ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Lifelong Learning Tendencies of Prospective Teachers
Author: Cetin, Saban
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Lifelong Learning,Preservice Teachers,Foreign Countries,Continuing Education,Academic Achievement,College Students,Personality Development,Statistical Analysis,Likert Scales

Stunning developments in this era have brought different meanings in both educational conditions and time and space in education. Developing technologies have made education applicable everywhere. In other words, education has been taken outside of the known space (classic school walls). Individuals' constant innovation has caused the development of the concept of &quot;lifelong learning&quot;, which is among the primary concepts in today's educational studies. However, teachers play a key role in accepting and accurately perceiving this approach. Because approaches and tendencies of teachers concerning this subject will be effective upon forming a relevant perception in their environment. Education received by teachers in the preservice period plays an important role in the formation of a positive or a negative tendency. Thus, the determination of lifelong learning tendencies of prospective teachers is very important in terms of educational strategies to be developed in this direction. The objective of this study is to determine lifelong learning tendencies of prospective teachers according to different variables. Target population of the study consisted of students studying in different grades of Gazi University Gazi Faculty of Education. As the group where the study data would be collected was very intense; no sample was selected to represent the population. In this context, 350 students studying in different grades were included in the sample. In the study, the data were collected via a scale that was developed by Coskun Diker (2009). The collected data were analyzed and tabulated via the SPSS package software. Examining the data; it was observed that lifelong learning tendencies of prospective teachers differed according to gender, academic achievement, grade and the state of participating in a personal development course.
Level of Awareness of Biology and Geography Students Related to Recognizing Some Plants
Author: Aladag, Caner
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Biology,Geography,Plants (Botany),Qualitative Research,Case Studies,Questionnaires,Foreign Countries,College Students,Environmental Education,Preservice Teachers

The aim of this study is to investigate the awareness of the geography and biology students about recognizing some plants which they see frequently around them in accordance with the information they gained during their education process. The sample of the study consists of 37 biology and 40 geography students studying at the Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty of the Necmettin Erbakan University. This study was designed according to qualitative research model and case study pattern was used. Students were given a questionnaire which was prepared in advance containing colourful photographs of 8 plants. Students were asked to answer questions about the characteristics of plants under each plant photograph. By analyzing the obtained data, a frequency table was created and by giving the frequency and percentages of answers of biology and geography students together created the opportunity of comparing them. When the obtained data are evaluated, it is seen that the recognition and awareness of plants of both the geography students and biology students are not at the expected level. In addition to developing the cognitive structures of the students about the plants in their environment, their environmental conscience and awareness needs to be increased.
Digital Preservation and Access of Natural Resources Documents
Author: Kulhavy, David L.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Media Adaptation,Electronic Publishing,Preservation,Access to Information,Natural Resources,Universities,Electronic Libraries,Library Services,College Libraries,Knowledge Management,Faculty Publishing,Case Studies,Foreign Countries,Databases

Digitization and preservation of natural resource documents were reviewed and the current status of digitization presented for a North American university. It is important to present the status of the digitation process for natural resources and to advocate for increased collections of digital material for ease of reference and exchange of information. Digital collections need to include both published documents and ancillary material for research projects and data for future use and interpretation. The methods in this paper can be applied to other natural resource collections increasing their use and distribution. The process of decision making for documents and their preservation and inclusion in ScholarWorks is presented as a part of the Forest Sciences Commons as a subset of the Life Sciences Commons of the Digital Commons Open Network launched and maintained by Steen Library. Digitization has increased the roles and skillsets needed for librarians and from libraries. This creates new challenges and opportunities for the library as publisher and as an advocate for open access. Digital curation melds together digitization and knowledge management and enhances community engagement. Digitization of collections are reviewed and natural resource documentation presented for faculty publications, Research Projects and Centers, eBooks, Journals, Galleries and electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). Recommendations are made to increase the digital curation of the collection by encouraging community participation and use. Digital archives are important to natural resource professionals as society-ready natural resource graduates need to deal effectively with complex ecological, economic and social issues of current natural resources management. Natural resource research for the future needs to ensure that professionals have a greater breath of knowledge as they interpret and apply new knowledge, understanding, and technology to complex, transdisciplinary social and biological issues and challenges.
Effect of Using Assist Devices on Exam Completion Questions among Thai College Students
Author: Schneider, Arthur E.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Assistive Technology,Test Items,Second Language Learning,Tests,Statistical Analysis,Correlation,Action Research,Education Courses,College Students

Action research was undertaken to begin to explore the possibility of improving second-language Thai college student performance on completion questions by using bolded and underscored words in test item stems, called &quot;assist devices.&quot; This intervention was designed to focus student attention on key terms. Twenty-one students, in an intact class, were exposed to two course exams or testing trials, which included a total of 30 completion question, 15 of which were randomly selected for treatment with assist devices, and thus used as the experimental condition. The 15 remaining, randomly selected questions, were not treated and thus used as the control condition. The results of the first trial were invalidated due to an unforeseen error in the online exam. Thus, only the results of the second trial were analyzed using One-way Repeated Measures ANOVA, which indicated a significant treatment effect. While the results were encouraging, any substantive conclusions on the use of assist devices on completion test items with second-language Thai college students will have to wait for further longitudinal testing to establish a possible pattern of correlation. While a strong correlation was evident, a valid cause and effect relationship could not be established due to the measurement error introduced by unknown item discrimination data, which was not explored in this pilot testing phase. The use of randomly selected, treated and untreated questions in the same trial, however, was thought to be an innovative design strategy for avoiding the need of random assignment of subjects into experimental and control groups, thereby making a valuable contribution to the action research paradigm.
Examination of Loneliness and Peer Relations of Physical Education Teacher Candidates
Author: Gencay, Selçuk
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Psychological Patterns,Physical Education,Physical Education Teachers,Preservice Teachers,Foreign Countries,Friendship,Peer Groups,Athletics,Questionnaires,Social Networks,Correlation,Grade 3,Grade 4,Statistical Analysis

The behavior of the physical education teacher in the classroom or in the gym also affects the students' achievement and personality development. It is important to examine different aspects of loneliness and peer relations, which are thought to be one of the indicators of the level of sociability, in the profession of physical education teacher. Therefore, this research was conducted to determine the loneliness and peer relations of physical education and sports teacher candidates. In the section of physical education and sport teachers 229 students were administered the UCLA Loneliness Scale and the Peer Relations Scale. According to the gender, while differences were found in peer relations, there was no difference in loneliness levels. There were differences in peer relations in terms of classes. It was found that the level of loneliness was different according to the number of close friends, the level of loneliness increased as the number of friends decreased, and the level of loneliness decreased as the peer relations increased. It was found that the highest level of loneliness was in students who spent 5-7 hours on social networks. As a result, it can be said that the inclusion of sportive game-like practices in school education is effective in strengthening friendship and reducing loneliness.
How Do Students Studying Turkish in Lithuania Describe Turkish Culture and People?
Author: Varisoglu, M. Celal
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Turkish,Second Language Learning,Cultural Awareness,Student Attitudes,College Students,Student Surveys,Cultural Influences,Statistical Analysis,Values

The aim of this paper is to describe ideas that students learning Turkish in Lithuania have about Turkish culture and Turkish people. A descriptive method was used in the research. The data for the research was collected from 15 students who learn Turkish at Vilnius University in Vilnius, Lithuania. For the participating in the research students, &quot;An Emotional Meaning Scale about Turkish Culture and Turkish People&quot; was used. The students were asked to identify positive and negative attributes connected with Turkish culture and Turkish people. The data was grouped according to frequency (f) values and interpreted accordingly. The research revealed that the students evaluate Turkish culture and Turkish people positively and that the positive ideas belong to a high level.
Creating Interactive Student Workbook for Primary Education Social Studies Class and Researching Its Efficiency
Author: Ulu Kalin, Özlem
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Workbooks,Social Studies,Elementary School Students,Computer Uses in Education,Pretests Posttests,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Student Attitudes,Computer Attitudes,Internet,Foreign Countries,Academic Achievement,Instructional Effectiveness,Grade 4

Student workbook is an education material including components that support learning, help ensuring knowledge and ability to students in line with the acquisitions stated in teaching programs. Students have different learning styles and necessities. Their needs should be satisfied by benefiting from some additional materials in order to make their learning permanent. The chance to find an environment proper for individual learning necessities increases in parallel with the abundance of materials used in education. As known, there is only one way communication in printed materials and they are limited in terms of addressing different learning styles. Using technological products such as computer and internet in learning environments can remove these limits. Turning student workbook into electronic documents extends the limits of written books and eases learning by addressing more than one sense. In this study, preparing Social Studies workbook of 4th grade primary school interactively, the process of practicing it and its effects on students' academic success, student attitudes towards the lesson, computer and internet are researched. The software used in this study is multimedia supported and web based. Software is prepared by exemplifying &quot;Power, Management and Society&quot; learning domain. Pre test last test non-equalized control group model, which is one of the semi trial models, is used. At the end of the study, it is determined that there are significant differences in terms of pretest and last test of experiment group and control group students' attitude scale towards computer, attitude scale towards social studies and success test. There isn't a meaningful difference in attitude scale towards internet.
Monitoring the Results of the Tutoring Program in Its Face-to-Face and Virtual Modalities on the Academic Achievement of Students at a Mexican University
Author: Salazar, Omar Cuevas
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Academic Achievement,Tutorial Programs,Statistical Analysis,Foreign Countries,Program Descriptions,Program Evaluation,Computer Simulation,Databases,Grade Point Average,Teaching Methods,Teacher Student Relationship,Blended Learning,Undergraduate Students,Classification,Program Effectiveness,Multiple Regression Analysis

The tutorship program is aimed at supporting students throughout their university career and its objective is to prevent future problems of adaptation in the educational ambience as well as intervening in matters of academic achievement. At the Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (Technological Institute of Sonora) (ITSON), the individual tutorship program began in 2000. In 2002 group tutoring began in order to see to the entire first year student population and today, group tutoring is offered in both the face-to-face and virtual modalities. The general objective of the present study is to determine the impact the programs of face-to-face and virtual tutoring at the ITSON has had on students' academic achievement, during the four semesters after having participated in this program. Information on 2,995 students from the different areas of study offered at the university was collected from databases which existed at the Institute and analyzed using different statistical techniques. The tutoring program is shown to have had a favorable impact on the index of students' failing classes, during the semester they were enrolled in tutoring, but not during the subsequent semesters, during which they did not participate in the tutorship program. The grade point averages obtained by students who had face-to-face tutoring were statistically different from those of the students who did not have tutoring. This was true for all of the semesters analyzed. The same thing happened with the students who had virtual tutoring except for during the second semester when the two were statistically equal.
Matrix Tests as a Means of the Students' Level of Logical Thinking Diagnosis
Author: Roman, Yavich
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Logical Thinking,Testing,Mastery Learning,Academic Achievement,Comparative Analysis,Mathematics Achievement,Mathematics Tests,Foreign Countries,Cross Cultural Studies,College Students,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes

Nowadays pedagogical testing technology has become the basic tool for diagnosis and assessment of the level of students' mastery of learning material. Primarily they allow testing the acquired knowledge and skills in their use as a technology of the definite types of problems solution. Thus, the level of logical reasoning development plays a significant role in the successful mastery of many subjects (mathematical courses in particular). So, the problem of objective and measurable criteria for assessing the impact of the level of logical reasoning on the mastery of mathematical subjects is of current concern. We have studied the scientific sources that describe the testing technologies use for assessment of academic achievement as well as the level of logical reasoning development. We have found that the existing methods are based only on the individual work of the teacher with a student and don't suggest any diagnosing technology. The goal of our research is to prove the effectiveness of our method as compared to the traditional one.
Pre-Service Teachers' Use of Dynamic Discourse Variables during Classroom Teaching
Author: Kaya, Sibel
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Preservice Teachers,Teaching Methods,Questioning Techniques,Primary Education,Grade 3,Grade 4,Classroom Observation Techniques,Discourse Analysis,Classroom Communication,Statistical Analysis,Time Management

The aim of this study is to examine the nature of questioning in primary classrooms taught by teacher candidates. The participants were 39 teacher candidates enrolled in the Department of Primary Education at a large university in Western Turkey as well as 3rd and 4th-grade students in four schools located in the area. Each teacher candidate has taught a course she or he selected from Mathematics, Science, Turkish or Social Sciences subjects for about 35-40 minutes and these courses have been recorded by a video camera. Classroom discourse has been transcribed into MS Word file. Questions of teachers and students and evaluation of student answers have been analyzed by the researcher using discourse analysis techniques. Descriptive statistics on number and types of questions and types and frequency of evaluation was determined using SPSS 18. It has been observed that while teacher candidates used numerous low-level questions in the classroom, they did not use high-level questions and task-related questions sufficiently. This may be due to not utilizing activities frequently or time management issues. It has been found that teacher candidates use significantly more lower-level evaluations in classrooms. Higher order teacher and student questions were observed in Science more compared to other subjects. This may stem from the fact that science classes cater to the curiosity of students and are directly related to their daily life. Findings indicate that teacher candidates are open to development in asking higher-level questions, high-level evaluation and promoting students to ask higher level questions. It is recommended to emphasize the importance of question and evaluation types, high-level questions and evaluations and student questions during teaching courses in education programs.
Teacher Perceptions on School Administrators' Entrepreneurship Skills
Author: Polat, Hakan
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,Administrators,Entrepreneurship,School Administration,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Institutional Characteristics,Tenure,Achievement Need,Ambiguity (Context),Self Esteem,Innovation,Risk,Locus of Control,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Educational Attainment,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

The purpose of this study is to determine school administrators' entrepreneurship skills according to teacher opinions. The general screening model was used in the study. 227 teachers working in the province of Elazig constituted the sample of the study. The data were collected through the &quot;Entrepreneurship Scale&quot;. According to the study findings, teachers stated the entrepreneurship skills of school administrators; at &quot;I Agree&quot; level for &quot;Need for Achievement&quot;, &quot;Self-Confidence&quot; and &quot;Internal Locus of Control&quot; dimensions, at &quot;I am Uncertain&quot; level for the &quot;Tolerance of Ambiguity&quot;, &quot;Innovativeness&quot; and &quot;Risk-Taking Propensity&quot; dimensions. With regards to the entrepreneurship skills of school administrators, no differences among the sub-dimensions were detected concerning the type of duty and type of school variables. While there were significant differences among all the sub-dimensions except for &quot;Tolerance of Ambiguity&quot; for the professional duration in the school variable, no differences were detected for the gender, age and educational status variable.
Islamic View of Environmental Conservation Education in Pondok Pesantren Nurul Haramain Lombok Barat-Indonesia
Author: Efendi, M. Harja
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Islam,Environmental Education,Conservation (Environment),Values,Qualitative Research,Phenomenology,Boarding Schools

This study aims to reveal environmental conservation education based on aspects of Islamic values. The method was qualitative (phenomenology at existing models). This study at Nurul Haramain Islamic Boarding School (&quot;Pesantren&quot;). The data were collected using in-depth interview, the documents study, and participatory observation. Analysis of the data was performed through data reduction, data display and verification. The results application reveals that environmental conservation education activities were through teaching, modelling, coercion, and meeting carried out based on the values of Islam which are understood as the &quot;Shadaqah Jariah&quot;. Islamic values used in activity of environmental conservation education are the knowledge, sincerity, exemplary and &quot;itsar&quot; values.
Class Teacher Candidates' Opinions on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
Author: Ural Keles, Pinar
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Teacher Education Programs,Genetics,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Questionnaires,Environment,Foreign Countries,Knowledge Level,Food,Agricultural Production,Laws,Statistical Analysis

This study was conducted to determine the Class teacher candidates' opinions on Genetically Modified Organisms. The study was carried out with 101 teacher candidates who were studying in the 3rd grade of Agri Ibrahim Çeçen University Classroom Teacher Department in 2016-2017 academic year. Of the students who participated in the survey, 56 were girls and 45 were males. Six open-ended questionnaires were used as data collection tools in the survey. In the study, students' opinions on genetically modified organisms were analyzed contextually. Analysis was carried out by calculating the percentage and frequency on the designated categories for each question. In the study, it was concluded that the prospective teachers had knowledge about GMO concept and their usage areas, but did not know about their harmful effects especially to the environment. It has also been determined that classroom teacher candidates have no knowledge of the GMO cultivating and legal arrangements for importing them into the country. How more effective the socio-scientific issues in education faculties is among the recommendations of this study.