ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
A Critical Study of the Subject of Education at Graduate Level in Karachi
Author: Shakil, Anila Fatima
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Graduate Study,Curriculum Development,Barriers,Teacher Education,College Faculty,Teacher Surveys,Student Surveys,Questionnaires,Mixed Methods Research,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes

This research is a critical study of instructional topics and their effectiveness in the subject of Education taught in colleges at graduate level vis-à-vis our current needs and the advancements in this field through research in all over the world. It also emphasizes the importance of curriculum review and revision for overcoming obstacles in curriculum development. The methodology of this study was a survey based or enquiry into the need and scope of subject of Education in our society. Secondly the existing curriculum had been analyzed form data interpretation. The target population for this study is the teachers and the students of all those government and private colleges in Karachi that offer Education as a subject at graduate level. Out of those, 24 government colleges and 7 private colleges had been selected for the survey questionnaire. 607 respondents including 57 teachers and 550 students were randomly selected from the colleges. The questionnaires were used as a research tool. The collected data was interpreted and evaluated through chi-square statistical tool. In the light of results recommendations were presented to update the curriculum and adjust to the changing trends of this modern and growing world.
Teacher and Parent Views on the Instruction of 5th Grade Students by Branch Teachers in the 4+4+4 Education System
Author: Yildizhan, Yusuf Hayri
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grade 5,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Phenomenology,Qualitative Research,Substitute Teachers,Interviews,Student Adjustment,Teacher Student Relationship,Parent Teacher Cooperation,Curriculum,Student Motivation,Discipline,Student Development,Student Characteristics,Teacher Characteristics,Specialists,Foreign Countries,Content Analysis

The objective of this study is to examine the teacher and parent views on the instruction of 5th grade students by branch teachers. This study is designed according to the phenomenology design and uses qualitative data. In order to collect data, open-ended questions were asked to 18 teachers and 16 parents of 5th grade students on the subject, and the responses were analyzed. According to the results of the study, for parents, the disadvantageous aspects of instruction of 5th grade students by branch teachers are that the students could not express themselves in the new class, there is no one knowing and monitoring them closely in the new class and students have difficulty in doing the performance homework. On the other hand, advantageous aspects for students according to parents are that branch teachers give instruction as they have command on the subject and students take multiple teachers as models. The study found the disadvantageous aspects for teachers as having difficulty in completing the curriculum, following homework and maintaining classroom discipline.
Learning Mathematics in English at Basic Schools in Ghana: A Benefit or Hindrance?
Author: Fredua-Kwarteng, Eric
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Instruction,Educational Policy,Language of Instruction,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Foreign Countries,Role,Language Proficiency,Mathematics Skills,Native Language,African Languages,Learning Processes,Educational Benefits,Teaching Methods,Literature Reviews

Facilitating effective mathematics learning and higher mathematics achievement have long been recognized as a key to the scientific and technological advancement of the African continent. While the central role that language proficiency plays in mathematics teaching and learning has received an overwhelming research attention in the literature over the past two decades, this is not the case among African policy-makers and political leaders. Drawing mainly from our professional experiences as mathematics educators and from the international research literature, our primary intent in this paper is to answer this question: How does the learning of mathematics in English at the basic school level help or hinder students' mathematical proficiency? To answer this question, the paper is organized as follows. The first part, the introduction, gives a brief overview of the language of learning and teaching in Africa. The second part describes the method and conceptual framework undergirding the research. In the third section, we have analyzed the effects of mathematics learning and teaching through English for basic students whose mother tongue is a Ghanaian language. The conclusion offers four recommendations for developing and improving the mathematics proficiency of students in basic schools.
A Study on the Mothers of Roma Children Who Are a Risk Group
Author: Orçan, Maide
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Minority Groups,Ethnic Groups,Mothers,Parent Attitudes,At Risk Persons,Young Children,Questionnaires,Access to Education,Social Bias,Cultural Influences,School Choice,Parent Role,Punishment,Fathers,Foreign Countries,Low Income Groups,Social Discrimination,Case Studies,Qualitative Research

This study aims to define Roma mothers' views regarding their children's education and their tendency towards crime. The study is based on an illustrative case study method. The participants of this study are mothers of Roma children between the ages of 4 and 6 who live in Konya, Turkey--more specifically in the Yenimahalle neighborhood in the town of Karatay--and who do not attend any preschool programs. As a data collection tool, a questionnaire prepared by the researchers is employed, while in data analysis, descriptive analysis is used. The Roma mothers articulated that they want their children to have education and jobs; that they do not want their children to suffer in the same way they did; that the Roma culture prevents children's education and therefore the mothers prefer to send their children to private schools, boarding schools or to schools far away from their neighborhoods by taking school buses; that they want their children to be judges, lawyers, nurses and teachers. The mothers stated that they meet the basic needs of their children; that they watch TV together and/or do housework together with their children. They also said that when their children commit a crime, they beat their children; they get angry with them and scold and/or complain to their fathers. They finally added that they can take measures for the children's not committing a crime by talking to the children or by scolding them. Additionally, Roma mothers state that by taking the case to the fathers they can prevent their children from committing crimes.
Relationship between Teachers' Effective Communication and Students' Academic Achievement at the Northern Border University
Author: Al-Madani, Feras Mohammed
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Academic Achievement,Teacher Effectiveness,Classroom Communication,Interpersonal Communication,Questionnaires,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Statistical Significance,Gender Differences,Cohort Analysis,Correlation,College Students,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

Effective communication between faculty members and students is one of the concerns of the educational stakeholders at the Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia. This study investigates the relationship between teachers' effective communication and students' academic achievement at the Northern Border University. The survey questionnaire containing 26 items was administered on 100 students, 50 males and 50 females to ask about their perception towards the effective communication of the faculty members and their academic achievement at the Faculty of Education and Arts, Northern Border University in the City of Arar, Saudi Arabia. The results of the Descriptive statistics method showed that, almost more than half of the students agreed that, the friendly and understanding position maintained by their faculty members had helped them to highly achieve academically. The results of the independent sample T-test found no statistically significant differences between the students' academic achievement and their faculty members' verbal communication across the respondents' gender and year of study. The study recommended for the Northern Border Authority as well as the Saudi Government looking into other areas that might bring about the effective communication of the staff and the students' academic achievement in the University.
Measuring Teaching Best Practice in the Induction Years: Development and Validation of an Item-Level Assessment
Author: Kingsley, Laurie
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Test Construction,Test Validity,Beginning Teacher Induction,Best Practices,Teacher Effectiveness,Teacher Evaluation,Online Surveys,Supervisors,Teacher Interns,Construct Validity,Test Reliability,Item Response Theory,Test Theory,Elementary School Teachers,Likert Scales

Schools and teacher induction programs around the world routinely assess teaching best practice to inform accreditation, tenure/promotion, and professional development decisions. Routine assessment is also necessary to ensure that teachers entering the profession get the assistance they need to develop and succeed. We introduce the Item-Level Assessment of Teaching practice (I-LAST) as a flexible framework-based approach for quantitative evaluation of teaching best practice in the induction stages. We based the I-LAST on a novel framework for teaching best practice, and used Fuller's scale as a framework for understanding the potential of the I-LAST in providing longitudinal measures for growth. Using the context of a year-long teacher induction program in the Midwestern United States, we collected data through an online survey from 46 teaching supervisors who were asked to evaluate their interns. We used the Rasch partial credit model as a criterion for construct validity, and measured dimensionality and reliability from both Rasch and classical frameworks. The I-LAST was found to be a unidimensional, valid, and reliable measure for teaching best practice. It demonstrated the ability to provide reliable scores for specific sub-dimensions of best practice, including those which manifest at various stages along Fuller's scale. Potential uses of the I-LAST to advance understanding of the role of teacher induction programs in fostering productive growth in new teachers is discussed.
The Measurement of Motivation with Science Students
Author: Mubeen, Sarwat
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Motivation,Science Instruction,Self Esteem,Self Efficacy,Self Concept,Questionnaires,Correlation,Likert Scales,Statistical Analysis,Factor Structure,Factor Analysis,Gender Differences,Foreign Countries,College Students,Self Determination,Grades (Scholastic)

Motivation is an inner force that activates and provides direction to our thought, feelings and actions. Two main characteristics of motivation are goal directed behavior and persistence. Motivated people persistently work for the goal until it is achieved. This paper explores the nature of motivation in the context of learning and seeks to relate it to self-efficacy, self-concept, confidence and self-esteem. Motivation is presented as a &quot;second order&quot; variable being very much dependent on attitudes as well as perceived goals, needs and value. Ways of assessing motivation are considered and the typical use of questionnaire approaches is criticized heavily. These can measure what a person perceives but the perceptions may or may not correspond to reality. Indeed, the entire mathematical basis of data handling with questionnaires is questioned. A typical questionnaire is then used with a large sample of 600 1st and 2nd year science intermediate students, drawn from the province of the Punjab in Pakistan and the data obtained examined statistically. Correlations between the responses patterns in all 30 Likert-type questions were examined using Kendall's tau-b while Principal Components Analysis, using varimax rotation, looked at the questionnaire overall as well as sub-groups of questions. Correlation values were found to be very low, suggesting no factor structure and, indeed, the factor analysis showed that there is no factor structure with the questionnaire used with this large population. Chi-Square, as a &quot;contingency test&quot;, was applied to compare the distributions of responses, gender separated. Gender differences were found only in a minority of questions It is argued that motivation is highly multi-variate and that no simple factor structure is to be expected. It is also argued that, with ordinal data, following no prescribed pattern of distribution, only non-parametric statistics are appropriate. The traditional approaches are statistically incorrect and, as a result, will often miss key insights.
The Effect on the 8th Grade Students' Attitude towards Statistics of Project Based Learning
Author: Koparan, Timur
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grade 8,Student Attitudes,Active Learning,Student Projects,Statistics,Teaching Methods,Attitude Measures,Quasiexperimental Design,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Intermode Differences,Pretests Posttests,Intervention,Mathematics Instruction,Preferences,Instructional Effectiveness,Foreign Countries

This study investigates the effect of the project based learning approach on 8th grade students' attitude towards statistics. With this aim, an attitude scale towards statistics was developed. Quasi-experimental research model was used in this study. Following this model in the control group the traditional method was applied to teach statistics where as in the intervention group project based learning approach was followed. The attitude scale towards statistics was applied as pre-test and post-tests to 70 students studying at two different 8th grade classes of a middle school in Trabzon during the 2011-2012 Academic Year. The results of the study revealed that the project based learning increased students' attitude towards statistics in the intervention group. Therefore, the use of project based learning approach during statistics course in mathematics classes is recommended.
The Open-Ended Approach Framework
Author: Munroe, Lloyd
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Guidelines,Educational Research,Mathematics Instruction,Curriculum Design,Teaching Methods,Problem Solving,Teacher Education,Video Technology,Elementary School Teachers,Mathematics Teachers,Asians,Foreign Countries,Elementary School Students,Mathematical Concepts,Concept Formation,Thinking Skills

This paper describes a pedagogical framework that teachers can use to support students who are engaged in solving open-ended problems, by explaining how two Japanese expert teachers successfully apply open-ended problems in their mathematics class. The Open-Ended Approach (OPA) framework consists of two main sections: Understanding Mathematical Knowledge and Applying Mathematical Knowledge. The sections were cross-analyzed with students' responses to provide a comprehensive analysis of how teachers use various techniques to support students. It is proposed that teachers can use this framework to create an environment that promotes learning with open-ended as well as other open problems in their mathematics classroom. The OPA framework can contribute to teacher education, the design of mathematics curricula and to educational research.
An Investigation on Students Academic Performance for Junior Secondary Schools in Botswana
Author: MolokoMphale, Luke
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary School Students,Academic Achievement,Investigations,Statistical Analysis,Questionnaires,Content Analysis,Low Achievement,Test Score Decline,Performance Factors,Learning Processes,Instructional Effectiveness,Change Strategies,Team Teaching,Tutoring,Homework,Student Attitudes

The major purpose of the study was to investigate factors which contribute to the decline in students' academic performance in junior secondary schools in Botswana since 2010. The study was mainly quantitative and used the positivist inquiry paradigm. The study employed critical theory for its theoretical framework. Questionnaires were used to gather data from two hundred participants. Some documents were analyzed to supplement the information collected through the questionnaire. Data were analysed using the computer package known as Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 15. The findings of the study showed that there were several factors that can contribute toward students' low academic performance ranging from low staff morale to students unpreparedness for the examinations. The study, therefore, recommends that high teacher's morale, availability of resources and parental involvement are critical for the attainment of high quality education in Botswana secondary schools. Furthermore, the findings of the study have implications for research and practice.
The Evaluation of Pre­-Service Preschool Teachers' Knowledge about the Concept of Environment
Author: Ahi, Berat
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Preschool Teachers,Concept Teaching,Knowledge Level,Familiarity,Environmental Education,Student Teacher Attitudes,Student Teacher Evaluation,Freehand Drawing,Qualitative Research,Art Expression,Gender Differences,Cohort Analysis,Foreign Countries,Grade 1,Grade 2,Grade 3,Grade 4

The purpose of the research is to evaluate pre-­service preschool teachers' knowledge about environment by analyzing their drawings about it. 70 first grade, 99 second grade, 56 third grade and 44 fourth grade, with a total of 269 students have been evaluated in this research. This qualitative research was made with social structuralism vision. The data used in this research were gathered by draw and tell conversation technique, where pre-service teachers were asked to draw the first thing when they think about environment and explain it. When analyzing the data, both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used. After analyzing collected data, it is seen that most used object in drawings are tree, human, house and sun, respectively. 4 themes and 12 sub- categories under these themes are detected by pre-service teachers' drawings. The most drawn theme by pre-service teachers is Theme 3: a place which affected/designed by third persons, while the least drawn is Theme 4: a place where humans, animals and plants lives together. 10 categories have seen after analyzing explanations of the drawing. Most explanation seen in the places that supports human life category. Independent variables of the research (sex and grade level) and themes and explanations of the drawings are statically and meaningfully related to each other. The most significant result of this research is that pre-service preschool teachers have human-centric system of thought about environment.
The Effect of Project Based Learning on the Statistical Literacy Levels of Student 8th Grade
Author: Koparan, Timur
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Active Learning,Student Projects,Grade 8,Literacy,Knowledge Level,Quasiexperimental Design,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Comparative Analysis,Pretests Posttests,Middle School Students,Scoring Rubrics

This study examines the effect of project based learning on 8th grade students' statistical literacy levels. A performance test was developed for this aim. Quasi-experimental research model was used in this article. In this context, the statistics were taught with traditional method in the control group and it was taught using project based learning in the intervention group. Statistics was given for four weeks according to project based learning at intervention group. The performance test was applied to total 70 students as pre and post-test. Participants are from two different classes of a middle school in Trabzon. The data were analysed using Rasch (1980) measurement techniques. This measurement allowed both students' performance and item difficulties to be measured using the same metric and placed on the same scale. All raw scores converted linear score in order to obtain equal interval scale. Acquired linear scores were compared. In the analysis of gained datum covariance analysis are used. According to gained results in pre-processing application there isn't substantial difference between the achievements of intervention group and control group; but after processing between the achievements of intervention group and control group there is a substantial difference statistically in favor of intervention group. The results of the study revealed that the project based learning increased students' statistical literacy levels in the intervention group.
Investigating the Effect of Participation in the Cyberspace in the Relations between Spouses
Author: Latifi, Zohreh
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Spouses,Marital Satisfaction,Divorce,Correlation,Questionnaires,Mass Media Use,Mass Media Effects,Internet,Social Networks,Participation,Regression (Statistics),Structural Equation Models,Foreign Countries

The present study aims to investigate the relationship between participation in the cyberspace with marriage satisfaction and tendency to divorce. The present study is a correlational research from research methodology perspective. The statistical population consists of married males and females in the city of Isfahan in 2015. A sample of 217 couples was selected randomly. In order to collect the research data, three questionnaires were used including researcher-developed questionnaire of participation in the social networks, questionnaire of tendency to divorce (Roosevelt et al., 1986), and questionnaire of marriage satisfaction (Enrich, 2000). In order to analyze the research data and test the hypotheses, Pearson Correlation Coefficient Test, Multi-variable Regression Model, and Structural Equation Modeling were used. Our findings reveled that females used social networks such as WhatsApp, Viber, Line, and Instagram more than males. The results of regression model revealed that there are significant relationships among participation in the social networks with marriage satisfaction and divorce tendency. In other words, increase in the participation in social networks lead to less marriage satisfaction and much divorce tendency.