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Context. Considering the importance of software testing to the development of high quality and reliable software systems, this paper aims to investigate how can work-related factors influence the motivation of software testers. Method. We applied a questionnaire that was developed using a previous theory of motivation and satisfaction of software engineers to conduct a survey-based study to explore...
The significant number of fails and dropouts in computing undergraduate courses, especially in mathematics and programming, remains a challenge. Although the motivation can be directly related to the success of the student, it has only been addressed by a few studies. The purpose in this paper is to assess the impact of factors prior to university on the performance and motivation of undergraduate...
The purpose of this study is to examine generalized self-efficacy and attitudes of the F.M.V. Işık University Engineering Faculty students of Introduction to Programming Course (CSE101) with respect to student gender and course language (Turkish-English). A total of 114 university students, 40 female and 74 male, participated in the research. In order to measure students' self-efficacy perceptions,...
This paper combines two bodies of engineering education work aimed at improving the undergraduate engineering classroom experience for industrial and mechanical engineering students. The integration of these two bodies of work has led researchers to propose a framework for maximizing undergraduate engineering student motivation, satisfaction, and performance. The “Interact, Cultivate, Deliver” or...
Engineering culture has traditionally limited rather than fostered diversity in engineering. This culture serves to limit representation of diverse individuals within engineering and create environments that are detrimental to creativity, problem solving, and productivity. One way to address this issue is to understand how students align themselves with the cultural values of engineering and navigate...
Teaching mathematics for engineering students is very important. New undergraduate students are aware that they will need mathematical concepts in professional activities. It is still usual to observe not only the difficulty of students in mathematical disciplines, but also the lack of motivation for those disciplines. Motivate and keep motivated the engineering students to mathematical disciplines...
Your school reached its target percentage for women in engineering. So what? And now what? With all the discussion and reporting of percentages of women in engineering, educators may be tempted to assume that attaining a target number, or ‘critical mass,’ alone solves the problems related to engagement of a gender diverse student body. We argue that while critical mass may be necessary, it is insufficient...
Today it is already widely accepted that out of school education exceeds formal education in content and knowledge and that it is not a plus, but a necessity. However, unlike formal education, educators working in informal settings are often volunteers or/and they do those activities on top of their daily jobs. The research questions we pose here are (i) what motivates people to volunteer in K-12...
This paper describes the details of a theme-based and hands-on STEM learning program utilizing an underwater robot called GUPPIE. Glider for Underwater Problem-solving and Promotion of Interest in Engineering (GUPPIE) is an example of a robot with oceanographic and environmental monitoring application. GUPPIE helps students to learn about fundamentals of physics (buoyancy, gravity, drag and lift force),...
The issue of competence assessment in engineering is analyzed in the context of the lack of motivation for learning. The source of this lack of motivation comes from the distribution of high school students. This assignment creates marginalization for a large number of students. Exit from marginalization can be accomplished through additional motivation. This is the responsibility of the competence...
Based on challenge of identifying which gamification elements can promote student motivation in accessible and innovative learning objects, this article aims to present the opinion of deaf students volunteers when they had been using a hypermedia comics learning object. The methodology was qualitative, applied in a questionnaire structured in ARCS model. As a result, the motivational potential of...
The motivation is a crucial factor and it has a huge role in modern education process. Research and improvement of the definition of sustainability facilitating sustainable development of education process is very significant question in modern life. This research will give a new look to definition of sustainability, will be the source of new scientific ideas and ways of thinking about the modern...
Student-centered learning environments, including flipped classrooms, are becoming increasingly common in engineering education. Numerous advantages have been ascribed to these approaches, including that they increase student engagement and achievement. Unfortunately, not all students respond favorably to student-centered courses. To understand why, we are studying how students perceive their experiences...
Despite the wide adoption of agile methodologies, software development teams still struggle to meet time, budget and scope. These challenges are partially explained by practitioners' lack of motivation to apply agile techniques in practice. Some researchers have already proposed to tackle this problem with gamification, i.e. the use of game elements and game-design in non-game contexts. However, very...
Many stroke survivors experience motor deficits. Rehabilitation is important for the maintenance and recovery of motor functions for activities of daily living. Motivated patients tend to show better rehabilitation effects. In this study, motor function was scored using the Simple Exercise Machine for Upper Limbs (SEMUL) rehabilitation system for upper limbs and the trainees were given feedback on...
This article dials with the problems of information search in company knowledge management system by keywords and belonging to some category. The approach of weight coefficients correction based on user activity statistics is considered; also, associative analysis that allows to determine keywords bonds in measure of user request is used.
The aim of this paper is to report the findings of an investigation into the influence of organizational structures on the motivation of South African university employees to effective use HRIS. HRIS is a management system that assists organisations with the management of employees, employee's details and activities which aims to benefit the university collective duties such as strategic planning...
The purpose of this paper is to construct an online learning support in the context of the blinded learning. The learning support includes three parts: environment support, resource support and emotional support. The characteristics and functionality of the each part are presented. According to the characteristics of blended learning, the function of each module is designed from the three stages of...
There are some issues with the adoption of information technology of infrastructure library (ITIL). The common issue comes from customers that always need excellent services. On the other hand, there are employees acting as an internal element of enterprise who need to be motivated while delivering the services. It has been known that the pressure at work and employees' personal problem can cause...
The research focus on The motivation of Ubiquitous Mobile learning and gender, it took sport literacy as courses, a research use flipped classroom concept to develop a learning method suitable for basketball advanced student as well as learning by doing model to teach student about the sport literacy concept.332 University students from Central Taiwan participate in the experiment, the tablet was...
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