ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Implementation of Open-Inquiry Approach to Improve Students&apos; Learning Activities, Responses, and Mathematical Creative Thinking Skills
Author: Kadir
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Learning Activities,Creative Thinking,Thinking Skills,Foreign Countries,Mathematics Instruction,Problem Solving,Junior High School Students,Inquiry,Action Research,Observation,Achievement Tests,Secondary School Students,International Assessment,Interviews

This study aims to reveal the improvement of the students' learning activities, responses, and mathematical creative thinking skills (MCTS) through open-inquiry approach (OIA). Other relevant studies in mathematics learning tend to focus on guided inquiry, and especially in Indonesia, OIA is still less applied. This study is conducted at State Junior High School in Indonesia. The method used in this study is Classroom Action Research (CAR) consists of four stages: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. Data is collected through observation, journal reviews, interview, and test. The result of the study shows that the implementation of OIA enhances the students' MCTS. It is shown by the improvement of the average of students' score from 73.05 in the first cycle to 78.95 in the second cycle. The increasing of MCTS includes some aspects: fluency, flexibility, and originality. The result also shows that in general, the students give positive response and engage well in learning activities with OIA. It can be concluded that the implementation of OIA enhances learning activities, gives positive response towards mathematics, and improves students' creative thinking skills.
The Development of the Global Citizenship Inventory for Adolescents
Author: Van Gent, Marije
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Citizenship,Global Approach,Measures (Individuals),Adolescents,Factor Analysis,Energy Conservation,Water,Recycling,Wastes,Volunteers,Private Financial Support,Interviews,Questionnaires,Social Responsibility,Social Problems,Vocational Education,Focus Groups,Foreign Countries,Validity,Prosocial Behavior,Statistical Analysis,Qualitative Research

In this paper we report on the development of an inventory that measures global citizenship among adolescents. The methodology used consists of cognitive interviews for questionnaire design and explorative and confirmatory factor analyses among several datasets. The resulting Global Citizenship Inventory (GCI) includes a global citizenship behaviour index and three scales measuring principles underlying global citizenship: human equality, mutual dependency in the world, and the shared responsibility for solving global issues. The behaviour index measures behaviour connected to efficient use of energy and water, mobility, recycling and handling waste, search for information and expressing an opinion on global issues, donating to charity, and volunteering. The results provide support for our theoretical constructs regarding global citizenship.
Improving Mathematical Problem-Solving Ability and Self-Confidence of High School Students through Contextual Learning Model
Author: Surya, Edy
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Instruction,Problem Solving,Self Esteem,Correlation,Quasiexperimental Design,Statistical Analysis,Teaching Methods,Mathematics Skills,Foreign Countries,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Comparative Analysis,Secondary School Students,Pretests Posttests

The purposes of this study are: (1) to know if students' mathematical problem-solving ability taught by contextual learning model is higher than students taught by expository learning, (2) to know if students' self-confidence taught by contextual learning model is higher than students taught by expository learning, (3) to know if there is interaction between learning model and students' early mathematical ability to improve students' mathematical problem-solving ability, (4) to know if there is interaction between learning model and students' early mathematical to improve students' self-confidence. This study is a quasi-experimental research. The population in this study consists of 180 students in grade VIII SMP Muhammadiyah 11 Pangkalan Brandan. Two classes (60 students) are taken as sample. Data were analyzed by two way Anova. The results of this study indicate that (1) students' capability of solving mathematical problems taught with contextual learning model is higher than students taught by expository, (2) students' self-confidence taught by contextual learning model is higher than students taught by expository, (3) there is interaction between learning model and students' early mathematical ability to improve students' mathematical problem-solving ability, (4) there is interaction between learning model and students' early mathematical to improve students' self-confidence.
Geogebra Applets Design and Development for Junior High School Students to Learn Quadrilateral Mathematics Concepts
Author: Nisiyatussani
Date: 2018-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Junior High School Students,Secondary School Mathematics,Geographic Concepts,Computer Oriented Programs,Computer Software,Curriculum Design,Mathematics Curriculum,National Curriculum,Alignment (Education),Research and Development,Needs Assessment,Expertise,Field Tests,Grade 8,User Needs (Information),Student Needs,Models,Questionnaires

This design and development research was motivated by the rapid expansion and use of GeoGebra by mathematics educators (teachers and lecturers) in Indonesia. One of GeoGebra features is GeoGebra Applet that can be used, modified, and/or developed by educators for dynamic and interactive mathematics teaching and learning. At the time of research project, there is no GeoGebra Applets closely linked and aligned to the Indonesia national curriculum. The availability would be benefit for mathematics teaching and learning aligned to this curriculum. This research proceeds through seven steps of the Need, Capability, and Analysis (NCA) Model of Design and Development: 1) User Need Analysis; 2) Researcher as Developer Capability; 3) GeoGebra Applets Design; 4) GeoGebra Applets Development; 5) Experts Judgements; 6) Field testing in its Natural Setting Environment; and 7) the Prototype. The field testing was conducted with 8th grade students in a junior high school. The field testing shows that the developed Quadrilateral GeoGebra Applets can work as expected in its purposed natural setting environment.
World Knowledge and Global Citizenship: Factual and Perceived World Knowledge as Predictors of Global Citizenship Identification
Author: Reysen, Stephen
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cultural Awareness,Prediction,Global Approach,Citizenship,Identification (Psychology),Prosocial Behavior,Values,Empathy,Intergroup Relations,Cultural Pluralism,Knowledge Level,World Affairs,Undergraduate Students,Student Attitudes,Multiple Choice Tests,Statistical Analysis,Multivariate Analysis,Path Analysis

We examine the influence of factual and perceived world knowledge on global citizenship identification. Perceived world knowledge directly predicted global citizenship identification, while factual world knowledge did not (Study 1). Students' factual (Study 1) and perceived (Study 2) world knowledge predicted students' normative environment (degree that valued others prescribe being a global citizen) and global awareness (perceived knowledge of the world and one's connection to the world), which then predicted global citizenship identification, and identification with global citizens predicted endorsement of pro-social values and behaviours (e.g., intergroup empathy, valuing diversity). Overall, the results highlight the indirect influence of factual and direct influence of perceived world knowledge on students' felt connection with global citizens.
Improving Mathematics Achievement of Indonesian 5th Grade Students through Guided Discovery Learning
Author: Yurniwati
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Mathematics Achievement,Elementary School Mathematics,Elementary School Students,Grade 5,Discovery Learning,Student Improvement,Action Research,Learning Processes,Check Lists,Statistical Analysis,Mathematics Skills,Instructional Effectiveness,Outcomes of Education

This research aims to find information about the improvement of mathematics achievement of grade five student through guided discovery learning. This research method is classroom action research using Kemmis and Taggart model consists of three cycles. Data used in this study is learning process and learning results. Learning process data is obtained by check list and is descriptive analyzed. Learning results data is obtained by conducting test and is analyzed by simple statistics. The result shows that student's ability of observation, discussion and knowledge acquisition are improved with guided discovery learning. Hence, guided discovery learning improves students' mathematics learning outcomes.
Using Bayesian Networks to Understand Relationships among Math Anxiety, Genders, Personality Types, and Study Habits at a University in Jordan
Author: Smail, Linda
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bayesian Statistics,Study Habits,Personality Traits,Mathematics Anxiety,Mathematics Instruction,Gender Differences,Foreign Countries,Cognitive Style,Correlation,Personality Measures,Rating Scales,Undergraduate Students,International Education,Statistical Analysis

Mathematics is the foundation of all sciences, but most students have problems learning math. Although students' success in life related to their success in learning, many would not take a math course unless it is their university's core requirements. Multiple reasons exist for students' poor performance in mathematics, but one prevalent variable worth consideration is the personality type. This work seeks to uncover relationships, if any, between students' math anxiety and the students' learning type in learning math and preparing for exams and tests. We use Bayesian networks to link those different variables and detect possible relationships among these variables. The data was obtained from population of 468 students during spring in 2009 at a U.S. institution in Jordan. Not many researches have been performed in the area of math study and personality types so we undertook this study to add to this area of knowledge. The study reveals that math anxiety related to gender, personality type, and study habits among this group of university students.
Metaphorical Thinking Learning and Junior High School Teachers&apos; Mathematical Questioning Ability
Author: Hendriana, Heris
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Figurative Language,Thinking Skills,Secondary School Teachers,Junior High Schools,Mathematics Teachers,Mathematics Skills,Questioning Techniques,Teaching Methods,Conventional Instruction,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Learning Processes,Statistical Analysis,Pretests Posttests

This control-group posttest-only experimental design study aims to investigate the role of learning that teaches metaphorical thinking in mathematical questioning ability of junior high school teachers. The population of this study was mathematics junior high school teachers in West Java province. The samples were 82 mathematics junior high school teachers selected using random purposive sampling for experimental class and control class. It was concluded that: 1) the teacher's mathematical questioning ability who received metaphorical thinking learning is better than those who received conventional learning; 2) learning factors and KAM (&quot;Kemampuan Awal Matematis&quot; = Prior Mathematical Ability) affect the achievement of teachers' mathematical questioning ability; there is an interaction effect between learning and KAM in developing teachers' mathematical questioning ability; 4) teachers' mathematical questioning ability does not reach optimal for submitting non-routine and open-ended questions indicator.
Learning about the Effects of Development Education Programmes: Strengthening Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation (PME) through Reflective Practice
Author: Van Ongevalle, Jan
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Development,Teaching Methods,Reflection,Foreign Countries,Action Research,Program Implementation,Pilot Projects,Global Approach,Focus Groups,Nongovernmental Organizations,Intervention,Questionnaires

This article reports on the results of an action research project (2010-13) in which ten Belgian organizations who implement development education programmes explored different planning, monitoring, and evaluation (PME) approaches with the aim of learning more effectively about their results. PME approaches piloted included outcome mapping, most significant change, and scoring tools. This article seeks to further the debate about the implications of the complexity of development education programmes for their PME. Such debate is needed in view of a growing call for results-based management of externally funded development education programmes. Based on the literature from the fields of international development cooperation and development education, and supported by our study results, we argue that there is a need for alternative results-based management approaches that promote learning and help actors involved in development education deal with unpredictability and non-linearity.
The Development of a Student Survey on Attitudes towards Mathematics Teaching-Learning Processes
Author: Mutohir, Toho Cholik
Date: 2018-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Mathematics Instruction,Foreign Countries,Problem Solving,Correlation,Statistical Analysis,Attitude Measures,Mathematics,Mathematics Anxiety,Anxiety,Rating Scales,Pilot Projects,Junior High School Students,Grade 7,Grade 8,Grade 9,Factor Analysis,Mathematics Achievement,Item Analysis

This study aimed to develop a survey instrument to measure student attitudes towards mathematics teaching-learning processes that is appropriate for the Indonesian context. This study consisted of two phases: Phase 1 (n = 320) was a pilot study to assess the suitability of the instrument items for Indonesian students. Phase 2 (n = 1001) was conducted to examine the construct validity of the instrument. The data collected from Phase 1 were analysed using descriptive statistics (i.e., frequency counts, simple correlation, and one-way ANOVA for item analysis). Factor analysis was utilised to select items and for scale construction. The result of the screening process (44 items) was piloted to assess its reliability and validity. The instrument, consisting of 22 items, is a reliable and valid rating scale that measures three distinct factors: Teacher Presentation, Mathematics Interest, and Mathematics Value. The data from Phase 2 were analysed by employing confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the results confirmed that the three factors identified in the previous factor analysis underlie the student attitudes instrument.
Ethnomathematics in Perspective of Sundanese Culture
Author: Abdullah, Atje Setiawan
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Ethnology,Ethnography,Mathematics Education,Rural Population,Measurement,Mathematical Models,Symbols (Mathematics),Computation,Foreign Countries

This study is an exploratory research aims to find and know about a phenomenon by exploration. Therefore, the approach used in this study is ethnographic approach, an empirical and theoretical approach to get description and deep analysis about a culture based on field study. From the sustainable interviews and confirmation about field research with some community leaders in Cipatujah district, Tasikmalaya regency and in Santolo Pameungpeuk beach, Garut regency; it is found that Ethnomathematics is still widely used by Sundanese people especially in rural areas: the use of measurement units, mathematical modeling, and the use of clock symbols. The results of this study can be useful for Sundanese people and the government of West Java in education, cultural services, and tourism.
The Effect of Brain Based Learning on Second Grade Junior Students&apos; Mathematics Conceptual Understanding on Polyhedron
Author: Suarsana, I. Made
Date: 2018-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Brain Hemisphere Functions,Mathematics Instruction,Teaching Methods,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Pretests Posttests,Comparative Analysis,Statistical Analysis,Junior High School Students,Geometry,Essay Tests,Neurosciences,Mathematical Concepts,Foreign Countries,Instructional Effectiveness,Quasiexperimental Design

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Brain Based Learning on second grade junior high school students? conceptual understanding on polyhedron. This study was conducted by using post-test only control group quasi-experimental design. The subjects of this study were 148 students that divided into three classes. Two classes were taken as sample by using cluster random sampling technique. One of the classes was randomly selected as an experimental group and the other as control group. There were 48 students in experimental group and 51 students in control group. The data were collected with post-test which contained mathematical conceptual understanding on fractions. The post-test consisted of 8 essay question types. The normality and variance homogeny test result showed that the scores are normally distributed and have no difference in variance. The data were analyzed by using one tailed t-test with significance level of 5%. The result of data analysis revealed that the value of t-test = 6,7096 greater than t-table = 1,987, therefore; the null hypothesis is rejected. There is positive effect of Brain-Based Learning on second grade junior students? conceptual understanding in polyhedron.
The Process of Student Cognition in Constructing Mathematical Conjecture
Author: Astawa, I. Wayan Puja
Date: 2018-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cognitive Processes,Opinions,Mathematics,Qualitative Research,College Students,Foreign Countries,Interviews

This research aims to describe the process of student cognition in constructing mathematical conjecture. Many researchers have studied this process but without giving a detailed explanation of how students understand the information to construct a mathematical conjecture. The researchers focus their analysis on how to construct and prove the conjecture. This article discusses the process of student cognition in constructing mathematical conjecture from the very beginning of the process. The process is studied through qualitative research involving six students from the Mathematics Education Department in the Ganesha University of Education. The process of student cognition in constructing mathematical conjecture is grouped into five different stages. The stages consist of understanding the problem, exploring the problem, formulating conjecture, justifying conjecture, and proving conjecture. In addition, details of the process of the students' cognition in each stage are also discussed.
Design Study: Integer Subtraction Operation Teaching Learning Using Multimedia in Primary School
Author: Aris, Rendi Muhammad
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Subtraction,Mathematics Instruction,Numbers,Multimedia Instruction,Foreign Countries,Elementary School Students,Elementary School Mathematics,Grade 4,Mathematical Concepts

This study aims to develop a learning trajectory to help students understand concept of subtraction of integers using multimedia in the fourth grade. This study is thematic integrative learning in Curriculum 2013 PMRI based. The method used is design research consists of three stages; preparing for the experiment, design experiment, retrospective analysis. The studied was conducted on 20 students of grade four SDN 1 Muara Batun, OKI. The activities of students in this study consisted of six learning trajectories. The first activity asks the students to classify heroism and non-heroism acts, summarize, and classify integers and non-integer. The second activity asks the students to answer the questions in the film given. The third activity asks students to count the remaining gravel in the film. The fourth activity asks students to count remaining spent money in the film. The fifth activity invites students to play rubber seeds in the bag. The last activity asks students to answer the questions in the student worksheet. The media used along the learning activities are a ruler, rubber seed, student worksheet, money, gravel, and film. The results indicate that the learning trajectory using multimedia help students understand the concept of integer subtraction integer.
Justification for the Subject of Congruence and Similarity in the Context of Daily Life and Conceptual Knowledge
Author: Dündar, Sefa
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Elementary School Mathematics,Knowledge Level,Geometric Concepts,Problem Solving,Statistical Analysis,Geometry,Association (Psychology)

This study aims to examine prospective elementary mathematics teachers' conceptual knowledge level for congruence and similarity in triangles subject and to examine their ability to represent the knowledge, to associate the knowledge with daily life, and to justify and solve the geometry problems about this subject. The study is designed in a characteristic pattern. Total of 46 prospective elementary mathematics teachers were selected using purposive sampling method. The instruments used to collect data in this study are: GJP (Geometry Justification Problems), GCKQ (Geometry Conceptual Knowledge Questions) and GQDLE (Geometry Questions of Daily Life Examples). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics method. The results of the study show that 1) the prospective teachers are successful in geometry conceptual knowledge questions but had difficulty in the justification problems; 2) there is a relationship between the theoretical knowledge levels and the argument standards of the prospective teachers; 3) the prospective teachers had difficulty in the daily life examples of congruence and similarity in triangles subject.
Mathematics Education Meets Development Education: The Competency &apos;Mathematical Modelling&apos; Combined with Global Skills and Competencies in a Secondary School Project in Germany
Author: Schell-Straub, Sigrid
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Education,Competency Based Teacher Education,Global Education,Secondary School Curriculum,Theory Practice Relationship,Case Studies,Holistic Approach,Learning Processes,Mathematics Skills,Sustainable Development,Participant Observation,Focus Groups,Student Interests,Mathematical Models,Foreign Countries

This article describes a scientific and practical journey through the worlds of mathematics education and development education/global education. It explores one link in detail: critical mathematics education and the competency 'mathematical modelling' in theory and practice. It describes a case study of a secondary school in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, based on a model of critical research. A central theme is the value of a holistic, self-organized learning process in which global and mathematical competencies and skills are combined. The research identifies the value such a process provides in helping students understand their role in a global society, including recommendations for schools, policy, and research.