This paper analyses gender differences of the success candidates who applied for the entrance exam in the Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, University of Banja Luka during 2012, ...2013 and 2014. The success of candidates according to gender in relation to the desired study programs was especially observed. The length of study of enrolled candidates who graduated was also analysed in relation to gender and study programs. It was concluded that success in the entrance exam and success in high school are statistically significantly related to success in studies, as well as the length of study. Women in architecture and civil engineering studies are just as successful as men, while in the study of geodesy women are more successful than men. The results of this research are presented using statistical analysis.
The Faculty of Economics and Management is providing quality economic and managerial education within the accredited study programs. We analyzed the obtained students´ results of study program ...Accounting in the subject of Basics of Accounting. The analysis subject was the students’ success in the before mentioned subject and changes in the final assessment. We assessed reached results of 318 students for 4 academic years, this subject was obligatory for these students. The final assessment was analyzed as a whole, as well as the manner these students achieved. We were interested whether the student met the conditions in an ordinary term. According to our opinion the analysis considered the necessary factor, the type of graduated secondary school. The average grade in individual terms was calculated by the arithmetic mean from all grades “A - FX”, the total average grade was similarly calculated as the arithmetic mean of the final assessment recorded in the reports. In the analysis, the structure of students was also described through the mode, which is defined as the most common value of a statistical feature. We found out that the graduates of business academy prevail in the study program Accounting. We assumed that the graduates of business academies reach the best results in comparison with other students. However, the aggregated results of assessments did not confirm the existence of such an advantage. The worst average assessment is characteristic for the first corrective term, on the contrary, the best average grade is given in the second corrective term.
The Faculty of Economics and Management is providing quality economic and managerial education within the accredited study programs. We analyzed the obtained students´ results of study program ...Accounting in the subject of Basics of Accounting. The analysis subject was the students’ success in the before mentioned subject and changes in the final assessment. We assessed reached results of 318 students for 4 academic years, this subject was obligatory for these students. The final assessment was analyzed as a whole, as well as the manner these students achieved. We were interested whether the student met the conditions in an ordinary term. According to our opinion the analysis considered the necessary factor, the type of graduated secondary school. The average grade in individual terms was calculated by the arithmetic mean from all grades “A - FX”, the total average grade was similarly calculated as the arithmetic mean of the final assessment recorded in the reports. In the analysis, the structure of students was also described through the mode, which is defined as the most common value of a statistical feature. We found out that the graduates of business academy prevail in the study program Accounting. We assumed that the graduates of business academies reach the best results in comparison with other students. However, the aggregated results of assessments did not confirm the existence of such an advantage. The worst average assessment is characteristic for the first corrective term, on the contrary, the best average grade is given in the second corrective term
Accounting subjects in a matriculation college focused on knowledge and practical skills, with less attention to the elements of soft skills. Hence, the purpose of this study was to assess the level ...of soft skills among accounting students attending Perlis Matriculation College. A total of 250 students in the first semester, comprising 80 male and 170 female students took part in the study, which was based on assessments using individual and group assignments. Students used the Mr. Accounting software for individual assignments and case studies during group assignments. The study was carried out throughout a semester, which was 16 weeks. A soft skills assessment tool was adapted from the Integrated Cumulative Grade Average Grade (iCGPA), which was used by lecturers in the college to assess the competencies of the students. The soft skills were evaluated through observations during the assignments by the lecturers using the soft skills rubrics, which had 38 items that represented six learning outcomes based on the Malaysian Qualifications Framework. The data collected were analysed descriptively. The findings showed that the overall elements of the learning outcomes had a high mean score, which suggested that students practised these sets of soft skills in the learning process. The domain with the highest score was on social responsibilities, while critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
The conditions of declining gold grade in the ore, increasing depth of excavation, and de-creasing unallocated stock of deposits make it necessary to develop efficient solutions for the mine-to-mill ...process, which have to be adapted to each specific mining plant and will optimizes production costs. Current research focuses on a case study that demonstrates how indicators of mining losses and dilution influence the variation of costs chain in the production cycle. The article examines the topical issue of determining the effects at the mine-to-mill stages due to changes in losses and dilution. The author’s approach to the formation of a mine-to-mill cost chain is proposed by integrating several cost estimation methods into the general cost estimation methodology. The estimation methodology is a compilation of factor analysis and cost engineering methods that take into account the change in costs due to the variation of losses and dilution. It was proven that with variations in losses and dilution, cost savings arise due to changes in the volume of work on ore averaging, ore transportation, and beneficiation. For the case of the Kuranakh ore field, there are no effects at the mining stage. The use of internal reserves by means of managing ore quality parameters allows reducing the costs per ton of processed rock mass along the entire production chain.
The present study researched: 1.The correlation among the baccalaureate average grade for admission to the university and average grades earned each semester 2. The correlation among grades for each ...semester of the three year program. The data used in this study includes scores and grades for the 125 students who had taken their entrance exam in the 2012/2013 academic year. Data was analyzed using the Bravais-Pearson correlation coefficient and the Cohen criteria for analyzing effect size. The results indicate that there is a significant positive correlation between the entrance scores and the grades for the first five semesters. The data indicate that the correlation between the exam average and GPA average is not significant for the last semester. The effect size scores indicate that this significance is medium for the first two semesters (.48 and .43); the effect size is low for the next three semesters (.37, .22, .20). The results also indicate there are significant positive correlations between the GPA of each of the semesters. These results indicate that each semester’s GPA average has a high effect size score for the subsequent semesters. The effect size scores are lower for each subsequent semester but remain in the high effect size levels, ranging from .82 to .72. The conclusion drawn from this data is that in order to develop more consistent decision-making predictions the university should use both baccalaureate averages and GPA both in the transition from high school to university and between semesters and years within the university program. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG. Die vorliegende Studie erforschte: 1. Die Korrelation zwischen dem Bakkalaureat Durchschnittsnote für die Zulassung zur Universität und die Durchschnittsnoten erwarb jedes Semester. 2. Die Korrelation zwischen den Noten für jedes Semester des Dreijahresprogramm. Die Daten verwendet in dieser Studie umfassen Noten und Wertungen für 125 Studenten, die ihre Aufnahmeprüfung im Studienjahr 2012/2013 übernommen haben. Die Daten wurden mit dem Bravais-Pearson-Korrelationskoeffizient und die Cohen Kriterien für die Effektgröße analysiert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass es eine signifikante positive Korrelation zwischen den Eingangswertungen und die Noten für die ersten fünf Semester gibt. Die Daten zeigen, dass die Korrelation zwischen der Prüfung Durchschnitt und GPA Durchschnitt für das letzte Semester nicht signifikant ist. Die Effektgröße Werte zeigen, dass diese Bedeutung für die ersten beiden Semester Medium ist (0,48 und 0,43); die Effektgröße ist für die nächsten drei Semestern niedrig (0,37, 0,22, 0,20). Die Ergebnisse zeigen auch, dass es eine es signifikante positive Korrelation zwischen der GPA jedes Semester gibt. Diese Ergebnisse zeigen, dass GPA Durchschnitt jedes Semesters eine hohe Effektstärke- Wert für den nachfolgenden Semestern hat. Die Effektgröße Werte sind niedriger für jedes weitere Semester aber bleiben in den hohen Effektgröße Niveaus, von 0,82 bis 0,72. Die Schlussfolgerung anhand diesen Daten ist, dass, um einheitlichere Entscheidungsfindung Prognosen zu entwickeln, sollte die Universität sowohl Bakkalaureat Durchschnittswerte und GPA in den Übergang von Gymnasium zur Universität und zwischen Semester und innerhalb Jahren der Universität Programm verwenden. Schlüsselwörter: Pädagogik der Grund- und Vorschulbildung, Abitur-Prüfung Durchschnittsnote, Notendurchschnitt pro Semester, GPA, Zugangsvoraussetzungen, akademischen Erfolg
The linguistic knowledge of foreign language learners appears to be partly implicit and partly explicit. Learners rely on implicit knowledge when involved in spontaneous everyday com- munication, ...while explicit knowledge enables them to reflect on language structures and reco- gnise or use metalanguage. The present study investigated the explicit and implicit foreign language learners’ knowledge of English tenses in the Bosnian context at the end of the first educational cycle, i.e., primary school, by means of a metalinguistic test, an untimed gram- maticality judgement test and an elicited imitation test. The study aimed at exploring the var- iability in the quantity and quality of EFL learners’ knowledge and the relationship between different types of knowledge based on three factors, namely gender, average grade, and start- ing age. While revealing quite limited knowledge of the target structures, the findings showed no significant difference between explicit and implicit knowledge, while the correlation co- efficients between them were relatively high. Out of the three factors, a three-way ANOVA showed that only average grade proved to have a significant main effect on EFL knowledge. The interaction effect of gender and grade was significant on the participants’ overall EFL knowledge and their explicit knowledge, whereas a significant interaction effect of all three factors was confirmed only on explicit knowledge.
Iako se šumarstvo smatra tradicionalnom strukom i područjem znanosti, njegova važnost i značenje u današnjim prilikama povećane svijesti o klimatskim promjena i dobrobiti održivog razvoja prirodnih ...ekosustava svakim danom sve više raste. Suvremeni i ažurirani studijski programi neophodni su uvjet za primjereno obrazovanje stručnjaka za gospodarenje šumskim ekosustavima i proizvodima.
Bolji uvid u studentsku socioekonomsku pozadinu i motivaciju za studij mogu poslužiti za unapređenje studijskih programa, kao i pomoć studentima u postizanju boljih rezultata. Provedeno je istraživanje radi usporedbe trajanja preddiplomskog studija i postignute prosječne ocjene s analizom čimbenika koji bi mogli na to utjecati. Proveden je upitnik među studentima (N=185) diplomskih studija Šumarskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu akademske godine 2016/2017. Analizom varijance testirane su razlike između prosječnih ocjena studija i trajanja studija. Za procjenu utjecaja čimbenika na trajanje studija provedena je višestruka linearna regresija.
Približno trećina studenata dolazi iz Zagreba. Više od dvije trećine studenata na šumarskom odsjeku je završilo gimnaziju, dok su na drvnotehnološkom odsjeku dvije trećine studenata završile srednje strukovne škole. Prosječne ocjene i trajanje studija ne razlikuju se statistički značajno po studijskim programima ni po spolu. Prosječna ocjena studija i trajanje studija statistički su značajno negativno korelirani za sva tri studijska programa. Statistički značajni prediktor trajanja studija za sva tri studijska programa je prosječna ocjena studija. Za studij Šumarstvo dodatni prediktori za kraće studiranje su stipendija i osobna motivacija, dok su za studij drvne tehnologije spol (M), stipendija i završena srednja škola (gimnazija).
Although forestry is often considered as a traditional field of applied science, it resumes its importance in context of increased awareness of climate change and benefits coming from natural ecosystems. Updated and contemporary study programmes are needed to ensure an adequate education on managing forest ecosystems and its products.
A better insight in student background and their motivation for studies are welcome to improve the study programmes and also to find the ways how to help students achieve better results. A case study research was carried out to measure success of studies by duration of studies and average grades achieved, with possible causes. Three undergraduate study programmes on Zagreb Faculty of Forestry were analyzed (Forestry N=94, Urban forestry N=54 and Wood Technology N=39), with data acquired from a questionnaire among forestry graduate students on the same faculty academic year 2016/2017. A Factorial ANOVA was performed to test differences between the studies, and a multivariate linear regression for the influence of predictor variables on the duration of study.
Although this profession is associated with people from rural areas, about one third of all students comes from the capital city (Figure 1). Students of Wood Technology (DT) are mostly coming from vocational schools (70%) while Forestry (ŠO) and Urban Forestry (UŠ) students are mostly from gymnasiums (67% and 83%). For about 91% of students main motivation was a personal sake rather than a family interest (9%). Average scores and the duration of study on three study programmes have not been proven significantly different between the studies, nor between male and female students (Table 5). A longer time of study is proven to negatively correlated with the average grades on all study programmes: ŠO (r = -0,56), UŠ (r = -0,55) and DT (r = -0,38) (Table 4.). Statistically significant predictor for duration (with logarithmic transformation) on all study programmes in regression analysis was the average grade, with negative sign, thus leading to a shorter study time. Additional statistically significant predictors for ŠO were obtained grant and personal motivation (negative sign), and for DT were sex, obtained grant, and type of high school (Table 6).
The present study researched: 1.The correlation among the baccalaureate average grade for admission to the university and average grades earned each semester 2. The correlation among grades for each ...semester of the three year program. The data used in this study includes scores and grades for the 125 students who had taken their entrance exam in the 2012/2013 academic year. Data was analyzed using the Bravais-Pearson correlation coefficient and the Cohen criteria for analyzing effect size. The results indicate that there is a significant positive correlation between the entrance scores and the grades for the first five semesters. The data indicate that the correlation between the exam average and GPA average is not significant for the last semester. The effect size scores indicate that this significance is medium for the first two semesters (.48 and .43); the effect size is low for the next three semesters (.37, .22, .20). The results also indicate there are significant positive correlations between the GPA of each of the semesters. These results indicate that each semester’s GPA average has a high effect size score for the subsequent semesters. The effect size scores are lower for each subsequent semester but remain in the high effect size levels, ranging from .82 to .72. The conclusion drawn from this data is that in order to develop more consistent decision-making predictions the university should use both baccalaureate averages and GPA both in the transition from high school to university and between semesters and years within the university program.
This study aims to analyze patterns of gender-based grade disparity in undergraduate information technology (IT) courses at a public research university. The study is part of an effort to understand ...factors in IT education that may contribute to the gender gap in IT higher education and careers. The study followed a learning analytics methodology developed and used by previous studies of gendered based performance differences in STEM courses at other universities. This research adds to a base of information on gender performance in IT courses. Results indicated that, on average, IT courses have gendered performance differences, with most courses favoring males. Also, results found that, on average, the course delivery method does not impact gender performance. A surprising result is in the senior-level courses, on average, the courses favor females. The recommendations for expanding the study are to examine additional course factors such as instructor gender, class size, and the number of females in the course and to include additional computing disciplines and other universities in the data set. This study will lead to a research path to understanding gender neutral IT course instruction.
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