scholarly journals DETERMINANT FACTORS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT’S DROPOUT IN AN ACCOUNTING STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF A BRAZILIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel de Oliveira Durso ◽  
Jacqueline Veneroso Alves da Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Public University ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Student Dropout ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this article was to identify explanatory factors for undergraduate student’s dropout from the Accounting program of a Brazilian public university. The theoretical platform that guided the study was formulated using three evasion models related to higher education. The survey database consisted of socioeconomic and demographic information of 371 students. The research used quantitative and qualitative methodologies to reach the proposed goal. Quantitative data analysis was performed through logistic regression. The model proposed by the study was able to accurately predict 77% of the cases of dropout/completion from the sample. The qualitative step was based on five semi-structured interviews with those in the sample who dropped out of their studies. The findings of the research have helped understand the phenomenon of undergraduate student dropout from the Accounting program and stresses the importance of rethinking public policies for the retention of talent and, especially, of those students who depend on their work to maintain their studies.

scholarly journals Place marketing and place based loyalty schemes

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-56
Author(s):  
Maria Rybaczewska ◽  
Leigh Sparks
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Place Marketing ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
City Managers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis

Purpose This paper aims to investigate place-based loyalty schemes and place marketing. It focuses on the practical issues of implementation and use as perceived by place managers and businesses. Design/methodology/approach The investigation incorporated a three-stage procedure: focus group, quantitative data analysis and semi-structured interviews with place managers and business managers. Findings The study showed wide interest and potential for place based loyalty schemes, acknowledged by all stakeholder groups. The major concerns were practical issues such as complexity, security of data and costs of implementation (equally time/effort and money). The key finding is the need for simplicity to avoid competing desires and priorities. Originality/value Place marketing is claimed to be a priority for town and city managers. There is less agreement however on how to achieve effective place marketing. The authors show how different stakeholders have different views and how these need to be considered to obtain the benefits all agree are possible.

scholarly journals Exploration of explanatory factors underlying teachers’ perception of learning difficulties in mathematics in interaction with student performances

2021 ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teacher's Perception

This study project contributes to documenting the subject of learning difficulties in mathematics [1-4]. In this research, we aimed to verify what are the main explanatory factors underlying teachers’ perception of learning difficulties in mathematics and in relation to student performance in a problem-solving test. To meet the objectives of the study, we implemented a correlational quantitative data analysis devise with the participation of 262 primary school students. Regression analyzes were performed. The results of the analyzes show that the performance in solving a written mathematics questionnaire is explained mainly by socio-demographic variables associated with the students and by factual variables relating to the conditions for taking the questionnaires. Moreover, the teacher’s perception of student performance in mathematics is mainly explained by variables directly related to the student or to the teacher’s vision of the student’s potential for success at school.

scholarly journals BEHAVIOR BASED SAFETY SEKTOR INFORMAL BECAK MOTOR DI YOGYAKARTA

2020 ◽  
pp. 193-204
Author(s):  
J Julaikah ◽  
Sri Yuni Tursilowati
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
P Value ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Safe Driving ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis ◽  
Unsafe Behavior ◽  
Behavior Based ◽  
Safety Behaviour

Peningkatan jumlah pengguna becak motor dan peningkatan eksistensi dimata penumpang Yogyakarta tidak lantas menjadikan dinas perhubungan DIY merekomendasikan becak motor sebagai salah satu angkutan yang berkeselamatan, hal ini dikarenakan beberapa kasus kecelakaan yang menimpa becak motor akibat konstruksi angkutan yang kurang baik dan perilaku pengemudi yang dinilai kurang selamat. Pada tahun 2016 sebuah media nasional mengabarkan bahwa selama kurun waktu 2015 di makasar telah terjadi 13 kasus kecelakaan becak motor yang mengakibatkan 3 orang meninggal dunia. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kombinasi (mix method) yang menggunakan desain deskriptif. Metode pengumpulan data kuantitatif dalam penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan kuesioner secara personal. Sedangkan data kualitatif didapatkan dengan wawancara terstruktur kepada reponden dan observasi untuk checklist kegiatan. Populasi dalam penelitian seluruh anggota Paguyuban Becak Motor Yogyakarta (PMBY) dengan sampel 94 orang. Variabel dalam penelitian ini adalah komponen Behavior Based Safety (BBS) dan perilaku keselamatan pengemudi becak motor. Analisa data kuantitatif menggunakan Software smart PLS 3.0.  hasil uji kuantitatif menunjukkan variabel yang saling berpengaruh yaitu pengetahuan dengan intensi yang memiliki P-value 0,042. Intensi dengan perilaku P-value 0,016. Persepsi dengan perilaku 0,019. Sedangkan variabel yang tidak saling berpengaruh adalah, persepsi dengan intensi 6,057. Pengetahuan dengan persepsi 1.035 dan pengetahuan dengan perilaku 0,374. Sedangkan data pendukung kualitatif menunjukkan hasil bahwa tidak ada hubungan antara pengetahuan dengan perilaku keselamatan pengendara becak motor serta minimnya perlengkapan keselamatan yang dimiliki oleh pekerja sehingga perilaku selamat belum dapat diwujudkan. Pengendara bentor yang memiliki pengetahuan yang bagus dan niat yang bagus namun tidak didukung dengan sarana prasarana dan kebijakan keselamatan yang memadai maka tidak akan berperilaku keselamatan yang baik dalam berkendara.   There is an increasing number of the motorized pedicab and increasing existence among passengers in Yogyakarta do not necessarily make the Yogyakarta Special Territory (DIY) Transportation Agency recommends the motorized pedicab as one of the safe transports. This is the result of several cases of accidents that happen to the motorized pedicab due to the poor construction and the unsafe behavior among motorized pedicab drivers. The national media in 2006 reported that there were 13 motorized pedicab accidents in 2015 that resulted in 3 deaths. This was a mix method research that applied a descriptive design. Quantitative data collection methods were conducted using a personal questionnaire. Meanwhile, qualitative data was obtained by performing structured interviews with respondents and observations for the activity checklist. The population was all members of the Yogyakarta Motorized Pedicab Association (PMBY) with population 270 and the sample 94 people. The variables included the BBS components and the safety behavior of motorized pedicab drivers. Quantitative data analysis used SmartPLS 3.0 Software. Knowledge with perception showed a P value of 1.035 and knowledge with behavior showed a P value of 0.374. Quantitative test results showed interrelated variables, namely knowledge with the intention that had a P-value of 0.042. Intention variable with the behavior showed a P value of 0.016. Perception with behavior showed a P value of 0.019. Meanwhile, uncorrelated variable was perception with the intention of a P value of 6.057. Knowledge with perceptions showed a P value of a 1.035 and knowledge with behavior showed a P value of 0.374. Meanwhile, qualitative supporting data revealed that there was no correlation between knowledge and safety behavior among motorized pedicab drivers as well as the lack of safety equipment workers had so that safety behaviour cannot be practiced yet. Motorized pedicab drivers with good knowledge and good intentions but are not supported with adequate infrastructure and facilities as well as safety policies will not practice safe driving.

Analysis of the Textbooks Utilized in Higher Education on Local Government in Terms of Their Physical Characteristics and Contents

2022 ◽  
pp. 312-324
Author(s):  
Elvettin Akman ◽  
Çiğdem Akman ◽  
Pelin Babaoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Visual Design ◽  
Graduate Degrees ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis ◽  
Content Characteristics

Education on local government taken into consideration within the scope of the study was from the higher education domain offering in programs/majors in associate, bachelor, and graduate degrees in Turkey. Today, there are a number of textbooks studied in local government program, which contained 43 associate, 3 bachelors, and uncounted non-thesis or thesis master studies and a doctorate program. Therefore, it is crucially important to analyze local governments textbooks taught across these departments. Especially when significance of visual design of textbooks in student success and learning process is considered, materiality of this study could clearly be recognized. In the study, the concerned resources were accessed through library and internet, and then document analysis was carried out on masthead of textbooks and their physical and content characteristics. Also, NVivo 12 Quantitative Data Analysis Software was utilized in analysis of content characteristics.

scholarly journals The Impact of Open Access on Teaching—How Far Have We Come?

Publications ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Gadd ◽  
Morrison ◽  
Secker
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Acquisition Processes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Journal Content ◽  
Do So

This article seeks to understand how far the United Kingdom higher education (UK HE) sector has progressed towards open access (OA) availability of the scholarly literature it requires to support courses of study. It uses Google Scholar, Unpaywall and Open Access Button to identify OA copies of a random sample of articles copied under the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) HE Licence to support teaching. The quantitative data analysis is combined with interviews of, and a workshop with, HE practitioners to investigate four research questions. Firstly, what is the nature of the content being used to support courses of study? Secondly, do UK HE establishments regularly incorporate searches for open access availability into their acquisition processes to support teaching? Thirdly, what proportion of content used under the CLA Licence is also available on open access and appropriately licenced? Finally, what percentage of content used by UK HEIs under the CLA Licence is written by academics and thus has the potential for being made open access had there been support in place to enable this? Key findings include the fact that no interviewees incorporated OA searches into their acquisitions processes. Overall, 38% of articles required to support teaching were available as OA in some form but only 7% had a findable re-use licence; just 3% had licences that specifically permitted inclusion in an ‘electronic course-pack’. Eighty-nine percent of journal content was written by academics (34% by UK-based academics). Of these, 58% were written since 2000 and thus could arguably have been made available openly had academics been supported to do so.

scholarly journals Perceptions of academic staff about mentoring in a Faculty of Dentistry in a public university in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (06) ◽  
pp. 309-314
Author(s):  
Seyi Ladele Amosun ◽  
Greta AVM Geerts ◽  
Reneda Basson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Public University ◽  
Mentoring Programs ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Formal Program

Mentoring programs contribute to the development and retention of academics in dental education. To describe the perceptions of academic staff of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, about a funded pilot mentoring process. Cross-sectional, purposive sampling qualitative design. Twenty mentees who had engaged in the funded mentoring process were targeted for semi-structured interviews, to describe their perceptions about the ongoing mentorship process, experiences in other mentoring processes, and expectations about future formal mentoring in the faculty. Quantitative data was analysed descriptively, while content analysis of the qualitative data was performed to identify themes. Perceptions of eight mentees, aged 37 to 59 years and spent between 3 and over 20 years in the faculty, were categorized into two themes - ‘A welcome initiative’ and ‘Mentorship seen as a holistic experience’. The program provided the much-needed space where mentees felt they could seek guidance for their development. Expectations from a future formal program included assistance in meeting institutional and personal demands. Participants’ expectations were broader than what the pilot program offered, though

scholarly journals Clinical reasoning of medical students in a public university in Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Célia Cristina Fornaziero ◽  
Pedro Alejandro Gordan ◽  
Mara Lúcia Garanhani
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Public University ◽  
Inductive Method ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Analytical Reasoning ◽  
Deductive Method ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Student's Perceptions ◽  
Difficult Cases

The aim of this research was to understand the reasoning developed by medical students in a public university in Brazil. This research on education included semi-structured interviews and film recordings of interns discussing 10 clinical cases. A sample of 16 interns analyzed cases presented on a notebook computer with a webcam. They were instructed to verbalize all their thoughts on the procedures they would use. The film recordings and transcripts of the interviews were analyzed. Quantitative data was evaluated using Yates' chi-squared test and speech analysis was used to evaluate the transcripts. The theme worked on in the practice of reasoning was: the student's perceptions of their clinical practice. Of the 160 diagnoses, 57% were done with analytical reasoning and 43% with non-analytical reasoning. The hypothetical deductive method was employed by 31% of the interns and the inductive method was employed by 69%. The diagnostic accuracy was 81% correct for easy cases and 85% correct for difficult cases. We observed two empirical categories: the cognitive universe of the student and the patient's context.

scholarly journals Nursing knowledge patterns: nurses’ image and role in society perceived by students

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Weingartner Pierrotti ◽  
Edinêis de Brito Guirardello ◽  
Vanessa Pellegrino Toledo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Public University ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Students ◽  
Nursing Knowledge ◽  
Nurses Role

ABSTRACT Objectives: to understand high school students’ perception about the nurse’s image and role in society, from nursing knowledge patterns. Methods: phenomenographic qualitative study, developed between October 2017 and January 2018, in a public university in the countryside of the state of São Paulo, with eight Interdisciplinary Higher Education Program (Programa de Formação Interdisciplinar Superior) students. The findings were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed by the phenomenography framework, supported by rereading nursing knowledge patterns. Results: two categories emerged: Perception of nurses’ image, which contemplates their positive and negative characteristics, attributes and place where they operate; and Nurses’ role in society, in which their work is compared with physicians’. Final Considerations: despite their essential role in care, subordination to medical knowledge and lack of knowledge of nurses’ functions still reflect their image.

scholarly journals Problems Of Females’ Progression In Higher Education: Perceptions Of Female University Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-88
Author(s):  
Muhammad Amin ◽  
Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah ◽  
Arfa Afghani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Public University ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The study aims to investigate the barriers that hinder in the progress of females’ higher education. The study adopted a mixed methods approach. The quantitative data is collected from 200 female students of a Pakistani public university through a structured questionnaire, whereas to generate the qualitative data semi-structured interviews are conducted from 15 female students from the same group. The findings highlight ignorant parents as major barrier in the way of females’ higher education. Moreover, cultural norms, low socio-economic status, unavailability of universities in remote areas, and stereotype thinking of families are also pointed out as main barriers of females’ progression in higher education. Some implications for policy are offered and suggestions for future research are proposed.

scholarly journals Analysis and implementation of free education at the University of Atacama

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Carmen Burgos Videla ◽  
Ana Oña Macías ◽  
Wilson Castillo Rojas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
University Selection ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis ◽  
Selection Test ◽  
Evaluation And Monitoring ◽  
The University ◽  
And Control ◽  
Score Range

Based on the Chilean reality about the Free Education Policy (2016), the article presents a study that addresses the reception sustained by higher education institutions regarding the mechanisms of application and control of the policy; taking as a sample the group of students at the University of Atacama with the benefit on the year 2018. The quantitative data analysis is carried out considering the faculties and careers, the route of entry of the students, type of establishment of origin, and academic's entry factors. It is concluded that without evaluation and monitoring mechanisms this benefit could become an item of the higher education budget without fruitful results for the country. Regarding the result, it is established that in the sample analyzed, students who enter by regular route or University Selection Test (PSU), the score range obtained in Middle School Grades (NEM), is lower than the PSU and Ranking scores, so it does not influence significantly as an academic income factor. This means that for a student with the benefit prevails the PSU score, independent where he has completed his secondary education, and to which career he enters.

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