The study employed a mixed-methods approach to investigate the relationship between English language teachers’ teaching efficacy, emotional experiences, and situation and task-related procrastination. It aimed to explore both self-reported teaching self-efficacy beliefs and the factors influencing language teachers’ procrastination behaviors and emotions during task delay. A total of 305 Croatian EFL teachers participated in this study. Descriptive, correlation, and directed content analyses were carried out. According to the findings, the Croatian language teachers viewed themselves as highly effective in the classroom and they also reported engaging in procrastination infrequently. When inquired about language proficiency-related anxiety, they admitted having experienced it sporadically. Those confident in utilizing instructional strategies and implementing classroom management strategies procrastinated less and reported lower anxiety levels. Qualitative analysis revealed that demotivating or fatiguing tasks, especially administrative and testing-related ones, instigated procrastination, among others. When procrastinating, the teachers reported primarily unpleasant emotions, such as anxiety, nervousness, frustration, and guilt.
ABSTRACT The Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) model can be used to explore how faculty prioritize learning about and adopting new pedagogical approaches. Here, we use the DOI framework to contextualize biology faculty perceptions of a professional development (PD) program designed to help them create a full semester course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) class at a large, public comprehensive university. PD sessions included exploring self-reflexive identity while fostering inclusive classroom spaces through understanding and interrupting implicit bias and microaggressions. This qualitative study sought to determine 11 biology faculty members’ beliefs about the influence of their year-long PD on their CURE development and teaching practices. Findings suggest that faculty were motivated to teach CUREs for a variety of reasons. A common incentive was integrating research into a CURE to bring their passion into their classroom and to engage more students in research. This may be particularly important at institutions where faculty have a heavy teaching load. Faculty also reported modifying their teaching in their CUREs and other courses to be more inclusive and equitable. The importance of peer interactions in the PD was emphasized repeatedly as faculty learned from experts, the literature, and faculty who had already developed a CURE. Our results illustrate that a community of practice structure can enhance the learning aspect of the community, helping faculty consider their implementation of inclusive, equitable, and high-impact practices as an ongoing educational process for themselves and emphasizing the importance of reflection and iteration in a DOI framework.
In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in the number of online fraud cases. However, research on crime geography has paid little attention to online crimes, especially to the influencing factors behind their spatial distributions. Online fraud is closely related to people’s daily internet use. The existing literature has explored the impact of internet use on online crimes based on small samples of individual interviews. There is a lack of large-scale studies from a community perspective. This study applies the routine activity theory to online activities to test the relationship between online fraud alert data and the usage durations of different types of mobile phone users’ applications (apps) for communities in ZG City. It builds negative binomial regression models for analyzing the impact of the usage of different types of apps on the spatial distribution of online fraud. The results reveal that the online fraud crime rate and the online time spent on a financial management app share the most similar spatial distribution. While financial management, online education, transportation, and search engine app usages have a significant positive association with online fraud, the use of a financial management app has the greatest impact. Additionally, time spent on social media, online shopping and entertainment, and mobile reading apps have a significant negative association with online fraud. As not all online activities lead to cybercrime, crime prevention efforts should target specific types of apps, such as financial management, online education, transportation, and search engines.
Guguloth Nagesh, M. Venkatesh Naik, Dogga Raveendhra
et al.
In DC microgrids, efficient power extraction and an effective energy management strategy (EMS) are crucial when integrating multiple power sources. This study presents a novel Four-Port Converter (FPC) configuration designed to extract power from photovoltaic (PV), battery, and fuel cell (FC) sources while employing an advanced EMS to manage energy distribution and meet the demand of DC loads. The proposed FPC features two unidirectional input ports to accommodate renewable energy sources (RESs) and one bidirectional port for integrating an energy storage device (ESD) within a unified configuration. This paper provides a detailed analysis of the converter’s operation, exploring various operating modes for optimal power extraction and energy management from PV, battery, and FC sources. To achieve this, a closed-loop control strategy, along with the EMS, is implemented. Mathematical modeling and simulations demonstrate that this unified configuration ensures efficient, cost-effective, and uninterrupted power transfer among PV, FC, ESD, and the DC link. The design offers advantages such as a simplified structure, a lower component count, higher voltage gain, and reduced voltage stress on power semiconductors while effectively managing power flow among the sources. Both simulation and experimental results validate the feasibility of the proposed converter, highlighting its operational characteristics under different states and energy management modes. A laboratory prototype of the system was developed for a 60 V, 200 W load to assess the power extraction and energy management performance. The results confirm that the converter achieves an average efficiency of 93.86%. Additionally; a comparative analysis with existing four-port topologies and efficiency evaluations across various operating modes is presented. The findings demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed system in terms of higher voltage gain, lower switching losses, and reduced diode stress.
Robots are becoming integral to society and industries due to their enormous advantages. Among the various categories of mobile robots, including wheeled robot, tracked robot, and legged robots, the latter stands out as a better choice for most field applications due to their adaptability across various terrains. The purpose of this review is to study the locomotion capabilities of quadruped robots and judge their suitability for climbing applications as most unexplored applications of automation and robotics are required to climb. This review explores the locomotion capabilities of quadruped robots. It covers different aspects of quadruped robots like types of legs, leg design, gait patterns, and their mathematical formulations, and types of motions like omnidirectional motion and body sway motion. It also emphasizes its fault-tolerant gait, adaptability, and reliability. The paper also focuses on slope and stair climbing, outlining design requirements and applications. The study includes an examination of the applicability of various gaits under different conditions and the methods for increasing stability without compromising speed. Overall, the review serves as a valuable resource for future research in this field.
Megha K. Shah, Alannah L. Couper, Stephanie Sandanasamy
et al.
This systematic review aimed to investigate the extent of nursing students' knowledge regarding climate change and its impact on health. A comprehensive and systematic review was conducted across several international electronic databases, including Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science. The search employed keywords based on Medical Subject Headings, including "knowledge", "climate change", "nursing students", and "health". The search period was extended from these databases’ inception until May 28, 2024. The quality of the studies included in this review was assessed using the Appraisal Tool for Cross-Sectional Studies (AXIS tool). The systematic review encompassed five cross-sectional studies, collectively involving 2,150 nursing students. Among these participants, females constituted 75.81%. The geographical distribution of the studies included in this systematic review spanned several countries: Egypt (n=3), Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Palestine (n=1), China (n=1), and the United States (n=1). Findings from three studies indicate that nursing students’ mean knowledge level regarding climate change’s impact on health is 63.70%. The knowledge level of nursing students regarding climate change’s impact on health was moderate. Factors including education level, practice, academic year, gender, and rural areas were related to nursing students’ knowledge about climate change and its effect on health. Policymakers and healthcare administrators must enhance the educational framework by prioritizing factors that influence the knowledge base of nursing students. These factors include academic level, geographic location (such as rural areas), gender, and clinical practice experience.
Denne artikkelen er basert på observasjoner og intervjuer gjort på fire islamskoler i Norge. På disse ikke-formelle trosopplæringsarenaene finner vi spenninger og forhandlinger mellom muslimske normative idealer og hverdagslivets faktiske praksiser og tenkemåter. Vi finner at både moskeledere og foreldre knyttet til disse fellesskapene ønsker å styrke normative tolkninger av islam, samtidig som det er en betydelig anerkjennelse av og aksept for at idealene ikke nødvendigvis etterleves. Informantene framhever verdien av å møtes fysisk til undervisning i en tid med mange online-tilbud. Forfatterne benytter levd hverdagsreligionsperspektivet sammen med blant annet begrepet maksimalistisk islam.
Nøkkelord: ikke-formell trosopplæring, islam, moske, ungdom, idealer
Muhammad Ashabul Kahfi, Subekti Masri, Bahtiar Bahtiar
et al.
Kehidupan masyarakat pesisir yang identik dengan lingkaran kemiskinan mendorong para perempuan pesisir di Palopo untuk terlibat menjadi penjemur rumput laut. Pendapatan mereka sebagai penjemur rumput laut tergolong masih rendah dikarenakan tidak adanya pengetahuan mengenai olahan rumput laut. Kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan pengetahuan untuk mengolah rumput laut menjadi produk makanan, sehingga nilai jual dari rumput laut bisa meningkat dan berkontribusi positif bagi kehidupan mereka. Kegiatan ini dilakukan melalui kerjasama dengan penyuluh dari Dinas Kelautan dan Perikanan Kota Palopo, Dinas Koperasi dan UKM Kota Palopo, BAZNAS Kota Palopo, dan KUA Wara Selatan. Perempuan penjemur rumput laut yang tergabung dalam Kelompok Cahaya Katonik diajarkan tentang budidaya rumput laut yang baik dan benar, mulai dari cara memilih bibit, cara mengikat rumput laut yang efektif, cara menebar rumput laut yang telah diikat, hingga cara menjemur rumput laut yang bersih sehingga mampu menghasilkan rumput laut yang berkualitas tinggi. Selanjutnya, perempuan penjemur rumput laut juga diajarkan cara mengolah rumput laut yang sudah kering menjadi produk olahan makanan menjadi cendol rumput laut. Melalui pengolahan produk cendol rumput laut, perempuan penjemur rumput laut dapat mengurangi anggaran rumah tangga untuk cemilan anak, dan membuka usaha baru bagi mereka untuk meningkatkan pendapatan rumah tangganya.
Sri Suryanti, Toto Nusantara, I Nengah Parta
et al.
Mathematics education and teaching should not only include routine tasks; but tasks that need practice and memorization are mathematically more prosperous and more difficult because they promote problem-solving, investigation, and the discovery of the actual value of mathematical assertions. Therefore, the teacher must be able to select, create, and modify assignments under the established goals. This study attempts to examine opportunities and challenges that teachers encounter while adopting problem-based tasks. The subjects involved in this study were three secondary school mathematics teachers that are acceptable, in East Java, Indonesia. The teachers involved have more than five years of teaching experience and have good academic qualifications. The data collection consisted of observing three classes of secondary school during the implementation of a problem-based task related to the topic of rectangles and algebra. The study begins with the introduction and giving of several examples of problem-based tasks in secondary school mathematics designed to foster advanced learners' critical thinking and creativity. The findings show that teachers gain new knowledge about problem-based assignments and pedagogical insights on how they explain them to students. The results also provide an overview of the challenges for teachers to design and implement problem-based tasks.
 The purpose of this study was to determine the types of phrases and the rules of phrase structure in Anneth's song lyrics. Researchers also want to know the extent to which students' ability to know about phrases. Class IX students selected as participants consisted of 59 students at SMP Adventist 2 Medan. The data was obtained by providing questionnaires about what phrases are, types of phrases, and what are sentences. The researcher introduced the types of phrases in the form of tables and tree diagrams. The table form is in the form of the first to the last lyrics, while the tree diagram is made by dividing the large categories into smaller levels, each word in the song lyrics is adjusted to the contents of the table so that it can form phrases and sentences. The types of phrases contained in the song are noun phrase (NP), verb phrase (VP), adverb phrase (AdvP), adjective phrase (AP), and preposition phrase (PP). The basic phrase structure rules in the song are: S : NP (Aux) VP, NP : {Det (Adj) N, Pro, N (PP)}, VP : V (NP) (PP) (Adv), AP : A(PP), AdvP : Aux (AdvP), PP : P (NP).
Keywords: phrase; phrase structure rules; song lyrics.
Deni Ainur Rokhim, Frida Kristining Tyas, Sri Rahayu
et al.
Abstrak: Asesmen Kompetensi Minimum (AKM) merupakan standar penilaian kompetensi siswa melalui penguasaan literasi membaca dan numerasi. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui perspektif siswa dan guru kimia SMAN 3 Sidoarjo dalam pelaksanaan AKM terhadap mata pelajaran kimia. Penelitian ini dilakukan guna memperbaiki kualitas pembelajaran dan penilaian guru terhadap siswa. Metode yang digunakan adalah penelitian studi kasus dengan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Wawancara terhadap 10 responden siswa dan 3 responden guru melalui Google meet. Hasil wawancara dianalisis secara terpisah untuk setiap pertanyaan dan dilakukan analisis isi untuk menelaah data secara lebih rinci. Hasil AKM memberikan ruang bagi guru dan siswa untuk melakukan proses belajar mengajar yang lebih efesien sehingga meningkatkan pemahaman siswa terhadap suatu materi yang diberikan.
Keywords: Assesmen kompetensi minimum; pembelajaran kimia; numerasi; literasi
Abstract: Minimum Competency Assessment (AKM) is a standard for assessing student competence through mastering reading and numeracy literacy. The purpose of the study was to determine the perspectives of students and teachers of chemistry at SMAN 3 Sidoarjo in the implementation of AKM on chemistry subjects. This research was conducted to improve the quality of learning and teacher assessment of students. The method used is case study research with a qualitative descriptive approach. Interviews with 10 student respondents and 3 teacher respondents through Google meet. The results of the interviews were analyzed separately for each question and a content analysis was carried out to examine the data in more detail. The results of the AKM provide space for teachers and students to carry out a more efficient teaching and learning process so as to increase students' understanding of a given material.
Keywords: Minimum competency assessment; chemistry learning; numeracy; literacy
Research on multi-case studies of link and match programs the motorcycle engineering and business industry class at SMK Tulungagung has been carried out. The research was conducted in three places including: SMK “SORE†Tulungagung and SMK Negeri 1 Rejotangan Tulungagung. The Honda industrial class program at SMK SORE Tulungagung has been going well, including the selection of an industrial class curriculum which involves the concept of link and match with industry, how the alignment of the industrial class curriculum is made. In addition, the learning process for the motorcycle engineering and business class at SMK Tulungagung has also been good, including the learning preparation process and the implementation of industrial class learning. What is no less important is the commitment of SMK which has a strategy to improve industrial class competence, namely increasing teacher competence and increasing student competence so that they are ready to go directly to industry.
Yakubu A Tanko, Alhassan Shuaibu, Aminu Abdulrahman
et al.
The structural properties of undoped and Fluorine doped Hexagonal Molybdenum dioxide (MoO2) with different doping concentrations have been calculated using Density Functional Theory (DFT) within Generalized Gradient Approximation (GGA) as implemented in Quantum Espresso (QE). The calculated results were for the formation energy of 4.17%, 8.33%, 12.5%, of F doped MoO2 are 232.5eV, 463.0eV, and 698.5eV respectively, which show the variation of energy based on the increase in the doping concentration that led to having the breakage of bond in the structure of the compound. The undoped and 4.17% of F doped MoO2 have three free atoms, which maintain the stability of the structure, but when the doping concentration was increased, the bond breaks simultaneously which led to having four and five free atoms for 8.33%, and 12.5% of F doped MoO2 respectively. This makes 4.17% of F doped MoO2 with 17.09Ry more stable. Similarly, the bond length of undoped MoO2 was 2.2505pm, but when doped with 4.17% of F it changes to 2.3030pm which indicates a greater stability of the structure concentrations of the dopant above 4.17% reduced the bond length, which made the structure less stable.
The current global political, economic, and social challenges urge the need to cultivate global citizenship among students in their learning process. This paper presents the role of Collaboration Online International Learning (COIL) using the
Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach in cultivating global citizenship among university students. The paper explains the different implementation challenges of a COIL course on the different levels and core design elements of the COIL-PBL model to overcome such challenges. Empirically, this paper presents a primary case study of the Great Debates course that was implemented in different forms by three partner universities, which are the University of Washington Bothell (UWB), the University of North Carolina Asheville (UNCA) in the USA, and the Future University in Egypt (FUE). The implementation showed a positive impact on cultivating global citizenship among participating students, which is
clear from developments in students’ skills in the areas of cross-cultural communication and negotiation, cultural sensitivity and tolerance, teamwork and coordination across virtual global teams, analytical skills, and perception toward other cultures and society. Notably, the COIL-PBL model has started to gain further popularity after the COVID-19
pandemic as an alternative for physical mobility, which encourages future research in this area using other implemented courses using the COIL-PBL model.
Este artigo aborda a trajetória da educadora Maria Junqueira Schmidt, como uma intelectual católica e forte defensora da pedagogia nova alinhada ao catolicismo. Suas ações dão a ver modos de apropriação dos enunciados da Escola Nova a partir de suas experiências de formação na Europa quanto nos EUA, introduzidas no Brasil no ensino de línguas vivas, designadamente no ensino de francês. Notícias de jornais e relatórios de viagens, publicados na imprensa periódica, foram as principais fontes mobilizados nesta pesquisa, indicativas dos modos de apropriação da referida educadora. Pode-se dizer que, a partir da militância como intelectual e educadora católica, Maria Junqueira Schmidt inseriu-se e afirmou-se no campo da produção intelectual do país, tendo a educação como seu lugar privilegiado de fala.
Znaczny wpływ na rozwój małego dziecka wywiera od najwcześniejszych lat dom rodzinny, następnie przedszkole, szkoła, środowisko, w którym ono przebywa. Otoczenie dziecka może stworzyć takie warunki, które będą sprzyjały jego rozwojowi, albo też doprowadzić do tego, że źródła aktywności dziecka będą występowały w wychowującym je otoczeniu. Zadaniem nauczyciela, który organizuje działania twórcze jest stworzenie odpowiedniego klimatu i sytuacji sprzyjających uruchamianiu i kształtowaniu postawy twórczej dzieci. Nauczyciel powinien dostrzec tę twórczą działalność dzieci, docenić ją i wyrazić aprobatę dla każdego pomysłu. Dużą rolę odgrywają formy aktywności dziecka. Podstawowe formy jego kontaktu ze światem to obcowanie z innymi ludźmi i działania na przedmiotach.
This study will provide a brief look into the numerous aspects of description as a unit of discourse and
into the/as well as into those/distinctive discourse methods. The perspectives of the proposed analysis
emphasize that description as a unit of discourse is no longer denigrated and that it has regained its
well-defined place within the discourse (especially within the discourse of geography as a primary unit of
discourse). The analysis is based on a corpus of studies represented by texts of geography available in
geography textbooks. Through this study there will be outlined a number of methods and strategies of the
discursive process through description.
La temática de las Estrategias de Aprendizaje adquieren en la actualidad un mayor interés para docentes e investigadores del área educativa. El contexto actual demanda sujetos más capaces, reflexivos, motivados y que estimulen su autodesarrollo. Surge frente al proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje la necesidad de potenciar nuevas formas de adquirir el conocimiento, compartirlo, valorarlo, interiorizarlo y utilizarlo para la regulación y autorregulación del comportamiento. El enfoque tradicional de las Estrategias de Aprendizaje, no ha sido concebido ante estas nuevas demanda, necesitando de una revisión crítica y de buscar nuevas formas de concebir este proceso. Es por ello que surge la necesidad de replantear muchas de las ideas que este concepto encierra, más allá de seguir utilizando procedimientos que forman estudiantes mecanicistas o estereotipados. El actual interés por el tema de las Estrategias de Aprendizaje es, en parte, promovido por las nuevas orientaciones psicopedagógicas que generan la Reformas Educativas en diversas latitudes. A lo largo de las décadas se han hecho aportaciones significativas desde diferentes concepciones y modelos que han matizado el actual estado sobre la cuestión.