This Research Paper presents the evaluation of an instrument to identify the impact of motivation and engagement factors in undergraduate students in computing. Although researches indicate a direct impact of motivati...
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(纸本)9781538611753;9781538611746
This Research Paper presents the evaluation of an instrument to identify the impact of motivation and engagement factors in undergraduate students in computing. Although researches indicate a direct impact of motivation and engagement on student performance and retention, few studies have been found that address which factors are relevant in this process. The instrument is a questionnaire based on the compilation of several works of the literature containing 48 items divided into 6 groups: personal and demographic data, general perception about motivation, perception about the university, student behavior, perception about program and perception about classes/teachers. The questionnaire evaluation is based on a case study with 112 undergraduate students in Software engineering. As a result, we found that the questionnaire can be considered reliable (Cronbach's alpha = .8904). Considering the validity of constructs, we found an acceptable degree of correlation between the most pair of items in each group (averaging 63%). We also found that the item-total correlation coefficient was only not adequate for one factor group, indicating satisfactory correlation for all other items. Finally, we found that the number of factors is coherent, but there are several items from different groups strongly correlated, indicating the need for a reorganization.
This Research to Practice Paper presents the results of the evaluation of pre-university factors that impact the initial motivation of undergraduate students in computing. Although there are studies in the literature ...
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(纸本)9781538611753;9781538611746
This Research to Practice Paper presents the results of the evaluation of pre-university factors that impact the initial motivation of undergraduate students in computing. Although there are studies in the literature that have investigated some previous factors, this paper replicates a previous work that aims to consolidate several pre-university factors and, as the main differential, uses the AMS (Academic Motivation Scale), a scale already consolidated in the literature to measure students' initial motivation, and evaluate the relation between motivation and candidate factors. We applied a questionnaire to 159 students from different computing programs in ten universities, which evaluates 20 factors divided into 4 groups: personal and demographic data, taste and knowledge of the program and area, computing experience, and school performance. To evaluate the correlation between factors and motivation, we used Spearman's coefficient, t-student test, and ANOVA to evaluate the correlation between factors and motivation. As main results, we found significant variation in the initial motivation according to following factors: taste for programming and technology, knowledge about the undergraduate program content, correct perception about computing professionals, knowledge and experience in computerprogramming, and general school performance.
The purpose of this research is to know how influence of mixture of pertamax with Tuak Nias (Tuonifaro) to fuel consumption at 125 cc engine To prove that Tuak Nias or Tuonifaro can be used as fuel mixture on motorcyc...
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Image magnification is one of the branches in digital image processing that is often required in various applications such as in the field of medicine, multimedia, and in satellite imagery. As technology grows, more a...
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Cryptography is the science and art of maintaining the security of messages when messages are sent from one place to another. One of the ways securing the form of text message information is by the encryption process ...
Cryptography is the science and art of maintaining the security of messages when messages are sent from one place to another. One of the ways securing the form of text message information is by the encryption process using the Vigenere Cipher algorithm and utilizing the One Time Pad (OTP) algorithm as a key generator, where the message will be random when it is opened. The message encryption process used the vigenere cipher algorithm while OTP is used to secure the key with the same formula. After this research has been done, an application was designed to secure text messages by converting the text message into a random message so that the message was unreadable due to a secret message that could not be known by others. The results achieved can secure an encrypted message that cannot be reopened and if those messages were reopened, they must be decrypted.
This volume presents selected, peer-reviewed, short papers that were accepted for presentation in the 5th International Conference on Variable Neighborhood Search (ICVNS'17) which was held in Ouro Preto, Brazil, d...
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This volume presents selected, peer-reviewed, short papers that were accepted for presentation in the 5th International Conference on Variable Neighborhood Search (ICVNS'17) which was held in Ouro Preto, Brazil, during October 2–4, 2017.
In the face of increasingly competitive competition in the hospital industry, RSU managers are required to be able to develop strategies, policies or new breakthroughs related to improving the quality of their service...
In the face of increasingly competitive competition in the hospital industry, RSU managers are required to be able to develop strategies, policies or new breakthroughs related to improving the quality of their services, through improving the characteristics of hospital services, which focus on patient needs, so that the risk of errors or discrepancies between service characteristics that are enhanced by what the patient wants can be avoided or minimized. From the results of research conducted there are 21 variables of patient needs from a health service at the Government General Hospital (RSU). Whereas the patient's research on the service quality of the Government Hospital is 1 variable that has fulfilled the needs of patients, namely that they are satisfied with the quality of hospital services. Variable is the state and completeness of modern medical facilities. Whereas for other variables there are gaps so that they cannot meet patient expectations until the highest quality limit is very satisfied, it is necessary to have a direction of improvement. To obtain the suitability, the technique used to improve the characteristics of the service is the application of the QFD method. The QFD method in this study is in the form of a quality service matrix at the Government General Hospital. From the HOQ matrix, the service quality of the Government Hospital is obtained from the input of the Government Hospital/management that there are priority variables needed to improve their quality, which is generally the patient's needs related to the recovery of patients, including the knowledge and abilities of doctors, medicines the treatment given in the healing of patients, the service of examination, treatment and care that is fast and precise, guarantee of security and trust in the services provided and the completeness of the readiness and cleanliness of the equipment used. So there are 33 service quality characteristics prioritized for further improvement, with the main pr
Utilization of Information and communication Technology (ICT) is still relatively low in the level of SMEs due to various limitations ranging from access to capital, till the marketing network. ICT is present to provi...
Utilization of Information and communication Technology (ICT) is still relatively low in the level of SMEs due to various limitations ranging from access to capital, till the marketing network. ICT is present to provide the ability for SMEs in improving the benefits and competitive advantage of the organization. This study aims to determine the level of readiness of SMEs in utilizing technology, especially ICT. The methodology used is a survey to see the technology readiness of 107 SMEs in South Tangerang selected by purposive sampling. The approach used is TRI (Technology Readiness Index) which is the individual perception of technology based on four criteria that is optimism, innovativeness, discomfort and insecurity. The results showed that the optimism and innovativeness variables significantly positively influence the technology readiness while the variables of discomfort and insecurity also significantly positively influence the readiness of ICT.
E-learning nowadays has become a requirement for institutions to support their learning activities. To adopt e-learning, an institution requires a large strategy and resources for optimal application. Unfortunately, n...
E-learning nowadays has become a requirement for institutions to support their learning activities. To adopt e-learning, an institution requires a large strategy and resources for optimal application. Unfortunately, not all institutions that have used e-learning got the desired results or expectations. This study aims to identify the extent of the level of readiness of e-learning implementation in institution X. The degree of institutional readiness will determine the success of future e-learning utilization. In addition, institutional readiness measurement are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of strategies in e-learning development. The research method used is survey with questionnaire designed based on integration of 8 best practice ELR (e-learning readiness) model. The results showed that from 13 factors of integrated ELR model being measured, there are 3 readiness factors included in the category of not ready and needs a lot of work. They are human resource (2.57), technology skill (2.38) and content factors (2.41). In general, e-learning implementation in institutions is in the category of not ready but needs some of work (3.27). Therefore, the institution should consider which factors or areas of ELR factors are considered still not ready and needs improvement in the future.
This study explores the spatial-temporal patterns of particulate matter (PM) in Taiwan. Probability map of PM and daily patterns are discussed in this study. Data mining provides more detailed spatial-temporal informa...
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This study explores the spatial-temporal patterns of particulate matter (PM) in Taiwan. Probability map of PM and daily patterns are discussed in this study. Data mining provides more detailed spatial-temporal information for PM variations and trends. The proposed model will show that data mining provides a relatively high goodness of fit and sufficient space-time explanatory power, particularly air pollution frequency and affect areas. In the proposed model, a method using Dynamic Time Warping is proposed to analyse temporal similarity between stations. The proposed model can eliminate global effect on a single station through the performance of multiple stations. The proposed model will further be used for prediction of PM2.5. The prediction results will discuss the spatial-temporal relations between stations. This study will investigate the distribution of PM and its cyclicality.
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