional approach is needed. University classes on civility, and general education classes on multicultural sensibility and empathic ability, need to be further developed.

scholarly journals Thai Undergraduate Student Awareness of Regular and Irregular Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondence

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
David D. Perrodin
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
First Year ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Data Set ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Frequency Occurrence ◽  
First Year University ◽  
Letter Sound

<p>Recent events in Thailand in reference to the teaching of phonics for better comprehension of English vocabulary have highlighted the overuse of identifying letter-sound relationships in English by utilizing the familiar Thai orthography to assist developing Thai EFL learners. This paper investigated the long-term effects of using such pedagogy on recognizing regular and irregular Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondences (GPC) in English by Thai undergraduate students. To address this matter, the study used a convenience sampling of 373 first-year university students from 11 general education English classes at a mid-sized private university near Bangkok, Thailand. The familiar English poem <em>I Take It You Already Know</em> was employed for data collection, for it consists of a practical ratio of frequent and infrequent English grapheme-phoneme correspondences. Extensive lists of recognized grapheme-phoneme correspondences were used to identify the frequent or regular, and the infrequent or irregular main phoneme present in each of the 60 most frequently queried content words of the poem. Point-Biserial Correlation was employed to measure the strength of association between the frequency occurrence of the most queried content words from the data set, and the examined weighted word frequency data. The findings suggest that, in general, the Thai undergraduate students demonstrated an overall lack of recognition of regular and irregular Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondences of English. </p>

EDUCATING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: INSIGHTS FROM THE HIGHER EDUCATION COURSES IN HONG KONG

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 145-164
Author(s):  
KIN YUEN RAYMOND TAM
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
General Education ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Education Courses

The purpose of this article is to uncover the trend of developing education courses for social entrepreneurship in higher education institutions in Hong Kong. The author had searched the syllabi or course descriptions across the websites of the higher education institutions in Hong Kong with the keywords of entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship and social innovation. It was found that most of the social entrepreneurship courses offered were one-off single subject for undergraduate students, General Education courses, and minor courses, with only a few courses targeting postgraduates. It was also found that curricular differences among the courses offered by various schools or faculties were not that obvious. To understand this, the author had undertaken an analysis of the schools where these courses resided, course objectives, course content, and teaching and learning strategies among these various social entrepreneurship courses. Discussion of these has given insights to arguing for the need of multidisciplinary collaborations among social entrepreneurship educators.

Sensation Seeking and Participation in Sporting Activities

1986 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy L. Rowland ◽  
Robert E. Franken ◽  
Kimberley Harrison
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Female Undergraduate ◽  
Sporting Activities ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
Over Time

A life-span inventory of sports participation and Zuckerman's (1979) Sensation Seeking Scale, Form V, were administered to 97 male and 104 female undergraduate students. The results indicated that, over time, high sensation seekers tend to become involved in more sports than do low sensation seekers, but low sensation seekers tend to remain involved with each sport for longer periods of time than do high sensation seekers. Gender and sensation seeking were found to interact in the choice of sporting activities. Low but generally positive correlations were observed between sensation seeking and participation in risky sports. These data suggest that both the need for new experiences and an attraction to high risk characterize the high sensation seeker 's participation in sporting activities.

HUMOR STYLES IN PREDICTING LONELINESS AMONG TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 835-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rezan Çeçen
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Humor Style ◽  
Turkish University Students ◽  
Aggressive Humor ◽  
Positive Correlations

The purpose of this investigation was two-fold. Firstly, to examine whether there were significant correlations between loneliness and four humor styles, and secondly to examine which humor style was the best predictor of loneliness among university students. In this study 483 undergraduate students participated at Çukurova University, Turkey. Data were collected through the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell, Peplau, & Cutrona, 1980) and the Humor Styles Questionnaire (Martin, Puhlik-Doris, Larsen, Gray, & Weir, 2003). Four Pearson product-moment correlations were computed for the scores on the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale and on each of four humor scales. The results provided evidence in support of a conceptual framework of humor styles and loneliness indicating strong negative correlations between loneliness and affiliative and self-enhancing humor, and moderate positive correlations between loneliness and self-defeating humor, but no significant correlations between loneliness and aggressive humor. The stepwise regression analysis results indicated that four variables contributed meaningfully to loneliness, and the affiliative humor style was the best predictor of loneliness.

Ge-whiz! How students choose their general education classes

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 322-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Lyle Seeley ◽  
Todd Goddard ◽  
Ronald Mellado Miller
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Personal Interest ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Elective Courses ◽  
Best Fit

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how students choose their general education elective courses. Design/methodology/approach A survey was given to 12,000 undergraduate students at Utah Valley University (UVU) that asked about how they selected distribution courses to fulfill the requirements for the general education. UVU offers 113 different courses in the general education distribution area, but only six are needed to meet the requirements. Students were asked to both select all methods that they used and then to rank their selected methods. The results were analyzed using χ2 methods. Findings “Personal interest” and “What best fit my schedule” were the top choices and where chosen as a method used by 69 and 67 percent of the students respectively. When asked to rank the methods, “Personal interest” ranked first most frequently at 32 percent and “What best fits my schedule” was ranked first by 29 percent of students. The results indicate that although personal interest is the most used method for choosing these classes, it does not dominate, and schedule remains a significant factor for students at UVU. Originality/value The data provide a look into the perceptions and attitudes of students at what is predominately a commuter school. This research provides the first step in understanding student motives in selecting elective classes.

scholarly journals Pengenalpastian Faktor Psikologi yang Menentukan Penglibatan Pelajar Universiti Awam Tempatan dalam Aktiviti Fizikal Masa Senggang

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
LIM KHONG CHIU ◽  
KHOR POY HUA ◽  
RADZLIYANA RADZUWAN
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
University Management ◽  
Motivation Level ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
The University

The purpose of this study is to identify the infuence of attitude, self-effcacy, and motivation on leisure time physical activity and sport participation among students in the Malaysia public universities. The study sample comprised of 551 male and 801 female undergraduates who were selected by means of random cluster sampling. Questionnaires were utilized to collect data. The results of the study showed that there were positive correlations among leisure attitude, motivation, self-effcacy and leisure time physical activity and sport participation among undergraduate students. The results also revealed that motivation and self-effcacy were the best predictors of leisure time physical activity and sport participation. This study suggests that in the effort to encourage the student’s leisure time physical activity and sport participation and involvement, the university management should plan and organize programmes to develop positive attitude among students, increase their self- effcacy and motivation level of physical activity and sport participation.  

Psychopathological Correlates and Psychometric Properties of the White Bear Suppression Inventory in a Turkish Sample

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Müjgan Altın ◽  
Tülin Gençöz
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Turkish Version ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Thought Action Fusion

This study examined the psychometric properties of the White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI) in a sample of 273 Turkish undergraduate students. The WBSI assesses people’s tendency toward thought suppression. The reliability and validity analyses of the Turkish version of the scale indicated that the WBSI had adequate psychometric properties in a Turkish sample. Internal consistency, and split-half and test-retest reliability coefficients were satisfactory. Consistent with the original WBSI, factor analysis of the scale identified a single component that accounted for 43.3% of the total variance. Concurrent validity of the Turkish version indicated that the scale exhibited significantly positive correlations with obsessive-compulsive, depression, and trait anxiety symptoms, as well as with responsibility attitudes, and thought-action fusion biases. All these findings supported the cross-cultural validity of WBSI.

Sonification and Science Pedagogy: Preliminary Experiences and Assessments of Earth Science Data Presented in an Undergraduate General Education Course

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Ballora ◽  
Christopher Roman ◽  
Robert Pockalny ◽  
Karen Wishner
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Science Pedagogy ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
Earth Science Data ◽  
The University

This paper describes preliminary investigations into how sonifications of scientific graphs are perceived by undergraduate students in an introductory course in oceanography at the University of Rhode Island. The goal is to gather data that can assist in gauging students’ levels of engagement with sonification as a component of science education. The results, while preliminary, show promise that sonified graphs improve understanding, especially when they are presented in combination with visual graphs.

Familiarity of Stimulus-Words and Confidence in Responses on a Test of Verbal Meaning

1976 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 653-654
Author(s):  
Shih-Sung Wen
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Partial Correlations ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Verbal Meaning ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between familiarity of stimulus-words and confidence in responses on a verbal meaning test was evaluated for 35 male and 53 female black undergraduate students. There were significant positive correlations (.72 for males, p < .01; .79 for females, p < .01) between familiarity and confidence. Partial correlations between confidence and test scores, when familiarity was partialled out, were .12 ( p > .05) for the males and .22 ( p > .05) for the females. About one-third of subjects' responses were guesses or outcome of being misled by familiarity.

Worrying in the Lab: Does Intolerance of Uncertainty Have Predictive Value?

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwendolijn Olivia de Bruin ◽  
Eric Rassin ◽  
Peter Muris
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Predictive Value ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Intolerance Of Uncertainty ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
State Worry ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Related Personality ◽  
And Task

AbstractThe present article describes two experimental studies investigating whether individual differences in intolerance of uncertainty (IU) predict worry in response to uncertain situations. In both studies, undergraduate students completed the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS; Freeston, Rheaume, Letarte, Dugas, & Ladouceur, 1994) and then completed an intelligence task, which was thought to elicit feelings of uncertainty. After completing the task, state worry was measured. Results of both studies showed that there were positive correlations between IUS scores and task-related state worry. Furthermore, Study 2 showed that individual differences in IU only were predictive of worry in a situation that elicits low to medium levels of uncertainty, and not in a situation high in uncertainty. Thus, only under certain conditions IU-related personality characteristics seem to be predictive of worrisome thoughts.

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