ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
A Comparison of Problem-Solving Strategies of Primary School 3rd and 4th-Graders
Author: Önal, Halil
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Comparative Analysis,Problem Solving,Grade 4,Elementary School Students,Mathematics Tests,Grade 3,Learning Strategies,Freehand Drawing,Mathematics Instruction,Foreign Countries

The aim of the study is to find out the problem-solving strategies used by primary school 3rd and 4th-graders in solving non-routine problems. The basic qualitative research design, one of the qualitative research approaches, was used in the research. The participants of the research consisted of 216 students, 104 of them in the third-grade and 112 of them in the fourth-grade. The &quot;problem-solving test&quot; developed by the researcher was used as a data collection tool. Descriptive analysis method was used in the analysis of the data. When the results of the research were examined, it was discovered that primary school third-graders mostly used making a drawing strategy in solving non-routine problems; guessing and checking and looking for a pattern strategies were the most commonly used strategies after making a drawing strategy. When the problem-solving strategies used by primary school fourth-graders were examined, it was discovered that guessing and checking was the most commonly used strategy and this strategy was followed by the strategy of looking for a pattern and making a drawing. It was concluded that primary school fourth-graders were more likely to use the other problem-solving strategies apart from making a drawing strategy than the third-graders.
The Effect of Using Interactive Simulation in Science Laboratory on Knowledge Levels of Science Laws and Computational Thinking Skills
Author: Atalay, Nurhan
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Simulation,Science Education,Knowledge Level,Scientific Concepts,Computation,Thinking Skills,College Students,Foreign Countries,Preservice Teachers,Science Activities

Today, teaching strategies and methods changing with technology require a radical transformation in the teaching of science laws, which form the basis of science subjects. In this study, computational thinking skills, which will allow students to use information and communication technologies in today's conditions and the effect of these skills on their knowledge levels about science laws were examined. A university in the Central Anatolian Region of Turkey served as the institution that provided the study sample, which consisted of 61 science preservice teachers who were enrolled in the university's Science Teaching Department. In this study, pretest-posttest control group design, one of the experimental designs, was used. The participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental group or the control group, with 30 people assigned to the experimental group and 31 participants assigned to the control group. To collect data, an achievement test with 20 questions aiming to measure the success levels of science laws by the researchers and the &quot;Computerized Thinking Scale&quot; for university students was used. At the end of the research process, it was concluded that the achievements of the students in the experimental group were significantly different from the students in the control group, and there was a significant difference in favor of the experimental group in all sub-dimensions of computational thinking and computational thinking.
Designing Active Learning Enriched Biotechnology Instruction Module (BIM) for Middle School Science Course
Author: Aydin, Serap Öz
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Active Learning,Biotechnology,Case Studies,Genetics,Science Instruction,Thinking Skills,Units of Study,Instructional Materials,Teaching Methods,Instructional Design,Models,Grade 8,Private Schools,Foreign Countries,Comparative Analysis,Middle School Students

This study aimed at designing instructional material named Biotechnology Instruction Module (BIM) which is enriched with active learning methods to enhance the 8th grade students' learning of the topic. The development of the teaching materials proceeded within the stages of the ADDIE instructional design model. The final form of the instructional module comprised active learning materials of DNA Isolation Experiment, Bulletin Boards, 4x2 Biotechnology Learning Station, Case Studies Text, and &quot;What Would You Do If You Were…?&quot; activities. Instructional module covers the topics such as genetically modified organisms (GMO), gene therapy, cloning and bioremediation. The &quot;Biotechnology Instruction Module&quot; is expected to help students to learn in a meaningful way the rapidly changing and renewed biotechnology issues, to foster knowledge and understanding of key issues, to promote socioscientific discourse in class, and to encourage higher order thinking skills. All the data show that the instructional module applied in the real classroom environment is successful in realizing the learning objectives of the subject of biotechnology.
The Relationship between Parental Tutoring and Social Science Learning Outcomes for Fourth-Grade Students of Elementary School
Author: Abas, Muhamad
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Tutoring,Parent Participation,Social Studies,Elementary School Students,Outcomes of Education,Grade 4,Foreign Countries,Public Schools

Social science learning outcomes of students in elementary schools are a problem faced by teachers. Parental guidance at home is one of the influencing factors. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between parental tutoring and social studies learning outcomes of fourth-grade students of one public elementary school in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The research method used was ex-post facto involving total sample of 32 students, with 14 male and 18 female students. Data collection techniques were carried out using a questionnaire sheet for parental tutoring and documentation. The results show that: (1) parental tutoring for fourth-grade students was included in the very good category (59.38%, and in the good category (40.63%); and (2) there was a significant and positive relationship between parental tutoring and social studies learning outcomes. In other words, the better the parental guidance result in better children's learning outcomes.
The Effect of Team Games Tournament Model-Assisted Articulate Storyline Media on Improving Outcomes and Interest in Learning Javanese Script Material in Elementary School
Author: Sekarsari, Elok Puspita
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cooperative Learning,Game Based Learning,Outcomes of Education,Indonesian Languages,Elementary School Students,Competition,Multimedia Materials,Grade 5,Foreign Countries

Javanese language is a national culture that needs to be protected and preserved to not lose its identity. In the Javanese script, education includes writing and reading skills starting from elementary school. This study was motivated by the difficulty of understanding Javanese script material in the classroom. This study aims to determine the Team Games Tournament learning (TGT) model using Articulate Storyline media to enhance student learning outcomes and interest in elementary school. The research method used is quantitative with a Quasi Experiment Design. The sampling technique used was purposive random sampling with two class samples for research, the experimental and control classes as a comparison. The sample consists of 50 fifth-grade students, with each class consisting of 25 students. The instruments used were test questions and interest questionnaires to measure the specified variables. Data analysis techniques in statistical testing are instrument, prerequisite, and hypothesis tests. The average post-test final result in the experimental class was 47.36, and the control class was 36.1. The results showed an influence on the TGT learning model with Articulate Storyline on improving learning outcomes and interest of elementary school students.
Evaluation of Professional Commitment Levels of Teacher Candidates
Author: Kaya, Halil Ibrahim
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,Preservice Teachers,Teacher Persistence,Foreign Countries,Evaluation

In this study, it is aimed to determine the commitment level of commitment to the teaching profession of teacher candidates enrolled in the 2021-2022 academic year pedagogical formation education certificate program. Moreover, it is also aimed to examine the situations of difference in the levels of commitment to the teaching profession of teacher candidates according to variables such as gender, field (social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences), university, high school, income level, family residence, mother's/father's profession, and mother's/father's education status. The study was designed according to the survey model. For this reason, data were obtained from a large population. While the population consists of 267 teacher candidates enrolled in the pedagogical formation program in 2022 at a university in the east of Turkey, the sample consists of 216 teacher candidates determined by the simple random sampling method. The data collection tool used in the study is the &quot;Teaching Profession Engagement Scale-TPES.&quot; The study concludes that the professional commitment levels of pre-service teachers registered in the pedagogical formation program were high. Additionally, it is also revealed that the professional commitment of teacher candidates differs according to the variables (field, high school, mother's education level and mother's profession).
The Transforming Toybox: Examining the U.S. Infant Toy Market
Author: Hassinger-Das, Brenna
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Toys,Infants,Play,Technology,Child Development,Physical Development,Cognitive Development,Gender Differences,Comparative Analysis

The authors examined technological and traditional infant toys to understand the U.S. toy market facing today's care givers. They found significant differences in the two types of toys in terms of their developmental targets--with more traditional toys aimed at physical development and more technological toys aimed at cognitive development. Given that the toy market is so vast and that technological toys sometimes come with considerable costs, they argue for the need to understand more precisely how toys are marketed to prevent exploitation based on the pursuit of a so-called &quot;brainy baby.&quot;
Students&apos; Participation and Collaboration Skills through RADEC Learning Model and the Influencing Factors
Author: Hanum, Citra Bahadur
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Participation,Elementary School Students,Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods,Assignments,Learner Engagement,Cooperative Learning,Influences,Soft Skills

This study aims at identifying forms of participation and collaboration through RADEC learning and the influencing factors. The subject of this study comprised 32 students (18 males and 14 females) attending an elementary school in Bandung city. Case study with a qualitative approach was employed as the method of the study by utilizing instruments such as observation sheets, student work sheet, and field notes. Obtained data were analyzed using Miles &amp; Huberman's (1992) technique with data validation using reference material techniques and methodological triangulation. The results reveal that (1) doing assignments, asking questions, delivering opinions and arguments, giving responses and making conclusion are forms of participation students engage in the classroom, (2) students collaborated through group work, active participation and contribution in the group assignment, listening and discussing a variety of topics, showing appreciation, matching assignments and work, cooperate to gain ideas and realize them through a respectful and proper decision making, and (3) several factors influence the students' participation and collaboration, namely confidence, hard work, and teachers' stimulation. These results signify that RADEC learning is able to stimulate students' participation and collaboration.
The Role of Transformational Leadership on Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Elementary School Teachers in Bekasi Regency
Author: Suharyat, Yayat
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Transformational Leadership,Leadership Role,Phenomenology,Islam,Religious Schools,Principals,Administrator Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Elementary School Teachers,Barriers,Teacher Behavior,Foreign Countries,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Organizational Climate,Teacher Role

In reality, Organization Citizenship Behavior in an institution is not as expected. However, the contrary occurred at the Integrated Islamic Elementary School in Bekasi Regency that teachers and staff have a spectrum of abilities and the potential to advance the institution. This research identified and analyzed (1) the role of the principal in improving teachers behavior through transformational leadership, and (2) the inhibiting and supporting factors in improving good teachers behavior and attitudes at the Integrated Islamic Elementary School in Bekasi Regency, Indonesia. The research used a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. The principal, representatives, and teachers were informants to obtain the necessary data. The findings showed that the implemented Organizational Citizenship Behavior embodied sincerity, mutual help, brotherhood, and seriousness. However, it still needed improvement to achieve maximum teachers performance in carrying out the task of educating, guiding, training, and directing the students. One of the obstacles in implementing transformational leadership was that several teachers underestimated this program. This research has an implication that Organizational Citizenship Behavior in an institution can be realized if a leader implements a transformational leadership system.
Professional Competence of Prospective Elementary School Teachers in Designing Lesson Plans Integrating Project-Based Learning Models and TPACK
Author: Fazilla, Sarah
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Technological Literacy,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Student Projects,Lesson Plans,Case Studies,Preservice Teachers,Teacher Education Programs,Elementary School Teachers,Microteaching,Student Attitudes,Active Learning,Instructional Materials,Foreign Countries

During the industrial revolution, the quality of education improved, and this was reflected in competent and professional teachers. Teacher professional competence can be achieved by combining personal, scientific, technological, social, and spiritual skills.. This study aims at assessing prospective teachers' professional abilities in developing lesson plans that are integrated with the Project Based Learning and TPACK models in Microteaching course. This study employs a qualitative approach with a case study research design by involving 10 prospective elementary school teachers enrolled in sixth semester. Data collection was carried out through interviews, observation, and documentation, while data analysis was carried out qualitatively, comprising data reduction, verification, and conclusions. The findings obtained revealed that the professional competence of prospective elementary school teachers was adequate but could be improved. According to the interviews, they were able to develop a scientific mindset in preparing lesson plans with subject mastery based on basic competencies and learning objectives. In fact, four participants were able to develop lesson plans using project-based learning models. In the analysis process, it was also found that these prospective elementary school teachers were able to integrate TPACK, meaning they knew how to link material with the use of technology and were able to teach it in simulation activities carried out in class. However, some of them still struggled to make project-based learning plans, especially in designing projects relevant to teaching materials. Overall, it can be concluded that the professional competence of prospective teacher students was adequate but could be improved, particularly in their capacity to design projects relevant to the material and learning objectives in elementary schools.
What Do Basic Education Teachers Participating in Creative Drama Instructor/Leadership Program Think about the Creative Drama Method?
Author: Yildirim, Esat
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Drama,Creative Activities,Teacher Attitudes,Leadership Training,Faculty Development,Teacher Leadership,Diaries,Teaching Methods,Language Skills,Skill Development,Decision Making,Phenomenology,Teacher Characteristics

This study aims at revealing how basic education teachers, as the foundation of the educational system participating in the Private Creative Drama Instructor/Leadership Program, comprehend the creative drama method and their experiences with this process. The study was designed using the phenomenology qualitative research pattern. The participants consisted of nine teachers (six female and 3 male teachers), working in different branches who completed the first two stages (96 hours of training). Data were collected through unstructured interviews and participant diaries. The data were analyzed using inductive content analysis. Criterion sampling was preferred in the formation of the study group to include situations that meet the determined criteria in the study. The first criterion was that the teachers had taken the first two stages of the drama course as they understood the nature of drama. Participants emphasized the strengths of using creative drama as a method at the end of the course. The findings revealed that drama education and applications contribute to skills such as language, decision-making, and expression skills and have a positive effect on personal development. In addition, getting to know each other in the group is significant in creating a convenient and appropriate setting in drama practice.
The Effectiveness of Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract Learning Strategy in Teaching Mixtures of Science Subjects to Students with Intellectual Skills Disabilities
Author: Yildirim, Hasan Hüseyin
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Students with Disabilities,Intellectual Disability,Pictorial Stimuli,Teaching Methods,Science Instruction,Scientific Concepts,Direct Instruction,Elementary School Students,Instructional Effectiveness,Foreign Countries,Special Schools,Manipulative Materials

The aim of this research is to examine the effectiveness of the concrete-pictorial-abstract learning strategy presented with the direct teaching method in teaching the subject of mixtures, which is one of the science subjects, to students with intellectual skills disabilities. The study used multiple-probe model with a probe phase, one of the single-subject research models. While the dependent variable of the research was the level of showing the mixtures of the students participating in the study; the independent variable is the concrete-pictorial-abstract learning strategy presented with the direct teaching method. The research was conducted with two girls and one boy living in Bolu, diagnosed with intellectual disability, and attending primary school. The data collected in the study were analyzed through visual analysis. As a result of the research, it has been observed that the concrete-pictorial-abstract learning strategy is effective in teaching the subject of mixtures to students with intellectual skills disabilities, that the permanence of this subject learned by the students can be maintained one and three weeks after the end of the education, and that all students can generalize this learning to different environments and tools.
The Effect of Teacher&apos;s Professional Competence on Teacher Creativity in Elementary School
Author: Mastur
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary School Teachers,Correlation,Teacher Competencies,Creativity,Foreign Countries,Teacher Attitudes

This study aims to determine and examine empirical data related to the influence of teacher professional competence on teacher creativity in elementary schools. This research is a correlational study with sample confidence of 90% or an error rate of 10%, the number of samples obtained was 24 people. Data was taken using 2 methods, namely questionnaires and documentation. Testing the instrument validation with expert judgment and then testing the validity and reliability using the Cronbach Alpha formula. The data analysis technique uses simple correlation analysis (product-moment). Test requirements analysis consists of normality test and linearity test. This study's results indicate a positive and significant influence between Teacher Professional Competence and Teacher Creativity, with the correlation of the independent variable with the dependent variable being 1.01 at a significance level of 10%. This means that every unit increase in the teacher's professional competence score will simultaneously affect the increase in the teacher's creativity score.
Life Study Lessons in the Process of Distance Education: A Case Study on the Opinions of Primary School Students
Author: Güllühan, Nur Ütkür
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Distance Education,Elementary School Students,Student Attitudes,Grade 2,Grade 3,Foreign Countries,In Person Learning,Instructional Effectiveness,Daily Living Skills,COVID-19,Pandemics

This study aims to get the opinions of primary school 2nd and 3rd-grade students about the life studies lessons taught with distance education in the 2020-2021 academic year. For this purpose, open-ended questionnaires, document reviews, and interviews were used as data collection tools in the study, which was designed with a case study, one of the qualitative research designs. The study was continued with the students selected by criterion sampling from the 2nd and 3rd-grade students attending a public school on the European side of Istanbul. Content analysis was used in the analysis of the data. it has been determined that primary school students prefer to teach life studies at school rather than distance education. In addition, it was found that one of the common reasons for students who like or dislike distance education is &quot;seeing their teachers and friends&quot;. However, the students stated that they learned the life studies lesson better at school, the lessons were more fun, and they could hear the teacher's voice better at school. It can be stated that primary school students prefer to teach the life studies course at school, and they think that the life studies course taught with distance education can be enriched by being taught in more active and different methods and places in out-of-school environments. In this study, the findings obtained from the views and drawings of the total students teaching the life studies course in the 2nd and 3rd grade level with distance education are limited. students want the distance life studies course to be taught in an active, comfortable environment and with alternative learning methods and techniques rather than classical methods.
Playful Choreographies and Choreographies of Play: New Research in Dance and Play Studies
Author: Pedersen, Lars Dahl
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Play,Dance,Physical Activities,Creativity,Dance Education,Children

The author explores the relationship of play to choreography. He defines choreography as the rules that guide body movements from their minute physicality to their broad social and cultural contours. He conducts a review of the literature and accentuates five general topics--learning through creativity; choreography as writing and pedagogy; comparisons of dance and choreography to play and sport; children's play and environments as choreographies; and choreography as critical play interventions in public spaces. He argues that viewing play through a choreographic lens helps us understand how players physically communicate and create meaning through action in various play situations.