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Cognitive restructuring as a panacea for maladaptive behaviors among primary school children

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.29393
Nonso Ngozika Bisong , Blessing Agbo Ntamu , Veronica Akwenabuaye Undelikwo
This study investigated the efficacy of cognitive restructuring as a panacea for maladaptive behaviors among primary school children in Calabar Municipal, Cross River State, Nigeria. The study was a quasi-experimental study using a pre-test-post-test experimental design. Data were collected from pupils in primary four. Data was collected over twelve weeks. The mean and standard deviation of the pre-and post-test scores were calculated and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to determine the differences in the two scores. There were 39 students recruited for the study. The study found that maladaptive behaviors such as aggression and disobedience were pervasive among primary school pupils in Calabar. Notably, the findings indicated that cognitive restructuring had a statistically significant impact on reducing aggressive behavior, though its influence on disobedient behavior was not as pronounced. The paper concluded that cognitive restructuring is an effective intervention strategy for addressing maladaptive behaviors among primary school pupils. The intervention achieved its intended goal of improving children’s behavior and provided a framework for more sustainable behavior management strategies.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 398-405
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Exploring teacher perceptions, commitment, and beliefs in STEM education: a systematic literature review analysis

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.30608
Sariati Talib , Bity Salwana Alias , Mohd Effendi Ewan Mohd Matore
In recent times, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education has gained interest in preparing students to face the challenges of the modern world. STEM fields are important for nurturing and shaping a wide range of skills in society. Therefore, to ensure students acquire the necessary skills and knowledge, STEM education has become a priority in education systems around the world, with teachers playing an important role in ensuring the success of STEM education. Therefore, teachers’ perceptions, commitments and beliefs need to be explored to gain understanding, needs and challenges for teachers to implement STEM education. This study analyzed past research findings through the systematic literature review (SLR) method with the findings of 28 articles. The findings of this past study reveal the challenges, and opportunities faced by educators through their perceptions, commitments, and beliefs in STEM education for the actions of policymakers and school leaders.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 442-451
Publish at: 2025-02-01

GeneXPress card: development and evaluation of educational card game for DNA transcription subtopics in genetics

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.30741
Nurfarizah Amani Norizan , Adibah Abu Bakar , Syazwan Saidin
Understanding deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) transcription poses a substantial challenge in studying genetics, often due to lack of understanding and traditional teaching methods that fail to engage students. This study introduces GeneXPress, an innovative card game, aimed at enhancing the learning experience of DNA transcription for higher education biology students. Using the ADDIE model, this preliminary study assessed the usability of the GeneXPress card game through a survey of 169 biology education students at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia. A quantitative approach was employed to analyze the survey data, evaluating the game’s usability using descriptive statistics, including mean scores and standard deviations. The findings reveal high usability and positive views of GeneXPress, covering various aspects such as goals, design, components and organization, playability and usefulness, with average scores of above 3.79. The positive perception of GeneXPress among students highlights its ability to engage and motivate learners, making the study of complex genetic concepts more accessible and enjoyable. In conclusion, it underscores the vital role of innovative teaching aids in enhancing student engagement and understanding, paving the way for future explorations into educational tools that cater to the evolving needs of learners and educators alike.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 482-491
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Personality types persistency, occupational consistency, and occupational satisfaction of graduates

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.31471
Ann Gathigia Waruita , Ciriaka Muriithi Gitonga , Edwin Benson Atitwa
Personality type affects career path and can determine an individual’s job satisfaction or dissatisfaction after graduation. In Kenya, high graduate unemployment has forced many to seek jobs unrelated to their qualifications or personalities. The purpose of the current study was to examine persistency of Holland’s personality types, mediating effect of consistency of career choices, and the degree of occupational satisfaction, informed by Holland’s theory. Longitudinal cohort research design was adopted, to access participants involved in a study conducted in 2012, from which 76 participants were accessed and provided required data. Data was collected using Holland’s self-directed search 4th edition questionnaire and an interview schedule. Spearman’s rank correlation was used to determine correlation between persistency of personality types and occupational satisfaction. Logistic regression was used to check the mediating effects of consistency on the relationship between personality types and occupational satisfaction. Results of the study indicate that there was a positive significant relationship between persistency of personality types and occupational satisfaction at p<0.05; mediating effect of consistency on the relationship between personality types and occupational satisfaction was statistically significant at (β=0.254, p<0.05). This study highlights the importance of persistency of personality types and consistency of career choices in ensuring occupational satisfaction.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 319-331
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Integrating ethnoscience in inquiry-creative learning: a new breakthrough in enhancing critical thinking

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.29259
Ahmad Harjono , Ni Nyoman Sri Putu Verawati , Wahyudi Wahyudi , Syifa'ul Gummah , Saiful Prayogi
Incorporating knowledge of culture and local wisdom values (ethnosciences) into scientific investigation is a new breakthrough in the current study. The integration of ethnosciences and scientific investigation is a valuable pathway that serves not only as a tool for acquiring new knowledge but also for developing critical thinking (CT) skills essential in solving real-world problems. This research aims to enhance CT skills among prospective science teachers (PSTs) through a teaching program that integrates ethnosciences with inquiry-creative learning. This particular investigation employs a mixed method approach, combining both quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative study utilized a randomized pretest-posttest control group design, with traditional expository teaching employed as the comparison group. Qualitative methods were specifically used in this study through semi-structured interviews with lecturer, particularly regarding the PSTs’ engagement in the implementation of learning program. CT skill tests and interview forms were used as data collection instruments. The study findings reveal that integrating ethnosciences with inquiry-creative learning has a significant effect on the development of CT skills compared to traditional instruction. The findings highlight the effectiveness of this approach in improving CT skills among PSTs and contribute to future research in the field of science education.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 636-647
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Hybrid intrusion detection model for hierarchical wireless sensor network using federated learning

10.11591/ijai.v14.i1.pp492-499
Sathishkumar Mani , Parasuram Chandrasekaran Kishoreraja , Christeena Joseph , Reji Manoharan , Prasannavenkatesan Theerthagiri
The applications of wireless sensor networks are vast and popular in today’s technology world. These networks consist of small, independent sensors that are capable of measuring various physical quantities. Deployment of wireless sensor networks increased due to immense applications which are susceptible to different types of attacks in an unprotected and open region. Intrusion detection systems (IDS) play a vital part in any secured environment for any network. IDS using federated learning have the potential to achieve better classification accuracy. Usually, all the data is stored in centralized server in order to communicate between the systems. On the other hand, federated learning is a distributed learning technique that does not transfer data but trains models locally and transfers the parameters to the centralized server. The proposed research uses a hybrid IDS for wireless sensor networks using federating learning. The detection takes place in real-time through detailed analysis of attacks at different levels in a decentralized manner. Hybrid IDS are designed for node level, cluster level and the base station where federated learning acts as a client and aggregated server.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 492-499
Publish at: 2025-02-01

A novel ensemble-based approach for Windows malware detection

10.11591/ijai.v14.i1.pp327-336
Vikas Verma , Arun Malik , Isha Batra , A. S. M. Sanwar Hosen
The exponential growth of internet-connected devices, particularly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has brought forth a critical global challenge: safeguarding the security of transmitted information. The integrity and functionality of these devices face significant threats from various forms of malware, leading to behavioral distortions. Consequently, a vital aspect of cybersecurity entails accurately identifying and classifying such malware, enabling the implementation of appropriate countermeasures. Existing literature has explored diverse approaches for malware identification, encompassing static and dynamic analysis techniques like signature-based, behavior-based, and heuristic-based methods. However, these approaches face a key issue of inadequately identifying unknown malware variants, often resulting in misclassifications of new strains as benign. To tackle this challenge, this study introduces a novel ensemble-based approach for identifying and classifying malware on Windows platforms, with a specific focus on detecting new and previously unknown variants. The proposed approach leverages multiple machine learning schemes to identify elusive unknown malware that proves challenging for existing methods. 
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 327-336
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Factors that contribute to the sustainability of graduate education in Malaysian research-based universities

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.28023
Mohd Fathi Sariman , Zaidatun Tasir , Noor Hazarina Hashim
Today, research is a crucial agenda of universities, and graduate education plays an important role in producing research, publications, and innovation. Thus, the quality of graduate education among Malaysian research universities must be enhanced by exploring the factors that contribute to the sustainability of graduate education. This is done systematically based on relevant literatures and experts’ opinions in graduate education. Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify factors that contribute to the sustainability of graduate education among Malaysian research-based universities (RUs). Findings demonstrate that the factors are governance of graduate education, quality of supervision, quality of programs, quality of students, research facilities, research ecosystem, and financial assistance.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 17-27
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Large language models-based metric for generative question answering systems

10.11591/ijai.v14.i1.pp151-158
Hazem Abdel Azim , Mohamed Tharwat Waheed , Ammar Mohammed
In the evolving landscape of text generation, which has advanced rapidly in recent years, techniques for evaluating the performance and quality of the generated text lag behind relatively. Traditionally, lexical-based metrics such as bilingual evaluation understudy (BLEU), recall-oriented understudy for gisting evaluation (ROUGE), metric for evaluation of translation with explicit ordering (METEOR), consensus-based image description evaluation (CIDER), and F1 have been utilized, primarily relying on n-gram similarity for evaluation. In recent years, neural and machine-learning-based metrics, like bidirectional encoder representations from transformers (BERT) score, key phrase question answering (KPQA), and BERT supervised training of learned evaluation metric for reading comprehension (LERC) have shown superior performance over traditional metrics but suffered from a lack of generalization towards different domains and requires massive human-labeled training data. The main contribution of the current research is to investigate the use of train-free large language models (LLMs) as scoring metrics, evaluators, and judges within a questionanswering context, encompassing both closed and open-QA scenarios. To validate this idea, we employ a simple zero-shot prompting of Mixtral 8x7 B, a popular and widely used open-source LLM, to score a variety of datasets and domains. The experimental results on ten different benchmark datasets are compared against human judgments, revealing that, on average, simple LLMbased metrics outperformed sophisticated state-of-the-art statistical and neural machine-learning-based metrics by 2-8 points on answer-pairs scoring tasks and up to 15 points on contrastive preferential tasks.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 151-158
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Factors influencing students’ intention to enroll at private higher education institution

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.29711
Ace Somantri , Zaid Zaid , Katon Pratondo , Abdullah Qiqi Asmara
Intense competition exists amid the rapid growth of universities worldwide and in Indonesia. Often, private higher education is the victim of defeat from competition. Because competitive pressures such as these will undoubtedly lead to reduced revenues, universities are encouraged to increase their student numbers to increase revenues. According to the theory of planned behavior, the intention to carry out certain actions is an essential prerequisite for the strategy’s success. This research examines the factors influencing students to enroll in private, Muhammadiyah contexts, higher education institutions. By involving 572 respondents and using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis, this research shows that among the factors that influence students’ intention in enrolling in Muhammadiyah Higher Education Institutions are higher education institution image and student characteristics, where both have a positive and significant influence with values (β=0.409; p-value=0.000) and (β=0.461; p-value=0.001).
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 289-296
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Measuring Vietnamese-speaking English as a foreign language students’ socio-emotional skills

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.30099
Do Minh Hung , Le Thanh Nguyet Anh , Vo Phan Thu Ngan , Pham Van Tac , Bui Thanh Tinh
Socio-emotional skills are crucial in learning processes and academic performances, but research in this field among college students, especially among Vietnamese-speaking students majoring in English as a foreign language (EFL) is still rare. Thus, the study attempts to fill this gap. As the first necessary part of a larger research project, the present study measured the target population’s socio-emotional skills via a 30-item questionnaire scale made up of two core components (the self and the others) embracing five subcomponents (self-awareness, self-regulation, self-utilization, empathy, and social skills). The sample group of 615 EFL majors from a university in Vietnam was surveyed. Statistic survey results show that the group appeared to reach a high level of socio-emotional skills in general. In addition, there was no significant gap between two core components, but five subcomponents stood out in a descending magnitude line of self-awareness>self-utilization, empathy>social skills>self-regulation. These significant findings provide constructive guidance needed for our research team to project instructional action plans in the subsequent phases. It also provokes further research on similar strands within Vietnam and beyond.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 739-748
Publish at: 2025-02-01

The effects of design-based art activities on students’ spatial thinking skills

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.30911
Sehran Dilmaç , Oğuz Dilmaç
This study was conducted to determine the effects of design-based learning (DBL) on students’ spatial thinking skills in architectural design education. Spatial thinking skills are of great importance in the architectural design process for architecture students to perceive and comprehend both the surrounding architectural spaces and the architectural product they design from different dimensions and perspectives. In order to gain this skill, DBL approaches based on a cooperative learning approach, which allow students to actively participate in the learning process, were applied. It was tested whether the DBL approach would increase students’ spatial thinking skills and develop skills, such as visual structuring skills, creativity, multidimensional and abstract thinking skills, imagination, problem solving, and multi-function execution. The research model is a pre-test-post-test control group quasi-experimental design. Data were obtained using the spatial thinking skills test. Based on the findings obtained as a result of the research, it was determined that the DBL approach applied in the color and texture course was effective on the spatial thinking skills of 2nd-year architecture students.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 260-268
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Communication competence model: how to train ability to say what you really mean

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.29806
Nataliia Glushanytsia , Tetyana Tarnavska , Nadiia Chernukha , Zoriana Krupnyk , Dmytro Kostenko
Business is becoming increasingly multinational. Non-native language communication is a background activity for many jobs and a challenge for those whose first language is not English. The problem is that a non-native language activity distracts attention, increases the risk of misunderstanding, and reduces the effectiveness of professional communication. The article aims to present a Foreign Language Communicative Competence model that is a way to solve the problem and enables fluent, errorless communication that supports professional activity. The main question of the research is what learning conditions, methods and strategies, approaches, and technologies provide the development of foreign language communication competence. We used questionnaires, interviews, psychological diagnostic techniques, observations, and a pedagogical experiment in the research. The pedagogical experiments occurred at the National Aviation University in the 2021 to 2022 academic year. Two groups of second-year students majoring in “Aviation Maintenance” were involved. The experiment outcomes show the enhanced level of students’ foreign language communication competence, motivation, and engagement in learning. The developed model contributes to the ability to concentrate on the job and make quick decisions under the influence of psychological factors like time pressure, stress, or noise while speaking a foreign language.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 708-719
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Parallel rapidly exploring random tree method for unmanned aerial vehicles autopilot development using graphics processing unit processing

10.11591/ijai.v14.i1.pp712-723
Lesia Mochurad , Monika Davidekova , Stergios-Aristoteles Mitoulis
Autonomous air movement systems hold great potential for transforming various industries, making their development essential. Autopilot design involves advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data. This paper focuses on developing a parallel rapidly-exploring random tree (RRT) algorithm using compute unified device architecture (CUDA) technology for efficient processing on graphics processing units (GPUs). The study evaluates the algorithm's performance in automated trajectory planning for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Numerical experiments show that the parallel algorithm outperforms the sequential central processing unit (CPU)-based version, especially as task complexity and state space dimensions increase. In scenarios with numerous obstacles, the parallel algorithm maintains stable performance, making it well-suited for various applications. Comparisons with CPU-based methods highlight the advantages of GPU use, particularly in terms of speed and efficiency. Additionally, the performance of two GPU models, NVIDIA RTX 2070 and T4 is compared, with the T4 demonstrating superior performance for similar tasks. Future research should explore integrating multiple algorithms for a more comprehensive UAV autopilot system. The proposed approach stands out for its stability and practical applicability in real-world autopilot implementations.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 712-723
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Chinese paper classification based on pre-trained language model and hybrid deep learning method

10.11591/ijai.v14.i1.pp641-649
Xin Luo , Sofianita Mutalib , Syaripah Ruzaini Syed Aris
With the explosive growth in the number of published papers, researchers must filter papers by category to improve retrieval efficiency. The features of data can be learned through complex network structures of deep learning models without the need for manual definition and extraction in advance, resulting in better processing performance for large datasets. In our study, the pre-trained language model bidirectional encoder representations from transformers (BERT) and other deep learning models were applied to paper classification. A large-scale chinese scientific literature dataset was used, including abstracts, keywords, titles, disciplines, and categories from 396 k papers. Currently, there is little in-depth research on the role of titles, abstracts, and keywords in classification and how they are used in combination. To address this issue, we evaluated classification results by employing different title, abstract, and keywords concatenation methods to generate model input data, and compared the effects of a single sentence or sentence pair data input methods. We also adopted an ensemble learning approach to integrate the results of models that processed titles, keywords, and abstracts independently to find the best combination. Finally, we studied the combination of different types of models, such as the combination of BERT and convolutional neural networks (CNN), and measured the performance by accuracy, weighted average precision, weighted average recall, and weighted average F1 score.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 641-649
Publish at: 2025-02-01
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