MOTIVATION AND MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT: A VIETNAMESE CASE STUDY

Motivation plays a critical role in engaging students to study mathematics and in improving their mathematics performance. The relationship between motivation and mathematics achievement has been discussed in the literature; however, research gaps exist in terms of empirical testing of the key aspects in the context of mathematics education in Vietnam. Therefore, the aim of this study is to address the research gaps by empirically examining the relationship between mathematics motivation and mathematics achievement among high school graduate students in Vietnam. This study adopted the academic motivation toward mathematics scale (AMTMS) for its questionnaire survey and data collection. Six hundred and eighty responses were received from high school graduate students. The data were subjected to structural equation modelling analysis. The current study generated several key findings. Amotivation has been proven to negatively affect mathematics achievement. However, introjected regulation, identified regulation and intrinsic motivation positively affect mathematics achievement. The findings emerging from the current study provide a strong theoretical foundation for improving mathematics achievement by encouraging teachers to improve motivational conditions in mathematics classes in Vietnam. The study discusses some strategies, such as how to foster mastery orientation and the application of effective technology, to improve mathematics achievement.

Impact of maternal education level on live birth rate after in vitro fertilization: a retrospective cohort study

Objective To examine the association between maternal education level and live birth after in vitro fertilization (IVF). Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Public fertility center in China. Population 41546 women who underwent the first cycle of fresh or frozen-thawed embryo transfer between 2014 and 2019. Methods The women were divided into four educational categories according to the level of education received (elementary school graduate or less, middle school graduate, high school graduate, college graduate or higher). Main outcome measures Live birth rates. Results Patients were grouped by maternal educational level: elementary school graduate or less (n=1590), middle school graduate (n=10996), high school graduate (n=8354), and college graduate or higher (n=20606). The live birth rate, miscarriage rate, and clinical pregnancy rate in elementary school graduate or less were lower compared to other groups. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, we fail to demonstrate a statistically significant relationship between educational level and live birth in middle school graduate (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 0.96; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.84-1.09), high school graduate (AOR 1.01; 95% CI, 0.87-1.14) or college graduate or higher (AOR 1.01; 95% CI, 0.88-1.14) patients compared with the elementary school graduate or less reference group after adjusting for female age, infertility duration, BMI, EM thickness, no. of oocyte retrieved, infertility type, protocol in the fresh cycle, fertilization type, time of transfer and no. of embryo transferred. Conclusion No statistically significant relationship was identified between educational level and live birth in patients undergoing fresh or frozen embryo transfer.

PROBLEMS OF N PROBLEMS OF NATIONAL LANGUAGE EDUCA GE EDUCATION AT SCHOOL

What should a student learn mainly from mother tongue lessons in secondary schools? Basics of linguistics or language features? Of course, learning linguistic features is important to the reader. Because not every high school graduate becomes a linguist in the future. This article analyzes the problems of mother tongue education in secondary schools and comments on their solutions.

CHARACTERISTICS OF DEMOGRAPHY AND SITE OF LESION IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOMYELITIS IN ADAM MALIK GENERAL HOSPITAL MEDAN FROM 2016 – 2017

Introduction: Osteomyelitis is an infection of bone tissue that affecting the bone marrow and/or bone cortex, it can be either exogenous or hematogenous. Osteomyelitis can be an acute inammatory process or chronic inammation of the bone and its surrounding tissue secondary to infection. Osteomyelitis can be acute or chronic. Aims : This study aim to nd out the demographic characteristics and site of lesion inpatient with osteomyelitis in Haji Adam Malik General Hospital Medan from 2016-2017 Method: This isa descriptive study aims to determine the characteristics of osteomyelitis patients in Haji Adam Malik General Hospital Medan from 2016-2017. Samples were medical records data from patients diagnosed with osteomyelitis treated in Haji Adam Malik General Hospital Medan ward. Results: This study showed that out of 51 osteomyelitis patients, there were 9 patients (17.6%) in the age group of <18 years and 42 patients (82,4%) were in the age group of > 18 years. 40 patients were male (78.4%), and the rest 11 patients (21.6%) were female. There were 22 patients with elementary school graduate (43.1%), 25 patients with junior high school graduate (49.0%) while the rest 4 patients were senior high school graduate (7.9%). Patients who had occupation were 34 patients (66.7%), while those who did not have any occupation were 17 patients (33.3%). Based on the anatomical location of osteomyelitis, most of the infected site were in the long bones, such as in the Femur (35.5%), Tibia (19.6%) and Tibia-Fibula (13.7%). The most common site of osteomyelitis sites of lesion besides long bones were in foot (11.8%), Ankle (5.9%). The other location were Pelvis, Clavicle and Digiti III Manus Dextra, each affecting only 1 patient (2.0%). Conclusion: Osteomyelitis patients are more often seen in age groups of > 18 years, male, junior high school graduate and who had some occupation. While the site of infection is commonly seen in the long bones, namely in the femur

Envisioning the Graduate of the Future: In Review 2018

Envisioning the Graduate of the Future (March 8 to April 5, 2018) was an experiment in rapidly producing a compelling, open, online learning experience. This massive open online course (MOOC) featured schools at various stages of developing their vision of a high school graduate. Over 2,000 educators and others from across the United States and 100+ countries registered for a collaborative and exploratory design process to develop a graduate profile, a shareable document that conveys what a community and/or school believes a high school graduate should know and be able to do.

IMPLEMENTASI SISTEM PENATAAN ARSIP DI MADRASAH ALIYAH NEGERI 1 PEKANBARU

The aim of this study is to investigate the archives management in Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 1 Pekanbaru and to identify its obstacle and supporting factors. The participants of this research were administrator and the vice headmaster. Techniques of collecting data were interviewed, observation and documentation. Analysis of the data used Miles and Huberman model, namely data reduction, data model, and verification of conclusions. This research revealed that: this school has implemented the archives storage using the subject filling system, there was no recorded system for borrowing archives, the staffs has checked the borrowed and returned archives, the finding of the archives used manual system, this school has conducted the maintenance and security of records, the staffs has removed the archives periodically. The obstacle factors were the educational background of head of administration staffs was D3 (Diploma Degree) of Secretary in Bunda Persada Academy, and administration staffs were high school graduate. Supporting factors were infrastructures were sufficient, there was supervision by the headmaster and there was good communication and cooperation between the headmaster and administration staff.