ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Instructors&apos; Perceptions of EFL Supervisors&apos; Classroom Observation Practices at University Level
Author: Tawalbeh, Thaer Issa
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Supervisors,Universities,Teacher Attitudes,Language Teachers,Teacher Supervision,Classroom Observation Techniques,Peer Evaluation,Foreign Countries,Faculty Development

This paper investigated the instructors' perceptions of supervisors' classroom observation practices at Taif University English Language Center (TUELC) in the second semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. The researcher attempted to answer two questions. The first investigated the instructors' perceptions of supervisors' classroom observation practices. The second question investigated the instructors' suggestions for better practices by supervisors. A 4-Likert scale questionnaire was used to gather data from fifty nine instructors to answer the first question, and content analysis was used to answer the second question. The collected data were analyzed in the form of descriptive statistics, using means, standard deviation, frequencies, and percentages. The results showed that the instructors were generally satisfied with the supervisors' classroom observation practices. However, some had certain concerns regarding some observation practices to be considered for further action of improvement. In addition, the instructors had several suggestions for better practices implemented by supervisors. The most important of these was the suggestion to conduct peer observation. Based on the results, the researcher drew several conclusions and recommendations.
SEO and the Digital News Media: From the Workplace to the Classroom
Author: Lopezosa, Carlos
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Electronic Publishing,News Media,Search Engines,Journalism,Professional Personnel,College Faculty,Consultants,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Attitudes,Computer Use

The constant struggle to attract new readers has led the digital news media to adopt search engine positioning strategies within their newsrooms. Given that readers are increasingly opting to consume their news via search engines, such as Google or Bing, this study explores perceptions and applications of search engine optimization (SEO) in the online news media and identifies the future training needs of journalists in this sector. To do so, 33 semi-structured interviews were conducted with individuals representative of three professional profiles: professional journalists, SEO consultants, and academics. Based on the data collected, we created five semantic categories -- with 25 subcategories -- and we correlated the perceptions of the SEO experts employed by the news media with those of the academics. The results highlight varying degrees of convergence and divergence in perceptions across these three professional profiles. Similarly, the results confirm the sector's pressing need to attract readers by implementing search engine positioning techniques and, hence, its need to ensure future journalists are well trained in technical SEO, on-page SEO, off-page SEO, in the use of SEO analytics and audit tools, and in the ability to identify search trends so that they have the necessary skills to win the struggle for more readers.
A Management Factor at Sick Building Syndrome: Are Old or New School Buildings Sick?
Author: Yildiz, Canan Demir
Date: 2020-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: School Buildings,Symptoms (Individual Disorders),Child Health,Pain,Fatigue (Biology),Attention Deficit Disorders,Hygiene,Ventilation,Heat,Principals,Administrator Role,Gender Differences,Age Differences

The training and learning activities for students are primarily conducted in closed environments. The symptoms resulting from living environments in occupied buildings are referred to as &quot;sick building syndrome (SBS).&quot; The aim of this study is to evaluate the SBS associated with the age of a school building. In this research, grounded research design, which is a type of mixed-method approach, was preferred because qualitative and quantitative methods were used to support each other. Four different schools were selected based on the ages of the school buildings by criterion sampling method. These schools were identified to be 1-, 5-, 10-, and 40-year old buildings. Thus, the research sample comprised a total of 423 students. The students were provided with a questionnaire and the data obtained were analyzed with IBM SPSS 25 software. At the end of the research, it was observed that 329 students experience symptoms in the school, and the most commonly experienced physical symptoms are headache (188 students), physical and mental fatigue (175 students), and concentration disorder (142 students). Moreover, a significant relationship was observed between the symptoms experienced by the students during their time in the school and the symptoms they experienced after school. It was revealed that the most uncomfortable places are corridors and washrooms. In general, it can be concluded that the SBS symptoms are observed in four different buildings, and they vary depending on comfort conditions such as hygiene, ventilation, and heating instead of the age of the school building. Furthermore, it was noted that school principals responsible for the administration of school buildings have an important role in the improving or deteriorating of SBS symptoms.
Investigating the Aesthetic Domain of the &quot;Early Childhood Education and Care Curriculum Framework&quot; for Young Students in Taiwan
Author: Shih, Yi-Huang
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Early Childhood Education,Aesthetic Education,Foreign Countries,Child Development,Educational Practices,Preschool Curriculum,Child Care,Preschool Teachers,Educational Objectives,Imagination,Preferences,Teaching Methods,Art Activities,Cultural Activities,Teacher Attitudes,Instructional Design

Aesthetic education is fundamental to young children's holistic development and future lives. The development of aesthetic sensibility has been promoted in early childhood education in various countries and is an important issue in Taiwan's current educational practice. This paper aims to examine the aesthetic domain of the &quot;Early Childhood Education and Care Curriculum Framework,&quot; promulgated by the Taiwan's Ministry of Education, highlighting the importance of aesthetic education for young children in Taiwan. The objective of this research study is to better understand the aesthetic education of Taiwan's young children, and provide insight for preschool teachers who implement aesthetic education. The findings are as follows: (1) the goals of aesthetic domain in the curriculum framework is to help young children enjoy aesthetic experience and artistic creation, and develop rich imagination, and respond to feelings and preferences for artistic creation of young children; (2) the aesthetic domain includes the development of &quot;exploration and awareness&quot;, &quot;performance and creation&quot;, and &quot;response and appreciation&quot;; (3) the learning aspect of the aesthetic domain is divided into two parts: &quot;affection&quot; and &quot;artistic media&quot;; (4) teachers should also pay attention to appropriate arts and cultural activities so the young children can experience their own local culture. If preschool teachers open their eyes and ears, they can guide young children to share in the beauty and joy of life. This paper provides discourses of preschool teachers who design an aesthetic education curriculum and offers practical, concrete suggestions that can support the aesthetic education of young children in Taiwan.
An Action Research on the Improvement of Writing Skill in Teacher Training
Author: Sugumlu, Uzeyir
Date: 2020-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing Skills,Writing Improvement,Writing Attitudes,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Attitude Change,Process Approach (Writing),Student Motivation,Anxiety,Writing Difficulties,Instructional Effectiveness,Foreign Countries

The aim of the research is to improve the writing skills of students with procedure-based gradual writing training practice by positively changing their writing perception, attitude and motivation, anxiety and fear, lack of education, writing difficulties, and writing process. The present research is considered to be significant in terms of affecting the writing perception, attitude and motivation, anxiety and fear, writing training and process as a result of performing the writing training with a gradual procedure. The research was conducted with action research model from the qualitative research designs. The study group consists of 15 first grade students, 7 male and 8 female, who were studying in the Turkish Teaching Program at the Faculty of Education in a university in the fall semester of 2018-2019 academic year. The criterion sampling method was used among the nonprobability sampling methods in the determination of the study group. Data collection was performed with a semi-structured interview form. The research data was analyzed with the content analysis technique. A code-category map of the obtained data was created by using a qualitative data analysis program, MAXQDA 12. Based on the results of the present study, it can be suggested to give adequate importance to writing education in teacher training, conduct studies towards eliminating students' unwillingness and negative attitudes toward writing, perform writing activities to improve the writing perception of students and eliminate writing anxiety and fear, and carry out procedure-based writing training in an incremental manner.
Mentor Teachers&apos; Mentoring Practices in Science Teaching: Views of Pre-Service Early Childhood Teachers
Author: Simsar, Ahmet
Date: 2020-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mentors,Science Instruction,Preservice Teachers,Early Childhood Teachers,Cooperating Teachers,Practicums,Student Teacher Attitudes,Personality Traits,Young Children,Foreign Countries,Interpersonal Relationship,School Policy,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Modeling (Psychology),Feedback (Response)

Practical experiences in teaching settings are an important component of pre-service teacher education programs. Pre-service teachers advance what they learn and improve their science teaching (ST) skills as well as other subjects in early childhood education for the period of teaching practices. In addition, teaching science in early childhood education requires more practices for improving teaching skills. Mentor teacher (classroom teacher) is valuable as well as professors in teacher education programs to pre-service teachers while teaching science. The purpose of this study is to reveal mentor teachers' mentoring practices in ST according to pre-service early childhood teachers' views. The method employed method was descriptive study. The sample is composed of 96 pre-service early childhood teachers and their mentors (N=41). Data were collecting within MEST survey. The results showed that most of the pre-service teachers reported their mentor teachers demonstrated less mentoring practices on the system requirement about ST. The pre-service teachers also pointed out that their mentor teachers mostly showed mentoring practices on personal attributes, pedagogical knowledge, modeling, and feedback factors. Knowing and understanding the mentoring skills of early childhood teachers in system requirement, pedagogical knowledge, modeling, giving feedback, and personal attributes would have an important growing on preservice early childhood teachers science teaching skills. That will be helpful for shaping new teaching practices and field experiences in different majors for improving teachers teaching skills.
Investigation of the Use of Electronic Portfolios in the Determination of Student Achievement in Higher Education Using the Many-Facet Rasch Measurement Model
Author: Sata, Mehmet
Date: 2020-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Portfolios (Background Materials),Electronic Publishing,Portfolio Assessment,Higher Education,Academic Achievement,Student Evaluation,Interrater Reliability,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,College Students,Foreign Countries,Item Response Theory,Validity,College Faculty

This study aimed to determine the rater behavior in the evaluation process of student electronic portfolios used to measure student achievement in higher education, and thus to evaluate the usability of the electronic portfolio system. Considering that rater behavior adversely affects both validity and reliability in determining the performance of individuals, it is important to identify the effect of this factor and evaluate the related results in line with this effect. The data of the study were collected from the students enrolled in an English language teaching program at Gazi University Gazi Education Faculty within the scope of the measurement and assessment course in the fall semester of 2017-2018. An analytic rubric developed by the researchers was used in the evaluation of the student electronic portfolios. The study included two participants groups consisting of three raters and 61 students (11 male, 50 female). In the analysis of the data, the many-facet Rasch measurement model was used as an analysis method since it was appropriate for the nature of the current data set. When the findings of the study were examined, it was found that one or more rater behaviors interfered with the performance of the individual in the use of non-objective measurement tools, and consequently negatively affected the validity and reliability of the measurements. In conclusion, it can be stated that the individual's performance related to electronic portfolios in higher education is generally affected by the rater behavior in the evaluation process independent of the measurement tool. In addition, it has been confirmed that electronic portfolios can be used to determine individual performance in higher education.
Development of the Perceived Middle School Teacher Behavior Scale
Author: Zelyurt, Hikmet
Date: 2020-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Test Construction,Middle School Students,Student Attitudes,Teacher Behavior,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Foreign Countries,Middle School Teachers,Teacher Student Relationship

The present study aimed to develop a measurement instrument to determine the perceptions of middle school students on their teachers' behavior. The draft scale, developed as a result of the review of the relevant literature, collection of expert views and a pilot scheme, was applied to the students attending different grades in state middle schools under Malatya Provincial Directorate of National Education during the second semester of the 2014-2015 academic year. It was considered that middle school students possessed the ability to make selections, could distinguish good and bad and right and wrong due to their age group. To determine the scale content and face validity, expert views were obtained and for construct validity, Exploratory Factor Analysis (AFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were conducted. Teacher behaviors were categorized as indifferent teacher and authoritative teacher behavior based on the revealed factors. Findings obtained with the implementation of CFA revealed that the Perceived Middle School Teacher Behavior Scale (PMSTBS) construct had adequate fitness indices. It was found that the Pearson Correlation Coefficient between the scores obtained with the test-retest method was 0.86. Thus, it was observed that PTBS was a measurement tool that produced valid and reliable measurements and it was adequate to use the scale with middle school students to measure their perceptions on teacher behavior.
Emotional Divorce and Its Relationship with Psychological Hardiness
Author: Jarwan, Ali Saleh
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Emotional Response,Resilience (Psychology),Marriage,Females,College Students,Correlation,Comparative Analysis,Coping,Family Income,Spouses,Educational Attainment,Measures (Individuals),Foreign Countries,Student Characteristics,Marital Satisfaction,Schools of Education,Universities,Student Attitudes

This study aimed to identify the impact of emotional divorce and its relationship with psychological hardiness for a sample of married female students at Yarmok University. It also aimed at recognizing the differences between those students impacted by emotional divorce in light of certain factors, namely the duration of marriage, the family's monthly salary and the husband's educational level. The researchers used a questionnaire as the study instrument that consisted of a thirty-item emotional divorce scale and a thirty-one-item psychological hardiness scale. The researchers found that by using the statistical analysis of means and standard deviations, three- way ANOVA analysis, and Pearson Correlation Coefficient, the level of emotional divorce among married female students at Yarmok University was low. Unexpectedly, the level of psychological hardiness among the married female students was high. In addition, the study results showed that there is a negative statistical relationship between emotional divorce and psychological hardiness for married female students at Yarmok University.
The Effectiveness of a Cloud-Based Learning Program in Developing Reflective Thinking Skills in Islamic Education among Students in UAE
Author: Al Arood, Mohammad Abdulsalam Suliman
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Software,Teaching Methods,Islam,Religious Education,Comparative Analysis,Pretests Posttests,Reflection,Thinking Skills,Foreign Countries,Religious Factors,Grade 10,High School Students,Instructional Effectiveness,Skill Development,Computer Assisted Instruction

It has been observed that students still lack understanding of the Shari'a concepts and principles and how to deal with them. Also, a lot of students deal with the Islamic Education superficially, with the absence of applying critical, reflective and creative thinking, on top of that, if the Islamic Education studies remain mainly dependent on memorization and reciting, it will not leaving tangible effects on students or their lifestyles, which necessitates forming modern educational models that help students develop the skills of reflective thinking of the Islamic Education. The study investigated the impact of a cloud-based learning program in developing reflective thinking skills in Islamic education among UAE students. The sample consisted of 94 students from tenth grade, who were divided into two equal groups: an experimental group that studied the course using a cloud-based learning program and a control group that studied the same course in the usual way. To achieve the study objectives, reflective thinking (pre/post-testing) was applied. The results showed a significant difference in reflective thinking as whole and all its skills, due to the teaching method in favor of the experimental group. The results also showed no significant difference between the mean of the experimental group's students on the post-test due to the gender variable This study contributed in developing an educational program based on cloud-based learning and educational techniques in educational curriculum and Islamic educational teaching methods, and revealed its effectiveness in improving reflective thinking skills. According to these findings, the study recommended the use of cloud-based learning strategies, especially in the future shifting towards the digital curricula.
The Influence of the Prevention, Advocacy, Distribution, Repair, and Adjustment Functions of Teacher Guidance and Counselling on the Psychosocial Conditions, Self-Reliance, and Competence of High School Students in DKI Jakarta Province
Author: Tjalla, Awaluddin
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Prevention,Advocacy,Grade 12,High School Students,Social Sciences,Science Instruction,Natural Sciences,Psychological Patterns,Self Management,Competence,Student Adjustment,Counseling Effectiveness,Teacher Role,Student Development,Social Development

This study investigated the effect of the preventive, advocacy, distribution, repair, and adjustment function variables on psychosocial conditions, self-reliance, and student competency. The study was conducted on 12th grade students in the social science and natural science study programmes in four high schools in the national capital of the Republic of Indonesia, DKI Jakarta Province, with a sample of 130 students (74 males and 56 females). The results of the study showed that not all proposed hypotheses were acceptable but did show very meaningful results. The prevention, advocacy, and adjudication function variables have a positive influence on the development of psychosocial conditions of students, while the advocacy, distribution, and adjustment function variables have a positive influence on the development of self-reliance conditions. The two variables were able to become intermediate variables in influencing student competence. Considering the important function of counselling for BK/GC teachers, it is recommended that the government (especially the provincial government) be able to establish cooperation with universities in meeting the needs of BK/GC teachers.
A Modified Roundtable Technique Based on Process Approach to Promote the Students&apos; Writing Achievements in Foreign Language Setting
Author: Flora
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing Achievement,Writing Processes,Writing Instruction,High School Students,Pretests Posttests,Language Usage,Vocabulary Development,Process Approach (Writing),Grade 10,Comparative Analysis,Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,English (Second Language),Grammar

This study investigated whether students' writing achievements could increase using a modified roundtable technique based on the process approach and to find out what aspects of writing significantly increase. A quantitative study in the form of preexperimental design was conducted which involved 21 tenth grade students of a 1 Pekalongan-Lampung province senior high school 1 in Indonesia. The overall obtained pre- and post-test writing data were compared through the Paired sample t-test both in the overall sample and for each specific aspect. The results demonstrated that there was a significant increase in the students' writing achievements. The significant increases were found in all writing aspects, except mechanics. This modified roundtable technique makes learning situations enjoyable and allows the students to use the target language and share their ideas in every step of writing (pre-writing, drafting, revising and editing). By following these steps, the students gradually have knowledge of how to write a good paragraph by considering aspects of writing (content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics).