To shelter or unshelter? An analysis of international students’ experience in introductory communication courses

The purpose of this study was to assess the degree to which sheltered versus unsheltered contexts of introductory communication courses impact communication skill development and overall learning outcomes for international students. Specifically, this study examined the following outcome variables: public speaking anxiety, engagement, communication mindset, communication efficacy, and student performance to investigate whether it is beneficial to sheltered international students in introductory courses. Results showed that there was no significant difference between groups for the public speaking anxiety, student engagement, or overall course performance, except for the final group presentation performance. However, there was a significant interaction effect for communication mindset and communication efficacy; students in sheltered sections saw increases in these outcomes over the course of the semester, while unsheltered students experienced the opposite.

Presentations for vertex-transitive graphs

We generalise the standard constructions of a Cayley graph in terms of a group presentation by allowing some vertices to obey different relators than others. The resulting notion of presentation allows us to represent every vertex-transitive graph.

PENERAPAN KEMAHIRAN BERFIKIR ARAS TINGGI DALAM PENGAJARAN DAN PEMUDAHCARAAN BAHASA TAMIL [INFUSION OF HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS ON TEACHING & LEARNING TAMIL LANGUAGE]

This study is carried out to identify the infusion of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in teaching and learning of Tamil Language among secondary school students. The objectives of this study are to identify the problems faced by students in applying HOTS in Tamil language teaching and learning and the methods used by teacher to infuse HOTS among students. Researcher used qualitative method to achieve the objectives of this study. Hermeneutic approach was used to interpret text to achieve the objectives of this study. The findings of the study indicate that low self-esteem towards questioning and thinking are the problems faced by students and teachers. Teachers able to use various techniques such as Hot Sit, Idea Rush, Look Think Comment, Group Presentation, uses of I-think Map to infuse HOTS among students. In conclusion, an effective concept on teaching and learning Tamil Language will improve Higher Order Thinking Skills among students.

ITiCSE 2021 recap

ITiCSE 2021 was held virtually, in Paderborn, Germany from June 26th to the 1st of July. In addition to a record 275 paper submissions, we were thrilled to have 380 registrants with a peak attendance in one room of 139 for the working group presentation, and a peak parallel attendance of 156 across four parallel sessions.

Instilling Religious Moderation Value in ELT through Cross-Cultural Understanding Course

Religious moderation has become a new and unique issue discussed by the Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia. Universities are held to be a platform for promoting religious moderation through the learning process. Integrating religious moderation in the learning process is the main alternative to increase understanding of religious moderation in educational institutions, but there are only a small number of research and technical guidelines for subjects with a religious background such as Islamic religious education. Therefore, this study intends to instill religious moderation values in English language learning through cross-cultural understanding. The CCU course is suitable for negotiating an understanding between cultures and religions, especially in the context of the multicultural society of Indonesia. This research used a descriptive qualitative method, instruments being analysis sheets of RPS documents, research rubrics, and student learning outcomes in the CCU course, library research to obtain more detailed information on the value of religious moderation, field notes on observations in class; and an 8-item questionnaire. Results reveal that universities integrate religious moderation values, such as tolerance, national commitment, accommodating to the local culture, and anti-violence, into the learning process. The researcher connected religious moderation values with learning outcomes of CCU and implemented it in the learning process by using some methods such as group presentation, debating, watching a movie. This study proved that instilling religious moderation value through CCU course improved the students’ values, understanding and awareness of religious moderation. This study contributed to the Indonesian Ministry of Religion’s mission to make Islamic higher education a place for instilling the value of religious moderation, especially to students as the nation's future leaders and generation.

Collaborative development of course feedback with students for Psyched Up. Put more in, get more out

AimsTo develop a responsive and sustainable template for long-term course evaluation for PsychED UpTo obtain rich, meaningful and specific feedback across multiple domains which can be translated into course improvementsTo work collaboratively with students interested in medical education having previously participated in the courseTo empower current students with the knowledge that their input is valuableBackgroundPsychED Up is an innovative extra-curricular course for 3rd year medical students at King's College London delivered by psychiatry trainees, senior students and actors. It is in its second year of running and focuses on the hidden curriculum in medicine, exploration of holistic care and communication skills at the mind-body interface. Input from people with lived experience is used to shape teaching.MethodEmbedded evaluation in course development sessions thus engaging the entire faculty in evaluation processes at the start of the new term Decided evaluation focusFace-to-face discussionsSurvey for faculty to determine what specific feedback content would be most usefulFinalised the questionnaireCollaborative design and refinement of questions, confirmed sub-sections and scope of questionnaireResultRevised questionnaire: Included rationale at the startTailored questions so faculty have more useful responsesGreater quantity of prompted questionsSpecific questions for large group presentation, small group teaching, actors’ performances and students’ reflectionsThoughtful combination of quantitative ratings and open-space questionsReduced time between course sessions and obtainment of feedbackQuality and quantity of feedbackHigh response rates: 32/30 (2 duplicates) mid-term, 29/30 end-of-termHigh-quality filling of open-space feedback allowed consolidation of themes to improve the courseConclusionCo-designing the feedback form with previous students from the course and faculty brought focus to the questions. They were more specific and were organised into sub-sections for different domains. This led to responses that were relevant, enriched with depth and breadth and provided faculty with richer, more personalised responses. More detailed reflections in feedback were thought to be due to better student understanding of the rationale for questions, and knowledge that their input would help improve the course. We have set up a robust system for collecting long-term feedback for PsychED Up. We will continue to make iterative amendments, and supplement questionnaire feedback with focus groups.

The impact of project based-CLIL on students’ english proficiency

The objective of this article is to explore the effectiveness of a method of teaching English as a foreign language in Indonesian higher institutions called project based Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) higher education institutions. The design proposed was based on the principle of language integrated learning (CLIL). Quantitative data were obtained from the scores of students' English proficiency before and after CLIL model application. While the qualitative data were obtained from the output of language produced by students during the learning process took place The results showed that CLIL English language course at higher education institutions in Lampung could work effectively. This is evident from the implementation of the whole program activities, from the implementation of the formation of groups, students work in groups to finish the project, group presentation activities, personal presentations and students’ responses to all activities.

Blended Learning Based Optitex Media Development for Students in Fashion Design Education Study Program State University of Medan

To expand the use of Computer Aided Design (CAD) technology in the competency pattern contruction course in drawing various sleeve patterns, this study aims to develop belended learning based optitex media. With Research & Development (R&D) method, Borg and Gall combined with Dick & Carey instructional system development model, this study develops optitex media as a viable and effective medium to use as a learning resource for learning tutorials to draw various patterns of sleeves based on Optitex PDS 11. Procedure development of instructional media there are 5 stages as follows: (1) The preliminary study, (2) Design software, (3) Gather materials, (4) Creating and producing instructional media, (5) Conduct field reviews in order to evaluate and revise products. Obtaining the average result of the presentation of the learning material expert gave a response of 88.75%, then the design expert gave a response of 84.17%, that the material was suitable for use because it contained material and delivery criteria that met the standards of delivering messages to students and meanwhile learning media experts gave a response of 86.25% worthy of use because it has been designed in such a way and meets the standards of learning media. In the small group presentation results with an average value of 86.42%. In the results of group presentations with an average value of 91.09% and in the results of large group / field trial presentations with an average presentation of 92.76%. The results showed that the optitex media to draw various patterns of sleeves was effectively used based on blended learning.

Study of patient profile of children with poor/delayed speech in a tertiary care centre in Western Uttar Pradesh, India

Background: Humans convey their emotions and information to one another through language. Delayed or poor speech can have a profound effect on the social and professional life of a person. Aim and Objectives: A study of children with poor/delayed speech in a tertiary care centre in western U.P. Objectives were as follows • To study the risk factors for congenital hearing loss in children with poor/no speech. • To screen them regarding their hearing status. • To analyze results in detail and compare with available literature. Materials and Methods: A hospital based prospective observational study was done from Jan - Dec 2019. One-hundred fifteen children were identified. Hearing screening was done in all of them by OAE testing followed by tympanometry and BERA wherever applicable. Results: Out of 115 children, 9 (7.8%) had normal hearing, 9 (7.8%) had central cause of deafness and 97 (84.4%) had congenital SNHL. 64% of subjects were male (p value- <0.001). 79% of them had an association with some risk factor during birth (p value- <0.001). 40.8% of them were first order in birth with a typical age group presentation of 2-3 yrs. 60.1% of the study population with SNHL had history of normal delivery at home. Conclusion: Improvement in the quality of antenatal care, obstetric services and postnatal care will reduce the number of cases of congenital sensorineural deafness significantly by reducing the number of high-risk babies. Moreover, the introduction of practice of universal hearing screening of newborns will help in identifying them early for proper rehabilitation.