ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Fairness Perceptions and Experiences of Muslim University Students in Canada
Author: Erkan, Serdar
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Muslims,College Students,Online Surveys,Educational Environment,Cultural Influences,Environmental Influences,Foreign Countries,Social Bias,Islamic Culture,Student Characteristics,Immigrants,Statistical Analysis

The purpose of this article is to examine the perceptions and experiences of fairness amongst Muslim post-secondary students based on our gathering of data using a web-based survey. The participants, 189 Muslim students, were reached via student organizations, national and local Muslim organizations, and Muslim student groups organized on Facebook. Following these initial contact points, snowball sampling was used to invite prospective participants to respond to the quantitative items in the survey instrument (which also included qualitative inquiries). These quantitative responses were analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis techniques. For Muslim students, their university was perceived as the most fair amongst their experience of settings, followed by Canada in general, and the country that these Muslim students culturally most identified with. The World, at large, was perceived as the most unfair setting for responding Muslims. Except for the country that Muslim students culturally identified with, all settings were perceived to be fairer for non-Muslims than for Muslims. The majority of Muslim students reported that they had encountered, observed, or experienced unfairness at least once in their university settings during the previous academic year and that they had been impacted by that experience of unfairness.
Connoisseurship Evaluation in Digital Painting among Art Teachers in Malaysian Secondary School
Author: Samah, Azimah A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary School Teachers,Art Teachers,Painting (Visual Arts),Evaluation,Skills,Computer Uses in Education,Quasiexperimental Design,Secondary School Students,Art Products,Art Education,Multivariate Analysis

Connoisseurship evaluation is a form of evaluation and educational inquiry having qualitative characteristics. In this study, these skills are seen among Malaysian art teachers in secondary schools. Quality assessment depends on the evaluator who has the ability of some aspects. Among these are qualitative nuances experiences as well as ability to judge the goodness of the quality artwork. This study aims to look at the quality and evaluation skills of art teachers in Malaysia. The quality of the work will be seen on school students' digital painting. The evaluation includes composition elements, color, interpretation and creativity of the digital painting. This study employed a quasi-experimental methodology with a single-group design to examine the digital painting among 53 students selected from schools in two districts of Selangor. The paintings were examined by two teachers in art and design education. The group's production of painting was analyzed using MANOVA repeated measures to determine the skills of evaluating among the art teachers.There was a similarity in marks given among the teachers in four aspects of productive dimensions: composition, color manipulation, interpretation and creativity. This indicated that teachers were able to evaluate according to their expertise in art and design. This study offered a means to assist teachers with appropriate evaluation strategies in digital painting. In theory, this study will add to the understanding of cognitive systems and human information processing that relate to visual imagery system and skill of evaluation.
Factors Influencing Teacher Career Satisfaction, Teacher Collaboration and Everyday Challenges: An Exploratory Factor Analysis
Author: Narayan, Nilesh Anish
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Grade 8,Mathematics Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Job Satisfaction,Teaching (Occupation),Teaching Conditions,Achievement Tests,Elementary Secondary Education,International Assessment,Mathematics Tests,Science Tests,Science Achievement,Mathematics Achievement,Factor Analysis,Statistical Analysis,Teacher Collaboration,Barriers,Gender Differences,Teaching Experience,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Multivariate Analysis

The main purpose of this study is to assess the construct validity of Australian eighth grade mathematics teachers' perceptions towards their career satisfaction, their teaching practice and the everyday challenges encountered in schools. The data were utilised from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study where a total of 802 eighth grade mathematics teachers participated. Exploratory factor analysis with statistical tests were utilised to analyse the data. Three factors career satisfaction, teacher collaboration and everyday challenges were derived from exploratory factor analysis. The factors had a reliability coefficient of: career satisfaction (0.802), teacher collaboration (0.838) and everyday challenges (0.777). The findings suggested that female teachers had a higher career satisfaction level and highly experienced teachers encountered more everyday challenges. This study could be helpful to enhance the level of career satisfaction for teachers and assist in reduction of everyday challenges. Future research could investigate actual reasons for lower satisfaction level for the teachers.
Teacher-Parent Collaboration for an Inclusive Classroom: Success for Every Child
Author: Adams, Donnie
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Parent Teacher Cooperation,Elementary Secondary Education,Regular and Special Education Relationship,Parent Participation,Disabilities,Mixed Methods Research,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Semi Structured Interviews

This article outlines the findings from a contemporary study of teacher-parent collaboration in inclusive education in primary and secondary schools in Malaysia. Recent inclusive education policy developments within Malaysia have increased teachers' accountability to effectively meet the needs of all students. This article draws upon recent empirical evidence on the impact of teacher-parent collaboration on inclusive education practices. It highlights some of the characteristics of an effective collaborative model and explores how far it contributes to a more inclusive classroom environment. The article also provides a contemporary insight into how teachers and parents view their collaborative roles in securing better student outcomes for students with special needs.
Preservice Mathematics Teachers' Metaphorical Perceptions towards Proof and Proving
Author: Ersen, Zeynep Bahar
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Preservice Teachers,Mathematics Teachers,Mathematics Instruction,Student Teacher Attitudes,Mathematical Concepts,Mathematical Logic,Figurative Language,Undergraduate Students,Content Analysis,Phenomenology,Classification,Cognitive Processes

Since mathematical proof and proving are in the center of mathematics; preservice mathematics teachers' perceptions against these concepts have a great importance. Therefore, the study aimed to determine preservice mathematics teachers' perceptions towards proof and proving through metaphors. The participants consisted of 192 preservice mathematics teachers in a public university in Aegean Region. As a data collection tool, to reveal preservice mathematics teachers' metaphorical perceptions towards the proof and proving, the form that includes the blanks in the sentences &quot;Mathematical proof is like… Because…&quot; and &quot;Mathematical proving is like… Because…&quot; Data was analyzed using content analysis method. Sixteen themes about the concept of proof and twenty themes about the concept of proving were composed. After taking a specialist opinion, Miles &amp; Huberman's reliability co-efficient was calculated 0.92. According to the research results; preservice mathematics teachers had positive perceptions for mathematical proof; but in the matter of proving, they had negative perceptions. As a recommendation, it should be conducted to present why preservice mathematics teachers' perceptions about proof and proving are negative by using depth interviews.
Emotional Design in Multimedia: Does Gender and Academic Achievement Influence Learning Outcomes?
Author: Kumar, Jeya Amantha
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Multimedia Instruction,Gender Differences,Academic Achievement,Outcomes of Education,Psychological Patterns,Instructional Design,Student Motivation,Student Satisfaction,College Students,Foreign Countries,Pretests Posttests,Correlation

This study was designed as a preliminary study (N = 33) to explore the effects of gender and academic achievement (Cumulative Grade Point Average-CGPA) on polytechnic students' learning outcomes when exposed to Multimedia Learning Environments (MLE) designed to induce emotions. Three designs namely positive (PosD), neutral (NeuD) and negative (NegD) had similar contents and narrations but differed visually based on colors, images and font (size and style) in depicting the intended emotions. The learning outcomes evaluated are learning achievement, perceived intrinsic motivation and satisfaction. Overall, there was no significant difference between gender and CGPA when students were exposed to the emotionally designed MLE. However, male students were significantly more motivated and satisfied with the NegD design compared to the female students. A significant positive relationship was observed between intrinsic motivation and satisfaction and between gender and design. In addition, female students were found to prefer PosD design and male students, NegD design. Users of PosD and NegD design showed strong relationship between perceived intrinsic motivation and satisfaction. For learning achievement, high academic achievers performed better in the PosD design compared to other designs. No significant relationships were found between any of the variables for the NeuD design.
Investigating the Relationship between Effective Communication of Spouse and Father-Child Relationship (Test Pattern Causes to Education Parents)
Author: Ataeifar, Robabeh
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Spouses,Fathers,Parent Child Relationship,Interpersonal Relationship,Attachment Behavior,Personality Traits,Communication Skills,Sexuality,Accountability,Questionnaires,Structural Equation Models,Neurosis,Correlation,Anxiety,Marital Satisfaction,Elementary School Students,Personality Measures,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

This research is targeted with the plan of father-child model or effective relationship mediating of spouses or investigating attachment style, personality traits, communication skills, and spouses' sexual satisfaction. Based on this, 260 people (father and child) were selected through random sampling method based on share. Participants were tested by relationship between spouses' model questionnaire, adults' attachment style, and communication skill, five factors of personality, sexual satisfaction, and father-child relationship. The relationship of attachment style, personality traits, communication skills, and sexual satisfaction of spouses or the effective relationship of spouses and father-child are clarified through performing structural equation model for test that proposed model was appropriately fitted and father-child relationship is explained and predicted through variables of attachment style, personality traits, communication skills, spouses' sexual satisfaction and mediating variable of spouses' effective relationship. A positive and significant relationship related to spouses' relationship among men accountability, compatibility and communication skills in spousal relationship and a negative and significant relationship is obtained among neuroticism and men-avoidant attachment in spousal relationship and there is also positive significant relationship related to father-child relationship among compatibility and negative significant relationship among anxiety attachment and neuroticism of father is obtained in father-child relationship. it is recommended that for improving family members' relationship, the role and effect kind of effective factors on spouses' relationship and father-child relationship be paid attention and based on proposed model a modification pattern for present defects in marital and parental context can be suggested.
Effect of Using Logo on Pupils' Learning in Two-Dimensional Shapes
Author: Yi, Boo Jia
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Technology Integration,Mathematics Instruction,Geometry,Ability Grouping,Elementary School Students,Quasiexperimental Design,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Pretests Posttests,Achievement Gains,Questionnaires,Participant Satisfaction,Teaching Methods,Intermode Differences,Instructional Effectiveness,Achievement Tests,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

The integration of technology in mathematics instruction is an important step in the 21st century learning style. At the primary level, some studies have explored how technology could help in mathematics learning. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of using Logo on pupils' learning of the properties of two-dimensional shapes. A total of 36 mixed ability Year 4 pupils from a primary school in Pahang, Malaysia participated in this study using the quasi experimental research design. The experimental group was taught using Logo while the control group was taught with the traditional method. The difference in achievement between the experimental group and control group was measured by pre-test and post-test. Results showed that the experimental group students performed better than the control group. Pupils' perception toward using Logo was measured by using a questionnaire with close-ended items. The findings of this study indicated that using Logo improved pupils' understanding of two-dimensional shapes. In addition, pupils have positive perception toward learning the properties of two-dimensional shapes using Logo.
Analysis of Bilateral Effects between Social Undermining and Co-Creation among University Faculty Members
Author: Taherpour, Fatima
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Social Influences,College Faculty,Correlation,Questionnaires,Behavior,Interaction,Interpersonal Relationship,Hypothesis Testing,Gender Differences,Interpersonal Communication,Risk,Work Environment,Statistical Analysis

Understanding the social undermining is increasing important in organizational literature both because of its relation with job performance and because of its collective cost to individuals and organizations. This article argued that social undermining can effect on co-creation among faculty members. The study adopted a descriptive-correlational method. The statistical population of the study consisted university faculty members in Iran, that 235 members were selected as the participants using stratified random sampling consistent with the sample size. Social undermining was examined using Duffy et al. (2002) Questionnaire and co-creation were examined using researcher-made questionnaire based on co-creation DART model. Also the reliability of the questionnaire were computed using Cronbach's alpha (0.94 for social undermining and 0.96 for co-creation questionnaire). Results based on data from a sample of university faculty members showed a negative relationship between social undermining and co-creation and were meaningful at 0.05 level of significance.
Students' Readiness for E-Learning Application in Higher Education
Author: Rasouli, Atousa
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Electronic Learning,Learning Readiness,Higher Education,Art Education,Majors (Students),Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Statistical Analysis,Gender Differences,Undergraduate Students,Graduate Students,Comparative Analysis,Learning Strategies,Communication Skills,Cooperative Learning,Metacognition,Thinking Skills,Independent Study

The main goal of this research was to investigate the readiness of art students in applying e-learning. This study adopted a survey research design. From three public Iranian Universities (Alzahra, Tarbiat Modares, and Tehran), 347 students were selected by multistage cluster sampling and via Morgan Table. Their readiness for E-learning application was assessed by a self-developed questionnaire. Data analysis was done by indexes of descriptive statistics and one sample t-test. Analysis of results found a significant relationship between the readiness of undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-graduate students to apply E-learning, but there was no significant relationship between students' readiness and gender, university, and subject. Results revealed that Art students were in a moderate level of readiness for applying E-learning.
Pre-Service Class Teacher' Ability in Solving Mathematical Problems and Skills in Solving Daily Problems
Author: Aljaberi, Nahil M.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Problem Solving,Daily Living Skills,Teaching Methods,Questionnaires,Females,Foreign Countries,Mathematics,Mathematics Instruction,Mathematics Education,College Students,Statistical Significance

This study aims to investigate the ability of pre-service class teacher at University of Petrain solving mathematical problems using Polya's Techniques, their level of problem solving skills in daily-life issues. The study also investigates the correlation between their ability to solve mathematical problems and their level of problem solving skills in daily-life issues. The study sample consisted of 65 female students majoring in class teacher. Data were collected using two questionnaires: the mathematical problem solving test which was developed by the researchers and daily life problem solving scale which was developed by (Hamdi, 1998). The findings indicate that students had high level skills in solving daily problems; there are no statistically significant differences in daily problem solving in relation to their academic year or high-school stream. Conversely, the findings also indicate weaknesses in students' skills in solving mathematical problems, with no statistically significant differences among students in solving mathematical problems according to Polya's problem solving steps. However, there were statistically significant differences in students' performance in solving mathematical problems in relation to the mathematical topic, and in favor of measurements and algebra; in addition to statistically significant differences in students' ability to solve mathematical problems in relation to academic year and high-school stream, but no correlation between students' abilities in solving mathematical problems and those in solving daily problems.
Comparative Effectiveness of Animated Drawings and Selected Instructional Strategies on Students' Performance in Creative Arts in Nigeria
Author: Olugbenga, Aiyedun Emmanuel
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods,Creativity,Art Education,Computer Uses in Education,Pretests Posttests,Scores,Animation,Correlation,Public Schools,Private Schools,Hypothesis Testing,Statistical Analysis,Freehand Drawing,Comparative Analysis,Gender Differences,Educational Technology,Elementary Secondary Education

Creative Arts is a core and compulsory subject in Nigerian upper basic classes, but the students' performance over the years indicated high failure. Instructional strategies play a pivotal role in improving students' performance. Computer-based instructions such as animated drawings could be a possible solution. This research adopted the design and development type. The between groups repeated measure design compared pretest and post-test scores of participants to identify differences after treatment. To validate the instruments, test re-test method was used; Pearson product moment correlation co-efficient yielded a reliability value of 0.94. Also, 674 upper basic school students consisting of 387 public and 287 private schools students, 338 males, and 336 females were involved in the study. Seven research questions and seven corresponding hypotheses were raised and tested respectively. ANOVA and t-test were used for hypotheses testing. Findings of the study showed that computer-based animated drawings instruction enhanced performance. It was recommended among others that the classroom teacher should embrace the strategy for Creative Arts classes; authors and curriculum planners should create more opportunities for computer-based animated drawing in explaining procedures for instruction to enhance learning and improve performance.
A Case Study of College Students' Attitudes toward Computer-Aided Language Learning
Author: Wangru, Cao
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Case Studies,College Students,Online Courses,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Computer Assisted Instruction,Majors (Students),Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Educational Improvement,Questionnaires,Scores,Statistical Analysis,Independent Study,Observation

Nowadays computers are becoming smaller and more powerful, they are put into use in many areas, and one of the important implementations is the assistance with language learning, which is called CALL. In China, college English teaching has experienced lots of frustrations and difficulties. At the end of 20th century, the mode of CALL gradually appeared in China, but it was still immature and not systematic. At the beginning of the 21st century that CALL was carried out extensively in China, during this period, many universities and colleges have tried experiments on online learning and many of them have got quite fruitful achievements. Henan Polytechnic University is one of them. After careful consideration, the university decided to adopt the English online learning system produced by Higher Education Press to carry out a comprehensive college English teaching reform in the non-English major students, who are freshmen and sophomores. In the four academic semesters, students have 4 periods of classroom-based learning and another 2 periods of online learning every week. So far, the university has worked on the experiment for 10 years, and now, it is the high time to check the students' attitudes toward English online learning. Only in this way can we get the valuable first-hand suggestions to improve online learning mode.
A Comparative Review of Music Education in Mainland China and the United States: From Nationalism to Multiculturalism
Author: Ho, Wai-Chung
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Comparative Education,Nationalism,Music Education,Cultural Pluralism,Social Change,Teaching Methods,Politics of Education,Cross Cultural Studies,Patriotism,Foreign Policy,Singing,Foreign Countries,Case Studies

This paper attempts to compare interactions between social changes and the integration of nationalism and multiculturalism in the context of music education by focusing on the ways in which the governmental politics of mainland China and the United States have managed nationalism and diversity in school music education. This paper also explores the ways in which music education, in response to different sociopolitical contexts, relates to the teaching of both musical and non-musical meanings in the dual context of nationalism and multiculturalism, and discusses some of the challenges facing music education in music classrooms today in these two nations. This paper argues that the interplay of tensions in the current wave of nationalism and multiculturalism seen in both mainland China and the United States show the enduring nature of state ideologies in a dynamic, contentious process of social construction.