Is Block-Based Programming an Effective Teaching Tool?

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-65
Author(s):  
Oriana Ebejer
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
Test Question ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Block Based ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Level 2

Block-based Programming (BBP) is used as a teaching tool and has gained popularity with young people who start to learn computer programming. BBP hides the programming complexity and allows the user to write programs via a simple, visual interface. In this study, MCAST students’ opinions about BBP are compared to more traditional programming methods. This includes whether they think introducing programming through BBP at Level 2 is the right approach. This research is important to MCAST’s computing curricula to remain relevant to the students’ needs. The research participants are students who joined MCAST form Level 2 and have now completed Level 3 or a higher qualification. Twenty independent variables related to BBP have been identified from secondary data. These factors include: BBP is fun and media rich, it simplifies complex programming concepts, it has poor debugging tools, and it targets a younger audience. These factors are presented to the research participants via an online survey, which they answered using a five-point Likert scale (from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree). The participants were also asked some questions specifically on BBP to measure how much they value BBP as a teaching tool at their level. Out of 73 students who were contacted 32 responded to the survey. A test question was planted in the survey to check for consistency; one answer did not pass the validity test and was removed from the dataset. The data collected from the 31 surveys was analysed using SPSS. A dimensionality reduction technique (Principal Component Analysis) was then applied to the dataset to reduce the number of independent variables. The rotation matrix suggested that the variables may be reduced to five (from 20). Almost all the participants approve of BBP as the ideal approach with Level 2 students, but they also suggest that a text-based programming language should be introduced as well. Based on this research it is suggested to keep using BBP as a pedagogical tool but change the specific current tool used in class, Scratch, to one which offers a translation of the visual steps to text-based. Alternatively, complement the BBP tool with a text-based one.

PENGARUH JASA PELAYANAN FREIGHT FORWARDING TERHADAP KEPUASAN PELANGGAN

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andar Sri Sumantri ◽  
Radix Nugrahanto
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Linear Regression Equation ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Freight Forwarder ◽  
Freight Forwarding ◽  
A Company

<p>Customer is an important factor for the survival of a company. At a time, company sometimes didn’t know the level of customer satisfaction. If the company continues with this situation, the company would not know the next strategies to develop the company. There are many factors that connected with customer such as trust, facility and service quality. This research objective is to analyze if there is a positive influence, both individually and simultaneously between independent variables which are trust, facility and service quality to the dependent variable which is customers. In this research the object are the customers of PT Panah Persada Logisindo Semarang. The data sources are primary and secondary data using sampling technique of 80 respondents. The results of multiple linear regression equation show that there is a positive influence and partial significant between (t= 3,543 &gt; ttebal = 1, 99167) Trust, (t=4,976 &gt;ttebal=1,99167 ) Facility and (t =3,908 &gt; ttebal= 1, 99167) Service Quality effected by customer satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Keywords: Trust, Facility, Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction</strong></p><p>Kepuasaan Pelanggan merupakan faktor penting terhadap kelangsungan hidup sebuah perusahaan. Masalah yang dihadapi perusahaan saat ini berkaitan dengan tidak diketahuinya kepuasaan Pelanggan setiap tahun, Jika ini dibiarkan terus menerus, perusahaan tidak dapat menentukan strategi untuk meningkakan kepuasaan pelanggan. Ada banyak faktor yang mempengaruhi Kepuasaan Pelanggandipengaruhi oleh kepercayaan, fasilitas dan Kualitas Pelayanaan. Perumusan masalah, tujuan penelitian dan hipotesis pada latar belakang masalah dan tujuan penelitian ini untuk menganalisis adakah pengaruh yang positif baik secara individual dan simultan antara variabel independen yaitu kepercayaan, fasilitas, kualitas pelayanaan terhadap variabel dependen yaitu Kepuasaan Pelanggan. Pada penelitian ini obyek yang diambil pengguna jasa Freight forwarder PT Panah Persana Logisindo Semarang Sumber data meliputi data primer dan sekunder. Sampel pada penelitian ini adalah 80 responden teknik sampling yang digunakan seluruh populasi dijadikan sample. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dan analisis berganda dihasilkan persamaan : Hasil persamaan regresi linear berganda menunjukkan bahwa ada pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan secara parsial antara ( t hitung = 3,543&gt; t tabel = 1,99167) kepercayaan, (t hitung4,976 &gt; t tabel =1,99167) Fasilitas ( t hitung = 3,908&gt; t tabel = 1,99167) Kualitas pelayanaan terhadap Kepuasaan Pelanggan.</p><p><strong>Kata kunci : Kepercayaan, Fasilitas, Kualitas Pelanggan. Kepuasaan Pelanggan</strong></p>

Investigating Occupation Wise Perception of Customers Towards Access to Cooperative Banking Services

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neetu Andotra ◽  
Tarsem Lal
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
Banking Service ◽  
Total Data ◽  
Cooperative Banks ◽  
Secondary Information

The present paper aims at investigating the occupation-wise perception of customers towards access to cooperative banking services. The study is both expressive and evaluative in nature. In order to investigate the perception of customers towards access to cooperative banking services, both primary and secondary data has been collected. The primary data have been collected from 540 customers of cooperative banks operating in three northern states of India i.e J&K, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab. The technique of factor analysis has been used through SPSS (version 17.00) with Principal Component Analysis along with varimax rotation for summarisation of the total data into minimum factors. Secondary information was collected from published sources i.e books, journals, files, cooperative bulletins, organizational reports, annual drafts of Planning and Statistical Department (Government of J&K, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab), RBI reports, magazines, and Internet. ANOVA has been applied for data analysis. The results of the study shows that there exits significant means difference between perception of customers towards access to Cooperative banking service.

scholarly journals Politics of Nostalgia and Populism: Evidence from Turkey

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Ezgi Elçi
Keyword(s):  
Direct Effect ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Party Preference ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This article scrutinizes the relationship between collective nostalgia and populism. Different populist figures utilize nostalgia by referring to their country's ‘good old’ glorious days and exploiting resentment of the elites and establishment. Populists instrumentalize nostalgia in order to create their populist heartland, which is a retrospectively constructed utopia based on an abandoned but undead past. Using two original datasets from Turkey, this study first analyzes whether collective nostalgia characterizes populist attitudes of the electorate. The results illustrate that collective nostalgia has a significantly positive relationship with populist attitudes even after controlling for various independent variables, including religiosity, partisanship, satisfaction with life and Euroscepticism. Secondly, the study tests whether nostalgic messages affect populist attitudes using an online survey experiment. The results indicate that Ottoman nostalgia helps increase populist attitudes. Kemalist nostalgia, however, has a weak direct effect on populist attitudes that disappears after controlling for party preference.

scholarly journals The Perceived Impact of The First UK Covid-19 Lockdown on Companion Animal Welfare and Behaviour: A Mixed-Method Study of Associations with Owner Mental Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 6171
Author(s):  
Emily Shoesmith ◽  
Luciana Santos de Assis ◽  
Lion Shahab ◽  
Elena Ratschen ◽  
Paul Toner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Companion Animal ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Human Animal

Background: Companion animals may be a positive presence for their owners during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the welfare of a companion animal is strongly influenced by the behaviour of their owners, as well as their physical and social environment. We aimed to investigate the reported changes in companion animal welfare and behaviour and to examine the association between these changes and companion animal owners’ mental health. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey of UK residents over 18 years of age was conducted between April and June 2020 (n = 5926). The questionnaire included validated, bespoke items measuring outcomes related to mental health, human-animal bonds and reported changes in animal welfare and behaviour. The final item of the survey invited open-ended free-text responses, allowing participants to describe experiences associated with human-animal relationships during the first UK lockdown phase. Results: Animal owners made up 89.8% of the sample (n = 5323), of whom 67.3% reported changes in their animal’s welfare and behaviour during the first lockdown phase (n = 3583). These reported changes were reduced to a positive (0–7) and negative (0–5) welfare scale, following principal component analysis (PCA) of 17 items. Participants reported more positive changes for cats, whereas more negative changes were reported for dogs. Thematic analysis identified three main themes relating to the positive and negative impact on companion animals of the Covid-19 pandemic. Generalised linear models indicated that companion animal owners with poorer mental health scores pre-lockdown reported fewer negative changes in animal welfare and behaviour. However, companion animal owners with poorer mental health scores since lockdown reported more changes, both positive and negative, in animal welfare and behaviour. Conclusion: Our findings extend previous insights into perceived welfare and behaviour changes on a very limited range of species to a wider a range of companion animals. Owner mental health status has a clear, albeit small, effect on companion animal welfare and behaviour.

scholarly journals P027: Nursing duties and accreditation standards and their impacts: the nursing perspective

CJEM ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (S1) ◽  
pp. S86-S87
Author(s):  
P.K. Jaggi ◽  
R. Tomlinson ◽  
K. McLelland ◽  
W. Ma ◽  
C. Manson-McLeod ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Medication History ◽  
Quality Initiatives ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Accreditation Standards ◽  
Strongly Agree

Introduction: With ongoing medical advances and an increase in elderly and complex patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED), there is a requirement for nurses to continue to gain new knowledge and skills to provide optimal patient care. Quality initiatives are frequently introduced with the goal of improving patient safety and the effectiveness of care delivery; some being provincial, while others are new requirements from Accreditation Canada. We sought the perspectives of emergency nurses regarding the importance of key ED processes and standards, and their impact on patient care and nurse efficiency. Methods: All Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses throughout the Edmonton Zone EDs were invited to complete an online survey consisting of 23 statements on nursing attitudes (10 on nursing duties) and beliefs (11 on the importance of Accreditation standards and their impacts; two that involved selecting the 5 most important nursing activities). The survey was constructed through an iterative approach. Response options included a 7-point Likert scale (‘very strongly disagree’ to ‘very strongly agree’). Median scores and interquartile ranges were determined for each survey statement. Results: A total of 433/1241 (34.9%) surveys were submitted. Respondents were predominantly Registered Nurses (91.4%), female (88.9%), and worked 0-5 years overall in the ED (43.7%). Overall, respondents were favourable (‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’) towards the Accreditation Canada standards and other quality initiatives. They were, however, ‘neutral’ towards universal domestic violence screening, and whether there is a difference between Best Possible Medication History (BPMH) and med reconciliation. The top five nursing activities in terms of perceived importance were: vital sign documentation, recording of allergies, listening to patients’ concerns, hand hygiene, and obtaining a complete nursing history. Best Possible Medication History and the screening risk tools followed these. Conclusion: Despite their heavy workload, nurses strongly agreed on the importance of med reconciliation, falls risk, and skin care, but felt that improved documentation forms could support efficiency. Nursing perspective is valuable in informing future attempts to standardize, streamline, and simplify documentation, including the design and implementation of a provincial clinical information system.

scholarly journals Infrastruktur Jalan Terhadap Peningkatan Kinerja Ukm Tas

INOVATOR ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Leny Muniroh
Keyword(s):  
Production Function ◽  
Data Use ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
T Test ◽  
Positive Sign ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Medium Enterprise ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Observation Period

<p>The research objective are to analyze handbag Small-Medium Enterprise (SME) performance and the effect of infrastructure development on MSE performances in Bojong Rangkas Village, District of Ciampea, Bogor Regency. The research conducted from Pebruary to May 2010. Primary and secondary data use to the purposes. The sampling consisted of 30 SME respondents for observation period 2008 and 2009. The production function specified using Cobb-Douglass. The regression results indicated the model significant at ? = 0.05. Sig-t test indicates that all independent variables shows positive sign. At ? = 0.30, labor (0.172), material (0.000) and dummy year (0.272) has positive and significant effect on production. This result indicate that road infrastructre development has positive effect on handbag SME production. As reccomendation, there is a need another support such as soft infrastructure (training) to realize the location as center of handbag SME in the regency</p>

scholarly journals PENGARUH PENERBITAN SUKUK TERHADAP REAKSI PASAR (SURVEY TERHADAP PERUSAHAAN-PERUSAHAAN YANG MENERBITKAN OBLIGASI SYARIAH YANG TERDAFTAR DIBURSA EFEK INDONESIA SELAMA TAHUN 2015)

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 496-503
Author(s):  
Mulya Iskandar ◽  
Ridwan Ridwan
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Cumulative Abnormal Return ◽  
Market Reactions ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to determine how the influence of a sukuk instrument issuance on market reactions listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during 2015. The research method used in this study is quantitative research. Quantitative research contains a relationship between cause and effect. The type of data used is secondary data, data collection used by the author is to know the relationship between two or more variables. The object to be examined in this study is the total value and rating of the issuance of Islamic bonds (sukuk) companies as independent variables and cumulative abnormal return shares of companies that issue Islamic bonds (sukuk) listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2015. The results of this study indicate the value of sukuk bond issuance and sukuk bond issuance ratings jointly affect stock returns. The value of issuing sukuk bonds partially affects stock returns and the rating of bond issuance has an effect on return.

scholarly journals PENGARUH RESPONSIVENESS PERAWAT DALAM PRAKTIK KOMUNIKASI TERAPEUTIK TERHADAP KEPUASAN PASIEN INSTALASI RAWAT INAP RSU HAJI SURABAYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Ajenk Nanda Saprilla
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Communication ◽  
Patient’S Satisfaction ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Patients Satisfaction ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Patient Responsiveness ◽  
Human Resource Training ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Service Standards

Background: Patient’s satisfaction is one of indicators measured in the hospital minimum service standards. In Installation of Inpatient (IRNA) of Haji Surabaya hospital, there are 17 indicators, but only nine are met (52.94%). One of them is patients’ satisfaction level amounted to 74.35% out of the standard (82%). The high number of complaints on nurses’ competence in providing services causes the unachieved patients’ satisfaction. There were 61 complaints from 2014 to 2017.Aim: This study aimed to analyze the influence of nurses’ responsiveness to patients’ satisfaction of in-patient installation (IRNA) at Haji Surabaya Hospital.Method: The questionnaires used Likert scale 1-5 for independent variables and dependent variables. The scoring scales for the independent variable or nurses’ responsiveness range from strongly disagree to strongly agree. Meanwhile, the scoring scale for the dependent variable ranges from very dissatisfied to very satisfied.Results: The findings indicated that there was a significant influence of responsiveness on patients’ satisfaction amounted to 0.003 (<α = 0.05). This indicated that the better assessment on the nurses’ responsiveness is, themore satisfied the patients are at in-patient installation (IRNA), Haji Surabaya Hospital.Conclusion: It can be concluded that more than 20% of responses was satisfied with the nurses’ responsiveness. The hospital needs to hold a human resource training especially a nurse-patient therapeutic communication training for maintaining the service quality at the hospital.Keywords: hospitalization, patient, responsiveness, satisfaction

scholarly journals Impact of the COVID-19 in Tourism Industry in Nepal and Policy Recommendation

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-91
Author(s):  
Bishnu Prasad Khanal
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Foreign Currency ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Corona Virus

For the first time in history, almost all the domestic and international tourism destinations have restrictions for travel worldwide because of corona virus pandemic. Corona virus disease calls the COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing problem in more than 210 countries in the world. The purpose of this study is to find the tourism impact of COVID-19 in Nepal and purpose recommendations for the preparation of evidence based policy and strategies for further development of the tourism industry in Nepal. Secondary data used in this study were obtained from the ministry of tourism in Nepal and other various web sources and primary data were collected from the online survey and collected 52 samples. They are involved in the hospitality, education & consulting, travel & tours, adventure & expedition, trekking agencies, and government officials from national tourism originations. The study highlights that the tourism contribution in Nepal’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) as a significant sector that has a linkage with other sectors. Also, the Nepalese tourism industry is dependent on international factors and the Nepal tourism industry highly relies on foreign tourists and cancellation of the mountain climbing permits for the year 2020, affects the income of foreign currency as building the capacity of stakeholders and public-private partnership initiatives to promote and work together to develop and manage in future tourism fields. well as the local economy, the loss of thousands of jobs in the tourism sector and others sectors. Overall analyses suggest that building the capacity of stakeholders and public-private partnership initiatives to promote and work together to develop and manage in future tourism fields.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF BUILDING VILLAGE INDEX (IDM) IN VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT IN KUALA SUB-DISTRICT

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Wahyuddina Wahyuddina
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
P Value ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
The Status ◽  
Document Review ◽  
The Village ◽  
Regression Tests

This study aims to analyze the building village index (IDM) in the development of the village in Kuala sub-district of Nagan Raya regency. This research is descriptive qualitative and quantitative. The object of this study is 17 villages in the region of Kuala sub-district, while the data used in this study is sourced from primary and secondary data derived from document review, observation, FGD, and interviews from 2015 to 2017. Data analysis technique using descriptive analysis in the form of tables and diagrams, while the quantitative analysis using multiple regression tests with the dependent variable percentage of village fund accumulation 2015-2017, independent variables are IKL, IKE, IKS, and IDM. The results showed that the analysis of the use of village funds for development in Kuala sub-district positively influences the assumption p-value α = 0.005, sig of 0.001. Then with the development of village infrastructure and empowerment, the status of villages in the region of Kuala sub-district increased with an average developing status of 71 percent and advance village status of 23 percent. 

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