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How Do NLP-Supported Scaffolding Techniques Support Students’ Written Reflections?

INTED2023 Proceedings

First-Year Engineering Students’ Experiences and Motivation Amid Emergency Remote Instruction

IEEE Transactions on Education

Fossilsketch - an Interactive Software That Improves Student Ability to Learn Microfossil Identification Independently

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Aspect Level Songs Rating Based Upon Reviews in English

Computers, Materials & Continua

With the advancements in internet facilities, people are more inclined towards the use of online ... more With the advancements in internet facilities, people are more inclined towards the use of online services. The service providers shelve their items for e-users. These users post their feedbacks, reviews, ratings, etc. after the use of the item. The enormous increase in these reviews has raised the need for an automated system to analyze these reviews to rate these items. Sentiment Analysis (SA) is a technique that performs such decision analysis. This research targets the ranking and rating through sentiment analysis of these reviews, on different aspects. As a case study, Songs are opted to design and test the decision model. Different aspects of songs namely music, lyrics, song, voice and video are picked. For the reason, reviews of 20 songs are scraped from YouTube, pre-processed and formed a dataset. Different machine learning algorithms-Naïve Bayes (NB), Gradient Boost Tree, Logistic Regression LR, K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) are applied. ANN performed the best with 74.99% accuracy. Results are validated using K-Fold.

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Work in Progress: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies in STEM Courses: Students' Perspectives

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Jul 26, 2021

Work in Progress: STEM Students’ Experiences with Educational Technology Tools

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Jul 26, 2021

Situating multi‐modal approaches in engineering education research

Journal of Engineering Education, 2022

The effectiveness of an integrated STEM curriculum unit on middle school students' life science learning

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2022

Requirement Inventing and Verification Strategies for Small Scale Projects

Proceedings of International Conference on Business Management Is, 2013

Software IT Projects regardless of their size demands for elicitation, documentation, verificatio... more Software IT Projects regardless of their size demands for elicitation, documentation, verification and monitoring of software requirements. Academia teaches techniques for various phases of Requirement Management and considers them all as useful ways of requirement gathering. Software Industry though perceives things differently and performs requirements management of software projects they undertake with respect to its size and scale. It is quiet an observation that various techniques are under consideration in all situations. Choice if made incorrectly can lead to failures and thus this decision is really an important aspect for the success of project that how requirements are gathered, documented and verified. Students generally rely on self assessment and observations, practitioner’s mixes observation with many other strategies. Students generally don’t like to document and verify, practitioners have to do it for the success of their projects. This variance can be due to time constraint, non understandability or many other factors This paper is aimed to identify the requirement inventing and verification strategies for small scale projects, which can be equally, applied by computing students in their course projects of various courses and Industry practitioners in their small scale projects with advantages of less time consumption and also less effort. This paper identifies the variance in perceptions of students and practitioners present their idea about the importance of requirements. The paper documents the results of interviews conducted on 20 students and 20 practitioners to gather their view point about the strategy which they follow if being put in a situation of small scale projects. The paper further filters that which techniques are generally not applicable in small scale projects. Keywords: IT projects, Software, Requirements management, Small scale projects

A Systematic Review of Studies on Educational Robotics

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER), 2019

for additional information. This is an Open Access journal. This means that it uses a funding mod... more for additional information. This is an Open Access journal. This means that it uses a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access. Readers may freely read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles. This journal is covered under the CC BY-NC-ND license.

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Role of Different Instructional Strategies on Engineering Students’ Academic Performance and Motivational Constructs

he use of student-centered instructional strategies is a common practice in engineering classes. ... more he use of student-centered instructional strategies is a common practice in engineering classes. However, understanding which instructional strategies have a more profound effect on students’ performance and motivation is fundamental in course design. Such comparisons would allow instructors to design and plan their courses with better learning activities, which could lead to better student engagement and learning. In this three-paper dissertation, I explored the relative effectiveness of two instructional strategies 1) reflective thinking, and 2) teamwork participation by primarily using quantitative methods. Self-regulated learning theory and the Interactive-Constructive-Active-Passive (ICAP) framework guided the selection of these two strategies.The first study investigated the relationship of an instructional strategy and a motivational construct through the following research questions: 1) Do students with high academic self-efficacy generate high-quality reflections? 2) To wha...

Training IT-aware Pakistani’s (A Case Study)

Education system of Pakistan focuses mostly on the traditional ways of teaching with varying qual... more Education system of Pakistan focuses mostly on the traditional ways of teaching with varying quality standards, which is due to the fact that there are urban and rural areas in the country. In the rural areas, the education system is not only very basic but is also delivered in their native languages with rare usage of computing technologies. Whereas, in the urban areas the education system is in English and their native language and computer literacy also varies dramatically. This case study is based on a university which is one of the few liberal arts education institutes of the country. There are numerous advantages of liberal arts education, but one of the distinguishing factors is that students are coming from all over the country even the most remote areas. This becomes a challenge for the educators in the sense that they have to design a quality curriculum suited for everyone. This curriculum should reduce the gap between the two extremes and should be interesting. This case ...

The relationship between engineering students’achievement goals, reflection behaviors, and learning outcomes

International Journal of Engineering Education, 2018

Prior studies have shown that students’ achievement goals play a key role in their learning strat... more Prior studies have shown that students’ achievement goals play a key role in their learning strategies, decision-makingprocesses, and learning outcomes. However, a majority of these studies were conducted with undergraduate psychologystudents. Thus, there is a need to explore the role of students’ achievement goals on their reflection behaviors and learningoutcomes in different fields, including engineering education. Based on our literature review in engineering education, thereare a limited number of studies that investigated the relationship between achievement goals and students’ learningoutcomes. Therefore, we conducted this exploratory research study to investigate the relationship between achievementgoals, reflection behaviors, and learning outcomes of engineering students. We used the Achievement Goal Questionnaire-Revised (AGQ-R) scale to measure 69 sophomore engineering students’ achievement goals. Six response variables wereincluded: average reflection quality, the total ...

Use of Technology in Audit Documentation – A Shift from Traditional to Best Practices in Pakistan

Currently in developing countries like Pakistan huge voluminous documentation is performed to kee... more Currently in developing countries like Pakistan huge voluminous documentation is performed to keep the record. These all procedures are mostly done without application of Computer-Assisted Audit Tools and Techniques (CAATTs) or any custom made software. Some basic technology though is used by the auditors for communication, formulation of basic reports and working papers that include email clients and office suite. This paper focuses on the use of technology in Auditing techniques with an emphasis on Documenting Audit Work. It thus identifies the audit procedures as adapted by firms, technological aspects that can robust the audit process, available CAATTs & other custom made software that can be adapted by the auditors for their benefit. This paper conducts the survey from 100 Auditors working in various reputed firms of Pakistan. The data thus collected is presented to identify the current audit process, practices being used, currently adapted technology and further enhancements i...

Self-Efficacy and Mobile Learning Technologies: A Case Study of CourseMIRROR

Mobile devices and applications have reshaped daily lives of people of all ages. One outcome of t... more Mobile devices and applications have reshaped daily lives of people of all ages. One outcome of these technologies is increased access to small, powerful computers, wireless communication, and unlimited access to information at any time. These technological innovations are influencing students’ learning outcomes and engagement behaviors in and out of classroom settings as well. Based on these advancements, there is a need for research studies to explore the relationship between students’ self-efficacy beliefs and their learning outcomes in the context of mobile learning technologies. In this chapter, we describe cognitive and motivational outcomes associated with a mobile technology called CourseMIRROR (Mobile In-situ Reflections and Review with Optimized Rubrics). CourseMIRROR was designed to create an interactive environment between students and faculty in college classrooms as it scaffolds students to reflect on their learning experiences while enabling instructors to efficiently...

The Relevance of Annual Reports – The Use of Annual Reports in Investment and Finance Decisions in a Developing Country

Making an informed decision is always the toughest task for any investor, Financial Analyst or Cr... more Making an informed decision is always the toughest task for any investor, Financial Analyst or Creditor. There are certain ways which are adapted by investors, Financial Analysts and Creditors in general to make a right choice and decision which later prove itself as worthy in terms of profit and loss.There is no one criteria which are being used by various stakeholders who perform the investment and finance decisions. From market trends to stock exchange information, every individual or groups rely on their own sources and their own way of dealing with situations and making decisions.In today’s arena annual reports provides information which can be used not only for future long term decisions but can also provide short term benefits. These can also help in diagnosing the company current profile, its economic and financial performance, risks and the value it will yield to the people who will get involved with the company. Looking at the data provided in these reports the decision ma...

Impact of Educational Technology-Based Learning Environment on Students' Achievement Goals, Motivational Constructs, and Engagement

Passive learning environment to teach programming concepts, especially in large lecture classes h... more Passive learning environment to teach programming concepts, especially in large lecture classes hinders students' motivation, performance and may adversely affect their achievement goals. The study presents the use of two instructional strategies teamwork and reflective thinking using educational technologies introduced in a class of 120 first year engineering students. This study also presents the impact of educational technologies based learning environment on students' motivation, achievement goals, and engagement

Chronic Periodontitis, a Silent Hazardous Disease

Background: Chronic periodontitis is a common disease, which occurs as an outcome of tooth suppor... more Background: Chronic periodontitis is a common disease, which occurs as an outcome of tooth supporting tissue’s inflammation (periodontal ligament and gums), initiated by the exposure of the periodontium to dental plaque. By the action of various toxic products liberated from pathogenic plaque bacteria there is periodontal destruction, as well as hosts inflammatory responses elicited against plaque bacteria and their products. Inflammatory processes can be considered as the most essential functional part of pathophysiology of atherosclerosis resulting in cardiovascular disease (CVD). Elevated levels of C – reactive Protein (CRP) have been associated with CVD and regarded as independent determinant of atherosclerosis. This study has been carried out to assess the possible relationship between chronic periodontitis and CVD determinants. Subjects and Methods: This cross sectional study involved a total of 100 subjects including 50 chronic periodontitis patients and 50 healthy controls b...

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How Does an Integrated STEM Life Sciences Unit Affect Middle School Students' Engagement and Science Content Knowledge?

Adopting CMMI Measurement Program in a Small Research Based Software Organiseation - A Case Study

Quality enhancements are subject to improvements and changes in organiseation . The CMMI studies ... more Quality enhancements are subject to improvements and changes in organiseation . The CMMI studies always showed that improvements in processes of software organiseation are very invaluable. This concept motivated to gain the same benefits in research and development based software organiseations. Improvements are the way to enhance the quality; otherwise the quality of the organiseation will gradually descend. Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is used as software process improvement strategy. Literature shows that CMMI is adopted in small to large sized software development organiseations. This paper describes results of our research based study that investigates embedment of measurement program of CMMI in a small research based software development organisation. This paper also identifies particular considerations to be made while assessing the capability of such organiseations. On the basis of these considerations a new CMMI assessment tool is devised. This tool is used ...

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