Empowerment in Tertiary Education: A Strategic Source of Learning Advantage

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-188
Author(s):  
Christos S. Nicolaidis ◽  
Evangelia Koutroumpezi
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Student Empowerment ◽  
Principal Component Factor Analysis ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Students Satisfaction

This paper examines empowerment as a strategy, from the resource-based perspective, for the development of Greek tertiary education. As the literature suggests, empowerment enables individuals to make decisions and simultaneously take responsibility for their actions. Moreover, it increases the quality of research and teaching procedures as well as amplifying educators' and students' satisfaction and performance. In this respect, the paper uses the well-known Whetten and Cameron questionnaire for empowerment in a survey conducted among students studying in the B, D, F and H semesters at a Greek university operating in Thessaloniki. The principal component factor analysis of a sample 395 students revealed the existence of four dimensions of student empowerment: meaning/self-efficacy, self-determination, trust and personal control. After discussion of the findings, a number of recommended tactics and policies concerning the enhancement of student empowerment conclude the paper.

scholarly journals Gamification as a Teaching Method to Improve Performance and Motivation in Tertiary Education during COVID-19: A Research Study from Mexico

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Elvira G. Rincon-Flores ◽  
Juanjo Mena ◽  
Eunice López-Camacho
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Pedagogical Strategy ◽  
Learning Mathematics

Gamification is usually understood as a pedagogical strategy that favors student engagement and motivation. Traditionally it is composed of dynamics, mechanics, and components. The purpose of this study was to compare Engineering and Economics and Social Sciences undergraduate students in their performance (grades), motivation, quality of assignments, participation, and emotion when their teachers used gamification as an innovative teaching method during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pearson correlations, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and Mann–Whitney test were conducted. Additionally, four students were interviewed to describe the emotional downside of the lockdown. The main results indicate that there are higher positive relationships among variables in the Engineering undergraduate students rather than in Economics and Social Sciences and show that emotion poorly correlates with performance, especially for the Economics and Social Sciences students, as many have a negative attitude toward learning mathematics. Additionally, gender and scholarship status are not differential factors. Gamification proved to be a useful pedagogical strategy to promote participation and enhance motivation among undergraduate students, particularly in a context of academic confinement. This study gives teachers an idea of the benefits and extent to which gamification can be used in the classroom.

A comparison of the utility of dimensional and categorical representations of psychosis

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 595-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. VAN OS ◽  
C. GILVARRY ◽  
R. BALE ◽  
E. VAN HORN ◽  
T. TATTAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Principal Component Factor Analysis ◽  
Need For Care ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Manic Symptoms ◽  
Abnormal Movements ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Clinical Measures

Background. The usefulness of any diagnostic scheme is directly related to its ability to provide clinically useful information on need for care. In this study, the clinical usefulness of dimensional and categorical representations of psychotic psychopathology were compared.Method. A total of 706 patients aged 16–65 years with chronic psychosis were recruited. Psychopathology was measured with the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (CPRS). Lifetime RDC, DSM-III-R, and ICD-10 diagnoses and ratings of lifetime psychopathology were made using OPCRIT. Other clinical measures included: (i) need for care; (ii) quality of life; (iii) social disability; (iv) satisfaction with services; (v) abnormal movements; (vi) brief neuropsychological screen; and (vii) over the last 2 years – illness course, symptom severity, employment, medication use, self-harm, time in hospital and living independently.Results. Principal component factor analysis of the 65 CPRS items on cross-sectional psychopathology yielded four dimensions of positive, negative, depressive and manic symptoms. Regression models comparing the relative contributions of dimensional and categorical representations of psychopathology with clinical measures consistently indicated strong and significant effects of psychopathological dimensions over and above any effect of their categorical counterparts, whereas the reverse did not hold. The effect of psychopathological dimensions was mostly cumulative: high ratings on more than one dimension increased the contribution to the clinical measures in a dose-response fashion. Similar results were obtained with psychopathological dimensions derived from lifetime psychopathology ratings using the OCCPI.Conclusions. A dimensional approach towards classification of psychotic illness offers important clinical advantages.

scholarly journals A Conceptual Paper on SERVQUAL-Framework for Assessing Quality of Internet of Things (IoT) Services

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheikh Muhammad Hizam ◽  
Waqas Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Comprehensive Framework ◽  
System Characteristics

Service quality possesses the vital prominence in usability of innovative products and services. As Technological innovation has made the life synchronized and effective, Internet of Things (IoT) is matter of discussion everywhere. From users’ perspective, IoT services are always embraced by various system characteristics of security and performance. A service quality model can better present the preference of such technology customers. The study intends to project theoretical model of service quality for Internet of Things (IoT). Based on the existing models of service quality and the literature on internet of things, a framework is proposed to conceptualize and measure service quality for internet of things. This study establishes the IoT-SERVQUAL model with four dimensions (i.e., Privacy, Functionality, Efficiency and Tangibility) of multiple service quality models. These dimensions are essential and inclined towards the users’ leaning of IoT services. This paper contributes to research on internet of things services by the development of a comprehensive framework for customers’ quality apprehensions. This model will previse the expression of information secrecy concerns of users related with Internet of Things (IoT). This research will advance understanding of service quality in modern day technology and assist firms to devise the fruitful services structure.

Patterns of variation and correlation in quality control characteristics of segment installation

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mohammad E. Hosseininasab ◽  
Mohammad Javad Ershadi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Tunnel Lining ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Applicable Knowledge ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Different Characteristics

Purpose – Evaluation of the quality and performance of a tunnel lining during the installation of segments are the main objects of tunneling projects. Because the quality is affected by several attributes, the purpose of this paper is an appropriate multivariate data analysis that is helpful in extracting applicable knowledge of the data collected regarding the related attributes of the initial installed rings. Design/methodology/approach – Principal component analysis (PCA) is used to analyze the data obtained by the quality control team. The authors use canonical correlation analysis (CCA) to extract some linear combinations of the original attributes of the two groups that produce the largest correlations with the second set of variables. Findings – The authors reduce the dimensionality of the original data set for further analyses, and use a small number of uncorrelated variables rather than a larger set of correlated variables to take effective and efficient action to control the quality of the tunnel lining. The authors also explore the correlation structure and relationship between two main groups of characteristics used for assessing the quality of the installed rings. Then, instead of a large number of the original characteristics in the two groups, the authors can easily control these few to attain a reasonable quality for the tunnel lining. Originality/value – This is a case study, and for each ring selected for inspection, 16 different characteristics are measured and the observations are recorded. The authors use PCA and CCA to analyse the data and interpret the results. Although the methods are not new, applying them to this data results in useful and informative outcomes and interpretation.

scholarly journals Assessing the Students’ Perception of the Quality of Dental Program offered in Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 650-657
Author(s):  
Ahmed Al Kuwaiti
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Institutional Characteristics ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Dental Schools ◽  
Students Satisfaction

Background: In Saudi Arabia, dental students' program evaluation is highly focused on improving dental education quality, so that an effective workforce could be developed for the nation. Objective: This study aims to assess the students' perception of the quality of dental program offered at Saudi dental schools. Methods: All final year students of the selected Saudi dental schools (N=4) were included as the population of this study. The students were administered a questionnaire named “Dental Program Evaluation Survey.” The survey consisted of four dimensions, with 31 Likert scale items and one global item studying the dental students' satisfaction towards the programs offered at Saudi dental schools. The responses obtained using the survey were subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS 20.0. Results: The results demonstrated that the dimensions, such as faculty characteristics, institutional characteristics, the efficacy of the program, and program changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, were perceived as “High Quality.” The cumulative percentage of most of the items was graded as “Acceptable.” Overall, 89.2% of students were satisfied with the quality of the programs offered in their dental schools. A significant difference was found in students' perception of the dimensions and overall satisfaction with respect to their gender and dental schools. Conclusion: Overall, the students were highly satisfied with the quality of the dental program offered in Saudi Arabia. This study would help policymakers in developing appropriate strategies that can enhance and sustain the quality of dental program offered at Saudi dental schools.

scholarly journals RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE-ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE IN MALAY LANGUAGE FOR MALAYSIAN OLDER ADULT WITH DEMENTIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Kwai Ching Kan ◽  
Ponnusamy Subramaniam ◽  
Rosdinom Razali ◽  
Shazli Ezzat Ghazali
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Principal Component Factor Analysis ◽  
Component Factor ◽  
Moderate Dementia

The Quality of Life-Alzheimer’s Disease (QOL-AD) questionnaire is a reliable, valid and popular outcome measure in dementia related studies. However, to date there is no published report on adopted version of QOL-AD in Malay language. Thus this preliminary study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the QOL-AD in Malay language for patients with dementia and to examine the level of agreement between patient-caregiver as a proxy reports on patient’s quality of life. A total of 65 patients with mild to moderate dementia and their caregivers were recruited from the psycho-geriatric clinic, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre using a cross sectional study design. The QOL-AD was translated into Malay language using the standard guidelines for cross-cultural adaptation of measure. The patient-caregiver dyads completed the QOL-AD in Malay language separately. Test-retest and internal consistency was evaluated for reliability and construct validity was tested with principal component factor analysis. The reliability of QOL-AD in Malay language was good with Cronbach alpha coefficients of 0.82 and 0.79 and intraclass correlation coefficients of 0.77 and 0.89 for patients and caregivers report respectively. Meanwhile a positive moderate agreement was achieved between patient and caregiver rating (r=0.60, p<0.01). The principal component factor analysis extracted 4 factors for both patient and caregiver reports which explained 66.02% (patients’ report) and 64.24% (caregivers’ report) of the total variance of the scale. As a conclusion, the QOL-AD in Malay language is a reliable and valid tool to measure the quality of life of people with mild to moderate dementia.

Psychometric Evaluation of the Organizational Job Satisfaction Scale

1997 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maranah A. Sauter ◽  
Diane Boyle ◽  
Debra Wallace ◽  
Janet L. Andrews ◽  
Marjorie S. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Principal Component Factor Analysis ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Scale Scores

Findings are reported from a replicated evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Organizational Job Satisfaction Scale. Data lend strong support for the scale which assesses four dimensions of organizational job satisfaction. Principal component factor analysis of data from two independent samples of urban staff registered nurses (RNs) (n - 496; n = 532) confirmed four dimensions of pay, interaction, administration, and status. Cronbach’s alpha for subscales ranged from .76 to .88. Pearson correlation coefficients for the interrelationships among subscales and an estimate of theta verified internal consistency. The Organizational Job Satisfaction Scale scores correlated significantly with a criterion measure of job enjoyment. Hypothesis testing of theoretically predictable relationships supported construct validity. Scores on the organizational job satisfaction subscales correlated significantly with automony, stress, and commitment. Item revisions and recommendations for future use of the instrument are discussed.

scholarly journals Hubungan Nilai-nilai Pola Pikir dan Perilaku Ramah Lingkungan Siswa Sekolah Dasar Adiwiyata

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-43
Author(s):  
Yudhistira Kusuma ◽  
◽  
Hanson Endra Kusuma ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Thought Patterns ◽  
And Behavior

The declining quality of the environment lately requires a change in human’s environmental value and behavior. This change can be achieved through environmental education in schools. Indonesia has recently promoted the Adiwiyata school program to encourage environmental education. This study aims to reveal the dimensions of value (NEP) and behavior (GEB) that occur in students at Adiwiyata school and explain the relationship between the two to evaluate the extent to which Adiwiyata's concepts can interfere with students' thought patterns and behavior. Through principal component analysis and factor analysis, six dimensions of student’s NEP were found in Adiwiyata Elementary School, respectively: "Destructive Interventions", "Conservative Interventions", "Exploitation of Nature", "Environmental Education", "Sustainable Environments", and "Environmental Insights". Besides, four dimensions of student’s GEB were found at Adiwiyata Elementary School, respectively: "Pro-Environmental Attitudes (Individual)", "Pro-Environmental Attitudes (Group)", "Waste of Natural Resources & Energy", and "Efficiency of Natural Resources & Energy". Furthermore, correlation analysis shows that these values and behavior tend to only be realized in the school environment.

Analysis of the Quality of Relationships in the Footwear Sector

2020 ◽  
pp. 97-121
Author(s):  
Marcela Karina Benítez Gaibor ◽  
Juan Pablo Martínez Mesías
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Principal Component Factor Analysis ◽  
Pca Analysis ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Quality Of Relationships ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of the study is to propose a methodology and measures for the assessment of relationship quality between producers and clients and between producers and suppliers of the footwear sector. For this purpose, a principal component factor analysis (PCA) has been applied on a sample of footwear producers of Tungurahua, Ecuador. The PCA analysis included the seven dimensions of relational coordination theory and other three dimensions, such as trust, cooperation, and satisfaction. Results show that the quality of relationships is composed by two factors, one related to communication and one related to relationships. Some changes occur in these dimensions depending on the stakeholders involved in the relationship. The scores of the components resulted from the PCA analysis were used to calculate communication and relationship indexes. Additionally, a correlation analysis has been performed showing a positive correlation between communication and relationships dimensions in both producers-clients relationship and producers-suppliers relationship.

scholarly journals Persepsi Pemustaka Terhadap Kualitas Layanan Window Of The World (WOW) Perpustakaan UGM Berdasarkan Model Libqual+TM

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Tri Andika Oktaviela
Keyword(s):  
Information Access ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Access Information ◽  
Library As Place ◽  
Service Data

This study aims to find out users' perceptions towards quality of Window of the World (WOW) service based on the LibQUAL+TM models in the library of Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta. The type of the study is descriptive quantitative. Subjects of the study were users of the facilities of WOW service, while the object of the study was users' perception about the quality of WOW service. Data were obtained from questionnaires, observation, interviews, and documentation. Sampling used incidental sampling technique, with a sample size of 100 respondents. There was a single variable, i.e. perception about WOW service. Data analysis used the mean and grand mean. Measurement of users' perception was based on the Libqual+TM models that included four dimensions. These were ability and attitude of librarians in serving (Service Affect-SA), the dimensions of the facilities and atmosphere of the space of the library (Library As Place-LP), the dimensions of the user and means of access (Personal Control-PC), and the dimensions of information access (information access-IA). Each dimension showed that the perception of the dimension of librarian in serving (Service Affact-SA) with an average of 3.05 (good), the dimensions of the facilities and atmosphere of the space of the library (Library As Place-LP) with an average of 3.13 (good), the dimensional directions and means of access (Personal Control-PC) with an average of 3.12 (good), and the dimensions of information access (information access-IA) with an average of 3.06 (good). The result showed that the users' perception about WOW service based on LibQUAL+TM models in library of Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta was good. It can be seen from the total average of variable that is equal to 3.09, so it is necessary to improve the quality of WOW service in the library of Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta to achieve excellent category. It was especially necessary to improve quality at its lowest dimensions on the dimensions of librarians in serving (Service Affect - SA) with an average of 3.05.

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