bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Examination of the attitudes of middle school students towards social media
Authors: Bulu Sanser , Numanoglu Mustafa , Keser Hafize 
Published: May 2016

This study aims to identify middle school students` general attitudes towards social media. Participants of this descriptive study were middle school students from three public schools (n=367) in Ankara. Data was collected using “Demographic Information Form” and “Social Media Attitudes Survey for Students” developed by Ferhat Suleyman Argin in 2013. Data was analyzed using ANOVA, t test, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskall Wallis-H test, frequency (f) and percentage (%). In this study, demographic information such as students’ gender, school type, grade level, perceived income levels, mother’s education level, and father’s education level; and social media use information such as membership to social media services, duration of social media use, frequency of social media use, time spent on social media at each use, medium that they use social media, tools to access social media and most used social media were collected. Students’ scores for Social Media Attitudes Survey were compared between groups based on this demographic and social media use variables. There were not a significant difference of Social Media Attitudes scores between the groups based on gender, schools, grade levels, perceived income levels, mother’s education level, father’s education level, membership to social media services, medium that they use social media, and tools to access social media variables. There were a significant difference of Social Media Attitudes scores between the groups based on frequency of social media use, and time spent on social media at each use variables. Since most used social media services variable was not distributed homogeneously, it couldn’t be compared. Based on the students overall Social Media Attitudes scores averages and score distribution and standard deviations it could be claimed that students’ general attitude toward social media was positive and high. Keywords: Type your keywords here, separated by semicolons
From the Editors
Authors: Uzunboylu Huseyin , Hursen Cigdem 
Published: May 2016

It is an honour for us to welcome you as Editors of Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences which has accepted publications indexed in qualified databases since 2006. We are ready to publish the new studies of Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences which has 5 full length articles written by authors from, Cyprus, Iran and Turkey.The aim of this issue is to give the researchers an opportunity to share their academic studies. First of all, I would like to thank all who have contributed to this issue. There are different focuses. For example, Tutku Basoz and Dilek Tüfekci Can aim to investigate if there is any significant difference in preschool children’s vocabulary gain depending upon the computer assisted vocabulary instruction or the traditional vocabulary instruction both adopting a semiotic approach. On the other hand, Gerannaz Zamani, Saman Ebadia aim to investigate reports on an analysis of the conclusion sections of Persian and English Research Articles (RAs) published in international journals. In addition to these, Hafize Keser, Melike Kavuk and Gulcan Numanoglu aimed to investigated the relationship between preservice teachers’ internet addiction level and cyber-loafing activities. There were a moderate positive relationships between internet addiction and individual cyber-loafing, and search cyber-loafing. There were also a small positive relationships between internet addiction and social cyber-loafing. There was not a significant relationship between internet addiction and news cyber-loafing. Also Sanser Bulu, Mustafa Numanoglu and Hafize Keser, aimed to identify middle school students` general attitudes towards social media. Students overall Social Media Attitudes scores averages and score distribution and standard deviations it could be claimed that students’ general attitude toward social media was positive and high. I would like to express my thanks to all authors preferring Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences to make their articles published, all reviewers working seriously in the process of publishing, and also quest editors supporting us in this process. Best regards,
WebQuest experience: Pre-Service secondary maths and chemistry teachers
Authors: Halat Erdoğan 
Published: May 2016

The aim of this study was to examine the impact of developing WebQuests on the attention, confidence, relevance and satisfaction, or motivation, of pre-service secondary mathematics and chemistry teachers in the instructional technologies and material design course. There were a total of 67 pre-service teachers, 32 pre-service secondary mathematics teachers and 35 pre-service secondary chemistry teachers involved in this study, which took place over seven weeks. The pre-service teachers in both groups designed their WebQuests suitable for the level of high-school students. The researcher used a questionnaire in the collection of the data to find the motivational level of the participants. It was given to the participants by the researcher before and after the instruction during a single class period. The paired-samples t-test, independent samples t-test and ANCOVA were used in the analysis of the quantitative data. The study showed that designing WebQuests had more effect on the attention, confidence and relevance of the pre-service chemistry teachers than of the pre-service mathematics teachers. However, in general, although developing WebQuests had positive effects on the motivational levels of both pre-service secondary maths and chemistry teachers, there were no statistically significant differences found in relation to the motivational levels of both groups.Â Â Â Â Keywords: WebQuests, pre-service teachers, attention, confidence, relevance, satisfaction
A study of trainee teachersâ€™ image of practising teachers and their ICT expectations
Authors: Harangus Katalin , HorvÃ¡th ZsÃ³fia-IrÃ©n , KovÃ¡cs Gabriella 
Published: May 2016

Digital illiteracy is one of the great challenges of education. In our information society, an adequate level of digital proficiency is an important requirement and teachersâ€™ skills, personality, competence and professional experience are important factors in determining the efficiency of the teaching-learning process. This research has two goals. First, we tried to find out what characteristics a â€œgoodâ€ and a â€œbadâ€ teacher would have based on the trainee teachersâ€™ own experience as secondary school students. We also wanted to know what they think about the social roles of teachers; about the importance of native language in education; what expectations they have regarding the computer skills and competences of secondary school teachers; and what experience they have regarding the use of ICT equipment in the education process. The answers to the open questions about teachers were grouped into four categories: professional expectations, preparedness, teaching skills, personality traits and behaviour. We developed four statistically relevant factors to determine the level of teachersâ€™ computer skills and we used a set of questions containing 10 items to examine the experience of trainee teachers regarding the use of ICT in education. Our study reveals the situation of Hungarian vocational training from Romania, which is a key factor for high-quality teacher training.

Keywords: teacher image, computer skills and competences, trainee-teachers
Use of information and communication technologies improves healthy and unhealthy elderly peopleâ€™s quality of life â€“ the key role of the training setting
Authors: Licciardello Orazio , Mauceri Manuela , Marco Graziella Di 
Published: May 2016

The link between the use of ICT and QoL has only been recently theorized because ICT is not, per se, a correct and easy tool to improve elderly peopleâ€™s QoL. We conducted a research consisting of two studies: the first one involved healthy and unhealthy seniors and the second one was a pilot study inspired by Action Research. We aimed to investigate whether elderly peopleâ€™s QoL was influenced by higher beliefs, self-efficacy and positive attitudes towards ICT. Regarding the first study, most participants did not have any digital skills or only a very low level. Their perceived QoL was quite good. Their self-efficacy beliefs were very high. Their attitudes towards ICT were on the the mid-point scale. The QoL was affected by self-efficacy. In respect to the second study, data were collected before and after tests focused on improving the seniorsâ€™ digital skills. The post-training data were significantly more positive than pre-training. Self-efficacy was significantly higher after training, as was perceived QoL. The results provide evidence that seniors perceive their own lives as better than other age cohorts attribute to them. The quality of the relationship between seniors and trainers represents a main point that positively affects the QoL.
Keywords: Seniors, Information and Communication Technology, Quality of Life, Active Training, Relationship
Determination of teacher candidatesâ€™ anxiety levels on using facebook for instructional purposes
Authors: Birinci Cansu Meryem , Karagözlü Damla 
Published: May 2016

In this study, candidate teachersâ€™ anxiety levels were determined based on the use of Facebook for instructional purposes. The research is a clear sample of descriptive study. The research was held in the department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology of Near East University. With the aim of gathering data on this specific subject, a questionnaire was put to the participants. The sample was taken from 202 candidates between the ages of 20 and 32.

Keywords: Education, Social Network, Facebook, Negative Effects
Message From the Editor
Authors: Ozdamli Fezile 
Published: May 2016

Fezile Ozdamli
It is an honour for us to welcome you as Editors of World Journal on Educational Technology which has accepted publications indexed in qualified databases since 2006. We are ready to publish the new studies of World Journal on Educational Technology which has 9 full length articles written by authors from, Cyprus, Hungarian, Italy and Turkey.
The aim of this issue is to give the researchers an opportunity to share their academic studies. First of all, I would like to thank all who have contributed to this issue. There are different focuses.
I would like to express my thanks to all authors preferring World Journal on Educational Technology to make their articles published, all reviewers working seriously in the process of publishing supporting us in this process.
Best regards,
Executive Editor
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fezile Ozdamli
La orientación de la estructura 33 de Yaxchilán: Una reevaluación
Authors: Iwaniszewski Stanislaw , Galindo Trejo Jesús 
Published: May 2016

A finales de los años ochenta y principios de los noventa Carolyn Tate analizó una serie de rituales, descritos en las inscripciones de Yaxchilán, que sucedían al término del mes Yaxkin, el cual corresponde con las fechas cercanas al solsticio de verano en el calendario juliano, y surgió que existió una relación entre estos rituales y el evento solar. Parte de la evidencia textual fue plasmada en los dinteles de la Estructura 33. Además de presentar la evidencia epigráfica e iconográfica, Tate observó que la Estructura 33 fue orientada hacia el punto de salida del sol en el solsticio de verano, de tal modo que la luz del sol saliente iluminaba los cuartos de la estructura incidientdo sobre la estatua de Pájaro Jaguar IV. Las mediociones que hicimos en esta ciudad mostraron la falacia de estas suposiciones y condujeron al rechazo de sus ideas acerca de que el punto de la salida del sol en el solsticio de verano se utilizó en la planificación urbana.
Martha Ilia Nájera Coronado, ‘Los cantares de Dzitbalché’ en la tradición religiosa mesoamericana. México: UNAM, Coordinación de Humanidades, Unidad Académica de ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, Centro de Estudios
Authors: Limón Olvera Silvia 
Published: May 2016

Siempre, el que un manuscrito colonial sea publicado es de gran importancia, sobre todo si ese documento, además de los datos históricos que proporciona, constituye por añadidura un documento literario de uno de los pueblos ancestrales de México con una gran tradición cultural: el maya. Este es el caso de Los cantares de Dzitbalché, documento resguardado en la Biblioteca Nacional de Antropología e Historia, que Alfredo Barrera Vázquez rescató en 1946 y tradujo al castellano, con notas explicativas que lo enriquecen, y que en este libro se recogen junto con la transcripción de aquel documento en maya yucateco y el facsímil de los originales.
Una pasión por la antigüedad: la colección arqueológica de don Florentino Gimeno en Campeche durante el siglo XIX
Authors: Lowe Lynneth S. , Sellen Adam T. 
Published: May 2016

Durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, don Florentino Gimeno, un comerciante español establecido en Campeche, logró conformar una impresionante colección de más de 12 000 piezas arqueológicas, la cual reflejaba una profunda pasión por el pasado prehispánico y sus evidencias materiales. El análisis de sus catálogos proporciona información invaluable acerca de la procedencia y características de muchas de las piezas —que procedían fundamentalmente de sitios de la región—, y nos permite apreciar también sus afanes por desarrollar una clasificación tipológica y funcional de acuerdo con los criterios intelectuales en boga. Asimismo, los datos registrados en diversos documentos y crónicas indican que su tienda-museo se convirtió en punto de referencia para viajeros y exploradores que visitaron Campeche durante aquellos años, como Brasseur de Bourbourg o Carl Hermann Berendt, entre otros. Su interés en reunir no solamente objetos arqueológicos, sino también documentos históricos, fue también muy apreciado por notables personajes locales, como los gobernadores Pablo García y Joaquín Baranda. En este artículo exploramos las distintas facetas de este incansable coleccionista, e intentamos arrojar luz sobre sus atinadas —y sorprendentemente objetivas— interpretaciones de la cultura material antigua. Finalmente, intentamos rastrear el paradero actual de su acervo.
Le salut par les messes : les Valenciennois devant la mort à la fin du XVIIe siècle
Authors: Marle Catherine 
Published: May 2016

Les testaments, source première d'une histoire de la mort étaient au XVIIe siècle des actes religieux, dans lesquels les testateurs se préoccupaient du sort de leur âme. Dans ce contexte, les demandes de messes formulées par les fidèles, étaient d'une très grande importance. La plupart des testateurs pieux ou dévots s'attachaient à prévoir ce type de suffrages, pour eux-mêmes ou pour leurs proches, dans le but d'assurer à leur âme un bon passage dans l'au- delà, et de réduire au maximum l'inévitable temps de purgatoire.
A partir d'un échantillon de 420 testaments de Valenciennois, cet article tente de définir les différents types de messes et les arguments qui présidaient aux choix des testateurs de la fin du xvne siècle.
Les Etats provinciaux face à leurs administrés : du dialogue à la censure (Artois, Cambrésis, 1680-1789)
Authors: Legay Marie-Laure 
Published: May 2016

De Provinciale Staten en hun onderdanen : van de dialoog naar de censuur (Artois, Cambrésis, 1680-1789).
De studie van 11 567 verzoekschriften aan de Staten van Artezië gedurende meer dan een eeuw is de spiegel van de relatie tussen de provinciale vergadering en haar geadministreerden.
Uit hoofde van een « economische rechtspraak » op toepassing van Artezië behandelden de Staten deze verzoekschriften zelfs aan het hof en stelden zo hun roi als tussenpersoon naar de koning in het licht. Na ca 1750 kregen zij meer bevoegdheid voor de bewoners van de provincie. Als door de regering gewettigde administratoren, meer dan de intendant, moesten zij, om tegemoet te komen aan de fiscale eisen van Parijs, soms kiezen voor de dwingende en soms arbitraire oplossing van een externe belanstingsonvanger. De zachte provinciale regering die de vrijheid van de Arteziërs waarborgde, veranderde op het einde van het Ancien Régime in een onhandige voogdij, die als uiting van een algemeen onbehagen resulteerde in een reeks klachten in 1789.
La France, la Belgique et les missions. A propos de deux lettres de Paul Claudel à dom Edouard Neut, moine de Saint-André-lez-Bruges (1929- 1930)
Authors: Chenaux Philippe 
Published: May 2016

Frankrijk, België en de missies. Over twee brieven van Paul Claudel aan dom Edouard Neut, monnik van Sint-Andries-bij-Brugge (1929-1930).
In twee handgeschreven brieven, gedateerd 6 december 1929 en 11 januari 1930, gaat Paul Claudel, dan ambassadeur van Frankrijk in de Verenigde Sta- ten, tekeer tegen de antifranse campagne van een Belgisch missieblad, het Bulletin des missions, van de Brugse Sint-Andriesabdij. Deze weinig bekende zaak is tekenend voor de spanningen en de weerstand opgeroepen in Frankrijk door de nieuwe pontificale missiestrategie die erop gericht was een eigen Chinese katolieke kerk op te richten. Het protest van de schrijver-diplomaat aan wiens eerlijkheid men niet mag twijfelen, maakt deel uit van een door de Quai d'Orsay opgezet tegenoffensief om de belangen van het Frans protectoraat (in China) te verdedigen.
Horizontal and vertical changes in anchor molars after extractions in bimaxillary protrusion cases
Authors: Chandra Pratik , Kulshrestha Rohit S. , Tandon Ragni , Singh Abhishek , Kakadiya Ashish , Wajid Mohammed 
Published: May 2016

Objective
To evaluate changes in the anchor molar position (horizontal, vertical) after retraction in bimaxillary protrusion maximum anchorage cases.

Materials and Methods
Thirty patients requiring maximum anchorage after extraction of the first premolars were selected for this study. The second molars were banded in both arches along with trans-palatal arch in the maxillary arch and lingual arch in the mandibular arch. En mass retraction was done using sliding mechanics. Horizontal and vertical positions of the anchor first molars were evaluated cephalometrically before and after orthodontic retraction.

Results
In the horizontal plane, maxillary first molars showed net mesial movement of 1.72 mm, and there was a statistical difference between the pre- and post-values (P < 0.001). The mandibular molars showed a net horizontal movement of 2.26 mm, and there was a statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-values (P < 0.001). In the vertical plane, there was vertical movement of the maxillary anchor molars by a net value of 0.95 mm which was statistically significant (P < 0.001). The mandibular anchor molars moved vertically by a net value of 0.45 mm. This difference was statistically not significant.

Conclusion
There was anchorage loss seen in both the planes (horizontal, vertical) of the maxillary anchor molars. In the mandibular anchor molars, there was anchorage loss seen only in the horizontal plane. No anchorage loss was seen in the vertical plane.
Prenatal and postnatal growth: An ultrasound and clinical investigation
Authors: Parveen Shahista , Mascarenhas Rohan , Husain Akhter , Acharya Devadas 
Published: May 2016

Background
Understanding facial development requires sound knowledge of growth at different stages. Although studies in the past have established the relationship between prenatal and postnatal growth, little research has been done using noninvasive ultrasound. The purpose of this study is to evaluate correlation between prenatal and postnatal growths using ultrasound as a fetal growth assessment tool.

Study
Settings: It is a hospital-based study where prenatal growth is measured at different intervals of gestational period and compared with the growth at birth.

Materials
and Methods: Ten subjects with normal pregnancy were studied using ultrasound. Cephalocaudal growth gradient, body proportions of the fetus were assessed and compared at different stages. Growth was also evaluated at birth and compared with the predicted growth.

Results
The growth rate of estimated fetal weight is at maximum between the 28th and 32nd week of the fetal life (P ≤ 0.001). The growth rate of head circumference, occipitofrontal diameter, and femur length is maximum between the 20th and 28th week of the fetal life (P < 0.001). Cephalocaudal growth gradient decreases with increased age of the fetus.

Conclusions
Prenatal growth is correlated with postnatal growth. Ultrasound can be used as a tool for the measurement and prediction of prenatal and postnatal growths.
Data assimilation in integrated hydrological modelling in the presence of observation bias
Authors: Rasmussen Jørn , Madsen Henrik , Jensen Karsten Høgh , Refsgaard Jens Christian 
Published: May 2016

Abstract. The use of bias-aware Kalman filters for estimating and correcting observation bias in groundwater head observations is evaluated using both synthetic and real observations. In the synthetic test, groundwater head observations with a constant bias and unbiased stream discharge observations are assimilated in a catchment-scale integrated hydrological model with the aim of updating stream discharge and groundwater head, as well as several model parameters relating to both streamflow and groundwater modelling. The coloured noise Kalman filter (ColKF) and the separate-bias Kalman filter (SepKF) are tested and evaluated for correcting the observation biases. The study found that both methods were able to estimate most of the biases and that using any of the two bias estimation methods resulted in significant improvements over using a bias-unaware Kalman filter. While the convergence of the ColKF was significantly faster than the convergence of the SepKF, a much larger ensemble size was required as the estimation of biases would otherwise fail. Real observations of groundwater head and stream discharge were also assimilated, resulting in improved streamflow modelling in terms of an increased Nash–Sutcliffe coefficient while no clear improvement in groundwater head modelling was observed. Both the ColKF and the SepKF tended to underestimate the biases, which resulted in drifting model behaviour and sub-optimal parameter estimation, but both methods provided better state updating and parameter estimation than using a bias-unaware filter.