Research Article

Evaluation of the Academic Achievement of Vocational School of Higher Education Students Through Artificial Neural Networks

Volume: 34 Number: 3 September 1, 2021
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Evaluation of the Academic Achievement of Vocational School of Higher Education Students Through Artificial Neural Networks

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the importance levels of mathematics lecture achievement, Turkish lecture achievement, Higher Education Admission Exam score, academic self-efficacy, attitude towards vocational education, academic motivation and mother and father education on the academic achievement of vocational schools of higher education students using the artificial neural network method. The data was obtained through 468 students from vocational schools of higher education at two different universities in Turkey. According to the quantitative research methodology, the correlational research design was used. The artificial neural network analysis results revealed that mathematics lecture achievement, Turkish lecture achievement and academic self-efficacy were the most critical variables that predicted the academic achievement of vocational schools of higher education students. These variables were followed by mother education level, father education level, attitude towards vocational education, Higher Education Admission Exam score and academic motivation. The results suggest that the effectiveness of the Higher Education Admission Exam score, which contributes very little to predict the academic achievement of vocational education students, need to be more questioned. 

Keywords

Supporting Institution

Hacettepe Üniversitesi/Pamukkale Üniversitesi

Project Number

SHD-2017-14622/2018KKP285 (2018KRM002)

Thanks

The authors thank the Pamukkale University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit for their support for participation in the congress with the grant fund number 2018KKP285 (2018KRM002). The authors wish to thank the Hacettepe University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit for the Scientific Research Projects Grant funding number SHD-2017-14622.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 1, 2021

Submission Date

November 1, 2020

Acceptance Date

December 13, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 34 Number: 3

APA
Kalkan, Ö. K., & Coşguner, T. (2021). Evaluation of the Academic Achievement of Vocational School of Higher Education Students Through Artificial Neural Networks. Gazi University Journal of Science, 34(3), 851-862. https://doi.org/10.35378/gujs.819360
AMA
1.Kalkan ÖK, Coşguner T. Evaluation of the Academic Achievement of Vocational School of Higher Education Students Through Artificial Neural Networks. Gazi University Journal of Science. 2021;34(3):851-862. doi:10.35378/gujs.819360
Chicago
Kalkan, Ömür Kaya, and Tolga Coşguner. 2021. “Evaluation of the Academic Achievement of Vocational School of Higher Education Students Through Artificial Neural Networks”. Gazi University Journal of Science 34 (3): 851-62. https://doi.org/10.35378/gujs.819360.
EndNote
Kalkan ÖK, Coşguner T (September 1, 2021) Evaluation of the Academic Achievement of Vocational School of Higher Education Students Through Artificial Neural Networks. Gazi University Journal of Science 34 3 851–862.
IEEE
[1]Ö. K. Kalkan and T. Coşguner, “Evaluation of the Academic Achievement of Vocational School of Higher Education Students Through Artificial Neural Networks”, Gazi University Journal of Science, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 851–862, Sept. 2021, doi: 10.35378/gujs.819360.
ISNAD
Kalkan, Ömür Kaya - Coşguner, Tolga. “Evaluation of the Academic Achievement of Vocational School of Higher Education Students Through Artificial Neural Networks”. Gazi University Journal of Science 34/3 (September 1, 2021): 851-862. https://doi.org/10.35378/gujs.819360.
JAMA
1.Kalkan ÖK, Coşguner T. Evaluation of the Academic Achievement of Vocational School of Higher Education Students Through Artificial Neural Networks. Gazi University Journal of Science. 2021;34:851–862.
MLA
Kalkan, Ömür Kaya, and Tolga Coşguner. “Evaluation of the Academic Achievement of Vocational School of Higher Education Students Through Artificial Neural Networks”. Gazi University Journal of Science, vol. 34, no. 3, Sept. 2021, pp. 851-62, doi:10.35378/gujs.819360.
Vancouver
1.Ömür Kaya Kalkan, Tolga Coşguner. Evaluation of the Academic Achievement of Vocational School of Higher Education Students Through Artificial Neural Networks. Gazi University Journal of Science. 2021 Sep. 1;34(3):851-62. doi:10.35378/gujs.819360

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