ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Exploring the Development of Primary School Students&apos; Computational Thinking and 21st Century Skills through Scaffolding: Voices from the Stakeholders
Author: Kukul, Volkan
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Thinking Skills,21st Century Skills,Skill Development,Scaffolding (Teaching Technique),Stakeholders,Elementary School Students,Elementary School Teachers,Preservice Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Computer Science Education,Programming,Design,Computer Games,Instructional Effectiveness,Student Motivation,Self Efficacy,Clubs,Foreign Countries

Computational thinking (CT) has become a skill that is taught starting from an early age with its increasing popularity. In addition, the opinion that CT is related to other 21st century skills finds its place in the literature. The main purpose of this study is to identify the contributions of scaffolding-based game programming activities to students' CT and 21st-century skills. In line with this purpose, the study was designed as a qualitative case study. The participants of the study consisted of 16 primary school students, 10 pre-service ICT Teachers, and 2 primary school teachers. The research results reveal that game programming has a positive effect on students' CT skills, 21st century skills and some psychometric variables like self-confidence and motivation. In future studies and implementations, educators may support their instructions of programming through different scaffolding strategies. In addition, it should be taken into consideration that students can become innovative designers with content that they find interesting.
Prediction of Happiness of University Students by Some Cyberpsychology Concepts
Author: Baltaci, Önder
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Predictor Variables,College Students,Psychological Patterns,Internet,Handheld Devices,Addictive Behavior,Foreign Countries

This research aims to investigate the problematic levels of internet usage and smartphone addiction as predictors of university students' happiness levels. The research was carried out using the relational screening method, which is among the quantitative research methods. The research study group consisted of 340 university students, in which 229 were females (67.4%), and 111 were males (32.6%), studying at various departments of a state university, and voluntarily agreeing to partake in the research. In the research; &quot;Oxford Happiness Scale -- Short Form&quot;, the &quot;Problematic Internet Usage Scale&quot;, and &quot;Smartphone Addiction Scale -- Short Form&quot; were all adapted into Turkish and implemented. From the results of the research, there was a strong negative correlation between the levels of happiness of university students and problematic internet usage and smartphone addiction. Furthermore, it was found that university students' problematic internet use and smartphone addiction levels explained 14% of their level of happiness. The results of the study were discussed and recommendations presented in light of the literature.
Students&apos; Self-Regulation and Motivation in Learning Science
Author: Tanti
Date: 2020-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Motivation,Learning Motivation,Metacognition,Science Education,21st Century Skills,Comparative Analysis,Instructional Innovation,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,High School Students,Religious Education,Institutional Characteristics

The student's self-regulation and motivation are essential for students to study. Especially with 21st-century learning students are required to be more active in learning than teachers. This Mixed Methods research aimed to determine the influence between the students' self-regulation with the motivation of students learning. The sample size was 534 students from Madrasah Tsanawiyah in Jambi city, Indonesia determined by total sampling technique. Data were then analyzed with the SPSS 21 application to find descriptive statistics as well as inferential statistics using simple regression and for comparison using the independent sample T-Test. The results of this research are dominant in both self-regulation and student motivation in learning, which is strengthened by the relationship and influence between self-regulation and the motivation of students in learning. It is seen from the value of sig = 0.019 and has a contribution of 70.3%. According to the results, it is recommended that students need to be given the opportunity to conduct learning directly and teachers must perform innovative learning.
Opinions of Special Education Teachers on Mobbing
Author: Efilti, Erkan
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Special Education Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Work Environment,Bullying,Aggression,Stress Variables,Emotional Response,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Teacher Rights,Prevention,Victims,Foreign Countries

Mobbing is a recurring form of mistreatment of workers at work. The purpose of the study is to examine in detail the views of special education teachers on mobbing. The qualitative case study approach was used in the research to collect in-depth information from special education teachers on mobbing. The research data were collected from the special education teachers' opinions on mobbing survey, which was created using Google Documents. One hundred (100) special education teachers working in the field of special education participated in the study. The findings of the study were analyzed by two academicians who are professionals in the field, using the descriptive analysis method. The study found that special education teachers were highly subjected to mobbing by administrators, experienced high rates of mobbing, and emotions, such as anger, stress, and sadness after mobbing, and were mainly subjected to professional and verbal mobbing. It was concluded that special education teachers used techniques such as compliance, indifference and exercise of their legal rights against mobbing.
The Impact of Sociodemographic Factors on Academic Achievements among High School Students in Indonesia
Author: Indrahadi, Deri
Date: 2020-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Socioeconomic Influences,Demography,Academic Achievement,Predictor Variables,High School Students,Student Characteristics,Institutional Characteristics,Foreign Countries

This study aimed to examine the effect of sociodemographic, student and school factors on the academic achievement of high school students in Indonesia. Using the cross-sectional survey data from the 2015 Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) particularly involving 1,421 respondents (of the academic performances during their school years), the study run multiple regression analysis to examine the influences of their parents' sociodemographic, students and other school-related factors on their academic achievements during their school years. As the results, it was revealed that the sociodemographic factors, students and schools predict significantly academic achievement of students in Indonesia. The results provided feedback to students and parents, schools and education policymakers in improving student academic achievement.
Perceived Acceptance and Use of Scratch Software for Teaching Programming: A Scale Development Study
Author: Yildiz, Serife Nur
Date: 2020-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Programming Languages,Computer Software,Computer Science Education,Technology Integration,Test Construction,Test Reliability,Test Validity,Measures (Individuals),Secondary School Teachers,Grade 5,Teacher Attitudes,Public Schools,Thinking Skills,Foreign Countries

This paper reports the development process of a scale for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) teachers' acceptance and use of Scratch for teaching programming. For early beginners of programming, Scratch is the most popular block-based software for facilitating programming teaching (Zhang and Nouri, 2019) worldwide. Also, in Turkey, Scratch is widely used and has been chosen as a block-based coding tool for developing problem solving ability, self-efficacy, motivation, interest (Kasalak and Altun, 2018). Despite that wide use, there is a lack of scale for understanding ICT teachers' acceptance and use of Scratch for teaching programming. Theoretically, this scale development study is based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) which is also explained in the paper. The sample of the study includes 265 ICT teachers from Turkish Ministry of National Education (MoNE) secondary schools who used Scratch software in their courses. According to exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses results, the final version for the scale includes 28 items. The Cronbach Alpha coefficient is 0.97. &quot;Perceived Acceptance and Use of Scratch Software for Teaching Programming Scale&quot; (PAUSS-TPS) can help the practitioners who aim at understanding the ICT teachers' level of acceptance and use of Scratch; the researchers who wish to investigate perceived contribution according to various variables and the decision-makers for deciding to use Scratch or shift to another block-based tool for teaching programming at early ages.
The Effect of Irrational Beliefs on the Perceived Stress Level of University Students Engaged in Team Sports
Author: Tunç, Aygül Çaglayan
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Beliefs,Stress Variables,College Students,Student Athletes,Young Adults,Late Adolescents,Age Differences,Team Sports,Self Efficacy,Foreign Countries

The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of irrational beliefs on perceived stress level in students dealing with team sports. A total of 354 athletes comprising 145 females and 209 males, studying at Gazi and Selcuk University, Faculty of Sport Sciences participated in the study. Students dealing with team sports in various branches were selected by simple random sampling method. The research was designed according to the relational screening model. The analysis of the data was done with the computer-aided SPSS 22 program. Skewness and kurtosis values showed normal distribution. Independent sample t-test was used for paired comparisons, ANOVA test was used for more than two comparisons, and Pearson correlation test was used for correlation analysis. The significance level alpha = 0.05 was used for all tests. From the findings obtained from the research, 59% of the participants were male, 41% were female, and 88.1% were between the ages of 18-23. According to gender; there was no significant difference in the mean scale scores. According to the age variable; the average score of irrational beliefs of the participants aged 18-23 was significantly higher than the mean scores of the athletes older than 23 years (p &lt; 0.05). There was no significant difference in perceived stress scale total score and subscale mean scores. There was a statistically significant, low level and positive relationship between irrational beliefs and perceived stress scale. In conclusion, perceived stress level increased with increase in irrational beliefs (p &lt; 0.01).
The National Budget Circular 461: Emerging Trends in Philippines Higher Education Promotion System
Author: Esponilla, Francisco D., II
Date: 2020-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Faculty,Faculty Promotion,Educational Trends,Budgets,Equal Opportunities (Jobs),Documentation,Guidelines

This research aimed to identify trends on promotion challenges and concerns (CaCs) encountered by the faculty members in selected State universities and colleges (SUCs) in the Philippines. To specifically identify significant CaCs, the study employed the mixed-method research design utilizing the delphi model technique for data collection. Thematic data coding was thoroughly conducted to come up with a consensus from the experts in the field of promotion in higher education. There were 10 focal persons from the SUCs in the national capital region (NCR) purposively chosen as the study participants. The identified challenges and concerns as the trend indicators were categorized into themes such as appreciation of documents, faculty engagement for promotion, information dissemination, schedule of implementation, responsiveness of the national budget circular No. 461 (NBC 461) focal persons to promotion-related concerns, faculty engagement to promotion, and stakeholders' engagement to promotion. These indicators would be a relevant implication to the holistic and a uniform faculty promotion scheme in higher education institutions of the country. Hence, the result of the study shall be utilized by the SUCs policymakers in crafting the standardized NBC 461 policy guideline that is inclusive for implementing equal promotion opportunity as well as job security.
The Effect of Home-Based Exercise on Anxiety and Mental Well-Being Levels of Teachers and Pre-Service Teachers in COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Çifçi, Ferhat
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,Anxiety,Well Being,Mental Health,Teachers,Preservice Teachers,Exercise,Gender Differences,Foreign Countries,Incidence,Age Differences,Correlation

This study aims to examine the anxiety and mental well-being of teachers and pre-service teachers who engage in and do not engage in home-based exercise in the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of gender, marital status, age, and frequency of weekly exercise. The research sample consisted of 663 participants (X[subscript age]=37.05±9.87), including 460 women (X[subscript age]=37.39±9.57) and 203 men (X[subscript age]=36.28±10.49). The data were collected using the &quot;Status Anxiety inventory (STAI-I)&quot; and the &quot;Mental Well-Being Scale&quot;. As a result of the study, a significant difference was observed between the anxiety and well-being scores of the participants who exercised and did not exercise in the COVID 19 pandemic, respectively. The anxiety scores of male participants who did exercise were found to be higher than female participants. There was no significant difference between the anxiety and well-being scores in terms of frequency of weekly exercise of the participants who did exercise. In terms of marital status variable, no significant difference was found between anxiety and well-being scores. In the study, the anxiety and well-being scores of the participants who did not exercise were examined in terms of gender, and a significant difference was found between the anxiety and well-being scores. As a result, the anxiety and well-being of the participants who regularly did exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic were better than those who did not exercise, the anxiety levels of female participants who did exercise were higher than the male participants, the anxiety levels of female participants who did not exercise were higher than men, and the well-being levels also turned out to be lower.
The Effect of School Education on Students&apos; Participation in Sports and Physical Activity and Profiles of Individuals with Physical Activity and Fitness Habits in Turkey
Author: Orhan, Rüstem
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Physical Activity Level,Physical Activities,Physical Fitness,Recreational Facilities,Exercise,Physical Education,Gender Differences,Educational Attainment,Life Style,Athletics,Health Behavior,Age Differences,Exercise Physiology,Leisure Time,Individual Characteristics

This study aimed to analyze the physical inactivity problem from an educational perspective by investigating the profiles of individuals engaging in physical activities and fitness exercises in recreational areas, gyms, green areas, and walking tracks in Ankara, Bursa, Kirikkale and Nazilli city centers in Turkey. The other objectives of the study were to reveal the type of exercising habits of the Turkish people and to emphasize the effect of physical education on the acquisition of physical activity habits. The research employed a questionnaire form developed by Arabaci and Korkmaz (2010), updated by the researcher just before this study. A total of 1000 people, 250 from Ankara, 290 from Bursa, 258 from Kirikkale, and 202 from Nazilli, participated in the study. The study revealed that men (54.4%) participated in more physical activities than women (45.6%). The results also indicated that the higher the education levels are, the higher the participation rates in physical activities are, which means that physical education at school helps students gain regular physical activity habits The study also showed that most people were engaged in sports for health reasons (73.1%). It was found that the rate of people with regular weekly exercise schedules was low (4.4%), while a large proportion of the participants (56.3%) preferred walking. The average age of individuals with exercising habits was found to be 30.
Interest Levels on Using Mobile Dictionaries of Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language in Turkey
Author: Baskin, Sami
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Immigrants,Turkish,Second Language Learning,Educational Technology,Dictionaries,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Program Effectiveness,Student Attitudes,College Students,Student Interests

In recent years, it is known that the interest of foreigners in Turkey and learning Turkish has increased. The best example of this is the students who come to Turkey for education from different countries. Again, with the development of technology and the spread of internet use, dictionaries are known to change format and move from printed dictionaries to digital media. This study examines the interest level of students on using a mobile dictionary who came to Turkey for education and learned Turkish as a foreign language in their first year in the 2019-2020 academic year. In the study, data collected through two different scales from 50 students at the B1 level in Turkish studying at Turkish Education Center in a state university (TÖMER) who know also English very well and use mobile phones. The first scale is to determine &quot;the types of mobile-based dictionaries used by foreign students while learning Turkish and the reasons for using this dictionary&quot;, and the second to reveal&quot; the interest level of foreign students learning Turkish on using a mobile-based dictionary&quot;. Questions on the first scale are semi-structured open-ended and the second uses likert scale for measuring their interest level and reasons. Data from both scales were interpreted as percentages and frequencies. The results show that students who are in Turkey for educational purposes and learn Turkish as a foreign language most often use Google Translate and Turkish English Dictionary mobile dictionaries. The interest level of these students on using a mobile dictionary was determined at a 'good' level based on the classification developed by Arikunto (2008).
&quot;I Actually Picked up a Physics Textbook:&quot; Complexities of the Freedom Principle in Extensive Reading
Author: Lee, Josephine Mijin
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Reading Comprehension,Teaching Methods,Reading Instruction,English for Academic Purposes,Second Language Learning,Class Activities,Personal Autonomy,Freedom,Reading Material Selection,Student Attitudes,Books,Foreign Students,College Students,Decision Making

Much attention has been devoted to Extensive Reading (ER) to better understand its pedagogical effects on language learners. In this study, we focus on the teaching principles of ER and call for a re-visitation of the Freedom principle (&quot;Learners choose what they want to read&quot;) that has been frequently used by practitioners and researchers of ER. Based on the focus group data collected from enthusiastic readers who participated in ER as a classroom activity and read beyond the designated class goal, we examined how these students chose what they wanted to read in an English-for-Academic-Purposes (EAP) context. The findings suggest that the Freedom principle, while allowing student autonomy, incurs complications in the implementation of ER. Students may experience frustration if given a limited choice of books, providing support for the Freedom principle. However, as students freely choose their books, the activities they engage in may become incompatible with other ER principles. Drawing on the focus group data, we will discuss the details of such complexities and conclude with pedagogical implications.
Plugged or Unplugged Teaching: A Case Study of Students&apos; Preferences for the Teaching Programming
Author: Erümit, Ali Kürsat
Date: 2020-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Preferences,Programming,Computer Science Education,Grade 6,Learning Activities,Computer Uses in Education,Elementary School Students

This study is an investigation of the effects of plugged and unplugged activities in a programming course using the Programming in Seven Steps (PSS) model on pupils' satisfaction and activity type preferences. A case study method was used in the classroom was the case. Data included students' diary, their responses on semi-structured interview forms, and semi-structured interviews with a selected sub-set of students. The collected data were analyzed by content analysis technique. It has been found that there are different factors that positively affect student satisfaction for &quot;Conditional Structures&quot;, &quot;Variables&quot; and &quot;Loops&quot; courses that are processed according to YAP model. In addition, students' preferences and reasons for activity type differ. Study results show that training students with their preferred activity types increases their satisfaction and enable them to overcome associated difficulties more easily. It is concluded that because the PSS model is effective with students with different learning environment preferences, it can be used as a model to increase learner satisfaction with programming instruction.
The Relationship between Parental Attitudes and School Maturity of Preschool Children
Author: Sahin Zeteroglu, Elvan
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Parent Attitudes,Maturity (Individuals),Age Differences,Preschool Children,Preschools,Private Schools,School Readiness,Parenting Styles,Mothers,Fathers,Foreign Countries

The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between the attitudes of parents and school maturity of girls and boys aged between 48-72 months who attend private preschool education institutions. The study group of the research consists of a total of 339 people, 113 children attending private preschool education institutions in Bursa province, 113 mothers and 113 fathers. In the study, Parental Attitude Scale (PAS), which was developed by Karabulut Demir and Sendil and whose validity and reliability analyzes were performed, was used to determine mother and father attitudes. In addition, the Metropolitan School Readiness Test developed by Hildert et al. and adapted into Turkish by Oktay was used to determine the school readiness levels of children. As a result of the study, it is seen that most of the mothers and fathers adopt a democratic attitude. In the analysis of the relationship with maturity, there was a statistically significant difference between the total maturity status in terms of overprotective mother scores (p&lt;0.05). The overprotective attitude score of the mothers of children with high total maturity level is significantly lower than the overprotective attitude scores of the mothers of children whose total maturity level is above-medium, medium and below-average. There is no statistically significant difference between the total maturity status in terms of other scores (p&gt;0.05).