An Action Research Report: Improving Pre-Laboratory Preparation of First-Year University Chemistry Students

2002 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth S. Lyle ◽  
William R. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Research Report ◽  
First Year ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
First Year University

scholarly journals Apprentissage semi-autonome: Résultats d’une expérience de tutorat

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 95-106
Author(s):  
Weronika Wilczyńska
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year University ◽  
Clear Change

The contribution reports some results from a study on the semi-autonomous learning of French as a foreign language by a dozen of first-year university students (intermediate level). It focuses on the evolution those students, identified as « poor learners », underwent as far as their views, attitudes and strategies in FL learning were concerned - as an effect of them being helped and advised by their much more advanced colleagues (4th year). By the end of this period the 1st year students showed a clear change in all these respects, even though adapting more adequate strategies proved slower to appear than changes in views and attitudes. At the same time, the experience proved to be most fruitful to their tutors in acquainting them with action research methodology.

scholarly journals The Use of Journals to Develop Grammatical Accuracy in Writing

MANUSYA ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-108
Author(s):  
Walaipun Puengpipattrakul
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Journal Writing ◽  
Process Writing ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
First Year ◽  
Grammatical Accuracy ◽  
First Year University ◽  
Journal Entries ◽  
Dialogue Journaling

The researcher proposes, in this paper, her action research with a quasi quantitative and qualitative design, to provide some important insights into the use of journal writing as a means to improve grammatical accuracy of first-year university Thai undergraduates with no prior exposure to journal writing in English. The data on the undergraduates’ grammatical accuracy were analyzed through their journal entries covering both dialogue-journaling and process-writing entries, while their opinions of journal entries and grammatical accuracy were obtained through their dialogue journaling entries and interview responses. Findings are discussed, and recommendations for future research are made. It is also hoped that journal writing can be another useful learning activity and a teaching alternative to enhance EFL undergraduates’ grammatical accuracy in English.

Improving pre-laboratory preparation of first year university chemistry students

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1053-1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marissa Rollnick ◽  
Stella Zwane ◽  
Mina Staskun ◽  
Sandra Lotz ◽  
Gail Green
Keyword(s):  
First Year ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
First Year University

scholarly journals Probing students' higher order thinking skills using pictorial style questions

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
Habiddin Habiddin ◽  
Elizabeth Mary Page
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Kinetics ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
First Year ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
The University ◽  
First Year University ◽  
Students Success

The ability to use Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) plays a substantial role in determining students’ success in future studies. Therefore, it is important that students’ ability in this skill is continually refined by training and assessment. This paper explores the responses of first-year university students’ to a range of pictorial-style questions in chemical kinetics that require the use of HOTS. 80 food science and 57 chemistry students (137 in total) at The University of Reading (UoR) participated in the study. The results showed that many students demonstrated limited ability to answer HOTS questions. The implications for the teaching of chemical kinetics, particularly at the university level, are discussed.

scholarly journals Language through literature through language: An action research report on the English 100 course at the University of North West

Literator ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-50
Author(s):  
I. Butler
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
First Language ◽  
Research Report ◽  
First Year ◽  
North West ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Roman Jakobson ◽  
Poetic Function ◽  
Linguistic Methods ◽  
The University

In this article the writer surveys attitudes to the integration of language and literature in ESL/EFL teaching, noting the reservations that have been expressed about it in the past, and which still continue to linger in some quarters. Against this background he then describes the development and implementation of an integrated English syllabus at the University of North West, focusing on his current action research in teaching the first year modules. Using examples from the material he has developed for these modules, he demonstrates how the principles of language/literature integration, as articulated by writers in the field, can be translated into practice in a number of ways. Since this is an on-going project the writer presents his findings as a report on work in progress. The article does, however, conclude with a brief summary of the positive responses received from lecturers and students in response to questionnaires and surveys conducted in 2000 and 2001. A linguist deaf to the poetic function of language and a literary scholar indifferent to linguistic problems and unconversant with linguistic methods, are equally flagrant anachronisms. Roman Jakobson (in Simpson, 1997:ii) I imagined how it would be like to study literature alone. This would be tough especially if English is not your first language. Just tough. (From the journal of an English 100 student, University of North West)

scholarly journals Fostering Learner Autonomy in an ESL Classroom

2000 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guofang Li
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Group Learning ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
First Year ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Learning Tasks ◽  
First Year University ◽  
English Program ◽  
Esl Classroom

This article reports on an action research project on ways and means of promoting learner autonomy in an ESL classroom. It focuses on the implementation of an autonomy-based English program with a group of first-year university students at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The context and objective of this autonomy-based program are presented, classroom procedures and group learning tasks are described, and suggestions are provided for teachers to adapt these procedures and tasks to suit the needs of their particular students.

scholarly journals The effects of using a wiki on student engagement and learning of report writing skills in a university statistics course

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Neumann ◽  
Michelle Hood
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Research Report ◽  
First Year ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Report Writing ◽  
Qualitative Feedback ◽  
Statistics Course ◽  
The Individual ◽  
First Year University

<span>A wiki was used as part of a blended learning approach to promote collaborative learning among students in a first year university statistics class. One group of students analysed a data set and communicated the results by jointly writing a practice report using a wiki. A second group analysed the same data but communicated the results in a practice report that they wrote individually. Both groups were taught the same material. The report was used for practice as a way to support student learning and was not submitted for assessment. Both approaches improved report writing knowledge and did not differ in the mark obtained on an individually written research report subsequently submitted for assessment. The wiki approach produced higher engagement with other students, cognitive engagement, and class attendance than the individual approach. Qualitative feedback suggested some drawbacks to using a wiki. Overall participation was also low with only 2 of the 22 wiki subgroups completing all components of the practice report. The present findings suggest that student engagement, but not performance on assessment, may be enhanced when a wiki is used to support learning in higher education.</span>

The Need to Belong and the Relationship Between Loneliness and Health

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 194-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freda-Marie Hartung ◽  
Britta Renner
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health State ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
First Year University ◽  
Perceived Social Isolation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Humans are social animals; consequently, a lack of social ties affects individuals’ health negatively. However, the desire to belong differs between individuals, raising the question of whether individual differences in the need to belong moderate the impact of perceived social isolation on health. In the present study, 77 first-year university students rated their loneliness and health every 6 weeks for 18 weeks. Individual differences in the need to belong were found to moderate the relationship between loneliness and current health state. Specifically, lonely students with a high need to belong reported more days of illness than those with a low need to belong. In contrast, the strength of the need to belong had no effect on students who did not feel lonely. Thus, people who have a strong need to belong appear to suffer from loneliness and become ill more often, whereas people with a weak need to belong appear to stand loneliness better and are comparatively healthy. The study implies that social isolation does not impact all individuals identically; instead, the fit between the social situation and an individual’s need appears to be crucial for an individual’s functioning.

UPAYA MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR IPA MELALUI PENGGUNAAN VIDEO PEMBELAJARAN BAGI SISWA KELAS IV DI SDN 187/IV KOTA JAMBI

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Juniar Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Research Report ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research

This study presents a research report on improving students’ Learning results on IPA through Video. The objective was to find out whether students’ learning result improved when they are taught by using Video. It was conducted using classroom action research method. The subject of the study was the Grade IV students of SDN 187/IV Kota Jambi which is located on Jln. Adi Sucipto RT 05 Kecamatan Jambi Selatan, and the number of the students were 21 persons. The instruments used were test. In analyzing the data, the mean of the students’ score for the on fisrt sycle was 65,4 (42,85%) and the mean on cycle two was 68,5 (37,15%) and the mean of the third cycle was 81,4 (100%). Then it can be concluded that the use of video on learning IPA can improve the students’ learning result. It is suggested that teachers should use video as one of the media to improve students’ learning result on IPA.Keywords : IPA, students’ learning result, video

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