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The Social Geography of Academic Achievement in Deprived Area (사회적 박탈과 학업성취도의 사회지리학적 연구)

  • 배미애
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.38 no.5
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    • pp.786-801
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    • 2003
  • This paper examines a spatial pattern and processes of academic achievement in deprived area, considering relationship between academic achievement and social deprivation as social context. It links academic achievement data with neighborhood data from the 2001 UK Census(by ward) in South East England and uses multiple regression modeling to estimate the contribution of social deprivation to academic achievement of primary schools. The findings suggest that there is a significant positive relationship between deprivation in the local residential environment and academic achievement in primary schools. It also argues that more deprived area in South East England would tend to promote greater inequality of academic achievement in the spatial aspects, relating to Key Stage 2 score.

A Development of Service Quality Evaluation Criteria for Academic Libraries in Korea (대학도서관 서비스 품질 평가 기준 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Eung-Bong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.50 no.1
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    • pp.49-69
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    • 2016
  • This study aims to draw implications on development of service quality evaluation criteria for academic libraries in Korea. First, this study review recent academic research trends on service quality evaluation criteria for academic libraries. Second, This paper diagnosed result of 'the pilot evaluation of academic libraries in Korea' conducted from 2010 and 2011 and prospect the direction on the evaluation of academic library according to 'Library Promotion Act' established in march 27, 2015. Finally, this article was performed comparative analysis of studies or criteria on service quality evaluation for academic libraries.

An improvement plan of mathematics academic achievement in the H/W curriculum (하드웨어 전공자들의 수학 관련 교과목 학업성취도 제고 방안)

  • Lee, Seung-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.801-812
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study is to increase the interest in mathematics-related curriculum and improve mathematics academic achievement of H/W majors. Firstly, this paper proposes the educational case study that develops the learner's ability, increases the interest and raises the employment rate in the unfavorable mathematics-related fields for the H/W majors. Secondly, this paper presents the future teaching method on mathematics-related curriculum that applies to the actually teaching-learning based on the computer programming in the field of the H/W. Lastly, this paper suggests the promising pedagogical method for mathematics by using the statistical analyses of academic achievements and surveys in order to present the effective conducting method of mathematics education.

Discovery Layer in Library Retrieval: VuFind as an Open Source Service for Academic Libraries in Developing Countries

  • Roy, Bijan Kumar;Mukhopadhyay, Parthasarathi;Biswas, Anirban
    • Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.3-22
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    • 2022
  • This paper provides an overview of the emergence of resource discovery systems and services, along with their advantages, best practices, and current landscapes. It outlines some of the key services and functionalities of a comprehensive discovery model suitable for academic libraries in developing countries. The proposed model (VuFind as a discovery tool) performs like other existing web-scale resource discovery systems, both commercial and open-source, and is capable of providing information resources from different sources in a single-window search interface. The objective of the paper is to provide seamless access to globally distributed subscribed as well as open access resources through its discovery interface, based on a unified index. This model uses Koha, DSpace, and Greenstone as back-ends and VuFind as a discovery layer in the front-end and has also integrated many enhanced search features like Bento-box search, Geodetic search, and full-text search (using Apache Tika). The goal of this paper is to provide the academic community with a one-stop shop for better utilising and integrating heterogeneous bibliographic data sources with VuFind (https://vufind.org/vufind).

Developing a Theory in Academic Research: A Review of Experts’ Advice

  • Dankasa, Jacob
    • Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.64-74
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    • 2015
  • Despite the number of developed theories, it still remains a difficult task for some established and emerging scholars in various academic fields to clearly articulate new theories from research studies. This paper reviews and collates the views of scholars on what a theory is and how a good theory can be developed. It explains the concept of a theory, and the different components that make up a theory. The paper discusses the different processes of theory development by emphasizing what theory is and what theory is not. This review found that scholars differ in their definition of a theory, which leads to using terms such as model, paradigm, framework, and theory interchangeably. It found the lack of theoretical constructs in a study to be one of the factors which explains why articles are rejected for publication. This paper may be of benefit to established researchers who may be struggling with theory development, and especially younger academics who are the future of scholarship in various academic fields, particularly in information science.

Web 2.0 features based personalization for academic digital libraries: an application for collaborative environment

  • Bhide, Aditya M.;Yoo, Jae-Heung;Rho, Jae-Jeung
    • 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.115-119
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    • 2007
  • Huge amount of useful information is getting added to the academic digital world everyday, This digitalized information is heterogeneous and remained limited to a local domain only. How to integrate and share this scattered knowledge with simplicity remained a big challenge. In this paper, we propose a prototype of web application for accomplishing above task using web 2.0 features; it makes traditional academic digital libraries to form as a special case of collaborative environment. This application enables users to customize their own resources to form their own virtual digital library. Further users can utilize personalized information of other users working in similar research domain to form true collaborative environment. The model and framework for the new look of academic digital library is presented.

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Citation Practices in Academic Corpora: Implications for EAP Writing

  • Min, Su-Jung
    • English Language & Literature Teaching
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.113-126
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    • 2004
  • Explicit reference to the work of other authors is an essential feature of most academic research writings. Corpus analysis of academic text can reveal much about what writers actually do and why they do so. Application of corpus tools in language education has been well documented by many scholars (Pedersen, 1995, Swales, 1990, Thompson, 2000). They demonstrate how computer technology can assist in the effective analysis of corpus based data. For teaching purposes, tills recent research provides insights in the areas of English for Academe Purposes (EAP). The need for such support is evident when students have to use appropriate citations in their writings. Using Swales' (1990) division of citation forms into integral and non-integral and Thompson and Tnbble's (2001) classification scheme, this paper codifies academic texts in a corpus. The texts are academic research articles from different disciplines. The results lead into a comparison of the citation practices m different disciplines. Finally, it is argued that the information obtained in this study is useful for EAP writing courses in EFL countries.

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Automation of Academic Libraries and Web Development: A Reverie or Reality

  • Emasealu, Helen Uzoezi
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.43-56
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    • 2019
  • The intricacies of web development have orchestrated a paradigm shift in academic libraries. The study explored literature on the status of automation of academic libraries and web development in Nigeria. It was established that the functions of library management software are abysmally under-utilized in academic libraries in Nigeria, thus, progression of automation projects remain a swinging pendulum. The paper, therefore, recommends that librarians should acquire the relevant training and plan strategically for all automation projects aimed at incorporating the intricacies of the web and ICTs into library services to fully utilize the functions of the library management systems in line with web developmental stages, thus, be able to compete globally.

A Study of Academic Achievement and Core Competence according to University Admission Types in Nursing Students

  • Koo, Yoon-Jung;Kim, Tae-Sun;Hong, Sun-Yeun
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.24 no.7
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    • pp.117-123
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, we propose to investigate the differences of academic achievement and core competence according to university admission types. Research subjects were 159 nursing students in G city. The tool used in this study was Collegiate Students Essential Skills Assessment developed by the KW University. The 6 areas measured with the tool are: humanities, Humanism, self-directedness, creative competence, practice competence and global competence. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Scheffe' test and pearson's correlation coefficient using SPSS WIN 18.0 Program. There were significant differences in core competence according to university admission types. But There were significant differences in academic achievement according to university admission types. And significant positive correlation between academic achievement and core competece was not founded. But significant positive correlation of 6 core competencies were founded. Based on the result of this study, it is possible to serve basic data for establishing better university admission type.

The effects of teaching based on formative assessment using descriptive problems mathematics learning attitudes and academic achievement (서술형 문제를 활용한 형성평가가 수학적 학습태도 및 학업성취도에 미치는 영향)

  • An, Jong Su
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.169-196
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study was to improve academic achievement and mathematics learning attitudes in the formative assessment using descriptive problems as an effective teaching method. In this paper we set the following research questions. First, how would you improve students' academic achievement utilizing descriptive evaluation? Second, how would improve students' mathematics learning attitudes utilizing descriptive evaluation? Third, what was the reaction utilizing the descriptive method to evaluate? The result of this study could be seen as follows. The experimental group than the control group on academic achievement shows a significant improvement. Second, the experimental group compared to the control group in mathematics learning attitude changes could be helpful and appreciated. Third, experimental group than in the control group indicates significance could be seen in the reaction.