Examining the impact of students’ attendance, sketching, visualization, and tutors experience on students’ performance: a case of building structures course in construction management
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Article Title | Examining the impact of students’ attendance, sketching, visualization, and tutors experience on students’ performance: a case of building structures course in construction management |
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ERA Journal ID | 4155 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ullah, Fahim (Author), Sepasgozar, Samad (Author), Tahmasebinia, Faham (Author), Sepasgozar, Saleh Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh (Author) and Davis, Steven (Author) |
Journal Title | Construction Economics and Building |
Journal Citation | 20 (3), pp. 78-102 |
Number of Pages | 25 |
Year | 2020 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 1837-9133 |
2204-9029 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v20i3.7056 |
Web Address (URL) | https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/7056 |
Abstract | The aim of this paper is to examine students' performance in a computation-based course by evaluating the effects of key factors including sketching, visualization resources provided to them during the lectures, their attendance and tutors' experience. A systematic review was conducted including 192 articles published during January 2010 to December 2019. Further, a case study has been conducted in which 633 students from non-engineering backgrounds were taught a core course of construction over three-yearly sessions from 2017 to 2019. The performance has been assessed through two quizzes of 10% weight each, assignment of 40% weight and a final exam with 30% weight in 2017-18 and 40% weight in 2019 were utilized with an attendance criterion of below 75% as low attendance. The statistical result highlights that a clear difference of 14% overall marks exist between the students with less than 75% attendance and the ones with 75% and above in 2017 and a 10% gap in 2018. Students with high marks in sketching secured higher overall marks as compared to others highlighting that the sketching skill is useful to construction students. The findings contribute to the body of education knowledge by evaluating key influential factors and provide a useful benchmark to other educators in the field. |
Keywords | Student performance, construction education, experienced vs novice tutors, students’ attendance, student Sketching, visualization, construction management |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 399999. Other education not elsewhere classified |
330201. Automation and technology in building and construction | |
Byline Affiliations | University of New South Wales |
University of Sydney | |
Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q6732/examining-the-impact-of-students-attendance-sketching-visualization-and-tutors-experience-on-students-performance-a-case-of-building-structures-course-in-construction-management
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