scholarly journals The Explicit Teaching of Writing Using Disquisition-Based Learning Strategy for the First Year EFL College Students at Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 571
Author(s):  
Agus Eko Cahyono ◽  
Masrokhin Masrokhin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
First Year ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
English Major ◽  
Teaching Text ◽  
Efl College Students ◽  
The University

This current study is directed to implement Disquisition based learning strategy in improving the students’ ability in writing descriptive text at the first year EFL college students of Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang. The English major in the first year has eight classes. This site is chosen for several reasons. First, the researcher is a lecturer of the university. Second, the lecturer’s strategy in teaching text writing is not varied. Third, the researcher is motivated to solve the students’ problems in writing texts. This study is categorized as a collaborative action research since in conducting the research, the researcher works collaboratively with a classroom English lecturer in the research activities at the stage of planning, the implementation of the action, the observation and the analysis and reflection. Based on the study’s findings and discussion, it can be concluded that using a Disquisition-based learning strategy can help students enhance their capacity to write descriptive paragraphs. Furthermore, it provided students with opportunities for increased independence. They can work together without the lecturer dictating every step, and they can make some of their own learning decisions to complete the task, due to peer revising and editing activities. Furthermore, the strategy necessitates that the students collaborate. It emphasizes the importance of group collaboration to solve problems and obtain a diverse range of feedback or replies to difficulties. In group learning, it allows students to share their thoughts with one another and to learn to listen to and respect the viewpoints of their peers. Furthermore, the execution of this strategy has a favorable impact on students’ interest in learning English. The researcher noticed that a couple of the students who used to run away from class when he first started teaching were already participating in all of the learning activities. The future researcher is advised to implement and build a Disquisition-based learning strategy in other school levels.  However, in the implementation the strategy, the lecturer should give more guidance and data sources such as interesting pictures, a large number of vocabulary, and simple models of writing.

Thathir Quality Scholarship Program For Students At University level

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-219
Author(s):  
Louay Qais Abdullah ◽  
Duraid Faris Khayoun
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
First Year ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
Scholarship Program ◽  
University Level ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The study focused basically on measuring the relationship between the material cost of the students benefits program and the benefits which are earned by it, which was distributed on college students in the initial stages (matinee) and to show the extent of the benefits accruing from the grant program compared to the material burdens which matched and the extent of success or failure of the experience and its effect from o scientific and side on the Iraqi student through these tough economic circumstances experienced by the country in general, and also trying to find ways of proposed increase or expansion of distribution in the future in the event of proven economic feasibility from the program. An data has been taking from the data fro the Department of Financial Affairs and the Department of Studies and Planning at the University of Diyala with taking an data representing an actual and minimized pattern and questionnaires to a sample of students from the Department of Life Sciences in the Faculty of Education of the University of Diyala on the level of success and failure of students in the first year of the grant and the year before for the purpose of distribution comparison. The importance of the study to measure the extent of interest earned in comparision whit the material which is expenseon the program of grant (grant of students) to assist the competent authorities to continue or not in the program of student grants for the coming years.

scholarly journals Dining Hall Usage and Eating Competence in College Students (P16-027-19)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Schroeder ◽  
Jesse Stabile Morrell
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
First Year ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Eating Competence ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
The University

Abstract Objectives To explore differences in eating competence among first-year and upperclass college students (18–24 years), as well as the differences related to dining hall usage. Methods Data were collected between 2015–17; students (n = 1057) were recruited from a midsize, northeastern university to participate in an ongoing health survey. Students completed the Eating Competence Satter Inventory (ecSI), as well as the self-reported frequency of meals obtained from the university dining hall, as part of an online questionnaire. Proportional differences between first-year and upperclass students were analyzed via chi-square analyses. Mean differences between eating competence scores and frequency of dining hall meals/week (0, 1–6, 7–13, 14–20, ³21) were evaluated via ANCOVA; age, BMI, sex, semester, year of data collection, and academic class year served as covariates. Results Students had a mean age of 18.9 ± 0.03 years; 66.7% were female and 53.4% were first-year. The mean ecSI score was 33.3 ± 0.3; more than half of students (58.2%) were considered eating competent (³32). No differences in ecSI scores between first-year and upperclass students were observed (33.2 ± 0.4 vs. 33.5 ± 0.4, P = 0.63). Students who report ³21 dining hall meals/week had the highest ecSI scores as compared to 0, 1–6, 7–13, 14–20 meals/week (36.7 ± 0.6 vs. 31.4 ± .9, 32.0 ± 0.6, 31.5 ± 0.6, 33.8 ± 0.4, all respectively P < 0.01). Conclusions Our findings do not suggest differences in eating competence between first-year and upperclass students, however, students who utilize the university dining hall for at least 3 meals per day had the highest eating competence. These findings may be of interest to campus dietitians and educators interested in promoting healthy eating behaviors and attitudes on their campuses. Funding Sources New Hampshire Agriculture Experiment Stations and the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hatch Project 1010738.

scholarly journals Assessment of the student’s educational experience as a tool for making management decisions in the university

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-99
Author(s):  
T. N. Korneenko ◽  
I. A. Shcheglova
Keyword(s):  
Educational Experience ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
First Year ◽  
Educational Practices ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Ability To Act ◽  
The University

This article draws attention to students’ educational experience at a Russian regional university. Such experience is based on two aspects: on the one hand, it is a result of abilities integration, and on the other, it is an ability to act in a context of uncertainty. The latter aspect in understanding students’ experience is the most important for the personality formation in today’s complex world. Within the context of the higher education transformation, experience as an ability to act plays a significant role in individual development. That is why this study is aimed at analyzing the educational experience of first-year students and university graduates. Their educational experience is assessed based on their involvement in educational practices in class, in research activities at the university, and in self-educational activities. The results show that the first-year students’ experience and the graduates’ one at the university have functional differences. The first-year students’ academic engagement is higher as compared to the graduate students’. The research experience of both is expressed in a low degree. The self-educational experience at the university is not strategically formed. Comparing the first-year students’ and the graduates’ educational experiences, one can conclude that the structure of the latter is more functional due to the graduates’ limited involvement in educational activities. This means that the educational experience varies during the period of studies mainly in individual competencies, which are not connected with each other. The low level of the students’ involvement in educational practice reflects the weak development of their experience as an ability to act. It is the structure of a student’s motives that can be one of the main factors of his/her involvement in the learning process. Our findings contribute to the design of educational practices at the university and suggest the strong demand for a more responsible approach to designing the educational environment and educational practices at all university levels.

scholarly journals 'The Emperor is Naked!': Exposing (In) efficiency of Self- Assessment and Group – Assessment in Higher Education

Pedagogika ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-60
Author(s):  
Inga Minelgaitė ◽  
Rasa Nedzinskaitė-Mačiūnienė ◽  
Kari Kristinsson ◽  
Sigurdur Gudjonsson
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
First Year ◽  
Homo Economicus ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Group Assessment ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The University

In this study, we examine how students grade themselves in comparison with their peers and teachers. Results were formed from a sample of 169 first-year students signed up to the course “Introduction to Management”, run by the School of Business at the University of Iceland and based on a cooperative learning strategy. Irrespective of whether students were evaluating their individual or group work, the mean outcomes suggest that their own grading is much higher than that of their peers, and higher again than their teachers. These results suggest that the self-interest of the Homo economicus was clouding objectivity, and it is also likely that the inexperience of the new undergraduates in such grading approaches played a role. Future research should not abandon the idea of self-assessment as a means of developing critical capacities among students, but rather seek to explore whether these results are replicated in other educational settings, such as different disciplines and sub-disciplines, and whether more experienced students, such as third-year undergraduates, demonstrate similar behavioral responses.

scholarly journals Causes and Effects of Absenteeism among First Year College Students of the Mindanao State University – Sulu

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-352
Author(s):  
Adamel K. Lukman
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
First Year ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
State University ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
First Year College ◽  
First Year College Students ◽  
The University

One of the major barriers to learning faced by the students and teachers in schools today is lack of consistent attendance. Poor student attendance has a far-reaching effect on the individual student especially on their academic performance in the school. This problem is caused by this major perennial problem—absenteeism. Absenteeism is a chronic absence in nature. It is habitual failure to attend school. When students regularly miss out classes consistently would entail disadvantages academically. However, the main purpose of this study was to identify the causes and effects of absenteeism among first year college students of the Mindanao State University-Sulu, as well as to determine and figure out possible remedies to address this problem. In analyzing and computing the data, the researcher used SPSS version 21.0, and utilized checklist questionnaire and an open-ended questionnaire, respondents were consisted of 100 first year college students and 9 faculty members the researcher was able to find out the leading cause of absenteeism among the first year college students of MSU-Sulu and that is ‘school is far from home’ with (3.06) mean value . While low grade point average (GPA) with mean value (3.78)  was the leading effect of absenteeism followed by poor critical thinking skills, other effects of absenteeism were, poor classroom performance, low examination results, poor oral recitation, poor creative skills, poor communication skills, lack of self-confidence, low comprehension and high risk of dropouts. The researcher was able to figure out remedies that can be applied to address the problem on absenteeism. The remedies include (a) there must be a student dormitory inside the campus to house the students since majority of the students enrolled in the university  are from distant island municipalities (b) conduct orientation to students and parents prior to the opening of regular classes (c) the university must have a strict policy dealing with students’ absenteeism (d) teacher or instructor should conduct regular assessment in the form of quiz at the end of the session (e) motivate and encourage the students to give more attention and emphasize the importance of education in their future (f) classroom atmosphere should be conducive to learning.

scholarly journals Integration of study material in the problem-based learning method

Curationis ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Becker ◽  
M. J. Viljoen ◽  
Y. Botma ◽  
I. J. Bester
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Student Perception ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Study Data ◽  
First Year ◽  
Integrated Curricula ◽  
Integration Of Learning ◽  
The University

Throughout the world educators are starting to realise that integrated curricula reflect the “real world”. Students learn how to integrate theory appropriately with practice and it stimulates higher order thinking skills. Problem-based learning (PBL) was used as a learning strategy in an integrated undergraduate programme. A quantatative non-experimental design, a survey, was used to determine how problem-based learning influences integration of learning by the students. Using a purposive sampling method all the first-year nursing students (43) at the University of the Free State participating in the programme were included in the study. Data was collected by means of a student perception questionnaire (SPQ).

scholarly journals Food Insecure College Students and Objective Measurements of Their Unused Meal Plans

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene van Woerden ◽  
Daniel Hruschka ◽  
Sonia Vega-Lόpez ◽  
David R. Schaefer ◽  
Marc Adams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Generalized Estimating Equations ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year College ◽  
Food Security Status ◽  
Meal Plan ◽  
First Year College Students ◽  
The University

Some researchers have proposed the prevalence of food insecurity among college students is high due to students’ meal plans providing insufficient meals. The association between college students’ food security status and their meal plans have not yet been examined. In this study, United States (US) first year college students (N = 534) self-reported their food security status in the Fall 2015 and/or Spring 2016 semester(s). Objective measures of students’ meal plans were obtained from the university. Logistic generalized estimating equations (GEEs) were used to determine if students’ meal plan, and meal plan use, predicted food insecurity. Linear GEEs were used to examine several potential reasons for lower meal plan use. We found that students did not use all of their available meals. Compared to students on the most expensive (unlimited) meal plan, students on the cheapest (8 meals/week) meal plan were the most likely to report food insecurity (OR = 2.2, 95% CI = 1.2, 4.1). However, in the Fall semester, 26% of students on unlimited meal plans also reported food insecurity. For students on the 180 meals/semester meal plan, food insecurity was associated with using fewer meals (OR = 0.9, 95% CI = 0.8, 1.0). Students who worked tended to use their meal plan less (β = −1.3, 95% CI = −2.3, −0.3). Students are reporting food insecurity while having meals left in their meal plan.

scholarly journals MOTIVATION TYPES IN PREDICTING THE USE OF SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES BY ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES – VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bui Thien Sao ◽  
Duong Thu Mai
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy Use ◽  
National University ◽  
English Major ◽  
The University

This study examined the role of motivation types in predicting the use of language learning strategies by English major students at the University of Languages and International Studies - Vietnam National University, Hanoi (ULIS). A questionnaire was employed to collect information from 123 students. The first section of the questionnaire was about how often the students used strategies in learning English, and the second one collected information about the participants’ levels of four motivation types. The results indicated that all the strategies were used by the majority of the respondents, and among four types of motivation, their instrumental motivation was of the highest level. Importantly, the study disclosed a significant and positive correlation between motivation and language learning strategy use. Finally, going beyond the correlational analysis already observed in many other studies, this study utilized regression analysis which then helped unveil significant contributions of integrative and intrinsic motivation to strategy use. Helpful implication can be drawn from this study.

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