ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Parents and Speech Therapist Perception of Parental Involvement in Kailila Therapy Center, Jakarta, Indonesia
Author: Jane, Griselda
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Parent Participation,Speech Therapy,Parent Attitudes,Allied Health Personnel,Speech Language Pathology,Beliefs,Interviews,Delayed Speech,Children,Qualitative Research

Parental involvement in a speech therapy has not been prioritized in most therapy centers in Indonesia. One of the therapy centers that has recognized the importance of parental involvement is Kailila Speech Therapy Center. In Kailila speech therapy center, parental involvement in children's speech therapy is an obligation that has been communicated with parents in the form of contractual agreements. According to speech therapists in Kailila therapy center, there are parents who still have not done their responsibility. Furthermore it showed that some parents still have obstacles in implementing the learning at home. This study explored the perception of parental involvement that are formed by parents and speech therapist. In order to see the type of parental involvement, the researchers referred to the theory of parental involvement by Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler. The theory explain about parents' beliefs and perception on why they become involved in their child's education. Throughout this literature the theory used to explain parental involvement in a speech therapy settings. In-depth interviews were used for parents whose child is in speech therapy. Therapists were also interviewed as supporting subjects. Parents have a positive perception about their involvement while one of of the therapist have a different perception with the parent. The repetition hours at home, number of children, family involvement, and invitation from therapists all influence parental involvement in a child's therapy.
Razalas' Grouping Method and Mathematics Achievement
Author: Salazar, Douglas A.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Mathematics Achievement,Calculus,Direct Instruction,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis,Achievement Tests,Interviews,Student Journals,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Comparative Analysis,Achievement Gains,Scores,Self Esteem,College Students,Quasiexperimental Design,Measures (Individuals),Intervention,Pretests Posttests

This study aimed to raise the achievement level of students in Integral Calculus using Direct Instruction with Razalas' Method of Grouping. The study employed qualitative and quantitative analysis relative to data generated by the Achievement Test and Math journal with follow-up interview. Within the framework of the limitations of the study, the Razalas' Method of Grouping revealed a significant increase on the gain scores between the two groups and a significant difference was obtained within and between groups (control and experimental). However, qualitative assessments further showed that the Razalas' Method of grouping creates and develops self-confidence, encourages effective communication and facilitates exchange of ideas towards a common goal. The students from both groups were in favor with the sequence of the presentation of the lesson, especially with the incentives given.
Relationship between Parents and Peer Influences on Qualities of Adolescent Friendship
Author: Obiunu, Jude J.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Friendship,Peer Influence,Correlation,Coping,Stress Variables,Foreign Countries,Sampling,Emotional Disturbances,Parent Child Relationship,Secondary School Students,Reliability,Measures (Individuals),Statistical Analysis,Questionnaires,Multiple Regression Analysis

The study investigated the relationship between parents and peer influences on the qualities of adolescent friendship. Relevant literature in the field of adolescent friendship qualities and parental interaction were investigated. The problem of the study is the increasing incidences of emotional, imbalance among young people that manifest in maladaptive behaviours. In investigating this problem, two research hypothesis were developed. The design for the study was the survey research design. The population comprised of 867 senior secondary school students selected from five schools in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State. The simple random sampling technique was used select 100, 20 from each school for the study. The instrument for the study was title Qualities of Adolescent Friendship as Correlates of Coping with Stress. The instrument had a reliability of 0.84 using the piercing moment correlation coefficient. Regression and t-test were used to analyse both research questions and research hypothesis. The findings indicated that there was no statistical significance between parents interaction and parents/children interaction. The conclusion therefore for the population studies was that there may be other factors that influence qualities of adolescent friendship.
Implications of Incessant Strike Actions on the Implementation of Technical Education Programme in Nigeria
Author: Adavbiele, J. A.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Strikes,College Students,College Faculty,Technical Education,Influences

This paper was designed to x-ray the implications of incessant strike actions on the implementation of Technical education programme in Nigeria. The paper took an exploratory view on the concept of strike actions in Nigeria with particular references on notable strike actions that have occurred in Nigeria. The types of strike were explained and some of them examined include: recognition strike, economic strike, jurisdictional strike, sympathy strike and wildcat strike. The causes of strike actions were also examined and they include: unfair treatment to the employees/victimization, violation of legislation and poor application of the provision of collective bargaining. The implications of strike actions on Technical education programme were examined also. A major contribution made in this paper was in the area of repositioning the mindset of stakeholders on the implications of these incessant strike actions on the implementation of Technical education programme in Nigeria. One of the recommendations advanced was that Government should ensure adequate provision of infrastructures and facilities in various institutions.
Goal Modification, Global-Analytical Learning Styles, and Achievement in Technical Writing
Author: Tabalan, Danilo A.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Business Administration Education,Technical Writing,Goal Orientation,Cognitive Style,Academic Achievement,Educational Experiments,Pretests Posttests,English (Second Language),Predictor Variables,Outcomes of Education,Mastery Learning,Competition,Check Lists,Achievement Tests,Correlation

This study examined the possibility of developing different goals, mastery or competitive, on students and consequently affecting their learning styles. In the 3-week experiment period, a pretest-posttest design was used to the two intact college English classes. The outcomes revealed that the goals of the students could be modified in different manners. But the styles of learning did not determine the effects of the goal modifications. The research also examined which goal is the indicator of the achievement in English. The result proved that the competitive goal modification determines the English achievement; while the analytic learners' mastery and competitive goal modification predict their achievement in English. The mastery goal modification of the global learners does not predict the English achievement but the competitive goal modification does. It is recommended that more investigations on the characteristics of the global learners be undertaken to find the real reasons of what made it non-predictor of the English achievement. Furthermore, more goal modifications have to be explored.
The Role of Teachers' Resource Centres in Teachers' Professional Development and Enhancing Primary Education in Zanzibar
Author: Mosha, Mary Atanas
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Resource Centers,Teacher Centers,Professional Development,Primary Education,Elementary School Teachers,Statistical Analysis,Qualitative Research,Interviews,Questionnaires,Focus Groups,Observation,Documentation,Program Effectiveness,Workshops,Seminars,Quality Assurance,Sustainability,Teacher Improvement,Teaching Methods

This paper reports the contribution of Teachers' Resource Centres (TRCs) in enhancing teachers' professional development. Variables investigated were designed programme for the primary school teachers, teachers who were attending in-service training at the TRCs, as well as those who had completed the training and teaching, and head teachers at the selected primary schools. The study applied both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Interview schedules, questionnaires, observations, focus group discussion, and documentary reviews were used to collect data. The findings indicated that TRCs played a useful role in teachers' professional development but encountered with shortage of resources to run teachers' professional development programme effectively and efficiently. In addition to that, TRCs used one model of training (traditional) that did not consider teachers' educational background which to some extent affected the quality of training and hence teachers' performance. The workshops and seminars provided to few teachers limited their possibility to improve professionally as expected. Moreover, teachers trained at the TRCs were not competent in the subject matter as expected. Furthermore, shortage of teaching facilities, poor classroom, and school environment affected the teaching efficiency of the TRC-trained teachers. There is a need for the TRCs to evaluate and review teachers' programme for effective teacher training.
Improve Knowledge, Beliefs and Behavior of Undergraduate Female Nursing Students in Al-Alzhar University toward Breast Self-Examination Practice
Author: El-Mohsen, Afaf S. Abd
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Nursing Students,Nursing Education,Females,Undergraduate Students,Health Behavior,Health Promotion,Cancer,Prevention,Student Attitudes,Quasiexperimental Design,Questionnaires,Screening Tests,Intervention,Knowledge Level,Attitude Change,Pretests Posttests,Likert Scales,Statistical Analysis

Breast cancer is a public health problem that is most common form of cancer among females in both developed and developing world, The Health Belief Model (HBM) has been used as a theoretical framework to study Breast Self-Examination and other breast cancer detection behaviors. The aim of this study: Was to improve knowledge, beliefs and behavior of undergraduate female nursing students in Al-Alzhar University toward breast self examination practice. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in Health Technical Institute for female students at Al-Alzhar University for 113 female student nurse. Tools: data was collected using self administered questionnaires prepared by researchers and Health Belief Model Scale Data. Results: The participants in the study showed more deficiency on screening knowledge, and poor practice of BSE at pre education. Also, the results of this study highlight the positive impact of the educational training on nursing students' breast cancer and breast self exam knowledge, practice and health beliefs which there was statistically significant differences were found between students' pretest and posttest BSE Knowledge, practice and beliefs. Conclusion and recommendation: the results of this study concluded that this program could be instrumental in increasing nursing students' perception of susceptibility may serve to improve not only their own health status but may empower them to teach women about the importance of early diagnosis and to seek early medical advice. This study emphasizes that the need to teach nursing students breast cancer awareness and early detection of breast cancer in their undergraduate courses. In addition, the provision of regular interventions is necessary to increase and build up the confidence and skills of nursing students in teaching preventive health behaviors including BSE to society and other students as colleagues.
Analysis of Results of Core Academic Subjects of Ghanaian Secondary Schools: Case Study of a Secondary School in Ghana
Author: McCarthy, Paul
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Core Curriculum,Outcomes of Education,Secondary Education,Educational Change,Mathematics,Sciences,Social Studies,English (Second Language),Statistical Analysis,Academic Achievement,Grades (Scholastic),Educational Trends,Least Squares Statistics

Educational authorities in Ghana have generally established that the performance of school leavers especially at the pre-university level offered a large room for improvement, due to so many factors. Hence, the introduction of the New Educational Reform in 1987 which led to the new system of Senior Secondary School with the first product in 1993. The study was to create awareness of whether Ghana's New Educational Reform, which has been in place since 1987, has led to improvement in performance of Senior Secondary Schools in Ghana in the area of the four core disciplines: Mathematics, Integrated Sciences, Social Studies, and English language. Two way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) without replication was derived to determine whether significant differences existed between grades, subjects and the years involved in the study to obtain some dimensions for determining the performance of students in the institution. Social Studies and the grades C, D and E gave the institution a glorious image while Mathematics, Integrated Science and English Language and grade F, gave the institution a poor image. However, majority of the grades A and B were associated with Core Mathematics. There was no significant difference in the trend of students' performance between years in the study period. We recommend that future research spanning a period from 2006 to 2014, which has different grading system, under the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) grading system, be done in a comparative manner. This might include students in two or three regions of Ghana. To make the research generalizable, random samples of schools and students must be considered.
Bringing Everyone to the Table to Eradicate School Discipline Disparities
Author: Brown, Allison
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Discipline,Career Academies,Philanthropic Foundations,Racial Factors,Desegregation Litigation,School Desegregation,Correctional Institutions,Institutionalized Persons,Minority Group Students,Educational Administration,Administrators

The Atlantic Philanthropies funded the work of the Positive and Safe Schools Advancing Greater Equity (PASSAGE) initiative, which is a unique approach to ending discipline disparities focused on partnerships between districts and community organizations. Open Society Foundations is considering funding similar work. For this interview, &quot;Voices in Urban Education&quot; editors asked Allison Brown (program officer at Open Society Foundations) and Kavitha Mediratta (chief strategy advisor for equity initiatives and human capital at The Atlantic Philanthropies) to discuss what brought them--and their foundations--to tackle the issue of school discipline disparities and what they have learned about challenges to and opportunities for reform.
Students' Perceptions of the Educational Environment in a New Dental School in Northern Nigeria
Author: Idon, Paul Ikhodaro
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Educational Environment,Dental Schools,Questionnaires,Dentistry,Graduate Students,Likert Scales,Statistical Analysis,Computer Software

The educational climate surrounding students is considered as one of the factors determining academic success. Students and teachers have become aware of the &quot;educational environment&quot; of their institution. Health science courses in Nigerian universities employ a combination of traditional classroom and clinical learning methods. There is however a scarcity of empirical evidence that evaluates this balance or the way dental students perceive its delivery. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate, by way of student perceptions, the overall education environment within dental surgery courses in a new Nigerian dental school that employs a balance of traditional classroom-based teaching and clinical work. We used a short demographic questionnaire and the 50-item DREEM questionnaire administered during teaching sessions to collect information on the students' perception of the environment in their dental school.We recorded high total DREEM scores across the different year levels of enrolment with a total DREEM mean score of 138.2 and also identified problem areas which centered on timetabling, emphasis on factual learning, boredom and stress.Formative assessment structure for students, attention to timetabling, improved administration, and systems to identify stressed students are our key recommendations.
Analysis of Subordination Errors in Students' Writings: A Study of Selected Teacher Training Colleges in Ghana
Author: Adjei, Amma Abrafi
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teacher Education Programs,English (Second Language),Sentence Structure,Form Classes (Languages),College Students,Writing (Composition),Error Analysis (Language),Error Patterns,Questionnaires,Interviews,Test Items,Scripts

This study is aimed at examining how students of selected Teacher Training Colleges handle one important aspect of sentence structure, i.e. &quot;subordination&quot;. Data were collected from written scripts, and tests responded to by 150 participants from three selected colleges. These were analyzed by identifying both correct and incorrect uses of subordinators to link sentences in their compositions. Findings from the tests and the written scripts showed that participants faced a significant level of difficulty in the use of subordination as well as difficulty with identifying the types and functions of subordinate clauses in sentences. This meant that the majority of the participants lacked the linguistic understanding of subordination. The study suggests that subordination be given the attention it deserves at the Teacher Training Colleges and other levels of education in Ghana since it is one of the important skills needed to form meaningful sentences in English language.
Gender Differences in Participation in Elective Mathematics of Senior Secondary School Students in Ghana
Author: Baah-Korang, Kwame
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Gender Differences,Student Participation,Elective Courses,Secondary School Mathematics,Mathematics Education,Secondary School Students,Questionnaires,Interviews,Socioeconomic Background

This paper aims at contributing to the body of knowledge that exists in the area of differences in participation in elective mathematics, between boys and girls in Secondary Schools in Ghana. A sample of 738 respondents from five Secondary Schools was purposively selected using purposive sampling technique. All the respondents were final year students and had studied extensively more than a half of the elective mathematics syllabus. The selected schools were made up of two single-sex female schools, one single-sex male school and one mixed-sex schools from Cape Coast municipality in the central region and one mixed-sex school, from Sekondi in the western region of Ghana. Relevant data were gathered using a set of questionnaire and an interview schedule prepared by the researchers. The analysis of the personal interviews with some of the female respondents revealed various reasons why some females were attracted to the study of elective mathematics. The study revealed that the participation of males in elective mathematics was 50.5% while that of females was 27.2% giving an indication that females participated in elective mathematics less often than their male counterparts. Suggestions for increasing female participation in senior secondary school elective mathematics were made and areas for further research on the topic have also been suggested.
Examining the Role of Transformational Leadership in Technology Adoption: Evidence from Bruneian Technical &amp; Vocational Establishments (TVE)
Author: Seyal, Afzaal H.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Transformational Leadership,Technology Integration,Adoption (Ideas),Evidence,Leadership Role,Leadership Styles,Correlation,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Program Implementation,Hierarchical Linear Modeling,Vocational Education,Administrator Attitudes,Educational Practices,Foreign Countries,Regression (Statistics)

This pioneering study discusses the thirty-five Bruneian technical &amp; vocational institutions of top management (principals, deputy principals, senior masters, ICT coordinators and technical administrators) leadership style with the adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The study uses a survey approach further to indicate that the majority of the Technical and Vocational schools leaders have transformational leaders style which is related with the various uses of ICT. The correlation analysis has also shown the significant relationship between transformational leadership styles and the technology development and operational phase. Therefore, based upon the analysis some recommendations are made for the relevant authorities
Enhancing Children's Success in Science Learning: An Experience of Science Teaching in Teacher Primary School Training
Author: Ferreira, Maria Eduarda
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Elementary School Science,Environmental Education,Science Teachers,Grade 1,Grade 3,Elementary School Students,Science Instruction,Interdisciplinary Approach,Mixed Age Grouping,Science Experiments,Scientific Concepts,Concept Formation,Teaching Methods,Student Attitudes,Elementary School Teachers,Teacher Education

The Environmental Studies curricular area, taught at primary school level in Portugal, is a challenging context for curricular interdisciplinarity and the achievement of small-scale research and creative and innovative experiences, inside and outside the classroom. From that assumption, we present, under the master course of primary teacher training, a pedagogical intervention developed with a class of 1st and 3rd year primary school children. Our research focus was to understand to what extent the realization of experimental activities, in a class with children of different school levels, promotes the learning of science and affects other school skills. In this sense, we built and validated teaching resources whose goal is to promote science learning in the classroom, complementing this formal space with another educational context, a laboratory in a higher education institution in the same city. This study has shown that these teaching resources have provided the capacity to building interdisciplinary skills. Considering the attitudes and the affective component, it seems that this was a significant time in the children's personal and social education process, combined with active learning and socializing. We support the idea that science education in the early years of schooling is promoter of scientific literacy.