Participation in education of the adult population, number by region, sex, type of studies, place of school in relation to municipality of residence and year

Participation in education of the adult population, number by region, sex, age, type of studies and year

In this study, weekly phenological observations throughout spring and autumn were made annually over 30 years for 22 woody plant taxa of multiple growth forms in Trelease Woods, a mature old-growth deciduous forest remnant near Urbana, Illinois, USA. The growth forms included canopy trees, saplings, sub canopy treelets, shrubs, and vines. Data collection began in the spring of 1993 and continued through the end of autumn 2023. The phenological data set is paired with weather data collected from a nearby weather station in Champaign, Illinois. These two data sets were used to determine if dates of phenological events and durations of phenophases were changing over time, possibly in connection with changing weather related to global climate change. To supplement these phenological data, two older phenological data sets are made available here. First, Charles Smith, Woods Custodian at the University of Illinois, made comparable observations from 1949 to 1964 of seven of the same phenologic..., Field observations of spring phenology of mature individuals of 22 woody taxa (21 species and 1 genus which may have represented multiple species) were made in Trelease Woods, Champaign Co., Illinois, USA from 1993-2023. Also, observations were made of saplings of three of the canopy tree species. The study site is the north half of a 24.5 ha fragment of temperate mature deciduous forest, dominated by sugar maple near Urbana, Illinois, USA. Â Elevation varies by less than 5 m across the study area. The phenological status of each individual was recorded by the same observer (CKA) weekly from February to June of each year. Measurements were recorded and later analyzed, at the individual plant level. Within each of three vegetative phases, Bud Swell (BS), Bud Burst (BB), and Leaf Expansion (LE), three dates were noted (e.g., BS1 (1/3 of units exhibit event), BS2 (2/3 completed event), BS3 (all completed event), each date being one event; see Appendix S1: Table S1 for event summaries); the ..., , # Woody Phenology and Weather Data related to Trelease Woods, Urbana, IL, USA 1993-2023

Authors

Carol K. Augspurger, Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, carolaug@illinois.edu

David N. Zaya, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, dzaya1@illinois.edu

References

Augspurger, C. K. and D. N. Zaya. 2020a. Concordance of long-term shifts with climate warming varies among phenological events and herbaceous species. Dryad. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.mcvdncjxh

Augspurger, C. K. and D. N. Zaya. 2020b. Concordance of long-term shifts with climate warming varies among phenological events and herbaceous species. Ecological Monographs 90: e01421.

Hopkins, A. D. 1920a. The Bioclimatic Law. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 10:34–40.

Hopkins, A. D. 1920b. The Bioclimatic Law. Monthly Weather...

These surveys were collected during general AI ethics tutorials with students in the Classics and Modern Languages Departments at the University of Reading over the 2023 Autumn Term. The results of these surveys was used to support findings related to the effects of AI education on student opinion and usage of generative AI tools.This project, "ChatGPT: A Conversational Language Study Tool", has been reviewed by the University of Reading University Research Ethics Committee and has been given a favourable ethical opinion for conduct.

We investigated the effect of three different lecture delivery modalities in a foundational anatomy course on student exam performance, including: (1) asynchronous recordings, (2) passive lecture with a student’s choice to view synchronously or asynchronously, and (3) active lecturing, again with student’s viewing choice. Active lectures incorporated gapped lecturing, drawing, practice questions, and active study technique suggestions. We compared four-unit exams that were similar across the four semesters investigated. This data set has been de-identified. Methods Data was gathered across four semesters and represents individual student exam scores. The sample population included all students enrolled in Anatomy 2300 and was a non-random sampling approach based on their participation within the course of Human Anatomy at The Ohio State University – Columbus Campus during the Autumn 2021 (n = 512), Spring 2022 (n = 612), Autumn 2022 (n = 656), and Spring 2023 (n = 695) semesters, resulting in a total sample size of 2,543 students. A post hoc power analysis was conducted using G*Power, yielding a power of 0.99, larger than the recommended power of 0.8 for statistical analyses. The margin of error was 0.03, and the correlation between measures was 0.76. The sample size required to achieve this power calculation was 1511.11. Each semester, four in-person proctored unit exams were given via Carmen, OSU’s Canvas Learning Management System (Instructure Inc., Salt Lake City, UT), with a lockdown browser, to evaluate the progress of the student. Exam questions were subject to minimal changes between different semesters, with the questions covering the same content and learning objectives each semester. Questions were mapped directly to lecture objectives with even distribution among the lectures within the unit and checked by the course director and lecture teaching assistant. Each question and bank were validated by the course director, lecture teaching assistant and at least one graduate teaching assistant. Questions included multiple choice first and second order questions, as well as matching and identification questions. All questions had answer options, there were no fill in the blanks. Many questions were banked so that a student would receive a random question out of two to six options covering the same lecture objective. Exam statistics were reviewed after each exam. If the discrimination index, which divides students into three groups based on their score on the whole quiz and displays those groups by who answered the question correctly, as calculated by Canvas, was less than 0.2 and less than 50 percent of the class answered correctly, everyone was given credit, and the question was re-written for the following semester. This was done for an average of one out of 50 questions on each unit exam. All exam scores were de-identified and assigned a record code to match each piece of data to their individual records. The Anatomy 2300 students come from Health Science, University Exploration, Arts and Sciences, Dental Hygiene, Pre-Nursing, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pre-Optometry, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Dental and Exercise Science programs. All students were enrolled together into an in-person 55-minute lecture every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Pre-recorded lectures were used during the Autumn 2021 semester (Semester 1 in Table 1, Figure 2). During the Spring 2022 (Semester 2), Autumn 2022 (Semester 3), and Spring 2023 (Semester 4) semesters, these lectures were conducted via a Zoom webinar and were also recorded and posted online for students to review at their leisure.

In the winter semester of 2023/2024, which starts in the autumn, there were 405,492 students enrolled in Bavarian universities. North Rhine-Westphalia boasted the highest university student numbers among German federal states, with approximately 717,963 students.

This survey was a pilot study to gather opinions about AI from teaching staff in the Classics Department at the University of Reading. The results of this survey were used to develop the department's AI policy and citation guide for the 2023 Autumn Term.This project, "ChatGPT: A Conversational Language Study Tool", has been reviewed by the University of Reading University Research Ethics Committee and has been given a favourable ethical opinion for conduct.

The study charted Finnish people's values and attitudes. The themes of the Autumn 2023 survey included politics in Finland, the reform of labour market legislation, racism, security and threats, international politics, presidential powers and role, and the future of Ukraine. First, the respondents were presented with attitudinal statements concerning a variety of social topics, such as politics, the labour market, entrepreneurship, Finland's foreign relations, hate speech, presidential powers and Finland's NATO membership. Next, the respondents' views on politics and politicians in Finland were examined with a series of attitudinal statements (e.g. 'Power is concentrated in too few hands, small circle of true decision-makers”, 'Listen carefully to citizens' opinions and carry out the will of the people”). The respondents' opinions on the reformation of labour legislation were surveyed by asking whether various labour market issues (e.g. political strikes, use of fixed-term contracts) should be regulated more loosely or strictly in the future or whether the legislation should remain the same as at present. The respondents' perception of their household's financial situation and their outlook on their own futures were also charted. On the topic of racism, the respondents were asked how big of an issue they considered racism to be in Finnish society, how racism they thought Finland was at the moment, how important it was to them that racism was not tolerated in Finland, and to what degree they found certain behaviours and actions to be racist (e.g. discrimination based on ethnic background, overlooking the job application of a person due to a name which indicates a minority ethnicity background, humour and entertainment involving ethnic, cultural, linguistic or religious minorities). Additionally, the respondents were asked how concerned they were about certain security threats (e.g. a military attack on Finland, a global economic crisis, efforts to destabilise Finnish society by hybrid influencing, violence by political extremist groups). Views on the powers, policies and roles of the Finnish President were investigated. Opinions on presidential power were surveyed by asking the respondents how much power the president should have in areas such as foreign and security policy, EU affairs, national defence, economic policy, labour market issues, and social and health policy. The respondents were also asked how suitable different roles (e.g. 'moral leader, who raises public debate on important issues and uses their authority to promote them”, 'international relations professional, who has an in-depth understanding of international politics and focuses on them”, 'a strong commander-in-chief, who is familiar with the armed forces and capable of making military decisions”) were for next the President of Finland in their opinion. The respondents' views were charted on what model of separation of powers between the government and the President was appropriate for Finland. The respondents were asked about their views on several influential countries in world politics (e.g. China, Russia, USA, the UK, Germany, Japan). The respondents' views on Russia, China and USA were surveyed with a more detailed series of statements that charted, for example, whether the countries were important trading partners or major military threats. Views on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war were also investigated with a series of statements (e.g. 'The threat of the war spreading to other countries is receding”, 'Ukraine will retake all the territories captured by Russia, including the Crimean Peninsula”, 'Nuclear weapons will not be deployed”). Finally, opinions were charted on Finland's NATO membership, Finland's EU membership and the currency change to euro. Background variables included the respondent's gender, age group, number of inhabitants in the municipality of residence, region (NUTS3), type of employer, working hours, type of employment contract, education, economic activity and occupational status, employment sector, trade union membership, what political party R would vote for in parliamentary elections, self-perceived social class, mother tongue and annual gross income of the R's household.

NOTE: Version 2 provides the updated numbers for this data set.

The primary aim of this research project is to study teachers’ work-related well-being in Finland, and its relationship with various work-related demands and resources. Study of teachers' work-related well-being in Finland has been conducted from 2020 onwards. An online questionnaire distributed biannually enables a comprehensive examination of teachers’ well-being across different regional and educational contexts. Beginning 2024, the study expands to include longitudinal research.