scholarly journals Digital Literacy Effect on the Academic Performance of Students at Higher Education Level in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 108-116
Author(s):  
Qaisar Abbas ◽  
Shafqat Hussain ◽  
Shafqat Rasool
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Semistructured Interviews

The purpose of current study was to explore the effect of digital literacy on academic performance of the students at higher education level. The study was mixed method and data were gathered with a questionnaire and semistructured interviews. The validity and reliability of the scales were ensured through experts' opinion, pilot testing and Croanbach Alpha score. The population comprised the students of M.S/M.Phil and Ph.D. A sample of 800 students was selected randomly from 10 Universities. The statistical tests like mean, standard deviation and correlation were used. Results revealed that digital literacy had significant effects on communication skills, research skills and confidence of the students and insignificant effect on students' CGPA.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN INSTRUMEN PENILAIAN KEMAMPUAN KOMUNIKASI SAINS SEBAGAI BAGIAN DARI KETERAMPILAN ABAD 21

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-171
Author(s):  
Laifa Rahmawati ◽  
Jumadi Jumadi ◽  
Jaslin Ikhsan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Construct Validation ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Empirical Validation ◽  
Validation Tests

Research has been carried out on the development of instruments for science communication skills as part of 21st Century skills at the higher education level. The instrument was developed from indicators of communication skills, namely understanding the key ideas of other people's utterances and presenting or reading data in the form of tables or graphs. The development carried out with the Borg and Gall model produces valid and reliable instruments. The test subjects were 94 students who were selected by cluster sampling. The tests carried out included construct validation tests, empirical validation tests, and testing the use of instruments to measure science communication skills. The results of construct validation show that the instrument is considered very good and suitable for use. The results of empirical validation show that the instrument is valid and reliable so that it can be used. The trial results show that the instrument for the assessment of the results of this development can be used to measure science communication skills.

scholarly journals Cultural Practices and Academic Performance of Blaan Pupils in Sinapulan Elementary School

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 784-797
Author(s):  
Mark Steve Alentajan Francisco ◽  
Dolorcita Ebona Pauya ◽  
Cristobal Millenes Ambayon
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
Monthly Family Income ◽  
Descriptive Method

This study generally aimed to determine the level of cultural practices and academic performance of the Blaan pupils in Sinapulan Elementary School, Sinapulan, Columbio, Sultan Kudarat. Moreover, it was intended to find out which of these practices are still prevalent. The study employed the descriptive method of research. The researchers utilized a self-formulated survey questionnaire which was validated and approved by a panel of experts. The same underwent tests of validity and reliability. The statistical tools utilized in the study were mean, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA and correlation. Majority of the respondents were males, whose parents were elementary graduates. The extent of cultural practices as perceived by Blaan pupils was Highly Evident. Their level of academic performance was Satisfactory. There was a significant relationship between the pupils’ extent of cultural practices and their academic performance. There were no significant differences in their academic performances as to gender, age, parents’ educational attainment and monthly family income.

Exploring Strategies to Improve Oral Communication Engagement Online According to Higher Education Instructors

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Dawn DiPeri
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
The United States ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Online Public Speaking

This chapter addresses the following problem: the strategies higher education instructors need to strengthen the oral communication skills of online undergraduate students have not yet been identified. The exploratory design used semistructured interviews that queried the experiences of 10 undergraduate online higher education instructors tasked with teaching a course with an online public speaking assignment. The population in the study was geographically disbursed and worked remotely within the United States. The conceptual framework guided the study and focused on the general research problem and the ways in which management can improve practices related to teaching and learning. The theoretical construct that was most closely examined was andragogy. The research question asked: What are the strategies higher education instructors need to strengthen the oral communication skills of online undergraduate students? The results of the semistructured interviews uncovered five themes but this chapter examines the theme of student engagement.

scholarly journals Pragmatism for Mixed Method Research at Higher Education Level

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gohar Saleem Parvaiz ◽  
Owais Mufti ◽  
Muhammad Wahab
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Mixed Method Research

scholarly journals Performance Based Prediction of the Students in the Physics Subject using Traditional and Machine Learning Approach at Higher Education Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-190
Author(s):  
Sarfraz Ahmad Ahmad ◽  
Ishtiaq Hussain ◽  
Rashid Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Naseer Ud Din
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Machine Learning Approach

In higher educational institutions, it is not an easy task to judge the performance of the students timely which is becoming more challenging. Although institutions have gathered a lot of data about their students. They do not have some specific methods to extract meanings from it. The main objective of this study was to find out the performance-based prediction of the students using their demographic and academic factors by using traditional and machine learning approaches. Graduates and undergraduate students studying in KUST were the population of the study. The study was delimited to the department of physics. A total of ninety graduate and undergraduate students were selected randomly using a simple random sampling technique as the entire sample.  The result indicated that percentage in matric (Correlation = 0.304), intermediate (Correlation = 0.245) and National Aptitude Test scores (Correlation = 0.480) found the best predictors. Further research was recommended to predict students’ academic performance by taking other aspects of the students like personality, cognitive, psychological, and economic domain for making a dataset of the features which may be used in machine learning approach which is more reliable to judge the academic performance of the students at the higher education level. Keywords: Performance, Challenging, Demographic, Prediction, Examination

scholarly journals Utilization of Online Past Examination Papers and Academic Performance of Information Technology Students at Jomo Kenyatta University- Eldoret Campus

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Chelulei Kennedy Kipkosgei ◽  
Paul Gichohi ◽  
Grace Irura
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Normal Mean

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of utilization of online past examination papers on academic performance of IT students at Jomo Kenyatta University.Methodology: Descriptive survey research design was used in this study. Respondents were the 105 undergraduate students in Information Technology Department and 2 librarians in Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology-Eldoret Campus. They were sampled using stratified sampling, while Head of library and the library staff in charge of e-resources in JKUAT Eldoret Campus were purposively included in the study. Primary data was collected from students using closed-ended questionnaires, while interview guide was used on librarians. To ensure validity and reliability, pre-testing of research instruments was done on 20 undergraduate students of Mount Kenya university-Eldoret Campus in the department of Information Technology. D Descriptive statistics such as mean, percentage, frequencies and standard deviation, SPSS (version 22) was used in analysing data. Univariate and multiple regression analysis were used to test the hypothesis and overall model respectively. The results were presented using tables and explanations.Results: There is a positive and significant relationship between online past examination papers and academic performance of IT undergraduate students of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology - Eldoret Campus. The study had a normal mean of 4.7 and standard deviation of 0.58. The online past examination papers had R estimation of 0.715. The P estimation of constant was significant (.000), consequently R square value was used. The R square estimation of 0.711 inferred that online past assessment papers anticipated 71.1% of the fluctuation in the academic performance. It had a beta of 0.504 at p<0.012.Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: This study reports positive and significant relationship between online past examination papers and academic performance. The study recommends that more policies be developed so as to enable students to access diverse examinations papers, not only from JKUAT library, but also government examination bodies such as Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC). This will improve university students’ research skills and enhance their academic performance. The study contributes to the theory by acknowledging that an undergraduate student will always weigh various online electronic resources available based on their applicability to the student’s academic needs. If they suit their needs, the student will continue to utilize them further but when the needs are not met, the student stops utilizing the online past examination papers.

Epistemologi Pendidikan Islam: Melacak Metodologi Pengetahuan Perguruan Tinggi Islam Klasik

1970 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-473
Author(s):  
Musnur Hery
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Formal Institutions ◽  
Islamic History ◽  
Formal Institution

Islamic higher college not only limited to higher education that famous at Islamic history like madrasah (e.g. Nizamiyah), and al-Jami’ah (e.g. al-Azhar). Yet, Islamic higher college is the implementation of learning process that can be categorized in higher education stage, that being practiced in Moslem society, even still in non-formal or informal form before madrasah existence. Several epistemologies branch indeed take place at formal institution, while some epistemologies branch theoretically applied at formal institution, but it’s practiced at non-formal institutions. These non-formal institutions were still reflecting Islamic higher education level. 

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