ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Instructional Effects of Syntactic Parsing on Chinese College Students&apos; EFL Reading Rates
Author: Chen, Xiaokan
Date: 2018-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Syntax,Reading Rate,Reading Comprehension,Reading Processes,Correlation,Pretests Posttests,College Freshmen,Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods,Student Attitudes,Positive Attitudes,Control Groups,Experimental Groups

Foreign language reading serves as the fundamental channel for foreign language acquisition and for information gathering. However, English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners are generally slow in their reading rates. A number of approaches have been proposed to improve reading rates of EFL learners, underpinned by learning theories. From an information processing perspective, building automaticity in lower-level processes is necessary to allow readers to allocate more cognitive resources for higher-level processes. Given the importance of reading rate and the scarcity of related research, the present study intends to explore the relationship between Chinese college students' syntactic parsing ability and their EFL reading rates, and investigate the effects of syntactic parsing instruction on their EFL reading rates. A total of 87 freshmen from two intact classes participated in the present study. They were divided into an experimental group (43) and a control group (44). The experimental group received a 12-week instruction on syntactic parsing ability. A pretest-posttest design was employed to explore the participants' development of syntactic parsing ability and their reading rates. After the training period, a semi-structured interview was conducted among 10 participants of the experimental to explore their attitudes towards the syntactic parsing ability instruction. Two major findings were revealed. First, there was a close relationship between syntactic parsing and reading rate. Second, syntactic parsing instruction may have positive effects on some students' reading rates in the experimental group. Responses in the interview indicated that the participants held positive attitudes towards the syntactic parsing ability training.
The Impact of Out-of-School Learning Environments on 6th Grade Secondary School Students Attitude towards Science Course
Author: Yildirim, Halil Ibrahim
Date: 2018-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Instructional Effectiveness,After School Programs,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Educational Environment,Grade 6,Student Attitudes,Scientific Attitudes,Pretests Posttests,Informal Education,Foreign Countries,Science Education

This study was conducted for the purpose of determining the impacts of out-of-school learning environments on 6th-grade students' attitudes towards science course. In the study, the quasi-experimental model and pretest-posttest control grouped experimental design was employed. The experimental process step of the study was carried out on 6th-grade students who receive education in a secondary school in Turkey in 2017 and maintained for 18 weeks. 60 students are included in the study group of the research (control group=30, experimental group=30). For the purpose of measuring the attitude scores towards science course, &quot;The Scale of Attitude towards Science Lesson&quot; was used. The experimental phase was performed by science lesson teacher both in the control and experimental groups. No experimental process was applied in the control group. The instruction was provided in accordance with the Science Course Curriculum. While the instruction was provided in line with the control group in the experimental group, out-of-school learning environments were also included in the teaching process. Out-of-school learning environments were specified by considering the learning outcomes in the 6th-grade science curricula. Experimental group students visited out-of-school learning environments with the guidance of the science teacher. Science museum, anatomy museum, planetarium, nature trip, science festivals, energy park and aqua park are among the out-of-school learning environments. As a result of the study, it was seen that the attitudes of the students in the experimental group were increased at a significant level, and no significant improvement was realized in control group students' attitudes.
The Relationship between Physical Fitness Levels and Digit Ratio (2D:4D) of High School Students Engaged Actively in Sports
Author: Gümüs, Mustafa
Date: 2018-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Fitness,High School Students,Athletes,Physical Activity Level,Correlation,Team Sports,Age Differences,Body Composition,Measurement,Physical Activities,Tests,Muscular Strength,Comparative Analysis,Psychomotor Skills,Foreign Countries

The aim of this study is to examine the association between physical fitness and 2D:4D finger ratio of high school students engaged actively in sports. 23 licensed male athletes and 23 sedentary (n=46) high school students participated in the study voluntarily. The participants age, body weight, body mass index, 2D:4D finger measurement values were recorded and 20 meter shuttle run, 30 meter sprint, sit and reach test, standing long jump and hand grip strength tests were applied on the participants. The data obtained were assessed in SPSS 21 program and the results were assessed at p?0.05 significance level. While the average age of athletes was 15.82±1.11 years, the average age of sedentary group was 15.13±0.96 years. While statistically significant difference was found between sedentary and athlete groups in terms of VO2max, right and left hand grip strength and long jump average values (p&lt;0.05), no statistically significant difference was found between speed and flexibility measurement results (p&gt;0.05). When the 2D:4D averages of sedentary and athlete groups were compared, statistically significant difference was found between right hand averages (p&lt;0.05). When right and left hand 2D:4D was compared, no statistically significant difference was found in sedentary group (p&gt;0.05), while significant difference was found in athletes (p&lt;0.05). Statistically significant difference was found between 2D:4D averages of both hands with all physical fitness parameters (p&lt;0.05). In the present study, finger ratio of the groups were found to be associated with some motoric and functional dominance parameters.
An Investigation on the Students&apos; Opinions of Bilingual Teaching in Universities of Western China
Author: Yuqian, Yang
Date: 2018-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Bilingual Education,Efficiency,Foreign Countries,College Students,College Faculty,Teacher Attitudes,Student Evaluation,Evaluation Methods,Negative Attitudes,Individual Development,Teaching Methods,Geographic Regions,English (Second Language),Chinese,Language of Instruction

In the western areas of China, bilingual teaching is in the beginning phrase, and hasn't reached the desirable outcomes. In order to know the development phase of bilingual teaching in less-developed areas of China, this paper chose students and teachers from two universities which respectively located in two provinces of the western areas of China and have different teaching levels as representative examples, and issued total of 352 valid questionnaires to reflect the bilingual teaching comprehensively. The research finds that learners have pessimistic attitude toward bilingual teaching and don't realize that the great importance of bilingual teaching in terms of personal development in the long run. The efficiency of bilingual teaching is affected by multitude of factors, including students' attitudes and learning methods, learning situation in and after class, teacher's levels, assessment methods and students' understanding levels. The thesis also investigates the evaluation systems of bilingual teaching and finds that students prefer the combination of oral and written exam.
Exercise Addiction: A Comparison between the Individuals Who Exercise for Physical Recreation and Who Receive Personal Exercise Training
Author: Basoglu, Umut Davut
Date: 2018-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Exercise,Addictive Behavior,Foreign Countries,Recreational Facilities,Clubs,Comparative Analysis,Training,Physical Fitness

In the study, we aim to investigate the exercise addiction levels of the individuals who join sports centers for recreational activity and the ones who also receive personal exercise training. The universe of this study is the individuals who are members of The Club sports center located in Istanbul province, the European side of Esenyurt. The sample is composed of 120 members who are selected by the simple random sampling. The participants are all the members of the sports center who have regularly exercised for at least one year and continue to sports center at least two days a week. Participants have received enlightened approvals for voluntary participation either. In order to measure exercise addiction level, we used &quot;Exercise Addiction Scale-21&quot; developed by Hausenblas and Downs (2002) and adapted to Turkish by Yeltep and Ikizler (2007). Frequency test is used to reveal the features of the participants. The data were not normally distributed. So Kruskal-Wallis and Mann Whitney U Tests were used for cross-group comparisons. Findings were accepted as statistically significant at p &lt;0.05 level. Results show that exercise addiction levels of individuals who have received special training and those who spend more time on monthly and weekly exercise are higher than the rest. As a conclusion, the increase in the number of days and the number of hours of exercises seems to be an antecedent, of exercise addiction. We also find out that the exercise addiction levels of individuals who receive personal exercise training are higher.
Mental Well-Being Predictivity of Personal Meaning Profile in Various Age Groups
Author: Demirbas-Çelik, Nur
Date: 2018-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Mental Health,Well Being,Predictor Variables,Age Groups,Psychological Patterns,Adolescents,College Students,Young Adults,Adults,High School Students

The purpose of this research is to examine which factors of personal meaning profile explain mental well-being in different age stage. Although personal meaning has many different definitions, this research approaches it in seven factors; achievement, relationship, religion, self-transcendence, self-acceptance, intimacy, and fair treatment. The participants in this study were 410 (226 female, 184 male) representing three separate groups (Adolescents, emerging adults, and adults). Whether Personal meaning and mental well-being varied based on age was analyzed via ANOVA. Personal Meaning's predictability of mental well-being was analyzed via multiple regression analysis. First, the mental well-being productivity of personal meaning in the whole group was examined. According to the examination, it was found that all factors except for religion explain mental wellbeing. These factors account for 54% of the variance. Secondly, multiple regression analysis was done for the personal meaning factors for each group. According to results: Achievement, relationship, and self-transcendence in adolescents; achievement, self-transcendence, self-acceptance, intimacy, and fair treatment in emerging adults; and intimacy, self-transcendence, self-acceptance and fair treatment in adults were significant predictors mental well-being. These factors account for 43% of total variance in adolescent, 65% in emerging adults, and 42% in adults.
Evaluation of the Rapid Weight Loss Practices of Taekwondo Athletes and Their Effects
Author: Seyhan, Sinan
Date: 2018-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Body Weight,Physical Activities,Physiology,Competition,Athletes,Dietetics,Anxiety,Fatigue (Biology),Foreign Countries,Age Differences

This study was conducted to determine the physiological and psychological effects of the weight loss by determining the weight loss methods commonly used by taekwondo athletes. Of the questionnaires evaluated, 107 belonged to female taekwondo athletes and 195 belonged to male taekwondo athletes. The arithmetic average, standard deviation and percent frequency (%) distributions of the obtained data were calculated. It was determined that the; first weight loss age for the competition is 15,66±3,84 (kg) in males and 15,95±3,16 (kg) in females; the highest weight loss rate before the competition is 4,52±2,77 (kg) in males and 4,40±5,36 (kg) in females. It was stated that 30.3% of male athletes and 41.1% of female athletes start to lose weight 3-4 weeks before the competition, that male and female athletes prefer the diet method most frequently as a rapid weight loss method and 21.5% of athletes who use the weight loss method with fluid loss prefer to run with raincoat. The athletes do not use ergogenic aids and the frequency percentage of physiological (muscle cramps, body temperature increase, heart throb, dyspnea, injury) and psychological (excessive nervousness, low performance due to high fatigue, stress) adverse effects of fast weight loss is very low.
The Effect of Mathematics Instruction through Computer Algebra Systems on the Academic Achievements of Secondary Education Students: Turkey Example
Author: Ardiç, Mehmet Alper
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary School Students,Mathematics Instruction,Computer Assisted Instruction,Teaching Methods,Mathematics Achievement,Grade 10,Algebra,Computer Software,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Pretests Posttests,Technology Integration,Conventional Instruction

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the mathematics teaching, which is carried out by mathematics teachers through computer algebra systems, on the achievement of students. A hundred and forty five 10th grade students have taken part in the study as participants. In the research where quantitative research methods were used, quasi-experimental design was used. In the study, class implementations were carried out by three mathematics teachers who had inservice training about the integration of the computer algebra systems to the learning-teaching environments beforehand. In the implementations at issue, teachers carried out computer-assisted instructions about parabola through Mathematical software in experimental groups. In control groups, they carried out the lessons by using information and communication technologies at a baseline level using traditional teaching method. In the research, students' mathematics report grades and also parabola achievement tests, which were used as the pretest and the posttest, were used as data collection tool. The data obtained from the research were analyzed through Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon signed ranks tests. Besides, the effect size of the obtained data was calculated. As a result of the research, it was seen that the achievement of the experimental group, whose lessons were carried out with computer algebra systems by providing technology integration at transformation level, are higher than the achievement of the control group, whose lessons were carried out with the traditional teaching method by providing technology integration at replacement level. Besides, as the calculated effects size is considered, it is understood that computer algebra systems have a strong effect in the occurrence of the differences between the two groups.
Identifying Common Errors in Vertical Lowercase Manuscript Writing of the First Graders in Primary School
Author: Dogan, Muhammet Fatih
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grade 1,Elementary School Students,Case Studies,Error Patterns,Handwriting,Alphabets,Turkish,Pictorial Stimuli,Foreign Countries,Task Analysis

The aim of the study is to identify common writing errors of the first graders in primary school. The sample of study was consisted of 67 students. Case study was used for the research design. A data collection tool was developed for identifying the errors that students have made while writing vertical lowercase letters. According to the findings, the most common types of errors encountered occurred as a result of non-compliance with the rules related to the writing directions of the lowercase letters. Also, it was seen that curved shaped were drawn in some letters which must have been drawn a line-shaped, that some letters were drawn round not fully closed which must have been drawn round, that the round of letters were drawn as ellipses that when the letters were drawn ellipse-shaped letters were drawn in a tilted way and that the round of letters was combined with the line in the wrong side.
An Investigation of the Relationship between Prospective Teachers&apos; Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Their Attitudes towards Teaching Profession
Author: Atas Akdemir, Öznur
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Preservice Teachers,Self Efficacy,Student Attitudes,Beliefs,Teaching (Occupation),Elementary Education,Preservice Teacher Education,Foreign Countries

The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between prospective teachers' selfefficacy beliefs and their attitudes towards the teaching profession. Correlational research model was used in this research. 312 students studying in different departments of Agri Ibrahim Çeçen University Faculty of Education participated in the research. The research data were collected by the Teacher Self-efficacy Beliefs Scale and Attitude Scale towards Teaching Profession. In the analysis of the data, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Pearson product moment correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis methods were applied. The results of the analysis revealed that the self-efficacy beliefs of the prospective teachers were at the level of definitely believing and attitudes towards the teaching profession were mostly in agreement. Prospective teachers were found to have higher self-efficacy beliefs in terms of positive classroom environment and lower self-efficacy belief in academic development. There was a significant positive correlation between the self-efficacy beliefs of prospective teachers and their attitudes towards the teaching profession. Furthermore, it has been reached as a result that the planning and learning development dimension of self-efficacy beliefs is a significant predictor of prospective teachers' attitudes towards the teaching profession.
Protecting University Students from Bullying and Harassment: A Review of the Initiatives at Canadian Universities
Author: Cismaru, Magdalena
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Bullying,Foreign Countries,College Environment,School Safety,Student Behavior

Students' bullying and harassment have been shown to be a problem and more schools around the world are starting to address them. Although much of the attention and research has focused on middle-school students, addressing bullying and harassment in universities is important and makes the object of the present research. We provide an overview of how student versus student bullying and harassment are reported, monitored, and dealt with at Canadian educational institutions. Specifically, we identify schools where there is information and policies regarding students' persecution; we describe how colleges help and what advice they offer; we discuss frameworks used to tackle it; as well, we present other initiatives aiming to prevent it. We also attempt to evaluate measures by linking them with incidence figures. This review may guide future initiatives to tackle intimidation with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of university environment.
Developing High Quality Teachers through Professional Pre-Service Teaching Opportunities
Author: Walsh, Nichole
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Effectiveness,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Educational Change,Teacher Education Programs,Comparative Analysis,Self Efficacy,Educational Quality,Correlation,Higher Education

Based on the reform movements over the past two decades, it is evident that while effective teachers are critical to student learning, not all teachers are coming to the profession highly qualified. Policy and research continue to highlight the need to reorganize and refocus teacher preparation programs to produce higher quality teachers ready to meet the demands of the classroom from day one of employment. This study focuses on the enhancement of traditional preparation programs in public Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) as this continues to be the context for which most teacher candidates come to the profession. Using a six-group, four measure mixed-methods design, the objective of the study is to determine the impact California Teaching Fellows Foundation (CTFF), a pre-service teaching and learning opportunity for future teacher candidates, has on developing higher caliber teachers prepared in a traditional University-based teacher preparation setting. Through the use of an online survey, interviews, and focus groups, the relationship of CTFF participation to teacher efficacy before, during, and after traditional preparation participation is examined and explored from the perspective of teacher and supervisor. Unexpected findings show that CTFF participation has a relationship to decreased Teacher Efficacy for teacher candidates and CTFF is not creating a significant pipeline to teaching as proposed, leading to questions for further study.
The Necessity of Teaching Culture in English as a Foreign Language Course: Iranian Perspective
Author: Solgi, Farzaneh
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cultural Awareness,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,Language Teachers,Student Attitudes,Educational Benefits,Females,Undergraduate Students,Grammar,Communicative Competence (Languages),Language Skills,Knowledge Base for Teaching

The connection between language and culture has always been a concern of L2 teachers and educators. Whether culture of the target language is to be incorporated into L2 teaching has been a hotly debated issue. Mostly it has been emphasized that without the study of culture, teaching L2 is inaccurate and incomplete. This study was conducted to find out what students think about the effects of the culture class they attended. As a result of the study, a significant similarity between the students' views and the theoretical benefits of a culture class as argued by some experts in the field was observed.