scholarly journals Level of Cellphone Usage and Academic Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila Mae O ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Entire Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
State College ◽  
English Students ◽  
Frequency Counts

This descriptive research paper was conducted to find out the level of cellphone usage and the English academic performance of the AB English students of the Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College, Estancia, Iloilo. The respondents were the 46 AB English students, 16 of which were the first year and 30 were the fourth year AB English students enrolled in the first semester AY 2018-2019, classified according to sex and year level. The statistical tools used were mean, frequency counts and percentage, t-test, Pearson r. The researcher made questionnaire underwent the validity and reliability testing. Researcher made questionnaire were classified into two parts: Part I, the personal data sheet which include the questions name, sex and year level. Part II has 30 item-cellphone usage questionnaire. It was generally found out that AB English students have always level of cellphone usage. In view of these findings, it can be concluded that the level of cellphone usage of the AB English students when taken as an entire group was always but when classified as to sex, female always used their cellphone while males used their cellphones sometimes. The study also showed that first year AB English students have sometimes level of cellphone usage while the fourth year AB English students always used their cellphones.

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS ON STUDENTS’ ERRORS IN PRONOUNCING ENGLISH WORDS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
Andi Idayani
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Short Vowel ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Phonetic Transcription ◽  
Oral Test ◽  
English Students ◽  
Consonant Sounds

The objective of this research is to know the students’ errors in pronouncing of English words on vowel and consonant sounds in the first semester of English students of FKIP UIR. The research design of this study is descriptive research. The researcher assessed the students’ errors pronunciation at English Language Education of FKIP UIR. The Respondent of this research was the first semester of English students of FKIP UIR. In this study, the research instrument is an oral test, there are 40 words that be tested, and the data was collected by a recorder. In analyzing the data, the researcher helped by other English lecturers as raters. Then, the data was checked by using talking-talking software and phonetic transcription. The result of this study described that there are some errors made by students in pronouncing English words. There are 25 students’ errors pronounced short vowel /e/, 15 students’ errors pronouncing short vowel /ᴜ/, 21 Students’ errors pronouncing the consonant / ð/, 18 students’ errors pronouncing consonant /ɵ/, and 17 students’ errors pronouncing consonant /ʒ/.

scholarly journals First semester academic performance: The importance of early indicators of non-engagement

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Van der Meer ◽  
Stephen Scott ◽  
Keryn Pratt
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Retention Strategy ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
The University

Success, progression and retention of students are goals of many university strategic directions and policies. For many decades it has been recognised that the greatest focus in any retention strategy should be on first-year students. University of Otago too has goals around student success. The Strategic Plan of the institution also identified that in the context of a fiscally constrained environment, all of our activities and processes need to be assessed for efficiency and effectiveness.  To this end, a pilot was undertaken in one area of the university to identify possible indicators of first-year students’ non-engagement in the first semester and their possible impact on the first semester academic performance. The findings suggest that there are indeed some indicators that predict Grade Point Average at the end of the first semester.

scholarly journals Predicting Undergraduate Level Students’ Performance Using Regression

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-139
Author(s):  
S Akuma ◽  
H Abakpa
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
First Year ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
University Environment ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Cumulative Grade Point Average ◽  
Moderating Factors ◽  
The University

Students’ academic performance in the university environment changes from one academic year to another as they climb up the ladder of their academic programme. Predicting students’ academic performance in higher educational institutions is challenging due to the lack of a central database of students’ performance records. The other challenge is the lack of standard methods for predicting students’ performance and other moderating factors like physical, economic and health that affect students’ progress. In this work, we predicted students’ performance based on previous academic results. A model to predict students’ performance based on their Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) was developed using Linear Regression Algorithm. A dataset of 70 undergraduate students studying Computer Science was analyzed and the results show that the model was able to predict the 4th year CGPA of the Students using the previous Cumulative Grade Point of the past three years with an accuracy of 87.84%, and a correlation of 0.9338. This study also identified students’ second semester CGPA in the first year and their first semester CGPA in the second year as the most important CGPAs that affect the accuracy

scholarly journals Aspects of Academic Performance and Ethics in the Transition to eLearning Caused by the Actual Pandemic - A case study

TEM Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 656-661
Author(s):  
Petre Lucian Ogrutan ◽  
Lia Elena Aciu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
First Year ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
School Activity

In the actual context of a great diversity of information sources, the discipline of Ethics and Academic Integrity (EAI) was introduced recently in the first year of the Master's studies. As part of the school activity, the access to anti-plagiarism software was made available to teachers and students. The current pandemic has forced the transition from classical classes to the use of the eLearning platform. In this paper the application of the methods of antiplagiarism verification to the distance teaching and the obtained results are described. The conclusions are expressed by comparing the results obtained for the discipline developed through the eLearning platform with those obtained in the previous years in a face-toface teaching manner and with those of the EAI discipline carried out in the first semester of this academic year as well.

Personality traits, teamwork competencies and academic performance among first-year engineering students

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuok Ho Daniel Tang
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University

PurposeIt is commonly believed that personality traits determine a person's ability to work in a team and academic performance. However, studies have shown inconsistent results with some personality traits better than the other in predicting students' performance in different academic majors. The purpose of this study is to examine the interrelation between personality traits, teamwork competencies and academic performance among first-year first semester engineering students in an Australian university located in the Sarawak state of Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThe Individual and Team Performance (ITP) metrics were administered among 189 students to gauge their personality traits as well as self-rated and peer-rated teamwork competencies. The correlations between personality traits and teamwork competencies as well as correlations of both the variables to academic performance were subsequently analyzed.FindingsThis study shows no significant difference between the self-rated and peer-rated teamwork competencies. Adventurous trait appears to negatively correlate with teamwork competencies. This study also reveals teamwork competencies as better predictors of academic performance than personality traits. Commitment and focus show relatively larger effect on academic performance. It can be concluded that commitment is the most significant factor to excel in first-year engineering in the university. Therefore, interventions that promote commitment is crucial to academic performance of the first-year first semester engineering students.Practical implicationsThis study promulgates the development of team competencies which are more crucial to academic excellence than personalities. It is useful for the design of team learning activities which lead to the development of teamwork competencies while improving academic performance. It shows that team activities which reinforce commitment especially and focus secondarily, will have significant positive effect on academic performance of the first-year engineering students generally.Originality/valueWhile most studies in this area examine the correlation between personality traits and academic performance, this study is among the very few that looks into the aspect of teamwork competencies. This study also finds its value in its regional significance as such correlational studies are not prevalent in Malaysia.

scholarly journals A FIELD STUDY ON THE REASON TO CHOOSE THE PROGRAMME, MOTIVES, PREPAREDNESS TO UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ACCOUNTING PROGRAMME STUDENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 209-221
Author(s):  
Zeynep Hatunoğlu ◽  
Ahmet Kaya ◽  
Filiz Angaykutluk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Female Students ◽  
University Education ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Professional Career

This paper examines the perceptions of first-year students (freshmen) of accounting at Akdeniz University (AU) and Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University (KSU) to explore a range of factors which impact on students’ learning: their motives for entering higher education, their rationale for selecting an accounting programme, their preparedness for further study and their expectations. The study also explores the influence of these antecedent variables on academic performance in the first accounting module. Data was collected from 420 accounting students in first year classes at the AU and KSU. The data required for this study was collected via a questionnaire which was developed by Byrne and Flood in 2005 known as the Motives, Expectations and Preparedness for University (MEPU) questionnaire. Results show that there is a relation between interest in accounting as professional career and accounting first grade. First semester average mark shows positively that the willingness of accounting as a career influence the grades positively. KSU students rated higher than AU students in some statements of motives for attending university, preparedness for university, reason for choosing accounting programme. It can also be said that female students and KSU students have stronger motives and higher expectations for entering higher education.

scholarly journals The Determinants of First-Year Academic Performance in the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University, 1990–1999

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Barkley ◽  
Jerry J. Forst
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
First Year ◽  
State University ◽  
College Of Agriculture ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Credit Hours ◽  
Kansas State University ◽  
College Grades

This research identifies and quantifies the determinants of first-year academic performance in the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University, 1990–1999. Forty-eight percent of the variation in first-semester college grades was explained by high school grades, standardized test scores, socioeconomic variables, high school characteristics, credit hours completed, and major field of study. Approximately 62% of the variation in second-semester grades was explained. First-semester college grades explained 43% of second-semester grades. Several statistically significant relationships are detected, and the implications for students, advisors, and administrators are discussed.

THE IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONAL TENSION ON THE ADAPTATION OF FIRST COLLEGE STUDENTS

Vestnik ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 150-154
Author(s):  
З.М. Жанкалова ◽  
З.Ж. Енсегенова ◽  
Д.С. Салехова ◽  
Б.С. Аблак ◽  
Б.О. Арипхан ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institution ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Functional Adaptation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Hemodynamic Parameters ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
First Year Medical Students

Проведен анализ результатов исследования особенностей функциональной адаптации студентов-первокурсников во время учебного процесса при поступлении в профильное образовательное учреждение. Исследования были проведены у 37 студенток первого курса медицинского колледжа, начавших обучение по специальности сестринское дело. Все участницы исследования подписали информированное согласие на участие программе и соглашение о конфиденциальности личных данных. Критериями для анализа являлись показатели функциональной адаптации сердечно-сосудистой системы на фоне воздействия нарастающего интенсивного психоэмоционального напряжения и их регрессия после завершения экзаменационной сессии в конце I семестра. Установлена психофизиологическая взаимосвязь между нарастанием и регрессией эмоционального напряжения и изменениями параметров гемодинамики, непосредственно перед экзаменами и через 7 суток после завершения экзаменационной сессии. The analysis of the results of the study of the features of functional adaptation of first-year students during the educational process upon admission to a specialized educational institution is carried out. The research was carried out on 37 first-year medical students who began their education in nursing. All study participants signed an informed consent to participate in the program and an agreement on the confidentiality of personal data. The criteria for the analysis were the indicators of functional adaptation of the cardiovascular system against the background of the influence of the growing intense psychoemotional stress and their regression after the completion of the examination session at the end of the first semester. A psychophysiological relationship was established between the increase and regression of emotional stress and changes in hemodynamic parameters, immediately before the exams and 7 days after the end of the examination session.

scholarly journals Awareness and Academic Accommodations Provided by Teachers to Students At-Risk

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ma. Agnes H. Callanta ◽  
Guiller P. Pendon
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Entire Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
State University ◽  
Academic Accommodations ◽  
Students At Risk ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Academic Accommodation ◽  
Legal Foundation

<div><p><em>The pervasive problem</em><em> that the Philippine education</em><em> faces today is teaching students whose attempts at learning result in failure and eventually dropping out of school. This study attempted to identify students at-risk so that teachers may understand their needs and support them. This descriptive research determined the level of awareness of teachers of West Visayas State University-Janiuay Campus, Iloilo regarding students at-risk and their academic accommodation. This study attempted to determine whether the level of awareness of teachers regarding student at-risk affects their accommodation practices they provide. The respondents of the study were the twenty four (24) first year advisers selected through total enumeration of the population. The study showed that when taken as an entire group and when grouped according to various categories, teachers’ level of awareness of student at-risk was fairly aware. Only teachers who master’s degree holders were very aware and with master’s units were less aware. On the other hand, the level of awareness of teachers on academic accommodation of students at-risk were consistently very aware when taken as an entire group and when grouped according to various categories. Only male teachers and teachers of the schools of Hotel and Services Technology and Industrial Technology were extremely aware.</em></p><p><em>Generally, the most frequently used accommodation practices of teachers while dealing with students at-risk was management followed by assessment and instruction. Another topic featured in the literature includes discussion of the risk factors that act as antecedents to at-risk and the legal foundation of the study.</em></p></div>

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