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Effects of MATLAB Supported Learning on Students’ Motivation on Learning Applied Mathematics: A Case of Mechanical Engineering Students, Wolkite University
Eyasu Gemechu,
Kassa Michael,
Mulugeta Atinafu
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2021
Pages:
1-7
Received:
29 December 2020
Accepted:
14 January 2021
Published:
28 January 2021
Abstract: Mathematics is one of an important tool for engineering and technology students to solve day-to-day problems in life in general and problems posed to them in engineering and technology courses in particular. To help them capture mathematical concepts use of appropriate instructional approach is equally important factor. Instruction supported by technological software is reported to be useful in general terms, but the importance on motivation is debated. To this end, Quasi-experiment research was conducted in Wolkite University to investigate MATLAB Software supported learning and students' motivation in learning Applied Mathematics II. Different instructional approaches: MATLAB Software supported traditional lecture method and MATLAB supported collaborative method were established for this purpose. Two intact classes, Mechanical engineering groups 1 and 2, were selected using a simple random sampling technique, each of which took specific intervention. The numbers of the students involved were initially 30 and 29 respectively. Both pre and post motivation Likert Scale items were prepared and administered to the respondents before and after treatment respectively. The results of the study show that there is no significant mean difference in students' motivation for learning mathematics between the two groups. Besides, there is no significant mean difference between the components of motivation except for intrinsic and extrinsic motivation that seeks further scrutiny. Reasons for non-significant difference were highlighted some of which included a lack of experience, and a lack of motivation to learn mathematics itself. The ability to manipulate technological software and access could also be noted that lay context at the center.
Abstract: Mathematics is one of an important tool for engineering and technology students to solve day-to-day problems in life in general and problems posed to them in engineering and technology courses in particular. To help them capture mathematical concepts use of appropriate instructional approach is equally important factor. Instruction supported by tec...
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The Importance of Teacher Leadership Skills in the Classroom
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2021
Pages:
8-15
Received:
1 January 2021
Accepted:
11 January 2021
Published:
28 January 2021
Abstract: Teachers determines students’ success within the classroom. Research supports the notion that the teacher is the single greatest factor that determines students’ growth in the classroom. Effective teachers need to be leaders for their students. It is critically important that teachers possess leadership skills because it is a fundamental factor that is required to enhance the instructional quality of teachers both inside and outside the classroom. Teacher leaders possess excellent class management skills and are more capable of driving students toward academic success. In the current body of work, limited studies have focused on the impact of teacher leaders on student learning and academic success, while having leadership responsibilities inside the classroom. The purpose of this study is to explore in depth the entire concept of teacher leadership in the classroom and its relationship to student performance and achievement. The study involves a synthesis of evidence in education literature that describes the concept of teacher leadership and student performance. The findings reveal that teacher leaders, whether outside or within the classroom, are driven by the desire to improve student learning. Students taught by teacher leaders have a high probability of succeeding academically as well as other areas of growth as compared to those taught under teachers who lack leaderships within and outside the classroom.
Abstract: Teachers determines students’ success within the classroom. Research supports the notion that the teacher is the single greatest factor that determines students’ growth in the classroom. Effective teachers need to be leaders for their students. It is critically important that teachers possess leadership skills because it is a fundamental factor tha...
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Educational Leadership as the Impact of Teachers in the Formation of the Attitude of Students from a Manichean Perspective
José Manuel Castorena Machuca,
María Lisseth Flores Cedillo,
Ma. de la Luz Morales Barbosa,
Hulda Zulema delÁngel López,
Ramiro Eduardo Flores Cedillo
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2021
Pages:
16-22
Received:
7 December 2020
Accepted:
23 December 2020
Published:
10 February 2021
Abstract: This document is about the reflection that it has fallen into a social paradigm of unwanted leadership, so it is necessary to change the paradigm of Kuhn and apply it and train young people in higher education, through Educational Institution, where values are taught and learned that must differentiate between the Nicomachean ethics and the attitudes towards the work groups that they will direct so that they take them to a state of true work teams. Some authors who use values and attitudes to establish future leadership projects are analyzed. Mention is made in the introduction and with a major emphasis on Aristotle's Nicomaquea ethics, taking into account the unseating by leaders who have given bad examples in ethics and applying a theoretical platform of the concept of educational leadership and providing what should be the educational profile with a method of analysis between ethics and values in leadership with a development focused on moral and spiritual values , and that finally concludes by contrasting the values mentioned in this article with the anti-values that educational leaders often apply in practices even if that is not their intention. In the hope in this article that this article will serve teachers and students, that the former have the role of being leaders and the latter will then be played either in their field of work, as in other communities and social interactions with the environment.
Abstract: This document is about the reflection that it has fallen into a social paradigm of unwanted leadership, so it is necessary to change the paradigm of Kuhn and apply it and train young people in higher education, through Educational Institution, where values are taught and learned that must differentiate between the Nicomachean ethics and the attitud...
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Survey on Student Attitude Towards Science Education in English Textbooks of Chinese Senior High School from the Perspective of Multimodality
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2021
Pages:
23-34
Received:
25 January 2021
Accepted:
1 February 2021
Published:
10 February 2021
Abstract: Since the 1990s, with the development of science and technology, multimodal features have become more and more obvious, and multimodal discourse research has developed rapidly to explore how various modals of discourse interact to produce meaning. Among the discourse types studied by multimodality, educational discourse accounts for a small proportion. English textbooks of Chinese senior high school, as one of the important educational discourses, the teaching contents of science education, especially, the reasonable arrangement, integration forms of science education have positive significance to improve students' scientific literacy. This study aims to investigate Chinese students’ attitude towards science education from the perspective of multimodality by qualitative and quantitative methods; explores the factors that influence different attitudes and opinions of students towards science education in English textbooks of Chinese senior high school; and puts forward some suggestions on using multimodality to teach science education. A total of 300 students from senior high school A (150) and B (150) of Xuchang city, a Chinese city, were investigated. The findings are: 1) students prefer the combination of audios, videos, images, colors and texts to be used in English learning; 2) students hope that they can learn more knowledge about science education systematically under the use of multimodality. The suggestions are: 1) it should pay attention to the significance of necessity of science education in English textbooks of Chinese senior high school; 2) it should pay attention to help student to learn science education by using multimodality technology for their future scientific competence; 3) it should pay attention to learn and teach science education systematically; 4) it should pay attention to enrich teachers’ teaching competence and technology skills when using multimodality to teach educational contents.
Abstract: Since the 1990s, with the development of science and technology, multimodal features have become more and more obvious, and multimodal discourse research has developed rapidly to explore how various modals of discourse interact to produce meaning. Among the discourse types studied by multimodality, educational discourse accounts for a small proport...
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Impacts of Parental Involvement and Parents’ Level of Education on Student’s Academic Accomplishment
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2021
Pages:
35-39
Received:
10 February 2021
Accepted:
20 February 2021
Published:
26 February 2021
Abstract: Parental involvement in school has been demonstrated to play a crucial role in children’s academic achievement. This article examines the relation of adolescent's academic achievement to parental involvement and parent’s education level, separately, grounded on a quantitative approach. All participants were middle-class dual-earner parents from eight cities across the United States. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to find out if adolescent academic performance is correlated with parental involvement, and Mann–Whitney U test was utilized when children’s academic performance was compared between groups of parents with different educational levels. Results show that children’s academic achievement is only correlated with certain dimensions of parental involvement. Results further show that, across the board, children’s school achievements do not significantly differ across the groups with different levels of parents’ education if parents in all groups are equally committed to children’s education. As a result, this study concludes that the effect of parental involvement on children’s academic success differs by the type of parental engagement and that parents’ level of education does not carry much weight over children’s academic performance when all parents are actively involved in their schooling. Both limitations and suggestions for future studies are also discussed.
Abstract: Parental involvement in school has been demonstrated to play a crucial role in children’s academic achievement. This article examines the relation of adolescent's academic achievement to parental involvement and parent’s education level, separately, grounded on a quantitative approach. All participants were middle-class dual-earner parents from eig...
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