a better understanding of the subject and the ability to use and apply it [11].A Survey conducted by Poçan, S., Altay, B. & Yaşaroğlu, C [1] showed the effects of using appson the success and motivation of 73 students in a high school algebra class. The findingsrevealed that mobile technology applications positively impact the learning process. Fabian,Topping, and Barron [2] explored the effects of mobile technology on the attitudes andachievements of 52 elementary school students. They found that mobile technology results inpositive student responses, improving their performance. Yussop, Annamalai, and Salam [3]investigated to find out the effectiveness of a particular mobile application. They found that byusing the app, students
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questions, the mean confidence in the response on a scale from 1 to5, with 1 indicating highest confidence, and the standard deviation of the confidence responses.The delta or difference between each performance metric computed by subtracting the discreteresults from the continuous results is perhaps the most illustrative lens for exploring the results.Table 2 - Table of objective performance results from users of the simulation tools. Question Percent Mean Median Std Dev Mean Std Dev Performance Correct [%] Time [s] Time [s] Time [s] Confidence Confidence Q1 Cont. 86.67 66.05 42.26 60.58 1.63 0.93 Q1 Discrete 71.88 81.35
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to 0.5 Hz. (f) Repeat steps a-e, overlaying each plot on top of the others, as long as the random amplitude is less than 9. (Once it is 9 or larger, stop) (g) Create a title that displays the number of sine waves that were generated in your plot. (Note: This number can change with each running of your script file. Therefore, create a variable to keep track of this count.) (h) Label the x and y axes with “Time (s)” and “Amplitude (m)”, respectively. (i) Add a legend that shows the frequency of each plotted sine wave. Each label in your legend should include the appropriate variable, number, and units. For example: f = 0.56192 Hz.The exam was designed to test different levels of critical thinking and coding skills
usedAI technologies we can see that education in engineering is changing. How we anticipate theserapid changes will be of upmost importance in engineering programs at every university.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through AwardNo. 2346881. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References[1] H. Al-Juboori and G. Noonan, “Leveraging the Power of Digital Immersive Technologies to Enhance Engineering Education and Learning,” 2024 IEEE Glob. Eng. Educ. Conf. EDUCON Glob. Eng. Educ. Conf. EDUCON 2024 IEEE, pp. 1–5, May 2024, doi
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theCollective Self-Esteem Scale [35] and included three of the original MIBI-T seven subscales(centrality, private regard, and public regard). We used this scale with the purpose of exploringstudents’ ethnic identity identification [36]. Because Latinx ethnic identity can be complex andvaried, we developed an initial question to allow the students to self-identify ethnically(Latin/Hispanic, Puerto Rican/Boricua, etc.), they then answered follow-up questions related tothat identity such as “I have a strong sense of belonging to other _____ people,” and “Mostpeople think that ______(s) are as smart as people of other groups.”Sense of Belongingness in Computer Science: Items were selected from the Sense of Social andAcademic Fit (in STEM) instrument [37
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rapidly evolving field. Asthe platform continues to evolve, it is expected to play an increasingly important role inpreparing the next generation of robotics professionals.AcknowledgmentsThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Federal Award#DUE-2142360. The authors would like to thank the students and instructors who par-ticipated in the development and testing of the FORE platform, as well as the Universityof Nevada, Reno, for providing the necessary resources and support.References [1] Shill, P. C., Wu, R., Jamali, H., Hutchins, B., Dascalu, S., Harris, F. C., & Feil- Seifer, D. (2023). WIP: Development of a student-centered personalized learning framework to advance undergraduate robotics education
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comprehension of the subjects in cybersecurity. Following the lecturesessions, the students appeared to have improved their knowledge and understanding of thesubject, as evidenced by the rise in the average value of each question in the post-surveycompared to the pre-survey. This may be ascribed to the thorough lecture materials and practicallab exercises that were made available to the students, which helped to reinforce the ideas andprovide them with hands-on experience using the knowledge acquired. The findings support theidea that providing cybersecurity education to undergrad students can significantly affect theircomprehension of and readiness for the sector. Table 2 Questions of Quiz Survey S. No. Questions of
results support the generalizability of Doebling et al.’s findings. We too observed that womenstudents attended office hours more frequently than men. Similarly, we observed that URM statusdid not have a statistically significant association with office hours usage.5.2 LimitationsOne limitation of our study is that we cannot disentangle remote learning from the pandemic. Asa result, the pandemic could have caused interesting student behaviors without affecting usagepatterns. Because remote learning was immediately adopted following the onset of the pandemic,we cannot separate how remote learning and pandemic onset interacted in our final results.An example of possible interference would be if pandemic onset caused widespread mental
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pressure of an exam situation. This also readiedstudents to be able to interact and carefully evaluate responses by the AI. For some students,ChatGPT-3.5’s initial response did not satisfy the requirements of the test question. This actuallyproduced a very high level of engagement. By this stage, students had developed expertise of theproblem, and had to work toward nudging the AI to get a correct response. Because of theirprevious knowledge of the problem, students were better able to identify differences andsimilarities with their code. While engaged in this careful comparison, several students gainednew insights, or even new methods. The process of nudging the AI toward the correct answer isreminiscent of improving one’s learning by teaching or
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component.The required sample size for the study was determined using the standard sampling calculationsdescribed below with a confidence level of 95% and a margin of error of 5%:1) For an infinite population, the sample size S can be calculated by using the equation: S = Z 2 ∗ P ∗ (1 − P )/M 2 , (1)where Z is the z-score based on the desired confidence level, P is the estimated populationproportion (often assumed as 0.5), and M is the desired margin of error. For this survey, thesample size S is calculated as: S = 1.962 ∗ 0.5 ∗ (1 − 0.5)/0.052 = 384.16, (2)2) The value of S should be adjusted for a finite population by using the
, 2025 Developing a Virtual Worlds Framework for Early Childhood Safia A. Malallah, Kansas State University, safia@ksu.edu Ejiro Osiobe, dr.o@aneosiobe.org Lior Shamir, Kansas State University, lshamir@ksu.edu Allen S. David, Kansas State University, dallen@ksu.edu Joshua L. Weese, Kansas State University, weeser@ksu.edu Bean H Nathan, Kansas State University, nhbean@ksu.edu Feldhausen Russel, Kansas State University, russfeld@ksu.edu Abstract – In the past decade, there has been a significant shift from simply restricting children’s access to technology toward actively monitoring and managing their
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