Investigation of the empirical relation between student sketching, attendance and performance in construction education
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Ullah, Fahim, Sepasgozar, Samad M. E., Khan, Rao Muhammad Afrasiab and Davis, Steven. 2018. "Investigation of the empirical relation between student sketching, attendance and performance in construction education." Do, Khoa, Sutrisna, Monty, Cooper-Cooke, Barry and Olatunji, Oluwole (Alfred) (ed.) 42nd AUBEA Conference 2018: Educating Building Professionals for the Future in the Globalised World. Singapore Singapore.
| Paper/Presentation Title | Investigation of the empirical relation between student sketching, attendance and performance in construction education |
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| Presentation Type | Paper |
| Authors | Ullah, Fahim (Author), Sepasgozar, Samad M. E. (Author), Khan, Rao Muhammad Afrasiab (Author) and Davis, Steven (Author) |
| Editors | Do, Khoa, Sutrisna, Monty, Cooper-Cooke, Barry and Olatunji, Oluwole (Alfred) |
| Journal or Proceedings Title | 42nd AUBEA Conference 2018: Educating Building Professionals for the Future in the Globalised World - Innovation, Volume 1 |
| ERA Conference ID | 42549 |
| Journal Citation | 1, pp. 38-47 |
| Article Number | 3 |
| Number of Pages | 10 |
| Year | 2018 |
| Place of Publication | Singapore |
| Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fahim_Ullah3/publication/329164451_Investigation_of_the_empirical_relation_between_student_sketching_attendance_and_performance_in_construction_education/links/5bfaaa32458515a69e3abe3d/Investigation-of-the-empirical-re |
| Conference/Event | 42nd AUBEA Conference 2018: Educating Building Professionals for the Future in the Globalised World |
| Australian Universities Building Education Association Annual Conference | |
| Event Details | Australian Universities Building Education Association Annual Conference AUBEA Rank B B B B B B B B |
| Event Details | 42nd AUBEA Conference 2018: Educating Building Professionals for the Future in the Globalised World Event Location Singapore |
| Abstract | Traditionally students’ attendance and overall performance have been hypothesized to go hand in hand. In current study, 195 students from non-engineering background were taught athree credits core course of construction and their attendance vs performance results are empirically investigated. Further, the students’ attendance and performance have also been assessed against tutors’ experience to highlight students’performance in tutorials of fresh vs experienced tutors. The assessment criteria of two quizzes each 20% weight, 1 assignment of 20% weight and a mid-semester exam with 40% weight are utilized with an attendance criterion of below 75% as low attendance. The result highlights that a clear difference of 14% marks exist between the students with less than 75% attendance and the ones with 75% and above. The studentswith low attendanceaveraged at 53.35% in terms of overall marks obtained whereas the good attendance students secured 67.40% marks on average. Furthermore, in terms of fresh vs experienced tutors, students taught by fresh and less experienced tutors not only displayed better attendance but also out passed the experienced tutors’students by a difference of 4% marks in terms of overall marks. Additionally, students with high marks in sketches secured higher overall marks as compared to the ones with lower sketch marks validating the hypothesis that students with better sketches have better imagination and perceptions, a must to have skills for construction academics and architects. This study is useful for teaching professionals and encourages the use of sketches and visualisation in construction.This ongoing study will be aided by semi structured interviews with tutors and randomly selected students to highlight the underlying factors dictating this gap. The results are expected to lay foundation for better performance of students with non-engineering backgrounds in constructioncourses. |
| Keywords | construction education, experienced vs fresh tutors, students’ performance, students’ attendance, sketching |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 330202. Building construction management and project planning |
| 330201. Automation and technology in building and construction | |
| 390399. Education systems not elsewhere classified | |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Civil Engineering and Surveying |
| University of New South Wales | |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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