scholarly journals The contribution of psychological barriers in predicting the cognitive load among the university students’ users of blackboard system

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 3058-3072
Author(s):  
Mohamed Sayed Abdellatif ◽  
Mervat Azmy Zaki Abdul-Gawad
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Psychological Barriers ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
Blackboard System ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Correlative Relationship

Psychological barriers are one of the most common problems facing individuals nowadays due to everyday life pressures. The current research aimed at identifying the extent to which psychological barriers contribute to predicting the perceived cognitive load of blackboard e-learning management system users. The research sample comprised (240) male and female among the University Students. The descriptive-analytical approach, specifically the predictive correlative research method was utilized to reveal the relationship between the research variables. The research main results revealed that there was a statistically significant correlative positive relationship between the psychological barriers and the cognitive load (intrinsic, extraneous, and the overall degree), and there was no statistically correlative relationship between psychological barriers and the Germane cognitive load. Besides, results concluded that the external psychological barriers were better at predicting the overall degree of the perceived cognitive load. Psychological barriers and cognitive load must be considered within the e-learning settings through making use of the results of the current study in developing training and counseling programs to reduce the students' psychological barriers and cognitive load levels.   Keywords: psychological barriers; cognitive load; Blackboard system

scholarly journals The relative contribution of psychological barriers to the cognitive load  of university students: الإسهام النسبي للحواجز النفسية في العبء المعرفي لطلاب الجامعة

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Sayed Mohamed Abdel-Latif, Mervat Azmy Zaki Abdel-Ga
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Psychological Barriers ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Correlative Relationship

The current study aimed to identify the relationship between psychological barriers and the cognitive load among Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University students who use the e-learning management system (BlackBoard) and to identifying the extent to which psychological barriers degrees contribute in predicting the degrees of perceived cognitive load, For data collection, the analytical descriptive approach was used the researchers applied the psychological barriers scale and the perceived cognitive load scale prepared by the researchers. Results revealed the following: There was a statistically significant positive correlative relationship between the psychological barriers, its' dimensions, the intrinsic, the extraneous perceived cognitive load and the total degree of cognitive load of university students, while there was no correlative relationship between psychological barriers, its' dimensions and the Germane perceived cognitive load of university students. The second axis (the external psychological barriers) was better in predicting the overall degree of perceived cognitive load, and that the arrangement of the sub-dimensions of external psychological barriers in terms of their ability to predict the overall degree of the perceived cognitive load was in the following order: realizing rumors, fear of negative evaluation, and expecting failure. There were no statistically significant differences between male and female university students and between the scientific and literary disciplines in psychological barriers and their dimensions, there were statistically significant differences between male and female university students in intrinsic, extraneous cognitive load and the overall degree in favor of female students. And there were differences between the scientific and literary disciplines in the intrinsic and extraneous perceived cognitive load, and the overall degree of the cognitive load in favor of the literary disciplines. there were no differences between male and female students and between the scientific and literary disciplines in Germane cognitive load.

scholarly journals Study on the University Students’ Self-expressive Tendency in Mongolia

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Davaa Jagdag ◽  
Zoljargal Dembereldorj
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The study aimed to explore Mongolian students’ tendency of self-expression and a conduct of self-study at one university of Mongolia. It employed quantitative research method to explore the relationship between self-expression and self-study and examined them in terms of age, gender, years of study and field of study. The chi-squared test found that there is a significant relationship between self-expression and the ability to conduct self-study. We concluded that students who conduct self-study or has an ability of self-study tend to self-express in the context of Mongolian education. Significant relationships between age, year of the class and self-expression implies that self-expression develops as the student becomes matured and confident with an increase of their educational level.

scholarly journals Effects of Individual Differences on Generic Competences: An Evidence from University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-138
Author(s):  
Shaheen Ashraf ◽  
Nazir Haider Shah ◽  
Fazal-ur- Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Generic Competencies ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

This study was carried out with the background that Every individual has certain qualities and competencies the differences specially students at higher level existed and functional due to various reasons in human beings which directly or indirectly affect their lives, with  the objectives (i) to explore the generic competencies possessed by the university students, (ii) to assess the individual differences of University Students, (iii) to measure the relationship between generic competencies and individual differences of students. This was a survey study in nature and the population of the study comprised of 5206 students (2902 male and 2124 female) of nine universities. Universal sampling technique (up-to 10%) was used and the data was collected from the whole population to ensure the effectiveness of the study through two self-developed questionnaires employing Axcel-ANOVA under the SPSS-2018 version with t-test and F-Crit test were used to analyze the data. The Regression was simultaneously applied for both positive r-1 and Negative (R-Square) for difference, as well as, E-views 09 version was supportively used to double check the significance. It was concluded that university students responded 87% positively for the generic response (s) evidenced the individual differences in generic competencies as positively affected the parameters of (a) age of students (b) Understanding the university group tasks, (c) developing competences based on teachers guidance, knowledge including curriculum/syllabi and (d) document based knowledge including ICT and e-learning as well as (e) competence developed for future.

scholarly journals Relações com o saber, com o ensinar e com a aprendizagem em um projeto de formação inicial de professores de matemática no Brasil Relations with the knowledge, teaching and learning in a initial training Project of mathematic teachers in Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Fogaça Carvalho ◽  
Marinez Meneghello Passos ◽  
Sergio De Mello Arruda ◽  
Angela Marta Pereira das Dores Savioli
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Analytical Instrument ◽  
Initial Training ◽  
School Students ◽  
Training Project ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

ResumoNeste artigo analisamos as relações com o saber, com o ensinar e com o aprender em atividades desenvolvidas em um subprojeto de Matemática no Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID). Os dados consistiram no registro das ações realizadas em sala de aula por um supervisor (professor), seis estudantes da licenciatura em Matemática e alunos do Ensino Fundamental de uma escola pública do estado do Paraná, Brasil. Para a interpretação dos dados foi utilizado um instrumento que possibilita evidenciar as relações com o saber na sala de aula denominado Matriz 3x3. As análises revelaram implicações da ação do supervisor na ação tanto dos estudantes universitários quanto dos alunos da escola e, consequentemente, nas relações que estes estabeleceram com o saber, o ensinar e o aprender.AbstractIn this article we analyze the relationship with knowledge, with teaching and with learning in activities developed in a subproject of Mathematics in the Institutional Program of Initiation to Teaching (PIBID). The data consisted of the registration of actions carried out in the classroom by a supervisor (teacher), six undergraduate students in Mathematics and students of the Elementary School of a public school in the state of Paraná, Brazil. For the interpretation of the data we used an analytical instrument called Matrix 3x3. The analyses revealed the implications of the supervisor's action on the actions of the university students and of the school students and consequently on the relationships they established with knowledge, teaching and learning.

scholarly journals – Creative ability and its relationship to some demographic and academic variables– Field study among students of the University of Khartoum

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhakiah Ahmed Amer
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Academic Variables ◽  
Correlation Relationship ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Birth Family ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Correlative Relationship

The objective of the current study was to detect the relationship between the qualitative differences between the creativity and the age of the student and the age of the parents at birth، family size، birth order، economic and cultural level، loss of parents and their habitat (environment) using the descriptive approach. A total of 953 students، from the first level (males and females) and from the scientific and literary colleges in Khartoum University، Sudan. The results showed no significant differences in creativity، no correlative between the age of the parents and the students' ages in creativity، but there are: - a negative correlative relationship with maternal age at level (0. 01) and a positive correlative relationship with the age of the students at the level (0. 01)، but in both flexibility and fluency، there is a negative correlation relationship statistically significant with the age of students at the level of (0. 01). There is no correlation between the creativity and birth order of the student، creativity and family size، negative correlative relation with family size at (0. 01). The differences in creativity could be attributed to the place of residence at a significant level (0. 01).  

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COTININE LEVEL IN URINE AND VITAMIN D IN THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 214-219
Author(s):  
Ayse Berivan Bakan ◽  
Naim Uzun ◽  
Senay Karadag Arli ◽  
Metin Yıldız
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
University Students ◽  
Vitamin D Deficiency ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Cotinine Level ◽  
Screening Design ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Blood And Urine Samples ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Vitamin D deficiency is today acknowledged as a pandemic. Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are associated with many chronic diseases, including common cancers, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, and infectious and autoimmune diseases.Objective: This study aims to investigate the relationship between the cotinine level in urine and Vitamin D.Methods: This study employed a descriptive and relational screening design.  It was conducted with 74 smoking university students between January 2019 and March 2020. Data were collected through socio-demographic form and Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence. Besides, the participating students’ blood and urine samples were taken in a suitable environment.Results: The average age of the participating students was 21.50±2.09. Of all the students, 71.6% were males, 62.2% were exposed to the sun between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m., and the average number of cigarettes smoked daily was 13.52±8.22. The average Vitamin D level in blood was 32.4±15.3 (ng/mL), and the average cotinine level in urine was 1.60 ± .32 (ng/L). No statistically significant relationships were found between the Vitamin D level and the cotinine level (p<0.05).Conclusion: Smoking causes diseases and death in many people, and it is a changeable risk factor.  Nursing practices on the struggle against smoking are effective. No significant relationships were found between the Vitamin D level in blood and cotinine level in urine. Similar studies are recommended to be conducted with larger groups and participants from different age groups.

scholarly journals University Students’ Perception of Transformational Leadership of the University President in Korea: The Role of Students’ Personality, Affect, and Affective Commitment to the University

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-184
Author(s):  
Boram Do ◽  
Seung-Yoon Rhee
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
University Students ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Affective State ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
University President ◽  
University Leadership ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

This study explores how university students’ personality and positive or negative affect influence their perception of transformational leadership of the university president. It further examines how the level of students’ affective commitment to the university moderates the relationship. Survey data were collected from 141 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a large public university in South Korea. The students answered survey questions to measure their big-five personalities, positive and negative affect, affective commitment to the university, and their perception of the university president’s transformational leadership. The results of hierarchical regression analyses show that (a) students’ positive affect is positively related to their perception of the university president’s transformational leadership, after controlling for the effect of the students’ personality and that (b) students’ affective commitment to the university moderates the relationship between negative affect and perception of transformational leadership of the university president. This study sheds light on the dynamic, reciprocal process of the social construction of university leadership with an emphasis on students’ affective state and personality traits as critical factors in understanding distant leadership.

scholarly journals The Moderating Effects of Group Work on the Relationship Between Motivation and Cognitive Load

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Costley ◽  
Christopher Lange
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Specific Class ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Formal Groups ◽  
Learning Groups ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cyber University

<p class="3">Semi-formal learning is used to describe learning that is directed towards the goals of a formal learning institution but outside of the learning structure of a specific class. Students studying online may form semi-formal groups to increase their knowledge of the content by interacting with other learners taking the same class. This study of cyber university students (n = 2042) involved looking at the relationship between semi-formal learning groups and levels of germane load.  Furthermore, this study sought to understand what role group work plays in moderating the relationship between motivation and germane load. This study found that highly motivated students had higher levels of germane load, and that group work negatively moderated that relationship. In other words, while all students benefited from group work, students with lower levels of motivation benefited more than students with high levels of motivation. This research fills an important gap by showing the value this type of group work can have for all learners, particularly those who may otherwise struggle.</p>

The role of executive functions in academic performance and behaviour of university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 444-455
Author(s):  
Carlos Ramos-Galarza ◽  
Pamela Acosta-Rodas ◽  
Mónica Bolaños-Pasquel ◽  
Nancy Lepe-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
University Students ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Proportional Relationship ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is fourfold: first, to analyse the relationship between executive functions and academic performance; second, to identify the level of prediction executive functions have on academic performance; third, to determine the correlation between executive functions and academic performance; and fourth, to compare executive functions based on the level of academic performance. Design/methodology/approach The sample composed of 175 university students aged between 18 and 36 years (M=21.49, SD=3.22). The EFECO scale, the average student grade and a scale based on the diagnostic criteria for ADHD were used as measurement instruments. Findings Difficulties in executive functions: Difficulties in working memory (r=−0.30, p=<0.01) and difficulties in conscious supervision of behaviour (r=−0.29, p⩽0.01) have an inversely proportional relationship to academic performance (the greater the deficit of executive functions, the lower the academic performance). The regression analysis showed that executive functions explain 31 per cent of the variance of academic performance (χ2(25)=43.81, p <0.001). The study found that there is a relationship between all the executive functions and students’ behaviour in a medium to large magnitude. Research limitations/implications A limitation of this study was the size of the sample as it is not representative of the country. Nevertheless, the correlation among the variables studied here has the necessary magnitude for the proposed correlations to be found. Nonetheless, it is necessary that we perform a study with a larger number of participants in order to achieve adequate extrapolation of the results. Practical implications Data found in this study suggest that low academic performance of university students is related to a lower functionality of their executive functions. Originality/value The originality of the research lies in relating specific concepts of neuropsychology to explain the academic performance of university students. The research findings allow us to project new studies to improve the executive functions for the benefit of the university student.

Fostering positive adjustment behaviour: Social connectedness, achievement motivation and emotional-social learning among male and female university students

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fared Jdaitawi Turki ◽  
Malek Jdaitawi ◽  
Hani Sheta
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Student Adjustment ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
University Environment ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Although some attention has been given to student issues at university, the literature on the relationship between social connectedness, achievement motivation and emotional-social learning with student adjustment is relatively limited. Therefore, this study investigates the impact of social connectedness, achievement motivation and emotional-social learning upon the adjustment of students in a university context. In addition, this study looks into the differences in achievement motivation and emotional-social learning levels between the genders. The sample comprised 240 university students, both male and female. According to the findings, the relationship between the study variables does not significantly differ between genders. Emotional-social learning is significant in terms of predicting the adjustment. Furthermore, gender differences were noted in terms of emotional-social learning levels, but not in terms of achievement motivation and social connectedness. The study explores implications of the significance of emotional-social learning in the university environment and makes recommendations in light of these implications.

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