...Urdaneta City University S.Y. 2014-2015 Student Experiences with Information Technology and their Relationship to Other Aspects of Student Engagement RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTED BY: EDISON G. MILLET MR. RYAN JASON DELOS REYES WRITING IN DISCIPLINE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTION In education, student engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught, which extends to the level of motivation they have to learn and progress in their education. Generally speaking, the concept of “student engagement” is predicated on the belief that learning improves when students are inquisitive, interested, or inspired, and that learning tends to suffer when students are bored, dispassionate, disaffected, or otherwise “disengaged.” Stronger student engagement or improved student engagement are common instructional objectives expressed by educators. In education, the term student engagement has grown in popularity in recent decades, most likely resulting from an increased understanding of the role that certain intellectual, emotional, behavioral, physical, and social factors play in the learning process. For example, a wide variety of research studies on learning have revealed connections between so-called “non-cognitive factors” or “non-cognitive skills” (e.g., motivation, interest, curiosity, responsibility, determination, perseverance, attitude...
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...Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors Vol. 4, Iss. 2, September 2009 THE EFFECTS OF FRATERNITY/SORORITY MEMBERSHIP ON COLLEGE EXPERIENCES AND OUTCOMES: A PORTRAIT OF COMPLEXITY Ashley M. Asel, Tricia A. Seifert, and Ernest T. Pascarella This study estimated the effects of fraternity/sorority membership on a wide range of college experiences and outcomes for first-year and senior college students at a large, public, Midwestern university. The findings suggest a complex portrait of the relationships between affiliation, engagement, and learning outcomes. Fraternity/sorority membership appeared to facilitate social involvement during college but may have limited the diversity of relationships. It was associated with higher levels of community service, but also increased the odds of excessive alcohol use. In the presence of controls for important, confounding influences, being a fraternity/sorority member had little consistent influence on grades or perceived impact of college. There was little support for gender differences in the impact of affiliation. Finally, implications for student affairs professionals in their work with undergraduate fraternity/sorority leaders and members were considered. Most institutions of higher education hold student learning and success as parts of their primary missions (Kuh, Kinzie, Schuh, Whitt, & Associates, 2005; Kuh, Schuh, Whitt, & Associates, 1991). Faculty members, staff members, and administrators...
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...STRATEGIC PLAN (20142019) School of Business and EconomicsMoi University The global business school of choice; excellent in education, research and innovation Submitted by: NAME: KIMANI ABRAHAM KAMAU REGISTRATION NUMBER: BBM/2614/12 COURSE: Business Policy& Strategy (BBM 472) INSTRUCTOR: DR. MUGAMBI 12/24/2013 Contents LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES .................................................................................................................. 3 TABLES ................................................................................................................................................ 3 FIGURES .............................................................................................................................................. 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................. 4 VISION..................................................................................................................................................... 5 MISSION .................................................................................................................................................. 5 CORE VALUES .......................................................................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER ONE ...............................................................................
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...Rett Syndrome Joseph Lee 4th Period Rett Syndrome is a disorder which affects the nervous system and is found almost exclusively in girls. One in 10,000-20,000 newborn babies are born with Rett Syndrome, making this disorder very rare. Rett Syndrome is often described as autism, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s, epilepsy, and various anxiety disorders wrapped into one. In this paper, I will discuss what exactly Rett Syndrome is, who discovered it, how he discovered it, what its causes are, what the symptoms are, the disorder’s course, and possible treatments for the disorder. Said Dr. Rett at a conference regarding the disorder which bears his name: These three words summarize best our task: To live, to love, and to learn. We are aware of the fact that many mysteries of this syndrome still remain undisclosed, and therefore, for the time being, we have no option but to live with it. However, the children with their very special ways give us enough impulse to share their lives. It is a further mystery of this syndrome that the affected children render it easy for us to love them. A dominating factor in the care of such children is that they understand us and we understand them. Their appearance and the sparkle in their eyes make it easy to love them. Daily care for them and working with them gives us grownups strength, enabling us to learn the special treatment required, thus furthering our own development. To...
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...Journal of Management Research Vol. 14, No. 1, Jan.–March 2014, pp. 57–67 Employee Engagement Does Individual Personality Matter Meenakshi Handa and Aastha Gulati Abstract The purpose of the present study is to explore the relationship between personality and employee engagement amongst frontline personnel in the organized retail industry in India. In particular, the study seeks to examine the relationship between two personality traits, extraversion and conscientiousness with engagement amongst frontline employees. The Utrecht work engagement scale (2003) and Big Five Personality scale (McCrae and Costa, 1989) have been used for this purpose. Primary data was collected from 333 frontline employees working in different retail formats. The study finds that there is considerable scope for improvement in the level of employee engagement amongst the frontline personnel in the organized retail industry. There, however does exist a positive relationship between the extraversion and conscientiousness personality traits and employee engagement. Based on the findings, the paper recommends measures for improving employee engagement levels through a better fit between employee personality and the retail work environment. Keywords: Employee Engagement, Big Five Personality Traits, Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Retail Industry, India Human capital is a vital asset as it is employee effort and performance which finally determines business success. It is therefore important...
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...Membership in a Fraternity or Sorority, Student Engagement, and Educational Outcomes at AAU Public Research Universities Gary R. Pike Research involving 6,782 undergraduates (50% first-year students, 50% seniors, 16% fraternity/sorority members, and 58% females) at 15 AAU public research universities revealed that Greek affiliation had a weak positive relationship with engagement and gains in learning. The effects for Greek affiliation were stronger for seniors than first-year students. During the past 4 decades, the role of fraternities and sororities on college campuses has come under increasing scrutiny (see Clark, 1962; Jakobsen, 1986; Kuh, Pascarella, & Wechsler, 1996; Maisel, 1990; Winston & Saunders, 1987). Critics of the Greek system have pointed to research showing that membership in a fraternity or sorority is associated with higher levels of alcohol use (Wechsler, Kuh, & Davenport, 1996), lower levels of personal development (Wilder, Hoyt, Doren, Hauck, & Zettle, 1978; Wilder, Hoyt, Surbeck, Wilder, & Carney, 1986), and lower levels of academic achievement (Blimling, 1993; Pike & Askew, 1990). Recently, criticisms of the Greek system have intensified and focused on research results showing that Greek affiliation can have negative effects on students’ learning and intellectual development (Pascarella et al., 1996). Based on results of the National Study of Student Learning (NSSL), Kuh et al. (1996, p. A68) concluded: “Fraternities are indifferent to academic values...
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...different assessment like the Myers-Briggs to determine their employee’s personality type to better anticipate behaviors and tendencies, Books team exercises are used as tools to get employees to increase their performance and get back on track. Assessments are often done both for short term and long term goal of the company. Companies would use an assessment test to understand weather of not a work if hired would be able to perform in the short and long run. Also employees are assess to make sure that they keep the pace of development and structural changes in an organization Therefore, leaders must hold ourselves accountable to build meaningful and purposeful relationships with their employees. This allows them to better understand those they serve just as much as themselves. They are many ways to motivate a worker and in this paper I would talk about a bunch of them but will dwell of two which I do think are very important. Trustworthy Leadership Having a leader that has...
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...However e-learning is not a panacea [20]. There are inherent problems that need to be addressed like lack of face-to-face interaction of faculty and students and the responsibility of learning now shifted to the learners. Also the faculty’s role changed to content providers and facilitator of learning. The students, faculties and educators should equip themselves to adapt to new roles to harness the benefits of using Technology in education. Many research studies highlight the inadequacies in e-learning systems resulting in disengagement of students from the learning process [1]. The researchers are skeptical about the self directed abilities of learners and report that research gap exists towards finding solutions to these problems [11]. This paper introduces a self regulating e-learning framework that provides solutions to the problems discussed. It is based on a Continuous Improvement Model as proposed by Deming who was instrumental for introducing TQM, a quality management concept in USA and Japan in the post war world. The Model facilitates faculties to design and deploy their course content in an e-learning website. Provisions are given to collect and analyze feedbacks...
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...An Analysis on the Effects of Group Performance Tasks to Grade 9 Students by Hanna Coleen G. Malayao Grade 10 - Diego Mojica St. Dominic College – Basic Education A (Draft) Research Paper submitted to Mr. Poccholo M. Rudio November 4, 2015 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Introductory paragraphs A school or institution is built to provide learning and good education to students and prepare them for their future. Parents send their children in school to be knowledgeable on everything they see and do and enjoy life while learning. According to Albert Einstein, “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” It only means that education shouldn’t focus on teaching facts instead students should be learning while interacting with one another. Educating students is done by many ways, it may be by visual aids that will let the students view a clearer idea on the topic, it may also be by means of technology which is very popular nowadays especially to the present generation. But above all this, there’s this one way of educating students that would never get old, it is interacting students with other people by grouping them to work on a specific matter or task. This process would develop students to become sociable as they grew up and letting them share their opinion and ideas. It would help as well to engage and connect students with their skills and values while learning competently. Researcher reports that students learn best when they are actively involved...
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...Social Cognitive Theory Brynn Hill Liberty University EDUC 205-B02 Abstract This paper discusses the development of the Social Cognitive Theory and how it can be applied to education. When applied, this theory can help students stay motivated and focused in class. It can also help gifted learners reach their full potential in a diverse classroom. The Social Cognitive Theory was developed by Albert Bandura in the 1960s. This theory “stresses the idea that much human learning occurs in a social environment.” (Schunk 2012). For instance, if a basketball player wants to be able to improve his free-throw shot, he could do this by observing a coach, or other basketball expert, and imitate his or her free-throw shot. Initially, these principles were applied to social skills, but now can be “applied to the learning of cognitive, motor, social, and self-regulations skills.” (Schunk 2012). Through time, this theory was able to help give teachers the strategies to motivate and help their students reach their full potential. There are three basic conjectures when it comes to learning and behavior in this theory. The first is the idea of triadic reciprocality. This is the idea “that personal, behavioral, and environmental factors influence one another in a bidirectional, reciprocal fashion.” (Benzon, Denler & Wolters 2014). This means that a personals cognitive perspective is influenced by three different factors: behavioral, contextual and cognitive. The second conjecture...
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...FRATERNITY INVOLVEMENT AMONG BSMT STUDENTS A Research Paper Presented toMr. Bernie S. Bayogos Mentor, Research and Evaluation Iloilo State College of Fisheries College of Maritime Studies TiwiBarotac Nuevo,Iloilo In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the subject Research 311 -Research and Evaluation By: Ezekiel A. Majano 1stsemester, S.Y. 2012-2013 APPROVAL SHEET A research paper entitled “FRATERNITY INVOLVEMENT AMONG BSMT STUDENTS”, prepared and submitted by Ezekiel A. Majano in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the subject Research 311-Research and Evaluation is hereby accepted. Bernie S. Bayogos, MAEM Subject –Teacher BOOTS D. Arroz, MAEd. Reader –Critic AMALIA D. Dohina,MILE-Soc. Sci. Reader-Critic Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the subject Research 311- Research and Evaluation. Bernie S. Bayogos, MAEM Subject –Teacher Date TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page TITTLE PAGE i APPROVAL SHEET ii ACKNOWLEDGMENT iii DEDICATION iv ABSTRACT v LIST OF TABLES vi LIST OF FIGURES vii LIST OF APPENDICES viii I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Statement of the Problem Hypothesis Theoretical and Conceptual Framework Significance of...
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...posted on a classroom wall or in a school hallway. Many teachers kept portfolios of student work for report card conferences, and the rare teacher taught students how to build their own portfolios from their work. With more and more schools going paperless or migrating to the "cloud", student work has become more easily shareable, accessible by many, and more easily organized. Many teachers have turned to digital portfolios -- or "e-portfolios" -- for their students. These digital portfolios have caused a huge shift in how teachers assign, collect and assess student classwork and projects. Technology and Electronic Portfolios Traditionally, portfolios have been stored in boxes and three-ring binders. Although this format works fine for paper and other print-based materials, it misses many other ways of communicating ideas. Continuous developments in education technologies are accompanied by diverse methods and applications in education. The process starting with computer-assisted learning is now in a different dimension via increasing internet possibilities. Another important factor in this issue is that learner centred approach has been accepted widely and become widespread. Transition from portfolio to e-portfolio is one of the current examples to be given about changing process in education technology. E-portfolios also help to foster an independent and autonomous way of thinking, according to Strivens.This is in large part because people must focus on their collective work...
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...CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTINGS Background of the study Orszag (2001) Working while attempting to obtain a degree has become a pervasive lifestyle for today’s University students among the reasons contributing to an ever increasing trend of working during education could be the increasing financial pressures from higher college tuition and fees, the necessity of gaining social experiences, and academic requirements for practical internships. The likelihood of working while in school for college students has been increasing particularly as the cost of education has also been rising. Noni’s and Hudson (2006) Academic performance is measured by the standing of rates of grades of student in every subject. Having a high level of performance on the academic area of a student suggest its competency and high level of confidence on its certain field. Students have their own attitude towards learning and achieving a high level of academic performance. The development of their enthusiasm towards succeeding in their own field varies. In order for a student to succeed he needs to be armed with strategies and techniques that will supplement his desire to reach his goals. Crede and Kuncel (2008) One way is to have an efficient and adaptive study habit. This phenomenon can be linked to multi factors that affect their study habit. Such factors can be found in their environment, these includes the type of house they live in; the people around them and the level of support...
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...wemakemoves123@gmail.com Jacqueline Kelleher, Pace University, jk56646n@pace.edu Katy Kaestner, Trinity University, kkaestne@trinity.edu ABSTRACT The processes and outcomes of a service learning project conducted by a group of five students and engaged with a nonprofit organization are described in this paper. The processes and outcomes are evaluated with respect to the effectiveness of service learning as an educational means and the contribution to the nonprofit sector made by service learning initiatives. The findings include the benefit of the initial ambiguity of the service learning project and the benefit of the project outputs to the nonprofit agency. It is concluded that researchers may need to figure out the absolute relationship between initial ambiguity and the effectiveness of a service learning project and that between project outputs and the benefits received by the organization concerned. It is also concluded that researchers need to study how to keep participants’ passion towards the nonprofit sector after completion of their service learning project. KEYWORDS Service learning, volunteering, nonprofit organizations, social enterprises 1. INTRODUCTION The primary goal of this paper is to describe the processes and outcomes of a service learning project conducted by a group of five students and engaged with a nonprofit organization. The processes and outcomes are evaluated with respect to the effectiveness of service learning as an educational means and the contribution...
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...for your personal use. Not for redistribution. See publisher’s website for the definitive published version. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09500693.asp Abstract This paper reports a qualitative study of the learning environment of a Year 11 Biology class. The research was originally framed in a constructivist epistemology, but was also informed by an emancipatory interest. The main methods used for data gathering were participant observation, interviewing, and a written response survey (CES, Tobin, 1993a). It was found that, even though the students viewed the class positively, and described themselves as highly motivated to learn, the level of cognitive engagement was affected by two interrelated factors: the control the teacher had over almost all activities, and student beliefs about learning in this context. The data suggests that both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation which could lead to deep involvement in learning are constrained by a preponderance of teacher-centred methods of instruction. A model is proposed relating intrinsic and extrinsic interest to cognitive engagement. It is concluded that more activities should be used which either implicitly or explicitly reinforce positive beliefs about the need for self-direction in learning. A personal perspective has been included in this paper to indicate the non-linearity of the development of theory. Introduction Most teachers and researchers would like to know more about the factors which may facilitate or prevent...
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