ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Assessment of Mangrove Sediment Quality in Mengkabong Lagoon: An Index Analysis Approach
Author: Praveena, Sarva M.
Date: 2007-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Pollution,Marine Biology,Water,Environmental Education,Biology,Ecology,Foreign Countries,Metallurgy

The objectives of this study are to use different types of indexes to assess the current pollution status in Mengkabong lagoon and select the best index to describe the Mengkabong sediment quality. The indexes used in this study were Enrichment Factor (EF), Geo-accumulation Index (Igeo), Pollution Load Index (PLI) and Marine Sediment Pollution Index (MSPI). Different indexes give diverse status of Mengkabong lagoon sediment quality. MSPI has an advantage over the earlier indexes and viewed as a simple summary of the state of the sediment. However, the heavy metal assessment indices are not to be used as the only indicator for sediment quality. Site-specific, biological testing and ecological analysis of existing benthic community related to sediment contamination are needed for final decision making in the case of Mengkabong lagoon. (Contains 3 figures and 10 tables.)
Heavy Metals (Cd, Cu, Cr, Pb and Zn) in Meretrix meretrix Roding, Water and Sediments from Estuaries in Sabah, North Borneo
Author: Abdullah, Mohd. Harun
Date: 2007-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Water Pollution,Ecology,Urban Areas,Foreign Countries,Hazardous Materials,Rural Areas,Marine Biology,Metallurgy,Animals

Concentrations of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Cr, Pb and Zn) in tissues of Meretrix meretrix Roding (M. meretrix R.), water and sediments from two estuaries were determined. One estuary is located in an urban area of Kota Kinabalu (Likas estuary) and the other in a rural district of Kota Belud (Kota Belud estuary), where both are in Sabah, North of Borneo island. M. meretrix R. is a kind of mollusk commonly consumed by the inhabitants of many parts of the island. This study indicated that species of mollusk, water and sediment from the urban estuary (Likas) contained higher concentration of some heavy metals than those in rural estuary (Kota Belud). It was found that the mollusk has a potential to be used as bioindicator for the contamination of Cd and Zn in water and sediment of an estuarine environment, as indicated by its high bioconcentration factors (BCFs) values. Overall, this species seemed to accumulate certain metals in its tissue and resisted the entry of others from its surrounding environment. (Contains 1 figure and 7 tables.)
The Effect of Turkish Geography Teacher's Personality on His Teaching Experiences
Author: Ozel, Ali
Date: 2007-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Geography,Personality Traits,Teacher Characteristics,High Schools,Secondary School Teachers,Questionnaires,Age Differences,Employment Level,Self Esteem,Discipline,Social Justice,Job Satisfaction,Teaching Experience

It is aimed in this study to determine to what extent the geography teachers at high schools reflect their personality on their teaching experiences. It has been observed by researchers that teachers with different personalities affect their students in different ways. The personal characteristics of a teacher play a significant role in determining the limits of his studies and affect his teaching experiences. Those who remain indifferent to activities and undetermined in planning have a negative effect on both classroom relations and each student's character development. Survey model was used in the study. The paper was formed through a questionnaire on 198 teachers, and showed that teachers reflected their personalities on their teaching experiences as their ages and seniority increased. The personal assets the teachers found in themselves were self-confidence, discipline, tidiness, justice and job-satisfaction. (Contains 4 tables.)
Students' Misunderstandings about the Energy Conservation Principle: A General View to Studies in Literature
Author: Tatar, Erdal
Date: 2007-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Conservation (Concept),Energy Conservation,Thermodynamics,Prior Learning,Misconceptions,Scientific Principles,Science Instruction,Environmental Education,Secondary School Science

This paper serves to review previously reported studies on students' misunderstandings about the energy conservation principle (the first law of thermodynamics). Generally, studies in literature highlighted students' misunderstandings about the energy conservation principle stem from preliminaries about energy concept in daily life. Since prior knowledge of students' misunderstandings of scientific content knowledge is the first step in preventing these misunderstandings, it is considered that such a study will provide an important source for studies which aim to reduce or eliminate misunderstandings on the energy conservation principle.
The Effects of Teaching Activities Prepared According to the Multiple Intelligence Theory on Mathematics Achievements and Permanence of Information Learned by 4th Grade Students
Author: Temur, Ozlem Dogan
Date: 2007-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Multiple Intelligences,Mathematics Achievement,Academic Achievement,Grade 4,Instructional Effectiveness,Mathematics Instruction,Primary Education,Private Schools,Evaluation Methods

The aim of this research is to reveal teaching activities which are designed according to the Multiple Intelligence Theory to have effects on the student's success in mathematics and on the permanence of the knowledge learned. This research has been carried out with the fourth graders at Gazi University Foundation Private Primary school. Among all the classes, two of them were selected, 4-A was selected as an experimental group and 4-B as a control group considering their pre-test points. The groups attending to the research were applied a permanence test which examines the behaviors that have to be gained before the subject to be taught, after the subject and the month after the completion of the subject. The points acquired from pre-test were used in order to balance the groups and final test points were used in order to determine the success points and permanence test was used in order to bring up the level of oblivion. It is found out that the average of the final test's points of the experimental group who studied in accordance with Multiple Intelligence Theory was 18.08, whereas the average of the final test's points of the control group was 15.95. The t point was determined as 2.55 in the analysis of t test. Because of the fact that the table t point in the level 0.5 was 2.06 it is understood that the result is to the advantage of the experimental group. (Contains 5 tables.)
Teachers' Opinions about Educational Leaderships of School Managers and Leader Manager Paradigms
Author: Ozel, Ali
Date: 2007-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Socialization,Administrator Effectiveness,Educational Environment,Leadership,Principals,Teacher Attitudes,Feedback (Response),Teaching Experience,Primary Education

School is the first programmed educational environment where changes start for both individuals and society. Because most of the changes and developments occur in individuals and organizations result from this feature of schools. Therefore schools constantly have to continue learning as a social learning system. That means schools are expected to be constant learners and co-act with learners. So educators taking an active part in education means that classical education understanding can be reshaped according to its new values and missions and some micro level problems can be solved with the help of available infrastructure. School operation formed by this understanding and contemporary orientation and control depends on a real leader school manager who can guide this process. The purpose of this research is to put forward school managers' leadership characteristics perceived by teachers and to search the relationship between leadership perception and school so that schools can show desired effectiveness and productivity. According to the results of the research 71% of the teachers do not consider the managers as an educational leader. (Contains 5 tables.)
Learning Environment: A Bibliography
Author: Kose, Sacit
Date: 2007-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Environment,Educational Research,Bibliographies

In this study, the Learning Environment Research-Bibliography includes studies on Educational subject. We have analyzed many journals, books, and theses published in international. The references listed here primarily focus on the empirical research related to the learning environmental research as an educational goal; along with a few learning environment works by such authors as Fraser, Doppelt, Dorman, Johnson, Roth, Goh, Fisher, and others. While not exhaustive, the list should prove useful to educators, and scholars in other fields, interested in the Learning environment and how its understanding can be realized as a goal of education. The authors welcome correspondence regarding omissions from the list, and on-going additions that can be made to it.
Utility of Concept Cartoons in Diagnosing and Overcoming Misconceptions Related to Photosynthesis
Author: Ekici, Fatma
Date: 2007-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Science Instruction,Constructivism (Learning),Grade 8,Scientific Concepts,Cartoons,Role,Instructional Effectiveness,Botany,Misconceptions,Teaching Methods,Student Attitudes

In this study, the effectiveness of concept cartoons in diagnosing and overcoming students' misconceptions related to photosynthesis subject was examined. Firstly, the literature has been thoroughly examined and misconceptions about photosynthesis subject have been listed and then grouped. Concept cartoons related to these groups have been prepared and were introduced to the students in order to identify their misconceptions. Similar misconceptions as in the literature have been found. Then, new concept cartoons addressing to elimination of these misconceptions have been prepared and were used in class discussions. The excerpts from these discussions and after-class student interviews show that concept cartoons may be an efficient tool not only to identify student misconceptions but also to overcome them. The compatibility of this method (utilization of concept cartoon-based teaching) with constructivist approach was also discussed. (Contains 7 figures and 1 table.)
A Comparative Study of Turkish Elementary and Science Education Major Students' Knowledge Levels at the Popular Biotechnological Issues
Author: Turkmen, Lutfullah
Date: 2007-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teacher Education,Education Majors,Measures (Individuals),Biotechnology,Foreign Countries,Comparative Analysis,Questionnaires,Student Teacher Attitudes,Elementary School Science,Elementary School Teachers,Knowledge Level,Comparative Testing

The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge levels of popular biotechnological issues of Turkish science and elementary teacher candidates. A questionnaire was administered during 2006-2007 school term to 336 students pursuing their education in the departments of science and elementary education in two Turkish universities. The questionnaire covers six biotechnological issues such as biotechnology, agrobiotechnology, human health and pharmacy, environment and biotechnology, and food production with biotechnology. Results revealed that whereas science and elementary teacher candidates had an approximate consistent knowledge of describing biotechnology and human health/pharmacy that almost all students had an inadequate knowledge about other biotechnological issues. The mean of the knowledge levels of science teacher candidates was significantly higher than that of elementary teacher candidates at the popular biotechnological issues. On the other hand, there was no significant mean difference between female and male science and elementary teacher candidates' knowledge levels related to biotechnology. In the result, the elementary and science education programs should be regulated to put extra effort to increase teacher candidates' awareness of biotechnological topics and issues in Turkey since one of the important future technologies seems to be biotechnology. (Contains 7 tables and 1 footnote.)
The Effect of Think-Explain-Apply Teaching Method on the Success of Learning-Teaching: A Laboratory Study
Author: Ozturk, Mehmet
Date: 2007-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Laboratories,Teaching Methods,Chemistry,Science Education,Pretests Posttests,Foreign Countries,Experiential Learning,Universities,College Students

The purpose of the present laboratory study is to make it possible to internalize the concepts, principles, theories and the laws of chemistry taught in the courses by observing the experiments, give information about the methods used and various techniques and tools applied and introduce some substances and their characteristics. The purpose of the laboratory courses help students realize real and meaningful learning by forming relations between theoretical knowledge learned in the courses and laboratory studies. The purpose of this study is to look at to what extent experiments conducted in laboratory setting are influential on students' learning and emphasize the importance of think, explain, apply method. From the two groups of students of Science Teaching department four groups were constructed as Control 1 (C1), Experimental 1 (E1) and Control 2 (C2), Experimental 2 (E2) in two separate terms. Pre-test was administered to the groups and according to the results of this test, it was found that there is no significance difference between experimental groups and control groups (p less than 0.70). Success scores obtained from the post-test, on the other hand, indicated a significant difference in favor of the E2 group where think, explain, apply method was used (p less than 0.85). (Contains 1 table.)
University and Secondary School Students' Misconceptions about the Concept of &quot;Aromaticity&quot; in Organic Chemistry
Author: Topal, Giray
Date: 2007-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Achievement Tests,Organic Chemistry,Misconceptions,Secondary School Students,Concept Teaching,Scientific Concepts,Comparative Analysis,College Students,Foreign Countries,Comparative Testing,Academic Achievement,Cohort Analysis

Aromaticity concept is given incorrect or incomplete to the student in secondary education and knowledge based on this basic concept has been caused to another misconception in future. How are the achievement levels relating to the comprehension of various characteristics of aromatic compounds for the first and third grade students attending Department of Chemistry in Faculty of Sciences and Arts, and Faculty of Education in Dicle University and eleventh (last) grade secondary students? Sample of this study consists of 140 students from Department of Chemistry in Faculty of Sciences and Arts, and Faculty of Education in Dicle University and 65 students randomly selected from secondary school students in Diyarbakir city center. Data were collected from the achievement test developed for aromaticity concept and features. According to the findings of this study, the average achievement scores difference between the students' relating to cyclic properties, planer structure, conjugated double bond, the reactions of aromatic compounds and aromatic compounds obeying Huckel's Rule has been found significant. It has been seen that the Aromaticity concept was given in a less amount in secondary school chemistry instruction program or even insufficient and misconceived form in some chemistry books by reviewing the last grade of secondary school chemistry text books. The findings of this study showed that the students have had misconceptions about this subject. So, the secondary school instruction program could be reviewed and given place about aromaticity concept on a large scale. (Contains 9 tables.)
Service Learning in Medical Education: Project Description and Evaluation
Author: Borges, Nicole J.
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Medical Education,Service Learning,Medical Students,Community Needs,Access to Information,Hypertension,Public Health,Student Attitudes,Attitude Change,Learning Activities,Medical Schools,Health Promotion

Although medical education has long recognized the importance of community service, most medical schools have not formally nor fully incorporated service learning into their curricula. To address this problem, we describe the initial design, development, implementation, and evaluation of a service-learning project within a first-year medical school course. Medical students (eight women, eight men) screened clients of a community agency for high blood pressure and educated them about the effects of hypertension on health. Results of the project indicated significant increases in students' attitudes, knowledge, and skills related to community health, resources, and service. Infusing medical education with service-learning activities can both meet community needs and enhance student education about the health of the public. The present findings support continued development and evaluation of service learning projects within medical school training programs. (Contains 1 table.)
Educating the Business Graduate of the 21st Century: Communication for a Globalized World
Author: Briguglio, Carmela
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Business Communication,Intercultural Communication,Cultural Pluralism,Interpersonal Competence,Educational Strategies,Classroom Techniques,Global Approach,Student Diversity,Business English,Case Studies,Literature Reviews,Culturally Relevant Education

This article examines current business communication education in higher education, particularly in regard to English as a global language. The discussion is situated at the intersection of business communication, intercultural communication, and internationalization of higher education, and the article draws on research from all three fields. The article questions why not enough use is being made of existing cultural diversity in university classrooms, and it suggests a variety of pedagogical strategies which will enable teachers to build on the cultural and linguistic strengths of their students to develop intercultural communication competence. These new directions for intercultural business communication will equip business graduates to operate successfully in a globalized world.
Enhancing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Evaluation of a Scheme to Improve Teaching and Learning through Action Research
Author: Gray, Kathleen
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Instruction,Action Research,Evaluation,Scholarship,Higher Education,Foreign Countries,Teacher Effectiveness,Satisfaction,Models,Faculty Development,Mentors,Teaching Methods,Academic Achievement,Feedback (Response),Science Education,Engineering Education,Technology

This paper reports on evaluation of a scheme to improve University teaching through action research over a five-year period in the science, engineering, and technology division of a large Australian dual sector University. Between 2002 to 2006 this scheme directly committed approximately A$210,000 in grants and involved over 130 teaching and other staff in sponsoring projects of up to eight months' duration, with a total of 34 projects completed. Evaluation was informed by the desire of the academic developers concerned with the scheme to engage more widely with staff in predominantly empirical disciplinary cultures, to be more accountable within a University business management paradigm, and to contribute to the scholarship of academic development. The paper provides evidence--in terms of quality, effectiveness, practicality, participation, and satisfaction--to show how this scheme enhanced the scholarship of teaching and learning in the University. The paper outlines issues encountered and further work to be done in undertaking evaluation of such a scheme. (Contains 3 tables.)
Connecting Critical Reflection and Group Development in Online Adult Education Classrooms
Author: Glowacki-Dudka, Michelle
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Adult Learning,Adult Students,Instructional Effectiveness,Teaching Methods,Critical Incidents Method,Questionnaires,Asynchronous Communication,Reflection,Group Dynamics,Educational Strategies,Reflective Teaching,Student Attitudes,Participant Satisfaction,Aptitude Treatment Interaction

This qualitative multi-case study explored the space where critical reflection and group development met within the online environment for the adult learner. Using critical reflection with adult learners through their responses to Stephen Brookfield's (1995) Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ) in the online environment precipitated instructional effectiveness by unearthing reactions to the online environment and provided a consistent framework for assessing group development. The study context included two sixteen-week, online, asynchronous graduate courses on adult teaching strategies at a research-intensive university located in Midwestern United States. The findings reflected evidence of Tuckman's (1965) and Tuckman and Jensen's (1977) group development sequence of forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning within both courses. The analysis and implications were related to critical reflection, group development, the online environment, and adult learning.
Games as an Interactive Classroom Technique: Perceptions of Corporate Trainers, College Instructors and Students
Author: Kumar, Rita
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Classroom Techniques,Teaching Styles,Student Attitudes,Training Methods,College Faculty,Educational Games,Teaching Methods,Influences,Corporate Education,Teacher Attitudes,Student Motivation,Learner Engagement,Questionnaires,Student Surveys,Teacher Surveys,Trainers

This two-part study investigates perceptions of interactive classroom teaching techniques for adult learning. In the first part of the study 62 college faculty members and 45 corporate trainers were surveyed about their teaching and training methods. The survey had two main objectives: to determine rates of classroom techniques used, and to determine influences on teaching styles. Trainers used a greater variety of teaching techniques in their presentations, such as visuals and interactive exercises including games, and spent less time on lecturing than their college faculty counterparts. Both groups identified their temperament as the main influence on their teaching style. Several other influences on teaching style were cited with similar frequency by the two groups, but trainers reported using mentors and instructors' guides more frequently than college instructors did. In the second part of the study, five faculty members were mentored to change traditional lectures to interactive games. A review of their perceptions of success and difficulty in using such activities in the college classroom, their students' perceptions of the exercise, and student performance identified both benefits and costs. Suggestions are made for strategies to successfully implement games in the college classroom, based on consideration of these benefits and costs and the survey results. (Contains 2 tables.)