ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Student Perceptions of Teachers' Nonverbal and Verbal Communication: A Comparison of Best and Worst Professors across Six Cultures
Author: Georgakopoulos, Alexia
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Communication Strategies,Teacher Effectiveness,Cross Cultural Studies,Cultural Differences,Teacher Characteristics,Verbal Communication,Nonverbal Communication,Power Structure,Teacher Student Relationship,Context Effect,Student Attitudes,College Students,Questionnaires,Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance,Hypothesis Testing,Statistical Analysis

Students from six countries--Australia, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United States--recalled the extent to which their best or worst professors used various forms of communication that have been associated with effective teaching. Across cultures, best professors were perceived to employ more nonverbal expressiveness, relaxed movement, in-class conversation, and out-of-class communication than worst professors. Relative to Japanese and Taiwanese students, Australian and U.S. students perceived their professors to use more nonverbal expressiveness. Students from Australia, Sweden, and the U.S. also perceived their best professors to use more in-class conversation than students from Japan or Taiwan perceived their best professors to use. However, Australian and U.S. students also perceived their best professors to use &quot;less&quot; out-of-class communication than did students from the other four countries. There were also differences in the forms of communication that discriminated between best and worst professors in each culture. For example, nonverbal expressiveness and in-class conversation were the best discriminators for Australian and U.S. students, whereas out-of-class communication and relaxed movement were the best discriminators for Japanese and Taiwanese students.
Using the Rasch Model to Measure Students' Attitudes toward Science in &quot;Low Performing&quot; Secondary Schools in Malaysia
Author: Zain, Ahmad Nurulazam Md
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Item Response Theory,Scientific Attitudes,Science Interests,Low Achievement,Secondary School Students,Questionnaires,Beliefs,Self Concept,Learning Experience,Science and Society,Foreign Countries

The objective of the study was to examine students' attitudes toward learning science in three &quot;low performing&quot; secondary schools in Penang, Malaysia. 214 students from these schools were involved in completing a questionnaire containing items consisting of six constructs. Data collected were analyzed using Rasch modeling. Students in low performing schools tended to have less positive self-concept of science and were unlikely to experience that learning science were related to their future careers. However, students believed that science is useful for society, and experienced that learning science was interesting. Implications for science educators based on these results are discussed.
Going against the Grain: Challenges to Peaceful Leadership Styles in a K-12/University Partnership
Author: Carson, Susan
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Leadership Styles,Partnerships in Education,Peace,College School Cooperation,School Districts,Ethnography,Interviews,Observation,Journal Writing,Transcripts (Written Records),Gender Issues,Barriers,Resistance to Change,Social Justice,Social Class,Race,Educational Policy,Educational Legislation,Decision Making,Group Dynamics,Administrator Attitudes,Mixed Methods Research

This article shares and examines the challenges, findings, and lessons learned associated with embracing peaceful leadership styles during the first two years of a partnership between a failing K-12 urban school district and a university in the United States. The ongoing daily leadership issues that influenced, but were beyond the scope of, the partnership are also explored. Through the individual and collective lens of six educational leaders (K-12 and higher education) who embraced leadership feminist practices embedded in structures of difference, Buddhist philosophies, equity, and social justice, this study examines and illustrates the administrative efforts associated with &quot;going against one's grain&quot; when faced with the proverbial brick wall.
Phonics and Semiotics for Early Intervention
Author: Lu, Lucia Y.
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Early Intervention,Phonics,Semiotics,Tutoring,At Risk Students,Reading Instruction,Reading Programs,Case Studies,Grade 1,Elementary School Students,Emergent Literacy,Freehand Drawing,Role Playing,Story Telling,Spelling,Motion,Kinesthetic Perception,Teaching Methods,Experience,Program Effectiveness,Sentences,Phonemic Awareness,Inferences,Problem Solving

Clay's Reading Recovery has been one of the most effective one-to-one tutorial sessions. To make the daily lesson more interesting and fully engage the at-risk readers, the author modified Clay's Reading Recovery Program by conceptualizing phonics and semiotics into early intervention. In this case study, three at-risk first graders formed an authors' circle and constructed a variety of signs such as drawing, role playing, storytelling, invented spelling, and kinesthetic movements to expand their potential for understanding and communicating their transaction with the text. The research results positively reflect that phonics and semiotics-based early intervention foster the at-risk early readers' break through the bottleneck to literacy and ensure them on the right track to educational success.
Enhancing Language Teaching and Learning by Keeping Individual Differences in Perspective
Author: Sulaiman, Suriati
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Individual Differences,Multiple Intelligences,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Cognitive Style,English (Second Language)

Learners differ from each other in many ways particularly in cognitive abilities. These factors eventually affect their learning abilities. Thus teachers should look into learner differences in intelligence before designing a teaching and learning program for them. Gardner proposed a much broader view of the definition of intelligence than a number of other theorists with his theory of multiple intelligences. The important of the idea of multiple intelligences in education lies in the fact that learners vary in their abilities, and thus teachers need to find out the best strategies to use related to their variations, or to develop programs that instruct students in different domains. This paper attempts to provide a brief overview of the eight multiple intelligences connected with Howard Gardner's theory. The article also suggests some ways for teachers to incorporate the intelligences into their daily lesson planning for practical use in language teaching and learning.
On Application of MBO in College Management
Author: Liu, Xihuai
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Management by Objectives,Feasibility Studies,Leadership Styles,College Administration,Organizational Objectives,Strategic Planning,Program Implementation,Administrator Responsibility,Administrative Principles,Participative Decision Making,Educational Policy

MBO (Management by objectives) was firstly put forward by Peter F. Drucker (who was a well-known scholar of management in America) in 1954. MBO was applied in many organizations after a number of management scholars developed and perfected it. MBO is a comprehensive and democratic systemic management style which is work-centered and people-centered. At first, MBO was widely applied in management of enterprise as a kind of democratic management fashion. This paper organically make some characteristics of MBO and college management together to talk about the feasibility and importance of MBO in college management, as well as several questions should be noticed and tasks of leaders about MBO in college management.
Implementation of SPN21 Curriculum in Brunei Darussalam: A Review of Selected Implications on School Assessment Reforms
Author: Mundia, Lawrence
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Policy,Qualitative Research,Curriculum Implementation,Tests,Educational Testing,Informal Assessment,Grades (Scholastic),Formative Evaluation,Summative Evaluation,Secondary Education,Vocational Education,Technical Education,Affective Objectives,Peer Evaluation,Self Evaluation (Individuals),Portfolio Assessment,Preservice Teacher Education,Inservice Teacher Education

In the past twelve years (1997-2009), Brunei Darussalam has implemented three major educational policies: (1) inclusive education, in 1998; (2) the National Education System for the 21st Century known in Malay as Sistem Pendidikan Negara Abad 21 or SPN21, 2008; and (3) education for the gifted / talented students, 2009. These changes are partly designed to diversify and broaden the provision of education and the development of the country's human resources. However the success of these reforms will depend on many factors such as the suitability of the teachers, availability of funds, quality of schools, and changes in examinations. The present qualitative study analyses and reviews selected technical innovations to examinations that need to be undertaken concurrently with the ongoing curriculum reforms to support the new initiatives. The issues discussed include over-emphasis on examinations; assessment of affective skills; assessment of vocational and technical subjects; use of informal assessments in school-based evaluations; moderation of marks for borderline students; the relationship between formative and summative assessments; changes to teacher education courses that deal with school assessments; and nationalization of the senior secondary school examinations. A content analysis of the skills measured by current school examinations and a needs assessment research to reform the present school evaluation procedures were recommended to gain in-depth insights.
The Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Delivering Higher Education--A Case of Bangladesh
Author: Hoque, Shah Md. Safiul
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Higher Education,Influence of Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Delivery Systems,Case Studies,Definitions,Questionnaires,Transcripts (Written Records),Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Online Courses,Distance Education,Educational Practices,Foreign Countries,Educational Assessment

At present a new era has evolved in the education sector by means of ICTs. Different ICTs are now set to become instrumental to help expand access to education, strengthen the relevance of education to the increasingly digital workplace, and raise educational quality by, among others, helping make teaching and learning into an engaging, active process connected to real life. The application and exposure to and deployment of ICTs fundamentally change the way education is conceived and delivered to students. ICTs are enablers that optimize student-centered pedagogical methods. Due to its easy accessibility this means of education has become very popular all over the world. Distance education has got a thrust after the evolution of ICT-based education system. This paper intends to give an idea about ICT-based higher education all over the globe and its applicability in Bangladesh. Finally, it analyses the responses from different user groups to query about the current status of the ICT-based higher education system Bangladesh.
Interpersonal Functions of EFL Teachers' Evaluative Discourse
Author: Lai, Junming
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Language Teachers,Grammar,Interpersonal Relationship,Guidelines,Classroom Communication,Discourse Analysis,Networks,Institutional Cooperation,Teacher Certification,Teacher Researchers,Faculty Development,Student Evaluation,Teacher Student Relationship,Power Structure

As an important dimension of interpersonal function in SFL, appraisal has attracted a lot of attentions from the linguists home and abroad. This thesis is an attempt to analyze the interpersonal functions of EFL teachers' evaluative discourse with in the framework of Palladian Systemic-functional Grammar (SFG) and Martin's Appraisal theory. The aim for the study is to construe an analytical model for the interpersonal functions of teachers' evaluative discourse by analyzing the patterns of evaluative discourse and evaluative strategies.
Resilience and Risk
Author: Brackenreed, Darlene
Date: 2010-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Identification,Prevention,Risk,Resilience (Psychology),Correlation,Program Effectiveness,Advisory Committees,Mental Health,Emotional Disturbances,Academic Achievement,Social Problems,Educational Environment,Therapy

In the age of the human Genome Project wide spread prodigious information technology, our system of education is unable to keep pace with and meet the demands for knowledge, skills, and identification and treatment of academic, emotional, social, mental and health concerns of our youth. As the Saskatchewan task force on the state of education in Saskatchewan, Canada (1999) noted, the educational system's problems mirror those problems found in society in general. Increasingly, these societal problems are being deferred to the educational institutions for identification, treatment and prevention. While all parties tend to agree that prevention of problems is desirable, there is not general agreement about the efficacy of prevention programs rather than deficit models, nor the means by which to develop resilient students. The purpose of this paper is to identify risk factors and their potency, to identify protective or resilient factors and their potency, to identify the relationship and relevancy of these two concepts for students, and to identify family, community and school practices that foster resiliency.
Expectations of Student Engaged in Tertiary Education on Engineering Courses from Their Teachers of Choice
Author: Jayakumar, M.
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Engineering Education,College Students,Expectation,College Faculty,Learning Theories,Student Surveys,Teacher Effectiveness,Foreign Countries

Although several learning theories ranging from behaviourism to cognitive to humanism have been proposed to choose the appropriate effective teaching models, none can be applied across the broad to all learners in all situations, nevertheless some commonalities emerge. A combination of pedagogical and andragogical, &quot;middle of the road&quot; approach meets the need of a larger segment of the audience. Our experiences and many surveys confirmed that the theory of behaviourism may be well suitable to first and second year students and cognitive approach may be well fit to third and forth year students. Only for supervising final year project work, the theory of teachers and students work together, humanism may be adoptable. The survey was conducted among the students enrolled for engineering courses in Curtin University, Sarawak to assess the grade of importance on twelve basic aspects of knowledge, skill and planning expected from the teachers. This paper describes the analysis of the action survey results and summaries of the recommendations for the effective teaching. The survey concludes that each well defined lecture arranged in right sequences should be orally presented in a simple constructive language with the consistent flow speed optimum suitable to majority of the audience for better learning outcomes. Language proficiency and fluency are not the barriers for the successful teaching to multicultural class room in tertiary education. It concludes that &quot;Teachers of student choice&quot; are not born and they are trained by acquiring required relevant knowledge and sincere practice of delivering the lectures in an optimum suitable way to the audience for effective learning.
Empirical Research of College Students' Alternative Frameworks of Particle Mechanics
Author: Wang, Hongmei
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Student Surveys,Mechanics (Physics),College Science,Questionnaires,Scientific Concepts,Science Instruction,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis,Scores,Concept Formation

Based on the constructive theory, about 300 college students of grade 05 of the electronic information specialty of Dezhou University are surveyed for their alternative frameworks of particle mechanics in college physics in this article. In the survey, the questionnaires are used to find out college students' alternative frameworks, and the character and formation causes of alternative frameworks are analyzed. Finally, according to the conclusions of survey and experiment research, a few advices in the teaching of college physics are proposed.
Enhancing the Efficacy of Lecturers in Educating Student Cohorts Consisting of Culturally Diverse Groups in a Medical University
Author: Chakravarthi, Srikumar
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Medical Students,Student Diversity,Medical School Faculty,Teacher Effectiveness,Teacher Influence,Academic Achievement,Student Behavior,Teacher Education Programs,Program Effectiveness,Foreign Countries,Self Efficacy,Teacher Empowerment,Workshops,Pretests Posttests

Lecturers exert a potent influence over the achievement of all students, low-income culturally diverse students in particular. Although recent research has confirmed that lecturer involvement is critical for promoting academic engagement of low-income and ethnically diverse students in America and other countries, other literature suggests that lecturers have lower expectations for and fewer interactions with these students. These findings have prompted calls for promoting lecturers self-efficacy for working with students from diverse backgrounds, especially in a country like Malaysia, where there is a coexistence of students of various ethnic diverse groups, such as Chinese, Malays and Indians. The purposes of this article are (a) to summarize briefly the literature that examines the effect of lecturers efficacy on academic and behavioral outcomes of students, especially culturally diverse students; (b) to disseminate the findings of a lecturer-training program designed to promote lecturer efficacy in relation to culturally diverse students; and (c) to provide lecturers, administrators, and lecturer trainers with methods to increase lecturer efficacy when working with culturally diverse learners.
Exploration and Reflection on Teachers' Self-Growth under Network Environment
Author: Li, Shuang
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Reflection,Teacher Improvement,Professional Continuing Education,Transformative Learning,Creative Development,Teacher Student Relationship,Guides,Information Literacy,Ethics,Moral Development,Social Networks,Information Networks

As is well known, it is network that has turned the traditional &quot;man-man&quot; educational system made up of by only teachers and students into a new system of &quot;man-machine-man&quot; composed of network as well as teachers and students. In the new system, teachers' authority has been lowered sharply because students also have access to teachers' knowledge from the internet at any time and as a result teachers are faced with newer and higher requirements for their comprehensive abilities. Therefore, only by relocating themselves, developing and perfecting themselves constantly, developing their abilities in conformity to the present network era and equipping themselves with a series of necessary qualities can they really control the commanding point and take the commitment of educating people as well as importing knowledge.
The Mental Skills Training of University Soccer Players
Author: Sadeghi, Hassan
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Skill Development,Team Sports,Athletes,College Athletics,Males,College Students,Interviews,Content Analysis,Thematic Approach,Imagery,Goal Orientation,Psychological Patterns,Relaxation Training,Performance,Self Management,Self Control,Qualitative Research

The purpose of this study is to identify the kind of mental skills training needed most by the university soccer players. Eight male university football players (aged 25 to 36) from one large university in Kuala Lumpur agreed to participate in this study. On average, they have 10 years of playing experience. All of them have signed the informed consent letter to be tape-recorded. The interview transcripts were then hierarchically content analyzed to identify the themes. The findings revealed four themes emerged which are imagery, goal setting, self-talk, and relaxation. These four themes were the most needed psychological skill training by the respondents. Recommendations for future studies were also suggested.
Academic Procrastination in Mathematics: Causes, Dangers and Implications of Counselling for Effective Learning
Author: Asikhia, Olubusayo A.
Date: 2010-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Behavior Problems,Student Behavior,Counselor Role,Mathematics Education,Mathematics Achievement,Study Habits,Student Characteristics,Self Efficacy,Self Concept,Fear,Anxiety,Counseling Techniques

This paper focused on causes and dangers of academic procrastination (a behavioural problem that involves delaying a task which needs to be accomplished) in mathematics and the need for counseling students who are procrastinators especially of mathematics. Thus, in order to have a comprehensive understanding of the topic, the meaning, causes and its debilitating effects on student's mathematics achievement were discussed after which the counsellor's role in helping students get out of this behavioural problem in order to ensure a sustainable educational system were discussed.
Teachers' Attitudes and Levels of Technology Use in Classrooms: The Case of Jordan Schools
Author: Al-Zaidiyeen, Naser Jamil
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teacher Attitudes,Technology Uses in Education,Technology Integration,Educational Technology,Rural Schools,Secondary School Teachers,Qualitative Research,Questionnaires,Teacher Surveys,Computer Attitudes,Correlation,Likert Scales,Statistical Analysis

Throughout the world there is awareness of the fundamental role of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the field of education. Theoretical and empirical studies have considered the importance of ICTs in the process of teaching and learning. This current paper investigates the level of ICT use for educational purposes by teachers in Jordanian rural secondary schools. The paper will contribute to the body of knowledge regarding the level of ICT use and also, concerning the importance of teachers' attitudes towards the use of ICT for educational purposes. The data for the study were collected through the use of quantitative data. In October 2008, a questionnaire was distributed to 650 teachers in Jordan, randomly selected. Four hundred sixty teachers responded to the questionnaire. The survey included questions concerning the level of ICT use as well as questions related to the attitudes of teachers towards the use of ICT. The findings of the study, which were obtained by analyzing the data collected from the teachers revealed that, teachers had a low level of ICT use for educational purpose, teachers hold positive attitudes towards the use of ICT, and a significant positive correlation between teachers' level of ICT use and their attitudes towards ICT was found. The findings suggest that ICTs use for educational purposes should be given greater consideration than it currently receives. In general, the results were consistent with those previously reported in studies related to the use of ICT in the educational settings.