ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Using Experimental Methods to Investigate Discriminatory Tendencies: A Lesson Report
Author: Chen, Yu-Wen
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Games,Graduate Students,Research Methodology,Experiments,Scientific Research,Social Discrimination,Religious Discrimination,Muslims,Class Activities,Student Research,Research Projects,Data Collection,Science Projects,Stranger Reactions,Social Bias,Hypothesis Testing,Research Design,Statistical Analysis,Pretests Posttests,Questionnaires

Using dictator games in experimental analysis, this lesson report demonstrates the process and results of a postgraduate class project in which university students were instructed to scientifically investigate and explore one of German society's most hotly-contested issues: the level of discriminatory tendencies of non-Muslims towards Muslims. The results of this class project show little or no discriminatory tendencies toward Muslims. Instead, the university students under our investigation tended to act favorably, or at the very least, fairly toward Muslims. We expect that this lesson report can demonstrate how a postgraduate course can be conducted in an innovative way, empowering students to collect primary data and finishing a small scientific project during the span of a semester.
Integrating Multimedia into the Malaysian Classroom: Engaging Students in Interactive Learning
Author: Neo, Tse-Kian
Date: 2004-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Technology,Multimedia Instruction,Technology Uses in Education,Technology Integration,Teaching Methods,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Likert Scales,Multimedia Materials

In recent years, with the infusion of the multimedia technology into the education arena, traditional educational materials can be translated into interactive electronic form through the use of multimedia authoring tools. This has allowed teachers to design and incorporate multimedia elements and choreograph them in an orderly sequence to convey the message in an interactive and multi-sensory learning environment. The focus in education is thus moving away from the conventional &quot;chalk-and-talk&quot; method to one which uses multimedia as the instructional media and a platform in teaching and learning. This presentation focuses on using the multimedia design process (MDP) to enable educators to re-design their educational curricula into an interactive and media-rich learning environment. This multimedia educational design process will reinforce and strengthen the traditional instructional communication process (ICP) and foster a number of innovative methods to communicate knowledge to the learners. In this context, there is a need to adjust the educator's approach to teaching, preparing content and delivering learning materials. As the present generation becomes more familiar with computers and the Internet, they are going to expect information in the classrooms to be delivered in the same pattern.
From Teacher-Centered Instruction to Peer Tutoring in the Heterogeneous International Classroom: A Danish Case of Instructional Change
Author: Lueg, Klarissa
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Educational Change,Peer Teaching,Nontraditional Education,Seminars,Foreign Countries,Case Studies,Educational Philosophy,College Students,Student Needs,Cooperative Learning,Focus Groups,Interviews,College Faculty,Outcomes of Education,Teacher Student Relationship,International Education,Student Diversity,Educational Administration

This case study documents a seminar redesign from a teacher-centered instruction format to collaborative &quot;reciprocal peer tutoring&quot; (RPT) at Aarhus University, Denmark. Departing from concepts by Bourdieu and Vertovec, we argue that teaching concepts should meet the needs of students within Higher Education (HE). Our student sample is diverse, international and multilinguistic, comprising different cultural expectations and knowledge standards. At the same time, the Danish HE tradition, with its low degree of formality and an affinity for collaborative learning, allows for nontraditional instruction styles to accommodate this heterogeneity. The object of our documentation is thus a seminar, before and after didactic restructuring, in a Danish setting. We document both the in-classroom methods of instruction before and after the implementation of RPT and the methods and instruments used to monitor this change. To do so, we provide insight into student group reports, students' learning reports, a lesson timetable, seminar evaluations, focus group interviews, teacher-student communication and course descriptions. Our study contributes on several levels: first, we provide course responsible lecturers with a detailed insight into how a seminar redesign to RPT may be achieved. Second, we provide a basis for introducing such change by documenting the positive assessment as an outcome of the monitoring. We thereby address diversity and in-classroom heterogeneity on a didactic level.
Justice in and through Education? Students' Participation in Decision-Making
Author: Rönnlund, Maria
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Social Justice,Student Participation,Participative Decision Making,Secondary School Students,Ethnography,Data Collection,Data Analysis,Interviews,Student Interests,Student Motivation

Drawing on one year of ethnographic work in three Swedish lower secondary schools, this article problematizes students' participation in decision-making in everyday school life in the perspective of social justice. In order to extend the traditional liberal understanding of justice and include also relational, procedurial, social and cultural aspects of justice, the analysis focuses on the range, depth and breadth of the participation. The analysis highlights how students' participation in decision-making was curtailed and restricted in ways that referred to both the range and the depth of the participation. There were also deficiencies as regards the breadth. The analysis indicates inconveniences as regards students' participation in decision-making in the perspective of social justice. At the same time it raises questions about social justice in educational contexts -- to what extent is it possible to reach a social just school and classroom culture? Based on this analysis, it is argued that school actors need to be more explicit about the institutional frameworks and boundaries that regulate and frame students' participation in decision-making in school. Such an approach might facilitate for students and staff to negotiate within the frameworks to a greater extent than was the case in these three schools. It is also argued that more students need to be involved in decision-making. A bibliography is included.
Application of Computer Aided Mathematics Teaching in a Secondary School
Author: Yenitepe, Mehmet Emin
Date: 2003-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Secondary School Mathematics,Computer Assisted Instruction,Mathematics Instruction,Case Studies,Multimedia Instruction,Academic Achievement,Conventional Instruction,Audiovisual Instruction,Instructional Effectiveness,Courseware,Intermode Differences,Foreign Countries

This is a case study that examines the effect of using presentations developed by teacher in addition to using commercially produced educational software CD-ROM in Audio-Visual Room/Computer Laboratory after classroom teaching, on students' academic achievement, as a method of Teaching Mathematics compared with only classroom teaching or after classroom teaching, using commercially produced educational software CD-ROM in Audio-Visual Room/Computer Laboratory.
Influence of Attributes of Innovations on the Integration of Web-Based Instruction by Faculty Members
Author: Mwaura, Catherine
Date: 2004-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Innovation,Web Based Instruction,College Faculty,Adoption (Ideas),Technology Integration,Decision Making,Teacher Attitudes,Usability,Educational Benefits,Difficulty Level,Educational Technology,Influences,Qualitative Research,Cost Effectiveness,Interviews

More and more faculty members are using web-based instruction as part of their course or as complete courses, which has resulted in an entire web-based instruction programs and virtual universities. As such, web-based instruction is one of the major areas that are becoming key to the development of the Web. To the contrary, despite having accessible hardware, training, and discipline-specific media, some faculty members are hesitant to adopt web-based instruction. This study investigated factors influencing the decision process to adopt or reject web-based instruction by faculty members and results show that attributes of innovations such as trialability, observability, compatibility, relative advantages, and complexity, play a major role in the process.
The Experiential Learning Cycle in Visual Design
Author: Arsoy, Aysu
Date: 2004-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Experiential Learning,Graphic Arts,Design,Creativity,Problem Solving,Public Relations,Advertising,Layout (Publications),Computer Use,Foreign Countries,College Students,Semi Structured Interviews,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Student Attitudes

Experiential Learning Cycle has been applied to the Layout and Graphics Design in Computer Course provided by the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies to the students studying at the Public Relations and Advertising Department. It is hoped that by applying the Experiential Learning Cycle, the creativity and problem solving strategies of the students will be further improved. For the present study, the reactions of the students of the Layout and Graphics Design in Computer Course to adopting Experiential Learning Cycle have been explored.
Use of Education Technology in English Classes
Author: Gömleksiz, Mehmet Nuri
Date: 2004-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Teacher Surveys,Teacher Attitudes,Elementary School Teachers,Language Teachers,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Likert Scales,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis,Computer Attitudes

Using education technology in classes helps teachers realize a better and more effective learning. In this study 150 English teachers were surveyed in order to determine their views on the use of education technology in their classes. The scale consists of 36 items measuring positive and negative attitudes of English teachers toward use of technology. There are 24 positive, 12 negative items in the scale. The teachers were also asked which technological aids and techniques they use. It was determined that teachers have positive attitudes toward use of technology but they do not obtain or use technology at desired level.
Evolution of Educational Software Evaluation: Instructional Software Assessment
Author: Bayram, Servet
Date: 2004-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Evaluation Methods,Computer Software Evaluation,Usability,Computer Software Selection,Definitions,Computer Uses in Education,Vocabulary

Many popular terms such as software description, software review, software evaluation and lastly software usability used by design, development and evaluation experts in the field. However, such terms used interchangeably by researchers and developers are syntactically and semantically different due to their conceptual backgrounds and the technical procedures taken in the development or evaluation process. A simple search of the basic terms, software selection, software description, software review, software evaluation, software usability and software assessment in this day and age of electronic databases would yield a large number of &quot;hits&quot; or articles. There are different definitions for such terms. The definitions are used loosely and interchangeably in activities by the researchers and web page developers. The term &quot;software assessment&quot; is used to encompass the set of terms described in this paper. This allows for evaluating the contributions of specific characteristics to the effectiveness of instructional software anatomy.
Important Learning Dimensions Influencing Undergraduate Students' Learning and Academic Achievement in Higher Education
Author: Usun, Salih
Date: 2004-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Academic Achievement,Higher Education,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Learning Processes,Statistical Significance,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Statistical Analysis,Nonparametric Statistics,Scores,Pretests Posttests,Comparative Analysis,School Schedules,Required Courses,Textbooks,Supplementary Reading Materials,Teacher Student Relationship

The main aim of this study was to determine the opinions of the undergraduate students and faculty members on factors that affect student learning and academic achievement. The sub aims of this study were to: (1) Develop a mean rank ordering of the 23 dimensions affecting learning, for both the students and faculty, and determine the similarities and differences between the two populations; (2) Determine whether the differences between student and faculty opinion on the dimensions were statistically significant; (3) Determine that what faculty can do helps undergraduate students' learning; and (4) Propose some suggestions for Turkish Higher Education Council (YÖK), faculty of education, faculty members and further research and project on the effective teaching and learning in higher education, and the further academic planning. To determine some of the important learning dimensions influencing academic performance within the classroom environment a questionnaire as a survey of 23 items was applied to 168 undergraduate students and 45 faculty members at the Department of Primary Education of Faculty of Education of Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Turkey) during the fall 2003 semester. The statistical techniques having been used in this study were the following: (a) Frequency and percent; (b) Mean score and arithmetic mean; (c) &quot;t&quot; test for the difference of the means; (d) One-way analysis of variance; (e) Kruskal-Wallis procedure on the difference of the medians; (f) Non-parametric statistical method; and (g) Test-retest method. The results showed that in 10 instructional dimensions there was a statistically significant difference between two populations. The positive &quot;t&quot; value indicated that the mean score for the students was higher than the mean score for the faculty member. This was true for 6 of the 10 dimensions. But both gave low importance to dimensions such as the hour of day classes meet, required or selective lectures, textbook, course supplements and faculty members' concern for students as individuals.
Undergraduate Students Attitudes on the Use of Computers in Education
Author: Usun, Salih
Date: 2004-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Undergraduate Students,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Computer Attitudes,Computer Uses in Education,Questionnaires,Computer Science Education,Teacher Education,Independent Study,Drills (Practice),Statistical Analysis,Likert Scales,Validity

The first aim of this study was to determine undergraduate students' attitudes on the use of computers in education. A questionnaire as survey was administered to 156 undergraduate students in two departments--the Department of Educational Sciences, and the Computer and Educational Technologies--at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University during the fall 2003 semester. A second aim of the study was to determine whether there were differences in attitude between the two groups on the use of computers in education. Of the 156 students, 90 were from the Department of Educational Sciences and 66 were from the Department of Computer and Educational Technologies. According to the top 5 attributions ranked by students, computers: 1-Individualize learning, 2-Are self-paced, 3-Allow students to work privately, 4-Are fun and entertaining, and, 5-Are excellent for drill and practice. These attributions were the reasons of using the computers in education. We found 9 attributions in which there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups.
Investigating Rural Teachers' Professional Development, Instructional Knowledge, and Classroom Practice
Author: Glover, Todd A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary School Teachers,Rural Schools,Rural Education,Professional Development,National Surveys,Teacher Surveys,Educational Practices,Predictor Variables,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Teacher Attitudes,Path Analysis,Regression (Statistics)

Teachers Speak was a national survey study designed to investigate the characteristics of rural elementary school teachers' existing professional development; differences in professional development practices between rural and non-rural settings; and the potential influence of professional development characteristics on rural teachers' knowledge, perceptions, and instructional practice. The respondents included 268 rural and 327 non-rural (city, suburban, town) teachers whose schools were selected via stratified random sampling. Key findings indicate that professional development experiences, perceptions, and classroom practices were similar for rural and non-rural teachers. Rural teachers did not appear to be comparatively disadvantaged, at least not in terms of their best professional development experiences. They reported comparable characteristics for professional development (e.g., providers, hours, practice and feedback opportunities, collaboration opportunities). An emphasis on topics during professional development was found to be related to increased (a) positive perceptions of the utility of the topics, (b) perceptions of knowledge gained pertaining to those topics, and (c) increased focus on those topics during classroom instruction. Perceived utility of instructional topics was a significant predictor of reported practice. When including both rural and non-rural teachers, time in professional development was found to be a significant predictor of their pedagogical content knowledge.
Disabled Persons and Their Position at the Construction Education
Author: Demirarslan, Sibel
Date: 2004-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Disabilities,Business,Construction Industry,Legal Responsibility,Equal Education,Equal Opportunities (Jobs),Legislation,Civil Rights,Symptoms (Individual Disorders),Accessibility (for Disabled)

Nowadays, we can hear the word &quot;quality&quot;, many different times and subjects, in our daily life. For example, business, education etc. To provide quality at the education and business life, firstly it must be realized this slogan &quot;suitable work, suitable person&quot;. In this paper, firstly disabled persons and after relation between construction sector have been examined. Choosing conscious job isn't only a paper which is calling &quot;diploma&quot;, at this situation it can be said easily that &quot;it will never use, for a work&quot; after graduation. The aim must be a suitable job for him/her and their ability, wish and also their physical position. Afterwards, can be formed output at the education and business life. Therefore, in this paper these important subjects have been examined: (1) Disabled persons, disability varieties and definitions; (2) Disability in the law; (3) Business areas for disabled persons; and (4) How to fix selected types of disability, especially in the construction sector. This paper also includes the results of meetings with some construction firms (which are serving different sectoral areas), by using a question form. Disabled persons, must have education, of course, but for a happy and productive life, must head towards a suitable job.
Database Management Systems: A Case Study of Faculty of Open Education
Author: Kamisli, Zehra
Date: 2004-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Database Management Systems,Case Studies,College Faculty,Open Education,Books,Online Catalogs,Information Storage,Information Retrieval,Computer Interfaces,Users (Information),Usability,Redundancy,Integrity,Keyboarding (Data Entry),Error Correction

We live in the information and the microelectronic age, where technological advancements become a major determinant of our lifestyle. Such advances in technology cannot possibly be made or sustained without concurrent advancement in management systems (5). The impact of computer technology on organizations and society is increasing as new technologies evolve and existing technologies expand (5). Because of the influences of the innovations in the computer technology, people can also build their own computerized systems with easy-to-use construction tools. Management is a process by which certain goals are achieved trough the use of resources like materials, people, money, time. These resources are considered to be inputs, and the attainment of the goals is viewed as the output of the process. Database systems continue to be a key aspect of Computer Science &amp; Engineering today. Representing knowledge within a computer is one of the central challenges of the field. Database research has focused primarily on this fundamental issue (6). This paper presents a database management system developed for AOF (Faculty of Open Education) course books. Its rationale is based on the development of a database application that share data and operations through a database. It supports organization's manipulation and retrieval of data. In order to organize large amounts of data (book's names, ISBN numbers, number printed; authors' names, and addresses, etc.) similar user interfaces are developed for different types of users. In addition, they can create special reports. It also encourages users who have no previous programming experience. The detail of the study is presented in the third part of the paper. In the second part of the paper, some knowledge about management information systems and database management systems are given.
Attitudes of Students toward Computers
Author: Isman, Aytekin
Date: 2004-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Technological Advancement,Student Attitudes,Teaching Methods,Computer Attitudes,Computer Uses in Education,Information Technology,Foreign Countries,College Students,Access to Computers

With the developments of Information High Technology, all applications of the instruction start to have tendency towards technology based instruction instead of directed, teacher-centered instruction. It is important to mention that computers are the main instructional support to the learning and teaching process. As a human being, there is an adaptation process of the new developments and implications as well. Therefore; the research based study handled the attitudes of students towards computers and its new trends. By the way; attitudes towards teacher-centered instruction versus student centered instruction and tendency towards the place of technology in learning and teaching process can be determined with the reflections of the statistical surveys. Required research reflected the consciousness about the use of computer in every day of life and educational cycle as well. It is important to mention that computers require more alternatives and advantages to students and their educational studies. Computers provide fast, easy research and analysis for the students studying field. As a technological tool, it provides the equal standards, opportunities and easy path for the successful understanding and also meaningful learning for students. In order to be reflective, recommend on the usage of computers and facilities, there should be examination of the thoughts, attitudes of students towards computer.