scholarly journals Exit Slips As Predictor of Academic Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-61
Author(s):  
Raymart Basco
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Science Achievement ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Self ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Instructional Objectives ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Impact

Formative assessment plays a vital role in the delivery of quality and relevant education among learners. Data derived from the assessment results provide pieces of evidence for teachers to determine learners who need assistance, advance instructional objectives, track learners’ progress toward those standards, and identify what intervention and support are required. This descriptive-survey research examined the impact of exit slips in predicting intermediate pupils’ science achievement. Seventy-three pupils were involved in the study who were selected through a total sampling. Weighted mean, ranking, standard deviation, mean percentage score, frequency, Pearson correlation coefficient, and coefficient of determination were utilized to process and analyze statistically the data using SPSS. The findings of the study highlighted that exit slips can help learners in their learning since they reflect pupils’ understanding and increase accountability among them. The results revealed that there was a high positive association between the self-rating report and the academic performance of the respondents. The impact of self-reported rating was found significant on the performance of the pupils. Hence, when teachers took necessary and relevant remediation as well as enrichment based on the self-reported rating, academic performance may be improved. It was recommended that teachers may adapt the use of exit slips in their classes to improve academic performance among learners.

A Study on impact of smartphone addiction on academic performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.6) ◽  
pp. 50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Chaudhury ◽  
Hrudaya Kumar Tripathy
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Machine Learning Techniques ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Outdoor Sports ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Masses ◽  
The Impact

Smartphone addiction is increasingly affecting the masses and is negatively impacting the younger generation. Several researches have been done to study the impact of internet and smartphone addiction. However no work has been done to predetermine academic performance from smartphone addiction using data mining techniques. A total of 222 University students participated in the questionnaire. The survey questionnaire consisted of demographic information, internet access pattern and smartphone addiction pattern. Data was analysed using machine learning techniques using classification models. The results further encouraged us to find the correlation between smartphone addiction and academic performance. Pearson’ correlation was used to establish that smartphone usage had a negative impact on academic performance. Additionally other attributes like internet connectivity and active involvement in outdoor sports activities were investigated. Experimental results confirmed a negative correlation of these attributes with academic performance. The findings were of immense use and could be used to reduce the internet addiction amongst the student community and also enhance their academic performance

scholarly journals Relevant continuing professional development and quality resource situation make the Difference in student academic performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leticia Bosu
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Academic Qualification ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Government ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study seeks to look at the relationships among teachers’ academic qualification, availability of quality resources and the performance of students in Mathematics, English and Integrated science of Basic Schools at Kwahu-East in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The authors used a descriptive survey design which adopted the questionnaire, interview and observation in the collection of data. The authors used stratified random sampling in selecting 180 teachers whereas purposive sampling was used in selecting 27 headteachers and District Education Officers which used the Pearson correlation in the analysis. The study revealed that a teacher’s academic qualification obtained through education had no significant relationship with student’s academic performance in the respective subjects being measured by this study. The authors recommend that the Government of Ghana concentrate on providing continuing professional development (CPD) programmes that concentrate on practical situations in the schools and channel more resources to schools.

Associations of Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement Among Illinois High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Marie Weemer ◽  
Olabode Ayodele
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
High School ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Relationship

The health benefits of physical activity are empirically supported and well accepted. However, the relationship between physical activity, physical fitness, and academic performance remains to be clearly established. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between physical fitness and academic achievement among a sample of Illinois high school students. Analyses were based on the 2016–2017 school year Archival Fitnessgram physical fitness test scores and cumulative GPAs of ninth- through twelfth-grade students (N = 371). Pearson correlation assessed the relationship between physical fitness and academic performance. Multiple linear regression predicted students’ academic achievement. There was a positive association between total fitness and academic achievement, although not statistically significant, r (369) = .002, p = .49. The regression prediction model was statistically significant (p < .001) and accounted for approximately 25% of the variance in academic achievement (R2 = .256, adjusted R2 = .246). Academic achievement was predicted by total number of absences and gender, and to a lesser extent by socio­economic status, the curl-up, and ethnicity. The findings of this study suggest a positive association between physical fitness and academic achievement. These results are potentially relevant to the development of future education policies. Thus, policy makers, school administrators, and educators must use the knowledge gained in this study, along with existing research, as evidence to emphasize the importance of the fitness–academic link, to further support the need for quality physical education curriculum and mandated physical fitness testing.

scholarly journals The Impacts of Climate-Induced Agricultural Drought on Four Cereal Crops: A Case Study in Bako Tibe District, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Terefa Adunya ◽  
Fedhasa Chalchisa Benti
Keyword(s):  
Crop Yields ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Agricultural Drought ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Cereal Crops ◽  
Drought Indices ◽  
Trend Test ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The Impact

<p>Increasing temperature and altered precipitation patterns lead to the extreme weather events such as drought and flood, which severely affects the agricultural production. This study was aimed to assess the impact of climate change-induced agricultural drought on four cereal crops in Bako Tibe District. Time-series climate and crop yield data, recorded from 1989 to 2018, were acquired from NASA’s data portal and Bako Research Institute. The changes in temperature and precipitation were analyzed using Mann Kendall trend test. The agricultural drought index was analyzed using R-software. The correlation between the selected yield crops and drought indices were evaluated using Pearson correlation coefficient. The results show that trends of seasonal and annual maximum and minimum temperatures were significantly increased (P&lt;0.05). However, seasonal and annual precipitations were insignificantly decreased (P&gt;0.05). Moderate to severe agricultural drought intensities happened four times in the last three decades. These drought spells spatially covered about 36% of the total area of the district. Crop yields and drought indices were significantly correlated at p-values; 0.0034, 0.043, 0.003 and 0.001 for teff, wheat, barley and maize, respectively. The coefficient of determination (R2) values of crop yields were 28.3%, 30.9%, 28.5% and 34.6% for teff, wheat, barley and maize, correspondingly. The study clearly suggests that the increase in temperature and decrease in precipitation enhanced the frequency and intensity of drought events and these impacted the selected crop yields during the past three decades. The map-based results could be used as guides for governmental and non-governmental organizations concerning on drought impact mitigation activities in the district by encouraging farmers to adopt appropriate agricultural technologies, drought tolerant crop varieties and small scale irrigation.</p>

scholarly journals Internal Controls of the Municipality of Plaridel, Bulacan towards Good Governance

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 506-513
Author(s):  
Jerome Velasco
Keyword(s):  
Internal Control ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
To Come ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

Internal control plays a vital role in both private and public sectors. It is considered as one of the strategic tools in improving the operations and performance of an organization that will lead to the attainment of organizational goal and objectives. The main objective of the study was to determine the impact of control activities to the Municipality of Plaridel, Bulacan in complying with the good governance criteria. An assessment was conducted to determine the extent of control activities’ implementation in the organization to come up with the recommended measures for its further improvement. The study was based on a descriptive research design involving quantitative approach. Data gathered have been processed statistically using the SPSS by the Centro Escolar University Data Processing Center, and presented using the mean, standard deviation, and Pearson correlation analysis. The overall analysis revealed that the relationship between the extent of implementation and perceived impact of control activities to the Municipality in complying with the good governance criteria has a very significant relationship rating. Findings also showed that the existing implementation of control activities in the municipality can be further improved using the recommended measures focused on the following: Revisiting and Revising the existing policies and procedures, Strengthening the top Management’s functions, and Continuous professional development. It can be concluded that the implementation of control activities in the Municipality can improve the operations, and can contribute to the compliance with the Seal of Good Local Governance Criteria - financial administration aspect.

scholarly journals Computing departments' academics' perceptions on the impact of Learning and Management Systems on academic performance

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Mbangata Lubabalo
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
The Self ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Pedagogical Beliefs ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Software Packages ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Perceived Impact ◽  
Learning Software ◽  
The Impact

There are currently more than 500 commercial e-Learning software packages and 300 educational e-Learning software packages, but the surprising fact is that academic failure remains high in universities, especially for first-year students, despite all these advances made by e-Learning. It is this high failure rate problem in this e-Learning era that is at the core of this study whose aim is to model factors affecting the perceptions of academics on the impact of learning management systems (LMSs) on academic performance. This aim will be achieved by following the research question: what are the factors that are affecting the perceptions of academics on the impact of learning management systems on academic performance? Three types of research objectives are used to achieve this aim, namely: (i) to design a theoretically sound model of the factors affecting the perceptions of academics on the impact of LMSs on academic performance. (ii) to empirically test the designed model. (iii) to suggest recommendations on how to improve the perceptions of academics on the impact of LMSs on academic performance. Objectives (i) was accomplished through a content analysis method of reviewing of existing appropriate literature of factors that are affecting the impact of LMSs on e- Learning context; whilst objective (ii) was met by conducting a survey of seventy-eight (78) academic staffs from four public universities of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. On the other hand, objective (iii) was met through a comparison of the results of the survey conducted against the literature analysed. The outcomes of these three objectives are as follows: (i) the Welberg’s theory of education, the self-determination theory, the self-regulated learning theory, the social constructivism theory, and the task technology fit theory can be used as suitable theories applicable to examine the perceived impact of e-Learning on academic performance. (ii) It makes logic to theorize that, on the one hand, academics’ perceived impact of LMSs on academic performance are indirectly affected by their gender, their type of employment and their ethnicity. On the other hand, academics’ attitude towards e-Learning, their computer self-efficacy, their pedagogical beliefs, and their use of LMSs directly affects their perceived impact of LMSs on academic performance of students. It can be concluded that academics’ perceived impact of LMSs on academic performance can be enhanced by optimising academics’ computer self-efficacy, their pedagogical beliefs, and their attitude towards LMSs.

scholarly journals EFFECTS OF HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG PUPILS IN MUKURU INFORMAL SETTLEMENT, IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-35
Author(s):  
Kashindi Tabaro Christophe ◽  
Gisore Billiah Nyamoita ◽  
Daniel M. Kitonga
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Household Food ◽  
The Government

Purpose: The study assessed the effects of household food security on academic performance among pupils in Mukuru informal settlement, Nairobi County. Methodology: The population of the study consisted of 7565 participants from Mukuru. Stratified, purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select a sample size of 205 respondents (100 children, 10 teachers and 85 parents from the study area, and 10 officials from the Ministry of Education), who responded to the households access to food in Mukuru informal settlement, factors hindering the attainment of households food security, effect of household food security on academic performance of pupils. A descriptive research survey was conducted, using a mixed method. Data collected were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to determine the relationships and significance between variables. Results:The key finding indicated that there is a strong positive relation between the effects of food security and academic performance; it established a positive association between the variables with a significance ‘‘R’’ value of .635 and a coefficient of determination R square of 0.404. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: From the findings, some recommendations were made, for the government to formulate policies that would help improve food security so as to reduce its effects on pupils’ academic performance, also creation of jobs to increase employment which would offer people opportunities to raise their income.

Implementation of the Brøset Violence Checklist on an Acute Psychiatric Unit

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 476-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy L. Sarver ◽  
Rosanne Radziewicz ◽  
Georgean Coyne ◽  
Kelly Colon ◽  
Lisa Mantz
Keyword(s):  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Violent Behavior ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Screening Tools ◽  
Readmission Rates ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Study Results ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Additional Point

BACKGROUND: Violence on inpatient psychiatric settings has significant consequences for patients and staff. Research is needed to determine if Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC) is an accurate predictor of violence. AIMS: The study aims were to determine the relationship between BVC scores and incidence of violent behavior within 24 hours, to compare scores among those requiring high-level nursing interventions for violence, and to investigate the impact of scores on length of stay (LOS) and 30 day-readmission rates. METHOD: Retrospective cohort study. RESULTS: Logistic regression indicates 3.4 times greater risk of violence for every additional point on admission BVC (odds ratio = 3.4, 95% confidence interval = [2.29, 5.08], p < .0001). Patients requiring high-level interventions for violence had higher mean BVC scores on both Day 1 and 2 of admission. Pearson correlation was significant for positive association between BVC on admission and LOS ( p < .001). Findings did not establish a link between BVC scores and violence with 30-day readmission rates. CONCLUSIONS: Efforts toward early identification and management of agitation and disruptive behavior is encouraged. Results showed increased risk of violence with every additional point on BVC on admission; further attention should be paid to these patients on admission when using violence screening tools.

Historical and projected future hydroclimatic risk on seasonal yield in the irrigated rice paddies of Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zed Zulkafli ◽  
Nurfarhana Raffar ◽  
Mukhtar Jibril Abdi ◽  
Amirparsa Jajarmizadeh ◽  
Mohamad Shahmi Ahmad Shukri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Model ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Rice Yield ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Rice Paddy ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Regional Climate Model Output ◽  
The Impact

&lt;p&gt;Food security is an increasing threat to rice-consuming nations in the face of a changing climate. In this study, we present a framework for analysing&amp;#160; the historical and projecting the future relationship between climate variability and rice yield in the context of weather index insurance. The case study is the Muda rice granary, the largest rice paddy planting area in Malaysia producing approximately 40% of the national output. First, correlation and linear regression are used to explore the response of seasonal rice yield to various average and extreme precipitation, temperature and streamflow-based indices over a 16 year period between 2001 to 2016.&amp;#160; The highest Pearson correlation (r) and coefficient of determination (R&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;) values were obtained with June minimum temperature in the dry season, and December maximum 1 day precipitation and&amp;#160; January mean streamflow in the wet season. The results suggest that rice yield is most at risk from the impact of hydroclimatic variability and change during the flowering and maturity stages of crop growth. Next, findings from the statistical analysis are integrated with hydro-crop simulation of the 4,515 km2 catchment area, using a calibrated Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and bias-corrected Regional Climate Model output from the Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment for South East Asia (CORDEX-SEA). The output is finally used to construct projected future risk profiles for rice production in the area.&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;

A Study of Impact of Laboratory on Academic Performance of 9th Class Students in Science Subject

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Shivali Bajaj *
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Science Achievement ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Learning Science ◽  
9Th Grade ◽  
Science Educators ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Science Subject

The laboratory has been given a central and distinctive role in science education, and science educators have suggested that rich benefits in learning accrue from using laboratory activities. The present study was carried out to assess the impact of laboratory on academic performance of 9th class students of Jammu city in science subject in private schools of Jammu city. In the present study, the data was based on the sample of 250 students of 9th grade level, 125 student’s males and 125 females from five Private schools of Jammu city. The Incidental sampling technique was employed for this purpose. The academic performance of students in science subject was identified on the basis of records maintained by the schools. Questionnaire related to the laboratory usage for learning science subject was prepared specifically by the investigator for students. The results of the present study revealed that the female students used more of laboratory as compared to the male students. The study also showed that the students of age group 12 years used more laboratories for learning science subject as compared to that of 13 and 14 years students in Private schools. The results revealed that some students were facing problems in usage of laboratory. Overall it was found that there was a positive impact of laboratory usage on students’ science achievement. The results have wider implications for the stakeholders.

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