scholarly journals Taking account of test takers’ personal characteristics in language test development process

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 04002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Baluyan
Keyword(s):  
Test Performance ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Language Test ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Emotional Component ◽  
Overall Effectiveness

The article presents the results of a study aimed at solving the problem of improving the quality of a language test. It was found that taking into account test takers’ individual characteristics that may affect their test performance, namely their personal characteristics, general and specific knowledge, language ability level and the emotional component at the design stage allows to increase reliability, interactiveness, impact, authenticity and even practicality of the test, which, in turn, contribute in its overall effectiveness.

scholarly journals Level differentiation technology in vocational education

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (28) ◽  
pp. 42-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga I. Vaganova ◽  
Irina N. Odarich ◽  
Ol'ga A. Rudakova ◽  
Julia S. Volkova ◽  
Marina N. Bulaeva
Keyword(s):  
Professional Competence ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
School Year ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
Differentiated Learning

Differentiated learning technology has been used for a long time. However, with the introduction of innovative educational technologies, it acquires new features and therefore requires additional research. Higher schools are in the process of searching for elements based on a personality-focused approach and introduce the most effective technologies in this process. The purpose of the article is to discusses the implementation of technologies that provide a single differentiation in the process of preparing students. The characteristic of students' work in differentiated educational conditions is presented. Teaching and training students is arranged in groups. As a result, there is a way to prepare competent students, making them highly qualified professionals. The study shows that there are great opportunities in teaching students of a higher educational institution. The formation of competencies with the help of differentiated learning technology becomes more effective, since individual characteristics of each student are taken into account and their interest and motivation to study a particular course increases. Differentiated tasks allow you to monitor dynamics of the development of students' competence, the systematic implementation of a certain type of tasks that are suitable for certain groups of students.The article presents a study of the level of training of students of the University of the 3rd year of study. The study was conducted in 2018 throughout the school year. Our results are based on data obtained from two groups of students with the same number of subjects. The introduction of differentiated learning technology can improve the quality of training of higher education institutions students. With the help of these technologies, each student, building training in accordance with their personal characteristics and professional needs, achieves success in mastering the material, quickly forms professional competence. The results of the study focused on the quality of training showed that differentiated technologies improve students’ performance.

scholarly journals The Influences of Service Quality and Individual Characteristics on Vocational Training Effectiveness

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13207
Author(s):  
Wei Hsu ◽  
Pei-Wen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Training Effectiveness ◽  
Training Organization

With the rapid change of the industrial environment and social development, vocational training must be constantly updated in accordance with these changes, and combine and expand the use of civilian training resources to increase vocational training pipelines and enhance competitiveness. Thus, vocational training organizations play an important role in the function of future labor force development and the sustainability of education. The purpose of this study is to explore the influences of training organizations’ service quality and trainees’ individual characteristics on the effectiveness of the vocational training. The study employed Kirkpatrick’s evaluation model to measure the unemployed effectiveness of the vocational training and the SERVQUAL to quantity the service quality of the vocational training organization. A questionnaire survey was conducted at a vocational training organization for beauty and hairdressing in Taiwan. This study distributed 479 questionnaires and obtained 216 valid samples. The data was analyzed by using the reliability analysis, descriptive analysis, analysis of variance, and multiple linear regression analysis. The results revealed that training organizations’ service quality and trainees’ personal characteristics significantly positively affect training effectiveness for trainees. This paper serves as a reference for training organizations and policy makers to improve and monitor the service quality of vocational training organizations, elevate training effectiveness, and achieve the sustainability of vocational educations.

How Students Choose the University

2017 ◽  
pp. 252-265
Author(s):  
Tatjana Kanonire
Keyword(s):  
Family Background ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
University Ranking ◽  
University Choice ◽  
The University ◽  
Tuition Fee

The aim of this chapter is to provide a literature overview about factors that affect students' choice of university. All factors can be divided in two types – individual or personal characteristics of students and institutional factors. Individual characteristics include students' age, gender, ethnicity, family background, ability, interests and motivation. Institutional factors describe university ranking, reputation, potential outcomes and benefits for students, as well as geographical location and costs for student (tuition fee, financial aid and scholarship). The combination of students' individual characteristics determines university choice. However, the quality of teaching, reputation and ranking of university are the most influential characteristic of university.

scholarly journals Personalized Data Analysis Approach for Assessing Necessary Hospital Bed-Days Built on Condition Space and Hierarchical Predictor

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Nataliia Melnykova ◽  
Nataliya Shakhovska ◽  
Volodymyr Melnykov ◽  
Kateryna Melnykova ◽  
Khrystyna Lishchuk-Yakymovych
Keyword(s):  
Mean Squared Error ◽  
Mathematical Problem ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Features Selection ◽  
Error Metric ◽  
Hidden Layer ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Relationship Of

The paper describes the medical data personalization problem by determining the individual characteristics needed to predict the number of days a patient spends in a hospital. The mathematical problem of patient information analysis is formalized, which will help identify critical personal characteristics based on conditioned space analysis. The condition space is given in cube form as a reflection of the functional relationship of the general parameters to the studied object. The dataset consists of 51 instances, and ten parameters are processed using different clustering and regression models. Days in hospital is the target variable. A condition space cube is formed based on clustering analysis and features selection. In this manner, a hierarchical predictor based on clustering and an ensemble of weak regressors is built. The quality of the developed hierarchical predictor for Root Mean Squared Error metric is 1.47 times better than the best weak predictor (perceptron with 12 units in a single hidden layer).

The Significance of the Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) Center: Focused on the Center's Initial Development Process

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Kim Dong-il ◽  
정소라 ◽  
남지은 ◽  
이재호 ◽  
김경선
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Initial Development

Motivating the staff of Jazan University

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1261-1267
Author(s):  
Ali Medabesh
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Endogenous Growth ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Financial Investment

The quality of public services and the yield of organizations are not limited to the financial investment and innovation solely. Human capital plays a critical role in the growth and excellence in institutions, but its contribution remains dependent on several factors. Its role is not limited on quantitative and qualitative accumulating, because it should be coherent and integrated in the development process. The theories of endogenous growth contributed to account for the disparity in levels of development between countries, by assuming that the extent of human capital response or inversely lack of responsiveness the economic system. This inaction is usually the prime cause of the deterioration of the quality of service and lack of satisfaction of the citizens, in addition of the lack of employee satisfaction about the circumstances of his work. Hence, arose the significance of several research about the mechanisms of reducing non-enthusiasm for the job or complacency professional and indifference. Staff of Jazan University has been chosen as a context of the empirical investigation of this study. The data has been collected using a well designed questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS program.

Trends in early prenatal screening for chromosomal abnormalities and congenital malformations in Russia in 2018

2020 ◽  
pp. 76-78
Author(s):  
Е.А. Калашникова ◽  
Е.Н. Андреева ◽  
П.А. Голошубов ◽  
Н.О. Одегова ◽  
Е.В. Юдина ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reference Values ◽  
Congenital Malformations ◽  
Prenatal Screening ◽  
Chromosomal Abnormalities ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
First Trimester Screening ◽  
Trimester Screening ◽  
Overall Effectiveness ◽  
Regions Of Russia

В ходе анализа результатов раннего пренатального скрининга (РПС) в России за 2018 г. (Аудит-2019) дана оценка качества мероприятий, общей эффективности и тенденций развития системы РПС в субъектах РФ посредством сравнения рассчитанных основных организационных, методологических и интегральных показателей с международными референтными значениями. In the course of analyzing the results of early prenatal combined first-trimester screening (FTS) in Russia for 2018 (Audit-2019) the assessment of the quality of measures, the overall effectiveness and trends in the development of the FTS system in the regions of Russia. They are presented by comparing the calculated main organizational, methodological and integral indicators with international reference values.

An Event Quality Scale for Participatory Running Events

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Armbrecht
Keyword(s):  
Scale Development ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Quality Scale ◽  
Cognitive Dimensions

This study focuses on the perceived quality of participatory event experiences by addressing the following question: What are the important aspects of the event experience? The aim of this research is to develop and refine a scale to measure the quality of the event experience for runners at a participatory event. The objective is to combine, apply, test, and refine the existing scales to increase our understanding of the perceived quality of events among amateur running athletes. Both affective and cognitive dimensions are included in the scale. Based on seven dimensions and 36 items, a formal scale development process is adopted. The data consist of 1,923 observations collected during a participatory event with approximately 60,000 registered participants. The seven-factor model, including immersion, surprise, participation, fun, social aspects, hedonic aspects, and service quality, was gradually revised in favor of a four-factor solution: service quality, hedonic aspects, fun, and immersion. As a result, 73.1% of the variance is extracted. This study contributes to a refined scale measuring the perceived event quality of participatory events. Service quality accounts for more than half of the variance extracted. Researchers should continue to develop research on the critical experiential dimensions in an event context. Furthermore, the links between the constructs need attention. The results suggest that event organizers should evaluate their events and event portfolios based on the scale and take actions to increase the perceived quality of these events.

Institutions and Political Support

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaun Bowler
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Institutional Reform ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Political Support ◽  
The Political ◽  
General Expectation ◽  
Using Data

This chapter analyzes to what extent variation in political institutions affects political support. The chapter observes that the existing research is not always clear on which institutions should produce what kind of effect, although a general expectation is that institutional arrangements improve political support when they give citizens an increased sense of connection to the political process. In general then, we should expect institutions that strengthen the quality of representation to strengthen political support. This general expectation is specified in six hypotheses that are tested using data from the ESS 2012. The chapter demonstrates that electoral systems that provide voters with more choice about candidates, multiparty governments, and “responsive” legislatures, correlate positively with political support. However, compared to other macro-level factors and individual characteristics, the effects of political institutions on political support are modest. The chapter concludes that the prospects for institutional reform to strengthen political support are limited.

The Physical Context of Child Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
Gary W. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Observational Studies ◽  
Physiological Stress ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Structural Quality ◽  
Physical Context ◽  
Physical Setting ◽  
Physical Features

Child development reflects interactions between personal characteristics and the physical and social environment. Psychology, however, lacks analysis of physical features that influence child development. In this article, I describe a preliminary taxonomy of physical-setting characteristics that can influence child development, focusing on environmental stressors such as noise, crowding, and chaos along with structural quality of housing, day care, and schools. Adverse outcomes associated with suboptimal physical settings during childhood include cognitive and socioemotional difficulties along with chronic physiological stress. Both direct effects on the child as well as indirect effects occurring via significant persons surrounding the child are described. Methodological limitations, particularly reliance on observational studies, are a weakness in the current literature, but increasingly more rigorously obtained findings yield converging evidence of the effects of physical settings on child development.

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