bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mentoring: A Strategy to Support Novice Early Childhood Educators
Authors: Doan Laura K.
Published: October 2018

The mentoring needs of novice early childhood educators are identified within the British Columbian context, where graduates do not receive formal mentoring. Following a description of the problem, a literature review is provided on the following themes: how mentoring facilitates a culture of learning; characteristics of successful mentors; and the mentoring process. Examples are drawn from mentoring programs in New Zealand and Worcester, England. Leadership implications are discussed with an emphasis on future research on mentoring in early childhood education.
Development of Menu Planning Resources for Child Care Centres: A Collaborative Approach
Authors: Mann Linda , Power Dana , MacLellan Vanessa
Published: October 2018

Well-designed menus in child care centres include nutritious meals and snacks necessary for the optimum health, growth, and lifelong healthy eating behaviours of young children. With pending government food and nutrition standards, a need was identified for comprehensive, relevant, user-friendly menu planning resources. Therefore, guided by an action research model, this study identified current menu planning practices, determined the needs and expectations for menu planning resources, and developed menu planning resources that incorporate these standards and other relevant factors. Menu planners from regulated child care centres in Nova Scotia (n=330) were invited to participate by responding to an online survey and/or volunteering as a member of a collaboration group. Survey respondents (n=83) indicated that they wanted their menus to be more interesting, practical, and cost effective. Menu templates, sample menus, and costed recipes were the most requested resources. Two-thirds indicated a preference for webbased resources and about one-third expressed interest in an interactive blog. The collaboration group participants (n=21) met twice and provided valuable input for the development of a menu planning model, menu template, sample menus, recipes, and information sheets. The model unified the menu planning considerations and served as a framework for the Child Care Centre Menu Project website (http://www.msvu.ca/menuproject/). The follow-up evaluation indicated that approximately half of respondents (n=39) had consulted the website and that the sample menus were the most useful resource. The website, blog, and online survey enable ongoing development supported by input from the menu planners. The resources should be transferable, with minor adaptations, to other provincial child care centres, elementary schools, or even licensed senior care facilities.
Student Engagement and Success Using an Inquiry Approach and Integrated Curriculum in Primary Education
Authors: Board Alison
Published: October 2018

Intended for educators working within a prescribed curriculum, this article demonstrates how student engagement and success are achieved using an inquiry approach and integrating the curriculum. Alison outlines how she initially planned for this outcome by selecting four questions that were provided for the Toronto District School Board’s Teaching and Learning Critical Pathways for Literacy. She then documents the children’s responses throughout the inquiry to assess their understanding. Subquestions, rich narrative stories, and knowledge building were used to support the children’s learning in a deeper context. Ultimately, the children with the most challenges in reading and writing were able to demonstrate their knowledge using a variety of assessment forms that included oral responses, visual arts, science journals, and technology.
I’ve got my EYE on you: Schooled Readiness, Standardized Testing, and Developmental Surveillance
Authors: Ashton Emily
Published: October 2018

In recent years early learning and child care (ELCC) has become a significant priority area for many provincial governments, including New Brunswick (NB). The NB consortium perceives ELCC as instrumental to achieving broader economic prosperity and social well-being. In hopes of problematizing rather than normalizing the contemporary spotlight on ELCC, I interrogate how school readiness has become the selectively targeted problem for which pre-school developmental testing is proposed as the solution. The specific means purported to address school readiness in NB is the Early Years Evaluation – Direct Assessment (EYE-DA). While EYE-DA testing is ongoing and powerful, I conclude that the recent pan-Canadian uptake of curriculum frameworks and pedagogical documentation may incite counter possibilities and provocations for those of us working with young children.
Bear-Child Stories in Late Liberal Colonialist Spaces of Childhood
Authors: Pacini-Ketchabaw Veronica , Di Tomasso Lara , Nxumalo Fikile
Published: October 2018

The article examines the entangled constitution of the child-bear figure through the analytics of late liberal colonial investments.  It maps three frictional child-bear encounters, both imaginary and real, in the context of early childhood classrooms: bears as unwelcome and (yet) original inhabitants that pose a threat to human safety, bears as endangered victims in need of human protection, and bears as cuddly and cute creatures in children’s literature. Specifically, we explore bear-child entanglements in early childhood classrooms in British Columbia by grappling with the complexities and tensions that emerge in late liberal colonized and colonialist spaces where bears and human children “meet.”
Stories in the Classroom: Building Community Using Storytelling and Storyacting
Authors: Zepeda Jamie
Published: October 2018

In this article I describe how, over the past school year, I have witnessed a diverse, culturally mixed group of kindergarten children, who were strangers to one another, join hands and voices as they tackled particular challenges together. I attribute this togetherness to our daily experimentation with storytelling and storyacting (Paley, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010). As if pieces in a puzzle, many storytelling and storyacting moments helped the students to cooperatively “click” by enhancing their relationships with one another and strengthening the sense of community in the classroom environment. I see reciprocity in the relationships as the students listen to each other’s needs and ideas and, in the process, have their own voices heard. The outcome of this reciprocity has been a noticeable feeling of community and kinship in the classroom arising out of a sense of empathy, understanding, friendship, and acceptance and resulting in greater self-confidence and a sense of security for the children as individual members within the community.
Everything in My Hand: Reflecting on Meanings and Processes of Art in Early Childhood Settings
Authors: Atkinson Kim
Published: October 2018

This paper explores art practices in early childhood education and care. Drawing on the author’s work as an early childhood educator and as a pedagogical facilitator working with educators and children, this paper challenges developmental perspectives of art as leading to particular learning outcomes. By presenting concepts of modern art and artists and using these as a lens through which to view children’s art, the author suggests new approaches in thinking about children, materials, and art processes.
“Of, Not For...”: The Evolving Recognition of Children’s Rights in a Community
Authors: Callaghan Karyn , Long-Wincza Victoria , Velenosi Cheryl
Published: October 2018

This article describes the development of a charterof rights of children and youth in Hamilton,Ontario. The process involved gathering inputfrom over 1,500 children and youth in theform of spoken and written words, drawings,and other visual representations. A validationprocess resulted in over 900 more children beingdirectly engaged. The inclusion of participatoryresponsibilities for both children and adultsappears to have increased the level of acceptanceof the charter among adults. Awareness of thedocument was aided by its multiple formats ofpublication and by an exhibit that toured keylocations throughout the city, beginning at CityHall.
Well-being in the Kindergarten Eating Environment and the Role of Early Childhood Educators
Authors: Bas Japji Anna
Published: October 2018

In Ontario, kindergarten children haverecently begun to eat lunch at school with theimplementation of the full-day kindergartenprogram. To date, there are no regulations toaddress the particular needs of young childrenin the school eating environment. Drawing ona year-long three-phase study that followed acohort of 21 children as they transitioned fromfull-day childcare to full-day kindergarten,this study explores the impact of staff trainingand staff relationships on the well-being ofkindergarten students. Findings suggest that thepresence of an early childhood educator (ECE),a minimum staffing of two adults per room, anda collaborative approach between teacher andECE have a positive impact on child well-being.
An Uncertain Tale: Alternative Conceptualizations of Pedagogical Leadership
Authors: Atkinson Kim , Biegun Lexie
Published: October 2018

This article draws on the experiences of twoeducators to reimagine traditional framingsof pedagogical leadership. In the field of earlychildhood education, pedagogical leadershipcarries conflicting conceptualizations and isoften associated with an “expert” who willdictate indicators of quality, suggesting certaintyand fixed ways of practicing. Educators are oftenreluctant to take on leadership roles that seemantithetical to their collaborative caring practices.In our work together in the Investigating QualityProject and in using pedagogical narration as atool for generating critical dialogue, we explorealternative images of pedagogical leadership.Through sharing our stories, we offer a modeof thinking about pedagogical leadership thatembraces relationality and uncertainty andinvites a culture of dialogue.
With(in) the Forest: (Re)conceptualizing Pedagogies of Care
Authors: Woods Haro , Nelson Narda , Yazbeck Sherri-Lynn , Danis Ildikó , Elliott Deanna , Wilson Julia , Payjack Johanna , Pickup Anne
Published: October 2018

Drawing on moments from an early learning forest inquiry located on Songhees, Esquimalt, and WSÁNEĆ territories, otherwise known as Victoria, BC, this paper engages with the messy politics of “care” that emerge when early childhood education and colonized forest ecologies meet. In it, we take up the challenge of unsettling our deeply held conceptualizations of care through a series of pedagogical stumblings with young children’s worldly forest relations. Foregrounding the question “what constitutes good care in troubling times?” this discussion explores the logics we draw on to respond to the increasing sense of urgency in contemporary calls to teach children how to care for the earth. Can we learn to inhabit pedagogies of care in early childhood educational practice beyond simply retooling the extractive settler-colonial stewardship frameworks that brought us to this era of uncertainty? And what happens if we invite a wider cast of participants into our understandings of care than those prevailing early learning approaches tend to promote?
Mama Spider
Authors: Pineda Monica
Published: October 2018

In this paper I share how I, an early childhood educator, respond to the challenge of the Anthropocene. There is a greater need for pedagogies of relationality and a focus on webbing ethical and ecological responsibility with practice. Through a series of pedagogical narrations I restory the coconstruction of the place and space that spiders, young children, and I shared.
FACTORS INFLUENCING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION OF ONLINE SHOPPING IN OMAN – YOUTH PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Al-Jahwari Noura Said , Rahman Khan M. Firdouse , Al Kalbani Ghanya Khamies , Al Khansouri Shima Said
Published: October 2018

Purpose: The objective of the study was to analyze the impact of online customer satisfaction through the product quality, application safety, delivery guarantee, and the offers through online shopping.

Design/methodology/approach: For this research, the purposive sampling method was used to collect 120 samples through a questionnaire– from those who are performing online shopping in Oman especially the youth. SPSS was used to analyze the collected data. Chi-square analysis, ANOVA and Kolmogorov-Smirnov ranking analyses were carried out to conclude.

Findings: The results of the empirical study reveal that the perceptions of the youth confirming the product quality & service guarantee influenced comfort and satisfaction to the online customers. The study also revealed that the service tangibility concerning the guaranteed package and delivery process along with the lowest price motivated them to go for online shopping repeatedly.

Research Implications: The study illustrates through Quality Safety Assurance (QSA) model, the factors viz. Product Quality, Application Safety, Delivery Guarantee, and Offers should be focused to improve the online customer satisfaction, and the best-buy offers are the factors which need more attention to increase the Omani clientele.

Social implications: The study throws light on the factors and their important role towards improving customer satisfaction during online shopping and the ways and means to augment the same.

Originality/Value: Only a very few have examined the factors influencing thecustomers’ satisfaction of online shopping in Oman, and it is a first-hand study of its kind, and the results will be useful to the online marketers.
Future Situation of Northern Nigeria from Poetic Mirror: The Outstanding Prophesiers from Hausa Poets
Authors: Idris Dr. Yahaya , Sani Abu-Ubaida
Published: October 2018

Abstract: Since the early ages of modern socialization amongst the Hausas, i.e. learning to read and write, poetry had been a good instrument used in educating, enlightening, orienting and passing across important messages among host of related others. Most of the early Hausa poet were knowledgeable, who had sound experience of the national affairs. They were also critical thinkers, so skeptical about the present and zealous of foreshadowing the future. They sometimes warned humanity on the dangers they forecasted, urging peoples to change attitudes for better. Against this background, this paper traces a number prophesies made by some Hausa poets, which have turned realistic. The poet forecasts some disastrous outcomes to loom Northern Nigeria, shall the Northerners dare not to cease certain attitudes and some bad practices. This paper traces the instances of such prophesies made by poets, which are obviously realistic today. The study is limited to three selected poems viz: AJM, TSW and MAHRƘW. However, the study found that, a number of prophesies made by the selected Hausa poets in forms of warning and or alarms have been realized. Finally, the paper tabled some suggestion among which one is, that reading and listening to poems should aimed beyond mere passion of its tranquil nature. There teachings should rather be carefully studies and fittingly utilized.
The Effect of Corporate Governance Mechanism on Tax Avoidance: Evidence from Manufacturing Industries Listed in the Indonesian Stock Exchange
Authors: Mappadang SE. MM, BKP Dr. Agustina , SE.Ak, MM, CA Prof. Dr. Tri Widyastuti, , SE, SH, MM Agustinus M. Wijaya,
Published: October 2018

This study aims to investigate the influence mechanisms of corporate governance on tax avoidance.. The mechanisms of corporate governance measured by the independent commissioners and the institusional ownership. Population in this study are all companies in manufacture companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange during the years 2012-2016. The samples comprises 87 companies and 435 object with method of this research are using analysis of causality and smart PLS3 was used for analyzing the data and test the hypotheses. The results showed that the corporate governance mechanism negative significant on tax avoidance; board of commissioners have a positive significant on tax avoidance and institusional ownership have a negative significant on tax avoidance.
The Factors That Influence the Success of the Accounting Information System Implementation in Privates Universities in Bali
Authors: Pramawati I Dewa A.A Tantri , Ariyanto Dodik
Published: October 2018

This research has a purpose to examine the factors that influence the success of the accounting information system implementation in private universities (PU) in Bali. This is to measure the extent of success of the accounting software or application in terms of their usage in 8 PU in Bali. The data based on the source is primary data, collected using questionnaires which were directly distributed to the respondents. The sample were selected using the purposive sampling technique. The total research respondents are 55 people. The data analysis technique used is the Partial Least Square (PLS) with the help of the SmarPLS 3.0. program at a 5 percent level of significance. The research results state that system quality, information quality and the importance of the system have an influence on the usage and satisfaction of AIS users. In this research, the empirical evidence attained showed that system usage and system satisfaction have an influence on the net benefit gained by the private universities in Bali.
Organizational innovation and its relation with the cooperation in innovation
Authors: Litago Iosu , Fernandez-Crehuet Jose Maria
Published: October 2018

Purpose – The paper aims to analyze the influence of cooperation in innovation in the introduction of new organizational methods. As the company shares different kind of knowledge with each partner, this research pretends to get a broader picture of the interaction between its collaboration with distinct partners and the adoption of organizational innovations.

Design/methodology/approach – The paper studies the influence of four different agents: clients, suppliers, competitors and universities, that are going to be analyzed, using a probit regression with data about 9172 companies of the Spanish PITEC (Panel of Technological Innovation), for the year 2013.

Findings – The papers results show that the four types of cooperation have a positive and significant effect in the introduction of organizational innovations. From highest to lowest influence; competitors, clients, suppliers and universities.

Research limitations/implication – The study only uses data from the Spanish business scene, limited by its social and political conditions, so it isn’t possible to generalize the results for the rest of countries. Therefore, future lines of investigation are proposed at the end.

Practical implications – The results show that in order to adopt new organizational methods in the company, managers could collaborate in innovation with the four agents selected, but specially, they should cooperate with competitors and clients.

Originality/value –The paper extends the literature of cooperation in innovation with the organizational innovation, a theme that has been barely taken into account, as researches have been mainly focused on technological innovations, rather than on the non-technological ones.
The Use of Teacher's Joke Increases Students’ Involvement inside Classroom
Authors: Ahmad Nor Azizah , Mohamed Suriani , Hasnan Khairul Anuar , Ali Norhayati , Ahmad Puad Farah Najwa
Published: October 2018

The purpose of the study was to identify the type of joke and the frequency of joke s used inside the classroom. In addition, studies have also been conducted to examine the involvement of students when element of joke is applied in the classroom and determine the relationship between joke frequency and students’ involvement. This study is a quantitative type of survey. The instrument used is a set of four parts questionnaire. The populations studied involved secondary school teachers in Muallim District while the samples studied was selected using simple random sampling. The number of samples involved is 269 people. The findings show that the majority of teachers in Muallim District use jokes while teaching in the classroom. Among the jokes applied are jests, cynics, funny face expressions and funny stories (n = 92, Percentage = 34.20%). However, the joke frequency inside the classroom is moderate (n = 164, Percentage = 61.00%). Furthermore, the findings show that the use of joke element can make students to feel more at ease with the teacher when speaking or interacting (n = 115, Percentage = 38.50%). Correlation analysis indicated that there was a link between frequency of joke used and student’s involvement when joke was applied in the classroom (r = 0.42, p <0.05). It can be concluded that the application of joke element is commendable inside the classroom, however, the joke frequency needs to be controlled as it can disrupt the students focus on learning.
MODEL EVALUASI PENDIDIKAN BERBASIS PROSES MENURUT HADITS
Authors: Zainab Nurul
Published: October 2018

Hadith is the second source of knowledge for Muslims after the Qur'an. The proclamation of a hadith needs to be extracted, to provide power for the development of science because it really comes from the words, actions and taqrir of Prophet Muhammad SAW. In the context of education, there are many hadiths that can serve as the basis of developing the subject of educational evaluation. Based on the study of hadith contained in this article, it is found a hadith history at-Tirmidhi which explains the virtue of honesty and get away from the nature of lies. In addition to the results of research, sanad and matan hadith,  this hadith is sahih because the aspect of the content of the hadith does not conflict with the Qur'an and other sahih hadiths. In this article it is also found the meaning of hadith and its implications for the development of educational evaluation that can provide treasures for educators in carrying out the assessment process in learning.Hadis merupakan sumber pengetahuan kedua bagi umat muslim setelah al-Qur’an, kehujjahan sebuah hadis perlu digali sehingga memberikan kekuatan bagi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan karena memang benar-benar berasal dari ucapan, tindakan maupun taqrir Nabi Muhammad SAW. Dalam konteks pendidikan khususnya evaluasi banyak hadis yang dijadikan sumber landasan pengembangan evaluasi. Berdasarkan penelitian hadis yang ada di dalam artikel ini, didapati sebuah hadis riwayat at-Tirmidzi yang menjelaskan keutamaan kejujuran dan menjauhi sifat kebohongan. Hadits ini bernilai shohih karena secara jalur sanad tidak ada yang terputus dan dari aspek isi hadits tidak bertentangan dengan al-Qur’an dan hadits-hadits shohih lainnya. Selain hasil penelitian sanad dan matan hadits. Di dalam artikel ini juga didapati makna hadis serta implikasinya terhadap pengembangan evaluasi pendidikan yang dapat memberikan khazanah bagi pendidik dalam melaksanakan proses penilaian dalam pembelajaran.
DILIVER & FULFILL CUSTOMER VALUE SERTA PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP DENGAN BUSINESS SUCCESS
Authors: Setijani Erna , Sumartono Sumartono , Kamaludin Kamaludin
Published: October 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis diliver fulfill customer value serta pengaruhnya terhadap business success. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksploratif dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Populasi penelitiannya adalah home industry opak gambir di Kabupaten Malang. Teknik pengambilan sampelnya menggunakan proportional random sampling dengan responden sebanyak 100 home industry. Teknik analisis data menggunakan structural equation model. Berdasarkan hasil analisis terungkap bahwa terdapat keterkaitan  antara diliver fulfill customer value dengan business success. Maknanya, keberhasilan usaha home industry dapat dilakukan dengan mengoptimalkan tata kelola diliver fulfill customer value.
IMPLEMENTASI ETIKA SYARIAH MARKETER PADA PT. BANK BRISYARIAH KANTOR CABANG PEMBANTU KEPANJEN
Authors: Fariz Mohammad Jazmi , Rahayu Yayuk Sri
Published: October 2018

ABSTRACTShariah marketing is a strategic business discipline that directs the process of creating, offering and changing the value of an initiator to its stakeholders, which in its entirety conforms to the covenants and principles of muamalah (business) in Islam. This study aims to find out how the implementation of sharia ethics marketer at bank BRISyariah KCP Kepanjen.This research uses a qualitative descriptive approach where the goal is to describe systematically about the focus of research. The limitations in this study examine the principles of sharia ethics of marketer.  Subjects in this study there are five informants. Data were collected by direct observation, interview, and documentation. The data analysis used are data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing with triangulation method as a validity test.The result of this research shows that Bank BRISyariah KCP Kepanjen has implemented 9 sharia ethics of marketers consist of have a spiritual personality, behave kindly and sympathetically (shiddiq), be fair in business (al-'adl), serving and humble (khidmah), keeping promises and not cheating, honest and trustworthy (al-amanah), do not like to suspect (su'uzh-zhan), do not like to vilify (ghibah), and do not do bribes (riswah).
PENGARUH MANAJEMEN RISIKO TERHADAP KINERJA KEUANGAN (STUDY PADA PERBANKAN SYARIAH YANG TERDAFTAR DI BEI)
Authors: Mardiana Mardiana
Published: October 2018

Abstract: The objectives of this research to analize the influence risk management is as proxy of Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), Operation Efficiency (BOPO), Non Performing Loan (NPL), to Financial Performance is as proxy of Return on Asset (ROA) Banking Firms wich listed on BEI in 2011 until  2016 periods. This research using time series data from Bank Indonesia’s published financial reports Banking Firms wich listed on BEI in 2002 until 2007 periods. After passed the purposive sampling phase, the number of valid sample is 5 Banking Firms wich listed on BEJ. The result of this research shows that CAR and NPL variables has a negative and unsignificant influence to ROA. BOPO variable also has a significant influence to ROA, the distinction between BOPO than another variables is the sign of variable coefficient, it has negative coefficient. It’s mean that the bank managements should be concern on the BOPO variable to improve profitability on their Financial Performance. Disintermediary functions of bank that occurs in the research periods is the reason for unsignificant CAR and NPL variable to ROA variable wich is as a proxy of Financial Performance Banking Firms.
DAMPAK STIMULAN DANA PINJAMAN BERGULIR TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI PADA PELAKU EKONOMI KREATIF (USAHA MIKRO KECIL DAN MENENGAH, UMKM)
Authors: Mansur Muhammad , Junaidi Junaidi , Machfudz Masyhuri , Kamilah Nahdhiyatul
Published: October 2018

The purpose of this study was to provide assistance to creative finance economic actors (MSMEs) and intervention of snacks production management by paying attention to halalan-thoyibah with all the attributes. The research method is participatory action research (PAR). The results of the study showed that (i) stimulant funds given to the target group took place 3 times. The application of  the qordhu hasan model transaction formed appropriate technology named QH-9Kj, namely qordhu hasan on seven agreements :  the number of  group members, the number of  loans, the number of returns, the number of groups, the amount of return time (for example  per week),  the amount of savings based on profit obtained, the amount of withdrawal of savings, the number of  loans for the next round and the agreement  on the amount  of money  filling voluntarily without being determined and (ii) the intervention  of  halal  production and good by conducting counseling; the result is 89% satisfaction and carry out  with a halal and thoyib  production.
Strategies to Minimize Problems in Global Requirements Elicitation
Authors: Aranda Gabriela N , Vizcaíno Aurora , Cechich Alejandra , Piattini Mario
Published: October 2018

Many challenges arise in global software development projects, most of which are related to the lack of face-to-face communication and people’s need to feel comfortable with the technology that they use. In this paper we introduce a methodology to detect the problems which may occur during the global requirement elicitation process and propose solutions to reduce them.
A Trust Model for a Group of E-mail Servers
Authors: Maziero Carlos A , De Oliveira Leonardo B
Published: October 2018

E-mail services are essential in the Internet. However, the current e-mail architecture presents problems that open it to several threats. Alternatives have been proposed to solve some prob- lems related to e-mail services, offering reliability and scalability to such systems. This work presents a distributed trust model, allowing to create dynamic and decentralized trusted server lists, through the exclusion of servers recognized as spreaders of malicious messages. The trust model uses a social network approach and defines strategies for trust information update, propagation, and storage. A prototype was built to evaluate the proposed model’s effectiveness.
A Theory for Abstract Reduction Systems in PVS
Authors: Galdino Andre Luiz , Rincon Mauricio Ayala
Published: October 2018

A theory for Abstract Reduction Systems (ARS) in the proof assistant PVS (Prototype Verification System) called ars is described. Adequate specifications of basic definitions and notions of the theory of ARSs such as reduction, confluence and normal form are given and well-known results formalized. The formalizations include non trivial results of the theory of ARSs such as the correctness of the principle of Noetherian Induction, Newman’s Lemma and its generalizations, and Commutation Lemmas, among others. Although term rewriting proving technologies have been provided in several specification languages and proof assistants, to our knowledge, before the development presented in this paper there was no complete formalization of an abstract reduction theory in PVS. This makes relevant the presented ars specification as the basis of a PVStheory called trs for the general treatment of Term Rewriting Systems.
Differences in Perception of Computer Sciences and Informatics due to Gender and Experience
Authors: Marín Gabriela , Barrantes E. Gabriela , Chavarría Silvia
Published: October 2018

Low participation of women in Computer Science (CS) has been documented in some countries. Since this phenomenon occurs in the Computer Science and Informatics Department at the Universidad de Costa Rica, we decided to investigate if there were gender differences in some factors, both motivating and inhibiting students to enter the field. Our main purpose was to see if those differences could help find factors influencing the imbalance of female participation. Both graduate and undergraduate populations were investigated. It was found that there were differences by gender in both populations. As a consequence of the knowledge of the field acquired during the permanence in the CS program and professional experience, both men and women change, although differently, their perceptions.
1010(2) Years of CLEI Electronic Journal
Authors: Solar Mauricio
Published: October 2018

This document presents an historical overview of the CLEI Electronic Journal editions in its10th anniversary, with particular details in the period that has started in 2005. The articledescribes the activities that has been made to improve the journal presentation and finallyproposing some actions that tend to index it in Scielo (Scientific Electronic Library Online).
Including Entrepreneurship in the Computer Science Graduate Program
Authors: Mata Francisco J. , Pinto Claudio
Published: October 2018

This article discusses the design of the course Entrepreneurship in Information Technology, taught in the Graduate Program in Computer Sciences and Informatics of the Universidad de Costa Rica during the II semester of 2006. It presents the motives behind this course and the epistemological and pedagogical aspects taken into consideration in its design. The course objectives, its themes and topics, the schedule and the evaluation for the students are also presented. Finally, the paper provides an assessment of the course, including recommendations for its improvement.
Motivational Factors for Visual Deficient Users
Authors: Fonseca da Silva Dias Angélica , Ferreira da Silva Mônica , Schmitz Eber , De Souza Dias Donaldo
Published: October 2018

This research aims to investigate the adoption of technology by the visual deficient. The technology studied was the Dosvox software, a support tool for the visual deficient produced at NCE/UFRJ. A qualitative method, through a case study, was used to address professional and social expectation and the perception of visual deficiency bearers as to the intrinsic motivational factors (ease-of-use and social pressure) as well as to the extrinsic motivational factor (perceived usefulness). The motivational factors used have been extracted from the TAM (Technology Acceptance Model) and based on that model a standard form was used to gather information. Ten visual deficiency bearers, users of Dosvox, have been interviewed. The interviewees have been unanimous in affirming that, for those who are learning, Dosvox is the easiest software to use, stimulating them to return to studies and to social life. A significant group has confirmed that after their training with Dosvox, they have become more competitive as to the work market. It has also been observed a stronger influence of the perceived usefulness factor over the social pressure and the perceived ease-of-use. The results of this research may indicate new approaches to the development of specific information systems for the visual deficient.
BİR ROMAN BİR GAZETECİ: REFİK ERDURAN’IN YAĞMUR DUASI İSİMLİ ROMANINDA BASIN HAYATI
Authors: YAZBAHAR Zehra
Published: October 2018

Bir
dönemde yaşayan insanların nelere önem verdikleri, neler üzerinde durdukları,
hangi vakıaları önemseyip hangilerini göz ardı ettikleri, sevinç ve üzüntüleri
hakkında ipucu veren basın, Türk romanına da konu olur. Tanzimat Dönemi’nden
başlayıp günümüze kadar romanımızda önemli bir konu teşkil eden ve hem
medeniyetlerin gelişmesinde hem de kültürlerin aktarılmasında büyük bir öneme
sahip olan basın, roman ve roman kahramanı üzerinde değiştirici özelliğe
sahiptir. Bununla birlikte Tanzimat romanıyla başlayan matbuat ve matbuat
dünyasında ortaya çıkan sorunlar, romanlarda sürekli vurgulanır. Bahsi geçen
konuyu işleyen yazarlardan biri de Refik Erduran’dır (1928-2017). Cumhuriyet
Dönemi Türk edebiyatının önemli yazar ve aynı zamanda gazetecisi olan Refik
Erduran, 1954 yılında yayımlanan ilk romanı Yağmur
Duası’nda basın hayatını ele alır. Romanda; gazete patronu Şevki Bey’in
gazetenin tirajını arttırmak için muhabirleri yalan haber yapmaya teşvik
etmesi, basına uygulanan yasaklar, bu yasaklar nedeniyle gazetede halkın gerçek
dertleri yerine uydurma haberlerin yazılması, gazetecilerin uydurma haber
yazmaktan duyduğu sıkıntı, gazeteler ve gazeteciler aracılığıyla haksız çıkar
elde etme gibi konulara değinilir. Makalemizde romanda işlenen konudan yola
çıkarak basın alanında çalışan roman kişisinin meslekî yaşamından sosyal ve
ekonomik durumuna, basın özgürlüğünün önündeki engellerden basının aydınlatıcı
rolüne kadar farklı mevzulara yer verilmiş ve romanda basın hayatının nasıl ele
alındığı değerlendirilmeye çalışılmıştır.
Constant-random practice and motor learning: Effects of constant practice amount and the manipulation of motor task requirements
Authors: Corrêa Umberto C. , Gonçalves Lucia A. , Barros João A. de C. , Massigli Marcela
Published: October 2018

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of different amount of constant practice, prior to random practice with manipulation of motor requirements of the task, in the adaptive process in motor learning. The task consisted of pressing five buttons sequentially in conjunction with visual stimulation provided by a coincident timing apparatus in complex tasks. Different sequential response patterns were performed during the random practice. Thirty-three children aged between 10 and 12 randomly assigned to three groups performed different amounts of constant practice: C-R, C-R33%, and C-R66%. The data were analyzed in respect to the timing coincident (absolute, variable, and constant errors) and measures of invariant (relative timing and relative peak force) and variant (overall absolute movement time and peak force) aspects of the movement pattern. The results showed similar performance among groups and that the C-R66% group adapted by modifying the macrostructure.
Effects of relative frequency and delay interval of knowledge of results (KR) in the acquisition of motor skills
Authors: Palhares Leandro R. , Bruzi Alessandro T. , Lage Guilherme M. , Fialho João V. A. P. , Ugrinowitsch Herbert , Benda Rodolfo N.
Published: October 2018

The purpose of the present study was to identify the effects of relative frequency and delay interval of Knowledge of Results (KR) in the acquisition of a serial motor skill. Sixty students were randomly distributed in 2 experiments, with three groups in each experiment (n = 10). The Experiment 1 investigated the effects of the KR frequency without KR delay interval and the Experiment 2 investigated the effects of the KR frequency with KR delay interval (3 seconds) in the acquisition of a serial motor skill. The serial task consisted of putting a tennis ball into six holes, positioned in a wood platform in a previously determined target time. In both experiments, the subjects performed 60 trials in target time of 2,700 ms, in the acquisition phase. In the Experiment 1, the results showed superiority of G33 in relation to the other groups, during the tests. In the Experiment 2, the results did not show any difference among the groups. These results are discussed with respect to the effect of KR delay interval, showing the role of combination of the variables.
Visual control of breaking initiation and intensity in bikers: Velocity does not affect the use of time to collision information
Authors: Rodrigues Sérgio T. , Bertoloni Gisele C. , Ferracioli Marcela de C. , Denardi Renata A.
Published: October 2018

Time-to-collision is one of the possible sources of visual information participating in the control of deceleration when breaking a vehicle. The purpose of this study was to test Lee's hypotheses at the situation where a bicycle in linear trajectory is approaching a stationary obstacle. As relative quantities, Ïm and Ïd should not be affected by the initial velocity. In three velocity conditions (high, medium, and low), participants had 23, 18 e 13 m to accelerate the bicycle until the final 14 m, when they were free to break at any time in order to stop at the obstacle. Peak velocities were 22.5, 19.5, and 16.6 m/s at 14.0, 12.0 and 10.2 m from the obstacle, respectively. Values of Ïm and Ïd were not significantly affected by condition as expected. Ïm at braking initiation was 0.63, 0.62, and 0.62 s as Ïd during the deceleration phase was -0.54, -0.54, and -0.55. These results strongly support the use of time-to-collision information contained in the optic flow to safely control braking initiation and intensity.
Mechanisms of control in hope jumping as a function of task constraint
Authors: Silva Luiz H. da , Pellegrini Ana M.
Published: October 2018

Hope jumping is a motor task that can be performed in different ways and with ropes with different physical characteristics (weight, texture, and size). When the rope jump is performed with the rope being self controlled, relevant haptic information is available for the action control. In order to examine the adjustments made by the performer in rope jumping with ropes of different weight, eight male university students performed a sequence of 30 rope-jumping with ropes of 180, 255, and 330g. The rope was turn by the participant in a selfpaced mode. Such sequences were registered in video and the following variables were obtained: continuous relative phase, rope beat frequency, jump height, rope height, and temporal interval between the moment of the loss of the feet contact with the floor and the crossing of the rope under the feet. The results showed that only the rope frequency changed as a function of the rope weight, suggesting that the upper limbs when turning the rope are responsible for the adjustments in order to maintain the same level of performance.
Effects of different behavioral information in the intrinsic dynamics of visual information and body sway
Authors: Perotti Júnior Alaercio , Barela José Angelo , Polastri Paula Fávaro , Tani Go
Published: October 2018

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of information and instruction on the intrinsic dynamics of postural control functioning in children. Ten children and 10 young adults stood upright inside of a moving room that remained stationary or was discretely moved. Fourteen trials were collected, with the first and the last one without any movement of the room. In the others, the room was moved and the participants were correct or wrongly informed about its movement. The participants were also instructed to not move, move together, or move in an opposite direction of the room. Body sway due to the movement of the room and time to reversal were used to examine the visual manipulation influence. Cross-correlation coefficients and time lags between the room'ss movement and body sway were calculated. The results revealed that visual manipulation induced body sway in both children and adults. Information about the room's movement and instruction to perform an action decreased the effect of visual manipulation on body sway, with instruction to perform an action being more efficient than information about the room's movement. Children use information and instruction to alter visual manipulation influence, however, not as well as adults do.
Systemic analysis of front Crawl stroke
Authors: Oliveira Thiago A. C. de , Apolinário Marcos R. , Freudenheim Andrea M. , Corrêa Umberto C.
Published: October 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate the front crawl stroke at a behavioral level, ie arm stroke, leg stroke, and breathing components both separately and in interaction. Eleven adults aged 28 (P 4.25), experienced in front crawl stroke participated. They swam 10 meters at high speed and l0 meters at low speed. At both speeds, the variabilities of whole and parts were the measures considered. Data was analyzed through a Wilcoxon test, considering the following comparisons: whole versus parts at high speed; whole versus parts at low speed; whole at high speed versus whole at low speed; and parts at high speed versus at low speed. Results showed that at low speed the variability of parts was significantly superior to the variability of the whole, and therefore, that in interaction the behavior of arm stroke, leg stroke, and breathing varied less than each separately.
Influence of deafness in children’s motor development and balance
Authors: Souza Lima Thaize C. , Cunha Pereira Maria C. da , Moraes Renato de
Published: October 2018

The present study had two main purposes. The first purpose was to investigate the contribution of visual and somatosensory information to postural control in deaf children. The second purpose was to investigate the motor development of deaf children measured through the Motor Development Scale (MDS). Deaf and normal hearing children of the same chronological age were asked to stand on three different bases of support (single-limb, bipedal, and Romberg). For each base of support, the availability of visual information and the quality of somatosensory information manipulated by using a foam surface were combined. Children were also assessed through the MDS. Results related to postural control pointed out that deaf children exhibited a reduction on the time they stayed on the single-limb standing, especially for firm surface. Besides, the manipulation of visual information and the quality of somatosensory information diminished the time that participants stayed on both single-limb and Romberg standings. Relative to the MDS, results showed that deaf children exhibited a smaller motor age than normal hearing children for the temporal organization component of the test.
Post-KR interval in learning a discrete motor skill in children
Authors: Bernardo da Silva Elaine C. , Guimarães Taysa K. Vieira , Trindade Rebeca Lopes , Siqueira Aline K. Maria de , Beltrão Natália Barros , Henrique Rafael dos Santos , Cattuzzo Maria Teresa
Published: October 2018

The aim of this study was to test the post-KR interval in the learning of a motor skill. The sample was constituted of thirty children, from 9 to 10 years old, distributed in three groups: G1 had post-KR interval free; G2 - received KR and after 5s started the next trial; and G3 - received KR and after 10s started the next trial; the verbal KR on the direction and magnitude of the error was given to the end of all the attempts. The task was to throw metal discs in a target arranged horizontally on a table, throughout two phases: acquisition (60 trials) and adaptation (10 trials). The measure of performance were the absolute, constant and variable error. The research questions were if very short intervals of post-KR may be do not benefit the adaptive process of the acquisition of skills, and if the control of the interval post-KR practiced by the learner himself could have positive effect in this process. The results suggested that the self-controlled post-KR interval can facilitate the learning of a discrete task in children.
Effects of attentional focus in the Crawl performance: Body positioning and breathing components
Authors: Pasetto Silmara Cristina , Ried Bettina U. Weissler , Freudenheim Andrea Michele , Correa Umberto Cesar
Published: October 2018

The present study followed up on previous findings showing greater movement efficiency when performers adopt an external relative to an internal focus of attention. We used a swimming task to examine if those effects were dependent of the task component. Specifically, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of attentional focus related to breathing and body position on crawl swim performance. Eighteen young adults (20.1 years old; ±3.0) participated in the present study. The task required participants to cover a 16 m swimming crawl, as fast as possible. Participants were asked to “keep body at water line” (external focus) or to “keep your body horizontal” (internal focus), and to “breathe when hand leaves the water” (external focus) or “breathe when head turns sideways” (internal focus). The dependent variable was time spent to cross the swimming pool in seconds and tenths of seconds. Two-way ANOVA (2 focus X 2 components) did not show any significant differences between external and internal focus in both components. The results led to the conclusion that when the focus was related to body position and breathing, the external and internal attentional focus had similar effects on performance of the crawl swim.
Gross motor skill evaluation in adolescents with Down syndrome
Authors: Celestino Melissa Leandro , Pereira Juliana Cazetta , Barela Ana M. Forti
Published: October 2018

The goal of this study was to evaluate the performance of gross motor skills of individuals with Down syndrome (DS) older than 10 years of age. Nine individuals with DS between 14 and 20 years (17.89±2.20) were recruited from “Centro de Ação Social Espaço Livre”, São Paulo, SP. They were videotaped performing six locomotor skills (running, galloping, hoping, leaping, horizontal jumping, sliding) and six object control skills (striking a stationary ball, stationary dribbling, catching, kicking, overhand throwing, underhand rolling) on one occasion at the same place where they were recruited. All performed skills were analyzed by three trained evaluators according to specific criteria to determine their age equivalent for both locomotor and object control skills. All participants presented age equivalent under their chronological age for all skills. According to these results, we conclude that individuals with DS above 10 years old present a developmental delay on gross motor skills. We also suggest that future investigations take into account an intervention protocol to DS individuals older than 10 years of age in order to verify its effects of it on these individuals’ motor behavior.