Current State of Compulsory Basic and Clinical Courses in Genetics for Medical Students at Medical Faculties in Balkan Countries With Slavic Languages

Introduction: In this study we aimed to perform the first research on the current state of compulsory basic and clinical courses in genetics for medical students offered at medical faculties in six Balkan countries with Slavic languages (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia).Materials and Methods: The study was conducted from June to September 2021. One representative from each country was invited to collect and interpret the data for all medical faculties in their respective country. All representatives filled a questionnaire, which consisted of two sets of questions. The first set of questions was factual and contained specific questions about medical faculties and design of compulsory courses, whereas the second set of questions was more subjective and inquired the opinion of the representatives about mandatory education in clinical medical genetics in their countries and internationally. In addition, full course syllabi were analysed for course aims, learning outcomes, course content, methods for student evaluation and literature.Results: Detailed analysis was performed for a total of 22 medical faculties in Bosnia and Herzegovina (6), Croatia (4), Montenegro (1), North Macedonia (3), Serbia (6), and Slovenia (2). All but the two medical faculties in Slovenia offer either compulsory courses in basic education in human genetics (16 faculties/courses) or clinical education in medical genetics (3 faculties/courses). On the other hand, only the medical faculty in Montenegro offers both types of education, including one course in basic education in human genetics and one in clinical education in medical genetics. Most of the basic courses in human genetics have similar aims, learning outcomes and content. Conversely, clinical courses in medical genetics are similar concerning study year position, number of contact hours, ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) and contents, but vary considerably regarding aims, learning outcomes, ratio of types of classes, teaching methods and student evaluation.Conclusion: Our results emphasise the need for future collaboration in reaching a consensus on medical genetics education in Balkan countries with Slavic languages. Further research warrants the analysis of performance of basic courses, as well as introducing clinical courses in medical genetics to higher years of study across Balkan countries.

Evaluating Pangasinan State University Faculty Performance Using Associative Rule Analysis

Evaluating faculty members' performance is a very complex area to study. In addition, predicting the performance of these faculty members is a very difficult and challenging task. However, the core of education is teaching and learning, and teaching-learning works to its fullest when there are effective teachers. Measuring the effectiveness of faculty members is done based on the student evaluation of faculty. This research aims to develop a model to predict the performance of the faculty members using associative rule based on the existing evaluation form used by PSU to evaluate faculty members. The model is designed to utilize the knowledge of text analytics rule capabilities that will provide great support for the decision-making of Pangasinan State University in the Philippines. The result reveals that the term good is still the top one terms occurred for all campuses followed by teaching. The results indicated that teacher/faculty members on all campuses are good teachers. Associating words reveal that "teaching good subject/topic," "explains simply" and other meaningful associated words can be utilized to evaluate the performance of the teacher. The results exposed not only the quantitative values of faculty evaluation it also exposed the qualitative opinion of the students in the performance of their faculty members. This study reveals important aspects of the faculty member's teaching performance in terms of words/association of words that will describe their teaching performance. The results can be utilized in coaching and mentoring faculty members to cope with their weaknesses. The proposed model can be utilized by Pangasinan State University to evaluate the faculty members in terms of their teaching performance by utilizing the comments/opinions of the students.

Pelatihan Teknik Penulisan Karya Ilmiah untuk Siswa MAN 2 Kota Probolinggo

The purpose of this training activity is to equip the students of MAN 2 Kota Probolinggo in producing good and interesting scientific work based on students' creative ideas, critical thinking, and innovative. The method of conducting this training includes three stages, the first stage of identifying students who have a desire to write scientific papers and carry out pretests. In the second stage, the delivery of material by means of lecture methods, discussions, and direct practice of the process of preparing scientific work. Next in stage 3, is the student evaluation stage through posttest. The results of this scientific writing technique training include a noticeable improvement in writing techniques, field coverage, and the use of the internet as a reference for scientific work. Increased knowledge of students who are more creative in thinking to find ideas and ideas that can be used as topics to make scientific papers so that it becomes provision for purposes at a higher level.

A critical reflection on the student evaluation of the effectiveness of university teachers in New Zealand

Este artículo describe mis experiencias con la evaluación de la enseñanza por parte de los alumnos, basándose en varias décadas de trabajo como investigador, docente y académico. Abordo tres preguntas complejas que han recibido poca atención en la literatura, y que se centran en los factores que han impulsado la evaluación, su eficacia y por qué esta se ha integrado en la práctica académica. Las prácticas de evaluación contemporáneas, desde un punto de vista teórico, pueden considerarse como neoliberales y con fines de cumplimiento de las funciones atribuidas a un profesional. El artículo concluye que las evaluaciones obligatorias fallan en su intención neoliberal y pueden ser perjudiciales para la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de los estudiantes.

Implementation of Contextual Learning Model Efforts to Improve the Quality of Online Learning of Professional English Students

During online learning of professional English courses, economic education students of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Lampung still tend to be passive, so the quality of existing knowledge is considered to be lacking. It is necessary to apply a learning model that can improve the quality of learning. In this study, the model used is the contextual teaching and learning (CTL) model. The contextual teaching and learning (CTL) approach is a learning concept that helps educators where during the learning process they can relate the material being taught to the natural world conditions of students and encourage them to apply it in their lives as family and community members. The research uses classroom action research (CAR) using two cycles. Based on the observations, the level of student participation in cycle two is known to increase the active participation rate of students by 41.94%. While the results of student evaluation scores in cycle two are known to have increased by 38.71%.

PELATIHAN PENGAJARAN MENGGUNAKAN QUIZIZZ PADA MATA PELAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS UNTUK SISWA SMP PADA GURU-GURU SMPN 2 KEDIRI, LOMBOK BARAT NTB

ABSTRAKTujuan utama pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini yaitu untuk meningkatkan kompetensi guru dalam mengelola kelas online melalui pelatihan pengajaran menggunakan Quizizz pada mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris untuk siswa SMP pada guru-guru SMPN 2 kediri. Quizizz merupakan web tool untuk membuat permainan kuis interaktif yang digunakan dalam pembelajaran di kelas. Quizizz tidak hanya dapat dikerjakan saat pembelajaran di kelas saja, tetapi juga dapat dibuat soal untuk pekerjaan rumah, sehingga dapat dimainkan kapan saja dan dimana saja oleh siswa asalkan tidak melebihi batas waktu. Hasil observasi awal ditemukan bahwa guru-guru menggunakan WA Group dan Google Classroom. Pelatihan dilakukan dengan pemberian materi, tanya jawab, dan praktek pembuatan media Quizizz . Untuk mengetahui keberhasilan kegiatan pengabdian ini, dilakukan evaluasi dengan pengisian angket respon terhadap kepuasan menggunakan Quizizz . Hasil angket menunjukkan respon peserta pelatihan puas terhadap pelaksanaan PKM ini dan menjawab sangat mudah sebesar 100%. Tingkat kepuasan peserta pelatihan dari segi materi, penyampaian materi, proses diskusi serta pelatihan individu 100%. Sedangkan 50% menyatakan mengalami peningkatan terkait kemampuan menggunakan media Quizizz dan pengelolaan kelas online. Dari hasil pelatihan disarankan agar guru-guru di masa pandemi ini memahami dan menggunakan media Quizizz agar evaluasi pembelajaran terhadap siswa lebih efektif dan menyenangkan. Kata kunci: pelatihan; guru; Quizizz . ABSTRACTThis community services aims to improve teacher competency in administering online classes by providing junior high school teacher at SMPN 2 Kediri with Quizizz training. Quizizz is a website that allows you to create interactive quiz games in the classroom. Quizizz can be used in class and to create homework questions so that students can play it whenever and wherever they choose as long as the time limit is not exceeded. English teachers use WA Group and Google Classroom after performing preliminary observation. The training was conducted by distributing materials, discussion, and offering hands-on practice in creating Quizizz media. An evaluation was done to determine the success of this service activity by filling out a response questionnaire to in using Quizizz . The findings of the questionnaire revealed that the training participants were satisfied with the implementation of this activity and answered very easily by 100%. The level of satisfaction of the training participants in material, material delivery, discussion process, and individual training is 100%. Meanwhile, 50% of the respondents said their abilities improved in using Quizizz media. It is suggested that teachers understand and use the Quizizz during this pandemic so that student evaluation of learning is more enjoyable. Keywords: training; teacher; Quizizz .

Gender bias in student evaluation of teaching or a mirage?

In a recent small sample study, Khazan et al. [1] examined SET ratings received by one female teaching (TA) assistant who assisted with teaching two sections of the same online course, one section under her true gender and one section under false/opposite gender. Khazan et al. concluded that their study demonstrated gender bias against female TA even though they found no statistical difference in SET ratings between male vs. female TA (p = 0.73). To claim gender bias, Khazan et al. ignored their overall findings and focused on distribution of six “negative” SET ratings and claimed, without reporting any statistical test results, that (a) female students gave more positive ratings to male TA than female TA, (b) female TA received five times as many negative ratings than the male TA, and (c) female students gave “most low” scores to female TA. We conducted the missing statistical tests and found no evidence supporting Khazan et al.’s claims. We also requested Khazan et al.’s data to formally examine them for outliers and to re-analyze the data with and without the outliers. Khazan et al. refused. We read off the data from their Figure 1 and filled in several values using the brute force, exhaustive search constrained by the summary statistics reported by Khazan et al. Our re-analysis revealed six outliers and no evidence of gender bias. In fact, when the six outliers were removed, the female TA was rated higher than male TA but non-significantly so.