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Ronnie, Millie, Lila--Women&apos;s History for Games: A Manifesto and a Way Forward
Author: Kocurek, Carly
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Females,Video Games,Films,History,Feminism,Archives,Documentation,United States History,Mass Media,Social Influences,Cultural Influences,Professional Personnel

The author discusses how, in practice, historians often obscure the effect of women's lives, work, and contributions on their topic, and she takes special note of video game history. Using both history and film studies as examples, she argues that games historians can and should adopt feminist viewpoints to help ensure a fuller, more diverse accounting of the past. She examines the stories of three women--video game regulation activist Ronnie Lamm, route operator Amelia &quot;Millie&quot; McCarthy, and Exidy executive Lila Zinter--to demonstrate the types of historical information often overlooked in video game history. She concludes that video game historians must use archives, documents, and other research to think more broadly about the purpose and impact of their own work and not allow video game history to be reduced to a highlights reel that captures only the works of a few key players. Instead, their history should capture the depth and diversity of video games and game culture, including the impact of women on the field.
New…Now?: Or Why a Design History of Coin-Op Video Game Machines
Author: Guins, Raiford
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Video Games,History,Design,Historiography,Research,Language Usage,Cues

The author asks what has occurred in game history scholarship to warrant the use of the adjective &quot;new&quot; in &quot;New Video Game History&quot; and suggests an awareness of process may now be influencing the study of games. In support of this observation, he organizes the article along two interrelated fronts. The first speaks to the on-going process of collection development at cultural institutions while the second addresses a shift in how game history is currently being written. The latter, he argues, demonstrates why we ought to consider carefully what &quot;new&quot; might signal for the critical historical study of games. At length, the article concludes by making a case for turning to design history to write a historical study of Atari's coin-operated machines.
How You Store Information Affects How You Can Retrieve It: A Fundamental Principle for Business Students Studying Information Systems and Technology
Author: Silver, Mark S.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Information Systems,Information Technology,Information Storage,Information Retrieval,Business Administration Education,Fundamental Concepts,Introductory Courses,College Instruction,College Students,Computer Science Education

During the current period of rapid technological change, business students need to emerge from their introductory course in Information Systems (IS) with a set of fundamental principles to help them &quot;think about Information Technology (IT)&quot; in future courses and the workplace. Given the digital revolution, they also need to appreciate the role of information in business as well has how to meet the challenges involved in managing information effectively. This paper addresses both those needs by presenting a fundamental principle concerning information management: How you store information affects how you can retrieve it. The paper commences by presenting the principle in a manner that can be used to introduce it to the class. It continues by providing numerous concepts and examples that draw on the principle and that students are likely to encounter in the core IS course, subsequent courses, and their real-world use of technology. The paper concludes by raising a set of issues suitable for class discussion or exam questions.
Graduation Prospects of College Students with Specific Learning Disorder and Students with Mental Health Related Disabilities
Author: Jorgensen, Mary
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Learning Disabilities,Academic Persistence,Mental Health,Mental Disorders,Comparative Analysis,Student Characteristics,Predictive Validity,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Access to Health Care,Related Services (Special Education),Student Participation,Graduation Rate,Foreign Countries,Regression (Statistics),Statistical Analysis

This study's goal was to compare aspects related to academic persistence of two groups of college students with non-visible disabilities: 110 Canadian two and four-year college students--55 with mental health related disabilities and 55 with Specific Learning Disorder (LD). Results show that students with mental health related disabilities were less likely to intend to graduate than students with LD. Students with mental health disabilities were also older, more likely to be female, to have worse personal circumstances and to feel more socially isolated on campus. They were also less likely to be enrolled in their first choice program or to be registered for campus disability related services than students with LD. Different variables predicted intention to graduate for the two groups. This is a key finding in helping students in these two groups successfully graduate, as they may have different academic, social, personal and accommodation needs. Recommendations are made about how to intervene to improve the academic persistence of students with mental health related disabilities. These include minimizing the fear of stigmatization and adopting a model where accommodations are based on students' unique needs rather than their diagnoses.
Conceptual Teaching Based on Scientific Storyline Method and Conceptual Change Texts: Latitude-Parallel Concepts
Author: Uzunöz, Abdulkadir
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Misconceptions,High School Students,Concept Formation,Foreign Countries,Geography,Geography Instruction,Qualitative Research,Change,Scientific Concepts

The purpose of this study is to identify the conceptual mistakes frequently encountered in teaching geography such as latitude-parallel concepts, and to prepare conceptual change text based on the Scientific Storyline Method, in order to resolve the identified misconceptions. In this study, the special case method, which is one of the qualitative research methods, is used and it was conducted with a holistic one-state pattern. As a result of the two-stage diagnostic test applied to fifty (50) ninth-grade students attending a high school in Nevsehir, some preliminary information about the misconceptions about the latitude-parallel concepts have been determined. Students were asked questions about latitude-parallel concepts. The responses obtained from the questions were evaluated with four criteria; understanding, limited understanding, not understanding and misunderstanding. In the study, introductory scientific storyline, which is one of the scientific storyline techniques, has been included in the logical stage of conceptual change text. The concepts are hidden in the narrative, and aimed at the students' analysis and exploration. In the study, it was determined that the students had confused the concepts of latitude-parallel and described them as circular shapes. Conceptual change text has been prepared for eliminating these misconceptions in students.
Indonesian Private University Lecturer Performance Improvement Model to Improve a Sustainable Organization Performance
Author: Suryaman
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Private Colleges,Sustainability,Teacher Evaluation,Teacher Effectiveness,Job Satisfaction,Leadership Effectiveness,Structural Equation Models,Hypothesis Testing,Organizational Effectiveness,Educational Quality,College Faculty,Teacher Motivation

Lecturer performance will affect the quality and carrying capacity of the sustainability of an organization, in this case the university. There are many models developed to measure the performance of teachers, but not much to discuss the influence of faculty performance itself towards sustainability of an organization. This study was conducted in an attempt to measure the performance of lecturers to support the sustainability of the university. A faculty performance assessment model is developed to see whether the performance of lecturers affect the sustainability of the university. The method used is descriptive and verification of data sample of 275 private university lecturers in Banten Province. Application of Structural Equation Model (SEM) was used to test the model and estimate hypothesis using LISREL Results showed that leadership, motivation, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment significantly and simultaneously affect the performance of lecturers with a contribution of 84%. In addition, responsibility for the improvement of organizational performance based on indicators of commitment to the organization ranked highest score of the respondent's perception. This showed that the lecturers were highly committed to the organization. It is a great asset in the process of sustainability of an organization. In addition to the score of a continuing commitment to the organization shows lecturers should continue to be fostered in order to maintain the quality of organizational performance. This study shows that the performance of lecturers can support the sustainability of the organization.
Usage of Mobile Phone Applications and Its Impact on Teaching and Learning
Author: Davidovitch, Nitza
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Handheld Devices,Computer Oriented Programs,Technology Uses in Education,Internet,Recreational Activities,Life Style,Females,High School Students,Influence of Technology,Questionnaires,Use Studies,Leisure Time,Correlation,Telecommunications,Time on Task,Religious Factors,Religious Education,Judaism,Values

This study continues studies on the concept of leisure as culture dependent -- between tradition and modernity, while focusing on the usage of mobile phone applications and its impact on teaching and learning within a unique population. The study examined the association between having NetSpark on one's Smartphone and utilization of spare time among students who had or did not have the program installed. The assumption is that when the program is installed students will be more inclined to engage in non-internet related activities, such as spending time with friends, and when the program is not installed they will be more inclined to stay at home and be on the internet and will display less active life of other types. The research population included 120 9th-12th grade female students at a religious high school, aged 14-18. Half were students had had the NetSpark program installed on their phones, and half had not. The study used three questionnaires: a sociodemographic questionnaire, a questionnaire on Smartphone usage patterns, and a questionnaire on utilization of leisure time. The research findings show no association between use of Smartphone applications and of the internet among students in whose phones the program had been installed versus those in whose phones it had not been installed. Secondly, no association was found between utilization of leisure time among students in whose phones the program was installed versus those in whose phones it had not been installed. Furthermore, no difference was found between the total time for which respondents had been using cellular phones of by religiosity, and no difference was found in the joint effect of religiosity + program on the variable daily duration of internet use. Moreover, no difference was found in use of cellular applications between respondents who had/did not have the NetSpark program installed, however use of cellular applications was found to be higher among respondents who ranked themselves less religious than among respondents who ranked themselves as highly religious. Finally, no difference was found in the utilization of leisure time (various activities) among respondents with different levels of religiosity.
Integrating Simulation Scenarios and Clinical Practices Guided by Concepts of Translational Medicine
Author: Yang, Jing
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Simulation,Vignettes,Medical Students,Statistical Analysis,Control Groups,Universities,Questionnaires,Scores,Clinical Experience,Tests,Medical Evaluation,Graduate Medical Education,Clinical Diagnosis,Skill Development,Patients,Safety,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Feedback (Response),Student Attitudes,Comparative Analysis

Purpose: To develop a novel method for closely and effectively integrating simulation scenarios and clinical practices to improve clinical skills training in the concepts of translational medicine. Methods: Forty-two and 38 third-year medical students in the classes of 2010 and 2009 at Jinan University were selected as an observation group and a control group, respectively. The former group was taught according to a new, integrated mode, while the latter received traditional methods. Students' scores on practical tests in physical examination, internal punctures, and case analysis; theory-based exams on diagnostics and internal medicine; and questionnaire surveys were compared and analyzed. In addition, system-oriented curricula were explored and implemented. Results: A novel mode that closely and effectively integrates theory and practice in the observation group had been established although there were no statistically significant difference (P&gt;0.05) between Grade 2010 and Grade 2009 in clinical basic skills training scores. However, there were statistically significant differences (P&lt;0.05) in scores on practical tests of physical examination and internal punctures among the diagnostic, internal medicine and internship periods in the class of 2010 but no statistically significant difference (P&gt;0.05) in case analysis scores. Therefore, system-oriented curricula were initially designed and explored in excellent students from Grade 2010 to reinforce clinical thinking. Conclusion: The novel program integrating simulation scenarios and clinical situations for training students in diagnostics and internal medicine skills can improve medical students' clinical comprehensive abilities and achieve effects that are similar to those of the traditional method. This program is more popular with students and ensures patient safety as well. In addition, different characteristics of clinical skills training have been compared for the further exploration of system-oriented curriculum were explored and implemented.
Using Facebook in Higher Education: Exploring Effects on Social Climate, Achievements, and Satisfaction
Author: Davidovitch, Nitza
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Social Media,Higher Education,Technology Uses in Education,Computer Mediated Communication,College Students,Educational Environment,Academic Achievement,Student Satisfaction,Information Sources,Electronic Learning,Online Surveys,Correlation,Learning Experience,Statistical Analysis

During recent years there has been a significant increase in the usage of technological tools in general, and in academic teaching in particular. Many programs have been developed, including online teaching and online courses at educational institutions. In this paper, we discuss the Facebook social network and its use at the University. The research shows that Facebook groups are used to facilitate communication between students, to foster a positive social climate, to create dialogue and to share learning material among group members. The paper examines students' achievements and their satisfaction with the impact of the Facebook group on the academic course, in order to examine whether the use of Facebook groups in academic courses can improve course quality and students' achievements.
Bullying and Cyberbullying in Thailand: Coping Strategies and Relation to Age, Gender, Religion and Victim Status
Author: Sittichai, Ruthaychonnee
Date: 2018-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Bullying,Computer Mediated Communication,Victims,Gender Differences,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Coping,Parent Child Relationship,Teacher Student Relationship,Police,Age Differences,Recordkeeping,Religion,Risk,Prevention,Self Concept,Secondary School Students,Multiple Regression Analysis,Statistical Analysis

Both traditional (offline) and cyber (online) bullying amongst children and young people are serious problems internationally, including in Thailand. Most studies of these were conducted in western countries, with research in Asian countries much less common. We report on a survey of 1,049 students (42% boys, 58% girls) aged 12 to 18 years, in 12 schools from 3 provinces in southern Thailand, of experiences of being a victim of traditional and cyberbullying over the past couple of months, and recommended coping strategies. Telling a teacher or parent was the most recommended strategy for traditional victimization; this was less so for cyber victimization, where blocking messages/identities or changing email address or phone number were most recommended. Older pupils were more likely to recommend reporting to the police, and keeping a record of bullying incidents. There were many gender differences, with girls recommending telling and reporting more, for both traditional and cyber victimization. Girls also recommended ignoring it more, or blocking messages; while boys recommended fighting back, but also making new friends. There were few differences by religion. Victims were more likely to recommend passive strategies such as avoiding the victims, or risky ones such as fighting back. Findings are discussed in relation to previous research, and implications for anti-bullying work in schools.
Analysis of Institutional Competitiveness of Junior High Schools through the Admission Test to High School Education
Author: Armendáriz, Joyzukey
Date: 2018-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Institutional Characteristics,Competition,Junior High Schools,Correlation,Admission Criteria,Standardized Tests,Competitive Selection,Data Analysis,Grade Point Average,Foreign Countries

This descriptive and correlational research studies 15,658 students from 335 secondary schools in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, through the results of the examination of admission to high school education (National High School Admission Test--EXANI I from the National Assessment Center for Education--CENEVAL) on logical-mathematical and verbal reasoning, mathematics and Spanish, comparing along the variables of sex, system (public or private), type of school of origin (there are seven types) and ranking of grades, with which, the main objective is to identify levels of institutional competitiveness. The main findings of the research were: (i) private schools, in comparison with public ones, showed percentages of more favorable grades (60.54 and 43.58 respectively); (ii) influence of the academic average of the students in the result of the examination of admission (correlation of 0.0403; (iii) greater competence in the area of verbal reasoning (56.47) compared to logical-mathematical reasoning (55.69); and (iv) the identification of a small number of secondary schools considered as having sufficient institutional competitiveness (11 schools, equivalent to 3.28% of the total).
Victims of Cyberbullying in the Region of Murcia: A Growing Reality
Author: González-Calatayud, Víctor
Date: 2018-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Bullying,Computer Mediated Communication,Victims,Incidence,Geographic Regions,Gender Differences,Age Differences,Secondary School Students,Prevention,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis

The fact that technologies have become a normal part of our lives has meant that bullying and other problems have shifted towards the virtual, hence complicating possible solutions. While before peer harassment occurred mainly at school, today Information and Communications Technology (ICT) means that children now have no place to &quot;hide&quot; from this problem. This and other features, like anonymity, have led many people to believe that this problem is more serious than traditional bullying. The purpose of this research was to determine the incidence of this phenomenon and its impact on students in compulsory secondary education in the Region of Murcia, specifically the prevalence of victimization and differences in relation to gender, age and academic year. One of the main results is that 49.3% of students have suffered from one or more cyberbullying behaviours. Greater victimization of females was observed in fourth of ESO and at higher ages (age ranges: 11-13; 14-15; 16-18). These results show the reality of secondary schools and the need to establish effective measures to solve this problem.
The Role of Empathy in Preparing Teachers to Tackle Bullying
Author: Murphy, Helena
Date: 2018-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Bullying,Empathy,Teacher Attitudes,Teacher Student Relationship,Intervention,Secondary School Teachers,Teacher Characteristics,Educational Environment,Prevention,Outcomes of Education,Teacher Surveys

Much research on bullying behaviour in schools among students has been carried out since the 1970's, when Olweus started a large-scale project in Norway which is now generally regarded as the first scientific study on bullying. Yet, there has been little research on how teachers respond to reports of bullying and tackle bullying behaviour in post-primary schools. This paper reports on a preliminary study investigating teacher empathy levels and their preparedness for tackling bullying in a post-primary school in Ireland. There were two research questions central to this research. The first looked at &quot;how empathic are teachers in this school?&quot; The second examined &quot;to what extent it prepares them for tackling bullying?&quot; In answering these questions we relied on the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) to gather data on empathy levels among teachers (n = 10), with findings related to existing research in the field. The results showed that teacher empathy is an important factor in creating and maintaining a positive school climate, which in turn leads to a prevention of bullying situations.
Considering Mindfulness Techniques in School-Based Anti-Bullying Programmes
Author: Foody, Mairéad
Date: 2018-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bullying,Mental Health,Psychological Patterns,Victims,Intervention,Coping,Metacognition,Empathy,Perspective Taking,Computer Mediated Communication,Prevention,Perception

Schools have a duty of care to all students and to directly prevent and intervene with bullying amongst children and adolescents. The emergence of cyberbullying escalates this responsibility as the strategies that have become appropriate at national levels for bullying do not always parallel over to online environments. The impact on mental health is the most obvious concern for those responsible for reducing bullying, however, input from psychologists and mental health professionals is scant and often limited on this topic. This paper outlines what bullying is and the devastating impact it can have on the mental health of those involved. It will outline the most common anti-bullying initiatives as well as the current psychological and educational techniques, which could also be used to alleviate distress associated with bullying involvement. We will focus specifically on the role of mindfulness techniques and argue for more of such exercises to be included in whole-school bullying programmes. We conclude by arguing the need to investigate components relevant to both mindfulness and anti-bullying programmes (e.g., empathy, perspective-taking) as active ingredients for reducing the impact of bullying on mental health.