Decision-Making Strategy for Digital Transformation: A Two-Year Analytical Study and Follow-Up Concerning Innovative Improvements in University e-Services

Universities worldwide strive to provide the best student services possible, particularly those that support student achievements and career goals. Therefore, academic advising continues to be a significant part of the student experience, one which universities need to fully understand in terms of its objectives, application processes, and required skill. As a result of significant technological improvements since the turn of the millennium, including expanding internet applications and digital transformations, universities have established computer information systems that support academic advising and course registration services. This study examined the effects of modifications to the electronic academic advising and course registration systems at King Abdulaziz University in 2018, and then again in 2020, following a university-wide system failure in 2018 resulting from a demand overload. In 2018, a preliminary statistical analysis and student feedback survey were conducted by the authors to measure student satisfaction with the online portal On-Demand University Services (ODUS Plus). In addition to recommendations suggested by the 2018 analysis such as balancing the load distribution of the university’s network, organizational (i.e., non-technical) solutions, rules, and regulations were adjusted such as progressive course registration that prioritized those expected to graduate first. The survey and analysis were repeated by the authors in 2020 to assess improvements in student satisfaction. As a result of the changes, the investigation revealed improved student satisfaction with the performance of ODUS Plus and network access. Overall, students were significantly more satisfied in 2020 than in 2018. This research shows that some technical challenges can be resolved using re-engineered processes and organizational solutions.

STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN DARING DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN MEDIA ONLINE SELAMA PANDEMI COVID 19 DI STIKES RS ANWAR MEDIKA

The outbreak of the covid-19 virus has changed the life of society, especially in Indonesia. The education sector in Indonesia has also experienced the impact of the covid 19 virus, causing all schools and campuses to use online learning, the government has decided to work at home. As a lecturer, you have to do online learning with a variety of learning methods. The research emphasizes the learning effect of Stikes RS Anwar Medika.Online learning for students who use the internet network in various ways online learning methods with various online media. Overcoming in online learning to students in the form of signals. Learning strategy as a plan that contains a series of activities that are arranged neatly and systematically. This type of research uses a descriptive qualitative approach because this study aims to describe a natural phenomenon. The place of research was carried out at Stikes Rs anwar medika for students in 2020. Data collection techniques were carried out with various methods, namely observation methods, interview methods, documentation methods for data analysis in qualitative research directed to answer the formulation of the problem.The results of the research are 1) Online learning strategies that are applied during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2) there are supporting and inhibiting factors for online learning activities during the covid-19 pandemic, 3) the media used are zoom, whatsapp and Google Classroom. 4) the results of student achievements in online learning during the covid-19 period.

Linking school leaders’ core practices to organizational school climate and student achievements in Norwegian high-performing and low-performing rural schools

Prior research has suggested that well-performing school leadership clusters around a set of general core practices, which appear to be effective across a range of national, social and cultural contexts, yet contingent of school leaders being responsive to context and responding appropriately to their different contextual demands when they employ these core practices. So far school leadership in rural regions has received only modest attention in leadership research. Therefore, this study was designed to explore the relationship between the core practices of school leaders, organizational school climate and student academic achievement in primary and lower secondary rural schools in a county in Norway. The research design involved a cross-sectional study based on ratings from 275 teachers situated in 20 rural schools, split into two sub-groups of 10 ‘high-performing’ and 10 ‘low-performing’ schools. The results from the multivariate analysis and comparisons between the sub-groups suggest that two distinct core practices of school leadership emerge as critical in Norwegian rural school settings. Further, the results indicate that in the higher performing rural schools, the teachers reported a more positive organizational school climate, with higher level of collaborative learning and self-confidence, than in the opposite sub-group.

Assessment of student achievements in reading comprehension

The paper presents a research conducted with the aim of assessing student achievement in reading and comprehension of the reading text by teachers and researchers. Such assessments contribute to a better understanding of the reading process and the types of assignments used in comprehension tests. The study involved 200 students, one hundred in each of the control and experimental groups, who were equals of gender, reading and writing achievement results and parents‘ educational structure for better assessment,. The results of comprehension tests show a positive effect on student achievement after the involving the experimental procedure. Quantitative analysis has found a high correlation of the evaluation criteria with the subjects of the experimental group and the examiners against with the subjects of the control group.

Fourth Grade Primary School Students’ Critical Writing Skill Levels

In this study, it was aimed to determine the critical writing skill levels of fourth grade Primary School students. This study is a quantitative research and was designed in a scanning pattern. The study group of the research consists of 175 students attending in the fourth grade of three different Primary Schools, which were determined by the purposive sampling method, by taking into account their gender and socioeconomic status. The research data were obtained as a result of the evaluation of the critical writings written by the students in the study group with using the critical writing rubric. The obtained data were presented as descriptive statistics (frequency, min. and max. values, arithmetic mean, standard deviation) with the help of statistical program, and analyzed with independent samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). As a result of the research, it was determined that the students’ scores on critical writing skills were generally at a low level. In general, students are insufficient in the dimensions of planning, presenting evidence and persuading, questioning, and multidimensional thinking of critical writing; fluency and clarity and shape/form dimensions were found to be sufficient. In addition, it was determined that student achievements differed significantly according to socioeconomic level (in favor of high socioeconomic level) and gender (in favor of female students).

Educational Environment as a Form for Development of Math Teachers Methodological Competence

The problem of forming the professional competencies of a math teacher in the process of his (her) training at the pedagogical university and in the system of continuing education is extremely relevant not only in Ukraine but also abroad. This is especially true for the methodological competence of teachers, which largely determines the quality of the educational process in general and student achievements in particular. To solve this problem, we propose to create an educational environment, which, in addition to math teachers, includes specialists in mathematics teaching methods from pedagogical universities, instructors of teacher’s in-service training courses, master’s students in pedagogical specialties, who, in particular, are trained in dual form of education. As the results of the experiment show, such educalional environment allows to realize professional training of mathematics teachers more effectively and qualitatively compared to traditional methods.

Strategi Peningkatan Kemandirian Belajar Mahasiswa Pendidikan Bahasa Arab di Era Revolusi Industri 4.0

This research is qualitative research using a descriptive approach. Data collection techniques in this study using Interview Techniques, Documentation, and Literature Studies. The systematics of strategy formulation refers to five stages. These stages include: (1) Environmental identification (2) Conducting internal and external environmental analysis by measuring strengths and weaknesses as well as opportunities and threats, (3) Formulating key success factors of strategies designed based on the previous analysis, (4) Determining measurable goals and targets, evaluating various alternative strategies by considering the available resources and external conditions faced, (5) Selecting the most appropriate strategy to achieve short-term and long-term goals. This study shows the results of several strategies to increase learning Self-Regulated Learning for Arabic Language Education students at the Universitas Islam Riau as follows; 1) Using a Student-Centered learning (SCL) approach in learning, 2) Using a Net-centric approach in learning media, 3) Building student awareness about Self-Regulated Learning on an ongoing basis, 4) Using E-learning applications that can encourage and stimulate students carry out Self-Regulated Learning, 5) Coordinate between Permanent Lecturers of Study Programs in the formulation of Semester Learning Plans for the core courses of study programs, 6) Create an Arabic language environment, 7) Conduct reward programs for student achievements, 8) There is lecturer guidance for students who will compete. Keywords: Arabic Language Education, Industrial Revolution 4.0, Self-Regulated Learning, Students, Strategy.

What Freirean Critical Pedagogy Says and Overlooks from a Durkheimian Perspective

“Critical pedagogy” has become a prevalent grammar furthering the necessity of a change in pedagogy from a banking‐style to problem‐posing approach, which it argues will facilitate students’ development of independent values and equip them to lead the liberation of society from authoritarianism into democracy. To achieve this, classrooms need to serve as cultural forums, through which either engaged pedagogy or negotiated authority empowers teachers and students to engage in free dialogues that problematize school textbooks as “cultural politics.” This empowerment demands that teachers perform as transformative intellectuals, dedicating themselves to the amelioration of inequity in educational results by reconstructing new texts, making them more accessible to working‐class students. While these theoretical lexicons envision a new perspective for the “educational function,” alleviation of the phenomenon of cultural reproduction can only occur if critical pedagogists pay more attention to academic curricula. Student achievements in such curricula, which respond to the demands of the social division of labor, have a profound influence on their potential social mobility.

The Influence of Sociological Factors on Student Achievement in Mathematics in Israel

The education system and the higher education system are a main key to enter the occupational system in high-tech industries in science and technology areas—the most successful field in Israel in the last few years. This field ensures much higher income than the economy average and may also lead to social mobility. In order to admit these studies, the higher education system sets preliminary threshold terms as the student’s grade in mathematics matriculation test and the number of study units he studied. As a result, these two systems create a pyramid that as we go higher on it, the learner rate declines.In international perspective the State of Israel was ranked in the lowest places in quantitative literacy achievements in the years 2006-2018. In addition, Israel is one of the countries with the largest disparities among the OECD countries during all research years.This article will present findings from research literature that provide a general overview of student achievements in mathematics in Israel and in addition we will discuss the influence level of sociological factors on student achievement in mathematics.

The Conformity Analysis of English Practicum Courses, English for Midwifery in Midwifery Study Program Faculty of Health Sciences, Alma Ata University, Even Semester, Academic Year 2019/2020

<p><em>It’s different from English course</em><em>, </em><em>an </em><em>English practicum course is English for Specific Purpose. In the midwifery study program, </em><em>an </em><em>English </em><em>p</em><em>racticum</em><em> </em><em>course is entitled English for Midwifery. This course specifically discusses skills of prospective midwives in handling patients.</em></p><p><em>This research is a descriptive study with qualitative research method. Data were collected using questionnaire techniques and interviews. The number of respondents in </em><em>s</em><em>emester II </em><em>are</em><em> 12 respondents and semester IV </em><em>are</em><em> 22 respondents. Data analysis used the triangulation method by comparing the questionnaire results, interview data and student achievements in the English for Midwifery course.</em></p><p><em>The results of this study indicate that students who have practiced in the </em><em>practice </em><em>field will more easily absorb the material in the English </em><em>p</em><em>racticum course entitled English for Midwifery. Practical experience in the field provides sufficient background knowledge for students to be more involved in the practical.</em><em></em></p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: English for midwifery, practice field, background knowledge </p>