Competition-Based Learning: Determining the Strongest Skill that Can Be Achieved Among Higher Education Learners

Sukiman, Safura Adeela; Yusop, Haslenda; Mokhtar, Rashidah; Jaafar, Nur Huda

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-1458-1_47

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“…Because teams work together to solve a certain problem, this model bears a certain resemblance to Project-Based Learning (PBL). Consequently, certain authors refer to this model as Competition-Based Learning methodology [74]. This cooperation model is firmly established in the field of robotics [75], but the latest trends show that this model also has a great acceptance in the energy [76] and automotive [77] sectors.…”

Section: • Model 8 (M#8): Competitions and Awardsmentioning

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Identification of Educational Models That Encourage Business Participation in Higher Education Institutions

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In a scenario in which the labour market is increasingly competitive and there is a need to provide students with practical training, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) must promote the labour integration of students, by building their competences and shaping their skills in accordance with the strategic plans of companies. In the past, cooperation between companies and universities was based on informal agreements. Nowadays, companies are actively involved in the development of educational models. This is not only part of their corporate social responsibility, but also represents a business opportunity. In this context, the research performed to identify collaboration models between companies and HEIs that simplify the integration of training processes in companies is scarce. Therefore, the aim of this research is to identify existing joint educational models between companies and HEIs and to propose a methodology that allows them to select the models most in line with their business. The methodology applies a multi-criteria selection procedure and, in a simple way, enables the businesses to identify how to increase their involvement. Model identification is based on a proposal of common features that uses indicators for involvement quantification. This study selected ten HEI-company cooperation models and subsequently applied the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method to analyse the level of involvement that these models require of companies. Five models of different involvement levels were selected and detailed by their features.

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Section: • Model 8 (M#8): Competitions and Awardsmentioning

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“…Students can become motivated to sharpen their programming skills and practice coding through competitions. Besides that, it will also benefit them in their future careers [17]. Student motivation has been known to increase due to competitions and other incentives [18].…”

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A Design for Challenge-Based Learning of Programming

Latih

Bakar

Jailani

et al. 2018

Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Inf. Technol.

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Computer Science students are expected to acquire good programming skills. Both students and instructors accept that learning programming for first-year college students is fairly difficult. To assist students to achieve this goal, instructors will have to adopt a suitable design for programming courses. This paper reports on the design of a Computer Programming course based on the integrated course design approach, which was conducted by a research group at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia from the Faculty of Information Science and Technology. The course is designed to provide relevant teaching and learning activities, feedback, and assessment that will ultimately support the learning goals of students. The design will provide opportunities for preparation time, meaningful feedback, and a competitive feel to the course. The effectiveness of this approach is then evaluated via an online survey that was administered to first-year undergraduate students. The results obtained from 162 first-year students showed that the students were able to improve the results of their the first-year program with the utilization of PC 2 , as it allowed them to obtain prompt feedback. The use of PC 2 also gives them a competitive atmosphere, which motivates them to perform better. The survey results also indicate that the students used their time to prepare for lab sessions via tutorials and self-learning.

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“…Learning relies on the competition results as suggested by the CBL (Johnson et al, 1985). Furthermore, a reward system is implemented when the task assigned is completed (Sukiman et al, 2016). While remaining engaged, students are able to converge with the facility and classmates better in CBL.…”

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“…Students' soft skills can also be improved through CBL, as well as their critical thinking and problem-solving skills (Khairnar, 2015). It can be easily combined with other learning methods, such as problem-based learning (PBL), project-based learning, collaborative-based learning, cooperative learning, and game-based learning (Burguillo, 2010;Sukiman et al, 2016). CBL is mostly conducted in engineering, computer programming and science-based programs as stated by Sukiman et al (2016).…”

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“…It can be easily combined with other learning methods, such as problem-based learning (PBL), project-based learning, collaborative-based learning, cooperative learning, and game-based learning (Burguillo, 2010;Sukiman et al, 2016). CBL is mostly conducted in engineering, computer programming and science-based programs as stated by Sukiman et al (2016). The students have the opportunity to prepare themselves to compete in their future industry from this learning approach (Kristensen et al, 2015).…”

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Factors influencing the effectiveness of the competition based learning (CBL) activity among accounting undergraduates

Joseph

Rahmat

2019

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Teaching an entirely reading topic to accounting students in higher education is sometimes challenging as students generally prefer calculation topics. Teaching a purely reading topic is a challenge to the lecturer and the students may face problems in digesting the topic taught. Therefore, the engagement in learning is essential to enhance the understanding on the subject matter among students. Educators use a competition-based learning model to bring students' deficiencies under control in their learning process in higher education. A specific learning activity involving the model was carried out through the production of mind mapping video for the course of Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting 2 on the Corporate Social Responsibility topic. The study was conducted to examine the factors influencing the effectiveness of the Competition-Based Learning activity in the accounting course. A questionnaire was particularly developed and distributed to all 63 students from the Bachelor of Accountancy Program, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sarawak Branch, who went through the course in Semester March-July 2018. From the survey, the mind mapping video competition was effective for teaching and learning as the respondents and participants had agreed in general. However, factors, such as number of times taking the course, number of family members in higher education, parents' level of academic qualification and MUET results revealed no differences on the effectiveness of the competition-based learning activity in the accounting course. Finally, the Corporate Social Responsibility examination score showed no correlation with the effectiveness of the competition-based learning activity.

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Competition-Based Learning: Determining the Strongest Skill that Can Be Achieved Among Higher Education Learners

Cited by 14 publications

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Identification of Educational Models That Encourage Business Participation in Higher Education Institutions

Identification of Educational Models That Encourage Business Participation in Higher Education Institutions

A Design for Challenge-Based Learning of Programming

Factors influencing the effectiveness of the competition based learning (CBL) activity among accounting undergraduates

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