This work describes the impact of different teachers’ approaches in using Moodle, for supporting their courses, at the Polytechnic of Porto School of Engineering. The study covers five different courses, from different degrees and different years, and includes a number of Moodle resources especially supporting laboratory classes. These and other active resources are particularly analyzed in ord...

Gamification, the application of game elements to non-game settings, continues to grow in popularity as a method to increase student engagement in the classroom. We tested students across two courses, measuring their motivation, social comparison, effort, satisfaction, learner empowerment, and academic performance at four points during a 16-week semester. One course received a gamified curricul...

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Research funded by this award focused on the synthesis of unique plasmonic nanoparticles, preparation of core-shell particles to enhance the generation of hydrogen via the photocatalytic splitting of water, and mechanistic studies of the charge transfer of such core-shell particles. A particular emphasis centered on the synthesis and study of hollow gold-silver nanoshells (GSNSs) having tunable...

Upward communication strategies were investigated at six university presidential BBS in Taiwan. A 12 CMC upward influence strategies scheme was developed including demand, facts, questioning, comparing, hitchhiking, rational persuasion, feelings only, sarcasm, inspirational appeals, ingratiating, alliance, and threatening. Two major research questions were proposed asking about the differences ...

There are four questions. They have equal weight, though they are probably not of equal difficulty. The exam is meant to allow an A performance in four hours of work. Long answers are less welcome than shorter, correct answers. The exam is available at 10AM Wednesday, January 23 and is due at 10AM Thursday, January 24. Submission of answers by email is OK, and I will verify that I have received...

In this study, we propose an IT-based peer assessment (ITPA) for enhancing interaction and feedback in universities’ large-scale lectures. These lectures often lack interaction and feedback, and focus on mainly imparting factual knowledge. Hence, these formats often cannot go beyond the basic cognitive levels of educational objectives. Using the ITPA within the learning process helps integratin...

Excessive entitlement – an exaggerated or unrealistic belief about what one deserves – has been associated with a variety of maladaptive behaviors, including a decline in motivation and effort. In the context of tertiary education, we reasoned that if students expend less effort to obtain positive outcomes to which they feel entitled, this should have negative implications for academic performa...