LearnSmart,adaptive teaching,and student learning effectiveness: An empirical investigation

Facing the growing number of digital natives entering the classroom, business professors look for innovative ways to enhance the student learning experience. The authors focus on the online interactive learning tool LearnSmart (McGraw-Hill, New York, NY), and examine its impact on student learning effectiveness by testing the direct and indirect relationships among perceived competence, perceived challenge, instructors, perceived value, and satisfaction with LearnSmart. Constructionism served as the theoretical foundation for this study. About 215 students at a public university in the United States took the survey and 197 valid responses were received. Regression analysis results showed that the use of LearnSmart improved students' perceived competency, thus increasing their perceived value of using LearnSmart, as well as their satisfaction with LearnSmart. Perceived value was also found to mediate the impact of perceived competency on satisfaction with LearnSmart, and the instructor played a significant role in facilitating and improving student learning. Perceived challenge impacted student's perceived value of using LearnSmart, but it did not influence satisfaction with LearnSmart.     

A typology of students based on academic entitlement

Two hundred ninety-three university business students were surveyed using an academic entitlement (AE) scale updated to include new technologies. Using factor analysis, three components of AE were identified: grade entitlement, behavioral entitlement, and service entitlement. A k-means clustering procedure was then applied to identify four groups based on the relative strength of the AE components: the model student, under the radar, instructor as servant, and the privileged. These groups were further characterized by additional demographic (i.e., parental income) and classroom variables (i.e., instructor response times). Findings can help business educators gain better insight into the AE construct and devise more effective instructional strategies.     

Curriculum assessment through a capstone course: a case study in hospitality and tourism programs

The purpose of this study was to develop a systematic process that other educational institutions and programs could follow to establish a consistent and accurate evaluation method for a capstone course. Hospitality industry professionals and hospitality management faculty were interviewed through focus-group discussions, and a post-focus-group survey was conducted to determine a weighted percentage for each of the nine determined content domains. A test blueprint for a hospitality management capstone course was developed to measure programmatic student learning outcomes based on the weighted domains determined through this study. The results provide a usable instrument for hospitality and tourism management programs to enhance their current assessment methodology.     

论学校文化与民族学生学业质量

本文运用文化人类学的研究方法,对影响民族学生学业质量的文化因素进行了深入的研究分析,在此基础上,以文化冲突等相关理论为依据,着重从文化的角度分析影响民族学生学业质量的办学理念、教师文化、物质文化、文化活动等学校文化因素,并进行理论解释和探讨.     

Tuition fees and social segregation: lessons from a natural experiment at the University of Paris 9-Dauphine

Using a natural experiment, a sharp rise in tuition fees in some of the programmes at the University of Paris 9-Dauphine, we study the impact of tuition fees on students’ pathways, and outcomes. We apply an optimal matching method to the national database of students’ registrations (SISE) to define a typology of pathways. We then use a nonordered multinomial logit model to evaluate the impact of the rise in tuition fees on the types of pathways selected by the university. We show that there is a significant impact on these pathways. The increase in tuition fees reduces geographic and social mobility, thereby accentuating the phenomena of social segregation. Furthermore, contrary to what some of the studies assert, the rise does not appear to encourage greater effort: we find no impact on the graduation success rate.     

关于当代大学生爱国主义的调查与思考

爱国主义是大学生德育教育的一个中要组成部分,也是现代教育不可或缺的一个重要内容,更是现代社会主义市场经济建设中引人奋发向上的动力,是中华民族复兴的源泉,是建设中国特色社会主义的必要条件,本文针对在校高职生进行了部分调查,旨在通过调查找到大学生在爱国教育上存在的一些问题,并提出一些相应的解决方法。     

学生管理创新应用研究

教师肩负着教育引导学生,培养他们树立正确的世界观、道德观、人生观、价值观的重任,化学教师如何在教学工作中融入传统教育的管理与创新应用,似乎一直是个比较难解的题。为此,笔者通过多年教学中总结的一些经验与同行分享。希望有更多的人关注在理化生等理科学科中,对学生进行有效引导与教育,帮他们走上成才之路。     

税务专业硕士(MT)培养模式创新研究

税务专业硕士(MT)培养尚处于摸索和起步阶段。文章从MT教育的逻辑起点即环境分析入手,以国内35家MT培养单位为研究对象,认为受传统学术型研究生"重科研轻实践"培养观念的影响,MT教育的发展遇到了很多困难,培养效果与预期目标之间存在较大差距。Boyer理论从拓宽的学术内涵看待专业硕士的培养,有助于正确推动MT教育的发展,满足我国经济社会发展对高级涉税人才的需求。     

关于我系如何培养高素质团总支、学生会学生干部的思考

系团总支、学生会中的学生干部是系学生中的突出群体,在服务同学、协助学校管理、构建和谐校园的各项工作中具有十分重要的作用,是系人才培养和各项建设的重要部分。加强团总支、学生会学生干部队伍的素质培养,是系精神文明建设、系风学风建设和学生思想政治教育工作的重要环节。本文结合作者实际工作体会,分析了系团总支、学生会学生干部的特点,指出存在的问题,探索了培养高素质团总支、学生会学生干部的方式方法,对系学生干部的培养和校园文化建设具有积极的现实意义。     

Predictive Power of Personal Factors in Studying Students' Perception of Sales Profession in Poland

Since Poland has become a member of the European Union, free market activities have increased dramatically. The purpose of this study is to explore university students' perceptions of personal selling as a career in Poland. Using logistic regression and Z-test methodologies, we analyzed the perceptions of 114 students. The results confirm the findings of previous studies that personal factors play a significant role in predicting students' perception of sales profession as a career. The findings presented in this study show that Polish students have a biased perception about sales as a career; however, interestingly, few dimensions show a significant effect. Understanding students' perceptions of the sales profession will help corporate recruiters achieve their goals by selecting those students most likely to excel in sales careers.