Students’ Non-Cognitive Profiles and their Relationships with Academic Stress and Persistence in Higher Education

Author(s):  
Wan Hoong Wong ◽  
Elaine Chapman

To reduce their attrition rates, institutions need to ensure that their students can manage the stressors they confront in their academic work and persist to complete their study programs. Given the significance of non-cognitive attributes in education, this study aimed to identify the non-cognitive profiles exhibited by students which related significantly to academic stress and persistence levels in the middle of a given academic year. Undergraduate students from one of the largest private higher education institutions in Singapore participated in two online surveys. A total of 565 and 122 students participated in the first and second surveys, respectively. Results indicated that three distinct non-cognitive profiles could be identified, which were associated significantly with students’ academic stress levels and their intentions to persist with their studies. Possible implications for enhancing student outcomes by offering students with opportunities to enhance their affective ‘readiness’ profiles are discussed.

2021 ◽  
pp. 106342662110600
Author(s):  
Kristen A. Archbell ◽  
Robert J. Coplan

Social anxiety is related to a host of negative student outcomes in the educational context, including physical symptoms of anxiety, reduced cognitive functioning, and poor academic performance. Despite the prevalence of social anxiety, little is known about mechanisms that may underlie associations between social anxiety and outcomes in the context of higher education. Therefore, the goal of this study was to evaluate a conceptual model linking social anxiety, communication with peers and instructors, students’ experiences (i.e., engagement, connectedness, and satisfaction), and indices of socio-emotional functioning at university. Participants were N = 1,073 undergraduate students ( Mage = 20.3 years, SD = 3.49) who completed a series of self-report measures. Among the results, social anxiety was negatively related to communication with instructors, socio-emotional functioning, and student experiences, and academic communication accounted for significant variance in the links between social anxiety and student experiences. In addition, there was at least some evidence that student experiences partially mediated the association between social anxiety and socio-emotional functioning. Gender effects suggest that social anxiety is related to less communication with instructors, lower engagement and satisfaction, and poorer socio-emotional functioning among females compared with males. Results are situated within current literature examining social anxiety in education. The discussion provides concrete suggestions for educational practitioners to increase support for students who experience social anxiety.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Pownall ◽  
Richard Harris ◽  
Pam Blundell-Birtill

As COVID-19 continues to disrupt pre-tertiary education provision and examinations in the UK, urgent consideration must be given to how best to support the 2021-2022 cohort of incoming undergraduate students to Higher Education. In this paper, we draw upon the ‘Five Sense of Student Success’ model to highlight five key evidence-based considerations that Higher Education educators should be attentive to when preparing for the next academic year. These include: the challenge in helping students to reacclimatise to academic work following a period of prolonged educational disruption, supporting students to access the ‘hidden curriculum’ of Higher Education, negotiating mental health consequences of COVID-19, and remaining sensitive to inequalities of educational provision that students have experienced as a result of COVID-19. We provide evidence-based recommendations to each of these considerations.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 308-325
Author(s):  
Sahyar Sahyar

The research aims to study and analyze the influence of lecturer’s competence and learning process on study program competitive advantage either in simultaneous and partiality at private higher education in North Sumatera. This research was conducted by census methods over 44 S1 Management studies in Private Higher Education Kopertis of Regional I North Sumatera. The data used in this research were primary data collected by questioners. The research respondents were head and students of study programs.  The validity and reliability of the data was tested before hypothesis testing. The data analysis for hypothesis testing was the path analysis. This research concludes that: the role of lecturer’s competence and learning process influential significantly toward study program competitive advantage. Partially from both independent variables, the influence of lecturer’s competence toward study program competitive advantage is greater than learning process.


2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 308
Author(s):  
Sahyar Sahyar

The research aims to study and analyze the influence of lecturer’s competence and learning process on study program competitive advantage either in simultaneous and partiality at private higher education in North Sumatera. This research was conducted by census methods over 44 S1 Management studies in Private Higher Education Kopertis of Regional I North Sumatera. The data used in this research were primary data collected by questioners. The research respondents were head and students of study programs.  The validity and reliability of the data was tested before hypothesis testing. The data analysis for hypothesis testing was the path analysis. This research concludes that: the role of lecturer’s competence and learning process influential significantly toward study program competitive advantage. Partially from both independent variables, the influence of lecturer’s competence toward study program competitive advantage is greater than learning process.


2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Ana Luiza Barbosa Anversa ◽  
Thais Da Fonseca Mesquita

Objetivo: analisar as crenças de autoeficácia dos formandos de Educação Física Bacharelado em relação ao exercício profissional. Métodos: adotou-se a metodologia quantitativa do tipo descritiva e inferencial. Participaram da amostra 44 acadêmicos de Educação Física Bacharelado regulamente matriculados no último ano do curso de uma instituição de ensino superior privada de Maringá (PR). Para coleta de dados foi utilizado a Escala de Autoeficácia na Formação Superior e um questionário sociodemográfico. Para verificar o nível de associação entre autoeficácia geral e variável sociodemográfica utilizou-se o teste de qui-quadrado, sendo que, para os demais dados foi utilizado a estatística descritiva. Foi adotado o nível de significância de p≤0,05. Resultados: A maioria dos acadêmicos é do sexo masculino (52,3%), do período matutino (59,1%) e estão engajados no estágio remunerado (77,3%) em um período específico do dia (43,2%). Quanto a complementação da formação em ações de pesquisa e extensão nota-se pouca participação dos acadêmicos, apenas 34,1% apontam ter participado de projeto de extensão e 47,7% relatam buscar cursos de atualização frequentemente ou sempre. Sobre os níveis de autoeficácia, nota-se que o maior índice está na regulação de formação profissional (md= 8,43) e o menor índice (md= 7,21) nas ações proativas, demonstrando que os acadêmicos do último ano apresentam dificuldade em aproveitar ou promover oportunidades de formação. Por fim, ao analisar o nível de associação entre a autoeficácia geral dos acadêmicos e as variáveis sócio demográficas investigadas, foi encontrada diferença significativa apenas em relação ao sexo (p≤ 0,05), demonstrando que as mulheres têm maior autoeficácia que os homens. Conclusão: Os acadêmicos apresentaram bons índices de autoeficácia, no entanto carecem de ações que fortaleçam posturas proativas frente às demandas da formação e profissão.ABSTRACT. Self-efficacy of bachelor’s physical education trainers in relation to the professional exercise. Objective: to analyze the beliefs of self-efficacy in initial training and the expectations of graduates of Physical Education Bachelor in relation to the professional exercise. Methods: the quantitative methodology of the descriptive and inferential type was adopted. The sample was composed of 44 undergraduate students enrolled in the Bachelor of Physical Education course enrolled in the last year of a private higher education institution in Maringá (PR). Data were collected using the Self-efficacy Scale in Higher Education and a sociodemographic questionnaire. To verify the level of association between general self-efficacy and socio-demographic variables, the chi-square test was used, and descriptive statistics were used for the other data. The level of significance of p≤0.05 was adopted. Results: the majority of the students are males (52.3%), of the morning (59.1%) and are engaged in paid work (77.3%) in a specific period of the day (43.2% %). When completing training in research and extension actions, there is little academic participation in these actions, with only 34.1% reporting having participated in an extension project, and only 47.7% reported seeking refresher courses frequently or ever. Regarding the levels of self-efficacy, it is observed that the highest index is in the regulation of professional training (md=8.43) and the lowest index (md=7.21) in proactive actions, showing that last year’s academics have difficulty take advantage of or promote training opportunities. Finally, when analyzing the level of association between the general self-efficacy of the students and the socio-demographic variable, a significant difference was found only in the comparison by sex (p≤0.05), demonstrating that women are more self-efficacious than men. Conclusion:  In general, the students presented good self-efficacy indexes, however, they lack actions that strengthen proactive positions in relation to the demands of the training and profession.


Author(s):  
Chengbo Wang ◽  
Mark Schofield ◽  
Xiaomei Li ◽  
Xuan Ou

There is an increasing demand on higher education institutes (HEIs) to cultivate more professionals with strategic leadership. Among those skills possessed by a strategic leader, critical thinking (CT) is a crucial one, which must be equipped by the graduates, not only for making appropriate decision in their future work, but also for learning efficacy within their higher education process and their later continuous career progression. Correspondingly, HEIs worldwide are endeavouring to cultivate their students of CT skills. Currently, more and more Chinese students are coming to western HEIs for overseas study. To enhance Chinese students' CT competence before and after their boarding on the overseas study, and also to facilitate their host and home institutes in developing effective strategies of further assistance to improve their CT competence, it is important to thoroughly understand the Chinese students' current CT capability and development approaches. This chapter presents an exploration on the competence level and the cultivation methods of CT capability of the current students in business/management programmes in two Chinese case universities: a top public and a top private institute. Based on the findings from the dimensions of undergraduate students and their instructors, the research reveals that in general students from private and public institutes have differences in CT competence, however with a mixed picture on the patterns of differences as perceived by themselves and instructors. These findings inform the home and host institutes on strategies to facilitate and help the Chinese students and those with similar situations on CT competence development and improvement, and consequentially contribute to the cultivation of a strong leadership.


2021 ◽  
pp. 147572572110324
Author(s):  
Madeleine Pownall ◽  
Richard Harris ◽  
Pam Blundell-Birtill

As coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) continues to disrupt pretertiary education provision and examinations in the United Kingdom, urgent consideration must be given to how best to support the 2021–2022 cohort of incoming undergraduate students to higher education. In this paper, we draw upon the “Five Sense of Student Success” model to highlight five key evidence-based, psychology-informed considerations that higher education educators should be attentive to when preparing for the next academic year. These include the challenge in helping students to reacclimatize to academic work following a period of prolonged educational disruption, supporting students to access the “hidden curriculum” of higher education, negotiating mental health consequences of COVID-19, and remaining sensitive to inequalities of educational provision that students have experienced as a result of COVID-19. We provide evidence-based, psychology-informed recommendations to each of these considerations.


Author(s):  
Christos Kaltsidis ◽  
Katerina Kedraka ◽  
Maria E. Grigoriou

Laboratory training is the cornerstone of science education in higher education. However, in several cases hands-on experimental procedures are not possible, and therefore technology provide alternative educational methods. One of the rapidly evolving technologies, namely Virtual Reality (VR) can offer multiple benefits in laboratory training through the development of simulations and virtual laboratories that support, facilitate, and promote an effective their learning experience. We present an empirical research carried out at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Democritus University of Thrace during the winter semester of the academic year 2020-2021. 51 undergraduate students carried out a Virtual Reality activity aiming to train them to the use of a Class II Biosafety Cabinet (BSC) in an immersive virtual environment. Our results show that VR approach was highly and enthusiastically accepted by the students; they reported that they had an authentic learning experience which enabled them to better achieve the learning objectives. However, in some cases symptoms like dizziness and blurry image were reported most likely due to equipment, showing that improvement of the equipment used in VR is needed. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/747/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>


2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 255
Author(s):  
Sukarsono Windu Kumoro ◽  
Abidarin Rosidi ◽  
Armadyah Amborowati

Evaluasi terhadap Program Studi pada Perguruan Tinggi Swasta (PTS) yang memperoleh Ijin Penyelenggaraan dari Dirjen Dikti dibutuhkan oleh Koordinator Kopertis Wilayah V. Laporan PDPT telah terkumpul sejak tahun akademik 2002 semester ganjil (2002-1) sampai dengan tahun akademik 2013 semester genap (2013-2) yang terdiri dari data transaksi yang terkait dengan proses belajar mengajar di PTS. Laporan PDPT dari PTS dikerjakan atas dasar “Culture Trust”. Untuk mengatasi permasalahan tersebut dibangun sebuah data warehouse di Kopertis Wilayah V DIY. Data warehouse ini dikembangkan dengan menggunakan Foxpro dan Clipper dikarenakan data yang dilaporkan menggunakan file berekstendi DBF. Foxpro dan Clipper adalah sebuah paket basisdata dan dapat didistribusikan.Dalam pengerjaan pembangunan data warehouse ini akan melalui proses ETL dan pembuatan Star Schema (Skema Bintang) berupa dimensi-dimensi yang terhubung dengan tabel fakta berupa tabel aktifitas perkuliahan mahasiswa, evaluasi program studi dan aktifitas dosen mengajar di seluruh program studi pada PTS yang menjadi binaan Kopertis Wilayah V. Kemudian hasil data warehouse akan dianalisa melalui proses OLAP (On-line Analytical Processing).The evaluation of the Program on Private Higher Education (PTS) which derive from the Operating Licence required by the Coordinator General of Higher Education Kopertis Region V. PDPT reports have been collected since 2002 semester of the academic year (2002-1) until the second semester of academic year 2013 (2013-2), which consists of transaction data associated with the teaching and learning process in the PTS. PDPT reports of PTS is done on the basis of "Culture Trust".To overcome these problems built a data warehouse in Kopertis Region V DIY. The data warehouse was developed using FoxPro and Clipper because the data reported using a DBF file extension. FoxPro and Clipper is a package database and can be distributed. In the execution of data warehouse development is going through the ETL process and the making of Star Schema (Star Schema) in the form of dimensions that are connected with the fact table in the form of table activity lecturing students, evaluation of courses and activities throughout the faculty teaching courses at private universities being built Kopertis region V. Then the results will be analyzed data warehouse through a process of OLAP (On-line Analytical Processing).


2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 644-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aznur Hajar Abdullah ◽  
Shaista Wasiuzzaman ◽  
Rosidah Musa

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure the influence of six university qualities, namely academic quality, academic staff quality, management quality, industrial linkage quality and facilities’ quality, on students’ total experience (STE) and emotional attachment. Design/methodology/approach – Judgmental sampling is used to collect data from a sample of 489 undergraduate students of a private higher academic institution. The data are then analyzed using structural equation modeling. Findings – This study finds that only management quality forms a significant direct relationship with emotional attachment, whereas facility quality and industrial linkage form a significant relationship with emotional attachment only when mediated with STE. Originality/value – The results provide important findings to researchers and management of higher education institutions for future research directions.


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