ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Strengthening or Weakening Claims in Academic Knowledge Construction: A Comparative Study of Hedges and Boosters in Postgraduate Academic Writing
Author: Akbas, Erdem
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Comparative Analysis,Academic Discourse,Turkish,Foreign Countries,Native Language,Graduate Students,Native Speakers,English (Second Language),Discourse Analysis

From a cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspective, this paper reports on the findings of an exploratory study examining the features of the academic texts produced by three groups of postgraduates: native speakers of Turkish (TL1), English (EL1) and Turkish speakers of English (EL2). To this end, the study involves a microdiscourse analysis of a corpus of ninety discussion sections of dissertations to identify and classify the choices made by the authors for expressing commitment/detachment in presenting knowledge claims. The results indicated interesting similarities and differences across the groups in the ways in which writers qualified their level of commitment to a higher level and detachment from the claims in their writing. In other words, this can be described as a cline from the highest to the lowest, even intentionally withholding their commitment. By looking at the hedging and boosting devices contributing to the interactive side of academic writing, the discourse constructed by Turkish L1 writers appeared to be slightly less interpersonal but highly authoritative overall. In contrast, the results suggested that the Turkish writers of English were similar to their English L1 counterparts in terms of building a significantly more cautious strategy for presenting knowledge claims and making use of relatively fewer boosting devices when presenting their claims. It is hoped that the implications of the findings can be useful for teaching of academic writing to postgraduates within the contexts of the study.
The Contribution of Learner Self-Assessment for Improvement of Learning and Teaching Process: A Review
Author: Papanthymou, Anastasia
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Instruction,Self Evaluation (Individuals),Physical Education,Self Esteem,Learning Motivation,Academic Achievement,Instructional Improvement,Self Management,Higher Education,Elementary Education,Secondary Education,Foreign Countries

The present study is a literature review of 37 empirical studies from Greece and internationally of the last decade and aims at investigating the contribution of learner self-assessment to: a. enhancement of learning motivation, b. improvement of academic performance/learning, c. development of self-regulating learning and d. raise of self-esteem. According to the findings, enhancement of learning motivation as an outcome of learner self-assessment process has been identified in Greek Higher education, in Secondary education in Physics and in Primary education in English, whereas internationally has been identified in Secondary education in English and Physical education. In Greece, improvement of academic performance/learning as an outcome of learner self-assessment has been found in Higher education, in Secondary education in Physics and in Primary education in English, whereas internationally at all levels of education, in almost all subjects of Secondary education and in Primary education in Language Arts, English and Mathematics. Development of self-regulating learning has been identified in Higher education in Greece and internationally, whereas in Secondary education in Geography and Geometry only internationally. Furthermore, raise of student's self-esteem as an outcome of self-assessment has been found internationally, in Secondary education in Religious education and in Greek Primary education in English language learning. Moreover, self-assessment process has also been examined internationally in non-formal education where English is taught as a second language with positive outcomes in performance/learning. Finally, self-assessment is implemented through various practices and tools such as rubrics, checklist, scripts, think boards, reflective journals, mind maps and in combination with learning or teaching models.
Stylistic Differences between Closely Related Disciplines: Metadiscourse in German Linguistics and Literary Studies
Author: Andresen, Melanie
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Language Styles,Linguistics,Literature,Intellectual Disciplines,Academic Discourse,Literary Genres,German,Aesthetics,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Writing Skills,Discourse Analysis,Verbs,Contrastive Linguistics,Computational Linguistics,Doctoral Dissertations

The disciplines of linguistics and literary studies are often considered similar, as they are for instance part of one common study program. However, there are many differences between the two disciplines that concern not only the object of study, but also research methods and writing styles. Consequently, students of, for example, German Studies need to adapt to two academic languages at once. Therefore, we aim to describe the stylistic differences between the languages of the two disciplines. Our study is based on a data-driven n-gram analysis of German PhD theses that reveals a more intense use of metadiscourse in linguistics when compared to literary studies. In the light of these results, we carry out a more in-depth study of metadiscourse in the two disciplines, focusing on the expressions &quot;im Folgenden&quot; (&quot;in the following&quot;) and &quot;zusammenfassend&quot; (&quot;summarizing&quot;). We find that literary scholars use both of the above expressions less frequently than linguists. We suggest that this might be due to different aesthetic demands and more influence of English academic language on German linguistics. Also, a higher proportion of the instances found in literary studies turned out to be intertextual rather than metatextual. We therefore argue that it is important to inspect the data behind quantitative results in detail.
The Emotional Climate Scale: Understanding Emotions, Context and Justice
Author: Washington, Ernest
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Environment,Emotional Response,Elementary School Students,Psychological Patterns,Anxiety,School Buses,Playgrounds,Classroom Environment,Minority Group Students,Intellectual Disciplines,Principals,Offices (Facilities),Social Bias,Social Justice

The Emotional Climate Scale (ECS) was used to study the emotional responses of minority and majority elementary school students to different settings within their schools. The ECS applies a 7 point Likert scale to assess the emotions of anger, sadness, anxiety, loneliness, calmness, excitement, happiness, and hope in the school settings of the school bus, the playground, the principal office as well as the English, mathematics, social studies, and science classes. Minority children are significantly happier and lonelier on the bus and they are also more excited, angry and lonely in English classes than their white peers. In math classes minority children are more excited but lonelier. On the playground minority children are significantly sadder than majority children. In the principal's office, minority children are significantly calmer than majority children. In science, minority children were significantly more excited and hopeful. In social studies minority children were also more excited. In the gym, there were no significant differences between majority and minority children. Excitement and happiness are the two positive emotions are preferred and appropriate for all classes. A key question raised by the ECS is the question &quot;Is this school fair to minority children?&quot; The presence of loneliness, sadness, and anger are troubling indicators of something that is not right in this school.
Body Image in Adolescents and Its Relationship to Socio-Cultural Factors
Author: Dogan, Ozcan
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Human Body,Self Concept,Body Composition,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Adolescents,Social Influences,Cultural Influences,Body Weight,Body Height,Predictor Variables,Grade 7,Grade 8,Grade 9,Grade 10,Correlation,Foreign Countries

This study was planned in order to analyze adolescent body image by age and gender, evaluate the relationship between adolescent body image and socio-cultural factors, and determine the extent to which variables such as age, gender, and Body Mass Index (BMI) can serve as predictors of the influential habits and strategies needed to achieve a better level of body satisfaction. Within this context, the data was collected using the following questionnaires: the Body Image and Body Size Variation Questionnaire; the Perceived Socio-Cultural Effects Concerning Body Image and Body Size Questionnaire; and a Data Form containing the demographic data. One thousand two hundred and eighty 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grade students were selected for the study using probabilistic, stratified, cluster sampling. The findings show a strong correlation between adolescent body image and socio-cultural factors, as well as between adolescent body image and the importance adolescents place on the media. From the regression analysis conducted using correlated variables, it was demonstrated that body satisfaction, habits and strategies with respect to body-building that pertain to adolescent body image can also be predicted by studying the attitudes and behaviours of the students' parents, peers, and the socio-cultural variables in evidence, such as the perceived effect of the media.
Can I Grow Up as an Effective Teacher? A Mixed Method Study
Author: Ihtiyaroglu, Neslin
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Effectiveness,Mixed Methods Research,Predictor Variables,Role,Foreign Countries,Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Correlation,Course Evaluation,Teaching (Occupation),Teaching Skills,Schools of Education

The aim of this study is to determine the predictive role of pre-service teachers' views on professional teaching knowledge courses on their satisfaction levels in relation to faculty of education. In the study, sequential transformative design, which is one of the mixed methods, was used. Faculty of Education Course Evaluation Scale and Faculty of Education Satisfaction Scale were applied to 404 pre-service teachers who were selected with stratified sampling method. Study results indicate that pre-service teachers' total course evaluation scores vary according to gender, class level and department and, total faculty of educations satisfaction level scores vary according to department. In addition, it was determined that there are weak relations among sub-dimensions of variables as a result of correlation analysis; and the predictive role of pre-service teachers' views on professional teaching knowledge courses on their satisfaction levels in relation to faculty of education is weak as a result of regression analysis. Results of the interviews indicate that pre-service teachers' views on professional teaching knowledge courses vary according to groups, but pre-service teachers have similar views in relation to faculty of education. At the end of the study, suggestions were offered for increasing the efficiency of the pre-service teachers.
Transitions of Contrast in Chinese and English University Student Writing
Author: Gardner, Sheena
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing (Composition),Contrastive Linguistics,Chinese,English,Computational Linguistics,Asians,Foreign Countries,Language Usage,Writing Instruction,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,English for Academic Purposes,Teaching Methods,Intellectual Disciplines,Language Variation,Writing for Publication,Native Language,College Students,Language Styles

One of the fundamental ways in which knowledge develops is through contrast. This applies not only to the development of ideas and theories in argumentative texts, but also to the contrasting of new findings with old in experimental reports. Contrast, then, is central to the development of academic knowledge. A common finding in contrastive analyses is that the transition &quot;however&quot; is used significantly more by English than Chinese writers. This has been explained through suggestions that Chinese writers may be culturally less willing or linguistically less able to express contrast. Our objective was to identify which transitions of contrast are used more by Chinese students and to understand where and how they are used. In the closely matched Han CH-EN corpus of similar texts written by successful Chinese and English students at British universities, we identified four transitions that are used significantly more (p &lt; 0.05) by Chinese writers: &quot;while,&quot; &quot;whereas,&quot; &quot;on the other hand,&quot; and &quot;in contrast.&quot; Through examining contexts of use and specific examples, we argue that Chinese students employ a greater variety of transitions than English students to achieve a similar amount of contrast in their writing. The paper concludes with seven implications for teaching academic writing in English.
Investigation of Talent Selection Methods in Different Sports Branches
Author: Kaynar, Ömer
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Talent Development,Athletics,Athletes,Foreign Countries,Team Sports,Aptitude Tests,Talent Identification

The purpose of this study was to determine the talent selection methods applied to athletes involved in different sports branches in Turkey. The research population consisted of 724 volunteer athletes who were active in sports clubs in thirty seven different cities of Turkey. Semi-structured interview form was used as data collection tool. It was determined that no talent test was applied to 512 (70.72%) of 724 athletes who participated in the study and 212 (29.28%) were put to talent test methods by their coaches. Of 212 athletes who were put to talent test, 41 (5.66%) were observed for their physical characteristics, 59 (8.14%) for their competitions, 75 (10.35%) for their basic motor skills (speed, strength, endurance, coordination, balance, flexibility and agility) and 37 (5.11%) for their technical capacities in competitions. As a result; it is estimated that the application of physical, mental, physiological, body composition and genetic tests all together while determining the talent selection in sports will be the most effective method to detect talented athletes.
Washington State Policy Spotlight: A Multifaceted Approach to Grow Your Own Pathways
Author: Garcia, Amaya
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: State Policy,Educational Policy,English Language Learners,Bilingual Education,English Teachers,Teacher Shortage,Teacher Recruitment,Alternative Teacher Certification,Preservice Teacher Education,College School Cooperation,Partnerships in Education,Paraprofessional School Personnel,Bilingual Teachers,Block Grants,Educational Finance,Bilingual Students

English learners (ELs) make up 10% of the U.S. student population and are increasingly enrolling in school districts that have little experience with educating these students. A majority of states report shortages in teachers prepared to work with ELs, particularly in the area of bilingual education. Grow Your Own (GYO) programs that recruit and prepare future educators from the community have the potential to increase the supply of bilingual educators who can provide ELs with instruction in their home languages and support their mastery of academic content. Policy makers in Washington State are taking an intentional approach toward remediating educator shortages in the state through alternative routes to certification, expanded pathways for paraeducators, and targeted course work for high school students. Alternative routes are positioned as a driver of local innovation that places emphasis on GYO approaches and the recruitment of teacher candidates from underserved populations. State grants support the development of university-school district partnerships to recruit and prepare a teacher workforce to meet local needs. The Woodring Highline Bilingual Fellows program is a partnership aimed at preparing bilingual paraeducators to become licensed teachers in order to meet the school district's growing need for bilingual educators. Key lessons from Washington's myriad initiatives point to the need for collaboration between multiple stakeholders to ensure a common vision and mission for these programs.
The Acute Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Serum Cortisol Levels of Athletes and Sedentary Individuals
Author: Koc, Selahattin
Date: 2018-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Exercise,Exercise Physiology,Athletes,Foreign Countries,Biochemistry,Anxiety,Stress Variables,Metabolism,Comparative Analysis,Physical Activities

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of post-challenge acute values of serum cortisol levels in elite and sedentary athletes before aerobic exercise. This study included 22 elite middle-distance runners from various clubs around Turkey and 16 voluntary non-athlete men. The Cooper test was applied to study subjects. Heart rate values and blood samples of the subjects were taken before and after the Cooper test. The blood samples were analyzed at Central Biochemistry Laboratory of Sahinbey Research and Application Hospital of Gaziantep University. The results showed statistically significant difference between sedentary and athlete groups in comparison of BMI (P&lt;0.05). A statistically significant difference was also found in pre-exercise cortisol and potassium levels and post-exercise lactate and potassium levels between both groups (P&lt;0.05). No statistically significant difference was detected between groups in comparison of other blood parameters (P&gt;0.05). Again, no statistically significant difference was found between pre-test and post-test values of pre and post-exercise Cortisol and Potassium levels of both groups (P&gt;0.05). Consequently, cortisol levels were same in both groups and were not affected by exercise. According to these results, it can be said that athletes' volume of air entering the lungs is higher than those who do not do sports, and the level of their anaerobic respiration is lower.
Bilingual/Multicultural Education Department: Reflections and Lessons Learned
Author: Murai, Harold
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Multilingualism,Cultural Pluralism,Teacher Education Programs,Diversity (Faculty),Program Descriptions,Bilingual Education,College Faculty,Second Language Learning,Program Design,Student Recruitment,Minority Group Students,Teacher Salaries,Teacher Persistence,Faculty Mobility,Job Placement,Bilingual Teachers,Cultural Awareness

In 2007, the Multilingual/Multicultural Teacher Preparation Center, a teacher education program, was featured in a &quot;Teacher Education Quarterly,&quot; 34(4), special issue on diversifying the teaching workforce. Though this center has since ended due to the disbandment of the Bilingual/Multicultural Education Department, this commentary describes components of the program that remain and lessons that were learned.
Investigation of Teachers&apos; Violence Sensitivity Levels towards Children According to Different Variables
Author: Gülbahçe, Arzu
Date: 2018-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Violence,Teacher Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Public Schools,Secondary School Teachers,Secondary School Students

The study aims to reveal relationship between the secondary school teachers' violence sensitivity levels towards children according to different variables. The study sample consists of 563 teachers working in Erzurum, Turkey in the academic year of 2017-2018. In this study, &quot;Violence Sensitivity towards Children&quot; scale, which was developed by Arzu Özyürek (2017), was used. SPSS 21 package program was used to analyze the data. In the analysis of the data, frequency distribution was used to determine the demographic characteristics, the Independent Samples T test was used to examine the differentiation status between two independent variables and the violence sensitivity level towards children, and the One Way Anova analysis tests were conducted to examine the differentiation status between more than two variables and the violence sensitivity level towards children. All these tests were analyzed in SPSS 21 package program and the significance was evaluated at p&lt;0.05 level. Findings of the study showed that there was a significant difference between the teachers' violence sensitivity levels towards children and gender, age, status of having a child, place of childhood, administrative duty status and tenure of office. However, no significant difference was found between variables of family structure and employment status. Measures should be taken to prevent children's exposure to violence by identifying violence sensitivity levels of teachers towards children, who play an active role in the teaching and the development of the children, and by examining the variables that differ in their sensitivity levels. In addition, the study suggests further researches on different groups and more comprehensive studies for better understanding of and awareness about the subject of violence and children.
Geography Instruction in the Decisions of Tebligler Journal between the Years of 1939-1942 in Turkey
Author: Sahin, Vedat
Date: 2019-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Geography Instruction,Foreign Countries,Textbooks,Course Descriptions,Periodicals,Middle School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers

Tebligler Journal has been published continuously since January 1939 and has worked as a media organ where all the regulations carried out by the Ministry of National Education are found. The topics relating to geography that are published here are significant in terms of understanding geography inclinations and instruction. This study reviewed all issues of Tebligler Journal that were published between 1939 and 1942, examined the sections relating to geography found in these issues, and aimed, when necessary, to categorize and group the topics and thus make an understandable order. In this period, topics relating to especially textbooks and syllabi were found heavily in Tebligler Journal. However, space was allocated to many matters such as inaccurate information found in geography textbooks and geography books and syllabi to be studied in the types of schools to be opened. In this framework, it is seen that geography classes in all types of schools generally took place in one hour, and in some cases two hours, each week. Medium atlases were used for middle schools and large atlases for high schools in addition to the geography courses at the schools.
The Role of Self-Efficacy on Performance of Sports Skills of Football Players
Author: Sivrikaya, M. Haluk
Date: 2018-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Role,Self Efficacy,Athletics,Team Sports,Foreign Countries,Correlation

The main goal of this study was to determine effect of self-efficacy on performance of football players in Erzurum city. The present research was practical in terms of purpose and correlation in term of its nature. The statistical population of research was Ataturk University boys students (18-22 yrs old) unfamiliar to football scissors kick, in 2018. So, 52 participants were selected randomly based on Morgan Table from 60 volunteers. In this study, two questionnaires of self-efficacy and Charbonneau sport performance were used to collect data. To test hypotheses, regression test was used. In this research, SPSS 20 software was used in all calculations and tests. The results showed that self-efficacy play a significant role in learning of scissors kick. Self-efficacy is one of the most important characteristics of a successful athlete.