ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
A Grant Project to Initiate School Counselors' Development of a Multi-Tiered System of Supports Based on Social-Emotional Data
Author: Harrington, Karen
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary Schools,School Counseling,Program Implementation,Evidence Based Practice,Decision Making,School Districts,Educational Change,Response to Intervention,Grants,Federal Aid,Counselor Client Ratio,Discipline Problems,Referral,Scoring Rubrics,Capacity Building,Elementary School Students,Social Development,Emotional Development,Models,Educational Legislation,Federal Legislation,Accountability

This article provides an overview of a grant project designed to create a district-wide elementary school counseling program with a strong data-based decision-making process. Project goals included building data literacy skills among school counselors and developing the infrastructure to efficiently collect important social-emotional indicators through a revised system for recording disciplinary infractions and a new research-based behavioral component for the district's standards-based report cards. This enhanced system for accessing and analyzing social-emotional indicators resulted in broad systemic changes in the district, including extending a number of grant initiatives to the middle and high school levels, restructuring data teams to adopt a multi-tiered system of supports, and establishing school counselors as leaders in data-driven discussions about student success.
Marketing Mix for E-Commerce
Author: Pogorelova, Elena V.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Marketing,Business Administration,Internet,Information Technology,Computer Simulation,Costs,Retailing,Consumer Science,Foreign Countries

The relevance of the analyzed issue is caused by the need to study the process of transformation of marketing in e-commerce, as the active involvement of business organizations in the field of e-business is often accompanied by problems of applying the usual marketing tools in a virtual environment. The article seeks to identify changes in the elements of the marketing mix in e-commerce in accordance with the trend of e-business and Internet technology. The leading approach to the study of this issue is the marketing model 7P, allowing structuring the changes in a complex of marketing tools with regard to trade and information services of online stores. The results of research were: to establish the determining role of technology and information support of consumers; to identify the areas of transformation of the marketing mix in e-commerce, demonstrating the significant influence of consumers on the content of 7P and personalize the supply of goods and services. The article may be useful for online stores in case of marketing strategy development, identification of the most important elements of 7P, assessment of marketing effectiveness and optimization of marketing costs.
Research into the Specific Aspects of Internal Conflict Displays in the Course of Professional Identification
Author: Rensh, Marina A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Professional Identity,Conflict,Professional Development,Values,Undergraduate Students,Vocational Education,Foreign Countries

The applicability of the researched issue is preconditioned by the need for detecting key determinants which define the process of the person's professional development, identification with the professional environment, and sources of professional self-efficacy. The purpose of the article is to provide the deliverables of the empiric research for the purpose of detection of an aggregate of professional values, internal conflicts therein and specific aspects of their displays in the course of professional establishment. The leading approach to the research has been an ascertaining experiment by means of standardised tools as well as approbation of the modified diagnostic technique which enables detecting essential aspects of internal conflicts and dynamics of their displays. The dynamic structure of professional values is analysed, and contents of the internal conflict and development thereof in the process of professional identity establishment are studied in the article. The article may be of use when developing processes of training and adaptation of young professions, determining professional reference points of production trainers and tutors in the course of vocational training.
Modern Interactive Technologies of Professional Self-Determination under the Conditions of Overcoming Conflicting Realities
Author: Hasanova, Irina I.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Self Determination,Career Choice,Career Counseling,College Students,Vocational Education,Technology Uses in Education,Observation,Questionnaires,Foreign Countries

The urgency of the problem under study is due to the fact that the professional life of a person under current conditions is highly dynamic; moreover, the attitude to the profession, the meaning of work, and its results is changing. The purpose of this article is to develop innovative psychological and pedagogical support of the professional self-determination of young students as well as to design an innovative psychological and educational technology of the professional choice promotion of an individual. The leading approach to the study of this problem is the psychological and pedagogical observation and questionnaires, which allow for the identification and the study of the experience in the field of development and application of interactive technologies of the provision of professional self-determination of the youth under the conditions of overcoming conflicting realities. This article presents conceptual provisions of interactive psychological and pedagogical support of professional self-determination of an individual in terms of continuing education as a semantic factor of the professional self-determination of an individual; defines goals, objectives, and principles of the modern interactive technology of psychological and pedagogical support of professional self-determination of the youth under the conditions of overcoming conflicting realities; and reveals an interactive technology for the provision of the professional self-determination of the youth. The article may be useful for psychologists, education psychologists, or career psychologists who are ready to use the Internet in order to facilitate an individual in its professional self-determination--namely, the creation of profession interactive services whose activity is not limited to the search for &quot;the most suitable profession&quot;.
Emotional Expressions between Male and Female in Hostalize Students
Author: Haider, Badeea
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Emotional Response,Gender Differences,Statistical Analysis,Hypothesis Testing,College Students,Comparative Analysis,Foreign Countries

There are clear differences in the extent to which people express their emotions. These differences in emotional expressions have long interested researchers and are relevant to several areas of psychology. The research topic is emotional expressions between hostalize male and female in. The sum of 24 students (12 male and 12 female) were selected by using convenient sampling. Our research design was quantitative. After collection of data we apply T-test analysis by using SPSS 21 version. Results are showing there is no more significant difference between hostalize male and female.
Reducing Test Anxiety among 12th Grade Students: Iraqi Kurdistan Region/Soran City as an Example
Author: Faqe, Chiayee Khorshid
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Test Anxiety,Foreign Countries,Grade 12,Gender Differences,Intellectual Disciplines,Interviews,Mixed Methods Research,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction

This study aims at reducing test anxiety among twelfth grade students at Soran city high schools. Throughout the study both quantitative and qualitative methods used to collect data. The participants were 450 twelfth grade students in five schools at Soran City-Kurdistan region of Iraq. Non-random purposive sampling because the students needed special qualifications as they were required to be 12th grade students study in general schools at Soran city. The data was analyzed by using descriptive statistical techniques by computing Mean, standard deviation, t-test of significance and Eta squared. The results show that all participants are dealing with high test anxiety. Female students are more anxious to male students, and also students from science branch have higher test anxiety than literary students.
Bachelors of Science in Nursing Students and a Qualitative Analysis of Their Medication Administration Experiences
Author: Betts, Kelly J.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Nursing Students,Drug Therapy,Undergraduate Students,Qualitative Research,Knowledge Level,Training,Teaching Methods,Pharmacology,Competence,Interviews,Coding,Instructional Effectiveness,Case Studies

Lack of medication knowledge and skills is detrimental to the safety and welfare of patients. Lack of pharmacology knowledge and skills is detrimental to the safety and welfare of patients. In a southern baccalaureate nursing program, students demonstrated deficiencies in their medication knowledge and skill proficiency. This qualitative study discusses nursing students' knowledge, training, and clinical instruction while administering medications. Results revealed that students had knowledge gaps regarding the complexity of the medication administration process, knowledge regarding medications, and fear of making a medication error without the support of their faculty. Educational strategies to improve the overall education of student nurses that enhance clinical medication safety will better improve patient safety outcomes.
Expectancy Beliefs and English Language Performance of Secondary Schools Students in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State, Nigeria
Author: Musa, Alice K. J.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Expectation,Language Proficiency,Correlation,Hypothesis Testing,Self Concept,Language Tests,Secondary School Students,English,Multiple Regression Analysis,English (Second Language)

The study determined Relationship between Students' Expectancy Beliefs and English Language Performance of Students in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State, Nigeria. Correlation design was adopted for the study. Four hypotheses which determined the relationships between the components of expectancy beliefs: ability, tasks difficulty, and past experience beliefs, and performance in English Language and the difference among these components in explaining the variance of English Language performance were tested. A sample of 400 (192 males and 208 females) SS II students from 8 secondary schools, participated in the study. The sample was selected through stratified random sampling. Ability Self-Perceptions Instrument (ASPI), with a Cronbach Alpha Coefficient reliability of 0.96, and students' end of session results in English Language were used to collect the data. Multiple regressions were used to analyse the data. The results revealed significant relationship between ability, task difficulty and past experience beliefs and academic performance in English Language respectively. Task difficulty and past experience beliefs contributed significantly to the variance of performance in English Language whereas ability belief does not make a significant contribution. Recommendations were highlight for teachers and school counsellors.
An Exploration of the Relevance of the Pedagogy and Academic Content Knowledge That Are Offered to Prospective Science and Mathematics Teachers in Tanzania Teachers' Colleges
Author: Mungure, Daudi Mika
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Secondary School Teachers,Case Studies,Interviews,Focus Groups,Foreign Countries,Teacher Education,Content Analysis,Qualitative Research,Science Teachers,Mathematics Teachers,Science Achievement,Mathematics Achievement,Preservice Teachers,Course Descriptions,Biology,Statistical Analysis,Science Tests,Mathematics Tests

This paper explored the Relevance of the Pedagogy and Academic Content Knowledge that are offered to Prospective Science and Mathematics Teachers in Tanzania Teachers' colleges. Morogoro Teachers' College and Kleruu Teachers' college were used as a case study. The performance in science and mathematics subjects in form four National examinations for four years consecutively are poor.There is doubt whether the pedagogy and academic contents offered to prospective science and mathematics which are stated in curriculum framework of teacher education and subjects syllabuses in secondary school are relevance. The study employed qualitative approach with a case study design. Key informant interview, focus group discussion and documentary review were the main methods of data collection whereby 32 respondents were involved in data collection. Content analysis was used to analyze data thematically. The study found that the academic content knowledge that is offered is of minimal relevance as most of the topics are too advanced and they do not reflect what is taught in secondary schools. Unfamiliarity and complex topics to college tutors such as computer packages in mathematics were also revealed.
The Relationship between Work Engagement Behavior and Perceived Organizational Support and Organizational Climate
Author: Köse, Akif
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Organizational Climate,Statistical Analysis,Structural Equation Models,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Teacher Behavior,Foreign Countries,Factor Analysis

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between work engagement and perceived organizational support and organizational climate. The present study, in which quantitative methods have been used, is carried out in the relational screening model. Perceived organizational support scale, organizational climate scale, and work engagement scale, which was adapted into Turkish, were used as measurement instruments. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. The population consists of classroom and in-field teachers working in primary and secondary schools in the central districts of Dulkadiroglu and Onikisubat in the province of Kahramanmaras in 2014-2015 academic year. 23 institutions and 433 teachers were chosen as the sample from the whole population. The results of the study suggested that there is a positive and significant relationship between work engagement behaviors of teachers and perceived organizational support and organizational climate and that organizational climate and perceived organizational support had a positive and highly significant relationship.
Chiasmus as a Stylistic Device in Donne's and Vaughan's Poetry
Author: I'jam, Dunya Muhammad Miqdad
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Poetry,Literary Styles,Literary Devices,English Literature,Figurative Language,Linguistics,Phonology,Morphology (Languages),Syntax,Semantics

This study investigates chiasmus as a stylistic device in ten metaphysical poems (five for John Donne and five for Henry Vaughan). It aims at showing how both, Donne and Vaughan, utilize chiasmus at the different linguistic levels as a stylistic device in their poetry. Thus, to achieve this aim, it is hypothesized that chiasmus as used by Donne constitutes a distinctive stylistic device in his poetry, in comparison with Vaughan. Then, in order to achieve the aim of the study and test its hypothesis, the following procedures are adopted: (1) presenting a theoretical background about chiasmus and the linguistic levels on which it can manifest itself. (2) analyzing ten poems (five for each poet) according to an eclectic model developed by the study.
An Exploration of Speaking Anxiety with Kurdish University EFL Learners
Author: Ahmed, Nehad Faisal
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Anxiety,Communication (Thought Transfer),English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Semi Structured Interviews,Questionnaires,Qualitative Research,Second Language Instruction,Teaching Methods,Student Attitudes,College Students,Language Teachers,Ethnic Groups,Foreign Countries,Geographic Regions

The issue of language learning anxiety has been widely researched and investigated in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) settings. However, there have been very few studies conducted on this issue in Kurdistan, specifically about speaking anxiety in English classes. This study, therefore, aims to investigate Kurdish students' perceptions about the sources contributing to English language speaking anxiety in the context of universities of Kurdistan. It then proposes possible learning and teaching strategies to overcome this problem or at least decrease it. The present study also provides fresh approaches and feasible pedagogic implications for foreign language instructors to create a safe and low anxiety environment in English classes. In this qualitative research, a survey strategy was applied by means of both semi structured interview and questionnaire methods for the purpose of data collection. For achieving the study purposes, thirty students were selected purposively who were studying English language at Soran University, Faculty of Arts.
Attitudes of Palestinian Undergraduate Students towards Native and Non-Native English Language Teachers and Their Relation to Students' Listening Ability
Author: Nafi, Jamal Subhi Ismail
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Student Attitudes,English (Second Language),English Teachers,Native Speakers,Listening,Questionnaires,Listening Comprehension Tests,Statistical Analysis,College Faculty,Positive Attitudes,Correlation,Gender Differences,Achievement,Likert Scales

The purpose of this study is to investigate the attitudes of Palestinian undergraduate students towards native and non-native English language teachers and their relation to students' listening ability. To achieve this purpose and to answer the research questions and test the hypotheses, the researchers adopted both the descriptive and inferential approaches. For collecting data, a questionnaire and a listening test were designed and distributed among 120 Palestinian undergraduate students to find out their attitudes towards both their NES and NNES and their relation to students' listening ability. After the statistical analysis, the major findings of the study revealed that attitudes of Palestinian undergraduate students towards Native and Non-Native English language teachers were moderate in all items and sections, except for the teaching culture which was found to be with low attitudes for native teachers. The findings also pointed out that the listening ability of Palestinian undergraduate students towards native and non native English language teachers were higher for those who studied with native teachers compared to those who studied with non native teachers. The findings also highlighted that there were significant differences in the mean scores of the listening ability for Palestinian undergraduate students towards native and non native English language teachers due to university. Based on the research findings some recommendations are finally presented. The researchers concluded that students generally have positive attitudes towards both teacher types (Native and Non-Native English language teachers), but the highest degree of the respondents' preferences and attitudes are for and towards non native. Furthermore, the relation between attitudes towards both teacher types and listening ability isn't found. There is more than one explanation for this, may be students have an innate ability to listen to many types of speakers and comprehend and being guided through the process of listening may lead the students to get rid of the feelings of fear from speakers when they listen.
Obstacles in Investigating the Role of Restructuring in Insightful Problem Solving
Author: Ash, Ivan K.
Date: 2009-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cognitive Restructuring,Cognitive Processes,Intuition,Problem Solving,Knowledge Representation,Information Processing,Theories,Barriers,Investigations,Cognitive Psychology,Learning Strategies,Creative Thinking

In the present article, we articulate three assumptions underlying theories proposing that restructuring processes play a key role in insightful problem solving: representational difficulty, representational change, and discontinuity in solution processes. We argue that these assumptions need empirical validation to justify the proposition of restructuring mechanisms that are unique from those involved in classic information-processing theories of problem solving. To this end, we review some theoretical and methodological obstacles that are inherent in the investigation of the existence and nature of restructuring processes. We then offer some recommendations on how to overcome or avoid these obstacles in future studies. Finally, we discuss some questions to help motivate new research.
Evaluation of the Development of Professional Competence in Undergraduates: Methodical Aspects
Author: Leontyev, Vyacheslav V.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Capacity Building,Computation,Vocational Education,Qualifications,Program Evaluation,Professionalism,Educational Quality,Total Quality Management,Mathematical Formulas,Competence,Student Evaluation,Questionnaires

Bologna process puts in a high claim for the modern European education in terms of competency building approach. The control is conducted by the agencies which monitor learning activity level in higher education institutions. This paper presents the aspects of higher education within the conduction of competency building approach projects in Europe and Russia. We propose the technology which evaluates students' professional competence qualimetricly. The technology represents the evaluation algorithm at all levels of student training.
Exploration of Mathematics Problem Solving Process Based on the Thinking Level of Students in Junior High School
Author: Rahman, Abdul
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Instruction,Problem Solving,Junior High School Students,Qualitative Research,Thinking Skills,Logical Thinking,Foreign Countries

Several studies suggest that most students are not in the same level of development (Slavin, 2008). From concrete operation level to formal operation level, students experience lateness in the transition phase. Consequently, students feel difficulty in solving mathematics problems. Method research is a qualitatively descriptive-explorative research aimed at comprehending the process of mathematics problem solving based on students' thinking level. Formal subject described in a structured manner so that there is no information that eliminated in the calculation process. While in transition subject, information which is constructed is only based on empirical knowledge. And on a concrete subject, thinking process can directly determine the solution of a problem. Students in formal thinking level are able to plan a problem solving by relating an information that is obtained to an information which is logically asked. Transitional thinking level are able to visualise the problems logically when the context of the problems are closely related to the experience they have. And concrete thinking level is only able to plan problem solving when the problem can be immediately and easily analysed.