ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Open versus Traditional Textbooks: A Comparison of Student Engagement and Performance
Author: Chang, Isabelle
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Textbooks,Open Educational Resources,Learner Engagement,Performance Factors,Grades (Scholastic),Attendance,Assignments,Time Management,Learning Analytics,Instructional Effectiveness,Undergraduate Students,Academic Achievement,Urban Universities,Research Universities

This study compared student engagement and performance in both open educational resources (OER) (n[open textbook users fall 2018] = 72) and traditional textbook (n[traditional textbook users fall 2017] = 66) classes. Data were drawn from the Learning Management System (LMS). Results show (1) final grades in the OER class were on a par with the traditional textbook class, and (2) OER equalize student engagement and performance by narrowing the dispersions of page views, on-time assignment submissions (OTAS), attendance, and final grades. (3) OER increased attendance and lessened excessive dependence on LMS course materials recorded in the traditional class. (4) The indirect effect of attendance on final grades was stronger than the direct effect of OTAS in the OER class. Attendance provided the opportunity for the instructor and students to be on the &quot;same page,&quot; which helps students better assimilate course content and comprehend lectures. (5) The availability of textbooks appears to be a factor influencing student course success. However, it remains unknown how much of the variance was explained by OER. It is apparent that OER are more important than ever in elevating overall student academic success.
From the Quantum Mechanical State Space to the Position and Momentum Spaces through a Simple Relation
Author: Konstantogiannis, Spiros
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Quantum Mechanics,Mechanics (Physics),Science Instruction,Motion,Scientific Concepts,Equations (Mathematics)

In an attempt to address the need for an alternative presentation of the quantum mechanical position and momentum spaces, we provide a presentation that is more constructive and less calculative than those found in literature. Our approach is based on a simple, intuitively understood relation that expresses the physical equivalence of the quantum mechanical state space to the position and momentum spaces. With this work, we hope to offer a perspective complementary to those found in standard quantum mechanics textbooks.
Degeneracy of 1D-Harmonic Oscillator
Author: Rath, Biswanath
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Instruction,Quantum Mechanics,Mechanics (Physics),Energy,Scientific Concepts,Concept Formation,Mathematics

Eigenstates of a quantum mechanical system reflect one to one correspondence with energy level. However, in some systems more than one or a group of eigenstates correspond to a single eigenvalue. To introduce more than one eigenstate corresponding to single energy eigenvalue in 1D-harmonic oscillator, we introduce a new perturbation term and find entire eigenspectrum become degenerate in nature without changing the eigenfunctions of the system.
Forming Conscious Discipline among Students of Higher Educational Institutions
Author: Safonova, Oksana Vladimirovna
Date: 2021-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Discipline,Conflict Resolution,Child Rearing,Self Management,Student Responsibility,Sense of Community,Compliance (Psychology),Self Evaluation (Individuals)

The article deals with forming conscious discipline among students of higher educational institutions, as well as defines the criteria for assessing the development of discipline. The research object of the present work is the process of educating conscious discipline among students of higher educational institutions. The authors used the following methods in the article. Firstly, the analysis of literature sources made it possible to single out the main theories that were taken as the basis for the study. Secondly, the surbey method of conversation allowed the authors to identify the main problems of the relationship between students and teachers, as well as the reasons for the violation of discipline. Thirdly, the authors used the observation method, which helped to determine the relationship and actions of students in the group. This made it possible to more objectively identify the causes of conflicts and develop proposals for their resolution. The authors also studied special methodological literature on improving student discipline, which allowed them to propose measures to increase students' motivation in the formation of conscious discipline. According to the authors, purposefulness, objectivity and pedagogically expedient actions of teachers, and their communication with students are the leading conditions that ensure the parenting of conscious discipline.
Perspectives on Integrating Anti-Corruption Curriculum in Indonesian Secondary School Education
Author: Najih, Moh.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Curriculum Implementation,Social Problems,Deception,Prevention,Ethics,Ethical Instruction,Values Education,Moral Values,Moral Development,Citizenship Education,Citizenship Responsibility,Program Effectiveness,Knowledge Level,Correlation,High School Students,Grade 11,Foreign Countries

Purpose: The sole objective of the current study is to determine the impact of anti-corruption awareness and the anti- corruption initiatives on ethical values and the citizenship behavior. Research Methodology: In a quantitative paradigm, the mediating role of ethical values is examined between anti-corruption awareness, anti-corruption initiatives and citizenship behavior. The sample size comprised 310 eleventh-grade students from Malang, East Java, Indonesia. A questionnaire was distributed to collect the data. SEM-PLS technique was adopted to analyse the data. Findings: Finding of the study reveal that there is a significant effect of anti-corruption awareness and anti-corruption initiatives on ethical values. Moreover, the ethical values significantly mediate the relationship of anti-corruption awareness, anti-corruption initiatives and citizenship behavior. Implications for Research and Practice: As there are limited studies describing the effect of anti-corruption awareness and initiatives on the citizenship behavior, therefore, this study fills this gap and quantitatively describe the mechanism of the effect of anti-corruption awareness and anticorruption initiatives on citizenship behavior. Furthermore, the findings of this study are significant for the educational policy makers of Indonesia.
How Do Erasmus Students Evaluate Their Language Learning Experience Abroad?
Author: Fidan, Nurdan
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Study Abroad,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,English (Second Language),Learning Experience,Student Attitudes,Language Attitudes,Learning Processes,Educational Experience,Positive Attitudes,Cultural Awareness,Orientation,Cultural Differences,Foreign Countries,Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students,Educational Cooperation,International Cooperation,Student Mobility

Purpose: Study abroad has been exceedingly popular among students, recently. Turkish youth have become even more willing to study abroad and improve their English language skills. As lingua franca (ELF), English is the main Language for interaction, particularly in international education. The current study investigated the language learning perceptions of Turkish students having participated in the Erasmus Exchange Program before. Research Methods: The participants were 100 (58 females and 42 males) university students from different departments having been in the Erasmus Exchange Program in the last five years. The data were collected using two sets of questionnaires containing 41 items and an interview protocol. These aimed to elicit information about participants' views on their English language learning process back then and at the time of data collection and their study abroad experience. Besides, ethics committee approval was obtained for the research on July 3, 2020 (Bursa Uludag University Social and Human Sciences Research and Publication Ethics Committee, 2020-04). Findings: The findings indicated that this experience made a lasting impact on them. They have a positive outlook on their language learning experience. They seem to be eager to take part in intercultural communication. In addition, they said that they gained first-hand information on different cultures through the friends they made in Europe, which was an eye-opening experience. Also, students thought that they had improved themselves academically. The participants who are employed at the moment believe that they owe their current position to the qualifications gained abroad. Implications for Research and Practice: The study's findings indicated that the participants had developed positive thoughts during their one-semester stay in Europe. A longer study abroad experience might have affected their perceptions differently. They stated that they had not gone through an orientation programme before going to Europe. They all agreed that an awareness-raising orientation program would be a perfect start for any exchange students. For further research, it is advisable to organise a project whereby exchange students receive an orientation programme and are made aware of how to cope with cultural differences before travelling to Europe.
Basis Vectors in Relativity
Author: de Wolf, David A.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Instruction,Teaching Methods,Scientific Concepts,Concept Formation,Geometric Concepts,Algebra

Basis vectors e[subscript alpha] play a useful role in special and general relativity. In particular they allow an expansion of the vectorial spacetime interval dl along infinitesimal curvilinear coordinate differences dl = e[subscript alpha]d[Xi][superscript alpha]: (thus the definition e[subscript alpha] = dl/d[Xi][superscript alpha]). In this work, expressions for basis vectors obtained directly from the covariant metric coefficients are given and discussed. Forms for nonorthogonal coordinate systems are either unknown or hard to find in the literature; an application to a nonorthogonal coordinate system is therefore worked out.
College Student&apos;s towards Physics at Palestinian Universities
Author: Shabat, Mohammed M.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Science,Science Education,Physics,Student Attitudes,Correlation,Gender Differences,Grade Point Average,Undergraduate Students,Teaching Methods,Technology Integration,Universities,Foreign Countries

The study aimed to identify the attitudes of the students toward physics and its relation to some variables such as sex, cumulative average, and University level at three national Palestinian universities. The study sample consisted of 134 students of the Faculty of Science at the Islamic University, Al-Aqsa University and Al-Azhar University. The trends are composed of the variables of the demographic study, and then the trends in its three dimensions, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral, and open questions about the strengths and weaknesses and proposals to increase them toward physics. The total score of the students of the Faculty of Science towards physics in the Palestinian universities 70%. In terms of dimensions, the degree of cognitive dimension factor is 72%, emotional dimension factor is 68% and behavioral dimension factor is 69%. The trend of the sample towards physics is attributed to the gender variable, while differences in the sample were found to be in favor of the GPA variable in favor of the excellent, and there were statistically significant differences in the degree of trend among the sample members. Support the University for Al-Aqsa University, kth most prominent points of weakness were the lack of diversity in teaching methods and evaluation, the non-use of modern technology in teaching, and the existence of physical courses in the field of physics. The most important proposals to increase the attitudes of the students of the Faculty of Science towards physics were the need to pay attention to the practical aspects, activate the academic guidance and follow up textbooks by specialized committees, and consider the needs of students and their wishes.
Framing Race Talk in World History Classrooms: A Case Study of the Haitian Revolution
Author: King, LaGarrett
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,World History,History Instruction,Race,Racial Bias,War,Power Structure,Humanism,Self Determination,Course Content,Social Studies,Curriculum,Textbook Content,Slavery,Social Class,Foreign Policy

In this article, the authors focus on ways to structure conversations about racism in world history classrooms through a case study of race and racism in Haiti at the turn of the 19th century. Drawing on the events of the Haitian Revolution, the authors describe how identifying patterns of racial hierarchy can provide a framework for talking about race from a world-scale perspective. While pedagogical strategies for teaching about the Haitian Revolution have been discussed before (Peck-Bartle, 2020; Peguero, 1998), the authors emphasize how world history teachers might present the relevance of Haitian struggles for human dignity and self-determination as a way to further develop students' understandings of race. The objective is to support world history teachers in leading conversations about race as a historical and global construct. [Note: The page range (3-17) shown on the PDF is incorrect. The correct page range for this article is p3-27.]
Integrative Fourfold Teaching Approach for Multicultural Subjects
Author: Robbins, Rockey
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Multicultural Education,Teaching Methods,Secondary Education,Higher Education,Integrated Activities

This article describes an &quot;Integrative Fourfold Approach&quot; to teaching multiculturalism in secondary and higher educational settings. Four general approaches to teaching multicultural issues are presented, followed by critical reviews from each perspective of the other three approaches. Next, the authors propose a teaching approach that integrates all four of the perspectives. Lastly, four applications of the integrative perspective are described.
Parents Want Their Voices to &quot;Matter&quot;: Perspectives on School Enrollment in a Shrinking Urban School District
Author: Shannon-Baker, Peggy
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Parent Attitudes,Declining Enrollment,Urban Schools,School Districts,School Choice,Culturally Relevant Education,Elementary Secondary Education,Decision Making,Parent School Relationship,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning

The purpose of this study is to examine the school selection process of parents whose children attended an urban school district in Northern California. Like numerous urban school districts across the United States, the district highlighted in this study also encountered students exiting its schools for the past decade. The findings shared in this paper from a mixed methods case study of parents whose children attend school in the district. Data were based on a quantitative survey and qualitative focus groups. The data indicate parents consider several key factors when selecting schools for their children including academics, class size, and differentiated instruction and support for their children; the school and administration's relationship to diversity and the community; and the overall enrollment process. The parents' narratives also revealed educational leaders must create a culturally relevant learning community in order to ensure parents, students, and community stakeholders will garner the support, resources, curricula, and learning activities to stop the exodus of children from schools within the school district.
Social Entrepreneurship and Psychological Well-Being in Teaching Candidates: Mediator Role of Hope
Author: Asici, Esra
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Entrepreneurship,Well Being,Preservice Teachers,Psychological Patterns,Mental Health,Personality Traits,Social Change,Values,Foreign Countries

The investigation of the variables related to the mental health of teaching candidates is important since teachers' mental health affects students' personal, social, and academic development. The purpose of this research was to investigate the intermediary role of hope in the relationship between the social entrepreneurship characteristics and the psychological well-being in teaching candidates. The sample consisting of 855 teaching candidates was chosen randomly. The data were collected using the Psychological Well-being Scale, the Pre-service Teachers' Social Entrepreneurship Qualifications Scale, the Dispositional Hope Scale, and a Demographic Information Form. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, and regression-based bootstrapping method were used in the analysis. The results showed that teaching candidates' social entrepreneurship characteristics were significantly positively correlated with their psychological well-being and two components of hope (alternative ways of thinking and actuating thinking). Besides, it was found that alternative ways of thinking and actuating thinking had some partial mediating roles in the relationship between the social entrepreneurship characteristics and the psychological well-being in the teaching candidates. Finally, this study offered some suggestions based on the discussion of the findings in the light of the related literature.
Lessons from the Field: Understanding Philanthropy&apos;s Role in Supporting Higher Education&apos;s Recovery from the Pandemic
Author: Cisneros, Joselin E.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,Philanthropic Foundations,Nonprofit Organizations,Sustainability,Grants,Partnerships in Education,Emergency Programs,Social Justice,Racial Bias,Equal Education,Access to Education,College Students,Low Income Students,Minority Group Students,At Risk Students,Academic Persistence

The coronavirus has magnified existing racial injustices and educational inequities. Philanthropy will play a key role in facilitating higher education's recovery from the pandemic, but its relationship with the field needs to evolve to enact a more equitable and sustainable future. Informed by survey responses from 30 grantee partners (e.g., college leaders, scholars, research organizations, and community-based nonprofits), one foundation is on a journey to ensure that its relationships with the field are grounded in a deep understanding of partners' needs and continued service to America's most marginalized college students during the pandemic. This essay features what the foundation has learned as a result of its grantees' persistence and the actions it will undertake to further support educational equity.
Managing My White Fragility: It&apos;s Not about Me
Author: Brkich, Katie Lynn
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Racial Bias,White Teachers,Culturally Relevant Education,Advantaged,COVID-19,Pandemics,Classroom Techniques,Social Justice,Humanization,Reflective Teaching

White privilege, white fragility, and white systems of oppression, both in the workplace and in everyday life, function to cause white people desiring a more just society to stumble, even when they're aware of these obstacles. In this essay, I discuss my experiences, during the dual pandemics of 2020, in trying to manage my white privilege and my white fragility when thrust into a role for which I felt I was not qualified-- teaching Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Classroom Management-- alongside a Black colleague who is an expert in social justice education. Contextualized partly in the police killings of Black people, I explore how white people like myself need to work consciously to always humanize people of color, especially when claiming racial justice allyship.
Navigating Pandemic Teaching via Individualized Faculty Professional Development
Author: Goldsmith, Christy
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Pandemics,COVID-19,Web Based Instruction,Faculty Development,Independent Study,Distance Education,Writing Across the Curriculum

As the universities across the country shifted to online instruction in March 2020, faculty development program administrators faced challenges in providing authentic and useful pedagogical resources to their already overwhelmed instructors. This one-person case study explores a mode of professional development which engages a faculty member in sustained, personal communications to support his disciplinary writing online course development. Both trauma-informed and relationship-centered, this alternative professional development model featured real-time reflection which resulted in high quality pedagogical adjustments to one disciplinary literacy instructor's newly online course.
E-Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain: A Case Study with High School Mathematics Students
Author: Moliner, Lidon
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,COVID-19,Pandemics,Electronic Learning,Educational Technology,High School Students,Mathematics Instruction,Secondary School Mathematics,Distance Education,Grade 9,Grade 10,Online Courses,Blended Learning,Social Media,Student Attitudes

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered the organization and scheduling of high schools in Spain. Due to pandemic restrictions, most students from grades 9 to 11 come to class only on alternate days. In this situation, e-learning and distance learning have gained prominence as necessary methods of instruction. In this study 68 students from grades 9 and 10, attending on alternate days, participated in an online teaching experience for the first time in their lives. This took place during the first trimester of the 2020-2021 academic school year. On days when they did not attend class in person, students were expected to watch the mathematics classes which were broadcasted live via YouTube. Students could either watch the classes live and ask the teacher questions via an online chat, or alternatively, they could watch the pre-recorded classes at a later time. The two options were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative methods. Results showed a continuous decrease in the number of students who preferred the first option, switching progressively from online live classes to pre-recorded classes as the weeks passed. The qualitative results explained this progressive decrease as students preferred to watch the teacher's explanations several times. Although e-learning is absolutely necessary in the 21st century, and especially during the current pandemic, controlling students' level of application to distance work and online learning is still a challenge.