ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Measuring Computer Science Knowledge Level of Hungarian Students Specialized in Informatics with Romanian Students Attending a Science Course or a Mathematics-Informatics Course
Author: Kiss, Gabor
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Spreadsheets,Computer Literacy,Foreign Countries,Information Science,Mathematics Instruction,Tests,Scores,Programming,Correlation,Course Descriptions,Word Processing,Comparative Education,Teaching Methods

An analysis of Information Technology knowledge of Hungarian and Romanian students was made with the help of a self developed web based Informatics Test. The goal of this research is an analysis of the Computer Science knowledge level of Hungarian and Romanian students attending a Science course or a Mathematics-Informatics course. Analysed was how effectively can students from different grades answer questions dealing with different subjects. After having evaluated the test results correctness of the original presumption emerged. Significance level was 5% through the analysis. It was found significant divergence in knowledge of Hungarian students and Romanian students attending a science course (Profil Real) and a Mathematics-Informatics course. Romanian students attending a science course and a Mathematics-Informatics course scored higher in programming than their Hungarian counterparts specialized in Informatics in the 11th grade. After the calculating values of the partial correlation we have got same results by subjects too. After the evaluation a final conclusion can be made: Romanian students of the Real Profile have the same or more practice in programming than Hungarian students specialized in Informatics, though the atters have the same or higher Computer Science knowledge level. Unfortunately, Hungarian teachers concentrate on word processing and spreadsheet calculation and teach programming just for the students specialized in Informatics, although algorithm thinking would be important for every student before finishing secondary school. (Contain 16 tables.)
Project-Based Learning with an Online Peer Assessment System in a Photonics Instruction for Enhancing LED Design Skills
Author: Chang, Shu-Hsuan
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Student Projects,Active Learning,Simulation,Peer Evaluation,Computer Uses in Education,Light,Science Instruction,College Science,Physics,Concept Formation,Problem Solving,Inquiry,Reflection,Instructional Effectiveness,Student Attitudes,Student Surveys,Pretests Posttests,Interviews

This study proposed a novel instructional approach, a two-stage LED simulation of Project-based learning (PBL) course with online peer assessment (OPA), and explored how to apply OPA to the different structured problems in a PBL course to enhance students' professional skills in LED design as well as meta-cognitive thinking. The participants of the study, 73 junior students were divided into two groups, OPA group (with OPA) and Traditional group (without OPA). The evaluation results were listed as follows. (1) OPA group performed better than Traditional group in concept clarification. (2) For the enhancement of LED design skills in well-structured problem solving, OPA group performed better than Traditional group. (3) For the enhancement of LED design skills in ill-structured problem solving, there was no significant difference between the performances of these two groups. (4) For students' perception about the effect of OPA applied in PBL, OPA group could benefit from inquiry learning and reflective thinking. Most students agreed that the two-stage LED simulation of PBL course was challenging and interesting and they learned useful things from the course. (Contains 6 tables and 4 figures.)
Relationship between Affective Learning, Instructor Attractiveness and Instructor Evaluation in Videoconference-Based Distance Education Courses
Author: Aydin, Irem E.
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Interpersonal Relationship,Distance Education,Correlation,Online Surveys,Videoconferencing,Affective Objectives,Predictor Variables,Student Evaluation,Educational Psychology,Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance,Schematic Studies,Foreign Countries,Task Analysis,Teaching Methods

This paper is intended to reveal the results of a study in which the relationship between learners' perceptions of affective learning, instructors' attractiveness and instructor evaluations in a videoconference based distance education course was investigated. An online survey instrument was used to collect quantitative data. A series of Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was computed to assess the relationships between these variables. The results have shown that there were positive correlations between task attractiveness, social attractiveness, affective learning and instructor evaluations in videoconference-based open and distance courses. Overall, almost all of these correlations were moderate level except the ones between the instructor evaluations and task attractiveness as well as the instructor evaluations and the social attractiveness. Positive, strong relationships were observed between these variables. Increases in task and social attractiveness were correlated with increase in the instructor evaluations. (Contains 3 tables.)
Second Life Users' Profiles and Views about Educational Potential of Second Life: A Case of Turkey
Author: Baran, Bahar
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Environment,Profiles,Cultural Context,Foreign Countries,Electronic Learning,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Interviews,Computer Simulation,Simulated Environment,Technology Uses in Education,Participant Satisfaction,Program Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Educational Opportunities,Virtual Classrooms,Learning Theories,Social Networks,Educational Technology,Online Surveys

This study aims to reveal Second Life (SL) residents' profiles, first hand experiences, opinions about SL and its potential as an educational environment. The members of 14 Turkish Island in SL answered a questionnaire including Likert-type, open ended and multiple-choice items and participated in interview sessions. Researchers collected 118 questionnaires and interviewed with 10 users. The results showed a general picture about the Turkish SL user profile. They agree on SL potential about providing better communication with people. Also, they keep their SL character in line with the one they have in real life, while changing their physical appearances. Many active SL users in this study do not have an apparent thought about the applicability of SL in education and most of them are not willing to participate in its educational applications in SL. This study concludes by offering suggestions to practitioners about how to use SL in e-learning. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Technology Acceptance in Education: A Study of Pre-Service Teachers in Turkey
Author: Aypay, Ayse
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Factor Analysis,Self Efficacy,Preservice Teacher Education,Foreign Countries,Path Analysis,Preservice Teachers,Technology Integration,Educational Technology,Computer Uses in Education,Models,Prediction,Computer Attitudes,Questionnaires,Goodness of Fit

The purpose of this study is to test a model that predicts the level of technology acceptance across pre-service teachers at the faculties of education in Turkey. The relationship among the factors that have influence on technology acceptance was investigated. Adopting a questionnaire developed by Timothy (2009) data was collected from 754 pre-service teacher education students attending five faculties of education. In addition to presenting descriptive statistics of the research variables, correlation, ANOVA, and regression analyses were carried out in the study. For the validity, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used. The results indicated that there is a good fit between the model and data. A path analysis was also conducted to test the model. Contrary to the expectations, self-efficacy was not found to be very effective on technology acceptance levels of pre-service teachers. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.)
Technology Integration and Technology Leadership in Schools as Learning Organizations
Author: Cakir, Recep
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Measures (Individuals),Leadership,Foreign Countries,Technology Integration,Web 2.0 Technologies,Administrator Attitudes,Administrator Role,Principals,Elementary Schools,Elementary School Teachers,Technological Advancement,Questionnaires,Semi Structured Interviews

The purpose of this study was to investigate technology integration in primary schools from the perspective of leadership in learning organizations. To that end, the study examines two groups: school administrators who play effective roles in technology integration in schools and computer teachers who are mainly responsible for schools' technology integration. In particular, this research focuses on the administrators' attitudes towards technology and the computer teachers' awareness of technological developments. Thirty-eight school administrators and thirty-five computer teachers who work in primary schools in Amasya, Turkey, participated in this study. The administrators completed a questionnaire regarding their attitudes towards technology integration, while the computer teachers were asked about their awareness of Web 2.0 technologies. In addition, interviews were conducted in order to thoroughly understand school administrators and teachers' opinions about technology integration and technology leadership. The questionnaire results showed that, although administrators' attitudes towards technology were largely positive, they gave negative responses for some items. On the other side, although teachers are aware of Web 2.0 technologies, few think to use such these technologies in the classroom. (Contains 2 tables.)
The Effect of Applying Online PBL Case System to Multiple Disciplines of Medical Education
Author: Cheng, Yuh-Ming
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Problem Based Learning,Medical Education,Medical Students,Physicians,Interdisciplinary Approach,Holistic Approach,Program Implementation,Questionnaires,Student Surveys,Electronic Learning,Foreign Countries,Educational Technology

Teaching cases in medical education are often exhibited through various professional angles, but for patient-centered teaching cases, the division of labor among different specialties is even more important. However, general medical education platforms cannot provide such mechanisms for physicians. Thus, this study adopted a clinical medical education platform &quot;HINTS&quot; to establish a patient-centered interdisciplinary medical/clinical education mechanism for medical students to obtain a more holistic thinking process in practical training for clinical medicine. Additionally, rule-based and document-view methods were administered to successfully establish methods to edit and present teaching cases, installing them on &quot;HINTS.&quot; The results of the preliminary experimentation show that applying online PBL case system can be very beneficial for the learning effects of medical students. (Contains 2 tables and 4 figures.)
The Effects of Using WebQuests on Reading Comprehension Performance of Saudi EFL Students
Author: Alshumaimeri, Yousif A.
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Reading Comprehension,Web Based Instruction,Web Sites,Educational Technology,Student Motivation,College Students,Pretests Posttests,Program Effectiveness,Males,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,STEM Education,Language Proficiency

This paper is a report on the effects of using WebQuest on Saudi male EFL students reading comprehension performance. WebQuests expose students to several online resources and require them to gather information about a specific topic. The experimental group received traditional teaching plus WebQuests as supplementary activities. The control group received the traditional teaching only. The students' comprehension performance in the post-test was compared for both groups in order to determine whether there were significant differences between the groups in relation to the treatment. Significant differences occurring in the experimental group's post-test comprehension performance when compared to the pre-test indicate that using WebQuest can improve students' reading comprehension performance. The results indicate WebQuests have potential for use in promoting reading comprehension. Teachers and students do, however, need to be trained in order to use WebQuests more effectively. (Contains 4 tables and 3 figures.)
The Influence of Selected Personality and Workplace Features on Burnout among Nurse Academics
Author: Kizilci, Sevgi
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,Marital Status,Research Assistants,Nurses,Teacher Burnout,Personality Traits,Measures (Individuals),Scores,Nursing Education,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires,Work Environment

This study aimed to determine the influence of selected individual and situational features on burnout among nurse academics. The Maslach Burnout Inventory was used to assess the burnout levels of academics. The sample population comprised 94 female participant. The emotion exhaustion (EE) score of the nurse academics was 16.43[plus or minus]5.97, the depersonalization (DP) score was 4.83[plus or minus]3.62, and the personal achievement (PA) score was 22.27[plus or minus]4.27. Thirty years and below of the academics reported a lower level of PA than 31 and above of academics (p less than 0.05). There were no significant differences in EE and DP according to age. Single academicians indicated a higher level of DP than married (p less than 0.05). However, no significant differences were observed for EE and PA scores according the marital status. Professors and research assistants reported a lower level of PA than instructors (p less than 0.05). There were no significant differences in EE and DP scores according to the academic position of nurse academics. There were no significant differences in three dimensions of burnout scores according to the weekly work hours and education model of nurse academicians (p greater than 0.05). Future studies should investigate the relationship between roles of the nurse academics and burnout. (Contains 3 tables.)
The Questionnaire of Lifestyle Change in Regard to Problematic Internet Use: Factor Structure and Concurrent and Cross-Year Predictive Utilities
Author: Yeh, Yu-Chen
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Activities,Adults,Measures (Individuals),Depression (Psychology),Sleep,Internet,Correlation,Factor Structure,School Psychologists,Questionnaires,Life Style,College Students,Symptoms (Individual Disorders),Validity,Gender Differences,Activities,Social Life,Eating Habits,Behavior Change,Foreign Countries

This study constructed a questionnaire, named &quot;Lifestyle Change in Regard to Problematic Internet Use (LC-PIU),&quot; for helping school psychologists detect early indications of PIU-related lifestyle changes in university populations. Our focus is on all university students who use the Internet, not users who already show dependent symptoms. The lifestyles that we concerned include physical/social activities and dietary/sleep patterns that are notable consequences of excessive Internet use (Lam et al., 2009; Choi et al., 2009). With 708 university students recruited in 2009 (Time 1), we tested the factor structure of LC-PIU and determined the concurrent and cross-year predictive utilities with the same participants in 2010 (Time 2). The 2009-sample was randomly split into two independent subsamples for calibration and validation using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The calibration and validation results, along with convergent and discriminant tests, confirmed that the LC-PIU is composed of five distinct subscales: problematic Internet use, physical activity change, social activity change, dietary pattern change, and sleep pattern change. All Time-1 LC-PIU subscores were positively correlated with depression, loneliness, and weekly Internet use at Time 1 and Time 2. Only a negative correlation was found between gender and social activity change at Time 1 and Time 2. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
The Types, Frequency and Quality of Elementary Pupils' Questions in an Online Environment
Author: Hu, Hsin-Wen
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Active Learning,Learning Strategies,Questioning Techniques,Grade 5,Scaffolding (Teaching Technique),Science Instruction,Urban Schools,Instructional Design,Web Based Instruction,Instructional Effectiveness,Comparative Analysis

This study explored the types, frequencies and quality of student questioning based on three kinds of question-stems (detailed-stem, simple-stem, and no-stem). A questioning-supported thinking and learning system (QSTLS) was developed to scaffold stem-based student questioning. One hundred fifth-grade students participated in this study. Students were assigned to three groups: a detailed-stem group, simple-stem group, and no-stem group. Results show that the detailed-stem groups used more types (11) of questions, asked a greater number of questions (472) and asked questions of higher quality than both the simple-stem group and the no-stem group. The conclusion of the study is that online questioning is a useful learning strategy, and more specifically that detailed question-stems in particular help students to develop their questioning skills. This study also shows that with the assistance of question-stems, the QSTLS system can provide a student-centered and active learning environment for elementary pupils. (Contains 8 tables and 2 figures.)
Using Blended Learning in Developing Student Teachers Teaching Skills
Author: Isman, Aytekin
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Experimental Groups,Blended Learning,Student Teachers,Teaching Skills,Teacher Competencies,Educational Technology,Foreign Countries,Preservice Teacher Education,Teaching Methods,Computer Uses in Education,Student Behavior,Classroom Techniques,Classroom Environment,Conventional Instruction

The research aims to determine the effectiveness of using blended learning Approach in developing student teachers teaching skills, and defining teaching skills that confront students of teachers college at King Saud University need it. The research uses the Quasi- Experimental approach, with four experimental groups (Mathematics (21)--Science (15)--computer (20)--Quran (15)). The research is limited to the students of practical course in the second term of (2010/2011) academic year. Additionally, it investigates teaching skills that are not excelled by student teachers. The research uses observation skill card for teaching skills with pre-post applied, while preparing and implementing a suggested proposal for developing skills of teaching implementation of student teachers, Results of statistical treatment indicated that there were significant differences between means of pre-post treatment in Experimental groups in favor of post treatment. As Students thought, these results indicated that Blended Learning helped them to improve their Teaching skills. More details of the results are discussed in the study. (Contains 2 tables.)
Videos and Animations for Vocabulary Learning: A Study on Difficult Words
Author: Lin, Chih-cheng
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Integrated Learning Systems,Open Source Technology,Quasiexperimental Design,Second Language Learning,Comparative Analysis,Vocabulary Development,English (Second Language),Junior High School Students,Notetaking,Grade 7,Instructional Design,Web Based Instruction,Animation,Video Technology,Educational Technology,Multimedia Instruction,Multimedia Materials,Instructional Effectiveness,Pretests Posttests,Statistical Analysis

Studies on using still images and dynamic videos in multimedia annotations produced inconclusive results. A further examination, however, showed that the principle of using videos to explain complex concepts was not observed in the previous studies. This study was intended to investigate whether videos, compared with pictures, better assist English learners to learn difficult words. It adopted a three-group immediate posttest and delayed posttest quasi-experimental design. Ten target words were selected and embedded in a reading text, each of which was annotated by three annotation types: text-only, text and picture, and text and video. Three intact classes, a total of 88 students, were recruited in a junior high school in northern Taiwan, each of which was randomly assigned to one of the three groups. All participants took the pretest two weeks before the experiment, the immediate posttest after reading the text, and the delayed posttest two weeks after the experiment. The result revealed significant differences between the three groups, in which the video group outperformed the other two groups. Pedagogical implications and suggestions for future research are also given. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.)
Views of Students in the Department of Recreation and Sport Management on Distance Education
Author: Herguner, Gulten
Date: 2012-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Physical Education,Student Attitudes,Distance Education,Internet,Family Income,Recreation,Statistical Analysis,Foreign Countries,College Students,Questionnaires

This study aims to investigate viewpoints of students in recreation and sport management department on distance education, and the effects of sex, having computers and internet access at home, family's monthly income, district of the family, and students' level of class on these viewpoints. Survey method was used to carry out the study. The sample of the study consisted of the students who attend Recreation and Sports Management Departments of Physical Education and Sports High School in Sakarya University. In order to gather information, a questionnaire was developed by the researcher, and it was applied to 292 students. Several statistical techniques such as frequency, percentage, t-test and ANOVA were used to analyze the data. The result of the study showed that the variables like sex, having a computer and an internet access at home, monthly income of the families of students, the place where students' families live and class levels of the students have an influence on their opinions. (Contains 1 table.)