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Smart Building Structure / Hasrul Halimoon
Full text linkTajuk struktur bangunan merupakan tajuk permulaan dalam mempelajari bidang Teknologi Pembinaan. Di Kolej Vokasional, tajuk ini terdapat dalam kursus Building Construction 1 dimana pelajar perlu mempelajari kursus ini pada semester 1 Diploma Teknologi Pembinaan. Manakala di Sekolah Menengah Teknik pula tajuk ini ditawarkan semasa di tingkatan 4 bagi kursus Kejuruteraan Awam. Struktur bangunan juga boleh dianggap sebagai titik permulaan kepada pelajar untuk menceburi bidang Teknologi Pembinaan dengan lebih mendalam lagi. Walau bagaimanapun terdapat kelemahan dari segi penguasaan pelajar dalam tajuk ini pada peringkat awal dan menyebabkan berlaku kesukaran untuk pensyarah lain mengajar tajuk seterusnya dengan lebih berkesan kerana pelajar tidak mempunyai asas yang kukuh. Atas dasar ini, inovasi Smart Building Structure diperkenalkan kepada pelajar untuk membantu mereka menguasai isi pelajaran seterusnya memahami setiap perkara yang diperlukan dalam tajuk Struktur Bangunan. Smart Building Structure juga menggunakan pendekatan “akses kendiri” dan berpusatkan murid (student centered) iaitu pelajar boleh belajar sendiri walaupun dimana mereka berada dan amat sesuai digunakan terutamanya dalam menghadapi cabaran pembelajaran norma baharu semasa wabak covid-19
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Instrument’s validity and reliability for assessing teaching practicum: a case study in construction technology at vocational colleges
No full textTeaching practicum is one of the important aspects of professional education, especially teaching in the
field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). This study aimed to identify the validity and
reliability of instrument in construction technology at vocational colleges. This study deployed a mixed method
approach using quantitative and qualitative analysis. The instruments comprised a questionnaire, observation
review, and interview protocol that were modified to ensure compliance with the set objectives. The instrument
was implemented based on predetermined procedures and it met the measurement standards for validity and
reliability. The research conducted content validity and face validity on the constructed questionnaire, either by
using construct determination, expert validation, or factor analysis for quantitative methods. Meanwhile,
qualitative validity was implemented by triangulation, expert evaluation, and a review by the pilot study
participants. The overall findings showed a high level of validity after some improvements were implemented. The
findings of the Cronbach’s alpha test for reliability analysis showed 0.90 and above for each item that was
determined. Meanwhile, for qualitative study Cohen kappa analyses yielded a value of 0.87 for interviews and 0.83
for observations. This showed a high level of validity and reliability of the study instrument and thus it could be
used in the actual study
Validity and Reliability of Practical Teaching Practice Instruments among Construction Technology Lecturers in Vocational Colleges
No full textPractical teaching practice is one of the important aspects of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). This study aimed to identify the validity and reliability of lecturers’ teaching practice instrument in construction technology at vocational colleges by using a mixed method which was quantitative and qualitative analysis. The instruments comprised a questionnaire, observation review, and interview protocol that were modified to ensure compliance with the set objectives. The instrument was implemented based on predetermined procedures and it met the measurement standards for validity and reliability. The research conducted content validity and face validity on the constructed questionnaire, either by using construct determination, expert validation, or factor analysis for quantitative methods. Meanwhile, qualitative validity was implemented by triangulation, expert evaluation, and a review by the pilot study participants. The overall findings showed a high level of validity after some improvements were implemented. The findings of the Cronbach’s alpha test for reliability analysis showed 0.90 and above for each item that was determined. Meanwhile, for qualitative study Cohen kappa analyses yielded a value of 0.87 for interviews and 0.83 for observations. This showed a high level of validity and reliability of the study instrument and thus it could be used in the actual study
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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