ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
An Exploratory Study of Predictors of Pre-Service Teachers&apos; Intention to Integrate Computer Games in Mathematics Education
Author: Liu, Xiongyi
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Predictor Variables,Preservice Teachers,Intention,Technology Integration,Computer Games,Mathematics Education,Multiple Regression Analysis,Gender Differences,Self Efficacy,Sex Stereotypes

The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine whether specific attitudes and beliefs among pre-service teachers about the use of computer games in mathematics teaching and learning predict their intention to integrate computer games in future mathematics teaching. Data were collected via a questionnaire from 119 teacher education students in a mathematics methods class at a midwestern USA university. Findings indicate that previous experience of computer gaming, gamer identity, self-efficacy for computer game-based teaching, perceived educational benefits of computer games, and gender stereotypes about computer gaming were significantly related to intention to integrate computer games in future teaching. Multi-level linear regression analysis indicates that self-efficacy, perceived benefits and gender stereotypes did not explain significantly more variance in intention for game integration above and beyond that explained by previous experience of computer gaming and gamer identity. Gender and specialization of the preservice teachers were related to previous experience of computer gaming and gamer identity. The results and educational implications of the study for teacher education and policy making are discussed and limitations of the study are addressed.
Biodiversity Knowledge and Conceptions in Latin American: Towards an Integrative New Perspective for Education Research and Practice
Author: Bermudez, Gonzalo M. A.
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Biodiversity,Well Being,Holistic Approach,Social Change,Science Education,Social Problems,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Knowledge Level,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Scientists,Outreach Programs,Sustainable Development,Environmental Education,High School Students,Plants (Botany),Animals,Foreign Countries

Biodiversity plays a crucial role in ecosystem functioning by providing essential benefits to people and improving their well-being, i.e., regulating material and non-material services; especially in cultural and natural rich landscapes, such as those found in Latin-American countries. Nevertheless, in spite of the utmost importance of sustaining human life, biodiversity is not only declining at unprecedented rates, but also this pervasive degradation has revealed both our mutual dependence and interconnectedness, with a profound need for a societal transformative change. To help meet this challenge, the aim of this work is to synthesise pertinent and state-of-the-art knowledge on biodiversity education by utilising a holistic approach and a Latin-American point of view, which will contribute towards understanding and targeting complex socio-ecological issues. The findings have unveiled an abundant number of studies in Latin American countries that have investigated the topic of teachers' and students' knowledge and their conceptions of biodiversity from both conventional scientific knowledge and interculturality. By promoting an integrative dialogue among these categories and their subcategories, several implications arose concerning scientists engaged in public outreach, environmental and sustainable development and science education researchers, those engaged in cultural studies, formal and non-formal education, and school teachers.
Rethinking the Relationship between Technology and Health through Online Physical Education during the Pandemic
Author: Paramitha, Sandey Tantra
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,Physical Education,Online Courses,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Athletics,Correlation,Health,School Closing,Exercise,College Students,Foreign Countries

Technology and health are interrelated, along with the development of technology accompanied by increasing health demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study aims to rethink the use of technology in exercising to maintain health. The focus of the study in this research is the relationship between the use of technology and health through COVID-19 healthy gymnastics. The method used in this research is to use a cross-sectional survey online. This method is used because the survey can be done anytime and anywhere, which can be more practical. The data collection instrument used is an online survey using the Google form application. This application is suitable for use in a practical and effective data collection process. Then to measure and find out the results of the data collected, the researcher used the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software with a bivariate correlation coefficient test. The subjects of this study were UPI students who contracted physical education courses and sport. The results of this study indicate that there is a very high relationship between technology and health through COVID-19 healthy gymnastics. This study concluded that students who would be aware of their health by doing sports optimize the use of technology to support their sports activities.
The Effect of the Blended Project-Based Learning Model and Creative Thinking Ability on Engineering Students&apos; Learning Outcomes
Author: Mursid, R.
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Blended Learning,Student Projects,Active Learning,Creative Thinking,Thinking Skills,Engineering Education,College Students,Foreign Countries,Models,Outcomes of Education,Drafting,Teaching Methods,Instructional Effectiveness

This research examines the effect of the blended project-based learning (PjBL) model and creative thinking ability on engineering students' drawing learning outcomes. Using a pre and post-test quasi-experimental design, the research included a sample of 80 students from two different classes at the Faculty of Engineering, UNIMED, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics through two-way ANOVA. Subsequently, the results showed that the members of experimental group I, comprising students who participated in the blended PjBL model, obtained the highest engineering drawing learning outcomes. The creative thinking ability outcomes of the students taught with this model were higher than those of the group II students who used the ordinary blended learning model. However, those with low thinking abilities taught with the ordinary model exhibited higher learning outcomes than the experimental group. These results show an interaction between the effect of the PjBL model and creative thinking ability on the learning outcomes of engineering students. Therefore, lecturers need to use a blended PjBL model to ensure improved outcomes, alongside enhancing students' creative thinking abilities to increase the model's effectiveness.
Profile of Student Physical Fitness Level of Sports Science Study Program: Relationship between Nutrition Status and Learning Achievement during COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Gultom, Syamsul
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Fitness,Physical Activity Level,Physical Education,Nutrition,Academic Achievement,COVID-19,Pandemics,Foreign Countries,College Students,Correlation,Body Composition

The level of physical fitness during the coronavirus pandemic has become a basic need because exercise can increase immunity and improve physical fitness. Lack of physical activity during a pandemic can increase the risk of disease and obesity. So that the nutritional status increases while it is not accompanied by physical activity in sports students. This study aims to determine the level of physical fitness in terms of its relationship with nutritional status and learning achievement of students of the Sports Science Study Program at the State University of Medan. This research is a correlational study to find the relationship between two or more variables. This study has two independent variables, namely physical fitness and nutritional status, and one dependent variable, namely learning achievement in practical courses. The participants in this study were students following the Physical Fitness training course, amounting to 42 students. The results in this study indicate that there is no significant relationship between nutritional status and student achievement. There is a significant relationship between physical fitness and student achievement. There is a significant relationship between nutritional status and physical fitness with student achievement. Physical fitness contributed to student learning achievement by providing an effective contribution of 39%, while nutritional status was 72.53%.
Leadership Approaches of Principals Heading National Strategy Learner Attainment Schools in South Africa
Author: Cornelissen, Rudolph Peter
Date: 2022-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Leadership Styles,Principals,Administrator Attitudes,Personality Traits,Decision Making,Leadership Effectiveness,Administrator Characteristics,School Administration,Teacher Student Relationship,Academic Achievement,Foreign Countries,Case Studies,Teaching Methods,Learning Processes,Educational Improvement,Trend Analysis,Transformational Leadership,Instructional Leadership,Elementary Secondary Education

This study examines the leadership approaches associated with sustained improved academic performance of principals heading National Strategy for Learner Attainment (NSLA) schools. This article reports on a qualitative multiple-case study focused on five successful NSLA secondary schools in Cape Town, South Africa. Data was collected from principals, teachers and selected School Management Team (SMT) members via questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to understand the leadership practices and personality traits that characterised the leadership approaches of principals to facilitate teaching and learning for improving academic performance of learners. The findings indicated that an integrated leadership principal leadership framework would be most effective because it would cultivate community between teachers and learners and result into improved academic performance. This approach encapsulates the various leadership approaches and the leadership personality traits or characteristics of the principals as well as taking into consideration the situational context for effective leadership and decision-making.
The Phenomenon of Leading without Guidebook: Educational Leadership Practices of Philippine School Principals in Virulent COVID-19 Times
Author: Cahapay, Michael B.
Date: 2022-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Principals,COVID-19,Pandemics,Crisis Management,Elementary Secondary Education,Instructional Leadership

The school principals play a pivotal role in leading educational institutions. Their lived experience as educational leaders in the context of a virulent crisis, however, is largely unexplored. This paper sought to discover the essence of educational leadership practices of school principals in the context of the current COVID-19 crisis. Following phenomenology as a research design, the researcher explored the world of six Filipino school principals through interview procedures. The analysis method developed by Colaizzi (1978) was used. The results revealed six emerging themes of educational leadership practices during a crisis as follows: 1.) navigating the crisis with adaptive leadership; 2.) cultivating practices in crisis management; 3.) managing through the machine; 4.) freezing the standards and patterns; 5.) promoting inclusivity in the new normal; and 6.) caring first for what is essential. These themes form the basis of the description and structure of the phenomenon offered at the end of the paper. Considering the present scarcity of knowledge on how school principals respond in times of crisis, this paper provides insights into educational leadership practices within the context of the COVID-19 situation.
Three Foci of Mathematic Teachers&apos; Considerations in Evaluation of School Students&apos; Achievements
Author: Halfon, Ester
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Teachers,Mathematics Instruction,Teacher Attitudes,Student Evaluation,Evaluation Methods,Educational Improvement,Mathematics Achievement,Reliability,Mathematics Tests,Validity,Measurement Techniques,Decision Making,Correlation,Teacher Characteristics,Middle School Teachers,Elementary School Teachers

As part of efforts to improve the quality of mathematics' teaching and evaluation, we examined the focus of math teachers' considerations in evaluating students' achievements, as well as the links between these focuses, regarding differences between students and the validity and reliability of assessment methods and examinations. Based on the categorization of issues that concern math teachers while assessing their students, a self-report quantitative-questionnaire was constructed and validated. The questionnaire included three foci of consideration for mathematics evaluation: considerations regarding evaluating learners, considerations regarding the choice of assessment methods, and assessment considerations that are unique to mathematics; positive, high, and significant were found between them. The main conclusion is that math teachers aspire to evaluate their students on the basis of a broad picture, that considers the needs of students studying mathematics as a unique discipline, the available assessment methods and their ability to adapt them to a valid and reliable assessment in mathematics, and the overall need to focus on the challenges and difficulties which are unique to assessing the discipline of mathematics. The findings also strengthen the claim that assessing math learning has unique considerations that are distinguished from assessment considerations in other disciplines.
Using Worked Examples with Active Learning in a Large Lecture College Algebra Course
Author: Miller, David Allan
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Problem Solving,Active Learning,Teaching Methods,Large Group Instruction,College Mathematics,Algebra,Cognitive Processes,Difficulty Level,College Students,Prior Learning,Mathematics Achievement

At a research university near the east coast, a college algebra class has been restructured into two large lectures a week, an active recitation size laboratory once a week, and an extra day devoted to active group work called Supplemental Practice (SP). SP was added as an extra day of class where the SP leader has students work in groups on a worksheet of examples and problems, based on worked example research, that were covered in the previous week's class material. Two sections of the course were randomly chosen to be the experimental group and the other section was the control group. The experimental group was given the SP worksheets and the control group was given a question-and-answer session. The experimental group significantly outperformed the control on a variety of components in the course, particularly in light of the number of days students attended SP.
The Problems of School Administrators Scale
Author: Bozkus, Kivanc
Date: 2022-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: School Administration,Administrators,Measures (Individuals),Data Collection,Foreign Countries,Factor Structure,Factor Analysis,Faculty Workload,Civil Rights,Educational Environment,Administrator Attitudes,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Administrator Responsibility,Violence,School Safety

This study aims to develop a standardized data collection tool to identify the problems of school administrators. In the research conducted with the survey design, data were collected from 709 school administrators to develop the problems of school administrators scale. In this study, a theoretical framework was created according to the findings of the relevant studies and the scale of determining the problems of school administrators was developed. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were done. According to the results, the problems of school administrators scale is a valid and reliable data collection tool that consists of 44 items and 8 dimensions. The scale can determine the problems of school administrators related to workload, personal rights, school administration, school climate, respect, education system, organizational commitment, and violence. With the Problems of School Administrators Scale, the level of problems can be determined, and necessary measures can be taken. If the scale can be applied in different regions at the same time, comparisons between regions can be made and attempts can be made to ensure equal opportunity.
Active Student Learning through Gamification in a Learning Management System
Author: Raharjo, Satrio Raffani
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Active Learning,Game Based Learning,Integrated Learning Systems,Electronic Learning,Recognition (Achievement),Learner Engagement,College Students,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries

E-learning through a learning management system (LMS) is expected to be a solution to the needs of distance learning, especially during a pandemic situation. However, learning through an LMS can lead to a lack of focus, reduced classroom efficiency, and a feeling of boredom for the user. One solution to this problem is to use gamification (e.g., rankings or points, badges, and leaderboards) to enhance active learning. This study uses a mixed-methods approach and data from weekly reviews and forum discussions, questionnaires, and data students' interviews to assess the implementation of gamification elements in an LMS. The data from the questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and the data from student interviews were analyzed using general inductive analysis. The results show that gamification in an LMS had a positive influence on active learning. The students have also provided positive feedback on the rated weekly review activity. The badges and leaderboard were also positively accepted by most students. Awarding points for activities was also found to improve students' performance in class. Badges were found to increase students' active participation, and the leaderboard motivated students to participate actively in online classes. This study could provide guidance to universities or LMS providers wishing to implement gamification in an LMS.
Investigating the Problems of Learning Arabic for Islamic Universities in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Rahmawati
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Semitic Languages,Second Language Instruction,COVID-19,Pandemics,Barriers,Higher Education,Learning Activities,Instructional Effectiveness,Online Courses,School Closing,Distance Education,Teacher Competencies,Technological Literacy,Educational Needs,College Faculty,Foreign Countries

The 2019 Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) creates challenges for the Arabic learning process at Indonesian Islamic Universities, which is one of the mandatory subjects to support foreign language communication. This research aims to analyze the problems of learning Arabic at UIN Imam Bonjol Padang in the situation of COVID-19 pandemic. This research utilise case studies based on data includes observations of Arabic learning processes, collecting documentation through lesson plans and interviews with Arabic lecturers. The data analysis technique employs data triangulation through data collection, data reduction, data presentation, conclusion. The results ascertain that Arabic learning activities showed less effectiveness in COVID-19 situation, this was due to the varied problems of learning Arabic based on online learning; the teacher's experience in designing online-based interactive media, the minimum stable learning platform, the minimal control process on students' language acquisition and supporting facilities in learning Arabic online. The findings of this study discover that Arabic lecturers to integrate all learning components holistically, so the Arabic learning process can achieve maximum outcomes. This research recommends to the other research to find a solution to every problem that exists in Arabic learning in COVID-19 situation at UIN Imam Bonjol Padang.
Bilingual Students, Language Conflict, Language-Culture Shock: Situations Faced by Teachers Assigned to Eastern Regions of Turkey
Author: Kiziltas, Yusuf
Date: 2022-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bilingual Students,Foreign Countries,Cultural Differences,Language Usage,Teacher Attitudes,Rural Schools,Turkish,Culture Conflict,Indo European Languages,Barriers,Student Attitudes

Many bilingual students studying at schools in rural areas of Eastern and Southeastern Turkey experience language conflict in the process of acquiring Turkish. Likewise, teachers appointed to schools where bilingual students are educated, especially from the western regions of Turkey, have problems adapting to the region's culture and language. The problems experienced and seen cause language and culture shock for teachers. At the same time, these problems lead to various negativities on students and teachers in the education process. In this study, language conflict experienced by bilingual students was evaluated according to teacher opinions. Likewise, it is aimed to question the dimensions and consequences of language and culture shock in teachers. Teachers from different branches (n=120) working in the district villages of Van province were included in the study group. Research data were collected via an online questionnaire in the spring semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. The collected data were analyzed with the MaxQDA 2020 program. It was concluded that the students experienced intense language conflict at school. Similarly, it was concluded that the teachers also experienced language and culture shocks in the eastern regions where they were assigned.
Determining the Levels of How Families Shape Children&apos;s Engagement with Science: A Scale Development Study
Author: Bal, Emine
Date: 2022-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Measures (Individuals),Test Construction,Likert Scales,Factor Structure,Family Influence,Foreign Countries,Sciences,Science Activities,Young Children,Test Reliability,Test Validity

This study aims to develop a scale that can be used to determine the levels of how families shape children's engagement with science. The study was conducted in the basic research design. The data collection was carried out in two stages. In the first stage, the data obtained from the scale applied to 324 people were subjected to exploratory factor analysis. In the second stage, data from 181 people were used for confirmatory factor analysis. As a result of the EFA, it was found that the factor loads ranged from 0.521 to 0.893, the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value was .866, the total variance explained was 62.254%, and the Cronbach's alpha value was 0.907. As a result of the CFA, however, it was found that the X[superscript 2]/df value was 2, and the RMSEA value was 0.079. Thus, a 5-point, 3-factor Likert type scale, consisting of 18 items, was obtained with validity and reliability according to the analysis results. The factors involved in the scale were called &quot;Practical Applications (Activities and Experiments)&quot;, &quot;Introduction to Science&quot; and &quot;Building Scientific Foundations&quot;. With the developed scale, it is believed that researchers in the field can determine the level of orientation of children of families with different demographics and children of different age groups to science.