scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS’ BIOLOGY LABORATORY SKILL PERFORMANCE AND THEIR COURSE ACHIEVEMENT

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-15
Author(s):  
Getachew Fetahi Gobaw ◽  
Harrison Ifeanyichukwu Atagana
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
Undergraduate Biology ◽  
Skill Test ◽  
Skill Performance ◽  
Course Achievement ◽  
Laboratory Skill ◽  
Biology Laboratory ◽  
The Relationship

The focus of this research study was to investigate the relationship between students’ prior achievement in higher education entrance examination score and their course achievement in undergraduate biology program. It also examined the relationship between students’ high school and college preparatory school biology laboratory experience and their undergraduate biology laboratory skill performance. A correlational study was used. The sample consisted of 55 third year undergraduate biology students. The findings of the study showed that there is significant and positive linear correlation between students’ competences in practical skills and performance in higher education entrance examination scores. There is a significant and a positively linear relationship between the students’ cumulative grade point average (CGPA) with higher education entrance exam scores and biology laboratory skill test score. However, laboratory skill performance test score was not correlated with students’ high school laboratory background and sex. The findings implicated that the Ministry of Education should foster secondary high schools and college preparatory schools to put greater efforts at preparing undergraduate admitted students for students’ better outcome and their retention in universities. Key words: high school achievement, practical skill test, undergraduate biology.

Measuring the Carbon Dioxide Metabolism of Aquatic Organisms

1964 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 499-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Beyers ◽  
Bill Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Concentration ◽  
Aquatic Organisms ◽  
High School Biology ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Biology Laboratory ◽  
The Relationship

A method of measuring the carbon dioxide metabolism of aquatic organisms based on the relationship of acidity and carbon dioxide concentration in water is presented. This method is suitable for use in any high school biology laboratory possessing a modern pH meter. Experimental examples of the metabolism of a fish and an aquarium are shown, and three tables of constants are given to aid in the calculations necessary to this method. Additional experiments using the method are suggested.

Basics of organization of extracurricular activities of students in academic subjects

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Вячеслав Казаренков ◽  
Vyacheslav Kazarenkov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Additional Education ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The book outlines the theoretical and methodological foundations of the organization of extracurricular activities of teenage students and high school students in academic subjects, the relationship of these activities with the lesson; discusses ways and means of attracting employees of extracurricular institutions, scientists of higher education and parents of students to joint extracurricular activities with students. The book presents the program of the training course and the course of additional education. The book is addressed to students and teachers of higher and secondary professional educational institutions, teachers of educational institutions and institutions of additional education, employees of public education.

scholarly journals POR QUE A DISCIPLINA DE QUÍMICA GERAL REPROVA TANTO?

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 449-468
Author(s):  
Eduardo Ribeiro Mueller ◽  
Leticia Vanin ◽  
Gabriel Bezerra Cardoso ◽  
Rans Miler Pereira Dantas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
General Chemistry ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Failure Rates ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Level Of Difficulty ◽  
The Relationship

Resumo: Este trabalho faz parte de uma abordagem investigativa denominada Transição Ensino Médio/Universidade: conflitos do acesso ao ensino superior em Química. Neste artigo o objetivo foi verificar contradições estatísticas relacionadas a aprovações e reprovações na educação básica e no ensino superior em Química, e investigar a relação entre os altos índices de reprovação na disciplina de Química Geral e o perfil dos estudantes que ingressam no curso de Licenciatura em Química da UFMT – Campus Araguaia. Para isso, realizamos coleta de dados (matriculados, aprovados e reprovados) junto ao curso de Licenciatura em química e junto à SEDUC-MT, resultados de 2014 a 2018, e realizamos observação participante na turma de química geral do semestre 2019/1. Os resultados comprovaram nossa hipótese, de que há distinção quanto à aferição de notas e quanto ao nível de dificuldade das avaliações praticadas. Concluímos que, em ambos os casos, a aprendizagem não está sendo alcançada de modo satisfatório.Palavras-chave: Química Geral; Aprovação; Reprovação; Aprendizagem. Abstract: This work is part of an investigative approach called Transition High School/ University: conflicts of access to higher education in Chemistry. In this article the objective was to verify statistical contradictions related to pass and fail in Basic Education and Higher Education in Chemistry, and to investigate the relationship between the high failure rates in the discipline of General Chemistry and the profile of students who enter the undergraduate course in Chemistry at UFMT - Campus Araguaia. For this, we performed data collection (enrolled, approved and disapproved) with the chemistry degree course and with SEDUC-MT, results from 2014 to 2018, and performed participant observation in the general chemistry class of the semester 2019/1. The results confirmed our hypothesis, that there is a distinction regarding the assessment of grades and the level of difficulty of the practiced evaluations. We conclude that, in both cases, learning is not being achieved satisfactorily.Keywords: General chemistry; Approval; Disapproval; Learning.

Using an Act-Based Merit-Index to Predict Between-Year Retention

2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Reason
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Composite Score ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Retention Models ◽  
Second Year ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the efficacy of an ACT-based merit index (ACT-index) in predicting the first-to-second-year retention of undergraduate college students. The ACT-index quantifies the relationship between students' ACT Composite score and the average ACT Composite score of their high school classmates. Higher education policy makers have proposed the use of merit-indices, similar to the one examined in this article, to predict retention as a way to increase diversity and combat anti-Affirmative Action trends. Results indicated that the ACT-index, although a significant predictor of retention, failed to predict retention as well as the ACT-Composite score. Evidence, however, indicates that further exploration into retention models that utilize merit-indices is warranted. Policy implications of these findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Evaluating Higher Education Policy in Turkey: Assessment of the Admission Procedure to Architecture, Planning and Engineering Schools

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kemal Mert Cubukcu ◽  
Ebru Cubukcu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
City Planning ◽  
University Education ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Admission Process ◽  
High School Grades ◽  
Bivariate Correlation ◽  
The Relationship

The admission procedure to higher education institutions in Turkey is based on the student’s high school grades and Central University Entrance Examination (CUEE) score, with a much greater weight on the latter. However, whether the CUEE is an appropriate measure in the admission process to universities is still a much-debated question. This study assesses the validity of the CUEE as a selection tool for design-based departments by examining the relationship between CUEE scores and success in university education in two design-based departments, architecture and city planning. The analysis is then extended to test the relationship in three engineering departments, computer engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering. Based on the bivariate correlation and one sample t-test result, we report that CUEE scores and graduation grades have no relationship at all. We conclude that the current admission procedure to design-based schools based on solely a central examination score is not preferable.

Russian Education in the Mirror of Demography

2003 ◽  
pp. 4-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Grebnev
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Demographic Indicators ◽  
Federal Districts ◽  
Stage System ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
Russian Education

The dynamics of several demographic indicators of Russia - child and teenage cohorts in 1970-2000, life expectancy in 1995-2000, migration flows among federal districts in the period between two censuses of 1989 and 2002 - are considered in the article. The author puts forward the hypothesis about the influence of these indicators on the level of education in narrow and broad senses - in educational institutions and the society as a whole. He estimates the perspectives of regional higher educational institutions under conditions of absence of plan distribution of graduates and the double cyclical fall in the number of high school graduates. The agenda for the development of a two-stage system of higher education corresponding with international integration processes is formulated.

The next generation: Experiences of higher educated Turkish-Dutch on The Hague labour market

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-217
Author(s):  
Karijn G. Nijhoff
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Education System ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Market Positioning ◽  
The Hague ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dutch City

This paper explores the relationship between education and labour market positioning in The Hague, a Dutch city with a unique labour market. One of the main minority groups, Turkish-Dutch, is the focus in this qualitative study on higher educated minorities and their labour market success. Interviews reveal that the obstacles the respondents face are linked to discrimination and network limitation. The respondents perceive “personal characteristics” as the most important tool to overcoming the obstacles. Education does not only increase their professional skills, but also widens their networks. The Dutch education system facilitates the chances of minorities in higher education through the “layering” of degrees. 

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