ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Influence of Health Education and Healthy Lifestyle on Students&apos; Academic Achievement in Biology in Nigeria
Author: Babatunde, Ezekiel Olusegun
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Health Behavior,Life Style,Health Education,Academic Achievement,Biology,Foreign Countries,Adolescents,Achievement Tests,Questionnaires,At Risk Students,Secondary Schools,Secondary School Students,Predictor Variables,Multiple Regression Analysis,Science Instruction,Statistical Analysis

The positive effects of health education and healthy lifestyle on adolescent academic achievement cannot be over emphasized as learning experiences to help students accurately assess the level of risk-taking behaviour among their peers, emphasis on the value of good health that reinforces health-enhancing attitudes and beliefs are paramount. Little effort had been made by researchers to examine the influence of health education and healthy lifestyle on students' academic achievement. This study examined the influence of health education and healthy lifestyle on students' academic achievement in Biology. Seven hundred and twenty (720) students of both sexes participated in the study. Three instruments used in the study are Health Education Efficiency Questionnaire (a = 0.89), Adolescent Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire (a = 0.94) and Biology Achievement Test (r = 0.88). Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics of Multiple Regression at p&lt;0.05. The result showed that three independent variables were found to have significant relative prediction on students' achievement. Health Education, ß = -0.097, t (715) = 2.102, p&lt;0.05, Risk Behaviour, ß = 0.011, t (715) = 0.241, p&lt;0.05 and Value for good Health, ß = -0.138, t (715), = 3.843, p&lt;0.05. It is therefore recommended that health education should be made mandatory for all students in the secondary school to enable them form and develop a healthy lifestyle.
Impact of Supplemental Instruction Participation on College Freshman Retention
Author: Skoglund, Kirk
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Freshmen,School Holding Power,Academic Persistence,Supplementary Education,Academic Support Services,Statistical Analysis,Prior Learning,Grade Point Average,Cooperative Learning,Student Characteristics,College Entrance Examinations,Attendance,Institutional Characteristics,Change Strategies,Program Effectiveness

Supplemental Instruction (SI), a higher-education academic support program, targets challenging college courses and uses peer-led review sessions to develop academic skills, improve grades, influence persistence, and ultimately increase student retention (Arendale, 2001). The goals of this study were twofold: to determine if differences existed in prior academic performance of freshman students attending SI sessions while determining whether SI attendance improved retention to the sophomore year. Using quantitative analysis, the researchers found that freshman students with a higher high school GPA were more likely to be retained regardless of SI session attendance. Additionally, freshman students with a lower high school GPA were significantly more likely to be retained if participating in SI sessions. The researchers conclude that SI is an effective program to develop academic skills and yield increased retention. Implications for the profession include a renewed emphasis on increasing SI attendance rate of college freshman students, particularly at-risk students with lower college entrance credentials.
The Relationship between Teacher Candidates&apos; Attitudes towards Teacher Credentialing Courses and Instructor Behavior
Author: Gül, Ibrahim
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Credentials,Teacher Certification,Student Teacher Attitudes,Statistical Analysis,Teacher Behavior,Attitude Measures,Behavior Rating Scales,Gender Differences,Academic Achievement,Parent Background,Departments,Economic Status,Predictive Validity,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education

The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between the attitudes of prospective teachers towards teaching profession courses and teaching staff behaviors. The research is a quantitative study. The study's study group is composed of 537 education faculty student. &quot;Attitude Scale towards Credentialing Courses&quot; and &quot;Instructor Behavior Assessment Scale&quot; were used as data collection tools in the research. Teacher candidates, faculty members behave adequately. However, prospective teachers' attitudes towards credentialing courses were found to be low. The opinions of the candidate teachers do not differ according to gender, department, academic achievement, mother education status, but there are differences according to the father education status and financial status of the family. A positive relationship was found between the behaviors of the lecturers and the attitudes of the prospective teachers towards the credentialing courses and it was understood that this was a predictor.
Relationship between Internet Addiction, Gaming Addiction and School Engagement among Adolescents
Author: Tas, Ibrahim
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Adolescent Attitudes,Internet,Addictive Behavior,Games,Learner Engagement,High School Students,Behavior Rating Scales,Correlation,Multiple Regression Analysis,Student Surveys,Interviews,Mass Media Use,Time Factors (Learning),Foreign Countries,Factor Analysis,Statistical Analysis

This research examined the relationship of Internet addiction and gaming addiction with school engagement and effects of Internet addiction and gaming addiction on school engagement. The research was conducted with 365 students (140, 38.4%, males; 225, 61.6%, females) studying at an Anatolian high school in Gaziantep province. Personal Information Form, Scale of Internet Usage Addiction, Gaming Addiction Scale for Adolescents and School Engagement Scale for Children and Adolescents (High School Form) were utilized as data collection tools. The data obtained were analyzed with correlation and multiple regression analysis. A weak negative relationship was found between Internet addiction and school engagement. No relationship was found between gaming addiction and school engagement. It was also concluded that Internet addiction is a significant predictor of school engagement and gaming addiction does not predict school engagement significantly.
Selection Process of School Principals in Turkey and Some Other Countries: A Comparative Study
Author: Akbasli, Sait
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Comparative Education,Comparative Analysis,Principals,Personnel Selection,Selection Criteria,Content Analysis,Administrator Qualifications,Leadership Qualities,Elementary Secondary Education,Qualitative Research

The purpose of this study is to analyze the process of school principal selection and appointment in Turkey and some other developed countries in a comparative way. The specific purpose is to make suggestions in order to improve the school principal selection process in Turkey by comparatively analyzing school principal selection process in Turkey and some developed countries. The focus is on the principal selection processes in the USA, Germany, and Finland, and it makes a comparison with the current situation implemented in Turkey. In most of the states in the USA, in order to be a principal, a certificate, a master's degree, and being an actual teacher are required. In the study methodology, official papers and documents have been analyzed in the context of research review in order to study the existing materials that do not require collecting through a data collection tool. These documents include related official reports, graduate thesis, articles, proceedings, National Education Councils conclusions, and legislative texts consisting of official regulations. The findings indicate that there are various selection methods used for this purpose. District Board of Education is in charge at selection procedures. In Germany, there is a variety of selection procedures among the states. The states' Education Ministries and administrators are in charge of selection and appointment of principals and modifications of selection procedures. The state exams and regular official performance assessments by superiors are decisive in the centralized selection process in most federal states. In Finland, a certificate and teaching qualification are required to be a principal. Interviews and tests are used in the selection procedures. Administrators and educational committee members are in charge of the highly decentralized selection process. There are some common and varied features in principal selection process between Turkey and the mentioned countries in the study. In Turkey, school principality is regarded as a secondary role to a teacher and the principal selection processes, procedures, and rules change very frequently in time.
Investigating Teacher Candidates&apos; Beliefs about Standardized Testing
Author: Kinay, Ismail
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Beliefs,Student Attitudes,Standardized Tests,Foreign Countries,Teacher Education Programs,Statistical Analysis

The purpose of this study is to examine the beliefs of prospective teachers' about standardized testing in terms of some variables. This piece of research is in survey model. The study is carried out with 442 randomly selected prospective teachers registered in different departments at Dicle University in Turkey during the 2015-2016 academic year. Selected teacher candidates are grouped under 5 fields according to the branches they have registered (social sciences, language education, mathematics and sciences, fields requiring special ability, basic education). The Beliefs about Standardized Testing Scale (BAST) developed by Magee and Jones (2012) and adapted into Turkish language by Ilhan, Çetin and Kinay (2015) is used as data collection tool. As a result of the study teacher candidates are found to have moderate beliefs for standardized tests. There is a significant difference between the candidate teachers' beliefs about standardized tests in terms of their gender and fields. Teacher candidates' beliefs about standardized tests do not differ significantly according to the grade variable.
The Intercultural Adaptation of the Pakistani Students at Chinese Universities
Author: Su, Xiaoqing
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Foreign Students,Intercultural Programs,Student Adjustment,Questionnaires,Interviews,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Student Experience,Interpersonal Relationship,Cultural Differences,College Students,Statistical Analysis

In the past decade, the population of international students enrolling in Chinese colleges and universities has been increasing rapidly, with the students in Asia taking the most portions. Chinese higher education institutions are facing great challenges in their course of internationalization. Therefore the studies on the intercultural adaptation of international students in Chinese higher education institutions have received extensive attention. The present research was conducted to investigate the intercultural adaptation of the Pakistani students at the Chinese universities in forms of a questionnaire and interviews. Colleen Ward's cultural adjustment process model is used as the analytical lens to explore the life and study experiences of the Pakistani students from their perspectives and to understand the challenges they experienced during their intercultural communication. The students' personal reports will collectively provide some valuable information for Chinese universities to understand cultural differences that international students is bringing to Chinese campuses and to help them succeed in a totally different academic setting.
Reasons of Pedagogical Formation Education Certificate Program Students Taking This Education: Comparison of Different Departments
Author: Yilmaz, Rezan
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Preservice Teacher Education,Qualitative Research,Career Choice,Case Studies,Student Attitudes,Preservice Teachers,Comparative Analysis,Course Selection (Students)

With the influence of social, economic and political change, the education system has undergone many changes in various periods, which in turn has affected training of teachers. With the recent change in the implementation of the Pedagogical Formation Education Certificate Program in Turkey, a decision is being made whether the students or graduates who meet the requirements can receive pedagogical formation training, regardless of faculty positions. Considering that the training of qualified teachers is possible with the participation of those who want to perform this profession consciously, it is thought that the reason why the teacher candidates prefer the teaching profession is very important. This study, aiming to reveal the reasons for the education of pedagogical candidates trained in the pedagogical formation of this program, is a qualitative research conducted with 243 participants from eight different fields, employed and unemployed, students and non-students, who are studying at the faculty of education at a state university. The results of the analysis of the data obtained in written form asking the participants for their reasons to take pedagogical formation education and to elaborate their thoughts in detail are in general &quot;anxiety for job finding,&quot; &quot;career making and self-improvement,&quot; &quot;desire to perform teaching profession&quot; and &quot;necessity.&quot; Participants have indicated that their desire to perform teaching profession is based on their &quot;desire to perform a profession that they dream of,&quot; &quot;desire to gain an additional advantage,&quot; &quot;desire to meet the need for the required documentation,&quot; and &quot;thinking that professional conditions are suitable.&quot; In addition, it is noteworthy that the thoughts of the teacher candidates from different fields differed in this context.
Analyzing the Academic Research Trends by Using University Digital Resources: A Bibliometric Study of Electronic Commerce in China
Author: Fatima, Anam
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Bibliometrics,Electronic Libraries,Electronic Publishing,Trend Analysis,Marketing,Online Vendors,Educational Research,Literature Reviews,Usability,Change Strategies,Research Reports

Technology plays a vital role in every field of life especially in business and education. Electronic commerce (EC) begins in the year of 1991 right after internet was introduced for commercial use. It is known to be the 12th five years' plan (2011 to 2015) of Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The main &quot;objective&quot; of this study is to highlight the latest academic research trends on different topics or themes of EC in China by using university digital resources that is digital library. In order to obtain these latest academic trends, we have conducted a bibliometric study and collected data from digital library for the last six years (i.e., from 2010 to 2015). The main &quot;motivation&quot; to choose this research topic and China was the worldwide reputation of this country, as top EC country in the world due to its high number of online users, and also impact of five years' Chinese government EC plan and policy. So, due to these facts we have established our research questions related to EC research trends in China to explore the answer of our &quot;Research Question: What are the latest research trends in the field of electronic commerce in China since 2010?&quot; As we wanted to know the answer thus we collected data through digital library and analyzed them fully to get a brief outlook about this EC trend. Result showed that a lot of research was already conducted on EC topics in China on different themes during the said duration. We can conclude that, this research trend showed that EC is a potential research field in China due to government five year EC policies or plan and to promote IT culture in Chinese society. This research provides guidelines to the government IT policy makers and also academia researchers to be more focused on few topics or themes, where China is lacking behind, as leading EC country in the world.
The Collaborative Instructional Design System (CIDS): Visualizing the 21st Century Learning
Author: Zain, Ismail Md.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Instructional Design,Cooperation,Communities of Practice,Models,Human Capital,Employment Opportunities,Employment Potential,Lesson Plans

Learning is the act of acquiring new, or reinforcing existing knowledge, characters, skills, and values, affecting a potential change of the learners towards nurturing creativity and innovation. The 21st-century learning framework from the 21st-Century Partnership, 2002 and the component of the Four-Dimensional Education written by Fadel, Bialik &amp; Trilling 2015, have in common in the aspect of designing instructions for the implementation of the 21st-century learning. It is a challenge for the teachers to design the instruction in fulfilling the requirements. Thus, this concept paper introduces The Collaborative Instructional Design System (CIDS) 2017, developed as a solution towards the challenges. CIDS comprises of the Integral ASIE Instructional Design Model developed by Ismail, &amp; Balakrishnan 2016 (the transformational ID Model), and special features on the Professional Learning Community (PLC). PLC is a &quot;global hub&quot; for connecting teachers meeting with members of various communities around the world virtually that foster and build high-quality human capital for future prosperity. Information about the development and issues of job opportunities in the world and the successes and challenges faced by the industries especially relating to the Fourth Industrial Revolution--IR4.0, can create awareness which further motivates learners to commit themselves with confidence in pursuing their goals. CIDS is a constructive process in designing the instructions, which provides practitioners in education a valuable tool and perspective in enhancing the quality of instructions and training towards visualizing the 21st-century learning requirements for all learners. CIDS is accessible at https://asiemodel.net.
Encouragement of Early Academic Skills at Home during Early Childhood Period: Validity and Reliability Study of the EASYC Scale
Author: Kara, H. Gözde Ertürk
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Measures (Individuals),Test Validity,Test Reliability,Turkish,Factor Analysis,Correlation,Young Children,Early Childhood Education,Parents,Foreign Countries,Parents as Teachers,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis

The current study aims to perform the adaptation of the Encouragement of Academic Skills of Young Children (EASYC) Scale into Turkish. The study group was determined by means of the convenience sampling technique. A total of 124 students aged at 48-84 months were included in the sampling of the study. The data collection tools of the study are the Turkish Version of Encouragement of Academic Skills of Young Children Scale (ÇEABD) and the Home Literacy Activities Questionnaire used for criterion validity. In the analysis of the data, explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses, Pearson correlation analysis, descriptive analysis, item total correlation, and internal consistency coefficient calculation were used. As a result of the study, the ÇEABD was proved to be valid and reliable scale in the Turkish sampling. The mean scores taken by the children in the sampling from the reading and math dimensions of ÇEABD and their total mean score were found to be at the medium level. Thus, it can be argued that the parents of the children in the sampling moderately encourage them in activities related to letters and words, comprehension, formal math activities, informal math activities and activities related to games/toys sub-dimensions.
Lithuanian Educators&apos; Experiences of Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care during a Short Study Trip
Author: Sadownik, Alicja R.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Early Childhood Education,Preschool Teachers,Semi Structured Interviews,Travel,Teacher Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Socialization,Educational Experience,Misconceptions,Reflection,Educational Change,Educational Practices,Seminars,Lecture Method

This paper presents an analysis of how educators from Lithuania experienced the Norwegian ECEC during a short study trip. The research results are informed by the theory of Practice Architecture [7, 8] that describes educational practices using the concepts of &quot;sayings,&quot; &quot;doings,&quot; and &quot;relatings.&quot; &quot;Sayings&quot; refer to the discursive level, &quot;doings&quot; to the level of action and work, and relatings to sociopolitical dependencies. The research was conducted during a two-day study trip of Lithuanian educators to Bergen in June 2016. The data comprised seven semi-structured, written interviews and a transcribed group discussion with seven participants. The results show that the &quot;doings&quot; experienced were strongly dependent on the transmitted &quot;sayings,&quot; which places great power in the process of framing the educational content of the study trip (lectures, presentations, and seminars). On the other hand, the experiences of the study trip were strongly dependent on the &quot;sayings,&quot; &quot;doings,&quot; and &quot;relatings&quot; that the visitors are socialized and educated with. They frame perceptions and can lead to misunderstandings. The &quot;doings&quot; and &quot;relatings&quot; experienced that agreed with the &quot;sayings,&quot; but which did not necessarily correspond to other dimensions of Lithuanian practice, led to deep reflection and even changes in institutions in the home country.
An Instructional Approach to Practical Solutions for Plagiarism
Author: Leung, Chi Hong
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Plagiarism,Formative Evaluation,Mass Media Use,Social Behavior,Behavior Standards,Expectation,Cheating,Teaching Methods,Change Strategies,Educational Practices,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Business Administration Education

Plagiarism is an academic misconduct commonly found in the educational institutions nowadays. This paper first defines the types of plagiarism and explains the typical reasons for university students to engage in plagiarism. Then, the factors influencing plagiarism are discussed, including the access of materials on the Internet, the social norm of students and the academic policies in universities. This paper suggests an educational approach with the emphasis on the formative assessment to alleviate the problem of plagiarism. Formative assessments are more helpful when students do not need to hide their mistakes and are open about their limitations. This can provide more support for students developing their learning skills, compared with summative assessments in which students do all to suggest competence and conceal ignorance. A survey was performed to collect data about university students' attitudes to the final year project that is a kind of formative assessments. According to the result, the formative assessment is practical for students to understand plagiarism and avoid it. In addition, the learning experience from formative assessments is perceived to be beneficial in completing summative assessments.