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Integrated technologies instructional method to enhance bilingual undergraduate engineering students
This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University LondonMathematics permeates almost every aspect of human life and it is a skill much needed by the increasingly complex technological world. It is necessary that this essential skill must be properly developed among students to prepare them for future academic and professional careers. An assessment of the research-based instructional strategies blending with old traditional methods with the modern technological development is a must. Due to the complexity of mathematics learning and the varied learning styles of learners, an integration of appropriate multiple instructional strategies into mathematics education will positively impact mathematical achievement of students. The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of the use of Integrated Technologies Instructional Method (ITIM) as a supplement to the traditional lecture method on mathematics achievement of the Integral Calculus students at the College of Engineering, University of Ha'il, Saudi Arabia. The ITIM includes the four instructional strategies such as the use of the Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, the collaborative learning, the bilingual support and the study support. Different types of academic supports have been used to examine their effects on students achievement in mathematics. Mathematics, the bedrock of science and engineering, is considered a very important indicator of a student's academic success in professional higher education. Undergraduate engineering students' low achievement in the first year mathematics is an issue demands much attention. The study was undertaken to address students' weak background in mathematics and particularly their high failure rates in this particular course. A total of 218 undergraduate engineering students, comprising of both the experimental and the control groups, were involved in this experimental design study. The control group was taught by the traditional lecture method whereas the experimental group was exposed to the ITIM as a supplement to the traditional lecture method. Apart from the effects of the use of ITIM, students' performance in the previous courses (covariates) such as mathematics, computer, and the English language were compared with their final grades of the Integral Calculus course. The final grades of students were taken as the dependent variable and the ITIM and students' scores in the previous courses as the independent variables. It has been noticed from the literature review that the application of only one instructional strategy does not address the needs of the diverse learning styles of students. A mixed mode method, quantitative and qualitative, was used to collect and analyse data. The quantitative data instruments included students' final exam grades and the student questionnaires. Interviews with students were used as qualitative tools of data collection. An independent t-test, ANOVA, univariate analysis and the stepwise multiple regression analysis were performed to determine the overall statistical significance. The study concluded that there was a statistically significant difference in the performance of the experimental group of students' in terms of their end-of-course grades compared to that of the control group. The regression model revealed significance of covariates on the dependent variable. However, no significant relationship was found between the mathematics achievement and attitudes towards the use of ITIM. The study was an attempt to demonstrate the suitability of the instructional strategies on the bilingual Arab undergraduate engineering students; however, they can probably be applicable to other bilingual students
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The human capital has always been factoring for society`s growth, but is also a crucial factor
in todayβs competitive and propulsive global economy based on knowledge. In unstable
business environment, comparative advantages of the companies are only temporary. In that
context, people of the company are basic resource for permanent competitiveness.
The human capital as a resource is composed of individual and collective knowledge, expertise
and experiences, creativity and innovation, competences and capabilities i.e. the whole
developing capacity of the people in the company for providing good business results. In the
five M`s factors of production (5M: man, machines, money, materials and management), the
human capital is the center without the company cannot function effectively.
The contemporary view of the market success of the companies is connected with the concept
of strategic competitiveness. Nowadays all managers admit that the process of gaining
comparative advantage and good business and market success is based on human capital, so
its development is true challenge for the leaders in formulating competitive strategy.
The business environment which is characterized by suddenly changes, for achievement of
comparative advantage, the role of the human capital in company is bigger than ever, and the
gaining, development and sustained human capital can be main source of sustained company`s
competitiveness.
ΠΠ»ΡΡΠ½ΠΈ Π·Π±ΠΎΡΠΎΠ²ΠΈ: human capital, sustained company`s competitiveness, management of human
resources, dynamic environment.
ΠΠΠ ΠΠ»Π°ΡΠΈΡΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ°: M10, O31, O3