Application of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process in Environmental Economics Education: Under the Online and Offline Blended Teaching Mode

Ying Zhu, Jicong Tan, Yan Cao, Yalin Liu, Yanzheng Liu, Qian Zhang and Quan Liu
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Ying Zhu: Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Jicong Tan: School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Yan Cao: School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Yalin Liu: School of Building Services Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Yanzheng Liu: Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology of South Australia An De College, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Qian Zhang: School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Quan Liu: Wuhan Survey Bureau of Hydrology and Water Resources of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430074, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-11

Abstract: This study used fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) to evaluate students’ performance in an environmental economics course under the mode of online and offline blended teaching (OOBT). OOBT was a new teaching mode combining traditional offline teaching with online teaching platform, which could improve students’ after-class learning efficiency and eliminate the limitations of traditional classroom teaching by using an online teaching platform. However, at present, the evaluation methods of OOBT students’ achievement have been scarce. Therefore, this article adopted FAHP to evaluate students’ performance under OOBT. The evaluated course was environmental economics. The results showed that FAHP was not completely dependent on students’ paper scores, and could evaluate students’ scores from group work, attendance, class discussions, and other aspects. The use of OOBT and FAHP led to overall improvement in students’ scores, the average score increased by 7.38, and 81.55% of students were in the middle grade. The case study showed that the integration of FAHP into OOBT could scientifically assign the weight of each evaluation index, make complex performance evaluation problems organized, and fully reflect the comprehensive quality of students. It could also understand students’ dynamics in time, and continuously optimize the course structure according to the feedback information.

Keywords: fuzzy analytic hierarchy process; online and offline blended teaching mode; environmental economics; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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