ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Writing Anxiety among Saudi Female Learners at Some Saudi Universities
Author: Aloairdhi, Nafilah M.
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing Apprehension,Academic Achievement,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,Females,Writing Tests,Grammar,Time Management,Self Esteem,Student Attitudes,Correlation,Writing Processes,College Students

Writing is an important skill in language learning and in academic achievement. The level of writing anxiety could affect students' achievements positively or negatively. This research aimed to examine the writing anxiety among Saudi female learners enrolled in English language departments at some Saudi universities. It also aimed to identify the sources of writing anxiety. To this end, a mixed method study was designed in which Writing Apprehension Test (WAT) Scale by Daly and Miller (1975) and an open-ended question were used to collect necessary data from 105 randomly selected learners. For data analysis, two different statistical procedures in Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and a specific formula suggested by Daly and Miller (1975) were applied. Coding was applied to qualitative data. The results indicated that the participants (N = 105) experience moderate level of writing anxiety. In addition, the main sources of writing anxiety were evaluation, generating ideas, grammar, time pressure, and lack of confidence.
Assessment of Student Scores Based on Specific Variables in the Web-Assisted English Grammar Exercises
Author: Uzunboylu, Hüseyin
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Scores,Teaching Methods,Web Based Instruction,Comparative Analysis,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Gender Differences,Grammar,Independent Study,Language Tests,Females,Language Skills,Social Media,Web Sites,High School Students,Foreign Countries,Pretests Posttests

The general purpose of this study is to assess English language grammar post scores of the learners when they have done web supported exercises; the assessment has been done according to gender, attending English courses, out-of-school learning of English language and the use of other sources other than English textbooks. In order to achieve this aim, the research was carried out with a control and experimental group. Experimental and control groups were formed according to the neutrality rule by equalizing certain variables. In the study, &quot;English Grammar Test&quot; &quot;and &quot;personal data collection tool&quot;, which are valid and reliable, were used as data collection tools. The experimental group followed the English exercise in a web-supported English learning environment. The data were analysed using statistical techniques. At the end of the study, there was a significant difference in favour of women among the subjects in the experimental group, while no significant differences in other factors were observed between the experimental and control groups. As the most important suggestion, mixed or separate learning environments related to and supporting grammar for speaking, writing, listening and reading skills should be developed or explored while learning English or other languages for learners in social media.
Using Rubrics as Alternative Self-Assessment Technique of Project
Author: Kasimatis, Katerina
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Scoring Rubrics,Alternative Assessment,Self Evaluation (Individuals),Undergraduate Students,Gender Differences,Departments,Engineering Education,Schools of Education,Foreign Countries

In this paper, the effectiveness of employing rubric as a self-assessment technique of the project method is investigated, which covers a wide range of knowledge, skills and abilities in a variety of learning objects and activities. The assessment rubric is defined as a descriptive rating guide, which consists of specific pre-defined performance criteria. It is an alternative assessment technique, which produces a valid evaluation through a process of determining attainment based on pre-defined qualitative classifications of specific criteria. In this study, the assessment rubric was used as a self-assessment technique in the implementation of a project entitled &quot;Utopia and Reality&quot;, conducted in ASPETE (School of Pedagogical and Technological Education) during the year 2017-2018. The students of two undergraduate departments of ASPETE participated in the study. The analysis of the data revealed statistically significantly differences in the students' self-assessment levels (as identified by the rubric) with respect to the students' gender and the department of study. Moreover, the tool allowed the students to evaluate the end product of their efforts, thus allowing for their realizing the usefulness of the rubric as a self-assessment tool.
Virtual Worlds for Collaborative Learning: Arab EFL Learners&apos; Attitudes
Author: Alshumaimeri, Yousif
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Arabs,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Student Attitudes,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Computer Games,Teaching Methods,Undergraduate Students,Foreign Countries

In the Arab world, there is a lack of research investigating the use of virtual games to support learning English as a foreign language (EFL). The aim of this study was to examine EFL learners' attitudes towards the integration of the Second Life virtual game as a collaborative instructional tool. A descriptive inquiry method was followed, and data gathered using a questionnaire that had been tested for validity and reliability. Forty-one undergraduates, enrolled in two computer-assisted language learning classes, at a school of education represent the study sample. Findings indicated that the majority were in favour of using virtual worlds as collaborative learning contexts. Moreover, it is recommended that further studies consider a qualitative design that makes use of in-depth observations and interviews to explore learners' attitudes about the integration of this technology in an EFL context.
Children as Pawns of US Immigration Policy
Author: Polk, Sarah
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Immigration,Public Policy,Federal Government,United States History,Political Issues,Family (Sociological Unit),Child Health,Well Being,Undocumented Immigrants

The highly publicized imposition and retraction of the &quot;family separation&quot; border policy by the current U.S. Administration was not an anomaly in U.S. history. In this manuscript, we place these troubling recent events in the context of decades of U.S. immigration policies and politics. We then describe the consequences of family separation and other current immigration policies on child health. We end with a call to action: Pediatricians and other advocates for child health should demand a new direction in immigration policy that stops the use of children as pawns. Instead, the United States should adopt as a fundamental guiding principle support for children and families, both abroad and at home.
Developing Technology and Design Course Self-Efficacy Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study
Author: Ozden, Celalettin
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Self Efficacy,Technology Education,Design,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Grade 7,Secondary School Students,Public Schools,Foreign Countries,Early Adolescents,Goodness of Fit

The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable assessment and evaluation instrument to specify the efficacy of the students in technology and design courses. The assessment instrument was composed of an item pool, experts' views about the validity scope, pre-application, analysis of structure validity and reliability analysis steps. This study was carried out with the seventh-grade students in State secondary schools in Northern Cyprus. A scale with 38 items and seven factors was determined through an exploratory factor analysis. The scale consisted of synthesis, basic application, evaluation, formal analysis, further analysis, advanced application and comprehension dimensions. The confirmatory factor analysis and the factor structures were tested. At the end of the confirmatory analysis, it was noted that the variables had acceptable goodness of fit values. A valid and reliable technology and design course self-efficacy scale was developed at the end of the study.
The Effect of Micro-Teaching Practices on the Professional Self-Determination Beliefs of Teacher Candidates in University Education in Turkey
Author: Celik, Feti
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Self Determination,Student Attitudes,Universities,Self Efficacy,Video Technology,Comparative Analysis,Foreign Countries,Microteaching,Teaching Methods,Preservice Teachers,Pretests Posttests,Criticism,Peer Evaluation,Interpersonal Competence,Teacher Effectiveness,Teacher Education Programs

The aim of this study is to show the effect of micro-teaching technique applied to teacher candidates in pedagogical formation program in Turkish universities on the perception of professional self-efficacy. Unequalized experiment and quasi-experimental method with control group were used in the study. The study group of the study consisted of 55 prospective teachers studying in the 2018-2019 fall semester pedagogical formation program of the Faculty of Education of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. The research data were collected through the Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale according to the pre-test post-test application model. In the research, presentations were video-taped. The video footage was watched in the classroom and criticisms and discussions were made about how a better presentation could be. The course activities, in which each participant prospective teacher made three presentations during the activity period, were carried out for 12 weeks. According to the findings, the experimental group of teachers in terms of self-sufficiency beliefs see themselves more adequate than the control group. However, there was no differentiation between groups in the subdimension of self-efficacy.
Influence of Extraversion on Social Loafing Behavior: A Pilot Study
Author: Dal, Nihal
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Behavior,Extraversion Introversion,Personality Traits,Student Characteristics,Performance,Group Behavior,College Students

The present study aimed to investigate extraversion as a moderator of social loafing on a motor task that requires fine motor skills as well as perceptual-motor skills. Participants with higher and lower levels of extraversion were asked to group dots according to their color during high and low identifiability conditions. The performance was determined by the number of dots accurately grouped. A 2 (group; high/low extraversion) × 2 (identifiability; high/low) mixed model of ANOVA revealed a significant interaction between extraversion and identifiability, which means that extraverts' performance increased from the low to high identifiability condition. On the other hand, introverts' performance remained relatively stable across high and low identifiability conditions. Overall, results suggested that in an identifiable state, extraverts tend to increase their performance.
Your Patient and My Client: Perspectives from Legal Work with Unaccompanied Children
Author: Wylegala, Wendy
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Lawyers,Immigrants,Youth,Legal Responsibility,Agency Cooperation,Legal Aid,Childrens Rights,Childhood Needs,Child Welfare,Undocumented Immigrants

This short article offers a lawyer's perspective on working with immigrant youth, with three goals in mind. The first is to outline key features of the legal landscape immigrant children navigate in the United States, in order to provide contextual information of practical value in serving the young client/patient. The second goal is to use that context as guidance for effectively serving young immigrants: for eliciting information, interpreting information, and supporting progress toward positive outcomes. The third overarching goal is the hope of developing more mechanisms for communication and collaboration across the professional disciplines serving immigrant youth. The article concludes with a short starter list of further readings and resources.
The Ripple Effects of US Immigration Policy on Refugee Children: A Canadian Perspective
Author: Suleman, Shazeen
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Refugees,Children,Immigration,Public Policy,Childrens Rights,International Law,Treaties,Health Services,Citizenship,Social Attitudes,Social Services

With over 1 in 5 Canadians identifying as an immigrant, Canada has been proud to call itself a nation of immigrants with a commitment to supporting refugees, from accepting thousands of Vietnamese refugees in the 1970s to Syrians fleeing civil war in 2015. In 2017, 44,000 refugees came as government-sponsored or privately sponsored refugees, having been offered permanent residency in Canada prior to arrival. Fewer arrive as asylum seekers -- 24,000 in 2016, 40% of whom arrived via the Canada-US border. Given Canada's geographic location, individuals may arrive by air, sea, or land across the longest shared land border in the world with the United States. In 2011, Canadian officials reported 4,205 claims made at this border. This number nearly quintupled in 2018, with 19,085 claims, totaling nearly 40,000 asylum claims since 2016 and coinciding with the changes in US governmental administration and their immigration and temporary resident policies. Families reported that for them, the US was no longer safe and they sought asylum in Canada. Due to the Safe Third Country Agreement, which does not permit asylum claims from the United States at official border crossings, many asylum seekers have crossed through unofficial border crossings, most of them in the provinces of Quebec and Manitoba. This article touches upon a number of issues that have come to light with the rising numbers of children who are asylum seekers trickling across the US-Canada border.
The Biology of Hope
Author: Stein, Fernando
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Children,Immigrants,Migration,Institutionalized Persons,Community Involvement

&quot;Children do not immigrate; they flee.&quot; Fernando Stein has used this simple phrase during the recent years that he has been thrust into the debate related to the migration of children alone or with families across the southern border of the United States. Most of these human beings come from the &quot;Trifinio,&quot; the tri-country area where the borders of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador touch one another. Murder rates in the area are the second highest in the region, behind only Venezuela. The combined murder rate of Latin America is three times higher than the rest of the world. In addition to violence, extreme poverty leading to malnutrition significantly increases the risk of death in children. Parents in these regions are faced with heart-wrenching decisions that play out with the following calculus in the current context: keep children close and face the risk of their death by bullet or famine, or hand children to a &quot;coyote&quot; (a person who smuggles people illegally into the United States) and send them north in the hopes of a better and safer life. This is an an extreme expression of the most basic of biological instincts--to save one's young. This is the biology of hope. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has taken a strong and unequivocal position in opposing the treatment of children as criminals and housing them in prison-like environments. Stein had the privilege of joining AAP leaders visiting the southwestern border of the United States, including the detention facilities there and community organizations that help immigrant families and children who have been released after being legally processed. In these places, one truly sees it all. In this article, Stein briefly describes what he saw.
The Role of Language Skills in Mid-Adolescents&apos; Science Summaries
Author: Uccelli, Paola
Date: 2019-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Language Skills,Writing Skills,Grade 6,Grade 7,Middle School Students,Longitudinal Studies,Science Instruction,Syntax,Academic Language,Receptive Language,Language Tests,Skill Development,Student Diversity,Reading Comprehension,Predictor Variables,Form Classes (Languages),Vocabulary Skills,Accuracy,Writing Evaluation

Mid-adolescence is a period of considerable potential growth in the language for academic writing. Yet, to date, few writing studies explore language development during this period and even fewer focus on longitudinal or diverse samples. In this study, we examined the development of language skills for academic writing in a socio-economically diverse sample followed from sixth to seventh grade (n = 124). In each grade, participants wrote summaries of a science text. Subsequently, summaries were scored for writing quality (WQ) and analyzed for productive language skills (lexico-syntactic and discourse features). Participants completed a receptive academic language assessment and a test that measured reading comprehension of the source text. First, we examined if WQ or productive language skills changed over time. Next, we tested if Grade 6 productive and receptive language skills predicted Grade 7 WQ. Results revealed syntactic growth over time. Grade 6 use of connectives and receptive language skills emerged as predictors of Grade 7 WQ.
Current Development, Non-Formal Vocational Training of Adults Fosters Employment Opportunities in Small Scale Industries
Author: Negassa, Tolera
Date: 2019-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Informal Education,Vocational Education,Self Employment,Validity,Unemployment,Adults,Unskilled Workers,Small Businesses,Reliability,Outcomes of Education,Poverty,Agriculture,Strategic Planning,Income,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Job Training

The purpose of this study was to investigate non-formal vocational training program in fostering self employment in small scale industries in Oromia Regional State. In the regional state, unskilled man power is one of the major problems at lower level despite the growth of small business. The small business usually requires people trained in short-term program. The short-term practice-based vocational training is given without taking feedbacks on the outcome and its contribution to the livelihood of people in the regional state. The study was conducted in five cities and five towns which have access to institutions offering practice-based vocational training. The study involved 1280 (640 males and 640 females) people organized in small scale enterprises. The data were collected using questionnaire with acceptable level of validity (CVR&gt;0.55) and reliability (r&gt;0.70). The descriptive survey data were analyzed in quantitative methods (frequency, percentage, reliability, t-test, and ANOVA). The result generally revealed that the program has created self-employment for thousands of unemployed adults seeking jobs although there is a difference in terms of gender, location, and fields of training. In conclusion, the non-formal training program in the region has to be given priority to reduce poverty, so as to enhance self-employment in vocational fields to support the government plan on agricultural lead industrialization program.
Pre-Service Teachers&apos; Competencies in a Work-Based Learning Environment
Author: Padagas, Reynold C.
Date: 2019-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Teacher Competencies,Workplace Learning,Educational Environment,Foreign Countries,Academic Achievement,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Classroom Techniques,Student Attitudes,Student Characteristics,Performance Based Assessment,Student Evaluation

The study assessed and explored the pedagogical, student performance assessment, and classroom management skills of Pre-Service Teachers (PSTs) in their Work-based Learning Environment (WBLE). A sequential-explanatory mixed methods design was employed. Seventy PSTs were purposively selected as participants. To determine the three identified competencies, the study started with quantitative research method (Phase 1) using survey questionnaire containing items from various sources. After this, a qualitative data gathering method (Phase 2) using face-to-face interview and narratives was employed to further explore on the characteristics and challenges experienced by the PSTs. The findings revealed that the PSTs were generally competent in the three sets of competencies but the extent of employing all these in their WBLE says otherwise. Furthermore, their competencies, too, were not significantly related. Moreover, several challenges that beset the PSTs in their WBLE were also identified, hence, the formulation of the Triangle of Pre-Service Teachers' Attributes and Characteristics, and Competencies as basis in helping the PSTs improve their competencies as future members of the teaching workforce. The Higher Education Institutions can benefit from the results to keep improvements in the way their PSTs are being prepared for to provide quality teaching and learning among their target classes.
The Effect of Cultural Intelligence and Creative Thinking on the Practical Technical Capabilities of Trabzon University Physical Education Students
Author: Aydin, Elif
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cultural Awareness,Intelligence,Creative Thinking,Physical Education,Foreign Countries

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of cultural intelligence and creative thinking on the practical technical capabilities of Trabzon University Physical Education Students. In order to measure the cultural intelligence, creative thinking and technical capabilities in sport, the Standard questionnaires of Early and Ang (2003), Torrance (2000) and Behringer et al. (2011) were used respectively. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the cultural intelligence, creative thinking and technical capability questionnaires were 0.79, 0.8, and 0.85, respectively. Questionnaires were distributed to 120 students, (40 for football, 40 for volleyball and 40 for badminton classes). The findings showed that cultural intelligence and creative thinking have a significant positive effect on the technical capabilities of Trabzon University Physical Education students in all three football lessons (foot technical capability), volleyball and badminton (hand technical capability). Also, cultural intelligence and creative thinking have a significant positive effect on the technical capabilities of football classes (foot technical capability). Cultural intelligence and creative thinking have a significant positive effect on the technical capabilities of students in volleyball classes (hand technical abilities). Cultural intelligence and creative thinking have a significant positive effect on the technical capabilities of badminton classes (hand technical ability). Finally, it can be said that cultural intelligence and creative thinking have a significant positive effect on the practical technical capabilities of physical education students of Trabzon University participating in practical lessons (football, volleyball and badminton) both simultaneously and separately in each classroom.