ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Models and Modelling in Science Education in Turkey: A Literature Review
Author: Benzer, Ali Ihsan
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Science Education,Mathematical Models,Educational Research,Journal Articles,Content Analysis,Teaching Methods,Physics,Astronomy,Research Methodology,Qualitative Research,Schemata (Cognition),Data Collection,Science Tests

This research examined articles about models and modelling in the context of science education in Turkey by using content analysis method. Two specific academic databases; one of which was Dergipark, a platform including the academic journals published in Turkey, and Scholar Google were examined in detail so that totally 71 articles on models and modelling in science education were identified. The &quot;article analysis form&quot; developed by the researchers considering into the relevant literature was used to examine these articles. The findings were presented in tables and charts to show the frequency and percentile values regarding the articles examined. As a result, it was found that the purpose of most of the articles is to examine the effect of model/modelling-based teaching method. Concerning the discipline related in the articles, physics was seen to be on the top of the list, more specifically astronomy subject. As another result, qualitative research method appeared to be the most commonly used research method in the articles at hand. Lastly, it was found out that the most frequently examined variable was the mental model of the participants, and the most preferred data collection instrument was conceptual understanding test.
Sportsmanship Behaviors Related to Gender and Family Attitude of Secondary School Students
Author: Sahin, Ahmet
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Sportsmanship,Physical Education,Team Sports,Gender Differences,Family Attitudes,Student Behavior,Secondary School Students,Early Adolescents,Public Schools,Grade 6,Grade 7,Grade 8,Foreign Countries

A Sportsmanship is a concept defined as the awareness of having the values required by sports and the golden key of sports activities. Family attitude and gender are thought to be among the concepts that affect sportsmanship. In this study, it was aimed to examine sportsmanship behavior with family attitude and gender characteristics. The research group consisted of 300 students randomly selected from the secondary schools in the city center of Antalya in the 2018-2019 education year, with a mean age of 12.48 ± 79. In the research conducted with the screening model, the &quot;Physical Education Course Sportsmanship Behavior Scale (BEDSDÖ)&quot; developed by Koç (2013) and a personal information form were used as data collection tools. In the analysis of the data, frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean and standard deviation were used as descriptive statistics methods for personal information. As the data showed normal distribution, the t-test for paired groups and the Anova test for multiple comparisons was used. According to the findings, it was determined that the sportsmanship behaviors of the students were at a high level. A statistically significant difference was found in favor of female students in the sub-dimensions of displaying appropriate behavior according to gender and avoiding inappropriate behavior and in the total of the scale. While there was no statistically significant difference in the dimension of exhibiting appropriate behavior according to the family attitudes of the students, the scores of the students who showed democratic family attitude were higher than the scores of the children of the families with free attitudes in the dimension of avoiding inappropriate behavior and in the total of the scale. When the sportsmanship behavior scores of secondary school students were examined, it was observed that the scores of the female students were higher than the male students. It is thought that changing family attitudes will improve the sportsmanship behaviors of the society.
For Love or Money? Factors Associated with the Choice between Couple-Based versus Individual Financial Coaching
Author: Zeamer, Charlotte A.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Coaching (Performance),Money Management,Decision Making,Gender Differences,Age Differences,Marketing,Help Seeking,Interpersonal Relationship,Preferences,Social Influences,Cultural Influences,Spouses,Marital Satisfaction,Banking,Participant Characteristics

There has been much effort in recent years to address some of the damage of the recent global financial crisis with financial literacy education. Little research has been done, however, on the factors that might affect the decision to seek individual versus couples-based financial education. We used a survey instrument administered via the online labor market, Mechanical Turk, to examine factors associated with this outcome: whether members of a couple would choose individual or couples financial coaching. All participants were screened for current membership in a committed relationship for at least 6 months. Most participants reported a preference for couples versus individual financial counseling. Key factors that predicted a likelihood to opt for couples' counseling include gender, age, and satisfaction with one's relationship. Results from this study suggest that how and why consumers seek financial education may be affected by social, cultural, emotional, and relational factors as well as financial concerns. Such factors should be considered by practitioners in this field if program marketing, design, and delivery are to be relevant to participants and effective.
Information Search, Financial Advice Use, and Consumer Financial Behavior
Author: Fan, Lu
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Financial Services,Money Management,Guidance,Consumer Economics,Correlation,Family (Sociological Unit),Credit (Finance),Knowledge Level,Educational Attainment,Self Efficacy,Risk,Multiple Literacies,Information Sources,Information Seeking

This study develops a conceptual framework to investigate the relationship between households' information search behavior and financial management outcomes. Consumers' information search behavior is examined from both internal and external perspectives. The internal information sources include human capital and psychological and attitudinal factors, whereas the external information sources comprise financial professionals from different financial service areas. Financial management behaviors examined in this study consist of consumers' savings and credit-using behavior. This study uses the 2012 National Financial Capability Study and structural equation modeling methodology. The results suggest that (a) both internal and external information sources used by consumers are significantly associated with savings and credit-using behavior, and (b) seeking external financial advice from professionals mediates the relationship between consumers' internal sources and financial management outcomes. The findings of this study provide practical implications for financial professionals when counseling and communicating with clients and challenge policymakers to develop pathways that can enhance the quality and accessibility of internal and external information sources for clients, including customized financial education programs and affordable professional financial services.
Navigating Risky Higher Education Investments: Implications for Practitioners and Consumers
Author: Heckman, Stuart J.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Risk,Higher Education,Outcomes of Education,Money Management,Decision Making,Cost Effectiveness,Human Capital,College Choice,Costs,Time to Degree,College Students,Student Financial Aid,Labor Market,Educational Attainment,Student Attitudes

This exploratory study examines academic and labor market risks associated with investments in higher education by synthesizing the literature regarding risky higher education choices and extending the research using the 2014 National Student Financial Wellness Study, a national sample of college students. Three phenomena are analyzed to support the notion that individuals may be making suboptimal human capital investment decisions: (a) cost-benefit errors; (b) unclear educational goals; and (c) increasing time-to-degree. The study examines which students are more likely to report that the cost of college did not influence their choice, that tuition is not a good investment, or that they expect to take additional time to complete their degree. Opportunities for practitioners to help clients navigate higher education investment decisions and opportunities for future research are discussed.
Parental Financial Socialization, Financial Experiences, and Financial Behaviors: Comparing Asian American and International Asian College Students
Author: Li, Yiting
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Socialization,Undergraduate Students,Foreign Students,Citizenship,Asians,Asian American Students,Knowledge Level,Money Management,Paying for College,Parent Financial Contribution,Parent Influence,Late Adolescents,Stress Variables,Role Models,Student Attitudes

Paying for college expenses can be stressful for anyone, regardless of citizenship status. Asian American students and their parents may be negotiating with each other who will shoulder these expenses, while international Asian students often enter this country with their parents' financial support already established. This is the first study to specifically examine a large sample of Asian college students (n = 671) and explore how parents influence Asian students' financial attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors through a family financial socialization theoretical lens. Results show that financial socialization is positively associated with financial behaviors for all Asian college students. Findings are informative for college counselors, financial advisors, educators, and clinicians who work with Asian students and their parents.
Post-Release Financial Behavioral Intentions of Transitional Center Participants
Author: Mielitz, Kate
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Money Management,Risk,Transitional Programs,Correctional Institutions,Institutionalized Persons,Behavior Theories,Released Time,Intention,Self Control,Predictor Variables,Comparative Analysis,Social Behavior,Guidelines

There are numerous factors associated with successful reentry, but one that has not yet been addressed is financial behavior after release. This study used a primary data set collected in the fall of 2017. The theory of planned behavior was applied to investigate post-release financial behavioral intentions of men and women approaching return to society via a work release program in Georgia. Support for the theory of planned behavior was identified; attitude, subjective norms, and perceptions of behavioral control are significant predictors of financial intentions for this sample. Length of incarceration was the most important aspect of incarceration history. Innovative use of a control variable indicated that socially desirable response patterns about key variables were not confounding. This research is valuable to practitioners and policy makers in that it provides insight into planned financial behaviors that could affect the success of the individual's reentry back into society, and it fortifies prior evidence that the theory of planned behavior is a useful analytical framework.
The Risk Tolerance Measure in the 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances: New, but Is It Improved?
Author: Kim, Kyoung Tae
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Surveys,Risk,Measures (Individuals),Ownership,Money Management,Test Validity

The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) has included a 4-level risk tolerance measure since 1983. In 2016, the SCF also included an 11-level risk tolerance measure. We compare the two measures, and develop suggestions for using the new measure. While the new measure is seemingly simpler than the old measure, we demonstrate that it does not have a monotonic relationship with owning stock assets, with a pattern similar to the relationship of the old measure to stock ownership. We also identify complex patterns of factors related to different levels of the new measure, for instance education has a negative relationship at one level but positive at another level. Those using the new measure should consider the complex patterns we demonstrate.
Examination of Perceptions of Gifted Students about Climate Change and Global Warming
Author: Mutlu, Fatma
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Academically Gifted,Climate,Foreign Countries,Misconceptions,Evaluation Methods,Freehand Drawing,Writing (Composition),Children,Adolescents,Environmental Education

The aim of this research was to examine the perceptions of gifted students about climate change and global warming from socio-scientific topics. Phenomenology design, which is a qualitative research design, was used in the research. The sample group consisted of 53 gifted students studying in a Science and Art Center located in Anatolia in the 2018-2019 academic year. As data collection tool, the draw-write-tell technique was used. The drawings of the students were grouped into four categories as causes of climate change and global warming, their results, recommendations and unacceptable drawings; whereas, the compositions of the students and the focus group interviews were collected under three categories including causes, results and recommendations as a result of content analysis. The research results suggested that while the perception levels of gifted students about the causes and possible results of climate change and global warming were high, their perception level about the solution of these problems was quite low. In addition, it was determined that students had misconceptions about climate change and global warming. Besides, the research results showed that the draw-write-tell technique was a useful tool in determining the students' perception about socio-scientific subjects.
The Effects of Principals&apos; Digital Leadership on Teachers&apos; Digital Teaching during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia
Author: Hamzah, N. Hafiza
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,COVID-19,Pandemics,School Closing,Principals,Administrator Role,Leadership Styles,Teaching Methods,Secondary School Teachers,Secondary Schools,Technology Integration,Correlation,Technological Literacy,Predictor Variables

Education involving digital technology is the latest transformation of the education system, especially during the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Malaysian Ministry of Education (MOE) has taken the initiative to spearhead efforts to develop the skills and potential of students in the use of digital technology. The main purpose of this study was to identify the level of digital leadership displayed by principals, the level of teachers' digital teaching practices and the elements of principals' digital leadership that predict the level of teachers' digital teaching. About 400 secondary school teachers in Hulu Langat District, Selangor were involved in this study. The findings of this study show that the level of digital leadership displayed by principals and teachers' digital teaching practice are both at a high level. However, the positive correlation between the two is moderate. Multiple regression found that only digital citizenship is a strong predictor of teachers' digital teaching. The findings show that the ability to plan and organize digital leadership programs is important and can help improve students' academic performance, despite the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
Temperate but Not Brave Children: Character Strengths in Life Science Course Curriculum
Author: Yilmaz, Ferat
Date: 2021-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Biological Sciences,Elementary School Science,Moral Values,Social Values,Values Education,Educational Objectives,Young Children,Psychological Characteristics,Grade 1,Grade 2,Grade 3,Foreign Countries,Elementary School Students

Character encompasses six basic virtues. These virtues can be listed as wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence. Each virtue comprises various character strengths that are creativity, curiosity, open-mindedness, love of learning, perspective, honesty, bravery, perseverance, zest, kindness, love, social intelligence, fairness, leadership, citizenship, forgiveness, modesty, prudence, self-regulation, appreciation of beauty and perfection, gratitude, hope, humor, and spirituality. It was aimed to examine the learning outcomes in the Life Science Course Curriculum (LSCC) in terms of character strengths in the present study. This research was carried out with the analytical research model. In the research framework, deductive content analysis was used. According to the results, prudence, self-regulation, citizenship, kindness, and social intelligence were the top five character strengths in LSCC. The strengths of bravery, persistence, leadership, forgiveness, modesty, hope, and humor were not found in LSCC. The most prominent virtue in LSCC was temperance. It is noteworthy that courage was the least emphasized virtue in LSCC. As the grade increased, the virtue of wisdom was more emphasized within LSCC learning outcomes. Considering the units, self-regulation, social intelligence, citizenship, kindness, prudence, and open-mindedness were the most emphasized character strengths in the unit of Life in Our School. Self-regulation, prudence, social intelligence, open-mindedness, love, and appreciation were the most common ones in the unit of Life in Our Home. Prudence and self-regulation came to the fore in the units of Healthy Life and the Safe Life. Citizenship in the unit of Life in Our Country and curiosity, love of learning, and love in the unit of Life in Nature became distinctive. [This study was presented as an oral presentation at the International Pegem Conference on Education held between 16-19 September 2020.]
The Extent of Depression Symptoms among Learning Disabled Students from Their Teachers&apos; Perspectives
Author: Abuzaid, Haitham Yusuf
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Depression (Psychology),Symptoms (Individual Disorders),Learning Disabilities,Students with Disabilities,Teacher Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Elementary School Students,Grade 3,Grade 4,Gender Differences

The current study aimed to identify the extent of the prevalence of depression symptoms among students with learning difficulties from their teachers' points of view in Jerash Governorate. To achieve the objectives of the study, questionnaires were distributed to the teachers of a sample of (72) male and female students with learning difficulties in the third and fourth grades enrolled in resource rooms. The members of the study sample were chosen from 6 schools: (3 boys' schools and 3 girls' schools) during the second semester of the academic year 2016-2017. After conducting the statistical analysis, it was evident that the level of depression among students with learning disabilities was average, and that there were no statistically significant differences at statistical significance ([alpha]=0.05) in the level of depression among the students with learning difficulties depending on the variables of grade and gender. Recommendations are made to provide humanitarian initiatives aimed at reducing depression among students with learning disabilities. Additionally, provision should be made to prepare the staff of educational institutions to deal with students with learning disabilities.
Indonesian Primary School and Middle School Students&apos; Attitudes toward Science: Focus on Gender and Academic Level
Author: Aini, Rahmi Qurota
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Elementary School Students,Middle School Students,Student Attitudes,Scientific Attitudes,Gender Differences,Structural Equation Models

Student attitudes toward science have been one of the longstanding topics in science education research. Even though Indonesia has a unique educational system in which cultural, religious, and cognitive aspects are incorporated in the science K-12 curriculum, a limited number of studies have explored Indonesian students' attitudes towards science. This research aimed to examine students' attitudes toward science and the interaction between academic grade level and gender in Indonesian primary and middle school. Thirty items from five components of the BRAINS instrument were administered to 1587 Indonesian students from fourth grade through ninth grade to measure their attitude toward science. Rasch analysis, two-way ANOVA, and structural equation modeling path analysis were used to answer the proposed research questions. The current research found that Indonesian students' attitudes toward science were significantly affected by academic level, however, gender only affected three components of attitude (control belief, attitude toward the behavior, and intention). Female students showed a higher attitude toward science than male students in general. The trends in every component of the students' attitudes decreased from primary school to middle school. The present research provides a deeper discussion by considering the socio-cultural and educational history of Indonesia.
Views of Social Studies Teachers on Scientific Research Methodology
Author: Bayram, Hüseyin
Date: 2021-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Studies,Teacher Attitudes,Social Science Research,Scientific Research,Research Methodology,Research Training,Research Skills,Knowledge Level,Misconceptions,Elementary Secondary Education,Inquiry,Foreign Countries

Scientific method is one means by which knowledge is created. The goal of the social studies course is to teach the methodology used by these sciences in accessing the subject information along with the information they provide from social sciences. Therefore, social studies teachers should be aware of the scientific research methodology so that they can teach according to this purpose. In this study, the focus was on how teachers consider scientific research. This study aimed to investigate social studies teachers' views on scientific research methodology. It adopted phenomenology, one of the qualitative research designs. Maximum diversity sampling and criterion sampling were used to determine the study group. Data collection consisted of two stages. In the first stage, the Views about Scientific Inquiry Questionnaire (VASI) was applied. The second stage included a semi-structured interview form prepared by the researcher. Data were analysed via the descriptive analysis technique. The codes were classified under the headings in the VASI form. Findings showed that views of social studies teachers regarding scientific research methodology were mostly wrong and inadequate. Based on the findings, recommendations were made to social studies teachers, administrators, and the officials of the Council of Higher Education (CoHE). These suggestions were as follows: Teachers need to learn about scientific research methodology, school administrators should implement programs such as in-service training for teachers on a related subject, and CoHE officials should add more content about scientific research methodology to social studies teacher training programs.