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    Identifying Motivational Factors Affecting Adventure Sports with Reference to the “Kithulgala Adventure Base Camp, White Water Rafting
    (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Gunawardhana, D.S.R.E.S.; Ramanayaka, A.R.N.D.; Dompelage, P.T.
    This study focuses to identify the motivational factors which can effect on white water rafting as an adventure sports. The literature review facilitated to find fifteen motivational factors which effect on the participation of outdoor recreation and adventure tourism such as relaxation, being able to view special and different places, being able to discover new cultures and swim, being able to feel rush, having passion for adventure and feeling of fear or enjoyment of risk. These factors were further developed based on field notification by a pilot study. A sample of 300 customers randomly selected from the Kitulgala adventure place and they have distributed a questionnaire to collect data. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) method was used as an analytical method to extract the motivation factors of white water rafting as an adventure sport in Sri Lanka. The result facilitated to confirm seven motivational factors of white water rafting as latent factors which refer to the Sri Lanka context. They were thrill, nature, place identity, place dependence, revisit intention, perceived risk and word-of-mouth. The cumulative variance explained by the factors derived was 81.25%. Each factors are reliable (α=0.71 & KMO = 0.734) to use for further study in this particular as an empirical survey tool
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    A study on External factors affecting the effectiveness of student Performance of learning environment in university system in Sri Lanka:(With special reference to University of Kelaniya)
    (4th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Dompelage, P.T.; Dr.Kularatne, M.G.; Gunawardhana, D.S.R.E.S.
    This research paper aims to examine external factors on learning environment and student performance in higher education institutes. Therefor, this paper is to analysed the contributing factors in the university learning aiming external factors. Perception of the university Students a perfect learning environment in higher education However there are many reasons are affected to their expectation. Student own characteristics and external environment are two main factors which are attached to effectiveness of student performance. Accommodation facilities, Food and Nutrition, Library facilities, Financial Assistance, Sanitary facilities, Medical facilities, Transport facilities, Extra curriculum activities and reward system are imported. To investigated this issued 220 third year undergraduate students were randomly selected from faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Humanities. Both qualitative and quantitative data collected from third year undergraduate students of the Faculty of Social Sciences and faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya. A questionnaire survey mainly used for primary data collection. Most of time class room are not created stranded way and no enough facilities to the lecture. Students are most likely to enough space, enough comfortable desk and chairs and cleanness of class room.