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Ranking of European Universities by DEA-Based Sustainability Indicator 按基于 DEA 的可持续性指标对欧洲大学进行排名

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Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI: 10.7160/eriesj.2023.160403

Markéta Matulová

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Education Performance of Czech Public Higher Education Institutions Using Data Envelopment and Panel Regression Analysis 利用数据包络和面板回归分析法分析捷克公立高等教育机构的教育绩效

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Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI: 10.7160/eriesj.2023.160405

Jana Hančlová, Lucie Chytilová

{"title":"Education Performance of Czech Public Higher Education Institutions Using Data Envelopment and Panel Regression Analysis","authors":"Jana Hančlová, Lucie Chytilová","doi":"10.7160/eriesj.2023.160405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2023.160405","url":null,"abstract":"The priority goals of the development of Czech higher education include ensuring the quality of its activities, improving the availability and relevance of flexible forms of education, and increasing efficiency in teaching and research. Several professional articles evaluated educational efficiency, but the proposed models did not include unemployed graduate students. The paper assesses education efficiency at public universities in the Czech Republic in 2020-2021 using an extended Data envelopment model with undesirable outputs, non-proportional and non-radial measures of distance from the efficient frontier. The influence of selected economic, social, regional and institutional factors on education efficiency is estimated by a panel regression model using the Feasible generalized least squares method. The results document the level and development of education efficiency and find insufficient reduction of unemployed graduates as a critical problem of inefficiency. More prominent universities achieve higher education efficiency. The main statistically significant factors influencing changes in education efficiency are population density, the unemployment rate, the location of the university in larger urban centres and the number of students per university employee.","PeriodicalId":42715,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139133537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Graduate Employability as a Key to the Efficiency of Tertiary Education 毕业生就业能力是高等教育效率的关键所在

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Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI: 10.7160/eriesj.2023.160401

Veronika Blašková, Michaela Staňková

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Assessing the Relative Impact of Colombian Higher Education Institutions Using Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis (Fuzzy-DEA) in State Evaluations 在国家评估中使用模糊数据包络分析法（Fuzzy-DEA）评估哥伦比亚高等教育机构的相对影响

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Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI: 10.7160/eriesj.2023.160404

Rohemi Zuluaga, Alicia Camelo-Guarín, Enrique de la Hoz

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Measuring the Efficiency of Turkish Research Universities via Two-Stage Network DEA with Shared Inputs Model 通过共享投入模型的两阶段网络 DEA 衡量土耳其研究型大学的效率

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Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI: 10.7160/eriesj.2023.160406

Hamza Dogan

{"title":"Measuring the Efficiency of Turkish Research Universities via Two-Stage Network DEA with Shared Inputs Model","authors":"Hamza Dogan","doi":"10.7160/eriesj.2023.160406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2023.160406","url":null,"abstract":"The efficiency of universities, which have a network structure of production process, is an essential component of performance measurement in education. However, most previous studies use traditional Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which disregards the network structure of the production process in universities. This study adopts a two-stage Network Data Envelopment Analysis (NDEA) with shared inputs model to assess the overall, teaching and research efficiencies of Turkish research universities. The findings show that only 6 out of 23 research universities are efficient, and some universities with lower world rankings are more efficient than those with higher rankings. On the other hand, no significant difference was found between the efficiency levels of regions with a high level of socio-economic development and regions with a relatively low level of socio-economic development. The study also evaluates the effects of different priority scenarios on efficiency and the optimal allocation of shared inputs between sub-processes. This study provides guidance for universities seeking to improve their performance and for the Council of Higher Education (CHE) in determining incentives for research universities. It also promotes the use of multi-stage NDEA with shared inputs model over traditional DEA for accurate efficiency assessment in the field of education.","PeriodicalId":42715,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139132415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A State-Level Analysis of Mexican Education and Its Impact on Regional, Economic, and Social Development: Two-Stage Network DEA Approach 墨西哥教育及其对地区、经济和社会发展影响的州级分析：两阶段网络 DEA 方法

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Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI: 10.7160/eriesj.2023.160402

M. Flegl, Sonia Valeria Avilés-Sacoto, D. Güemes-Castorena, Estefanía Caridad Avilés-Sacoto

{"title":"A State-Level Analysis of Mexican Education and Its Impact on Regional, Economic, and Social Development: Two-Stage Network DEA Approach","authors":"M. Flegl, Sonia Valeria Avilés-Sacoto, D. Güemes-Castorena, Estefanía Caridad Avilés-Sacoto","doi":"10.7160/eriesj.2023.160402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2023.160402","url":null,"abstract":"Education has been considered a cornerstone for human and economic development. Although there is a national educational strategy in most countries, various implementations are at the state level. This paper studies academic efficiency at the primary and secondary levels and the human development dimensions –long and healthy life, being knowledgeable, and enjoying a decent standard of life– at the state level. For this purpose, a network data envelopment analysis (NDEA) with two stages was proposed. The first stage studies the educational process efficiency, while the second evaluates its impact in the form of the human development index. The study found significant differences between the evaluated states in the education stage, where the lowest efficiencies are mainly in the southwest of Mexico. The results also indicate that better education quality leads to greater regional, economic, and social development at the state level. This study contributes to the NDEA applications on the understanding of the impact that education has in improving the development of the regions holistically.","PeriodicalId":42715,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139131652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Complex Evaluation of the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic at Universities: A Soft Computing Approach 基于软计算方法的高校新冠肺炎疫情影响复杂评估

Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI: 10.7160/eriesj.2023.160307

František Zapletal, Miroslav Hudec, Miloš Švaňa, Lucie Chytilová, Karel Hlaváček, Aleš Lokaj, Anna Urbanek, Jozef Glova, João Paulo Samartinho, Cristina Maria Costa Rodriguez, Stefán Guðnason

{"title":"The Complex Evaluation of the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic at Universities: A Soft Computing Approach","authors":"František Zapletal, Miroslav Hudec, Miloš Švaňa, Lucie Chytilová, Karel Hlaváček, Aleš Lokaj, Anna Urbanek, Jozef Glova, João Paulo Samartinho, Cristina Maria Costa Rodriguez, Stefán Guðnason","doi":"10.7160/eriesj.2023.160307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2023.160307","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the educational process since the teaching process has been forced to go online in many countries. This enforced change revealed the weaknesses and strengths of the national educational systems and particular institutions. This article aims to analyse the impact of COVID-19 at selected European universities and assess the satisfaction of students, teachers, IT staff and management. This study is unique for its systematicity and complexity – it aggregates the opinions of all interested groups of stakeholders, distinguishes several time periods (before, during and after the pandemic), and allows the respondents to express hesitance in their evaluation. The evaluation model uses fuzzy sets to capture the uncertainty and to aggregate the opinions of different stakeholder groups. The empirical results show that most of the satisfaction development is the same or similar for all institutions examined. Then, the pandemic strongly influenced the satisfaction of all stakeholder groups at the universities examined. This impact was mostly negative, however, several lessons learnt have been revealed. Therefore, it was shown that it is highly beneficial to include these aspects to obtain a reliable picture of overall satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":42715,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135814470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Identifying the Factors Influencing Mathematics Teachers' Grading Practices Regarding Students' In-Class Performance: A Reliability and Validity Study 数学教师对学生课堂表现评分的影响因素:信度与效度研究

Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI: 10.7160/eriesj.2023.160304

Osman Birgin, Murat Yılmaz

{"title":"Identifying the Factors Influencing Mathematics Teachers' Grading Practices Regarding Students' In-Class Performance: A Reliability and Validity Study","authors":"Osman Birgin, Murat Yılmaz","doi":"10.7160/eriesj.2023.160304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2023.160304","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to develop a scale to identify the factors influencing mathematics teachers' grading practices regarding students' in-class performance. The study was carried out with 180 secondary and 140 high school mathematics teachers from the southwestern region of Türkiye. The scale’s construct validity was determined using item analysis, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The EFA results showed that the scale consisted of a 5-point Likert-type scale with 36 items under eight factors (mathematical knowledge and skills, social behaviors, affective skills, effort, homework performance, follow-up test results, academic exam results, and external benchmarks). The scale explained 70.02% of the total variance, with factor loadings ranging from 0.50 to 0.92. The item-total correlations ranged from 0.36 to 0.64, and t-test results for the item discrimination index were significant. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the overall scale was calculated to be 0.92. The CFA results indicated that the scale model had a good fit (Chi-square/df = 1.39; RMSEA = 0.051; IFI = 0.98; NNFI = 0.97; CFI= 0.98; and SRMR = 0.062). Based on the findings, the scale is a valid and reliable instrument that may be used in determining the factors influencing mathematics teachers’ grading practices.","PeriodicalId":42715,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135814624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Digital Storytelling in Economics Subjects and its Effectiveness on Student Learning Outcomes by Gender and Different Economic Knowledge 经济学科目的数字讲故事及其对性别和不同经济知识学生学习成果的影响

Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI: 10.7160/eriesj.2023.160305

Jana Nunvarova, Petra Poulova, Pavel Prazak

{"title":"Digital Storytelling in Economics Subjects and its Effectiveness on Student Learning Outcomes by Gender and Different Economic Knowledge","authors":"Jana Nunvarova, Petra Poulova, Pavel Prazak","doi":"10.7160/eriesj.2023.160305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2023.160305","url":null,"abstract":"Digital storytelling (DST) is one of the alternative teaching methods and previous research shows its positive impact on students’ motivation and learning outcomes, especially in humanities subjects. In vocational subjects such as economics, the effectiveness of this method is questionable. 856 respondents aged 15 to 19 from six business academies in the Czech Republic took part in the testing, which focused on the effectiveness of digital storytelling in economics. This paper presents other possible factors that may have influenced students' performance in the post-test. A comparison of the results from the pre-tests and post-tests of the experimental and control groups showed that the students from the experimental group reached higher mean values in the post-test than the students from the control group. It was also found that in the group that used digital storytelling, the year of study and the initial knowledge of the students assessed in the pre-test influenced the mean post-test scores. On the other hand, the factor of students' gender was not demonstrated. At the end of the testing, a questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate students' views on digital storytelling and their preferences for teaching methods.","PeriodicalId":42715,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135814468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Technostress and Continuance Intention of Online Learning in Higher Education: Evidence from Indonesia 技术压力与高等教育在线学习的持续意向:来自印度尼西亚的证据

Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI: 10.7160/eriesj.2023.160306

Mohamad Arief Rafsanjani, Albrian Fiky Prakoso, Eka Indah Nurlaili, Riza Yonisa Kurniawan, Wida Wulandari

{"title":"Technostress and Continuance Intention of Online Learning in Higher Education: Evidence from Indonesia","authors":"Mohamad Arief Rafsanjani, Albrian Fiky Prakoso, Eka Indah Nurlaili, Riza Yonisa Kurniawan, Wida Wulandari","doi":"10.7160/eriesj.2023.160306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2023.160306","url":null,"abstract":"As a developing country, Indonesia faces many obstacles in implementing online learning due to the lack of infrastructure and technical skills. The mandated online learning policy during the spread of the covid-19 virus became a turning point and made massive use. However, the online learning policy raised unforeseen issues such as stress, especially among students. This study focuses on the continuance intention of online learning among college students in Indonesia. The person-environment fit theory serves as a theoretical anchor, with technostress being examined as a predictor. This research uses an online questionnaire to reach 466 college students as research participants. We used partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to examine the research model. The result shows that three types of technostress (techno-overload, techno-invasion, and techno-uncertainty) are confirmed to have a significant negative effect on the continuance intention of online learning. Meanwhile, the other two (techno-complexity and techno-insecurity) do not affect online learning continuance intention. The current study contributes to the literature regarding the technostress and continuance intention of online learning topics, especially in developing countries such as Indonesia. Furthermore, the research provides valuable insight for policymakers and university administrators, enabling them to formulate effective policies for mandated online learning.","PeriodicalId":42715,"journal":{"name":"Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135814626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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