Deaf Culture in Inclusive Schools

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the culture of students who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing within the broader context of inclusive schools, specifically as demonstrated though their learning experiences, socialization, and identity issues in such an environment. The chapter will include qualitative data in the form of observations and in-depth student interviews to allow the reader insight into the shared cultural model of students who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing. The goal is to provide a holistic picture of cultural phenomena through the points of view of d/Deaf and hard of hearing students themselves. The description of the culture of this group of students may prove useful in shaping effective inclusive environments for students who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing.

From Digital Shock to Miniaturised Mobility: International Students’ Digital Journey in China

As Asia's largest host country of international students, China's digitial placemaking is impacting on international students’ experience whilst studying and living in the country. This rqualitative study addresses the issue of international students’ transition to the digital environment in China. It draws on the theoretical perspectives of international students’ digital journeys and miniaturised mobilities to inform thematic analysis of artefact-mediated student interviews and social media posts. Findings show that international students’ digital journeys in China are characterised by three modes of digital adaptation including digital shock, digital border crossing and digital approachability. We argue that engaging in these modes of digital adaptation has reconstituted international students’ subjectivity through empowering miniaturised mobility, but also a sense of digital in-betweenness as they operate between two different virtual worlds.

”At knække lærerkoden” – en elevperspektivisk analyse af adressater ved mundtlig eksamen

In order to graduate, Danish (and Norwegian) upper secondary high-school students are assessed orally in high-stakes tests by two teacher-assessors. Based on a fieldwork following students preparing for the oral exam, the article investigates who the students are presupposing to talk to at the exam. Exam introductions and student interviews are analyzed using Bachtin’s dialogical theory. The paradigmatic case analysis finds that students focus on delivering interpretations that they think the teacher wants to hear, since alternative interpretations are considered a confrontation with the assessors. Potentially, this limits what students allow assessors to gain access to at the exam.

CHARACTERIZING PATTERNS IN STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN A TEAM-BASED AND PROJECT-CENTRIC COURSE

Student engagement is believed to be related to students’ meaningful learning, persistence andsatisfaction. Although its importance is well recognized, student engagement patterns in the virtual learning environment are not well understood, particularly in online courses that offer both synchronous and asynchronous paths. The purpose of this study is to characterize studentonline engagement in a team-based project-centric course, in terms of behavioral, cognitive, emotional, social and collaborative dimensions. Data from tracking logs and student interviews will be analyzed to elucidate any relationships between the various dimensions of online engagement.

First-year university students' perception of chemical bonding and bond energy

First-year university students’ knowledge and conceptual understanding of general chemistry has been investigated using a multiple-choice concept inventory (Chemical Concept Inventory 3.0/CCI 3.0) as a pre-test (n = 221) and a post-test (n = 90) in two first-semester chemistry courses. This paper discusses the students’ answers to two questions about bond energy. Student interviews (n = 7) were performed for further insight in the students’ thought processes and validation of the CCI questions. Although many students appeared to recall that breaking a chemical bond demands energy, most were not able to use this fact to reason about the heat released in a chemical reaction, and the alternative conception that bond breaking releases energy seemed deeply ingrained and prevalent among the students. For one of the questions, more students gave the correct answer on the pre-test than on the post-test. Student interviews indicated that some students’ failure to pick the correct alternative for this question might be influenced by use of the word “always” in the correct answer, which discouraged those students that find chemistry to be a subject full of exceptions.

Analisis Kesalahan Mahasiswa dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Kalkulus

Some students have difficulty solving math problems in the integral calculus course, one of the materials for the volume of rotating objects. The purpose of this research is to describe the types of errors made by students of class F Mathematics Education FKIP Ahmad Dahlan University and their causes in solving the volume of rotating objects in integral calculus courses in the Polya stage. This research is a quantitative quantitative research. The research subjects are one class with a total of 20 students. For interviews, 3 students were taken with the criteria of high, medium and low abilities. Collecting research data using test material, the volume of rotating objects and student interviews about the factors that cause mistakes made. The steps for solving the problem consist of four stages, namely: understanding the problem, planning for completion, implementing the plan, and examining the solutions obtained. From the results of the research on student errors based on Polya's stages: 1) understanding the problem 55.89%, planning for completion of 50.00%, errors in implementing planning 32.36%, and errors in re-checking the process and results 44.12%; 2) the causes of students making mistakes in solving integral calculus questions on the volume of rotating objects, namely students lacking mastery in drawing function graphs, students lacking in basic concepts and volume formulas for rotating objects, and students unable to analyze the questions given.

Studying Undergraduate Course Consideration at Scale

Elective curriculums require undergraduates to choose from a large roster of courses for enrollment each term. It has proven difficult to characterize this fateful choice process because it remains largely unobserved. Using digital trace data to observe this process at scale at a private research university, together with qualitative student interviews, we provide a novel empirical study of course consideration as an important component of course selection. Clickstream logs from a course exploration platform used by most undergraduates at the case university reveal that students consider on average nine courses for enrollment for their first fall term (<2% of available courses) and these courses predict which academic major students declare two years later. Twenty-nine interviews confirm that students experience consideration as complex and reveal variation in consideration strategies that may influence how consideration unfolds. Consideration presents a promising site for intervention in problems of equity, career funneling, and college completion.

Exploring STEM Kit Diagrams for Braille Readers in Inclusive Classrooms

Diagrams appear in many school subjects but more prominent in science and mathematics taught in schools. Accessing these diagrams in an inclusive classroom has been identified to be problematic for blind students partly due to the teaching resources available and personnel type, support and sufficiency. Diagrams are mostly omitted by teachers leaving the blind person out in such classroom to access portion of education received by their peers. In many instances, questions with diagrams are treated as bonus for blind students in some countries which is not fair to them. This study explored the efficacy of STEM Kit diagrams on participation and inclusion of blind students in science lessons in two case schools in Nigeria. Data were collected through classroom observations and teacher and student interviews. The accessible diagrams in the STEM Kit were found to provide relevant solutions to problems militating against adequate accessibility of diagrams to blind students in inclusive classrooms.

CandiDating Game: An Exercise in Interviewing and Hiring

This article describes a game show-style classroom exercise that is appropriate for any management-related courses that wish to enrich students’ understanding of a key phase of the hiring process. The activity introduces the importance of job descriptions and job specifications through a semiscripted unstructured interview patterned after a classic television game show. In The CandiDating Game, one student interviews three candidates in front of the class. Through varying the job specifications that each student receives without informing the students or interviewer, the instructor can use this activity to engage the class in a rigorous discussion on the importance of job specifications and the general structure of interviews.