Effects of Furniture Ergonomics on Student’s Satisfaction in a Library Facility

Building occupants are not immune to ill-health as a result of time they spend in a building.This paper seeks to examine the effects furniture ergonomics have on student’s satisfaction in the library of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.A pilot survey was initially conducted in the library through a one-to-one interaction with students to fetch their opinions on the general effects of the furniture.An observation through several walkthroughs was also conducted by the researchers to compare and validate responses obtained.Two hundred and sixty-five students that come from fifteen nationalities are surveyed.A structured questionnaire is used to collect data on the respondents’opinions on the size,shape,arrangement and comfort of the furniture.Eta cross tabulation,Spearman’s rho and Kendall’s Tau-b are used to establish relationships.Results show that amongst the effects studied,there are significant positive relationships between students’satisfaction of furniture ergonomics as against back-strain and lack of concentration.This implies that the more the furniture arrangements,size and shape are perceived unsatisfactory,the more their effects on back-strain and lack of concentration towards the students.This paper further recommends that library management should see to designing IEQ(Indoor Environmental Quality)guidelines that will mitigate the effects of furniture ergonomics thus improving student’s satisfaction.

Mediating effect of e-learning quality on learning outcomes through student satisfaction in nursing education

Objective:This study aimed to determine the relationships between e-learning quality,student satisfaction,and learning outcomes and the mediating effect of student satisfaction.Methods:A cross-sectional quantitative correlational study using a predictive design and multivariate analysis method was employed in this study.A sample of 241 nursing students were recruited through an online survey based on a stratified random sampling technique.The variance-based Par tial Least Squares Structural Modeling analysis method was used to test the possible relationship and mediating effect among the variables.Results:The findings revealed statistical y significant relationships between e-learning quality,student satisfaction,and learning outcomes.A mediating effect of 37.2%is predicted for e-learning quality on learning outcomes through student satisfaction.Conclusions:This study emphasizes the learning needs of working nurses and the impact on their learning outcomes in e-learning nursing undergraduate programs.Advances in e-learning education have assisted nurses to be more self-sufficient in their pursuit of lifelong learning.

Surviving the shift: College student satisfaction with emergency online learning during COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND The coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)epidemic disrupted education systems by forcing systems to shift to emergency online leaning.Online learning satisfaction affects academic achievement.Many factors affect online learning satisfaction.However there is little study focused on personal characteristics,mental status,and coping style when college students participated in emergency online courses.regression analyses were performed to identify factors that affected online learning satisfaction.RESULTS Descriptive findings indicated that 62.9%(994/1580)of students were satisfied with online learning.Factors that had significant positive effects on online learning satisfaction were online learning at scheduled times,strong exercise intensity,good health,regular schedule,focusing on the epidemic less than one hour a day,and maintaining emotional stability.Positive coping styles were protective factors of online learning satisfaction.Risk factors for poor satisfaction were depression,neurasthenia,and negative coping style.CONCLUSION College students with different personal characteristics,mental status,and coping style exhibited different degrees of online learning satisfaction.Our findings provide reference for educators,psychologists,and school adminis-trators to conduct health education intervention of college students during emergency online learning.

Exploring the Relationship between Quality of Sleep and Learning Satisfactions on the Nursing College Students

Background and Aim: Quality of sleep is essential element for learning and memory. Students’ learning performance may be affected by sleep. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between quality of sleep and learning satisfaction on nursing college students. Design and Participants: A cross-sectional with correlation study design was employed. 200 students were recruited from the nursing college. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Learning Satisfaction Scale were used for data collection. SPSS for window 17.0 was used for data analysis. Results: Findings showed: 1) 53% of participants rated their sleep quality as poor;2) the global learning satisfaction of participants varied between highly satisfaction and satisfaction;3) the global learning satisfaction was significantly negative related to “subjective sleep quality”, “use the sleep pill”, and “daytime dysfunction” (p < 0.05), finally, students who were interested in nursing can be explained 10.2% of the total amount of variances in learning satisfaction. Conclusions: The findings can provide information regarding nursing students’ sleep status and learning satisfaction to school teacher. The information would be helpful as evidences when laying out nursing curriculum to strengthen students’ sleep hygiene and learning of affective domain in the future.

The Relationship Between Uncertainty in Illness,State Anxiety,and the Life Satisfaction of College Students During the COVID-19 Epidemic

Objective:This study aimed to explore the relationship between uncertainty in illness,state anxiety,and the life satisfaction of college students during the COVID-19 epidemic.Methods:A cluster random sampling method was employed to select a total of 1522 college students from seven universities in China.The uncertainty in illness scale,state anxiety scale,and life satisfaction scale were used.Results:Uncertainty in illness had a negative effect on life satisfaction.Uncertainty in illness had a positive effect on state anxiety.State anxiety had a negative effect on life satisfaction.State anxiety played an important mediating role in the relationship between uncertainty in illness and life satisfaction-its mediating effect accounted for 17.43%of the total effect.Conclusion:A simple mediation model revealed that uncertainty in illness exerts influence both directly on life satisfaction and indirectly via state anxiety.Based upon these elucidated examples,several countermeasures and suggestions for life satisfaction are proposed.

Influencing program satisfaction for undergraduate students in STEM areas: The impact of interdisciplinary features, disciplinary connectedness, faculty support, and examination difficulty

Ensuring program satisfaction for undergraduate students in the areas of science,technology,engineering and mathematics(STEM)matters in student retention and education quality improvement.This study explores how four rarely examined variables support from faculty members,interdisciplinary features of STEM program courses,disciplinary connectedness of STEM program core courses,and examination difficulty impact Chinese STEM undergraduates’program satisfaction.With data from 619 Chinese STEM undergraduates,structural equation modeling shows that course satisfaction partially mediates the impact of support from faculty members on program satisfaction,while fully mediating that of interdisciplinary features of STEM program courses and disciplinary connectedness of STEM program core courses on program satisfaction.Examination difficulty exerts no significant impact on program satisfaction neither directly nor indirectly.Support from faculty members impact course satisfaction significantly stronger for junior and senior students than for freshmen and sophomores,while interdisciplinary features of STEM program courses impact course satisfaction stronger for freshmen and sophomores than for juniors and seniors.The study ends with practical implications for the higher education reform in relevant areas.

A Survey and Analysis of College English Students’Satisfaction Under the Flipped Classroom Model

This paper investigates the satisfaction of Chinese college students in English learning under the flipped classroom model.A questionnaire was scientifically compiled and in-depth interviews were conducted with students.The survey results show that students have high satisfaction with teachers’video design before class,students have slightly lower satisfaction with their own learning video before class,students have the highest satisfaction with teachers’classroom design,and students have medium satisfaction with their own classroom learning.According to the survey,the following enlightenment is drawn:The flipped classroom has high student satisfaction in English learning.However,the flipped classroom model cannot solve all the problems of college English classroom teaching,and what we should do is to give full play to its advantages.We can improve the learning effect of flipped classroom and increase students’learning satisfaction by optimizing the online learning environment of flipped classroom and improving students’autonomous learning ability.

Clinical education and student satisfaction: An integrative literature review

The clinical component of undergraduate clinical education is a critical area in nursing programs. Faculty shortages have made recruitment of clinical faculty and clinical teaching more challenging. As such, alternate models of clinical faculty assignments are being explored to address faculty shortages. This article contains an extensive literature review conducted to survey models of clinical education and student satisfaction with the clinical environment. The purpose of this paper is to examine student satisfaction in the clinical learning environment using articles employing the Clinical Learning Envi-ronment Inventory (CLEI) along with examining the use of alternate clinical staffing models in differing levels of undergraduate nursing students. A literature search focusing on studies published between 2002 and 2015 was conducted from 5 electronic databases. Thirty-five articles were reviewed and 22 were selected for this literature review. The studies reviewed concluded that students favored a more positive and favorable clinical environment than they perceived as being actually present. A supportive clinical learning environment is of paramount importance in securing positive teaching learning out-comes. Nurse educators can apply the results of this review in order to develop and maintain quality clinical teaching and to promote a positive, student-centric, clinical learning environment.

Evaluate Student Satisfaction for Social Learning Network at King Abdulaziz University

The new Web 2.0 trends have offered new tools to connect people not only to digital knowledge repositories but also to other people, in order to share ideas, collaboratively create new forms of dynamic learning content, get effective support, and learn with and from peers. Different types of collaborative content applications, such as blogs and wikis, are used by people of all ages, supporting the collaborative creation and sharing of knowledge among young and old, students and experts, inside and outside organizations and educational institutions. This research investigates the effects of Web 2.0 and social networks on students’ performance in online education which uses networking as an adjunct mode for enhancing traditional education in King Abdulaziz University.

Continuous use of fitness apps and shaping factors among college students: A mixed-method investigation

Objective:This current study pursued an exploration of the psychological mechanism that determines college students'continuance intention to use fitness apps.Methods:This current study adopted a mixed methods research that composed two distinct phases.Study 1 was quantitative research that helped to identify determinants of Chinese college students'continuance intention to use.A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 379 college students to ascertain their user experience.Study 2 was qualitative research.A semi-structured interview was conducted with a sample of 10 college students.Study 2 can be seen as a follow-up study and it pursued an in-depth understanding on how college students use fitness apps in the everyday life and their views towards study 1's major findings.Results:The results revealed that five factors(confirmed usefulness,confirmed ease of use,satisfaction,fitness achievement and social connection)were found to significantly and positively affect college students'continuous intention to use fitness apps.Entertainment did not show obvious impact.In the interview,college students reported that even if they don't obtain entertainment from fitness apps,they will still push themselves to use them,because they have a very specific goal when using fitness apps,which is to achieve health and fitness.Conclusion:These findings indicated that successful fitness apps should make users feel convenient to use and indeed improves the fitness user's efficiency.Besides,people are more eager to get the information with strong credibility with the negligible effort.This implies more efforts should be made to design apps that can provide high-quality services.Moreover,if apps designers can pay more attention to protecting the personal information and data,it will inspire more people to use social connection functions.

Social Media Impact on Tourism Destination Decision: Evidence from International Students in China

Technological advancement has led to the adoption and usage of social media among businesses including tourism sector to disseminate information and communicate with customers more effectively. Due to the limitless capabilities that social media provides, it is gradually transforming diverse business ecosystems. This study seeks to assess at the impact of social media on tourism destination decision-making from foreign students in China context. From the background of Uses and Gratification theory, a quantitative research approach was used to achieve the sole of the present study. This study used an online questionnaire tool to obtain response, validated using a Partial Least Square and Structural Equation Modeling and SPSS statistical software to analyze 271 samples of foreign students in China. The findings of the study show that behavioral intentions have a positive and significant effect on tourism destination decision-making, and social media significant direct influence on tourism destination decision making. Furthermore, tourists’ satisfaction can enhance tourism destination decisions when mediated by social media usage. The research findings would help tourism service providers to identify and select social media platforms as a marketing strategy for tourism competitiveness.

College Students’Cognition of Internet Accidental Injury Insurance:A Case Study of Guangdong Province

To explore college students'understanding and satisfaction of internet accidental injury insurance,and to analyse the factors influencing college students'awareness and satisfaction of internet accidental injury insurance.836 college students in Guangdong Province were selected by stratified random sampling.They were investigated with the self-designed questionnaire"College Students'Cognition of Internet Accidental Injury Insurance(CSCIAII)".29.67%,52.18%,10.13%and 8.02%of the college students didn't know,knew a little,knew relatively well and knew very well about internet accidental injury insurance,respectively.The percentage of college students who were very satisfied with the internet accidental injury insurance,thought the internet accidental injury insurance basically met their own needs,think it was acceptable but needed to be improved,did not agree with and were not satisfied with it at all were 9.55%,16.82%,47.73%,11.82%and 14.09%,respectively.College Students’awareness of insurance is weak,and they do not pay enough attention to accidental injury insurance.The design,publicity and sale strategies of internet insurance products may be important factors affecting college students'understanding and satisfaction with internet accidental injury insurance.

组建跨校虚拟教研室提升研究生专业课教学质量——车用发动机排放控制技术课程改革探索

组建跨校专家教学团队,采用跨校虚拟教研室模式,以“三全”和“思政”元素融入课堂,探索一条提升研究生专业课程教学质量的途径。以车用发动机排放控制技术课程为例,从教师团队组建、课程内容设置、学生获得感三个方面,紧抓课堂教学主渠道,以多名跨校专家高质量授课形式潜移默化地体现科学家精神和立德树人理念。推崇以科研促进专业课教学,学生掌握必备专业知识,具备工程伦理和思辨思想。课程改革实施后,极大增强学生的家国情怀、爱岗敬业和学科自信,更加积极主动地投身科研,为提升研究生教育质量打下基础。

价值期待视域下高校大学生思想政治教育的期待实现和期待满足策略研究

高校大学生思想政治教育以人为本,以学生为中心,着力满足学生的发展需求和价值期待,是高校大学生思想政治教育的根本旨归和目标方向。思想政治教育工作者要明确和重视高校大学生思想政治教育工作满足大学生价值期待的重要意义,了解大学生价值期待的基本特征,针对性做好大学生价值期待满足工作,提升高校大学生思想政治教育的亲和力、针对性和实效性,更好地落实立德树人根本任务。

北京大学临床医学毕业研究生满意度调查

本次研究通过构建临床医学毕业研究生满意度评价体系,对2020-2022年,北京大学人民医院全日制临床医学毕业研究生120人在院学习满意度进行调查。结果显示:调查对象对于9项指标具有较高满意度,但差异具有显著性。在评价项目组间差异比较中,管理部门服务能力满意度低于导师的专业指导水平,差异具有显著性。

非认知能力对家庭第一代大学生就业结果影响更大吗?

家庭第一代大学生就业关系着高等教育促进社会流动、阻断贫困代际传递重要功能的实现。基于2022年度全国高校本科毕业生调查数据分析发现,与非一代大学生相比,家庭第一代大学生在毕业去向上更倾向于选择就业而非升学,但两个群体在起薪和工作满意度上的差异不显著;除了毕业去向,非认知能力也会影响初职起薪和工作满意度,但没有充足证据表明家庭第一代大学生从中获益更大;在对就业去向的影响中,非认知能力与认知能力发挥着相互补充和替代作用,但是这种影响在两类群体之间具有一致性;家庭第一代大学生非认知能力显著低于非一代大学生,通过更多的同伴互动、社会实践活动、家庭情感支持、学校归属感和更低的家庭成就内疚感可提高其非认知能力。

北京某大学医学院不同类型医学生就业现状与思考

目的了解北京某大学医学院不同类型医学生就业现状及影响因素,为就业及教学管理部门落实好毕业生就业指导工作提出建议。方法于2023年5—10月采用问卷调查法和访谈法对北京某大学医学院的2023年全体毕业生(154名)进行调查,了解不同类型医学生的基本信息、就业满意度、就业意向、实际就业情况及就业满意度影响因素。结果共发放问卷154份,回收有效问卷151份,有效问卷回收率为98.05%。医学生的就业满意度平均分为(3.56±0.79)分,男性医学生的就业满意度平均分为(3.86±0.68)分,高于女性的(3.44±0.81)分,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);不同类型及不同学历层次医学生的就业满意度比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);65.6%的毕业生选择留京工作,66.2%的毕业生选择于医疗机构从事临床工作岗位;博士研究生就业率为96.2%,硕士研究生就业率为66.0%。半结构化访谈结果显示,受访学生均认为个人发展是就业时优先考虑的因素,86.7%的被访谈者认为应加强职业规划指导并优化培养模式,57.1%的未就业学生存在“慢就业”现象;外部因素、个人需求、个人能力及家庭因素为就业满意度影响因子,其中个人需求对就业满意度产生显著的负向影响关系,个人能力对就业满意度产生显著的正向影响关系。结论北京某大学医学院不同类型医学生的就业满意度整体较好,博士研究生就业形势良好,但硕士研究生就业形势不容乐观;不同类型医学生就业满意度影响因素多样,需探索改革传统医学教育模式。

“双一流”与非“双一流”高校生源研究生考研背景与学业满意度的比较研究——以西部某高校为例

该文以问卷调查数据信息为基础,采用独立样本T检验和描述性统计分析方法,对来源于“双一流”与非“双一流”研究生专业认同度、考研动机及学业满意度的差异进行比较研究,从受教育者的角度探讨将“双一流”高校生源作为优质生源的合理性。研究发现,“双一流”高校生源研究生对前一阶段专业学习的认同度以及现在专业知识体系的系统性高于非“双一流”高校生源研究生。对学术和科研感兴趣、提高就业层级以及提高学历层次都是两类学校生源研究生考研的主要动机。“双一流”高校与非“双一流”高校生源硕士生学业满意度无差异。非“双一流”高校生源博士生学业满意度显著高于“双一流”高校生源的博士生。

基于学生满意度的旅游目的地管理课程改革分析——以北京联合大学为例

旅游目的地管理课程是教育部《旅游管理类教学质量国家标准》规定的4门核心课程之一。因此,该课程的课程建设至关重要。从学生角度进行课堂教学满意度调查和评价是以“学生为中心”教学理念的一种体现。该文以旅游目的地管理课程为例,通过问卷调查了解旅游管理大类专业学生对该课程的满意度,并运用SPSS25.0进行问卷数据的统计分析,探讨与学生满意度有关的课程内容、教师教学等因素存在的问题,进一步挖掘学生对课程改革满意高低的深层原因,并尝试提出对策。