ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Identification of Students&apos; Metaphorical Perceptions about Base Values in Turkish Language Curriculum
Author: Durdukoca, Sule Firat
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Figurative Language,Secondary School Students,Values,Justice,Friendship,Ethics,Self Control,Interpersonal Relationship,Patriotism,Altruism,Grade 7

The aim of this study is to define the metaphorical perceptions of secondary school students about basic values, such as justice, friendship, honesty, self-control, patience, respect, love, responsibility, patriotism and benevolence taught, in Turkish curriculum. The study used phenomenological design, and the study group consisted of a total of 114 secondary school students in seventh grade at a public school in Kars, Turkey. In the questionnaire, students were asked to convert their perceptions of the above-mentioned values into the following statement. '....value is like...../because.....'. The study results revealed that nearly 70% of the participants created metaphors related to base values, and the most frequent metaphor was 'brotherhood' that was created for the base value 'friendship'. Also, it was found that one of the conceptual categories formed for 'friendship' was the only category that all the metaphors created by the participants were negative.
Social and Psychological Features of Inter-Cultural Adaptation of Russian Students in Different Universities
Author: Kolesnikov, Alexey A.
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Student Adjustment,Foreign Students,Cultural Differences,Interaction,Acculturation,Adjustment (to Environment),Student Attitudes,Social Influences,Ethnicity,Identification (Psychology)

Modern globalisation processes, the rapid entry of Russia into the world community, have given more opportunities to interact with various ethnic groups ranging from short-term tourist and business contacts to complex processes of migration and emigration. Migrants and visitors have different goals for staying in a new country, meanwhile the researchers note a lot in common within the adaptation processes of both groups. In particular, tension, stresses and experience of cultural shock during adaptation are observed. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct psychological studies not only of migrants who come for a long time to a new country, but also of visitors, i.e., interns, students who come to study in foreign universities. Anyway, all migrants face difficulties in interacting with local residents whose behaviour cannot be predicted. The host country's customs often seem mysterious to them, and people seem strange.
Dialogic Teaching in Turkish Courses: What the Teachers Say and What They Do?
Author: Esen-Aygun, Hanife
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Elementary School Teachers,Teaching Methods,Dialogs (Language),Turkish,Educational Environment,Interaction,Observation,Grade 4

In this research, it is aimed to investigate in depth the thoughts and practices of primary teachers regarding the practice of dialogical teaching. This research is designed as a phenomenological. Within the scope of the study, the researcher examined the conditions under which the experiences of dialogic teaching in the learning-teaching process are realised, focusing on the phenomenon of dialogical teaching. Research data are gathered through interviews and observations. 11 primary teachers participated in the interviews as well as with the observations in the classroom of four teachers. In the analysis of the interview data, Moustakas data analysis technique is used. The findings of the interviews show that teachers care about interaction and try to regulate the learning environment accordingly. On the contrary, the findings obtained from the observations do not support the interviews. It is observed that the learning environment is monologue rather than dialogic.
Integration of Teamwork and Critical Thinking Skills in the Process of Teaching Students
Author: Plotnikova, N. F.
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teamwork,Critical Thinking,Creative Thinking,Cooperative Learning,College Students,Concept Formation,Skill Development

Reforms taking place in the educational process of higher professional school impose new requirements on the quality of training students. Today, graduates of higher educational institutions are required to have new professional thinking, high mobility, competence, tolerance and focus on intra-group activities carried out in teams. With the team form of the organisation of training, an environment is created that allows students to master not only the skills and abilities of business interaction and cooperation, but also to form their ability to think critically, which includes the ability to think creatively, use new information and apply the knowledge in practice. Theoretical justification jointly with quantitative and qualitative data obtained as a result of the experimental work carried out by the authors confirms the efficiency of team learning, which contributes to developing critical thinking skills in higher education students.
Investigation of Pre-Service Science Teachers&apos; Epistemological Beliefs
Author: Kirmizigul, Asli Saylan
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Beliefs,Epistemology,Individual Differences,Foreign Countries,Knowledge Level,Ability,Learning Processes,Information Sources

The study aims to determine pre-service science teachers' epistemological beliefs. For this purpose, five fourth grade pre-service science teachers enrolled at the education Faculty of a University in Kayseri participated in the research. Phenomenology design was used and a semi-structured interview including 13 items was conducted. The data were analysed through content analysis by developing codes and themes based on five epistemological belief categories. According to the findings, the participants' epistemological belief categories can be put in order from the most sophisticated to the most naive as follows: 'Omniscient authority', 'Certain knowledge and quick learning', 'Simple knowledge' and 'Innate ability'. The findings indicated that epistemological beliefs of the participants are at different development levels for each category. Since they reflect the individual differences, epistemological beliefs should not be ignored in developing a program and determining classroom activities.
The Content Analysis of the English as an International Language-Targeted Coursebooks: English Literature or Literature in English?
Author: Andarab, Mehdi Solhi
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Textbook Content,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Textbooks,Global Approach,Cultural Influences,Elementary Secondary Education

The integration of literature and literary works has always played an undeniable role in language education. Despite the existence of a wealth of literature in non-native English-speaking countries, in the majority of the coursebooks, the entire attention is devoted to literary works of the native English-speaking countries. In this study, five coursebooks claiming to be based on English as an international language (EIL) were randomly selected and analysed to investigate to what extent they have incorporated the literatures of native and non-native English-speaking countries. The criteria for the content analysis of the claimed EIL-based coursebooks were based on Kachru's Tri-Partide Model to categorise the countries, and culture with a small c and Culture with a capital C dichotomy. Results indicated that although the chosen coursebook purports to be based on EIL, less or nearly no attention is given to the literary works of the non-native speakers of English.
Determination of Learning Styles and Achievements of Talented Students in the Fields of Science and Mathematics
Author: Altun, Hasan
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Academically Gifted,Mathematics Achievement,Science Achievement,Cognitive Style,Grade 9,High School Students,Gender Differences,Physics,Chemistry,Biology

The purpose of this study is to determine the distribution of talented students' course achievements in the fields of mathematics and science, according to the learning styles. General screening method was used in this research. The universe of the research consists of Ninth grade students (2016-2017) who study at Bornova Anatolian High School. The sample of the study was composed of 11 talented students. After determining learning styles, the distribution of the students according to the learning styles was determined. At the end of the study, it was detected that mathematics course achievements' average of the students who have assimilator learning style is higher than averages of the other students's who have other learning styles. It was determined that physics course achievements' average of the students who have assimilator learning style is higher than averages of the other students who have other learning styles.
Job Demands and Resources Scale for Physical Education Teachers: Is It Valid in Turkish Culture?
Author: Engur, Mustafa
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Physical Education Teachers,Teacher Responsibility,Educational Resources,Test Construction,Turkish,Translation,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Teaching Conditions,Emotional Response,Teacher Attitudes

The aim of the study was to adapt job demands and resources scale for Physical Education (PE) teachers into Turkish language. Two hundered and nineteen PE teachers participated in this study. In the scope of validity analyses of the scale, different techniques were used and expert opinion was obtained for the language content validity, while exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were performed for construct validity. Results of EFA showed that two main factors explained 34.91% of variance. CFA results revealed that the indices examined in terms of construct were at a good level with regards to data fit. In reliability analyses, internal consistency coefficient was calculated as 0.74 for the whole, 0.81 for job demands and 0.74 for job resources from the main factors. Results reveal that job demands-resources scale for PE teachers is reliable and valid for Turkish population.
Multidimensional 21st Century Skills Scale: Validity and Reliability Study
Author: Cevik, Mustafa
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Measures (Individuals),Test Construction,Construct Validity,Test Reliability,21st Century Skills,Adolescents,Young Adults,High School Students,Undergraduate Students,Factor Structure,Factor Analysis,Scores,Technological Literacy,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving,Entrepreneurship,Innovation,Social Responsibility,Leadership,Career Awareness

This study aims to develop a multidimensional 21st century skills scale for adolescent and early adulthood students in the 15-25 age group. The research was conducted with 660 high school, associate degree and undergraduate students. From the item pool created during the first stage of the study, 146 items were selected in line with expert opinions. Within the scope of the validity studies, exploratory factor analysis was carried out. As a result of the analysis, a 41-item scale with five sub factors were developed. In the second stage of the study, Lisrel 8.80 program was used with confirmatory factor analysis, and the five sub-factor structure was confirmed. In the third stage of the study, the test--retest method was applied, and the mean scale scores and standard deviation values of the scale in the first and second applications were found to be 3.89, 18.21 and 3.58 and 22.19, respectively.
Reading and Informal Learning Trends on YouTube: The Booktuber
Author: Vizcaíno-Verdú, Arantxa
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Books,Electronic Publishing,Video Technology,Recreational Reading,Informal Education,Multimedia Materials,Reading Interests,Spanish,Foreign Countries,Electronic Learning

The digital era has perpetuated new pedagogies of collective participation in networks that requires reflection in the conventional education area, because of YouTube, as audiovisual platform of outstanding international recognition, concentrates an extensive repertoire of informal learning practices among young people. In this case, the research focuses on a form of literary expression driven by the new Booktube community, which is dedicated to the recommendation of books and the promotion of reading by focusing their messages through the videoblog format. This aspect, closely popularized in the platform, allow us to deepen new youth practices outside classroom that refer to the promotion of books and critical and judicious expression on aspects related to content, formats, genres and authors in a context supported by the media ecology. In order to deepen the reasons why youth reads currently, we developed a literature review starting with the transmedia literacy concept evaluating narrative and aesthetic competences and applying a content analysis and a case study that collects channels of two Spanish booktubers with high impact and community: Javier Ruescas and Fly like a Butterfly. Results discern an affinity space linked to the opinion of peers that promotes reading and writing, and the ability to interpret, describe, compare and reflect about the literary context.
From Media Planner to Media Expert: The Digital Effect in Advertising
Author: Perlado-Lamo-de-Espinosa, Marta
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Advertising,Mass Media,Information Technology,Planning,Technological Literacy,Knowledge Level,Multimedia Materials,Internet,Foreign Countries

The increase in online audience and the development of Big Data in organizations modify the media planning activity and, consequently, the profile of the planner. Following the digital expansion, more information has become available to perform this task, but also, more complexity is observed in the work processes and in their agents' structures. This paper analyzes the changes produced in the management of the media planner within the digital society. Through triangular research, comprising quantitative and qualitative methods, including a questionnaire that was administered to 140 media planners, and 5 interviews conducted with agency experts we examine the variations that have occurred in this professional role in terms of knowledge, the tools used and the skills they have had to maintain or update. It is noted that the adaptation to the digital context has required a substantial change in their work mechanics, the integration of off- and online strategies and digital specialization. Furthermore, with the help of current technology, immediate actions and reviews are implemented. Consequently, the media expert activity requires mastery of digital media planning tools, greater doses of innovation, analysis, business acumen and the ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams for multimedia environments.
The Relationship between Study Quality and the Effects of Supplemental Reading Interventions: A Meta-Analysis
Author: Austin, Christy R.
Date: 2019-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary School Students,At Risk Students,Reading Difficulties,Supplementary Education,Reading Instruction,Intervention,Effect Size,Instructional Effectiveness,Reading Skills,Reading Comprehension,Language Acquisition,Predictor Variables,Evidence Based Practice,Primary Education,Meta Analysis

Empirical studies investigating supplemental reading interventions for students with or at risk for reading disabilities in the early elementary grades have demonstrated a range of effect sizes. Identifying the findings from high-quality research can provide greater certainty of findings related to the effectiveness of supplemental reading interventions. This meta-analysis investigated how four variables of study quality (study design, statistical treatment, Type I error, and fidelity of implementation) were related to effect sizes from standardized measures of foundational reading skills and language and comprehension. The results from 88 studies indicated that year of publication was a significant predictor of effect sizes for both standardized measures of foundational reading skills and language and comprehension, with more recent studies demonstrating smaller effect sizes. Results also demonstrated that with the exception of research design predicting effect sizes on foundational reading skills measures, study quality was not related to the effects of supplemental reading interventions. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
Constructing Donald Trump: Mobile Apps in the Political Discourse about the President of the United States
Author: Gómez-García, Salvador
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Presidents,Current Events,Computer Oriented Programs,Handheld Devices,Content Analysis,Ideology,Discourse Analysis,Political Candidates,Political Campaigns,Search Engines,Information Retrieval,Information Dissemination

This paper explores the creation and content of apps about Donald Trump (n=412) published in Google Play between June 2015 and January 2018. The relevance of the study stems from both its objectives and its methodology. On the one hand, the aim was to characterise the profile, motivations and purposes of the developers of Donald Trump apps; and on the other, to identify the main features of the discourses in the most downloaded apps. The study relied on two resources: a qualitative questionnaire of open questions for developers (n=376), and a quantitative analysis of the content of apps that exceeded 5,000 downloads (n=117). The questionnaire identified the influence of political current affairs in the developers' ideological and economic motivations, while the content analysis revealed the trends found over time, as well as the themes, discourses and ideological positioning of the most popular apps about Donald Trump. The findings provide an empirical basis for how the content of these apps was articulated with the news; the influence of content that went viral; hegemonic discourses; and the role played by developers of new expressive, commercial, informative and persuasive proposals in the intersection between mobile apps and political campaigns.
Mobile Journalism: Systematic Literature Review
Author: López-García, Xosé
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Technological Advancement,Journalism,Innovation,Communication Strategies,Social Media,Research,Journal Articles

The era of mobile media has placed communications convergence at a new stage. The importance of studies about mobile communications has been growing increasingly over the last years. This growth is connected to the increase in the access to contents through new devices. The last ten years have seen a process of acceleration in mobile technology innovations. The peak of this new scenario has been the interest of the research community in investigating the relationship between such innovations and the spread of informative contents. This article analyses those studies that address the relation between mobile devices and communication and journalism. The main objective is to clarify the current state of these studies as well as to define their significance within the current convergence scenario. In order to reach such objectives, a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) was conducted. The authors analysed 199 research articles published between January 2008 and May 2018 in the database Web of Science. The findings suggest that the United States has the largest number of studies in relation to this topic. We can pinpoint the highest increase in scientific production about journalism and mobile communications in 2013. Besides, it exists a dominance of those articles related with actants upon those ones about actors or audiences.
Robotics to Develop Computational Thinking in Early Childhood Education
Author: Muñoz-Repiso, Ana García-Valcárcel
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computation,Thinking Skills,Robotics,Early Childhood Education,Technology Uses in Education,Young Children,Kindergarten,Programming,Pretests Posttests,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Foreign Countries,Intervention

The development of programming skills is currently promoting from an early school age, trying to get children to take an active and creative role in the use of technologies. The objective of this article is to verify the repercussion of educational robotics activities on kindergarten students in the acquisition of computational thinking and programming skills. The research design is quasi-experimental, with pre-test and post-test measures, using experimental and control groups. The sample consists of 131 students from the second cycle of early education (between 3 and 6 years old), all from the same Spanish school. Computational thinking is measured through three dimensions: sequences (algorithms), action-instruction correspondence and debugging. The intervention sessions, as well as the structure of the challenges that were used in the pre- and post-test evaluations, were designed based on the reference program of robotics studies called &quot;TangibleK&quot;. The intervention, carried out doing learning activities using educational robotics resources, presents positive results in relation to the computational thinking skills achieved. The differences between the pre-test and the post-test in the experimental and control groups are statistically significant, in that children engaged in robotics program achieves a greater advance in the three dimensions of computational competence through this method.
Content Syndication in News Aggregators. Towards Devaluation of Professional Journalistic Criteria
Author: Edo, Concha
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Journalism,Professionalism,Social Media,News Media,Mass Media Use,Information Sources,Information Dissemination,Publishing Industry,Credibility,Foreign Countries,Commercialization,Computer Software,Selection Criteria,Web Sites,Standards,Users (Information),Consumer Economics,Mass Media Role,Reader Text Relationship,Internet,Programming,Values

The growing expansion of Internet access and mass-scale usage of social networking platforms and search engines have forced digital newspapers to deal with challenges, amongst which are the need to constantly update news, the increasing complexity of sources, the difficulty of exercising their function as gatekeepers in a fragmented environment in which the opinions, biases and preconceptions of pundits, their followers, Twitter users, etc. has taken on a new and decisive weight and the mounting pressure to publish certain news items simply because they sell. They must also share audiences with aggregators devoted to the business of disseminating content produced by digital news publishers, blogs and RSS feeds, which is chosen on the basis of search engine algorithms, the votes of users or the preferences of readers. The fact that these computerized systems of news distribution seldom employ the criteria upon which journalism is based suggests that the work of gatekeeping is being reframed in a way that progressively eliminates journalists from the process of deciding what is newsworthy. This study of these trends has entailed a 47 point assessment of 30 news aggregators currently providing syndicated content and eight semi-structured interviews with editors of quality mass-distribution digital newspapers published in the U.S., Spain and Portugal.