Clustering Student Performance Based on Family and Educational Backgrounds: A Case Study of the Faculty of Agriculture and Technology at Rajamangala University of Technology Isan

As the third vital industry supporting Australia’s economic development, the education domain and related services are deserved to be emphasized. The domestic university as the major used space of the educational industry is acquiring increasingly government investments. One of the investment aspects is the improvement of safety infrastructure. By providing students and staff a convenient and safe campus experience is an effective approach to produce greater benefits. However, in most Australia universities, the safety issue is still a problem that needs to be enhanced. In this research paper, the Garden City Campus of the Queensland University of Technology is used as the case study. It will be analyzed using the methodologies of observation and survey.

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From Drug Literature Evaluation to Evidence-Based Medicine: Transforming the Focus of a First Year Pharmacy Curriculum

INNOVATIONS in pharmacy ◽

10.24926/iip.v7i2.425 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Shannon Reidt ◽

Keri Hager ◽

James Beattie ◽

Amy Pittenger ◽

Maureen Smith ◽

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Keyword(s):

Student Performance ◽

Student Perceptions ◽

Evidence Based Medicine ◽

Integrated Design ◽

First Year ◽

Evidence Based ◽

And Performance ◽

Pharmacy Curriculum ◽

Based Medicine

This case study describes a longitudinal curricular sequence implemented to teach evidence-based medicine (EBM) skills. The longitudinal sequence is innovative in its approach, design, and assessment of EBM. This approach moves away from the conventional strategy of teaching drug information and drug literature evaluation as stand-alone courses and instead embraces the EBM Framework and its use in the context of authentic problem solving. The EBM Framework—Ask, Acquire, Appraise, and Apply—was used as the basis for defining seven EBM skills. These skills were targeted in the evidence-based, integrated design of 17 learning episodes delivered with eight faculty members through six courses in the first year. Student perceptions of relevance of EBM and performance on assessments and learning activities throughout the sequence suggest that integrating EBM across the first year of the curriculum is an effective strategy for teaching EBM skills. Three themes emerged from analysis of the data and experience, including the need for: a strong teaching team, a whole task approach with a focus on solving authentic problems, and care in interpreting the progression of assessments and patterns of student performance. Through instructor observations and peer review, the longitudinal sequence has been refined and has had an impact on the rest of the curriculum. Type: Case Study

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An assessment of the effectiveness of support for university programs from the human capital operational program in years 2013-2015 in the development of students competences in entrepreneurship

Acta Innovations ◽

10.32933/actainnovations.26.8 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 75-80

Author(s):

Kinga Koroniejko

Keyword(s):

Critical Analysis ◽

Organizational Innovation ◽

Field Education ◽

University Of Technology ◽

European Social Fund ◽

Social Fund ◽

Operational Program ◽

Student Competencies ◽

Development Of Students

The article presents the ways of support from European funds in the development of student competencies and organizational innovation in the field education. It is based on a case study of the project ‘Inżynieria materiałowa – inżynieria przyszłości’ (Material engineering – engineering of the future’), financed by the European Social Fund in Poland. The project was implemented at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Cracow University of Technology in the years 2012-15. The research methods used are critical analysis of literature sources, surveys and a case study of the project mentioned above.

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Predictive Performance of Hargreaves Model in Estimating Solar Radiation in Yola, Adamawa State Nigeria Using Minimum Climatological Data

Journal of Engineering Research and Reports ◽

10.9734/jerr/2018/v1i29801 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Ojo Samuel ◽

Alimi Taofeek Ayodele ◽

Amos Anna Solomon

Keyword(s):

Solar Radiation ◽

Model Performance ◽

Predictive Performance ◽

Global Solar Radiation ◽

Climatic Data ◽

Climatological Data ◽

University Of Technology ◽

Hargreaves Model ◽

The Many

Mathematical models have been very useful in reducing challenges encountered by researchers due to the inability of having solar radiation data or lack of instrumental sites at every point on the Earth. This work aimed at investigating the prediction performance of Hargreaves-Samani’s model in estimating global solar radiation (GSR) out of the many other empirical models so far formulated for this purpose. This model basically uses maximum and minimum temperature data and basically used in mid-latitudes. The paper attempts to assess the predictive performance of Hargreaves-Samani’s model in the Savanna region using Yola as a case study. Estimated values of GSR from one month data adopted from the Meteorological station of the Department of Geography, Federal University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria was used for this purpose. Using this model shows a 95% index of agreement (IA) with the observed values; which suggests a good model performance and can also be used in estimating global solar radiation in the Savanna region particularly in areas with little or no such climatic data.

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An examination of the factors affecting the performance of Management Accounting students at the Durban University of Technology

10.51415/10321/3671 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

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Stephanie Caroline Singh

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Student Performance ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Management Accounting ◽

Cost Accounting ◽

Accounting Students ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Five Factors ◽

University Of Technology ◽

The Impact

The success of a module at a university of technology is measured by student performance. At the Durban University of Technology in the Department of Management Accounting, students in their second year of study struggle with conceptualising content in Cost Accounting two which affects their performance. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors which may impact on the performance of Cost Accounting two students and to determine if these factors have a significant association with a student’s performance in Cost Accounting two. Many studies have identified various factors which may influence students’ academic performance. For the purpose of this study, five factors that may affect student performance were identified and examined. The independent variables or factors identified were attendance, age, gender, grade 12 results and language. The dependent variable for this study was performance (in Cost Accounting two). In order to measure the performance of students included in the study, the percentage achieved in Cost Accounting two for the semester was used. Although studies have been conducted on student performance at universities across South Africa and around the world, limited studies were conducted on the performance of Cost Accounting two students within South Africa. The study aimed to identify the factors that affect the performance of Cost and Management Accounting students at a university of technology and the impact of those factors on performance. The study found that only student attendance has a positive impact on student performance in Cost Accounting two. The findings of this study may be useful to the Department of Management Accounting at the DUT and other universities of technology. It is hoped that the current study will be useful to other teachers of cost and management accounting at universities on which factors influence the academic achievement of students.

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