ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Preservice Teachers&apos; Wellbeing in Mathematics Education
Author: Chigeza, Philemon
Date: 2022-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Preservice Teachers,College Freshmen,Well Being,College Mathematics,Mathematics Education,Self Esteem,Student Attitudes,Barriers,Social Influences,College Environment

The study investigated first-year preservice teachers' affective, conative, cognitive, social, and physical wellbeing in a mathematics education subject at a regional university in Far North Queensland. Data collected included pre and post surveys with forty-nine preservice teachers, and interviews with preservice teachers and teacher educators. The pre and post surveys evaluated preservice teachers' belief statements about their wellbeing before and after a six-week module. Before the module, their belief statements suggested significant challenges. The post survey suggested an increased confidence with mathematics. Four themes that emerged from interview data analysis included the need to: address the emerging unbalanced wellbeing; address overlapping challenges for both preservice teachers and educators that negatively affect learning; understand that lack of challenges is detrimental to wellbeing balance; and develop guiding frameworks to address the emerging challenges. The paper discusses possible implications to the practice of teaching and learning in mathematics education and other subject areas.
App-Genres for Children&apos;s Agency -- Affordances in Applications Used in Preschool
Author: Petersen, Petra
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Oriented Programs,Computer Uses in Education,Preschool Education,Preschool Teachers,Preschool Children,Multilingualism,Language Proficiency,Affordances,Semiotics,Translation,Picture Books,Story Telling,Games,Documentation,Media Selection

In this study, the aim is to explore what genres can be found in applications used in preschool as a way to facilitate preschool teachers' informed choices and raise awareness concerning the importance of choosing digital content carefully. In particular, applications that facilitate communication beyond a verbal majority language are in focus in this study. The research questions concern what the affordances are of applications used in preschool in relation to children's agency and multilingual competencies and which kinds of genres that emerge from the applications' affordances. Analyses of the applications were based on a social semiotic approach, in combination with the notion of translanguaging, taking into account many modes of communication, as well as different languages. The results illustrate how affordances include possibilities to listen to several spoken languages, opportunities to create documentation and produce stories in many different modes, including the verbal language of choice, but also restraints such as lack of opportunities for children's agency in some applications with more closed composition. 10 genres are proposed which consist of three monolingual app-genres: talking picture books, storytelling and games, and seven app-genres that allow for several languages: talking picture books in more languages, multilingual storytelling, storytelling with recording possibilities, boardgames with recording possibilities, communication apps, draw-and-record apps and documentation apps. Conclusions highlight the importance of careful selection when choosing digital content in educational settings for younger children and that some of the app-genres proposed could be seen as facilitating digital pedagogical translanguaging.
Design Sprint Workshops -- Exploring a Data-Based Method in Mathematics Education
Author: Herfort, Jonas Dreyøe
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Education,Theory Practice Relationship,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Workshops,Research Utilization,Data Use,Secondary School Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Teacher Educators,Doctoral Students,Student Attitudes,Program Evaluation,Mathematics Teachers

This paper investigates how to reduce the theory-practice gap by making research the object of discussion for researchers and practitioners. The study is situated in the wicked problem of using digital technology in mathematics education. To investigate this problem a workshop of the format data-sprint is conducted, investigating the challenges and potentials related to facilitating workshops interpreting visualizations of research literature to support teacher dialogue of digital technology in mathematics education. Two potentials and two challenges are identified in the analysis.
Motivational Factors for Empowering People with Diabetes and the Influence of Perceived Self-Efficacy
Author: Lyngbye, Marie
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Diabetes,Patients,Motivation,Empowerment,Self Efficacy,Self Concept,Influences,Self Management,Behavior,Change,Life Style,Physical Activities,Health Behavior,Sex,Dialogs (Language),Knowledge Level,Experience,Metabolism,Foreign Countries,Compliance (Psychology)

In this study, we apply theories about self-efficacy, empowerment and motivation to account for the phenomena that people with diabetes Mellitus type 1 express as being influential for people with diabetes' behaviour regarding self-regulation. They must make significant changes to their lifestyle, to keep the disease stabilized. The changes can be cumbersome and hard to implement why people with diabetes receive training in self-regulation. For many people it can be challenging to comply with the recommendations. We conducted field observations and surveys to understand how people with diabetes experience their perceived self-efficacy, and what motivates them to perform blood sugar measurements and physical activities. We found differences in people with diabetes' ability to follow the recommendation based on gender, motivation, and their level of self-efficacy. We also found indications on how a motivational dialog may affect both professionals and people with diabetes. Thus, we suggest that guidance of people with diabetes should be based on an emancipating motivational approach such enabling the possibility of strengthening the people with diabetes' motivation and thereby their self-efficacy. Through these processes, the people with diabetes may become able to achieve a higher level of health literacy such experiencing a better outcome of their self-regulation. With this paper we contribute to the contemporary overall knowledge about the diabetes field, such our investigation focus on people with diabetes ability to act upon information provided by healthcare professionals and how to best approach the issues people with diabetes experience as being essential for their general well-being and everyday lives.
Technology Enhanced Language Learning Research Trends and Practices: A Systematic Review (2020-2022)
Author: Zainuddin, Nurkhamimi
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Technology Uses in Education,Second Language Learning,Educational Research,Trend Analysis,Educational Practices,Literature Reviews,Electronic Learning,Research Methodology,English (Second Language)

In recent years, the role of technology in language classrooms has grown in importance. Due to recent developments in the education sector, technology-enhanced language learning (TELL) has come into the spotlight. Previous studies have shown that technology encourages both instructors and students to take an active role in the language learning process. In light of the widespread adoption and enabling power of immersive technologies and the potential applications of TELL, it is imperative that the literature be continuously investigated to identify the types and tendencies of recent studies in order to understand current practises and guide future research in the field with two research questions; RQ1: What are the trends and practices of TELL in language teaching and learning? and RQ2: What are the research methodologies employed in TELL studies? This review carefully examines the overall research trends and practises in language education in order to chart the development of TELL during the past few years. Out of 87 publications found in 2020-2022, 17 were selected using exclusion and inclusion criteria from Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus. Using five codes obtained from previous systematic reviews, we performed an analysis and synthesis of these publications. The codes are: (1) aim, (2) methodology, (3) sample, (4) country, and (5) outcomes. The bulk of the studies used a quantitative research technique to look into TELL trends and practises in language teaching and learning, and the systematic review found that TELL was more widespread in universities than in other types of schools, with the lowest occurrence seen in primary schools. In light of these findings, suggestions for more investigation were made. Academicians are urged to broaden the scope of future study and include students from all levels of education in future TELL practises in order to better understand TELL's usage in language teaching and learning.
E-Learning Software: Comparing the Use Behavior among Academicians and Schoolteachers
Author: Smolinski, Pawel Robert
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Electronic Learning,Computer Software,Use Studies,Teacher Behavior,COVID-19,Pandemics,Computer Mediated Communication,Intention,Predictor Variables,Foreign Countries,College Faculty,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Individual Differences

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an increase in the use of e-learning software. From the perspective of the decision-makers (school/university administration), it is crucial to understand what characteristics of the software are perceived by the users (teachers) as necessary for a task (e-learning). A popular method of determining these characteristics is a technology acceptance model. In this paper, the authors aim to understand the technology acceptance of Microsoft (MS) Teams by applying the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. The authors also analyze acceptance in two distinctive groups of teachers: schoolteachers and academic teachers, to better understand differences in e-learning software acceptance and implementation. The results show that MS Teams is a well-accepted software and the users' intention to use MS Teams in e-learning is the same regardless of the teacher's group. There are significant differences in the perception of software characteristics between different groups. The authors analyze the potential causes of these differences and suggest practical implications for improving the quality of e-learning. The intent is not to validate UTAUT as a general technology acceptance model but to understand its practical importance in explaining use behavior in e-learning.
Creative Problem Solving Process Instructional Design in the Context of Blended Learning in Higher Education
Author: Nurrijal
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Creative Thinking,Problem Solving,Instructional Design,Higher Education,Blended Learning,Educational Environment,Foreign Countries,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,College Students,Student Attitudes

The Creative Problem Solving (CPS) process is a conceptual model that focuses on using higher-order thinking skills in order to overcome authentic problems during learning. The CPS process offers a structured methodology to enhance every learner's solid critical, creative, and innovative thinking skill. The application of the CPS method has been growing, including its implementation in the blended learning environment in universities. However, its application still requires a strategic framework that is by the blended learning conceptual model to facilitate the CPS process. Properly organized instructional design is an important element in maintaining the success of the CPS process in blended learning to encourage and promote learner creativity to solve problems. The application of the CPS method in the context of blended learning is integrated through synchronous and asynchronous patterns facilitated by the Moodle LMS-based e-Learning facility. This research aims to produce a CPS process instructional design in a blended learning context that is valid, practical, and effective and can systematically guide instructors or lecturers in facilitating students to be skilled in critical thinking and creative thinking in problem-solving processes. This development process is based on the incorporation of ideas related to the conceptual model of blended learning with the principles of the CPS process design strategy that has been developed. Instructional design was developed by applying the Research and Development (R&amp;D) method, which implements several stages between Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. The validity of the resulting model product was measured using a validation sheet of learning design experts, learning technology, media, materials, and linguists with the title of professor. Questionnaire responses from lecturers and students measured the product's practicality, and the product's effectiveness was measured by conducting testing of critical and creative thinking skills. The research data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to provide a quality score on the resulting instructional design. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that this learning design is valid, practical, and effective in improving the thinking skills of prospective teacher students. This proves that the instructional design developed has the feasibility to be used in learning, which can effectively improve the creative problem-solving process in the context of blended learning.
The Effects of Instructor Clarity and Non-Verbal Immediacy on Chinese and Iranian EFL Students&apos; Affective Learning: The Mediating Role of Instructor Understanding
Author: Derakhshan, Ali
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Language Teachers,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,Predictor Variables,Correlation,Affective Behavior,Emotional Response,Teacher Characteristics,Interpersonal Communication,Student Attitudes,Teacher Behavior,Course Content,Communication Skills,Teaching Methods,Verbal Communication,Nonverbal Communication,Cultural Awareness

Drawing on the rhetorical/relational goal theory, this study examined the role of instructor clarity and non-verbal immediacy in affective learning through the mediation of instructor understanding. Data were gathered through close-ended questionnaires from 756 Chinese and 715 Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) students, the factor structure and cross-cultural validity of which were supported via confirmatory factor analysis and testing measurement invariance, respectively. Path analysis results indicated that clarity and non-verbal immediacy positively predicted instructor understanding and affective learning; instructor understanding positively predicted affective learning; and understanding was a significant positive mediator in the relationship of non-verbal immediacy and clarity with affective learning. Except for the positive association of non-verbal immediacy with understanding which was significantly higher for the Iranian group, no significant difference was found between the Chinese and Iranian groups in all other associations, providing empirical support for the role of EFL teachers' positive interpersonal communication behaviors in EFL students' affective learning, irrespective of the cultural context.
Adopting WhatsApp to Reduce Transactional Distance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Tunjera, Nyarai
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Handheld Devices,Computer Oriented Programs,Computer Mediated Communication,Preservice Teachers,Group Dynamics,Learner Engagement,Cooperative Learning,COVID-19,Pandemics,Student Attitudes,Technology Uses in Education,Social Isolation

Mobile devices have penetrated all levels of society worldwide, including what are predominantly considered inaccessible, low-income communities in developing nations. Mobile devices are frequently used for economic, political, and social interactions and even business transactions. In a similar fashion, teachers are slowly adapting to the use of mobile devices as a pedagogical tool in education. The aim of this study was to ascertain how a WhatsApp group, a messaging facility, could be used to enhance group interaction among pre-service teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moore's Transactional Distance theory and Salmon's five-stage model guided this qualitative study. Twelve pre-service teachers, out of a class of thirty-five, were purposely selected to work on a group task using the WhatsApp application during the COVID-19 pandemic. They also participated in a focus group interview. WhatsApp artifacts and focus group interview transcripts were analyzed deductively; the results showed that the WhatsApp intervention helped improve pre-service teachers' engagement and the sharing of content to successfully undertake the group activity virtually. WhatsApp's social nature has proven to be an enabler for keeping people connected despite physical distance: reducing cognitive loneliness resulting from social isolation. It is recommended that teacher educators, academics, and researchers, as well as students working remotely take advantage of the usability of WhatsApp for learning and research purposes.
The Relationship between Innovative Self-Efficacy and Innovative Ability of Dance Majors&apos; Students in Chinese Universities Research
Author: Li, Le
Date: 2023-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Self Efficacy,Dance Education,Majors (Students),Gender Differences,Creativity,Innovation,Undergraduate Students,Student Attitudes,Creative Thinking

The cultivation of innovative ability is an important part of China's current long-term education planning and innovative development-driven strategy, as well as an important issue of university teaching reform. The cultivation of innovative ability of dance professionals in colleges and universities is a problem of great concern for dance majors in terms of innovative teaching and new curriculum reform. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between innovative self-efficacy and innovative ability of dance majors, as well as the gender differences between the two. Through a questionnaire survey of dance majors in 6 universities in central China, 565 valid questionnaires were collected, and the relationship between variables was tested by difference analysis and Structural Equation Model model. The research results show that there are significant differences between genders in terms of innovative self-efficacy and innovative ability of dance majors; the innovative self-efficacy of dance majors has a positive impact on their innovative ability.
Examining Classroom Contexts in Support of Culturally Diverse Learners&apos; Engagement: An Integration of Self-Regulated Learning and Culturally Responsive Pedagogical Practices
Author: Anyichie, Aloysius C.
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Diversity,Culturally Relevant Education,Independent Study,Learner Engagement,Foreign Countries,Elementary School Teachers,Instructional Design,Elementary School Students,Class Activities

Research shows that culturally diverse students are often disengaged in multicultural classrooms. To address this challenge, literatures on self-regulated learning and culturally responsive teaching both document practices that foster engagement, although from different perspectives. This study examined how classroom teachers at schools that enroll students from diverse cultural communities on the West Coast of Canada built on a Culturally Responsive Self-Regulated Learning (CR-SRL) Framework to design complex tasks that integrated SRL pedagogical practices (SLPPs) and culturally-responsive pedagogical practices (CRPPs) to support student engagement. Two elementary school teachers and their 43 students (i.e., grades 4 and 5) participated in this study. We used a multiple, parallel case study design that embedded mixed methods approaches to examine how the teachers integrated SRLPPs and CRPPs into complex tasks; how culturally diverse students engaged in each teacher's task; and how students' experiences of engagement were related to their teachers' practices. We generated evidence through video-taped classroom observations, records of classroom practices, students' work samples, a student self-report, and teacher interviews. Overall findings showed: (1) that teachers were able to build on the CR-SRL framework to guide their design of a CRSRL complex task; (2) benefits to students' engagement when those practices were present; and (3) dynamic learner-context interactions in that students' engagement were situated in features of the complex task that were present on a given day. We close by highlighting implications of these findings, limitations, and future directions.
Modeling and Measuring Domain-Specific Quantitative Reasoning in Higher Education Business and Economics
Author: Schmidt, Susanne
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Business Education,Higher Education,Thinking Skills,Problem Solving,Numeracy,Economics Education,Foreign Countries,Graduate Students

Quantitative reasoning is considered a crucial prerequisite for acquiring domain-specific expertise in higher education. To ascertain whether students are developing quantitative reasoning, validly assessing its development over the course of their studies is required. However, when measuring quantitative reasoning in an academic study program, it is often confounded with other skills. Following a situated approach, we focus on quantitative reasoning in the domain of business and economics and define domain-specific quantitative reasoning primarily as a skill and capacity that allows for reasoned thinking regarding numbers, arithmetic operations, graph analyses, and patterns in real-world business and economics tasks, leading to problem solving. As many studies demonstrate, well-established instruments for assessing business and economics knowledge like the Test of Understanding College Economics (TUCE) and the Examen General para el Egreso de la Licenciatura (EGEL) contain items that require domain-specific quantitative reasoning skills. In this study, we follow a new approach and assume that assessing business and economics knowledge offers the opportunity to extract domain-specific quantitative reasoning as the skill for handling quantitative data in domain-specific tasks. We present an approach where quantitative reasoning--embedded in existing measurements from TUCE and EGEL tasks--will be empirically extracted. Hereby, we reveal that items tapping domain-specific quantitative reasoning constitute an empirically separable factor within a Confirmatory Factor Analysis and that this factor (domain-specific quantitative reasoning) can be validly and reliably measured using existing knowledge assessments. This novel methodological approach, which is based on obtaining information on students' quantitative reasoning skills using existing domain-specific tests, offers a practical alternative to broad test batteries for assessing students' learning outcomes in higher education.