ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Promising Practice of Technology Integration in Math and Science Instruction: A Case of California Charter High School
Author: Ojose, Bobby
Date: 2009-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Charter Schools,High Schools,Mathematics Instruction,Science Instruction,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Qualitative Research,Case Studies,Educational Practices,Outcomes of Education,Academic Achievement,Standardized Tests,Scores,Student Motivation,Grade Point Average,Behavior Problems,Attendance,Technology Integration,Achievement Gains,Data Collection,Interviews,Archives,Observation,Educational Benefits,Problem Solving

This study was conducted to examine the promising practice of using technology in teaching math and science in a charter high school in California. The research employed an in-depth qualitative case study method. The main participants were principals, lead teachers, teachers, and support staff. Interviews, observations, and archival documents were the main data collection tools. The study found that the practice of using technology in teaching by the school, Center for Advanced Research and Technology (CART), has lead to positive educational outcomes. These include increased student achievement in standardized test scores, increased motivation, growth in mean GPA, less behavior problems from students, and improved school attendance by students. Implications for policy and practice were discussed.
Methods of Upper Body Training to Increase Overhand Throwing Power
Author: McDaniel, Larry W.
Date: 2009-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Psychomotor Skills,Physical Activities,Human Body,Training,Muscular Strength,Physiology,Physical Education

Those who have taught motor skills would most likely agree that the overhand throw may be the most difficult skill for students to master and for instructors or coaches to teach. The timing involved when generating power to performing the overhand throw begins in the toes/feet and moves up the leg, hip, thorax (core muscles), arm, and ends in the finger tips. The overhand throw requires the coordination of almost all of the joints in the human body. Another consideration related to the complexity of the overhand throw is that the dominant or throwing side of the body is performing almost a completely opposite movement than the non-throwing side. The overhand throw is analyzed joint by joint followed by methods of increasing power and strength in each area beginning with the fingers and ending in the muscles of the body's core. This paper provides information that suggests various methods of training for increasing power in the overhand throw by developing the core and upper body muscles. Often the overhand throw is performed without the assistance of force generated in the lower body. The focus of this paper is directed towards developing upper body strength to compensate for situations where the lower body is in a situation where it cannot contribution in the processes of developing force in the overhand throw.
Cultivation of Science Teachers' Information Literacy in China
Author: Sun, Haibin
Date: 2009-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Science Teachers,Information Literacy,Science Instruction,Constructivism (Learning),Technology Integration,Internet,Information Sources,Information Technology,Computer Uses in Education

In the paper, we focus on the information literacy of science teachers in China. Information literacy encompasses knowledge of one's information concerns and needs, and the ability to identify, locate, evaluate, organize and effectively create, use and communicate information. Science teachers should have information literacy which is a basic capability to carry out their everyday teaching lives. Science teachers should be sensitive to information resources in daily life, reinforce technology skills and integrate information technology with their instruction, and learn how to make use of WWW resources in their classroom. Constructivism theory can help teachers better integrate information technology with science education and promote instructional quality of teaching.
Evaluation from Students--A Case Study in Construction Engineering Technology of YAU
Author: Chen, Liping
Date: 2009-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Engineering Education,Construction (Process),Case Studies,Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance,Feedback (Response),Teacher Effectiveness,College Students,College Faculty,Teaching Methods

This paper not only aims to present the feedback received from the students, but also evaluate the feedback by reviewing the teaching practice. It analyses the teacher should be aware of the importance that feedback, both to and from the students, has upon the teaching and learning process. Through a case study about the feedback from the students in Construction Engineering Technology of YAU, the author gives some suggestions on the teaching that the teacher's reflective evaluation can refine the teaching and help them to be better teachers. The teacher may incorporate feedback into practice, which teachers, like students, can benefits from assessment and evaluation of their own work or practice.
Higher Education Research Methodology-Literature Method
Author: Lin, Guijuan
Date: 2009-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Higher Education,Research Methodology,Educational Research,Literature Reviews,Selection

Starting by a brief introduction of literature method, this paper raises the question of how to choose representative research literatures. For this question, Professor Hongcai Wang points out the root of this problem and the strategies to resolve it and provides the ways to choose representative literatures. Through analyzing and summarizing, this paper comes to a conclusion of &quot;how to choose representative research literature&quot;.
Cassirer's View of Language
Author: Shen, Ying
Date: 2009-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Philosophy,Misconceptions,Art,Cultural Influences,Figurative Language,Literary Devices,Language Attitudes

Myth is the breakthrough point of [Ernest] Cassirer's philosophy; Art is one of key words to understand his defined language; and Symbolism infiltrates into all aspects of human cultures especially language. The shift of Cassirer from great theories of science and philosophy to the world of art, language, myth, and culture mirrors his bold and imaginative analyses of human culture and language.
Applying SF-Based Genre Approaches to English Writing Class
Author: Wu, Yan
Date: 2009-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing Instruction,English (Second Language),Linguistics,Teaching Methods,College Second Language Programs,Literary Genres

By exploring genre approaches in systemic functional linguistics and examining the analytic tools that can be applied to the process of English learning and teaching, this paper seeks to find a way of applying genre approaches to English writing class.
Project Based Learning (PjBL) Practices at Politeknik Kota Bharu, Malaysia
Author: Rahman, Md. Baharuddin Haji Abdul
Date: 2009-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Active Learning,Student Projects,Engineering Education,College Students,Metacognition,Student Motivation,Self Control,Self Esteem,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving,Instructional Effectiveness,College Instruction

This study explores the utilization of Project-based Learning module in the subject of project development for the Mechanical Engineering students at Politeknik Kota Bharu. This study focuses on the development of the PjBL module based on socio-constructivist approach. The objective of this study is to explore the influence of the utilization of the PjBL module on students' meta-cognition, motivation and self regulation. Result shows that the overall engineering students reported higher level of motivation, self confidence and self regulation throughout the process. The PjBL also enhances the cognitive and critical thinking in engineering problem solving among students. The use of PjBL module enables students to plan their project easily, work collaboratively with peers with minimal supervision from supervisors or lecturers and successfully complete their project on time. The positive feedback from this study may be used by management to further apply this PjBL concept across disciplines and departments.
Practice and Cognition to Strengthen College Students' Moral Education
Author: Ren, Wanbin
Date: 2009-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Ethical Instruction,College Students,Ideology,Ethics

College students' ideological morality always is the hotspot concerned by various circles of the society, and to strengthen and improve the ideological and moral education in colleges, continually enhance the pertinence and actual effect of the moral education, help college students to dissolve their worldly confusion in moral culture, further enhance their moral level and make them become eligible socialism successors with cultures and morality, needs mutual endeavors from society, colleges, families and students themselves.
On the Economic Approach to Bilingual Education in China
Author: Xiong, Zhiwei
Date: 2009-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Bilingual Education,Global Approach,Economics,Problems,Bilingualism,English (Second Language),Chinese

In the process of globalization, each country culture retains an independence from the others besides in reality a fusion of several cultures. Bilingual education as an effective means and intangible resource, which have long been neglected, will play an important part in social and economic development in China. Bilingual education, in this method of language instruction, the regular school curriculum is taught through the medium of a foreign/second language. The foreign/second language is the vehicle for content instruction. The subject of the instruction is to make students master language as well as subject knowledge. This thesis attempts to expound the necessity of the implementation of bilingual education in China in the process of globalization. Bilingual education is mot a unitary language phenomenon and usually displays an essentially economic concern for the languages to be used. Hence, economics can be of service and offer insights and information in the study of language issues that other approaches do not provide so far. Besides, the problems in China's bilingual education are analyzed, followed by a list of suggestions for reference, however, due to a variety of reasons, there still exist several drawbacks like lack of linear research and whatnot. Those are to be dealt with in further researches.
The Struggles of Reluctant Workplace Bloggers
Author: Shafie, Latisha Asmaak
Date: 2009-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Electronic Publishing,Diaries,College Faculty,Interviews,Resistance (Psychology),Foreign Countries,Language Teachers,English (Second Language),Web Sites,Teacher Collaboration,Teacher Participation,Time,Familiarity,Internet,Computer Literacy,Communication Strategies,Risk,Interests

Blogs act as knowledge repositories and personalize knowledge management within learning organizations.These knowledge repositories allow capturing and disseminating tacit knowledge which improve task implementations. However, workplace blogging is not popular among academicians as there are not many academicians blog about their working experiences. Thus, this study investigates the causes of workplace blogging resistance among four language lecturers at a local university in Malaysia. Interviews were conducted to identify the arguments over the resistance of workplace blogging .The findings of the study suggest several suggestions to overcome the resistance of workplace blogging.
Cooperative Principle in Oral English Teaching
Author: Zhou, Mai
Date: 2009-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,English (Second Language),Oral Language,Speech Communication,Second Language Instruction,Cooperation,Correlation,Language Skills,Teacher Student Relationship,Interaction,Foreign Countries,College Students

The Cooperative Principle by American linguist Grice is one of the major principles guiding people's communication. Observing the Cooperative Principle will be helpful for people to improve the flexibility and accuracy of language communication. The ultimate aim of spoken English teaching is to develop students' communicative competence. Therefore, it is significant to apply the Cooperative Principle to oral English teaching. This paper tries to prove the applicability of Cooperative Principle in spoken English teaching.
Internationalization of Higher Education in China: Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools and the Introduction of High-Quality Foreign Educational Resources
Author: Tan, Zhen
Date: 2009-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Global Approach,Educational Resources,Educational Quality,Educational Change,Educational Cooperation,Motivation,Technology Transfer,Adoption (Ideas),Educational Practices

With the acceleration of the internationalization process of higher education in China, the Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools (CFCRS) has been developing at an expeditious pace nowadays. It positively enhances the internationalization process of Chinese higher education and greatly contributes to providing the society with talents. However, the existence of lacking real practical experience in CFCRS greatly undermines introducing high-quality foreign educational resources and personnel; and this does not comply with the idea of CFCRS, which is introducing high-quality foreign educational resources and personnel. This paper deals with the research of CFCRS firstly, followed by the definition and concepts of CFCRS and educational resources. The motive of introducing high-quality foreign educational resources and personnel is annalyzed and the quality of the introduced foreign educational resources and personnel is evaluated, which will assist the improvements and benefit the internationalization of Chinese higher education.
Helping Students Overcome Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety in the English Classroom: Theoretical Issues and Practical Recommendations
Author: Tsiplakides, Iakovos
Date: 2009-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Anxiety,Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,Qualitative Research,Case Studies,Student Characteristics,Speech Communication,Intervention,Elementary Secondary Education,Public Education,Early Adolescents,Middle School Students,Semi Structured Interviews,Group Discussion,Observation,Student Attitudes,Classroom Environment,Teacher Student Relationship,Program Effectiveness

Despite the fact that foreign language speaking anxiety is a common phenomenon in the teaching of English as a foreign language in Greece, teachers do not always identify anxious students, and often attribute their unwillingness to participate in speaking tasks to factors such as lack of motivation, or low performance. This article aims to contribute to the literature on language anxiety and to provide teachers with strategies for reducing foreign language speaking anxiety stemming from students' fear of negative evaluation from their peers and perception of low ability. Using qualitative research, it presents a classroom-based case study which aims at examining the characteristics of anxious students with a view to implementing classroom interventions to reduce foreign language speaking anxiety. The effectiveness of these interventions is also presented and evaluated, and the pedagogical implications of the findings are discussed.
An Evaluation System for the Online Training Programs in Meteorology and Hydrology
Author: Wang, Yong
Date: 2009-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Online Courses,Program Evaluation,Meteorology,Water Quality,Models,Program Effectiveness,Foreign Countries,Educational Improvement

This paper studies the current evaluation system for the online training program in meteorology and hydrology. CIPP model that includes context evaluation, input evaluation, process evaluation and product evaluation differs from Kirkpatrick model including reactions evaluation, learning evaluation, transfer evaluation and results evaluation in that the subject of evaluation is different. We take the advantages of the CIPP model and Kirkpatrick model in constructing an evaluation system for online training programs in meteorology and hydrology held by the WMO Regional Training Centre Nanjing, China so as to improve the effectiveness of the training programs and meet the demand of the national meteorological and hydrological services.
Undergraduate Internship Attachment in Accounting: The Interns Perspective
Author: Muhamad, Rusnah
Date: 2009-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Internship Programs,Undergraduate Students,Accounting,Expectation,Participant Satisfaction,Educational Benefits,Transitional Programs,Questionnaires,Program Effectiveness,Program Evaluation,Foreign Countries

Increasingly, internship has become an essential component of the undergraduate programme. It provides students with a smooth transition from the on-campus environment to the working environment. It is often viewed as a &quot;win-win&quot; situation for both the intern and the intern's employers. Students are able to learn about the profession and gain practical experience while simultaneously being able to reflect on what they have learned in the classroom. Employers benefit from internships as interns are sources of future employees. This paper examines whether the expected benefits of internship, as perceived by interns before going for their internship, are actually achieved.
Leadership Characteristics of an Excellent Principal in Malaysia
Author: Fook, Chan Yuen
Date: 2009-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Leadership Styles,Administrator Characteristics,Administrator Effectiveness,Principals,Instructional Leadership,Educational Strategies,Foreign Countries,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Secondary Schools,Observation,Interviews,Administrator Attitudes

Excellent principals are sense makers of schools that help create a sustainable school climate that will enhance students' and teachers' productivity. Hence they are not only the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) but also the instructional leaders and motivators for their teams. In exploring the leadership characteristics of an excellent school principal in Malaysia, findings indicated that the principal demonstrated characteristics outlined by literature and used a variety of educational strategies and situational leadership styles. Nevertheless some felt that the principal was too ambitious, result oriented, and had little time for teachers and students.
Teacher Effectiveness Examined as a System: Interpretive Structural Modeling and Facilitation Sessions with U.S. and Japanese Students
Author: Georgakopoulos, Alexia
Date: 2009-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Effectiveness,Qualitative Research,Structural Equation Models,Confucianism,Systems Approach,Teacher Behavior,Teacher Characteristics,Cross Cultural Studies,Knowledge Base for Teaching,Intercultural Communication,Power Structure,Teacher Student Relationship,Faculty Development,Cultural Differences,Cultural Influences,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Nonverbal Communication,Asians,College Students,College Faculty,Foreign Students,Workshops

This study challenges narrow definitions of teacher effectiveness and uses a systems approach to investigate teacher effectiveness as a multi-dimensional, holistic phenomenon. The methods of Nominal Group Technique and Interpretive Structural Modeling were used to assist U.S. and Japanese students separately construct influence structures during facilitation sessions. The influence structures represent maps for understanding teacher effectiveness as a system. The influence maps indicate that there are a number of teacher behaviors and characteristics that promote, support and influence one another within the overall system; however, the plurality of teacher elements, which are structured with priority, concerns teacher knowledge characteristics and verbal teacher immediacy behaviors for both cultural groups. The findings of the study were explored from thematic perspectives in intercultural communication such as power distance, identity and contact orientation. Given the qualitative nature of the study, participants' own theories-in-use were important in the study. Also, Confucianism principles were significant in the Japanese assessment of teacher effectiveness. The study has implications for professors across fields since the majority of professors are educators who have not been formally trained in the education field. The study points to the importance of ongoing faculty development in teacher effectiveness.
Construction and Practice of the New Business Specialty Talent Cultivation Mode
Author: Xiao, Xiaokong
Date: 2009-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Talent Development,Vocational Education,Business Administration Education,Educational Innovation,Educational Change,Learning Modules,Teaching Methods,Student Evaluation,Writing Evaluation,Foreign Countries

The vocational education of business should actively adapt the demands of the domestic and foreign business development to cultivate high-quality applicable talents with international knowledge. The traditional business specialty teaching and the talent cultivation mode have not followed the domestic and foreign market demands, and are difficult to fulfill the requirements of multiple business posts in domestic and foreign enterprises, and the only way is to reform. In this article, the target of &quot;three innovations and one construction&quot; about the higher vocational business specialty teaching reform and the talent cultivation mode are proposed, i.e. actualizing the professional teaching innovation of &quot;skills + arts&quot;, the teacher construction innovation of &quot;double teachers + famous teachers&quot; and the fortune ability innovation of &quot;employment + self-employment&quot;, and aiming at these targets, deepening the cognition and practice of the reform, exploring and constructing the higher vocational Business Specialty Talent Cultivation system with demonstrative effect, strong pertinence and implementation feature, and realizing the objective to strengthen the professional education and serve for the economic and social developments.
Study on the Higher Vocational Mode Combining Production with Learning and Research Based on AHP
Author: Li, Yanming
Date: 2009-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Statistical Analysis,Qualitative Research,Vocational Education,Educational Methods,Educational Benefits,Outcomes of Education,Productivity,Learning,Research,Role of Education,Rating Scales,Higher Education

In this article, we applied the AHP method with quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis to analyze three sorts of basic educational mode combining production with learning and research, i.e. the automated instruction, the mode combining production and learning, and the integration combining production with learning and research, and obtained that the educational mode combining production with learning and research was the optimal mode to realize the value of the higher vocational education.