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That Thing in Your Pocket: Cultivating a Geo-Sustainable Mindset in High School Chemistry Students Using GIS to Study Smartphone Components
Get PDFSmartphones are ubiquitous in high schools across the US, but students rarely learn about the complex world of elements and materials beneath their shiny exteriors. Educators can bridge the gap between the abstract concept of smartphone elements and the real-world geography of their origin and impact by integrating ArcGIS geospatial software into their curriculum. A team of researchers has been working with high school teachers to infuse geospatial concepts and technologies into their teaching. One project involved a teacher using GIS to revisit his approach to teaching the periodic table: he would have his students investigate the global origins of smartphone components. This approach equipped students with essential knowledge about the materials that power their daily lives and nurtured critical thinking skills and an awareness of the environmental and ethical dimensions of technology consumption. This paper includes a description of the project and how geospatial technology was utilized, as well as a discussion on the implications and future research in this area
Brand Diversity and Brand Similarity Impacts on Brand Evaluations
Get PDFThis research examined the joint impact of brand diversity and brand similarity upon brand evaluations. The results revealed that low-diversity brands are favored over high-diversity brands, whereas high-similarity brands are favored over low-similarity brands. High-diversity narrow brands are favored over high-diversity broad brands, whereas low-diversity narrow and broad brands are favored identically. Additionally, low-diversity narrow brands are favored over high-diversity narrow brands, whereas low-diversity broad brands are favored over high-diversity broad brands. The findings of extant research that narrow brands are preferred over broad brands are true only when the quality diversities of both brands are high
Use of Virtual Reality (VR) as a Clinical Tool for Management of Self-Perceived Anxiety in College Students
Get PDFCollege students have reported the transition to college and leaving home is a time of great stress and anxiety. The purpose of this study was to reduce the self-perceived anxiety of college students through the use of Virtual Reality (VR). The participants in this study consisted of 20 college students at a small, rural, private liberal arts college from varying majors. The participants were tested pre VR utilizing the Beck Anxiety Inventory to measure levels of perceived anxiety. The participants were introduced to interventions utilizing VR and then provided the Beck Anxiety Inventory post participation of the VR. The results indicated VR interventions had a significant effect in reducing self-perceived anxiety. The VR interventions were provided through the use of Oculus Rift VR and applications used were free to the user. The study highlights the importance of college students recognizing anxiety symptoms and ways to manage perceived anxiety through the use of VR as one avenue to reduce anxiety symptoms
Becoming a Change Agent: Residency as Pathway to Accomplished Teaching
Get PDFA change agent is a person equipped to transform their environment meaningfully. This qualitative survey study examined the extent to which graduates of residency-based teacher education programs act as change agents across different stages of a career. The qualitative survey study used convenience sampling to gather data from 23 alumni of a full-year, graduate, residency-based teacher education program. Participants responded to questions aligned with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to determine how the residency program prepared graduates to be agents of change in their learning communities. Qualitative data was analyzed using a constant comparative method. Results indicated that alumni become agents of change, but this level of professionalism takes more than ten years to develop
Participatory Economics Classroom Simulation
Get PDFIn this paper, I describe how to conduct a classroom simulation based upon a Participatory Economy. A Participatory Economy is a potential third option for organizing economic activity, one that is neither market based nor centrally planned. Students will take part in an iterative planning procedure as they make production and consumption decisions collectively, inside a one-person-one-vote paradigm. The process is time consuming, but with the direction of this article can be completed in a 50-minute class period. I include student handouts and discussion questions in the appendices. This exercise is valuable not only because it helps students imagine other alternatives to economic organization, but also because it makes explicit the great deal of coordination achieved automatically in a market that is fully cleared. Students usually come away with a deeper understanding of both a participatory economy and a market economy
Comparison of Academic Procrastination in University Health and Social Science Students
Get PDFAcademic procrastination in university students of social and health sciences was compared according to socio-academic variables, such as: age, gender, occupation, area and year of study. The research was descriptive-comparative, quantitative, non-experimental; 1000 university social and health sciences students intentionally selected according to quotas participated. The information was collected with a duly validated instrument about academic procrastination. It was observed that: the majority of students perceive high academic procrastination (62%), low academic self-regulation (41%) and high procrastination of activities (74%). Concluding that the trend of academic procrastination is mostly present in students of social sciences, in male students, in the first years or academic cycles and in those who are studying while working. Therefore, most students who procrastinate avoid prioritizing the development of academic activities for others that are of particular interest such as: excessive use of technology, social networks, dependence on cell phones and work
Leadership on Performance vs. Mediating Effect on Job Satisfaction: Evidence From Higher Educational Institutions in Pakistan
Get PDFThis study aims to determine how transactional leadership influences organizational performance with a mediating effect on employees’ job satisfaction. The theoretical and numerical link between these variables of the research topic is highlighted in this study. Quantitative information is gathered for the study utilizing a random sampling method. The HODs of the academic institutions in the Gujranwala region filled out 290 questionnaires that were used to collect the data. Two hundred seventy-two can be used while the remaining are partly filed. Smart PLS 4 was used to examine the data’s validity and verify the correlations between the research variables. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire, which was used to gather the data, may be assessed by how precisely the findings were analyzed. Based on data generated by the “smart PLS 4 program,” an organization’s success depends on its leadership practices, and the mediating variable positively correlates with transactional leadership. This is a unique study for the educational sector of the Gujranwala region, Pakistan, and it calls for more research on leadership and organizational performance
The Effectiveness of the PBL Teaching Model on the Achievement and Critical Thinking Skills Development of Chinese Undergraduate Students: A Systematic Review
Get PDFProblem-based learning teaching models is a student-centered teaching model. This paper searched China’s largest database, China Knowledge Network, using the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines method to search and screen prospective studies on the teaching effectiveness of the PBL teaching model published from 2013 to 2023, and based on the pre-set inclusion/exclusion criteria, a total of 30 papers were selected. The results show that the PBL teaching model effectively improves Chinese undergraduate students’ achievement and critical thinking, and therefore, PBL can be implemented in Chinese undergraduate education. However, the use of the PBL teaching model is narrow due to its late start in China, and a more rigorous methodology and mixed-methods design of the studies are needed to improve the transferability of the results
Interactive Module Based on QR Code to Increase Learning Interest in Entrepreneurship Course for College Students
Get PDFThis study examined the effect of an interactive module based on a QR Code on increasing the learning interest of college students at Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta in Indonesia. This study used the Research and Development (R&D) method to develop an interactive module based on a QR Code product and to test the effectiveness of the resulting product, and the researcher used an experimental form of one group pretest and post-test design. This research and development used the ADDIE model, which consists of 5 stages, analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The population in this study are college students at Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta in Indonesia. This study used simple random sampling with the Slovin formula consisting of 56 college students at Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta in Indonesia. In addition, the researcher used the paired sample t-test to test the hypothesis and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov t-test to test normality in this study. This study concludes that the interactive module based on QR codes increases the learning interest of college students at Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta in Indonesia
The Need to Practice What We Teach: Revisiting the Sticky Floor Effect in Five Southern U.S. States’ Public Universities
Get PDFAdministrative appointments throughout higher education are sought after, highly coveted positions that exhibit power and authority for many as they become leaders. Historically, males have held a majority of these positions. Johnson, Long, and Faught (2014) found “a clear discrepancy exists” (p. 29). This study revisits the research of Johnson, Long, and Faught in examining the gender composition of public university administrators, following the chain of command from the colleges of business upwards, in five southern U.S. states. As in the original research, this study investigates the presence and prevalence of the sticky floor effect and the perceived fair employment practices of universities in applying diversity concepts within their institutions 11 years after the initial study