scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF STUDENT REFLECTION QUALITY ON A TECHNICAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT RESUBMISSION

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rana Yekani ◽  
Sarah Bluteau ◽  
Sidney Omelon
Keyword(s):  
Technical Writing ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Writing Quality ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Student Reflection ◽  
Technical Report ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Writing Assignment ◽  
The Difference

The role of reflection and self-regulation in academic performance was tested using the "Exam Wrapper" strategy with a writing assignment for a technical elective course. The technical writing assignment involved the creation of a detailed outline for a technical report. This outline was submitted for grading and feedback before a subsequent extended technical report assignment. The outline was graded by the course teaching assistant, following a detailed grading rubric. After receiving the grade and feedback, students could resubmit a revised outline for re-grading, and include a reflection on the circumstances of their performance. Using the grading rubric, the resubmission was graded by the course instructor. A second graduate student evaluated the student reflection quality, and the resubmission quality. The effect of the self-reflection quality on re-submitted assignment improvement was assessed. The average grade improvement for students who resubmitted a reflection was +15.1 % (n=16), and for students who resubmitted without a reflection was +6.3 % (n=3). The difference between the average resubmitted and first submission grades positively correlated with reflection quality. These results suggest that a reflection exercise associated with a resubmission has potential to improve student technical writing quality.  

The Role of Death in Life: Existential Aspects of Human Motivation

2012 ◽  
pp. 42-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pelin Kesebir ◽  
Tom Pyszczynski
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Existential Anxiety ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Human Motivation ◽  
And Behavior

The capacity for self-reflection, which plays an important role in human self-regulation, also leads people to become aware of the limitations of their existence. Awareness of the conflict between one's desires (e.g., to live) and the limitations of existence (e.g., the inevitability of death) creates the potential for existential anxiety. In this chapter, we review how this anxiety affects human motivation and behavior in a variety of life domains. Terror management theory and research suggest that transcending death and protecting oneself against existential anxiety are potent needs. This protection is provided by an anxiety-buffering system, which imbues people with a sense of meaning and value that function to shield them against these concerns. We review evidence of how the buffering system protects against existential anxiety in four dimensions of existence: the physical, personal, social, and spiritual domains. Because self-awareness is a prerequisite for existential anxiety, escaping self-awareness can also be an effective way to obviate the problem of existence. After elaborating on how existential anxiety can motivate escape from self-awareness, we conclude the chapter with a discussion of remaining issues and directions for future research and theory development.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Berbasis Masalah dan Regulasi Diri Terhadap Hasil Belajar PKn Kelas V di MI Muhammadiyah Kabupaten Sidoarjo

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Zuyyina Fihayati
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Class V ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Improve Student Learning

The role of students is needed to improve student learning outcomes, in this case the students are expected to be able to manage or manage himself. This study aims to prove the difference between problem-based learning model and lecture learning. In addition, it also proves that the use of Problem-Based learning model and lecture learning in children who have high regulation and children who have low regulation of the results of learning Civics and to prove the interaction of the implementation of Learning and self-regulation affect the results of learning Civics class V in MI Muhammadiyah district Sidoarjo. The results of this study indicate 1. There are differences in the results of learning PKN class V by using Problem-Based Learning Model with the use of Lecture Learning in MI MuhammadiyahSidoarjo district; 2. There are differences in the results of Civics learning in grade V children who have high self-regulation and children who have low regulation; 3. There is an interaction of the application of learning and Self Regulation has an effect on the learning result of VII C grade in MI Muhammadiyah of Sidoarjo Regency.

scholarly journals The role of self-regulation and perceived self-efficacy in adaptation to home-office work during the pandemic

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Office Work ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Mixed Methods Case Study ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
High Level

Abstract As a consequence of the unprecedented labor market circumstances that the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic brought about, organizations have faced challenges never seen before. One such challenge was the sudden ubiquity of working from home, which resulted in an intensive learning experience for employees and employers alike. While there is an increasing body of research on working from home in general, the perceived effectiveness of this mode of working is still under-researched. This niche provided the inspiration for us to investigate what factors might influence employees' self-efficacy in working from home arrangements. We conducted a mixed-methods case study by collecting both qualitative and quantitative data from 24 employees of a division of the Hungarian subsidiary of a chemical and consumer goods multinational. The purpose of our investigation was to gain a deeper understanding of perceived self-efficacy and self-regulation during the learning processes that the participants experienced under the new circumstances. Results suggest that the perceived high level of work-efficiency among the employees of the examined division was based on the firmly controlled work-division, trusting managers, as well as supportive and clear communication, which created space for autonomy in the adaptation process. The findings also revealed that self-reflection acted as a predictor of perceived work self-efficacy.

The Student as Consultant

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-315
Author(s):  
Steven Zachary Rothmel
Keyword(s):  
Technical Writing ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Writing Teacher ◽  
Realistic Situation ◽  
Technical Report ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Technical Writer ◽  
Oriented Approach

The technical writing course has the potential to be one of the most valuable and relevant classes that a student takes, but before his rhetorical skills can improve he must overcome his reluctance to write. The formal technical report, the most challenging and the most rewarding assignment, offers the technical writing teacher a unique opportunity to bring his course to life and to enrich each class member's learning experience. The author has developed an approach to the major report that allows the student to assume the role of a consultant in his field while simultaneously permitting him to feel independent and creative. The inexperienced technical writer must create a realistic situation in which someone would require the technical information he wishes to convey. Placing the student in the role of a consultant makes him more aware of his audience and its needs. This problem-oriented approach effectively increases the writer's liberty to choose an appropriate topic and his responsibility to present it in a coherent and professional manner.

scholarly journals Writing for Players

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Technical Communication ◽  
Technical Writing ◽  
Interactive Learning ◽  
Interactive Learning Environments ◽  
Critical Awareness ◽  
Writing Assignment ◽  
Technical Features

This article describes a technical writing assignment that requires students to use Minecraft to design and document interactive learning environments. In this project, students balance a critical awareness of this game's technical features with a rhetorical understanding of how those features impact the audience’s experiences and actions. This article demonstrates how video game-based writing projects can help students understand the role of an audience's agency in technical communication.

The role of differential phase contrast in electron microscopy

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-177
Author(s):  
E.M. Waddell ◽  
J.N. Chapman ◽  
R.P. Ferrier
Keyword(s):  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Position Vector ◽  
Differential Phase ◽  
Pure Phase ◽  
Differential Phase Contrast ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Image Position ◽  
First Moment

Dekkers and de Lang (1977) have discussed a practical method of realising differential phase contrast in a STEM. The method involves taking the difference signal from two semi-circular detectors placed symmetrically about the optic axis and subtending the same angle (2α) at the specimen as that of the cone of illumination. Such a system, or an obvious generalisation of it, namely a quadrant detector, has the characteristic of responding to the gradient of the phase of the specimen transmittance. In this paper we shall compare the performance of this type of system with that of a first moment detector (Waddell et al.1977).For a first moment detector the response function R(k) is of the form R(k) = ck where c is a constant, k is a position vector in the detector plane and the vector nature of R(k)indicates that two signals are produced. This type of system would produce an image signal given bywhere the specimen transmittance is given by a (r) exp (iϕ (r), r is a position vector in object space, ro the position of the probe, ⊛ represents a convolution integral and it has been assumed that we have a coherent probe, with a complex disturbance of the form b(r-ro) exp (iζ (r-ro)). Thus the image signal for a pure phase object imaged in a STEM using a first moment detector is b2 ⊛ ▽ø. Note that this puts no restrictions on the magnitude of the variation of the phase function, but does assume an infinite detector.

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