scholarly journals Perceptions of Students on Environmental Impacts of Online Shopping: A Preliminary Study at a Public Malaysian University

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 4-9
Author(s):  
Kai Wen Yong ◽  
Leong Wan Vun
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Public University ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
University Undergraduate Students

The environmental impacts of online shopping are multifaceted as many factors are contributing to the impacts. This study was conducted to determine a public university undergraduate students' perceptions of the environmental impacts of online shopping and their intentions to reduce the impacts by using a questionnaire survey. One hundred twenty-six respondents were engaged through convenient sampling in this study. Results found that the majority of respondents perceived online shopping as environmentally friendly. They perceived that it does not contribute to climate change and will not be a major environmental risk in the future. Type of packaging (77.8%), transport mode of freight (71.5%) and amount of packaging (69.9%) were the top three factors perceived to contribute to environmental impacts. However, a small number of the respondents perceived ICT equipment (32.5%), express delivery (28.5%) and time spent in searching online products (24.6%) were the factors that contribute to environmental impacts. The majority of respondents (74.6%) perceived that packaging waste generation was the major environmental impact of online shopping. In contrast, carbon footprint, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission made up of 56.4%, 53.3% and 44.4% of the total respondents. Most of the respondents intended to plan first before making any purchase to prevent wastage, reuse the packaging material and maximise the number of items of each purchase to reduce the environmental impacts. This preliminary study can provide the necessary background information on the level of awareness of university undergraduate students on this issue for future environmental education programs on online shopping.

scholarly journals The Use of Metadiscourse Markers in Malaysian Undergraduate Persuasive Essay Corpus at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Amaal Fadhlini Mohamed ◽  
Radzuwan Ab Rashid ◽  
Nor Hazwani Munirah Lateh
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Public University ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
Student Writers ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
Persuasive Essays ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The Way

Metadiscourse in undergraduate essay writing is the linguistic expressions used by student writers to organise written texts while interacting with their imaginary readers. This paper presents a preliminary study to discover and present the use of metadiscourse markers in persuasive essays written by a group of undergraduate students from a chosen public university in Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. For the purpose of this study, a simplified metadiscourse framework for ESL lay writers proposed by Tan et al. (2012) is used. The metadiscourse markers in a corpus of undergraduate persuasive essays were explored with the assistance of a concordance software, WordSmith Tools. The findings reveal the frequency of the metadiscourse markers in the corpus and how they are commonly utilised in sentences. This study is expected to pave the way for more studies related to metadiscourse in undergraduate essays from other universities across this country.

scholarly journals On-line Shopping Trends, Patterns and Preferences of University Undergraduate Students: A Survey Study on Sylhet Region

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahbubur Rahaman
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Sylhet Region ◽  
University Undergraduate Students

With the explosion of the e-commerce in the past decade, different buying patterns and preferences have emerged for customer groups and other demographics. These patterns have been measured and collected by numerous independent marketing, business and even academic studies to understand how consumers connect with the new adventure of e-commerce. As the internet and online shopping is growing at a very fast pace worldwide, investigating this trend within Bangladeshi context is crucial considering that it is a relatively new trend in the country, the result is a lack of literature. This paper consists of the groundwork with a brief introduction of recent trends in e-commerce on people of Bangladesh; particularly its impact on university undergraduate students in Sylhet region. This has been followed by their general perceptions and preferences of the online shopping including products and website selection. Each of these e-commerce “characteristic” is compared to information combined from survey questions and open-ended discussions with a small sample group of university students at undergraduate level in Sylhet region. It also investigates into positive as well as negative website characteristics and sum up the favorable elements into a description of an e-commerce website that would suitable to the group being studied. Findings have been presented by means of the formation identified during the data analysis, indicated that an increasing number of the students at undergraduate level are now using the internet for purchase. It also observed that between male and female students, male students are purchasing products online more than female students. Although student’s participation is increasing, there are some limitations for what the potential numbers of students are not able to purchase via online. JEL Classification Code: A22; Z13

The use of imagery in statistical reasoning by university undergraduate students: a preliminary study

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Pietronilla Penna ◽  
Mirian Agus ◽  
Maribel Peró-Cebollero ◽  
Joan Guàrdia-Olmos ◽  
Eliano Pessa
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Statistical Reasoning ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
University Undergraduate Students

scholarly journals METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF NON-ENGLISH MAJOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TOWARDS SPEAKING ENGLISH / İNGİLİZCE ALAN DIŞI LİSANS ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN İNGİLİZCE KONUŞMA ÜZERİNE METAFORİK ALGILARI

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gülsüm Öztürk
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
State University ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
English Major ◽  
Phenomenological Design ◽  
Positive Effect

This study aims to determine non-English major university students’ metaphorical perceptions of speaking English at a state university in Istanbul, Turkey. This is a qualitative study with phenomenological design. Content analysis was used for interpreting and analysing the data. 31 non-English major pre-service teachers participated in the study and the data were collected from these participants through a semi-structured form by asking to complete a sentence of “speaking English is (like)… because……”. Since positive metaphorical perceptions of learners have a positive effect on speaking English, it is highly significant to determine the metaphorical perceptions of students. Through metaphor analysis, it is expected for students to provide an idea of how they perceive their experiences of speaking English and to demonstrate what kind of metaphorical perceptions they have towards speaking English. The participants of the study both developed a metaphor and explained why they used it. Students produced 30 metaphors for “Speaking English” and these metaphors were collected under 5 categories. One-third of participants produced positive metaphors and the concepts of which they mostly preferred to use were water, fun, being a new person. The study results reveal that students have mostly positive perceptions about speaking English. The study can be considered as a contribution to the literature since there is no study on the perceptions of non-English major students towards speaking English. The study findings can be implemented in language classrooms in order to understand how students interpret speaking English and some new ways can be tried to change their negative attitudes about speaking English. The study results may also help English teachers and curriculum developers to adjust their teaching practices by informing them about students’ perceptions of speaking English. Bu çalışma, İstanbul, Türkiye'deki bir devlet üniversitesinde bölümü İngilizce olmayan lisans öğrencilerinin İngilizce konuşmaya yönelik metaforik algılarını belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu, fenomenolojik tasarıma sahip nitel bir çalışmadır. Çalışmaya 31 eğitim fakültesinde okuyan İngilizce alan dışı üniversite öğrencisi katılmış ve veriler bu katılımcılardan yarı-yapılandırılmış bir formda “İngilizce konuşmak…. gibidir, çünkü… ”komutunu tamamlamaları istenerek toplanmıştır. Öğrencilerin olumlu mecazi algılarının İngilizce konuşma üzerinde olumlu bir etkisi olduğundan, öğrencilerin mecazi algılarının belirlenmesi son derece önemlidir. Metafor analizi ile öğrencilerin İngilizce konuşma deneyimlerini nasıl algıladıklarını ve İngilizce konuşmaya yönelik ne tür mecazi algılamalar sergilediklerini belirlemek umut edilmektedir. Katılımcılar sadece bir metafor geliştirmekle kalmadı, aynı zamanda bu metaforu neden kullandıklarını da açıkladılar. Öğrenciler "İngilizce konuşmak" ile ilgili 30 metafor üretti ve bu metaforlar 5 kategoride toplandı. Öğrencilerin yaklaşık üçte biri olumlu metaforlar yarattı ve en sık bahsedilen kavramlar su, eğlence ve yeni bir insan olmak idi. Bu kavramlar incelendiğinde 5 tema başlığı tespit edilmiştir. Bu temalar: İngilizce konuşmak zordur, güç demektir, eğlencelidir, maceradır, zorunluluktur. Araştırma sonuçları öğrencilerin İngilizce konuşmayla ilgili daha çok olumlu algılara sahip olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Çalışma, literatürde anadal olmayan öğrencilerin İngilizce konuşma algıları üzerine bir çalışma olmadığı için literatüre bir katkı olarak düşünülebilir. Araştırmanın bulguları, öğrencilerin İngilizce konuşmayı nasıl gördüklerini daha iyi anlamak ve olumsuz tutumlarını değiştirmenin yeni yollarını denemek için dil sınıflarına uygulanabilir. Çalışmanın sonuçları ayrıca İngilizce öğretmenlerine öğrencilerin İngilizce konuşma algıları hakkında bilgi vererek rehberlik edebilir ve eğitim-öğretim faaliyetlerini düzenlemelerine yardımcı olabilir. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0779/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Technical Note: A PRELIMINARY STUDY TO QUANTIFY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CONCRETE AND CORK FLOORING

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-112
Author(s):  
Brent Lawrence ◽  
Paul Frederik Laleicke ◽  
Arijit Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Technical Note ◽  
Preliminary Study

scholarly journals Optimizing the Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Remote Community Infrastructure

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie E. Filer ◽  
Justin D. Delorit ◽  
Andrew J. Hoisington ◽  
Steven J. Schuldt
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Model Performance ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Remote Communities ◽  
Remote Community ◽  
Rural Villages ◽  
Sustainable Technologies ◽  
Study Results

Remote communities such as rural villages, post-disaster housing camps, and military forward operating bases are often located in remote and hostile areas with limited or no access to established infrastructure grids. Operating these communities with conventional assets requires constant resupply, which yields a significant logistical burden, creates negative environmental impacts, and increases costs. For example, a 2000-member isolated village in northern Canada relying on diesel generators required 8.6 million USD of fuel per year and emitted 8500 tons of carbon dioxide. Remote community planners can mitigate these negative impacts by selecting sustainable technologies that minimize resource consumption and emissions. However, the alternatives often come at a higher procurement cost and mobilization requirement. To assist planners with this challenging task, this paper presents the development of a novel infrastructure sustainability assessment model capable of generating optimal tradeoffs between minimizing environmental impacts and minimizing life-cycle costs over the community’s anticipated lifespan. Model performance was evaluated using a case study of a hypothetical 500-person remote military base with 864 feasible infrastructure portfolios and 48 procedural portfolios. The case study results demonstrated the model’s novel capability to assist planners in identifying optimal combinations of infrastructure alternatives that minimize negative sustainability impacts, leading to remote communities that are more self-sufficient with reduced emissions and costs.

scholarly journals Variation in performance on common content items at UK medical schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hope ◽  
David Kluth ◽  
Matthew Homer ◽  
Avril Dewar ◽  
Richard Fuller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Standard Setting ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Pass Rates ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Institutional Differences ◽  
Common Content ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Due to differing assessment systems across UK medical schools, making meaningful cross-school comparisons on undergraduate students’ performance in knowledge tests is difficult. Ahead of the introduction of a national licensing assessment in the UK, we evaluate schools’ performances on a shared pool of “common content” knowledge test items to compare candidates at different schools and evaluate whether they would pass under different standard setting regimes. Such information can then help develop a cross-school consensus on standard setting shared content. Methods We undertook a cross-sectional study in the academic sessions 2016-17 and 2017-18. Sixty “best of five” multiple choice ‘common content’ items were delivered each year, with five used in both years. In 2016-17 30 (of 31 eligible) medical schools undertook a mean of 52.6 items with 7,177 participants. In 2017-18 the same 30 medical schools undertook a mean of 52.8 items with 7,165 participants, creating a full sample of 14,342 medical students sitting common content prior to graduation. Using mean scores, we compared performance across items and carried out a “like-for-like” comparison of schools who used the same set of items then modelled the impact of different passing standards on these schools. Results Schools varied substantially on candidate total score. Schools differed in their performance with large (Cohen’s d around 1) effects. A passing standard that would see 5 % of candidates at high scoring schools fail left low-scoring schools with fail rates of up to 40 %, whereas a passing standard that would see 5 % of candidates at low scoring schools fail would see virtually no candidates from high scoring schools fail. Conclusions Candidates at different schools exhibited significant differences in scores in two separate sittings. Performance varied by enough that standards that produce realistic fail rates in one medical school may produce substantially different pass rates in other medical schools – despite identical content and the candidates being governed by the same regulator. Regardless of which hypothetical standards are “correct” as judged by experts, large institutional differences in pass rates must be explored and understood by medical educators before shared standards are applied. The study results can assist cross-school groups in developing a consensus on standard setting future licensing assessment.

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