scholarly journals Exploring the Relationship Between Communication Skills and Performance in First-Year Engineering

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Jarvie-Eggart ◽  
Laura Fiss ◽  
Karla Kitalong
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
First Year ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Relationship Express: A Pilot Program to Teach Anesthesiology Residents Communication Skills

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 600-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Berger ◽  
Benjamin Blatt ◽  
Brian McGrath ◽  
Larrie Greenberg ◽  
Michael J. Berrigan
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Standardized Patients ◽  
Behavior Modeling ◽  
First Year ◽  
Standardized Patient ◽  
Pilot Program ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Effective Relationships ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requires residency programs to teach 6 core competencies and to provide evidence of effective standardized training through objective measures. George Washington University's Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine implemented a pilot program to address the interpersonal and communication skill competency. In this program, we aimed to pilot the Relationship Express model, a series of exercises in experiential learning to teach anesthesiology residents to build effective relationships with patients in time-limited circumstances. The purpose of this paper is to describe the application of this model for anesthesiology training. Methods A total of 7 first-year clinical anesthesiology residents participated in this pilot study, and 4 residents completed the entire program for analysis purposes. Relationship Express was presented in three 1.5-hour sessions: (1) introduction followed by 2-case, standardized patient pretest with feedback to residents from faculty observers; (2) interpersonal and communication skills didactic workshop with video behavior modeling; and (3) review discussion followed by 2-case, standardized patient posttest and evaluation. Results Modified Brookfield comments revealed the following themes: (1) time constraints were realistic compared with clinical practice; (2) admitting errors with patients was difficult; (3) patients were more aware of body language than anticipated; (4) residents liked the group discussions and the video interview; (5) standardized patients were convincing; and (6) residents found the feedback from faculty and standardized patients helpful. Conclusions Resident retrospective self-assessment and learning comments confirm the potential value of the Relationship Express model. This program will require further assessment and refinement with a larger number of residents.

Predictors of Study Management and Performance on a First-Year Computer Course: The Significance of Students' Study Goals and Perceptions

1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone E. Volet ◽  
Irene M. Styles
Keyword(s):  
Adult Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
Computer Course ◽  
Study Management ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Subjective Appraisals ◽  
Programs Of Study ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the significance of adult students' goals and perceptions in a first-year computer course, in relation to their study management and final performance. The relationship of goals to students' stable characteristics such as age, gender, levels of previous experience of computing and programs of study were examined. The results support the importance of personal goals with respect to achievement and the dynamic interactions between students' study goals and their subjective appraisals of their study. The best predictors of goals were students' perceptions of their interest in the course in the first half of the semester and of their competence in the second half. Background knowledge in computing was related to performance, but students' perceptions and goals were better predictors of performance. It is argued that students' cognitive and affective appraisals of their study and their individual goals are crucial factors in understanding individual differences in achievement in a first-year computer course.

The Relationship and Impact of Communication on Leadership

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Brian J. Galli
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Paper Study ◽  
Leadership Communication ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Communication Competency ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

A manager is the one who is competent to fulfill this by effective leading, sound planning, monitoring, and communicating. It is the manager's communication skills that motivate and inspire teammates to work hard and achieve team target and organizational goals, as well. Furthermore, this paper later explains the idea of leadership communication, steps, and solution, which involved in overcoming the problems. Notably, future leaders must also certainly ensure that the subordinates are treated as members of the organization, whereby consistency in providing sound leadership would determine employee motivation and performance. This paper study also identifies trust in direction, which is related to work outcomes and trust in each other to improve better communication. Therefore, with the help of better communication, one can fulfill their job satisfaction and communication competency.

The relationship between chemistry self-efficacy of South African first year university students and their academic performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umesh Ramnarain ◽  
Sam Ramaila
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
The Self ◽  
First Year ◽  
Psychomotor Skills ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the self-efficacy of first-year Chemistry students at a South African university. The research involved a quantitative survey of 333 students using the College Chemistry Self-Efficacy Scale (CCSS) developed by Uzuntiryaki and Capa Aydin (2009). Descriptive statistics on data for the CCSS scales suggested that students have positive beliefs in their capability to accomplish chemistry tasks. The students scored more strongly on the self-efficacy constructs of cognitive and psychomotor skills than on everyday application. There was a significant difference between students of different professional orientations for cognitive skills and everyday applications, with students enrolled for Chemical Engineering having the highest mean scores for these constructs. A multiple regression analysis was run in order to explore the relationship between chemistry self-efficacy and performance in a chemistry examination. The analysis indicated that cognitive skills significantly predicted chemistry performance, while psychomotor skills and everyday applications had no significant impact. The implications for research and instruction are discussed in terms of the relationship between chemistry self-efficacy and performance.

scholarly journals Revisiting the impact of formative assessment opportunities on student learning

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Peat ◽  
Sue Franklin ◽  
Marcia Devlin ◽  
Margaret Charles
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
First Year ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Final Grade ◽  
Apparent Relationship ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Research Grant

<span>This project developed as a result of some inconclusive data from an investigation of whether a relationship existed between the use of formative assessment opportunities and performance, as measured by final grade. We were expecting to show our colleagues and students that use of formative assessment resources had the potential to improve performance of first year students. This first study, undertaken in semester 1 2002, indicated that there was no apparent relationship between the two, even though the students reported how useful they found the formative assessment resources. This led us to ask if there was a transition effect such that students were not yet working in an independent way and making full use of the resources, and/or whether in order to see an effect we needed to persuade non-users of the resources to become users, before investigating if use can be correlated with improvement in performance. With the 2002-3 NextEd ASCILITE Research Grant we set out to repeat our project and to look at use and usefulness of resources in both first and second semester, to encourage non-users to become users and to investigate the relationship between use and performance. Now our story has a different ending.</span>

scholarly journals Games And Students: Perceptions And Evidence From A DUT Case Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Jason Stratton Davis
Keyword(s):  
Production Function ◽  
Mode Of Delivery ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
First Year ◽  
Economics Students ◽  
Traditional Mode ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Results

The poor performance of first year economics students across higher education institutions is a well-established phenomenon (Parker, 2006). The traditional response has been to analyse this poor performance using a production function where factors are identified and their influence measured. The problem, however, may not be solved entirely by looking at the factors, but at the production function i.e. the relationship between learning and the mode of delivery. This article seeks to challenge the traditional mode of lecture-based learning by introducing economic games into the formal tuition programme. The evidence collected during research indicates positive results in terms of students perceptions and performance.

scholarly journals A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO DIFFERENTIATING MEANS OF DEVELOPMENT OF COORDINATION ABILITIES IN SKI-RACERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-88
Author(s):  
M Bandakov ◽  
A Sannikova
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Youth Sports ◽  
First Year ◽  
Functional Testing ◽  
Mental Processes ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ski Racers

Aim. The article deals with substantiating a methodological approach to differentiating means of development of coordination abilities in ski-racers with different typological properties of the nervous system. Material and methods. The study was conducted in June 2017 – May 2018 in Specialized youth sports school of the Olympic Reserve No 3 (Kirov). First-year ski-racers aged 10–11 years participated in the study (n = 60, 30 each group). The following methods were used: theoretical analysis and literature summary, psychological, pedagogical and functional testing, correlation analysis by M.A. Kharchenko. Results. The differences were revealed in the relationship between coordination abilities and performance of functional systems and mental processes. The results of the correlation analysis allowed to classify the coordination abi­lities of ski-racers depending on the properties of their nervous system into basic and auxiliary coordination abilities, which are different in athletes with a “strong” and “weak” nervous system in terms of excitation. Conclusion. The results obtained allow to use correlation analysis as a methodological approach to differentiating means of development of coordination abilities in ski-racers with different typological properties of the nervous system.

scholarly journals Really Engaging Accounting: Second Life™ as a Learning Platform

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Hornik ◽  
Steven Thornburg
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
First Year ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT: Immersive virtual worlds such as Second Life™ promise the possibility of an engaging platform for learning. This paper examines the success of Second Life™ in enabling an engaging learning environment within a first-year financial accounting course, specifically the relationship between student engagement and performance. The paper details the use of two 3-D objects built to support the course, an interactive accounting equation, and t-account model. Results indicate that student engagement, as enabled via Second Life™ may lead to greater student performance. However, results also indicate a reduction in performance if students have adverse (dizziness, nausea) reactions to the environment.

Relationship of stress and performance among first-year dental students

1986 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 264-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
GH Westerman ◽  
TG Grandy ◽  
JV Lupo ◽  
RE Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Dental Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Relationship Of

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.

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