scholarly journals Understanding Students’ Engagement with Personalised Feedback Messages

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamideh Iraj ◽  
Anthea Fudge ◽  
Margaret Faulkner ◽  
Abelardo Pardo ◽  
Vitomir Kovanović
Keyword(s):  
Student Success ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Course Success ◽  
Socioeconomic Diversity ◽  
Why Questions ◽  
Personalised Feedback ◽  
Practical Implications

Feedback is a major factor of student success within higher education learning. However, recent changes-such as increased class sizes and socioeconomic diversity of the student population-challenged the provision of effective student feedback. Although the use of educational technology for personalised feedback to diverse students has gained traction, the feedback gap still exists: educators wonder which students respond to feedback and which do not. In this study, a set of trackable Call to Action (CTA) links was embedded in two sets of feedback messages focusing on students' time management, with the goal of (1) examining the association between feedback engagement and course success and (2), to predict students' reaction to provided feedback. We also conducted two focus groups to further examine students' perception of provided feedback messages. Our results revealed that early engagement with the feedback was associated with higher chances of succeeding in the course. Likewise, previous engagement with feedback was highly predictive of students' engagement in the future, and also that certain student sub-populations, (e.g., female students), were more likely to engage than others. Such insight enables instructors to ask "why" questions, improve feedback processes and narrow the feedback gap. Practical implications of our findings are further discussed.

scholarly journals Who Is the Successful University Student? An Analysis of Personal Resources

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea M. Stelnicki ◽  
David W. Nordstokke ◽  
Donald H. Saklofske
Keyword(s):  
Student Success ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
University Administrators

A number of factors have been identified in the research literature as being important for student success in university. However, the rather large body of literature contains few studies that have given students the opportunity to directly report what they believe contributes to their success as an undergraduate student. The primary purpose of this study is to explore students’ descriptions of the personal resources that they use to succeed while attempting to reach their goals as well as those personal characteristics or obstacles that keep them from reaching their goals. Prominent themes supportive of student success included having a future orientation, persistence, and executive functioning skills such as time management and organization. Results also demonstrate that stress, inadequate academic skills, and distractions are detrimental to student success in university. This study is unique in that it gathers the content data directly from the population of interest; it is one of the few qualitative studies of undergraduate students’ self-generated perceptions. Implications for university administrators and academic counsellors and directions for future research are discussed.  

scholarly journals Time Management to Reduce Delays in Middle School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aini Nadhifah Purnamasari ◽  
Suroso Suroso
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Single Subject Research ◽  
Intervention Process ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Fourth Session

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of providing time management assistance.  to reduce the intensity of tardiness in 7th grade female students.  This research is an experimental study with a single subject research.  Interventions were carried out on research subjects and parents.  Intervention by accompanying the subject in managing the time of daily activities clearly and in writing, while the subject of intervention in parents is psychoeducation.  Interventions conducted on the subject were done in 4 sessions with each session carried out for 60 minutes where in the first session the subject was given an explanation of the importance of time management, in the second session the subject was asked to detail the important daily activities and must be carried out and determine the time at  each activity, in the third session the subjects were asked to evaluate related matters that did not support the fulfillment of the specified time management and the things that might be done to keep doing activities in accordance with the time specified and for the fourth session the subjects were asked to  evaluate the entire intervention process and conclude with regard to its effects.  The intervention that was carried out to parents was carried out 1 time with a duration of 30 minutes.  The result of the intervention is that the research subject can manage the time of daily activities more clearly and in writing so that he can follow the set time.  In the subject's parents, the subject's mother understood more about the subject's problems and needs so that the parents paid more attention to the subject and determined someone to bring the subject to school at the designated time.  From the interventions carried out, there are changes in the way of thinking and attitudes towards the subject and parents of the subject which are expected to reduce the intensity of the subject's lateness to school.

Used vehicle global supply chains: perspectives on a direct-import model

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yangyan Shi ◽  
Tiru Arthanari ◽  
V.G. Venkatesh ◽  
Samsul Islam ◽  
Venkatesh Mani
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the supply chain (SC) operations of importing used vehicles into New Zealand and how such SCs affect business practices and performance. Design/methodology/approach The study uses an exploratory qualitative semi-structured interview approach to interview the different stakeholders involved in the global used vehicle SC. Findings The research identifies the overall network structure of the used import vehicle SC from Japan to New Zealand and characterises key aspects of its operations and network connections. This paper finds that Japanese buying agents have integrated increasing numbers of services to provide a trouble-free trading platform, which has created a direct-import model for used vehicle companies in New Zealand. Practical implications The findings and recommendations are useful in designing and managing the used vehicle SC for all stakeholders and effective real-time management of uncertain factors. Originality/value The paper primarily analyses SC operations by researching the cooperation and coordination between SC components and networks, based on providing the flow of used vehicles from Japan to New Zealand. It constitutes a pioneering practice-perspective research paper in this domain.

The Role of Gender on Student Success

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuncay Bayrak ◽  
Anil Gulati
Keyword(s):  
Student Success ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
Better Than

Numerous studies have investigated why computers are perceived as being a male domain. In this study, the authors examine intra-gender differences among undergraduate and graduate students who enrolled in Management Information Systems (MIS) courses and attempt to answer such questions as do males achieve significantly higher scores in MIS courses? Does instructor gender affect female students' academic achievement? Do females underperform males in achievement at either or both undergraduate and graduate levels? This paper provides findings which demonstrate that female students performed significantly better than their male counterparts in the two introductory undergraduate MIS courses and performed equally well in an upper lever MIS course and an introductory course in the graduate program. Male students were impacted by the gender of the teacher. Even though it was not a main focus of the present study, the authors cannot resist making a casual observation that female teachers were more effective in the classroom.

Using Mid-Semester Assessment Programs (MAPs) as a Catalyst for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

2020 ◽  
pp. 181-200
Author(s):  
Alisa Hutchinson ◽  
Anabel Stoeckle
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
Improve Student Learning ◽  
Innate Interest

Mid-Semester Assessment Programs (MAPs) have been successfully utilized as a professional development tool for faculty interested in improving their teaching in the context of higher education by assessing voluntary formative student feedback that guides changes instructors make in the classroom. Faculty centers and educational developers have the unique opportunity to recruit instructors via MAPs who have participated in these programs to promote and support the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) among faculty who already display an innate interest in best teaching practices and are open to advancing their own teaching in order to improve student learning and to propel student success. This chapter provides a guide for educational developers who seek to become active partners for faculty to become interested and engaged in the scholarship of teaching and learning through a unique recruitment mechanism that serves as a natural steppingstone for faculty not having engaged with SoTL yet.

The use of political skill in organizational change

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 753-763
Author(s):  
David P. Waggoner
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Political Skill ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Negative Connotation

PurposeThis article explores how recognizing politics may help change agents have better success enacting change.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual paper using systems and practical domains to define a more sophisticated and useful definition of politics for change agents' use.FindingsThe article argues that there is an innate correlation between organizational change and organizational politics.Research limitations/implicationsThis article is a call to action for future empirical study on political skill.Practical implicationsThis paper is a practical invitation for change agents to recognize and adopt the positive aspects of political skill to aid in their efforts.Originality/valueThough organizational politics traditionally receives a negative connotation, there is growing research supporting the positive use of politics. This connection has yet to be fully discovered when one reads the literature. This concept paper is an invitation to begin further study.

scholarly journals Student Ability Best Predicts Final Grade in a College Algebra Course

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Anthony O'Connell ◽  
Elijah Wostl ◽  
Matt Crosslin ◽  
T. Lisa Berry ◽  
James P. Grover
Keyword(s):  
Student Success ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Research University ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
College Level ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Final Grade ◽  
Course Success ◽  
Targeted Interventions

Historical student data can help elucidate the factors that promote student success in mathematics courses. Herein we use both multiple regression and principal component analyses to explore ten years of historical data from over 20,000 students in an introductory college-level Algebra course in an urban American research university with a diverse student population in order to understand the relationship between course success and student performance in previous courses, student demographic background, and time spent on coursework. We find that indicators of students’ past performance and experience, including grade-point-average and the number of accumulated credit hours, best predict student success in this course. We also find that overall final grades are representative of the entire course and are not unduly weighted by any one topic. Furthermore, the amount of time spent working on assignments led to improved grade outcomes. With these baseline data, our team plans to design targeted interventions that can increase rates of student success in future courses.

scholarly journals Anti-racist actions and accountability: not more empty promises

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 775-786
Author(s):  
C. Malik Boykin ◽  
N. Derek Brown ◽  
James T. Carter ◽  
Kristin Dukes ◽  
Dorainne J. Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Black People ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Police Brutality ◽  
Physiological Effects ◽  
Joint Effort ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Motivation ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe current piece summarizes five critical points about racism from the point of view of Black scholars and allies: (1) Black people are experiencing exhaustion from and physiological effects of racism, (2) racism extends far beyond police brutality and into most societal structures, (3) despite being the targets of racism, Black people are often blamed for their oppression and retaliated against for their response to it, (4) everyone must improve their awareness and knowledge (through both formal education and individual motivation) to fight racism and (5) anti-racist policies and accountability are key to enact structural reformation.FindingsThe first three of these points detail the depths of the problem from the perspectives of the authors and the final two lay out a call to action.Practical implicationsThis viewpoint is the joint effort of 14 authors who provided a unified perspective.Originality/valueThis was one of the most original experiences the authors have had – working with 13 former/current students on joint perspectives about police brutality and racism more generally. The authors thank for the opportunity.

Online induction programme with webinar: a case study

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-132
Author(s):  
Sharon Warren ◽  
Patricia Black ◽  
Elizabeth Mills
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
The Other ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The University ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the introduction of an online induction programme including an interactive webinar on a distance learning course and to present student feedback on the programme. It focuses on lessons learnt and implications for others implementing similar induction programmes. Design/methodology/approach – A self-completion questionnaire was sent to all students enroled on the programme, including those who did not attend the webinar or participate in the online induction programme. This was followed up with a semi-structured interview. The analysis focused on the student experience of the induction programme. Findings – Overall, students reported to be satisfied with the online programme. The webinar encouraged engagement with some elements of the online workshop and was felt to complement the other learning opportunities available online. The webinar was particularly valued for providing a “face” to the course, facilitating interactivity among tutors and students and helping the students to feel part of the University. Students also reported that the webinar had the advantage of allowing a social interaction between them. Practical implications – A number of key changes related to multiple offerings of the webinar and the timing of activities in the online workshop were highlighted to encourage participation. Greater clarity on what is required in the induction and how long it would take would also encourage participation. Originality/value – This case study is one of the few to evaluate the inclusion of webinar technology within an online induction programme and, therefore, has value in this context.

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