-
Effect of Video-Taped Instruction on Senior Secondary Students’ Performance in Physics Practical in Port-Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria
Shedrack Tamunoiyowuna,
Robert James J.
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016
Pages:
169-174
Received:
23 August 2016
Accepted:
1 October 2016
Published:
3 November 2016
Abstract: This study investigated the effect of video-taped instruction on Senior Secondary Students’ performance in practical physics. The design for the study is quasi-experimental, of the type, pretest-posttest control group design. The population of the study comprised of all SS3 physics students in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State. One hundred and three (103) students in 2 co-educational schools made up the sample size. Two groups namely, the experimental group and control group were used for the study. The experimental group was taught practical physics using video-taped instruction (VTI) while the control group was taught practical physics using the conventional (real handling of apparatus) teaching method (CM). A research question and one hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. The instrument used for the study was Physics Practical Skills Rating Scale (PPSRS). The data generated were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research question, while t-test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The calculated t-value (2.48) was significant at 0.05 level of significance. The null hypothesis Ho was rejected as a result of significant difference between the performance of students taught practical physics using Video-Taped Instruction (VTI) and those taught using conventional method (CM), indicating that students taught with videotaped instruction performed better than those taught with the conventional method.
Abstract: This study investigated the effect of video-taped instruction on Senior Secondary Students’ performance in practical physics. The design for the study is quasi-experimental, of the type, pretest-posttest control group design. The population of the study comprised of all SS3 physics students in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State. On...
Show More
-
Preferences Involved Comprehensive Evaluation in Educational Management and Decision Making
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016
Pages:
175-180
Received:
18 October 2016
Accepted:
26 October 2016
Published:
15 November 2016
Abstract: Evaluation functions are very crucial in educational comprehensive evaluation. This study summarizes some classical evaluation functions and shows their usage in Pedagogic evaluation applications. The study also presents and illustrates some hybrid evaluation function with some types of preferences of decision makers involved. Some illustrations with examples show that different types of preferences can embody both educators’ teaching experience and their optimism/pessimism decision attitudes. Therefore, the analyses in this study can help first line teachers select suitable, flexible and reasonable models for their practical educational comprehensive evaluations.
Abstract: Evaluation functions are very crucial in educational comprehensive evaluation. This study summarizes some classical evaluation functions and shows their usage in Pedagogic evaluation applications. The study also presents and illustrates some hybrid evaluation function with some types of preferences of decision makers involved. Some illustrations wi...
Show More
-
The Application of Scientific Classification Method and Its Value in Chemistry Education
Chengyin Yang,
Xueqing Shen,
Sixin Li
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016
Pages:
181-185
Received:
30 September 2016
Accepted:
11 October 2016
Published:
16 November 2016
Abstract: The promotion of basic education curriculum reform makes teachers gradually focus on all aspects of the development of students including the mastery of knowledge, learning process and method and developing emotional attitudes and values. The classification method and its thought are significant in secondary school chemistry. However, it doesn’t show its real value in the reality of teaching. From the perspective of the professional development of chemistry teachers in secondary school, this paper elaborates that teachers should be conscious of comprehensive and systematic chemical classification learning, since requiring students to master the knowledge of the classification and its results is far from enough. The classification is fully understood from the classification of ontology, values and application values (taking chemistry for example). Teachers can consciously penetrate classification method and its thought to students after tracing the source knowledge of classification. Even if there is no text provision expressly to stipulate how important classification is. Ultimately, objective of process and method can be implemented.
Abstract: The promotion of basic education curriculum reform makes teachers gradually focus on all aspects of the development of students including the mastery of knowledge, learning process and method and developing emotional attitudes and values. The classification method and its thought are significant in secondary school chemistry. However, it doesn’t sh...
Show More
-
The Evaluation and Analysis of Campus Cultural Activities’ Positive Effects on College Students' Mental Health
Shuo Zhang,
Hui Lu,
Zongzheng Chi,
Zhigang Yan,
Bin Liu,
Xiaoyu Han,
Miao Tian
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016
Pages:
186-190
Received:
29 November 2016
Published:
1 December 2016
Abstract: This paper uses the positive impact of campus cultural activities on the formation of College Students' healthy psychology as the breakthrough point. Starting with the students of the Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering (FIE) and the School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering (SPOE) of the Dalian University of Technology who have high enthusiasm in extracurricular activities, it uses the self-rating scale SCL-90 for evaluation, Studying and analyzing the differences of the mental health condition between the students with high enthusiasm and the common students. Then offer opinions and suggestions on solving the mental health problems of college students, in order to help the students to improve the psychological quality and provide information for the majority of teachers, education work and student work, then serve the students work in Colleges and universities.
Abstract: This paper uses the positive impact of campus cultural activities on the formation of College Students' healthy psychology as the breakthrough point. Starting with the students of the Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering (FIE) and the School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering (SPOE) of the Dalian University of Technology who have high enthu...
Show More
-
The Incremental Teaching Project Design for Project-Based Learning and Its Application in Java Programming Course
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016
Pages:
191-197
Received:
29 November 2016
Published:
1 December 2016
Abstract: Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a widely adopted pedagogy that ignites students’ interest of a subject through the investigation of an authentic problem and cultivates their abilities of innovation and self-learning. Traditional PBL often involves a project of complexity and significant scale, which, under the time constraint of a course, is often difficult for students to handle and risks insufficient comprehension of the knowledge and negative impact on learning confidence. This paper proposes an incremental teaching project concept and its design strategy on top of the traditional project-based learning. An incremental teaching project is carefully designed for a Java Programming curriculum, based on which we discuss the dos and don’ts of applying incremental PBL to teaching.
Abstract: Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a widely adopted pedagogy that ignites students’ interest of a subject through the investigation of an authentic problem and cultivates their abilities of innovation and self-learning. Traditional PBL often involves a project of complexity and significant scale, which, under the time constraint of a course, is often ...
Show More
-
Efforts to Develop the Reading Interest of the People from Children in Singapore Libraries
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016
Pages:
198-205
Received:
30 June 2016
Accepted:
19 December 2016
Published:
29 December 2016
Abstract: This paper introduces some successful efforts in Singapore libraries in developing the reading interest of children and adolescents, including reading promotion activities organized by Singapore public libraries, librarians' training of children libraries, children's books selection, and the collection development of children’ libraries. This paper shows the studies from both theory and practice and hopes to provide some reference and enlightenment for the cultivation of reading interest for children and adolescents.
Abstract: This paper introduces some successful efforts in Singapore libraries in developing the reading interest of children and adolescents, including reading promotion activities organized by Singapore public libraries, librarians' training of children libraries, children's books selection, and the collection development of children’ libraries. This paper...
Show More
-
Investigating the Influence of Topic Writing in Biology Teaching on Students’ Critical Thinking Disposition Improvement
Mingxing Chen,
Nongnong Shi
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016
Pages:
206-213
Received:
30 November 2016
Accepted:
9 December 2016
Published:
6 January 2017
Abstract: The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory-Chinese Version (CTDI-CV) revised by Ms Meici Peng et al. were used to sample and analyze the students from a high school in Hangzhou, China. The average score of the students' critical thinking disposition was 255.9, and no single dimension exceeded 40 points, suggesting that the overall critical thinking was weak. The students’ score of critical thinking slightly increased from grade one to grade three, but the increase was very subtle, which was similar to the findings from other studies. The reasons were analyzed from three aspects: social and cultural background, family education, and school education system. Two classes in grade one were chosen to perform the parallel practical study for two months. These two classes had no significant difference in CTDI-CV pre-test. For the experimental class, we conducted teaching experiment for two months, assigning several biology topic writings related to class knowledge; the teachers graded the assays and gave feedback. The control class was given normal teaching. The experimental class showed extremely significant improvements in truth seeking (p = 0.006 < 0.01) and analytical ability (p = 0.003 <0.01), indicating that topic writing could help improve the critical thinking ability of high school students in certain aspects, although it didn’t get significantly increased total score (p = 0.059> 0.05) of critical thinking disposition compared to the pre-test. Some feasible suggestions on how to train the critical thinking ability of students in biology teaching were also proposed.
Abstract: The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory-Chinese Version (CTDI-CV) revised by Ms Meici Peng et al. were used to sample and analyze the students from a high school in Hangzhou, China. The average score of the students' critical thinking disposition was 255.9, and no single dimension exceeded 40 points, suggesting that the overall criti...
Show More
-
Study on Dynamic Mechanism of Industry-University Cooperation in Forestry Engineering Excellent Talents Training
Li Guangyao,
Yu Xiaohong,
He Yanli,
Jin Chunde
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016
Pages:
214-221
Received:
3 December 2016
Accepted:
17 December 2016
Published:
7 January 2017
Abstract: Industry-university cooperation in forestry engineering excellent talents training is the basic way to cultivate qualified personnel in forestry universities. To construct dynamic mechanism of industry-university cooperation and promote the different parties as government, enterprises, universities and different trades to take part in are the key points to put the training into practice. However, the existing dynamic mechanism cannot bring out the enthusiasm of various parties to participate in the industry-university cooperation in forestry engineering excellent talents training. This paper systematically analyzes the related dynamic factors affecting cooperative training, sums up the problems of the existing dynamic mechanism and puts forward specific suggestions to improve the dynamic mechanism of industry-university cooperation in forestry engineering excellent talents training.
Abstract: Industry-university cooperation in forestry engineering excellent talents training is the basic way to cultivate qualified personnel in forestry universities. To construct dynamic mechanism of industry-university cooperation and promote the different parties as government, enterprises, universities and different trades to take part in are the key p...
Show More
-
Attitude of Students Towards E-Examination System: an Application of E-Learning
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016
Pages:
222-227
Received:
1 December 2016
Accepted:
14 December 2016
Published:
8 January 2017
Abstract: Information communication technology (ICT) is the buzzword of the 21st century. The letter ‘E’ appears in the words e-commerce, e-government, e-banking and etc. In essence, the said letter reflects the ICT component that is utilized in providing more ‘reach’ in addition to making more effective and efficient commercial transactions, government transactions and financial transactions to name a few. An e-based system will be utilized when there are supportive factors that collectively encourage its use. The perspective of the user is an undeniably important component. Universities being institutions that stimulate learning and research are not immune to the affects of ICT. Examinations inevitably play a role in such an environment as one of the many ways available to assess student learning outcome. Thus this study was conducted in an Iranian university to explore the students’ intention to use an electronic examination system (e-examination system) that was currently in place. Part of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was utilized in a sample size comprising 230 students. It was discovered that students’ intention to use an e-examination system was influenced by computer literacy whereby the said relationship was mediated by perceived usefulness.
Abstract: Information communication technology (ICT) is the buzzword of the 21st century. The letter ‘E’ appears in the words e-commerce, e-government, e-banking and etc. In essence, the said letter reflects the ICT component that is utilized in providing more ‘reach’ in addition to making more effective and efficient commercial transactions, government tran...
Show More
