ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Personality and Social Problem-Solving: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem
Author: Koruklu, Nermin
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Personality,Self Esteem,Problem Solving,Social Problems,Correlation,Undergraduate Students,Extraversion Introversion,Neurosis,Personality Traits,Measures (Individuals),Questionnaires

The purpose of the present study was to examine direct and indirect relationships among personality, selfesteem and social problem-solving, as well as the mediating role of self-esteem in the link between personality and social problem-solving among Turkish youth. The study utilized a cross-sectional design comprising several self-reports. Data for the present study were collected from 687 undergraduate students. The participants included 428 (66%) females and 220 (34%) males, and their ages ranged from 18 to 35 years, with a mean of 22.46 years (SD = 2.45). Findings illustrated that extraversion, openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness and self-esteem were significantly and positively correlated with social problem-solving, whereas neuroticism showed a negative correlation. Self-esteem is significantly and positively associated with extraversion, openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness and social problem-solving, and it appears to act as a mediator in the relationship between personality and social problem-solving. The findings indicated that personality and selfesteem directly affected social problem-solving, and personality also indirectly affected social problem-solving through self-esteem. In conclusion, personality and self-esteem were found to be significantly related to social problem-solving among Turkish youth.
Investigation of the Relations between Religious Activities and Subjective Well-Being of High School Students
Author: Eryilmaz, Ali
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Religion,Religious Factors,High School Students,Well Being,Adolescents,Life Satisfaction,Affective Behavior,Positive Attitudes,Negative Attitudes,Correlation,Content Analysis,Mixed Methods Research,Student Attitudes,Interviews,Student Characteristics,Likert Scales,Islam,Muslims

This study aims to investigate the relation between participation in religious activities and the subjective wellbeing of high school students. The study group involves 196 participants, 99 female and 97 male; all of the participants were adolescents attending high school in Eskisehir, Turkey, their ages varying from 14 to 16. The measurement scales used in this study included: Satisfaction with Life, Positive-Negative Affect, and Adolescents' Subjective Well-being Increasing Strategies. The Pearson correlation technique and content analysis method were employed. Though in low levels, quantitative findings show a significant relation between life satisfaction, positive affection, and participation in religious activities. However, no such significant relation could be found for negative affection and participation in religious activities. Qualitative findings show high school students have a better subjective well-being when involved in religious activities, ranging from praying alone to going to mosque on holy days, which helps them discharge religious duties, meets the need for building intimacy with someone, gives them sense of security, instills hope in them, fosters good manners in them, makes them feel rewarded, and helps them cope with stress.
The Impact of Education Level and Gender on Job Search Duration in Turkey
Author: Alp, Elcin Aykac
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Attainment,Gender Differences,Job Applicants,Unemployment,Correlation,High School Graduates,Vocational Education,Job Skills,Job Training,College Graduates,Unskilled Workers,Illiteracy,Databases,Statistical Analysis

This study examines the effects of changes in unemployment rates on job search duration based on education level and gender in Turkey. Using monthly data obtained from the Turkish Statistical Institute for the period January 2005 through February 2013, we investigated the relationship between job search behavior and unemployment among participants with different education levels and genders. Results show that, in general, unemployment rate negatively affected the university graduates' probability of finding a job, though male university graduates' probability of finding a job was affected positively from their unemployment rate. High school graduates were affected positively from an increase in the overall unemployment rate, and when females and males were examined separately, the unemployment rate of the each group showed positive effects. Considering that vocational high school graduates obtain the same degree as traditional high school graduates but are taught required skills for specific jobs, our findings differed for this group compared with traditional high school graduates showing similarities with the results for university graduates. For the illiterate group, unemployment rate was positively related to job-seeking behavior; therefore, unskilled workers found jobs easily during high unemployment periods.
21st Century-Based Soft Skills: Spotlight on Non-Cognitive Skills in a Cognitive-Laden Dentistry Program
Author: Quieng, Marjorie C.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Dental Evaluation,Skill Development,Interpersonal Competence,Work Environment,Individual Development,Communication Skills,Interpersonal Relationship,Cooperation,Student Motivation,Critical Thinking,Goal Orientation,Student Attitudes,Self Evaluation (Individuals),Foreign Countries

Teaching and learning in the 21st century aims to produce students proficient in content knowledge, specific abilities, literacy, numeracy, and technology uses. From these 21st century skills, soft skills were delineated from these learning outcomes; and defined as intra- and interpersonal skills vital for personal development, social participation, and workplace success. This study has two goals: to determine the perceived extent of integration of 21st century-based soft skills in the cognitive-laden dentistry curriculum, and to examine the perceived 21st century-based soft skills of the student participants to serve as baseline data for future research. Communication, and relationship and collaboration skills will be critical components to motivate students; in turn, when students are motivated, it will encourage them to think critically and initiate actions toward the achievement of their goals.
Monitoring of Educational Performance Indicators in Higher Education: A Comparison of Perceptions
Author: Sencan, Hüner
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Indicators,Higher Education,Administrators,College Faculty,Administrator Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Public Colleges,Private Colleges,Statistical Significance,Comparative Analysis,Evaluation Methods,Teacher Evaluation,Predictor Variables,Teaching Styles,Instructional Materials,Student Attitudes,Satisfaction,Factor Analysis,Statistical Analysis,Surveys

The purpose of this study is to explore whether there is a statistically significant difference between the ideas of university administrators and faculty members regarding how strictly Educational Performance Indicators for Educators (EPIE) should be monitored in the educational process. The responses of university directors were compared with those of faculty members, and the responses of public universities were compared to those of private universities. Improving the quality of education depends on the performance of teachers. Determining the objective indicators that measure the performance levels of teachers is necessary for maintaining quality assurance. In order for a university to maintain high standards, administrators and faculty members must cooperate with each other. The twelve point EPIE Index used in this study contains three components and nine indicators. No statistically significant relationship was found between the average component scores of university administrators and faculty members, and no statistically significant relationship was found between the average component scores of public and private universities. However, a statistically significant relationship was found between two factors from EPIE's self-appraisal scores. The model and data do not match the conceptual structure of the three components in the EPIE. Thus, further studies and analyses should be conducted. It was found that most faculty members think like academicians from private universities, and most university directors think like academicians from public universities.
In Public Education Expenditures We Trust: Does Trust Increase Support for Public Education Expenditures?
Author: Gur, Nurullah
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Trust (Psychology),Public Policy,Surveys,Expenditures,Public Education,Least Squares Statistics,Social Capital,Taxes,Predictor Variables,Models

Trust is one crucial prerequisite for the welfare state. However, very few empirical studies exist that help us understand the mechanisms through which trust affects the welfare state. Influencing public support for developing friendly public policies might be one of these mechanisms. In this study, we use unique micro data from 34 countries to investigate the relationship between trust and support for public education expenditures. We use the Life in Transition Survey (LiTS) conducted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank in 2010. Our empirical results show that trust has a positive effect on support for public education expenditures. Our results are robust when controlled for various individual characteristics and country fixed effects, tested using OLS and Probit models and different samples. This empirical evidence helps us understand the micro foundations of support for public education expenditures.
Sector-Based Analysis of the Education-Occupation Mismatch in the Turkish Labor Market
Author: Mercan, Murat Anil
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Labor Force,Education Work Relationship,Salary Wage Differentials,Economics,Labor Market,Human Capital,Educational Attainment,Occupational Surveys

The aim of this study was to investigate the existence of sectorial undereducation and overeducation problems in the Turkish labor market. In order to cope with this issue, the 2009 Household Labor Force Survey (TurkStat), which covers 145,934 individuals within 27 sectors, was utilized. An objective measure of education-occupation mismatch based on the mean level of schooling was used as the main tool in the analysis. The results revealed two important points. Firstly, high levels of undereducation and overeducation problems in the sectoral job groups were found. Secondly, the results showed that these problems are not specific to a few sectors, but they are widespread among many sectoral job groups, which has created serious problems for the Turkish economy. Moreover, we employed Oaxaca decomposition to investigate the effects of overeducation and undereducation on wage outcomes, and the findings indicate that education-occupation mismatches in the Turkish labor market are also reflected on such outcomes. Finally, the Turkish labor market penalizes workers who acquire less education than the adequate level to perform their jobs, whereas it rewards the workers who obtain more education than the adequate level, but not to a considerable extent.
Relation between Video Game Addiction and Interfamily Relationships on Primary School Students
Author: Zorbaz, Selen Demirtas
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Addictive Behavior,Family Relationship,Elementary School Students,Grade Point Average,Predictor Variables,Video Games,Grade 4,Grade 6,Grade 5,Statistical Analysis,Regression (Statistics),Time,Gender Differences,Foreign Countries,Student Surveys

This study seeks to analyze whether or not the following three variables of &quot;Discouraging Family Relations,&quot; &quot;Supportive Family Relations,&quot; &quot;Total Time Spent on the Computer,&quot; and &quot;Grade Point Average (GPA)&quot; predict elementary school students' video game addiction rates, and whether or not there exists a meaningful difference in students' video game addiction rates based on gender or on parents' levels of education. Being a descriptive survey model, the study group consists of 396 4th and 6th grade primary school students. The following scales, prepared by the researchers, were used to gather data for this study: The Scale of Game Addiction for Children (SGAC), The Family Relationship Scale for Children (FRSC), and the Personal Information Form (PIF). The data gathered from the study were analyzed by using stepwise regression, one-way variance analysis, and independent sample t-test in SPSS. According to the findings of the study, while the variables &quot;Discouraging Family Relations,&quot; &quot;Time Spent on the Computer,&quot; and &quot;GPA&quot; predict 4th and 5th grade students' video game addiction rates in a meaningful way, the variable &quot;Supportive Family Relations&quot; does not. Moreover, it was seen that male students' video game addiction rates were higher than those of female students. The results of a oneway variance analysis show that there is no meaningful difference in students' video game addiction rates based on parents' levels of education. The findings were discussed under the light of the literature and suggestions and limitations discussed.
The Effect of Job Resources on Work Engagement: A Study on Academicians in Turkey
Author: Altunel, Mustafa C.
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Online Surveys,College Faculty,Factor Analysis,Work Ethic,Work Environment,Resources,Structural Equation Models,Professional Autonomy,Social Support Groups,Coaching (Performance),Individual Development,Relevance (Education),Teacher Attitudes,Correlation,Job Satisfaction

Conducting research and publishing these research papers in academic journals is an accepted norm in the academic world. Previous studies prove that work engagement is a significant predictor of performance. Herein, the relationship between work engagement, which is assumed as a substitute for performance, and job resources is examined. At least one university from each Turkish city was selected and academicians of those universities were sent a 20-item survey online. Four hundred and twenty two academicians were tested using the convenience sampling method. Job resources were subject to second-order confirmatory factor analysis. Furthermore, both for job resources and work engagement, discriminant validity, convergent validity, and composite reliability tests were conducted. The results were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results indicate that job resources (autonomy, social support, coaching, opportunity for personal development, and task significance) need to be enhanced to develop work engagement by Turkish academicians.
Effectiveness of Teaching Naming Facial Expression to Children with Autism via Video Modeling
Author: Akmanoglu, Nurgul
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Nonverbal Communication,Autism,Emotional Response,Generalization,Simulation,Models,Instructional Effectiveness,Children,Clinical Diagnosis,Video Technology,Naming,Skill Development,Student Attitudes,Graduate Students,Mother Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Teaching Methods,Validity,Maintenance,Foreign Countries

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of teaching naming emotional facial expression via video modeling to children with autism. Teaching the naming of emotions (happy, sad, scared, disgusted, surprised, feeling physical pain, and bored) was made by creating situations that lead to the emergence of facial expressions to children participating in the study. A multiple probe design with probe trails across behaviors was used and replicated across subjects. Four subjects diagnosed with autism (ages 4,5, and 6) participated in the study. Ten people participated in the research study: eight people for the video modeling display and two for displaying the emotional facial expressions in the teaching and generalization sessions. The findings of the study show that teaching the naming of emotional facial expressions to children with autism is effective, and after the end of training the children can still maintain this ability. In addition, subjects can generalize their acquired skills from a variety of simulation situations created by different materials in different environments, both with persons who participated in this model and those who did not. Social validity findings show that the children's mothers and teachers and post-graduate students have positive opinions about the study.
Problem Based Learning and Authentic Assessment in Digital Pedagogy: Embracing the Role of Collaborative Communities
Author: Barber, Wendy
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Problem Based Learning,Cooperative Learning,Online Courses,Communities of Practice,Role,Evaluation Methods,Student Evaluation,Qualitative Research,Teaching Methods,Learner Engagement,Student Motivation,Peer Evaluation,Self Evaluation (Individuals),Educational Innovation,Creativity,Computer Mediated Communication,Peer Relationship,Ownership,Personal Autonomy,Teacher Role,Student Role,Undergraduate Students,Video Technology,Student Attitudes,College Faculty,Diaries,Graduate Students

The purpose of this paper is to qualitatively examine the relationship between problem based learning, authentic assessment and the role of community in fostering learning in digital contexts. The authors used &quot;Digital Moments&quot; to create a meaningful learning environment and build the online class community. They then collaboratively developed assessment strategies and tools with students following problem-based learning methodologies. Given that the pace of information is rapid and changing, the authors argue that online learning must occur in a context that embraces these three concepts: 1. Students must be empowered through PBL to choose real world tasks to demonstrate their knowledge, 2. Students are allowed to choose the modality to represent that knowledge and participate in designing the tools for assessing that knowledge and 3. They do so in a supportive online community built through the sharing of Digital Moments. The paper chronicles the interconnection between problem based learning, authentic real world assessment tasks and a supportive online community. This resulted in developing learner autonomy, improving student engagement and motivation, greater use of meaningful self and peer assessments and shared development of collective knowledge. Further to this, it builds a foundation from which authentic assessment, student ownership of learning and peer support can occur in an ongoing way as learners make the important shifts in power to owning their learning and becoming problem-based inquirers in future courses. As a result, in order to fully embrace the online learning environment, we cannot limit ourselves to simple text based measures of student achievement. Stepping into this brave new world requires innovation, creativity and tenacity, and the courage to accept that as the nature of knowledge has evolved in the digital landscape, so must our means of assessing it.
Learning via Game Design: From Digital to Card Games and Back Again
Author: Marchetti, Emanuela
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Elementary School Students,Video Games,Computer Games,Creativity,Student Participation,Games,College Students,Computer Simulation,Urban Renewal,Numbers,Mathematics Instruction,Case Studies,Workshops

In this paper we consider the problem of making design of digital games accessible to primary school children and their teachers, and we argue for the need of digital games that are easy to alter by young learners. We know from previous research projects that digital games do not enable children to express their creativity at full, in contrast with lowfidelity prototypes and non-digital toys (such as card or table top games). Therefore, we propose here a novel approach that serves as a middle ground between digital and traditional table top games, and grants children more freedom to express themselves, articulate their understanding and difficulties both individually and socially. This approach, called cardbased model for digital game design, is an alternative to the current trend of associating programming with digital creativity. A preliminary study was conducted by transposing a digital game into a trading card game, to investigate the potential of the approach: as expected, students participating to the study shifted between playing and design thinking. The card-based model introduced in this paper works full circle: it enables learners to go from digital games to cards and back. In fact, the card-centric game architecture that resulted from the study allows a digital game to be reified as trading card-game, so that learners can re-design and digitize it to obtain a new a digital game, without programming. The next step is to involve primary schools in more complete evaluations of our new game development approach.
Effects of Female Education on Economic Growth: A Cross Country Empirical Study
Author: Oztunc, Hakan
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Womens Education,Economic Development,Correlation,Foreign Countries,Living Standards,Economic Factors,Literacy,Birth Rate,Labor Force,Employed Women,Enrollment,Elementary Schools,Income,Models,Predictor Variables,Regression (Statistics)

This study examines the extent to which women's education affects long-term economic growth in the Asia Pacific region. It focuses on the time period between 1990 and 2010, using data collected in randomly selected Asia Pacific countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. In addition, it emphasizes the impact of female education on economic growth as measured by GDP, literacy, fertility, and the female labor force. Using panel regression analysis, it is found that the fertility rate, female labor force participation rate and female primary school enrollment are significant factors for annual per capita income growth.
A New Knowledge Society Index: Global Tendencies and an Analysis of Turkey
Author: Demir, Oguz
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Knowledge Management,Social Environment,Knowledge Economy,Predictor Variables,Economic Development,Social Indicators

Numerous studies have examined the growth rate and the level of development of countries. According to economy, sociology, and even history, it can be easily observed that knowledge is one of the most important indicators for countries to achieve sustainable growth and development. Education is seen as the main input for a society to be considered a &quot;knowledge society,&quot; and the aim of this study is to investigate this multidimensional character of education. In the scope of the study, United Nations Public Administration Network (UNPAN)'s Knowledge Society Index is reviewed and recalculated with respect to different variables to understand the significance of being a knowledge society for the economic growth of a country. Regarding this recalculation, another important aim of the study is to rank Turkey in the recalculated index and try to expose reasons for its actual situation. In this context, Turkey's strengths and weaknesses are set out. In conclusion, in accordance with the determinations, policy recommendations to authorities are also included.