Scholarly Article (IJIET, 2020) - Learning Effectiveness and Efficiency in Tertiary Mathematics Education under Core-and-Spoke Model

Title:
Learning Effectiveness and Efficiency in Tertiary Mathematics Education under Core-and-Spoke Model

Authors:
Chia-Ying Khor, Fang-Fang Chua & Tek-Yong Lim

Published:
International Journal of Information and Education Technology (IJIET), Volume 10, Issue 7: 505-510, 2020
http://www.ijiet.org/show-142-1649-1.html

Abstract:
In Malaysia, traditional teaching approach is still the most common approach used in the tertiary mathematics education. Under the traditional teaching approach, students learn mathematics through rote-learning and being “spoon-fed”. Traditional teaching approach may lead to students have loss of interest in learning mathematics and consequently, students seriously do not reach in-depth understanding of mathematics. This shows that students do not learn mathematics effectively and efficiently. The motivation of this research is to find out student’s learning effectiveness and efficiency in learning the tertiary mathematics course under a designed blended learning approach that incorporates the core-and-spoke model. A preliminary statistical analysis is conducted at early stage to give a better understanding on the collected data. The analysis of student’s learning effectiveness is carried out based on the student’s learning outcome achievement and learning satisfaction. Technical efficiency in data envelopment analysis (DEA) is employed to evaluate the student’s learning efficiency. The results show that the students not only have more interest in learning the tertiary mathematics, but also they are able to learn in a more effective and efficient way under the designed blended learning approach.

Scholarly article: Investigating self-directed learning and technology readiness in blending learning environment

Title:
Investigating self-directed learning and technology readiness in blending learning environment

Authors:
Shuang Geng, Kris, M.Y. Law and Ben Niu

Published in International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 16, Article number: 17 (2019)

Focusing on blended learning (BL), this article "examined the impacts of self-directed learning, technology readiness, and learning motivation on the three presences (social, teaching, cognitive) among students undertaking subjects in BL and non-BL (NBL) settings."

To read this article:
https://educationaltechnologyjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41239-019-0147-0