International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE)
The International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) is an interdisciplinary publication of original research and writing on education which publishes papers to international audiences of educational researchers. The IJERE aims to provide a forum for scholarly understanding of the field of education and plays an important role in promoting the process that accumulated knowledge, values, and skills are transmitted from one generation to another; and to make methods and contents of evaluation and research in education available to teachers, administrators and research workers. The journal encompasses a variety of topics, including child development, curriculum, reading comprehension, philosophies of education and educational approaches, etc.
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Factors influencing job satisfaction among academic staffs
Choon Hee Ong;
Chong Hui Shi;
Tan Owee Kowang;
Goh Chin Fei;
Lim Lee Ping
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) Vol 9, No 2: June 2020
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v9i2.20509
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between pay and benefits, work environment, top management leadership, workload and job satisfaction among academic staffs in a private academic institution in Malaysia. Motivation-Hygiene Theory, Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy theory and Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) theory were used to establish the theoretical framework of this study. Questionnaire survey method was employed to collect data which yielded 82 responses in this study. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to perform data analysis throughout the study. All study variables were found to have significant positive relationships with job satisfaction among academic staffs in the selected institution. Top management leadership was discovered to have the most significant relationship with job satisfaction. The findings of this research provide a clear message to the top management that leadership plays an important role in enhancing job satisfaction of the academic staffs. Hence, it is suggested that the institution management should adopt appropriate leadership style and establish effective strategies and policies that aim to increase job satisfaction and performance of the academic staffs.
PHD JOURNEY ON EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT IN TURKEY: FROM COURSES TO DISSERTATION
Uslu, Turgut;
Özba?, Mehmet;
Yalç?n, Sinan
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) Vol 9, No 2: June 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v9i2.20405
This study aims to determine the theoretical and applicational characteristics of the PhD education in educational manegement in Turkey based on the opinions of the PhD students. Qualitative research method was used in the study and the phenomenology pattern was utilized. It was conducted in Academic Year of 2017-2018. The structured interview form, developed by the researchers, was used in the study. 14 students, who were 7 women and 7 men and studying PhD in educational management in Turkey participated into the study. Findings of the study indicates that PhD courses of educational management are mainly based on student presentations and the evaluation of these courses are mostly made by homework, student presentations or article review rather than formal exams. Students defined the PhD qualification exam process as a tough but instrictive and they had a positive experience of thesis proposal process except from finding an original topic. The participants who completed the processes above rarely had difficulties in the thesis writing process.
Adherence to Islamic principles of success and academic achievement
Zuwaira Abubakar;
Isa Muhammad Maishanu
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) Vol 9, No 2: June 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v9i2.20473
This study was conducted in order to investigate the possible relationship between adherence to Islamic principles of success and academic performance of university students. Accordingly, a questionnaire based on Islamized principles of success (referred to as “Islamic character quotient inventory (ICQi)”) was correlated with CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Averages) of 343 students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. The empirical testing indicates that the total score on ICQi correlated positively and significantly with the academic performance of the respondent. Students with either high or medium adherence to ICQi have a significantly higher CGPA than their counterparts with the low-adherence level. However, the result did not show a significant relationship between the CGPA of highly adherent individuals and that of those with medium adherence level. The findings of this research may suggest that Islamic principles are not confined to the spiritual aspect of human’s life, but also relevant and useful for our mundane affairs.
Comparative study of scientific literacy: Indonesian and Thai pre-service science teachers report
R. Ahmad Zaky El Islami;
Prasart Nuangchalerm
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) Vol 9, No 2: June 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v9i2.20355
The changing world needs literate citizens to live with creative society. This study aimed to compare science literacy of novice science teacher students from Thailand and Indonesia. Panel participants were 95 of Thai and 71 of Indonesian novice science teacher students who have been studying in the 1st and 2nd year of study in bachelor degree of science education programme. Data were collected by employed science literacy inventory; it was used for asking four components: content of science, context of science, science process, and scientific attitude based on local wisdom of Baduy’s society. Participants are freely considered in their perception. Results showed that Thai novice science teacher students had slightly better score than those Indonesian novice science teacher students, but statistical testing is not showed the differences. The future study is required to more investigation of how they promote science literacy in their school practicum.
Confirmatory factor analysis sosiomathematics norm among junior high school student
Sri Adi Widodo;
T. Turmudi;
Jarnawi Afgani Dahlan;
Esti Harini;
Fitria Sulistyowati
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DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v9i2.20445
The purpose of this study was to confirm the factors that influence the sociomathematics norm. The method used in this research is the ex post facto. The subjects in this study were seventh-grade junior high school students in the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia (264 students) taken by cluster random sampling. The instrument used was a sociomathematics norm observation sheet consisting of four factors are (1) the experience of mathematics, (2) the explanation of the mathematics, (3) mathematical differences, (4) mathematical communication. Data analysis using structural equation models with the Confirmatory Factors Analysis. The results showed that the modified path analysis obtained goodness of fit mostly in the fit category, so overall the sample covariance matrix is the same as the estimated covariance matrix.
Model of organizational abilities among secondary school teachers
Dona Ningrum Mawardi;
C. Asri Budiningsih;
Sugiman Sugiman;
Habibi Habibi
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) Vol 9, No 2: June 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v9i2.20549
This study confirms the correlation model constructed among organizational abilities variables of secondary school teachers. The organizational abilities variables are: organizational commitment, and professional commitment, job satisfaction, and job performance. The samples are secondary school teachers selected using purposive sampling techniques. Data were collected through a rating scale questionnaire (1-5) and analyzed using Lisrel 8.0 program. The results show that professional commitment has a significant effect on organizational commitment and job satisfaction with values of 2.72 and 2.60. Other findings that organizational commitment and job satisfaction have an effect on job performance with values of 2.36 and 2.02. Empirically, the results concluded that the correlation among the variables theoretically fulfilled the fit criteria.
Industry 4.0 competencies among lecturers of higher learning institution in Malaysia
Tan Owee Kowang;
Mohamad Fawzy Bakry;
Ong Choon Hee;
Goh Chin Fei;
Lim Kim Yew;
Mohd Saiful Izwaan Saadon;
Choi Sang Long
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) Vol 9, No 2: June 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v9i2.20520
Industry 4.0 is a new breed from the past industry revolution. The revolution implies an inevitable impact on professional sectors, including education field. Higher Learning Institution (HLI) is viewed as the platform for the development of Industry 4.0 competencies. However, research related to Industry 4.0 competencies among educators or academicians is scarce. Hence, this study aims to assess the level of Industry 4.0 competencies among lecturers in one of higher learning institution in Malaysia, as well as to identify Industry 4.0 competencies that required further enhancement. Five Industry 4.0 competencies identified from literature review, which are Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Organizational Learning, Innovative Management, Environment and Continuous Improvement competencies. The importance level and implementation level perceived by the lecturers across the five competencies are assessed via questionnaire which responded by 132 lecturers from a higher learning institution in Malaysia. Data collected is analyzed via descriptive analysis to assess the importance and implementation levels perceived by the respondent. In addition, an improvement opportunity index, namely Focus Index is calculated for each competency. Finding from the study reveals that all the four Industry 4.0 competencies are perceived by respondents as important, however implemented at moderate level. Analysis result of Focus Index also suggests that competencies in term of Organizational Learning and ICT are “over focus”, while Environment competency is viewed as “under focus” which required further enhancement.
TRANSFORMING TECHNICAL EDUCATION TOWARDS INDUSTRY NEEDS
Venkatesh, Koushick
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) Vol 9, No 2: June 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v9i2.20378
Technical education governs the maturity and socioeconomic circumstance of a nation. A sound professional training brings skilled human resources. Annually in India huge number of engineers graduates from over 4500 engineering colleges. But only 12 percent of those are employable. It indicates lack of employability skills rather than lack of opportunity. Current Indian education system focuses on scoring in an exam rather than gaining knowledge. Also, a discrepancy exists flanked by the education system, and the industry needs comprise old syllabi and weak interaction with industrialist. Memoranda of understanding (MoU) with industries, industrial training for faculties and students, effective regulation and monitoring by statutory organization like the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) might help in quality and employable graduates for the economic augmentation of our nation.
Assessment big data in Nigeria: Identification, generation and processing in the opinion of the experts
Nkechi Patricia-Mary Esomonu;
Martins Ndibem Esomonu;
Lydia Ijeoma Eleje
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) Vol 9, No 2: June 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v9i2.20339
As a result of increasing complexity of assessing all aspects of human behaviours, a lot of data are generated on individual learner and from teachers and the system. What qualifies as big data in assessment in Nigeria? This research identifies the sources of assessment big data in Nigeria, investigates how the big data are generated and processed, and identifies the problems of generating and processing assessment big data in Nigeria. Through purposive sampling technique forty-five experts in education assessment and research were selected. The instruments for data collection were interview and documents. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics to answer the five research questions that guided the research. The results of the investigation showed that the internal and external examinations and assessments from secondary schools, and course work results in universities were identified by more than 95.5% of the experts interviewed as the major sources of assessment data in Nigeria. The major problem in generating and processing assessment big data from the experts’ opinions is low awareness on the need/advantages of assessment big data with the highest mean rating (4.29±0.76). Many data are not analysed and a lot of information are lost. Recommendation was made amongst others on the need for the stakeholders to create awareness on the importance of big data in the modern education system to improve learner’s performance.
Project brief effects on creative thinking skills among low-ability pre-service physics teachers
Habibi Habibi;
Mundilarto Mundilarto;
Jumadi Jumadi;
Syifaul Gummah;
Sukainil Ahzan;
Dwi Sabda Budi Prasetya
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) Vol 9, No 2: June 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v9i2.20531
Creative thinking is high-order thinking that is not easy to stimulate with conventional learning, especially to solve complex physics problems. However, the learning strategy chosen must be in accordance with the teaching materials and students characteristics. Creative thinking is very important especially for low-ability characteristic in solving complicated physics problems; therefore, it needs to be triggered by student-centered learning strategies such as project briefs. This research was to analyze the effect of project brief learning on creative thinking skills (CrTS) of low-ability pre-service physics theacers. Sample was selected using purposive sampling (97 people) in the initial semester pre-service physics teachers which consisted of three classes A (32 people), B (35 people), and C (30 people). Data collection through essay tests on vibration and wave material and adjusted according to the CrTS-Kim indicators. The results show that the project brief has a positive effect on creative thinking skills. The highest effect on the fluency indicator has an average of 15.7 compared to the lecture strategy, as well as the mixture with an average of 9.89, and the lowest on the originality indicator.