ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Truth-Seeking and Open-Mindedness of Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers in the Solution of Non-Routine Problems
Author: Kurniati, Dian
Date: 2019-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Mathematics Teachers,Problem Solving,Critical Thinking,Ethics,Student Behavior,Foreign Countries,College Students

Whether one engages in truth-seeking and whether he or she is open-minded are indicative of his or her critical behavior when responding to problems at hand. This research sought to determine the behavioural tendencies of pre-service mathematics teachers in the solution of non-routine problems based on the indicators of truth-seeking and open-mindedness. It was qualitative in nature, with an exploratory descriptive methodology. The participants in the research comprised of 15 pre-service mathematics teachers. The data were collected through tests, direct observation, and interviews. To guarantee the validity and reliability of the research, the triangulation technique was used. It entailed comparing the direct observation results with the results of the test and the interviews. The findings and conclusions were reached and the results indicated that all the pre-service mathematics teachers had not yet attained critical thinking dispositions pertinent to truth-seeking. The participants did not investigate the truth behind the information provided, and they tended to answer questions directly.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Writing Interventions in a Community-Based B.Ed. Program
Author: Scott, David
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teacher Education,Rural Areas,Writing (Composition),Academic Discourse,Writing Skills,Skill Development,Bachelors Degrees,Online Courses,Program Effectiveness,Teacher Certification,Rural Education,Teacher Student Relationship,Writing Evaluation,Feedback (Response),Formative Evaluation,Student Attitudes,Community Programs,Scaffolding (Teaching Technique),Electronic Learning,Computer Mediated Communication,Blended Learning,Foreign Countries

To address teacher retention in rural and remote areas, universities have begun to offer Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) programs to help people living in these communities gain their teacher certification. However, because many students who enrol in such programs have been out of school for many years, they often struggle with academic writing. Through student surveys and focus groups, along with instructor interviews, this design-based study sought to determine the extent to which technological supports and pedagogical techniques influenced the acquisition of academic writing skills for B.Ed. students within two online courses. Among the findings, students emphasized the importance of face-to-face interactions, particularly during their summer residency, to build the trust needed to provide authentic peer-to-peer feedback. They saw individual instructor formative feedback as having the most significant impact on their writing abilities. Although not originally intended as a writing intervention, students found ongoing discussion postings--albeit challenging and time consuming--as essential to the development of their academic writing abilities. Students appreciated the learning modules created for this course; however, their effect was mitigated by technical difficulties and a lack of teacher presence to provide guidance around how they could be best used. Recommendations include redesigning community-based B.Ed. programs to address writing skills, incorporate formative feedback structures, and provide scaffolding for writing and constructive peer feedback on discussion posts
The Effective Affect: A Scoping Review of Social Presence
Author: Mykota, David
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Electronic Learning,Distance Education,Online Courses,Interpersonal Relationship,Computer Mediated Communication,Higher Education,Blended Learning,Synchronous Communication,Asynchronous Communication,Multimedia Instruction,Definitions,Concept Mapping,Technology Uses in Education,Video Technology,Outcomes of Education,Student Satisfaction,Student Participation,Group Unity

: This paper reports the findings of a scoping review of the construct social presence. The methodology follows the design for scoping reviews as advocated by Arksey and O'Malley (2005). A scoping study is desirable because by synthesizing the research literature the opportunity to identify practical guidelines for the development of social presence is facilitated. A two-stage screening process resulted in 105 studies identified for inclusion with data extracted using a standardized form. A descriptive numerical analysis and qualitative content analysis for those studies included was undertaken. Results from the manuscripts screened for inclusion and synthesized from the data extracted in the scoping review, provide strategies for the structuring of social presence; the potential benefits of effective affective communication in an online environ; and an overview of the evolution of the construct social presence. Future research that aggregates research findings on social presence is desirable so as to ascertain how the development, design, and instruction of online learning moderates the effects of social presence on student outcomes. As well, future comparative research that considers course enrollment, length of course, course level and discipline is also recommended so as to determine what social presence practices are situation specific and what social presence practices can be generalized to all online learning environments.
The Development of Inspirational Test in Learning Science for Junior High School Students in Schools under the Regional Education Office No. 14
Author: Sawatdiruk, Benjawan
Date: 2018-12-23
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Junior High School Students,Interest Inventories,Science Interests,Science Education,Motivation,Self Esteem,Creativity,Beliefs,Foreign Countries,Construct Validity,Test Construction

This study aimed at auditing the quality of inspirational test in learning situational science for junior high school students using Exploratory Factor Analysis and Second Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Mixed methodology was used in this study. The sample was divided into 2 groups: (1) qualitative sample of 9 experts who were lecturers in the Department of Educational Psychology, educators or scientific experts who possess published academic work, and experts in religion, and sample of 6 students in Princess Chulabhorn's College Buriram and (2) quantitative sample of 2 student groups, that is, 450 students for Exploratory Factor Analysis and 709 students for Second Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The results can be presented based on 3 steps. In step 1, employing quantitative methodology to synthesize literature and related research, 6 factors and 30 indicators were found. Then the outline obtained from the synthesis was applied to in-depth interview with the experts and the students, and the result showed that there were 6 factors and 30 indicators. In step 2, the result obtained from the Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed that there were 6 factors found in the inspirational test, that is, (1) intrinsic motivation, (2) positive effect, (3) confidence, (4) creativity, (5) commitment, and (6) faith. In step 3, the result gained from the Second Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis demonstrated that the model showed its construct validity according to consideration of statistical validity test (e.g. = 368.876, df = 339, p-value = 0.1270, CFI = 0.991, TLI = 0.988, RMSEA = 0.011, SRMR = 0.026, and x[superscript 2]/df = 1.088). The standardized factor loading of measurement model of all indicators showed statistical significance of 0.05.
Algorithm-Aided Design with Python: Analysis of Technological Competence of Subjects
Author: Pontes, Thiago Bessa
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Programming,Computer Science Education,Teaching Methods,Student Motivation,Instructional Design,Knowledge Level,Student Attitudes,Technological Literacy,Skill Development,Foreign Countries,College Students,Computer Use,Architecture

Difficulties in learning computer programming for novices is a subject of abundant scientific literature. These difficulties seem to be accentuated in students whose academic choice is not computation, like architecture students. However, they need to study programming, since it is part of the new academic curricula. The results presented here are part of a PhD research, which investigates the achievement motivation and the acquisition and transfer of programming knowledge from an online environment designed on the basis of the 4C-ID instructional design model. These results are a sociodemographic analysis, and the technological competence of these subjects. We concluded that most of the students of our sample do not know how to auto assess their ICT expertise level, because they believed that they had sufficient computational knowledge for their needs. However, most of them told that they had difficulties creating codes. However, they recognized the importance of learning to program, thought it was valuable for architectural students, and felt motivated to acquire this new skill.
Convergence Education of Medicine and Theology in a Secular Age
Author: Kwon, Soo-Young
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Medicine,Philosophy,Religious Education,Medical Research,Research Projects,Genetics,Christianity,Microbiology,Communicable Diseases,Cooperation,Foreign Countries,Church Related Colleges,Universities

Convergence education of medicine and theology (CEMT) is an effective religious education learning model in a secular age. The highly elaborate rationality of the secular environment encourage es dialogical discourse between science and religion. There is a mutually reinforcing relationship between medicine and theology even given each discipline's differences from the other. In this paper, the dialogical discourse between medicine and theology about the human-genome project serves as an example of the symbiotic relevance of both disciplines. The Ebola virus shows how theological discourse can be included in what is apparently a medical concern to ultimately benefit medical efforts. An example of CEMT in the classroom shows the possibilities for enlarging the conventional horizons of religious education to overlap medicine.
Education for the Sustainable Global Citizen: What Can We Learn from Stoic Philosophy and Freirean Environmental Pedagogies?
Author: Whiting, Kai
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Progressive Education,Sustainable Development,Transformative Learning,Educational Philosophy,Ethics,Environmental Education,Climate,Educational Change,Values Education,Global Education,Citizenship Education

In support of sustainable development, the United Nations (UN) launched its Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) with the aims of accelerating progress towards universal access to education, good quality learning and the fostering of global citizenship. This paper explores how and to what extent Stoic virtue ethics and critical Freirean ecopedagogies can advance the UN's vision for progressive educational systems with transformative societal effects. We propose an integrated solution that provides ecopedagogical concepts a more robust philosophical foundation whilst also offering Stoicism additional tools to tackle 21st-century problems, such as climate change and environmental degradation. The result of the paper is the preliminary theoretical underpinnings of an educational framework that encompasses planetary-level concerns and offers a fuller expression of the terms &quot;sustainable development&quot; and &quot;global citizen&quot;.
Ideal Japanese Class for Taiwanese High School Students: A Gender Comparison
Author: Sasi, Abolfazl Shirban
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Japanese,Foreign Countries,Gender Differences,High School Students,Student Attitudes,Handheld Devices,Telecommunications,Second Language Learning

Learning Japanese has become very common amongst Taiwanese high school and university students, ranking the second most sought for language. A concise study of the likeable activities in a typical language class for the Taiwanese students seems to be quite useful. Therefore, the present study has concentrated on the senior high school students' opinion about the ideal Japanese class. Subjects in this research were 478 students (181 boys, and 297 girls) in nine private schools in three counties. The instrument was a 10-item multiple-choice Chinese questionnaire based on Littlewood (2010). The findings illustrated that females and males had similar opinions concerning the communicative language activities in an ideal Japanese class. They revealed much more differences related to non-communicative activities, though. Moreover, both boys and girls displayed the highest interest in a relaxed class atmosphere, and the lowest interest in the usage of smartphones in the activities in the class.
The Effects of a Peer-Delivered Writing Planning Intervention for Struggling Fifth Graders
Author: Grünke, Matthias
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing Skills,Program Effectiveness,Grade 5,Brainstorming,Peer Teaching,Low Achievement,Writing Achievement,Intervention,Tutoring,Planning,Writing Strategies,Foreign Countries

Good writing skills are vital to success in school and, later, in the workplace. However, many elementary and secondary students fail to invest sufficient time and effort in planning what they want to write and, consequently, produce texts of inferior quality. One approach to help struggling children and adolescents acquire effective writing planning abilities is called story-mapping. In this single-case study, the story-mapping method was applied in a peer-tutorial setting to help three low-achieving fifth graders brainstorm their ideas and organize their thoughts prior to composing a narrative. During the course of the intervention, all tutees were able to significantly increase the number of words that they generated to write their texts. The study demonstrated that peer-tutoring can be successfully implemented to combat deficiencies in writing planning skills and help struggling students to improve their performance in a meaningful way.
Student Self-Assessment in Higher Education: The International Experience and The Greek Example
Author: Papanthymou, Anastasia
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Higher Education,Self Evaluation (Individuals),Outcomes of Education,Metacognition,Self Esteem,Student Attitudes,Tests,Academic Achievement,College Students,Foreign Countries

This study is a review of 34 empirical studies internationally and in Greece from 2008-2018 and aims at investigating: a. the implementation of student self-assessment in Higher education and the outcomes on students, b. the ability of students to self-assess accurately and the factors that affect this ability. According to the main findings, self-assessment is implemented through various ways that include inter alia electronic and non-electronic self-assessment tools. Internationally, most studies have examined and proved the contribution of student self-assessment to improvement of performance and learning. Moreover, self-assessment develops self-regulating learning, increases self-confidence, motivates students to ask guidance from their professors and help from their peers, increases self-efficacy, students' awareness of self-assessment ability and self-control, makes students change attitudes towards course, prepares employability skills of students, reduces anxiety for assessment, increases students' responsibility about their learning, makes them have a critical view on their work and develops critical thinking skills. In Greece, it was found only one study that examined the implementation of student self-assessment in Higher education and its impact on students and findings indicate that self-assessment through a quiz improves performance, self-regulation, motivates students to try more and helps them identify gaps in their learning. Student self-assessment ability and factors that affect this ability have been examined only internationally, so in Greece there is a research gap concerning these parameters. Tertiary students can self-assess accurately and this ability depends on specific factors such as confidence, prior achievement, learning style, scaffolding from professors, training, dialogical interaction and dynamic assessment.
Self Assessments of the Prospective Teachers about the Teaching Materials They Have Designed
Author: Duman, Burcu
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Self Evaluation (Individuals),Preservice Teachers,Foreign Countries,Teacher Developed Materials,Visual Aids,Student Attitudes

The purpose of the study is to reveal the self-evaluations of the prospective teachers on two-and three-dimensional visual teaching materials they have designed in the field of the pedagogical formation education. A qualitative research method was used in the study. The study group was chosen from the prospective teachers who were enrolled in the pedagogical formation education at a state university in Turkey. A questionnaire consisting of three open-ended questions was used. In this questionnaire, the prospective teachers were asked questions about the strengths and weaknesses of the instructional materials they designed and what kind of arrangements they would make if they designed the material again. The data were analyzed descriptively. The views of the prospective teachers on the strengths of the instructional materials they design are collected under seven themes: the characteristics of us, the effect on learning the relation with the subject, the preparation and construction process, the gains to the learners, the presentation of the information and conformity. The opinions of the prospective teachers about the weaknesses of the teaching materials have been collected under five themes. In general, it is seen that the arrangements to be made in the case of redesign are expressed in terms of the weaknesses.
Effects of Neuromuscular Training on Motoric and Selected Basketball Skills in Pre-Pubescent Basketball Players
Author: Canli, Umut
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Psychomotor Skills,Exercise Physiology,Training,Team Sports,Athletes,Human Body,Males,Children,Performance,Muscular Strength,Physical Activities,Performance Tests

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of an 8 weeks neuromuscular training program (NTP) on motoric and selected basketball skills in pre-pubescent male basketball players. Twenty-four male basketball players were divided into two homogeneous groups according to pre-test results; an intervention group (n = 12, age = 10.6 ± 0.75 years) and a control group (n = 12, age = 10.8 ± 0.68 years). All players trained together as a team; however, the intervention group participated in an 8 weeks NTP two times per week, while the control group followed their regular basketball training system as guided by their coach. Motoric skills were assessed according to the results of an agility t-test, 20 meters sprint, and tests of back strength, vertical jump, standing long jump, sit and reach, and standing stork balance. Basketball skills were assessed according to shooting and dribbling tests. Significant differences were found only in vertical jump and flexibility in the control group (p&lt;0.05), whereas significant differences were found in all motoric and shooting skills in the intervention group (p&lt;0.05). In addition, according to pre-test and post-test analysis of variance (ANOVA) results of the motoric and basketball skill scores of the groups, significant differences revealed in favor of the intervention group in agility, back strength, long jump, flexibility, and balance (p&lt;0.05). The present study demonstrated the significant effects of NTP, which focused on motoric and shooting skills in pre-pubescent male basketball players.
The Factors Affecting Faculty of Sport Sciences Students&apos; Attitudes towards Sports
Author: Sentürk, Halil Evren
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Athletes,Athletics,Student Attitudes,Undergraduate Students,Age Differences,Instructional Program Divisions,Student Adjustment,Social Life,College Environment,Gender Differences,Intellectual Disciplines,Coaching (Performance),Recreation,Administration

Many young student-athletes living in Turkey prefer Faculties of Sport Sciences in various universities for their academic, sports and vocational career developments. In this process, attitudes towards sports of student-athletes gain importance. In this context, the purpose of the present research is studying the factors affecting the Faculty of Sport Sciences students' attitudes towards sports. The population consists of all undergraduate students studying at Faculties of Sports Sciences of various universities. The sample group consists of 842 students (Avg.age= 21,49 ±3,18) from each department and each undergraduate level. &quot;Attitude towards Sport Scale (ATSS)&quot; developed by Sentürk and &quot;University Life Scale (ULS)&quot; developed by Aladag et al. were used as the data collection tools and the scale was applied on electronic environment on participants. The data, which were found reliable (ATSS a=0,873; ULS a=0,831), were tested as normal with Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (p&gt;,05), and so were suitable for parametric tests. Accordingly, independent samples t-test and one-way variance analysis were used for comparison analyses and Pearson correlation test was used for correlation analyses. It was found that, freshman students, especially the evening education students of Coaching Education department, had significantly more positive attitudes towards sports. The most prominent finding of the research was that the attitudes towards sports decreased as the grade levels and ages of the students increased. In addition, attitudes towards the sport decrease as the students' adaptation to the university environment, academic life and social life increased. Supporting these findings with a qualitative study by means of interviewing on the same subject will provide an exploratory study on the decrease in attitude towards the sport as the age increases.