ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Analysing the Effect of Authentic Learning Activities on Achievement in Social Studies and Attitudes towards Geographic Information System (GIS)
Author: Günes, Gökmen
Date: 2020-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Instructional Effectiveness,Authentic Learning,Academic Achievement,Student Attitudes,Student Motivation,Expectation,Geographic Information Systems,Technology Integration,Social Studies,Middle School Students,Grade 5,Public Schools,Foreign Countries

This research aimed to examine the effect of authentic learning activities on achievement in social studies and attitudes towards Geographic Information System (GIS). To this end, it used an explanatory mixed method design where both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. The quantitative data were collected using an academic achievement test and the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Attitude Scale developed by Baloglu Ugurlu and the qualitative data were collected using a semi-structured interview form. The research was carried out in two fifth-grade sections in a middle school in Kirsehir located in central Turkey during the fall semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. The study group consisted of 60 students, the half of whom were in the control group and the other half were in the experimental group. The experimental group was taught using authentic learning activities, while the control group was taught using textbook activities prepared in accordance with the social studies curriculum. According to the results of the analysis of the quantitative data, there was a significant difference in the test scores in favor of the experimental group and there was a significant positive difference between the experimental group's mean pretest and posttest scores in the GIS Attitude Scale. The results of the analysis of the qualitative data showed that the students did not get bored with the social studies course, they were more active during the classes and attended the course thanks to the activities they did in the classroom, and they could see the landforms they had not had the chance to see before and learned better thanks to the GIS software. The research explores, for the first time, the effect of authentic learning on GIS attitude.
Novel Methodologies to Improve the Career of Engineering Students
Author: Rao, Ch. Venkateswara
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Pretests Posttests,Engineering Education,Case Studies,Private Sector,Futures (of Society),Educational Trends,Technical Education,Teacher Exchange Programs,Barriers,Teaching Methods,Achievement Gains,Outcomes of Education

It is a well known fact that present day economies are governed by globalization, privatization, and liberalization. Technical education plays an important role in the spectrum of human resource development, and assists us in improving academic standards and qualities of student education which in turn lead towards improvement of the standard of the country. The planners accorded high priority for this sector by realizing its importance. This paper deals with engineering education in private sector under present and future scenario. There is tremendous demand for technical education in engineering which results in isomorphic growth in private organizations or engineering colleges. The advent of FDI and world class campuses in India, twinning programs and faculty exchange programs, promises lucrative prospectus in the future of engineering education. With the initiatives, there are some challenges which are to be faced with difficult situation. The paper tries to elaborate on the challenges and discuss some of the problems with solutions. A case study was also conducted, with both a pre-test and post-test (n=700). The pre-test showed 43% to 54% improvement. And the post-test showed results of 52% to 91%, resulting in marked improvement in knowledge gain.
Cultural and Parental Involvement Affect on English Learners Reading Development
Author: Mendoza, Socorro
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Reading Strategies,Bilingual Students,English Language Learners,Language Skills,Oral Language,Literacy,Teaching Methods,Early Childhood Education,Student Needs,Family School Relationship,Prior Learning,Language Fluency,Vocabulary,Oral Reading,Phonological Awareness,Parent Participation,Family Environment,Teacher Role,Parent Teacher Cooperation,Faculty Development,Teacher Education

Examining the instructional reading strategies that happen in the Bilingual classrooms is needed if we, as educators expect an increase parent or guardian involvement that will support the students' reading development. Research has shown students who have a strong literacy foundation in early elementary years are often successful in later grades Cook, C., Health F., and Thompson, R.L. (2000). The number of ELLs (English Language Learner) increased in U.S. schools, and the literacy gap between ELLs and students who speak English as a first language continues to increase (Rodríguez, 2008). ELLs need to gain oral language skills and literacy in English in an effective manner to gain the same level of proficiency as mainstream students. Identifying effective instructional literacy strategies for children from various linguistic backgrounds will foster in providing suitable instruction to meet ELLs' needs. Examining how teachers strengthen a partnership with caregivers to support K-3 ELLs regarding reading strategies may contribute to the students' reading achievement.
Context and Discourse Intonation in English-Medium Product Advertisements in Nigeria&apos;s Broadcast Media
Author: Odeyemi, J. O.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Language Usage,Radio,Television,Advertising,Social Environment,Context Effect,Intonation,Acoustics,Suprasegmentals,Cultural Influences

Context and discourse intonation have major influence on intended meaning in English-medium product advertisements on radio and television in Nigeria. Previous studies on Nigerian English phonology have confirmed the appropriate use of stress and intonation as the main challenge which many Nigerian speakers of English as a second language hardly manage to overcome. The studies have focused more on rule-based intonation (attitudinal and grammatical) to the neglect of context of use, which is essential to communication. This study, therefore, investigated the use of intonation in radio and television product advertisements in Nigeria in order to determine the primacy of social context in the representation of intonation meaning in advertisements. Using David Brazil's Discourse Intonation (DI) and some acoustic analysis for accurate pitch tracking, the study found out that the allocation of prominence to a word is an advertising model's decision based on context-of-use. There is a preponderant assignment of stress on structural words to achieve contextual prominence in the advertisement data. The proclaiming tones are dominant while the referring tones are few, and are used deliberately to attract the listener's attention. There is also the surprising sparse use of the rise-fall and fall-rise tones. Where allocated, the referring tone is used as a contextual common ground marker that sometimes needs reactivation. Intonation ambiguity is avoided in the selected advertisements by the prevalent use of the mid-key, which has the function of &quot;additionally informing&quot;. No remarkable difference is observed between the contextual use of intonation in both radio and television advertisements.
Using Virtual Tools to Support Collaborative Learning in Design Education
Author: Page, Tom
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Web 2.0 Technologies,Cooperative Learning,Teaching Methods,Design,Undergraduate Students,Technological Literacy,Group Activities,Student Projects,Assignments,Technology Integration,Foreign Countries

An increasingly popular topic of discussion relating to higher education learning methodology is online learning, particularly online collaborative learning (Resta and Laferrière, 2007). With the emergence of 'Web 2.0' there are currently a multitude of CSCW (Computer-Supported Cooperative Work) tools available which facilitate such work strategies. There is however dispute surrounding the effectiveness of such methods and the level of adoption by the student population. One particular field in which group working and group based projects feature extensively is the design industry. It could be expected therefore that undergraduate design students in particular, being considered 'digital natives', would be utilising the available online collaborative work tools to their full potential. Whilst it is safe to assume that some level of online collaborative working takes place within the course of these assignments it is currently unclear to what extent these tools are utilised or what forms these tools take. Through the evaluation of data obtained from undergraduate design students at Loughborough University on the level of uptake of online collaborative work tools within the context of group projects and assignments, the aim of this paper is to provide suggestions for possible ways to improve the adoption of online collaborative work tools within undergraduate design education.
Electro-Dermal Activity (EDA) and Sensors: An Emerging Technology for Educational Research
Author: Baukal, Charles E.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Measurement Techniques,Educational Technology,Measurement Equipment,Educational Environment,Computer Simulation,Emotional Response,Psychophysiology,Computer Software,Comparative Analysis,Computer Peripherals,Visual Stimuli

This paper presents a comprehensive review and a specific example implementation of a minimally invasive technique that can be used to make quantitative measurements of a subject's Electro-Dermal Activity (EDA) in educational technology studies. The Q sensor is a low-cost wireless sensor that can be worn on the wrist to measure a subject's response to various stimuli in both laboratory and natural education research settings. The example application shown here is from a study on presence while viewing two different screen sizes used in a Virtual Reality (VR) system. It is recommended that EDA data be used in conjunction with other data, such as from other types of sensors and from qualitative instruments such as surveys, because human EDA response to a given environment and stimuli is not always consistent. EDA sensors show great promise as an effective tool that can be used in educational technology research.
Students&apos; Evaluation on Teachers&apos; Performance
Author: Zafar, Misbah
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance,Teacher Attitudes,College Faculty,Nursing Education,Private Colleges,Undergraduate Students,Graduate Students,Context Effect,Performance Factors,Time Management,Teacher Motivation,Faculty Development,Foreign Countries

The study provides an insight into teachers' perceptions regarding students' evaluation about their performance in their respective courses and on supervised clinical practice. A Qualitative, descriptive exploratory design was used to answer the research question: What are faculty's perceptions regarding students' evaluation of their performance and teaching courses? A convenience sample of 12 Nursing faculty-7 from University A and 5 from University B was selected. Data were collected through faculty interview till data saturation was achieved. Data was analyzed and then categorized to evaluate the comparisons and variations. The findings of the study revealed three main categories and six related sub categories. The study emerged as 'faculty perception related to student evaluation' and the related three categories were: (i) factors influencing on faculty performance, (ii) contextual factors, (iii) and faculty's alternate practices. The study focused on the perception of nursing faculty in relation to their performance and course evaluations. The findings of the study revealed that participants acknowledge students' evaluation, and tried to modify their teaching strategies as per their suggestions for their personal and professional development. The participants also expressed concerns about the timeliness of the received evaluation; i.e. its giving (by students) and receiving (by faculty members) on time. The faculty perception of student evaluation on their performance and courses was not homogenous due to diverse factors; these were: motivation, demotivation, contextual factors, and alternate practices used by members of faculty to get student evaluation.
A Corpus-Aided Study of Language Features of &apos;The Importance of Being Earnest&apos;
Author: Junmei, Jiang
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Drama,Computational Linguistics,English Literature,Teaching Methods,Computer Software,Humor,Literary Devices,Social Attitudes,Figurative Language,Discourse Analysis,Authors,Comedy,Literary Criticism,Syntax,Language Usage,Language Variation,Foreign Countries,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction

Oscar Wilde is one of the most hilarious playwrights in the history of English literature. And 'The Importance of Being Earnest' is his masterpiece. With Wilde's humorous and witty language as the starting point and aided by the concordancing software WORDSMITH TOOLS, a detailed analysis was carried out on this comedy from lexical level and syntactical level, interesting and significant findings are found: 1) The comedy is about love and marriage. It mainly focuses on being earnest and is related with the behavior of bunbury. Besides their individuality, all characters have the nature of superficiality and hypocrisy. Each one treats the serious things such as death and religion with triviality, yet regards name and pleasure as things of vital importance. The main theme of the comedy is the duality of Victorian people, who are earnest and elegant in appearance, but superficial and absurd in nature, and who is wearing the mask of manners and telling lies whenever they like. Wilde holds a disapproving attitude against the society by frequently using the words of negative meaning or in the negative context. Some words give new meaning to describe the occurrence of things that cannot be controlled, but people act as if they could be, presenting characters' power in controlling things and other people. All the above statements are justified by lexical features of the text. 2) Wilde has an opposed and ironic attitude to the world he was living in. He knew the upper class, and he knew that the lives they led were so dry, boring, concerned with manners and customs, and so perfectly earnest that it was almost inhuman. Therefore, a lot of negatives appear in the text. High occurrences of negatives also show characters' ideas against convention and people's expectations. Corpus-assisted literary analysis provides authentic contextual data that show meaningful information in the text and give students an immediate sense of the style of the text. Driven by objective data of linguistic features and the background language, students can see the foregrounding characteristics of a given text and its artistic values and consequently can appreciate the literary work better and have a deeper understanding of the language.
From Coercion to Autonomy: Designing a Literature Program for &apos;Generation Z&apos; Learners
Author: Dela Rosa, John Paul Obillos
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Program Design,Age Groups,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Student Attitudes,Personal Autonomy,Reading Motivation,Preferences,English Literature,Reading Attitudes,Time Management,Reading Materials,Distance Education,Foreign Countries,Authors,Cultural Background,Grade 10,High School Students

The 21st century educational platform clamors for the affordance of learner autonomy and empowerment more than control and coercion. This study, therefore considers the reading preferences, motivations, issues, and other factors that govern the choice of literary texts from the perspectives of students towards designing a relevant literature program. Using both descriptive and developmental research designs as empirical approaches, responses from 59 English as a Second Language (ESL) learners coming from a homogenous, high performing group, were studied and analyzed. The results revealed that respondents generally read for pleasure and that themes related to happiness, adventure, mystery, and other issues relevant among adolescents were more favored. The students also reported that personal choice, contexts of literary texts, and academic workload affect their reading preferences. On a relative note, majority of the respondents were more interested to read novels and narratives written by contemporary, foreign authors, while several would want to learn more about classic, award-winning literary pieces from the Philippines. Based on the data collected, an online literature program for centennials or 'Generation Z' students was developed, the Generation Z Online Literature Program (GZOLP). Implications on the use of reading preferences and motivations in teaching literary texts and the rendering of literature programs among adolescent readers and other recommendations for further research are also provided in this paper.
English Gets Short Shrift: A Comparative Study of the Standard of English in PSEB Affiliated Schools in Punjab
Author: Rana, Amandeep
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,English (Second Language),Language Skills,Foreign Countries,Language of Instruction,Indians,Standard Spoken Usage,Classroom Communication,Remedial Instruction,Public Schools,Private Schools,Grade 10,Secondary School Students,Comparative Analysis,Institutional Characteristics

From a foreign language, English in India has now become a second language (and, of course, the First Language to a considerable people). Many other languages of the world, such as, French, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, etc. are still foreign languages to Indians, but English is not. English is not only taught but also is the medium of instruction in academia. Since it is not the native language, it does not come to the Indians as naturally as it comes to the native speakers. Nor do all have an environment where they can learn English as the native English speakers do. Thus, there are two main points: one, the knowledge of English has become compulsory in the fast changing modern world and second, English, for Indians, is not their native language. It implies that deliberate efforts are needed to develop a command over English language by acquiring skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking so that Indians can also move with the fast changing world. The present paper is a study of the standard of English language in the schools of Punjab. The statistical analysis and comparisons are based on empirical data, desktop scrutiny of the relevant documents, classroom observations and group and individual interactions. The paper observes the reasons of low standard of English in Punjab and suggests some remedial measures on the basis of the study undertaken.
Investigation of the Relationship between Perception of Supervisor Support, Perceived School Effectiveness, Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Cynic Attitude of Teachers
Author: Gülbahar, Bahadir
Date: 2020-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Supervisor Supervisee Relationship,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Principals,High School Teachers,School Effectiveness,Work Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Negative Attitudes,Job Satisfaction,Foreign Countries

The main purpose of this quantitative relational research is to test the theoretical framework within the structural equation model that if the perceived supervisor support affects the perception of school effectiveness, engagement to work, job satisfaction, and organizational cynical attitude. The sub-purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between teachers' perceptions of these variables. Within the scope of the research, a structural equation model was established by using the AMOS-25 package program with the data collected from 438 teachers. Before constructing the structural equation model, confirmatory factor analysis was performed and the measurement models for the scales used were verified. Fit index values of the measurement models were found to be acceptable, therefore total score was taken for each scale. &quot;Perceived supervisor support&quot; was determined as independent variable and &quot;perceived school effectiveness, engagement to work, job satisfaction and organizational cynical attitude&quot; were determined as dependent variables and direct effect values of independent variable on dependent variables were examined. Before establishing the structural equation model, multiple normal distributions of the scales were examined and &quot;maximum likelihood&quot; was chosen as the parameter estimation method in order to ensure the normal distribution assumption. The established structural equation model is verified and it was concluded that perceived supervisor support significantly predicted school effectiveness perception, work engagement, job satisfaction and organizational cynical attitude. It was also found that there were negative levels of negative relationships between teachers' organizational cynical attitude and perceived supervisor support, school effectiveness perception, work engagement and job satisfaction. [Paper presented at International Congress on Innovative Scientific Researches (3rd, Adana, Turkey, Oct 3-6, 2019).]
The Challenging Behaviors Faced by the Preschool Teachers in Their Classrooms, and the Strategies and Discipline Approaches Used against These Behaviors: The Sample of United States
Author: Aksoy, Pinar
Date: 2020-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Behavior Problems,Social Behavior,Incidence,Preschool Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Preschool Children,Classroom Techniques,Behavior Modification,Self Control,Assertiveness

This research aims to investigate the most frequent challenging behaviors faced by preschool teachers in their classrooms and the strategies and discipline approaches they adopt against these challenging behaviors. This research is conducted within case study design, which is a qualitative research method. The study group consists of 10 different preschool teachers teaching for children aged four-five in a city in the mid-south region of the United States. The research data was collected through one-to-one interviews performed by the researcher with the teachers. Content analysis was used to analyze the data obtained as a result of the interviews with the teachers. In the study, the challenging behaviors faced by the preschool teachers were asserted as the behaviors occurring under the themes of &quot;accommodation problems&quot; in the first place, followed by &quot;self-control inadequacies&quot; and then &quot;absence of prosocial behaviors&quot;, and &quot;deficiencies in assertiveness skills&quot;. The result of this study showed that preschool teachers mainly adopted multiple appropriate strategies which contribute to creating a warm classroom environment in their classrooms. It was stated that the discipline approach based on behavior change was mostly used as well as the instructional and effective communicational approach was partially used, while the assertive discipline approach was rarely used. It is recommended that the strategies and discipline approaches of teachers for dealing with challenging behaviors should be positively improved through supporting the knowledge, skills, and experiences of preschool teachers in the dimension of classroom management.