Neuro cognitive tracking and corrective action: a way forward in academic performance / Norlaila Abdullah, Suria Fadhillah Md Pauzi and Faizah Azam Ahmad

The problem of a high performance gap among accounting students in the Faculty of Accountancy of the Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang does exist. The findings indicated that 64% of diploma and 75% bachelor students have a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of below 3.00 (the equivalent grade of B...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abdullah, Norlaila, Md Pauzi, Fadhillah, Ahmad, Faizah Azam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Research Management Institute (RMI) 2013
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13110/
_version_ 1848803242532667392
author Abdullah, Norlaila
Md Pauzi, Fadhillah
Ahmad, Faizah Azam
author_facet Abdullah, Norlaila
Md Pauzi, Fadhillah
Ahmad, Faizah Azam
author_sort Abdullah, Norlaila
building UiTM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description The problem of a high performance gap among accounting students in the Faculty of Accountancy of the Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang does exist. The findings indicated that 64% of diploma and 75% bachelor students have a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of below 3.00 (the equivalent grade of B); a gap does exist if measured against the university academic quality standard. Few critical factors were identified, such as poor cognitive skills, lecturers’ level of preparations and suitable teaching methods to influence students’ academic performance. A creative and innovative teaching and learning method, Neuro Cognitive Tracking and Corrective Action (NCTCA) computerized system, has been introduced, implemented and tested. The results indicated that the number of students having GPA of below 3.00 was reduced to 34% and 35% for diploma and bachelor students respectively due to improved cognitive skills. Improvements in cognitive skills for diploma students were knowledge (68%), comprehension (71%), and application (68%) or an average performance gap of 31%, while the bachelor students’ cognitive levels were comprehension (74%), application (70%) and analysis (69%), with an average of 29% as compared to the earlier non-NCTCA phase. This study concludes that when student cognitive skill acquisitions are high, this could result in better GPAs and ultimately decreases the performance gap.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T21:36:08Z
format Article
id uitm-13110
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T21:36:08Z
publishDate 2013
publisher Research Management Institute (RMI)
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling uitm-131102022-06-14T04:39:44Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13110/ Neuro cognitive tracking and corrective action: a way forward in academic performance / Norlaila Abdullah, Suria Fadhillah Md Pauzi and Faizah Azam Ahmad smrj Abdullah, Norlaila Md Pauzi, Fadhillah Ahmad, Faizah Azam Teaching (Principles and practice) Higher Education Pahang The problem of a high performance gap among accounting students in the Faculty of Accountancy of the Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang does exist. The findings indicated that 64% of diploma and 75% bachelor students have a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of below 3.00 (the equivalent grade of B); a gap does exist if measured against the university academic quality standard. Few critical factors were identified, such as poor cognitive skills, lecturers’ level of preparations and suitable teaching methods to influence students’ academic performance. A creative and innovative teaching and learning method, Neuro Cognitive Tracking and Corrective Action (NCTCA) computerized system, has been introduced, implemented and tested. The results indicated that the number of students having GPA of below 3.00 was reduced to 34% and 35% for diploma and bachelor students respectively due to improved cognitive skills. Improvements in cognitive skills for diploma students were knowledge (68%), comprehension (71%), and application (68%) or an average performance gap of 31%, while the bachelor students’ cognitive levels were comprehension (74%), application (70%) and analysis (69%), with an average of 29% as compared to the earlier non-NCTCA phase. This study concludes that when student cognitive skill acquisitions are high, this could result in better GPAs and ultimately decreases the performance gap. Research Management Institute (RMI) 2013-06 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13110/1/AJ_NORLAILA%20ABDULLAH%20SMRJ%2013%201.pdf Abdullah, Norlaila and Md Pauzi, Fadhillah and Ahmad, Faizah Azam (2013) Neuro cognitive tracking and corrective action: a way forward in academic performance / Norlaila Abdullah, Suria Fadhillah Md Pauzi and Faizah Azam Ahmad. (2013) Social and Management Research Journal (SMRJ) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Social_and_Management_Research_Journal_=28SMRJ=29.html>, 10 (1). pp. 117-136. ISSN 1675-7017 https://smrj.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle Teaching (Principles and practice)
Higher Education
Pahang
Abdullah, Norlaila
Md Pauzi, Fadhillah
Ahmad, Faizah Azam
Neuro cognitive tracking and corrective action: a way forward in academic performance / Norlaila Abdullah, Suria Fadhillah Md Pauzi and Faizah Azam Ahmad
title Neuro cognitive tracking and corrective action: a way forward in academic performance / Norlaila Abdullah, Suria Fadhillah Md Pauzi and Faizah Azam Ahmad
title_full Neuro cognitive tracking and corrective action: a way forward in academic performance / Norlaila Abdullah, Suria Fadhillah Md Pauzi and Faizah Azam Ahmad
title_fullStr Neuro cognitive tracking and corrective action: a way forward in academic performance / Norlaila Abdullah, Suria Fadhillah Md Pauzi and Faizah Azam Ahmad
title_full_unstemmed Neuro cognitive tracking and corrective action: a way forward in academic performance / Norlaila Abdullah, Suria Fadhillah Md Pauzi and Faizah Azam Ahmad
title_short Neuro cognitive tracking and corrective action: a way forward in academic performance / Norlaila Abdullah, Suria Fadhillah Md Pauzi and Faizah Azam Ahmad
title_sort neuro cognitive tracking and corrective action: a way forward in academic performance / norlaila abdullah, suria fadhillah md pauzi and faizah azam ahmad
topic Teaching (Principles and practice)
Higher Education
Pahang
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13110/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13110/