Ratings by High- and Low-Achieving Students of Teaching Qualities of College Professors

1976 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 939-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darshan Sachdeva

Qualities of college professors on 10 statements as viewed by 270 high-achieving and 210 low-achieving students were described. Most of the students attribute greatest importance to the teaching role of their professors. The high-achieving students would like their professors to guide them toward independent thinking whereas the low achievers seem to be more concerned with the course organization, presentation of subject matter, and the grading procedures of their professors.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-344
Author(s):  
Diego Ardura ◽  
Arturo Galán

Durante las últimas décadas se han encontrado importantes diferencias por sexo en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de las disciplinas científicas. Por otro lado, la autoevaluación por parte de los estudiantes supone un aspecto fundamental en el ciclo de autorregulación del aprendizaje y, por tanto, en su rendimiento. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la metacognición de los estudiantes de secundaria y, en particular, el efecto del sexo en las mismas. Para ello se ha medido la calibración de 507 estudiantes. Nuestros análisis muestran que las chicas calibran mejor su nota que los chicos a pesar de que estos últimos muestran más seguridad en sus juicios. Se ha encontrado una tendencia de ambos sexos a la sobreestimación de sus calificaciones en una prueba escrita. Por otro lado, los estudiantes con alto rendimiento son más precisos y tienden a sobrevalorar sus actuaciones. En cambio, los de rendimiento bajo son más imprecisos y tienden a subestimar sus calificaciones en la prueba. Aunque este efecto se observa en ambos sexos, su tamaño es superior en el caso de las chicas. En vista de los resultados, los estudiantes de rendimiento alto utilizan con más eficacia la retroalimentación que generan durante la prueba que los de rendimiento bajo. Las diferencias por sexo podrían tener su origen en las diferentes actitudes y motivaciones de los chicos y las chicas hacia la ciencia. During the last decades, important sex differences have been found in the context of science education. Besides, self-assessment is crucial in the cycle of self-regulated learning and, consequently, in students’ performance. The main goal of the present investigation is to analyze secondary school students’ metacognition and, in particular, the effect of gender. To this aim, a sample of 507 students took part in our study. Our analyses show that girls are better calibrated than boys in spite of being the latter more confident in their predictions. A general tendency towards overestimations has been found for both sexes. Moreover, high-achieving students tend to be more precise and underestimate their performance and low-achieving students tend to be less precise and overestimate their grade in the test. Although this effect was found in both sexes, the size effect was large in the case of girls. In light of our results, high-achieving students make a better use of self-generated feedback than low-achievers. Sex differences in calibration could be explained by the different attitudes and motivations of boys and girls towards science.


Author(s):  
Iis Warlinda ◽  
Agus Perdana Windarto ◽  
M Fauzan

School is a place for students to gain knowledge. Every school has a goal which is to improve the quality of the education world, as well as the MTS Pembina Maligas Bayu school. To realize this goal there must be improvements in service, teaching and assessment in order to make a quality school. In this case the homeroom teacher is faced with a problem that is the selection of high achieving students who fit the criteria desired by the school. The purpose of this study is to analyze which factors are the most dominant in determining student achievement. The selection of high achieving students has many factors and has different values, so we need an Analytic Network Process (ANP) method to overcome them. Analytic Network Process (ANP) methods including decision support system techniques, Analytic Network Process (ANP) is a mathematical theory that allows dealing with interrelated factors and feedback in a structured manner. The data of this study came from student questionnaires which had a rating of 1-10. With alternative morals (A1), Grades (A2), Discipline (A3), Absence (A4), The role of the teacher (A5). Whereas A1 0.16%, A2 0.02%, A3 0.02%, A4 0.07% and A5 0.06%. It is hoped that this research can provide input to the MTS Pembina schools to focus on the dominant factor in the selection of outstanding students so as to increase the number of outstanding students.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-329
Author(s):  
Ishak Muhammad ◽  
Dumaria Ike Juniati P

The purpose of this study reveals the role of parents in educating children to achieve achievements in their academic fields. The population of this study were students of grades IV, V, and VI in Public Elementary School No.113 / IV Telanaipura, Jambi City and the sample was 15 outstanding children along with the parents of each child and each of them took only 5 achievers who were made sample. Instrument in data knowledge used interviews with parents of children and documentation in the form of data from mid semester grades IV, V, and VI report cards in odd semester along with photos of high achieving children who got grades 1 to 5. Data analysis techniques used were qualitative descriptive analysis . The results of research conducted on parents of high-achieving students in grades IV, V, and Vi at Public Elementary School No.113 / IV Telanaipura, Jambi City, are known that the role of parents is very important for the success of children in school, namely in the process of achieving these achievements. their children develop the potential of knowledge that children have, through the role of these parents children get the attention that parents should be given to be able to educate their children better in the process of achieving achievement in school. The conclusion of this study is that the role of parents in educating their children to achieve achievements in school is in good quality it can be said that 80% of parents strongly support children by instilling discipline, becoming motivators, supporters, and facilitators for their children.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 128-140
Author(s):  
Ummi Salehah Hamzah ◽  
Nurfaradilla Mohamad Nasri

Cooperative learning is one of the PAK-21 learning methods that emphasize student-centered learning. This method makes students work together in seeking knowledge which in turn makes the learning process more interesting. Thus, the Ministry of Education Malaysia has strived to improve student development by encouraging the use of cooperative learning methods during the teaching and learning process. The objectives of the study are to identify the differences in high-achieving and low-achieving students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of cooperative learning, to identify high and low-achieving students' perceptions of the effectiveness of cooperative learning and to identify high-achieving and motivated learning motivations in cooperative learning in English primary school. A total of 227 Year 5 students from 3 schools were randomly selected using the survey method. The results show that there is no significant difference in the perception of high-achieving students and low-achieving students on the effectiveness of cooperative learning. Meanwhile, the average mean for the level of perception of high-achieving and low-achieving students on the effectiveness of primary school cooperative learning is high at 4,076 and the mean for the level of learning motivation of high-achieving and low-achieving students on the effectiveness of cooperative learning in primary school English is also high at 3.998. Cooperative learning has a positive impact on the learning motivation and perception of the next high-achieving students and low-achieving students can work together and establish good relationships during the teaching and learning process.


2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 602-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youzhen Chen ◽  
Rong Lian ◽  
Lixian Yang ◽  
Jianrong Liu ◽  
Yingfang Meng

The effects of working memory (WM) demand and reminders on an event-based prospective memory (PM) task were compared between students with low and high achievement in math. WM load (1- and 2-back tasks) was manipulated as a within-subject factor and reminder (with or without reminder) as a between-subject factor. Results showed that high-achieving students outperformed low-achieving students on all PM and n-back tasks. Use of a reminder improved PM performance and thus reduced prospective interference; the performance of ongoing tasks also improved for all students. Both PM and n-back performances in low WM load were better than in high WM load. High WM load had more influence on low-achieving students than on high-achieving students. Results suggest that low-achieving students in math were weak at PM and influenced more by high WM load. Thus, it is important to train these students to set up an obvious reminder for their PM and improve their WM.


Author(s):  
Miguel Antonio Pat López ◽  
Pedro Antonio Sánchez Escobedo

The purpose of this research was to identify the role of the level of proficiency in the English language with high-performing third-year students in the Mayan area of Yucatán, near a tourist region called the Riviera Maya. The aim was also to explore the relationship between learning a second language and the subsequent overall improvement in the academic performance of students. These 114 high-achieving students were selected from 1177 students who had taken a standardized English test administered in seven middle schools in the region. Subsequently, individual interviews were conducted with the 21 students with the highest level of English and a focus group of ten students with low-level scores. The results showed an improvement in the English language, as well as its influence in reaching academic prowess in other subjects. This initial study indicated that the reinforcement of English language skills had broader benefits on other academic performance.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0255629
Author(s):  
Markus Wolfgang Hermann Spitzer ◽  
Sebastian Musslick

The shutdown of schools in response to the rapid spread of COVID-19 poses risks to the education of young children, including a widening education gap. In the present article, we investigate how school closures in 2020 influenced the performance of German students in a curriculum-based online learning software for mathematics. We analyzed data from more than 2,500 K-12 students who computed over 124,000 mathematical problem sets before and during the shutdown, and found that students’ performance increased during the shutdown of schools in 2020 relative to the year before. Our analyses also revealed that low-achieving students showed greater improvements in performance than high-achieving students, suggesting a narrowing gap in performance between low- and high-achieving students. We conclude that online learning environments may be effective in preventing educational losses associated with current and future shutdowns of schools.


Author(s):  
Michael Grimley ◽  
Richard Green ◽  
Trond Nilsen ◽  
David Thompson

<span>Computer games are purported to be effective instructional tools that enhance motivation and improve engagement. The aim of this study was to investigate how tertiary student experiences change when instruction was computer game based compared to lecture based, and whether experiences differed between high and low achieving students. Participants consisted two cohorts enrolled in a first year university course (Cohort 1, traditional: male=42, female=17; Cohort 2, computer game: male=42, female=7). Cohort 1 experienced course content as traditional lectures, Cohort 2 experienced course content embedded within a computer game. Csikszentmihalyi's experience sampling method was used to sample experiences of students for each cohort during instruction. Results showed that the computer game group were more challenged and valued the activity more than the traditional group, but were inclined to wish they were doing something else. High achieving students during game mode showed greater concentration but found it harder to concentrate and found game mode more sociable and lecture mode more boring. High achievers perceived greater success for lecture mode and found lectures more satisfying. Individual profiles of high and low achieving students for each mode indicated that games afforded better experiences for low achieving students but poorer experiences for high achieving students.</span>


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