https://ar.iub.edu.bd/handle/11348/61 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:52:06 GMT 2026-04-15T22:52:06Z https://ar.iub.edu.bd/handle/11348/257 Pedagogy in Bangladeshi Private Universities: Context, Culture, and Confusion Mannan, Manzurul Although Bangladesh has had a long history of university teaching, pedagogy has hardly entered the imagination of university educators. Today’s teachers are yesterday’s students, with each generation being groomed in the same cultural patterns of learning that are continually repeated without examination. Higher education in Bangladesh must also contend with another type of cultural problems. The first of these is that students enroll in universities from three different school systems: Madrasah (religious schools), Bengali and English medium schools, each with its sharp, disparate worldviews. At the same time, the majority of faculties lack the knowledge of pedagogical methods for adjusting their teaching framework to accommodate the diversity of students’ worldviews to nurture knowledge progression in classroom settings. The second problem deals with students’ acquired cultural practices of rote learning and memorization by way of lectures and homework that parrots texts and lectures. In contrast, however, a university setting has been traditionally charged with and has the advantage of stimulating new ideas and knowledge, provoking assumptions, and teaching and encouraging critical thinking. The third pedagogical challenge also derives from Bengali culture, from which teachers assume a hierarchical mindset and attitude that is counter-productive to students’ learning. Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://ar.iub.edu.bd/handle/11348/257 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z https://ar.iub.edu.bd/handle/11348/256 Data Analytics to Improve Students’ Academic Performance Ahmed, MD Sajib; Ahmed, Khawza Iftekhar Uddin; Islam, Mohammad Tohidul; Sarwar, Miya and Hasan United International University (UIU) has been offering graduate degrees for more than 10 years. During this time period, we are regularly coming up with students who are suffering miserably in their academic career. In academic context, these students fall into the state of probation. A probationary state is when a student’s CGPA falls below 2.00. Every new recruit is generating a larger batch of probationary students. Observation indicates that students suffer not only due to factors relating to teachers’ quality and teaching practices; a lot of other issues like social surroundings, previous academic efforts, his/her real intention and other factors affect his/her performance. In this study, we would analyze some parameters of a group of students based on their historical data. Data were collected from their current and previous academic performances and survey questionnaires related to their habits and social involvements. Some data on teaching practices and delivery quality would be considered here. The analysis on data would help us to develop a model for prediction of students’ future academic result. This prediction will help students to design their academic career more carefully and help develop a better sustainable nation. Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://ar.iub.edu.bd/handle/11348/256 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z https://ar.iub.edu.bd/handle/11348/255 A Case Study of Flipped Classroom Model in Engineering and Business Higher Education in Bangladesh Miya, Mohammad Tohidul Islam; Ahmed, Khawza Iftekhar Uddin Industrial revolution spurred standardization of education and digital revolution fosters customization of education. Digitalization intertwined with the Internet and social networking drives the education platform towards a more student-oriented (self-paced) and problem solving learning environment. This study analyzes the implementation of flipped classroom learning model, in signals and linear systems course and in marketing management course at United International University. In this model, students access asynchronous online video lectures outside the classroom and participate in in-class learning activities assigned, facilitated and assessed by the teacher. Application of this model requires continuous online access and pre-class preparation by students. It explores the potential of extending the learning platform outside the classroom by course website and expands the scope of teacher – student and student-student communication by course forum. This model brings more rigor in the course content and design in addition to scope of covering more content by developing lectures online and freeing up the class hour for learning activity and assessment. It may create extra course load for the students and create resentment about the flipped learning model. The case study extracts several critical factors in teaching staff such as tech readiness, project/problem solving oriented design, and factors in students such as tech savviness, self-starter for a self-paced course design as imperatives for successful implementation of the model. The study recommends institutional measures (curriculum redesign, continuous and activity based assessments strategies, technology integration) to help enable the teaching staff and students with skills and attitudes necessary to scale up the model university wide. Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://ar.iub.edu.bd/handle/11348/255 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z https://ar.iub.edu.bd/handle/11348/254 A Reading Progressive Test: Assessing the Reading Ability of Upper Class Intermediate Level Students of North South University Hasan, Lumma Maisha It is imperative that students, especially at the tertiary level, achieve adequate proficiency in major academic skills like reading, and writing to be able to do well in different content area courses of their choice. Thus the need for EAP (English for Academic Purpose) courses is on the rise to help students improve their academic reading and writing skills. In this regard, effective and valid testing instruments are very important to measure the proficiency level of the students, and prepare them to become effective communicators in the future. The present paper presents a test designed for 8th semester tertiary-level students followed by a discussion on test design and presentation of the findings of students’ test performance. The study, in which twenty nine students participated, tries to find a correlation between the participant’s test score and academic performance. The literature review section draws on various theoretical evidences that expand upon various aspects of the definition of reading abilities. In the study, twenty nine students of an advanced composition course participated. The results indicate that most of the items had moderate level of difficulty and discrimination, and that academic exposure has very little effect on participant’s test scores. It also reveals that three of the questions require a revision either because they lack difficulty or they simply fail to discriminate between the top and the bottom scorer. The scores of the test and test-takers’ academic exposure had little correlation. Moreover, the participants having higher academic exposure scored a little higher than the junior students which could possibly happen due to their longer exposure to teaching materials and experiences. The methodology section contains a reading comprehension with 10 MCQ questions. It is to be noted that the findings of the test can be used as washback in that they can be referred to in the future design of reading tests. Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://ar.iub.edu.bd/handle/11348/254 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z