scholarly journals The relationship between demographics and the academic achievement of engineering students

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolaas Johannes Luwes ◽  
James Swart
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Pass Rate ◽  
Pass Rates ◽  
Older Students ◽  
Final Grade ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
The Relationship

The changing structure of student populations or cohorts over decades’ produces changing academic achievements or results. This may be due to a number of factors, including the school education system, the political system and the sociocultural system. The aim of this paper is to analyse the relationship between student demographics and the academic achievement of undergraduate engineering students over a 15-year period. A longitudinal descriptive study is used to determine the relationships between specific variables that existed between 1998 and 2013. These variables include gender, age and home languages of students that are contrasted to their final grade in a compulsory Design Projects module. Students need to obtain more than 50% to successfully complete this module, with the results indicating greater success for students with an Afrikaans or IsiZulu mother tongue than compared to students with a Sesotho, Setswana or Xhosa mother tongue. Younger students, less than 21 years of age, have a higher pass rate than older students who are more than 24 years of age. Finally, males outnumber females by more than 3:1. However, their final overall pass rates differ by only 3%, suggesting that both genders performed equally well in the Design Projects module. A key recommendation is to provide additional academic support to older students who may be struggling to synthesize knowledge and skills from a wide number of modules

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Learning Mode and Student Performance in an Undergraduate Elementary Statistics Course in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-179
Author(s):  
John C. Griffith ◽  
Emily K. Faulconer ◽  
Bobby L. McMasters
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pass Rate ◽  
Introductory Statistics ◽  
Pass Rates ◽  
Final Grade ◽  
Grade Distribution ◽  
Statistics Course ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Faculty have conducted many studies on the relationship between learning mode and student performance but few researchers have evaluated final grades, grade distribution, and pass rates in a sophomore introductory statistics course with a non-traditional student population who self-selected the learning mode from among different course sections. Accordingly, we examined 307 end-of-course grades from four different modes of instruction: (a) online, (b) videosynchronous learning classroom, (c) videosynchronous learning home, and (d) traditional classroom in an introductory statistics course. All data on grades, which included pass rate and grade distribution, were collected from the nine-week January 2019 term. All learning modes used the same text, syllabus, assignments, quizzes, and tests. In this study, learning mode was not significantly related to end-of-course score, final grade distribution, or pass rate. Future researchers should explore the impacts of gender, instructor quality, different term lengths, and the standardized use of textbooks and syllabi on student performance when exploring the impact of learning mode on grades, grade distribution, and pass rates.

scholarly journals Impact of Stress on Academic Achievement among Engineering Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sindhu P
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Present Generation ◽  
Technological University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The present generation faces more stress. The present study is aimed to find the relationship of Stress with Academic achievement among engineering students. The target population of the study comprised of students of few Engineering colleges under VTU (Visvesvaraya Technological University). For the study, a sample of 20 Undergraduate students of the Visvesvaraya Technological University (studying Engineering) was taken. The Cohen Perceived Stress Scale was used to measure the level stress among the students. The in-depth investigation of the findings obtained through this study reveals that the level of stress was found high for both Low and High scorers. The findings of the study will be useful in assisting Educators, Counselors, Psychologists, and Researchers to develop strategies to enhance students’ psychological well-being.

scholarly journals Adaptive Learning Implementation – A Cognitive Description Experiment for First Year Engineering Students at a Distance Education University

2020 ◽  
pp. 124-130
Author(s):  
Ngaka Mosia
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Pass Rate ◽  
First Year ◽  
Pass Rates ◽  
Struggling Learners ◽  
Engineering Statistics ◽  
Differentiated Learning ◽  
High Level

A study was performed on a first year industrial engineering statistics course to improve the statistics pass rate. Statistics is a requisite for other engineering courses. The pass rate for the statistic course was below 50%. The primary purpose is to enable learners to build a capacity to comprehend module content and establish a deeper level of learning that will enable learners to achieve goals and objectives of TL lessons. An intervention program was instructionally designed to develop a personalized and differentiated learning process that breaks down lessons into lower and basic components, for struggling learners, and improves lessons to a complex high level and challenging activities for excelling students. Forty students were considered for the study. Moore’s theory of transactional distance was used as a theoretical framework. The data consisted of exam and assignment scores. A quantitative method was used to analyse the data. Hypothesis testing suggests that the intervention program is significant. The overall pass rates improved by 25%.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between ACGME Duty Hour Requirements and Performance on the American Board of Emergency Medicine Qualifying Examination

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 558-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis L. Counselman ◽  
Terry Kowalenko ◽  
Catherine A. Marco ◽  
Kevin B. Joldersma ◽  
Robert C. Korte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Graduate Medical Education ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Pass Rate ◽  
Pass Rates ◽  
Group A ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT Background  In 2003, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) instituted requirements that limited the number of hours residents could spend on duty, and in 2011, it revised these requirements. Objective  This study explored whether the implementation of the 2003 and 2011 duty hour limits was associated with a change in emergency medicine residents' performance on the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) Qualifying Examination (QE). Methods  Beginning with the 1999 QE and ending with the 2014 QE, candidates for whom all training occurred without duty hour requirements (Group A), candidates under the first set of duty hour requirements (Group C), and candidates under the second set of duty hour requirements (Group E) were compared. Comparisons included mean scores and pass rates. Results  In Group A, 5690 candidates completed the examination, with a mean score of 82.8 and a 90.2% pass rate. In Group C, 8333 candidates had a mean score of 82.4 and a 90.5% pass rate. In Group E, there were 1269 candidates, with a mean score of 82.5 and an 89.4% pass rate. There was a small but statistically significant decrease in the mean scores (0.04, P < .001) after implementation of the first duty hour requirements, but this difference did not occur after implementation of the 2011 standards. There was no difference among pass rates for any of the study groups (χ2 = 1.68, P = .43). Conclusions  We did not identify an association between the 2003 and 2011 ACGME duty hour requirements and performance of test takers on the ABEM QE.

scholarly journals Impact of Depression, Anxiety and Stress on Academic Achievement among Engineering Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Sindhu ◽  
S. Azmal Basha
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Technological University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The present study is aimed to find the relationship of Depression, Anxiety and Stress with Academic achievement among engineering students. The target population of the study comprised of students of few Engineering colleges under VTU (Visvesvaraya Technological University). For the study, a sample of 20 Undergraduate students of the Visvesvaraya Technological University (studying Engineering) was taken. The Beck’s Depression Inventory, Beck’s Anxiety Inventory, and Cohen Perceived Stress Scale were used to measure the level of depression, anxiety and stress respectively among the students. The in-depth investigation of the findings obtained through this study reveals that there exists a relation between Depression, Anxiety and Academic score of students. Level of Stress was found high for both Low and High scorers. The findings of the study will be useful in assisting Educators, Counselors, Psychologists, and Researchers to develop strategies to enhance students’ psychological well-being.

HUBUNGAN PERSEPSI MAHASISWA PADA KINERJA DOSEN TERHADAP TINGKAT KELULUSAN MAHASISWA

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-136
Author(s):  
Yoana Nurul Asri
Keyword(s):  
Graduation Rate ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Pass Rate ◽  
Physics Courses ◽  
Low Pass ◽  
Evaluation Of Teaching ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Based on the low pass rate then made a research about the relationship of perceptions of lecturer performance with graduation rate of engineering students at the Nurtanio University. The sampling technique used is simple random sampling with the number of samples taken at random as many as 60 students who take physics courses. Obtained average results From the above statistical results seen as 92% of students agree that the lecturer already has a good readiness to teach. As many as 85% of students stated that lecturers already have material readiness. As many as 88% stated that the lecturer has discipline in teaching. For the category of evaluation of teaching as much as 83% of students stated that the lecturers have fulfilled. As many as 97% stated that the personality of lecturers in teaching in the classroom and personality outside the class is good. It's just for the correlation between courses with courses has lowest score as much as 68% said there was a positive correlation. Based on the result of pearson product moment test, the correlation between student's perception on lecturer performance has an effect on graduation rate of student with value equal to 0,625 in enough category.

scholarly journals Impact of Anxiety on Academic Achievement among Engineering Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sindhu P
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Technological University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The present study is aimed to find the relationship of Anxiety with Academic achievement among engineering students. The target population of the study comprised of students of few Engineering colleges under VTU (Visvesvaraya Technological University). For the study, a sample of 20 Undergraduate students of the Visvesvaraya Technological University (studying Engineering) was taken. The Beck’s Anxiety Inventory was used to measure the level stress among the students. The in-depth investigation of the findings obtained through this study reveals that there exists a relation between Anxiety and Academic score of students. The findings of the study will be useful in assisting Educators, Counselors, Psychologists, and Researchers to develop strategies to enhance students’ psychological well-being.

Must We Suffer to Succeed?

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliane Strack ◽  
Paulo Lopes ◽  
Francisco Esteves ◽  
Pablo Fernandez-Berrocal
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Why do some people work best under pressure? In two studies, we examined whether and how people use anxiety to motivate themselves. As predicted, clarity of feelings moderated the relationship between trait anxiety and the tendency to use this emotion as a source of motivation (i.e., anxiety motivation). Furthermore, anxiety motivation mediated the relationship between trait anxiety and outcomes – including academic achievement (Study 1) as well as persistence and job satisfaction (Study 2). These findings suggest that individuals who are clear about their feelings are more likely to thrive on anxiety and eustress and possibly use these to achieve their goals and find satisfaction at work.

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