FWIS 100 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION Short Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF ACADEMIC COMM Department: First-Year Writing Intensive Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Seminar Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Graduate level students may not enroll. Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Description: Designed to prepare students who need more time and practice in reading and writing to meet t...

This paper studies the academic information that can be obtained from the “Canvas LMS”, an e-learning platform. The main objective is to obtain academic information that allows teachers to improve the learning process of the students. To obtain academic information, two types of low level data, raw data, are analysed: the messages written by the students and the questionnaires filled by the stu...

This study investigated ego developmental differences in adolescent academic orientations and academic achievement. A sample of 142 male and female high school students completed the Washington University Sentence Completion Test and self-report measures assessing academic locus of control, learning orientation (LO), and grade orientation (GO). With increasing ego development, adolescents demon...

The unique effects of level of self-esteem and contingencies of self-worth assessed prior to college on academic, social, and financial problems experienced during the freshman year were examined in a longitudinal study of 642 college students. Low self-esteem predicted social problems, even controlling for demographic and personality variables (neuroticism, agreeableness, and social desirabili...

Adoption of blended learning is a complex process for higher education institutions and academic staff. Although the move towards blended learning is generally instigated at institutional level, factors determining its success and minimising resistance of faculty often emerge at delivery level. This paper explores adoption of blended learning practices in a Business School at a university in th...

Assessment, recognition and certification of MOOCs both at the academic level and for the jobs market As long as the assessment issue is not solved in MOOC systems, at the academic level universities may be reluctant to recognize MOOCs for their degree programmes and certification becomes difficult. Employers may recognize badges awarded after the attendance of MOOCs in their HR and training po...

MTH 111 is a first year first semester Algebra course for all Natural Sciences students at the Berbice campus. At the first sitting of the course about 50% of the students secure passing grades of 40% and above. The aim of the research was to determine the factors which influence student performance in the course and isolate the best set of predictors. Pearson’s correlation conducted on the dat...

objectives: the aim of this research was to assess the level of awareness of rehabilitation professionals employed in academic rehabilitation centers in tehran with reference to tele-rehabilitation technology. methods: in this study, a descriptive cross-sectional research method was used. the research was implemented by using a researcher-designed questionnaire which was developed by the integr...