scholarly journals Development of digital literacy indicators for Thai undergraduate students using mixed method research

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wawta Techataweewan ◽  
Ujsara Prasertsin
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Mixed Method Research

scholarly journals Contextualized mobile game-based learning application for computing education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alok Kumar Yadav ◽  
Solomon Sunday Oyelere
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Computing Education ◽  
Mobile Game ◽  
Analysis Of Algorithm ◽  
Learning Satisfaction ◽  
Improved Learning

Abstract This paper intends to present an overview of a mobile game-based learning application, BaghLearn that develops and upskills programming and algorithmic knowledge by cross-curricular capabilities through a traditional world-based game. The focus of this research was to explore the learning effectiveness of BaghLearn on students. Mixed method research approach was applied to collect, process and analyze the research data in which undergraduate students who had some prior knowledge or had taken algorithm courses were instructed to test the mobile game learning application. This study exhibits the idea of integrating learning with contextual mobile game as an effective approach in understanding the influence of games towards cognitive achievements of students in computing education. In addition, there are no major requirements for the use of this application (can be maintained in resource-constrained contexts such as Nepal), which makes it expressively satisfying and useful for students who are relentlessly using mobile devices. Besides, this study evaluated the influence of BaghLearn towards learning of the design and analysis of algorithm course, which is a compulsory course for most undergraduate computing education program. Furthermore, the study findings can be used as a guideline for developing learning solutions and usability evaluation of such solutions, especially for infrastructure-constrained contexts. Students using the BaghLearn opined that the application is easy to use, supportive and lead to improved learning satisfaction.

scholarly journals How to Bring Computational Thinking Approach to The Non-Computer Science Student’s Class???

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-112
Author(s):  
Hervin Maulina ◽  
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Abdurrahman Abdurrahman ◽  
Ismu Sukamto ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Physics Education ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Explanatory Sequential Design ◽  
Physics Course

Computational Thinking (CT) skill is the ability to solve problems with computer thinking. In addition, CT can be seen as a structured and systematic approach that can be implemented in learning. This study aims to bring the computational thinking approach to the non-computer science student’s class and involved 35 undergraduate students of physics education in the computational physics course. The research method used was the mixed method sequential explanatory design (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2011), with the following design. Broadly speaking, the flow of the mixed method research method with an explanatory sequential design in this study includes the collection of quantitative data obtained from student self-evaluation instruments related to the understanding of the CT approach stage. The results showed that the Computational Thinking (CT) approach can be applied to non-computer science students in online learning which includes 6 stages of implementation and 6 stages of implementation. Other results indicate that this method can be used in improving student CT skills. Keywords: Computational thinking, physics, problem solving

scholarly journals Ambitious and Anxious

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 757-760
Author(s):  
Minghui Hou
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Self Formation ◽  
Mixed Method Research Design

In this new publication, Syracuse University Associate Professor Yingyi Ma employs a mixed-method research design to examine and analyze the educational motivations, experiences, and trajectories of a new wave of Chinese undergraduate students from diverse family backgrounds with an emphasis on “the duality of ambition and anxiety” (p. 7). This book challenges the stereotyped expectations of Americans in regards to Chinese students (for instance, that all are from well-off families and have poor English skills). Ma argues that it is pivotal to consider the educational, social, and cultural backgrounds of Chinese internationals in their processes of self-formation in order to have a well-rounded and diverse understanding of Chinese undergraduate students

Triangulating Area Studies, Not Just Methods

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudra Sil
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Area Studies ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Causal Laws ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

This chapter revisits trade-offs that qualitative researchers face when balancing the different expectations of area studies and disciplinary audiences. One putative solution to such trade-offs, mixed-method research, emphasizes the triangulation of quantitative and qualitative methods. CAS, as defined above, essentially encourages a different form of triangulation—the pooling of observations and interpretations across a wider array of cases spanning multiple areas. This kind of triangulation can be facilitated by cross-regional contextualized comparison, a middle-range approach that stands between area-bound qualitative research and (Millean) macro-comparative analysis that brackets out context in search of causal laws. Importantly, this approach relies upon an area specialist’s sensibilities and experience to generate awareness of local complexities and context conditions for less familiar cases. The examples of cross-regional contextualized comparison considered in this chapter collectively demonstrate that engagement with area studies scholarship and the pursuit of disciplinary knowledge can be a positive-sum game.

scholarly journals Remote learning and students’ mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic: A mixed-method enquiry

Prospects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Lischer ◽  
Netkey Safi ◽  
Cheryl Dickson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Learning Conditions ◽  
Support Students

AbstractThe disruption caused by Covid-19 in the educational sector may last longer than originally predicted. To better understand the current situation, this article analyses the mental health status of university students during the pandemic and investigates the learning conditions needed to support students. The sample included 557 undergraduate students who took part in an online survey. Overall, the students reported coping well during lockdown but indicated that lecturers were challenged by distance teaching, which created some stress for the students.

scholarly journals Toward a better understanding of team decision processes: combining laboratory experiments with agent-based modeling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Lorscheid ◽  
Matthias Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Experiment ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Agent Based Modeling ◽  
Decision Processes ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Team Cognition ◽  
Agent Based Model ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Team Decision

AbstractDespite advances in the field, we still know little about the socio-cognitive processes of team decisions, particularly their emergence from an individual level and transition to a team level. This study investigates team decision processes by using an agent-based model to conceptualize team decisions as an emergent property. It uses a mixed-method research design with a laboratory experiment providing qualitative and quantitative input for the model’s construction, as well as data for an output validation of the model. First, the laboratory experiment generates data about individual and team cognition structures. Then, the agent-based model is used as a computational testbed to contrast several processes of team decision making, representing potential, simplified mechanisms of how a team decision emerges. The increasing overall fit of the simulation and empirical results indicates that the modeled decision processes can at least partly explain the observed team decisions. Overall, we contribute to the current literature by presenting an innovative mixed-method approach that opens and exposes the black box of team decision processes beyond well-known static attributes.

Barriers to recognition for migrant teachers in Ireland

2021 ◽  
pp. 147490412110317
Author(s):  
Rory Mc Daid ◽  
Emer Nowlan
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Accreditation Process ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Registration Process ◽  
Sequential Explanatory Mixed Method ◽  
Formal Accreditation ◽  
Selection Of

Despite an increase in ethnic diversity within the state, the Irish teaching workforce remains starkly mono-ethnic. This article is based on an analysis of data generated through a sequential explanatory mixed method research project involving questionnaire responses from 240 migrant teachers and subsequent focus group with a selection of teachers. Findings suggest that migrant teachers are slow to engage in the formal accreditation process, and face considerable challenges when they do. This reflects not only practical difficulties, but also narrow discourses of who can legitimately be recognised as a teacher in Ireland. This in turn is linked to cultural arbitraries highlighted through the research, such as a requirement to be able to teach through the Irish language in primary school and a requirement to be registered to teach in primary or post-primary schools only. In exploring these barriers, we draw broadly on Bourdieu and Passeron’s (1990) work, which understands teachers as pedagogic agents, imbued with pedagogic authority through formal processes of accreditation and selection. These processes involve the imposition of cultural arbitraries which legitimate certain languages, content or stances over others. Recommendations include revisions to the registration process to take previous teaching experience into account.

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