ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Inclusion in Higher Education: Learning Experiences of Disabled Students at Winchester University
Author: Kioko, Victor K.
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Inclusion,College Students,Disabilities,Learning Experience,Student Experience,Qualitative Research,College Faculty,Interviews,Higher Education

The qualitative study reported on in this article was motivated by the widely held belief that an inclusive approach to teaching and learning is a productive way of enhancing the participation and achievement of all students. In particular, the study was informed by theories of inclusion and the view that disability as a social construct recognizes the challenges that exist within a social setup. In total, four students and three lecturers participated and the interviews were loosely structured and conversational in order to elicit as much information as possible. The emerging findings were analysed using a rhyzoanalytic approach extracted from the philosophies of difference. The findings suggested that inclusive education in the context of higher education is informed by a complex set of understandings and does not revolve around the mere identification of barriers and associated solutions but involves a whole range of factors. In addition, there is need for continuous reflection among practitioners to make the experiences of all the stakeholders rewarding. Inter-departmental discussions on the best practices should not focus exclusively on disabled students but should include all members of staff as well as the rest of the student population.
Writing Anxiety as a Predictor of Writing Self-Efficacy in English for Special Education Arab Learners
Author: Salam, Ashraf Atta M. S.
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Writing (Composition),Anxiety,Self Efficacy,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Special Education,Elementary School Students,Predictor Variables,Statistical Analysis,Correlation

The study aimed at investigating the relationship between writing anxiety and writing self-efficacy in English for special education Arab learners of English. It also investigated the use of writing anxiety scores as a predictor of writing self-efficacy. In addition, it explored differences between males and females in both writing anxiety and writing self-efficacy in English. The sample of the study consisted of 90 intermediate school students in the state of Kuwait (47 males and 43 females); the mean age was 8.67 years and the standard deviation was 2.4 years. The descriptive research design was adopted in the study. The researchers used writing anxiety scale, writing self-efficacy scale and an achievement test in English writing skills. Results of the study showed that there is a positive relationship between students' writing anxiety and writing self-efficacy for male students and the overall sample while no relationship was detected among these variables for female students. In addition, results revealed that writing anxiety scores could be used as a predictor of students' writing self-efficacy in English for male students and the overall sample of the study whereas writing anxiety scores could not be used as a predictor of writing self-efficacy for female students. It was found that there were no statistically significant differences between male and female students in their scores of writing anxiety and writing self-efficacy in English Language.
Influence of Neutralization Attitude in Academic Dishonesty among Undergraduates
Author: Meng, Chan Ling
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Undergraduate Students,Cheating,Student Attitudes,Student Motivation,Role,Psychological Patterns,Correlation,Foreign Countries,Scores,Behavior Patterns,Questionnaires,Surveys

Previous literature had proposed that individuals tend to use neutralization to motivate their decisions to engage in deviant behaviours. This indicated that even though students have strong motivations not to cheat may do so anyway after employing neutralizing strategies. Hence, this study attempted to examine the role of neutralization in influencing students' attitude towards academic dishonesty. Students tend to use neutralization technique in order to free themselves from feeling guilty in engaging academic dishonesty. Besides that, it also attempted to study the reasons behind college student academic cheating behaviours. This study employed 620 randomly selected students from six different academic institutions. Results supported that students who engaged in academic dishonesty differ significantly from those who did not engage in this deviant behaviour with respect to their tendency to neutralize cheating. Results showed that cheating and neutralization were positively correlated among students. Through the findings, it showed that the use of neutralization techniques explained why students acknowledged that cheating is wrong but still chose to do it anyway.
A Needs-Based Approach to the Development of a Diagnostic College English Speaking Test
Author: Zhao, Zhongbao
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Diagnostic Tests,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Language Tests,Foreign Countries,Second Language Instruction,Oral Language,Language Teachers,Educational Practices,Vocabulary Development,Language Fluency,Needs Assessment,Sampling,Test Construction,Questionnaires,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Communication Strategies,College Students,College Faculty,Teaching Methods,Student Evaluation

This paper investigated the current situation of oral English teaching, learning, and assessment at the tertiary level in China through needs analysis and explored the implications for the development of a diagnostic speaking test. Through random sampling, the researcher administered both a student questionnaire and a teacher questionnaire to over 200 students and 30 teachers respectively. Results revealed that students regarded the use of communicative strategies, range of vocabulary and fluency as the most difficult things in their oral English learning. Results also demonstrated that the majority of college English teachers paid much attention to oral English teaching. However, most college English teachers seldom administered classroom oral assessment, and their practices of classroom oral assessment were considered as lack of systematic and standardized procedures. Implications for further improvement in oral English teaching and assessment were also discussed.
Quantitative Assessment of Medical Student Learning through Effective Cognitive Bayesian Representation
Author: Zhang, Zhidong
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Medical Students,Student Evaluation,Feedback (Response),Task Analysis,Learning Theories,Visual Aids,Educational Environment,Learning Processes,Cognitive Structures,Statistical Analysis,Video Technology,Medical Education,Bayesian Statistics,Vignettes,Patients,Semi Structured Interviews,Clinical Experience,Medical School Faculty,Teaching Methods,Evaluation Methods

The changes of learning environments and the advancement of learning theories have increasingly demanded for feedback that can describe learning progress trajectories. Effective assessment should be able to evaluate how learners acquire knowledge and develop problem solving skills. Additionally, it should identify what issues these learners have during the learning processes and why they have these issues. This study depicts visual representations of cognitive tasks as crucial points to connect learning and assessment. This study is an exploration of these cognitive tasks in complex learning environments and a quantitative representation of these measureable objects in cognitive structures.
The Predictive Role of Teaching Styles on Omani Students' Mathematics Motivation
Author: Aldhafri, Said
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teaching Styles,Student Motivation,Mathematics,Grade 8,Questionnaires,Student Attitudes,Mathematics Teachers,Multiple Regression Analysis,Elementary School Students

The current study explored the effects of two teaching styles, authoritative and authoritarian, on students' mathematics motivation. The two motivational constructs examined were intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Data were collected from 425 Omani 8th grade students (males = 202/females = 223, mean age = 13.44, SD = 0.79). Through two questionnaires, students reported their perceptions of their math teachers' teaching styles, and their own motivational orientation towards mathematics. Multiple regression models were used to analyze the data. The findings suggest the two teaching styles play a role in predicting students' mathematics motivation. An authoritative teaching style seems to be the better predictor of the two motivational constructs, when compared with an authoritarian style. Eighteen percent of the variance was accounted for in the intrinsic motivation model, compared with only five percent in the extrinsic motivation model. The educational and cultural contexts were discussed in relation to the research results.
Determining Factors of Students' Satisfaction with Malaysian Skills Training Institutes
Author: Ibrahim, Mohd Zuhdi
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Skill Development,Institutes (Training Programs),Structural Equation Models,Predictor Variables,Questionnaires,Correlation,Certification,Educational Quality,Measurement,Goodness of Fit,Construct Validity,Reliability

The purpose of this study is to examine students' perception of quality of service offered in Malaysian skills training institutes and how it influences overall satisfaction. This study employed a questionnaire survey involving seven skills training institutes in Klang Valley, Malaysia. From 600 questionnaires distributed, 419 were returned (69.8 percent response rate). Causation relationship was analysed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling technique. Results show that campus environment was the most significant predictor of student satisfaction, followed by management of institute and support services. Interestingly, the study found that physical facilities and training delivery were not significant predictors of students' overall satisfaction. Enriching knowledge in service quality and customer satisfaction is important for skills training institutes to identify priorities for performance improvement. The implication of this finding is deemed valuable and useful for institution management, policymakers and researchers in the training and educational sector.
Assessment of Web Content Accessibility Levels in Spanish Official Online Education Environments
Author: Roig-Vila, Rosabel
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Internet,Accessibility (for Disabled),Electronic Learning,Web Sites,Consortia,Guidelines,Compliance (Legal),Measures (Individuals),Disabilities,Error Patterns,Design,Web 2.0 Technologies,Qualitative Research,Interviews

Diversity-based designing, or the goal of ensuring that web-based information is accessible to as many diverse users as possible, has received growing international acceptance in recent years, with many countries introducing legislation to enforce it. This paper analyses web content accessibility levels in Spanish education portals according to the international guidelines established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Additionally, it suggests the calculation of an inaccessibility rate as a tool for measuring the degree of non-compliance with WAI Guidelines 2.0 as well as illustrating the significant gap that separates people with disabilities from digital education environments (with a 7.77% average). A total of twenty-one educational web portals with two different web depth levels (42 sampling units) were assessed for this purpose using the automated analysis tool Web Accessibility Test 2.0 (TAW, for its initials in Spanish). The present study reveals a general trend towards non-compliance with the technical accessibility recommendations issued by the W3C-WAI group (97.62% of the websites examined present mistakes in Level A conformance). Furthermore, despite the increasingly high number of legal and regulatory measures about accessibility, their practical application still remains unsatisfactory. A greater level of involvement must be assumed in order to raise awareness and enhance training efforts towards accessibility in the context of collective Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), since this represents not only a necessity but also an ethical, social, political and legal commitment to be assumed by society.
Instructional Leadership Potential among School Principals in Pakistan
Author: Niqab, Muhammad
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Instructional Leadership,Principals,School Administration,Educational Environment,Teacher Administrator Relationship,School Effectiveness,Outcomes of Education,Professional Development,Literature Reviews

This study highlights the pivotal role of the school principal in relation to organizational commitment and expected student outcomes in schools in Pakistan. By critically examining the available literature, and by evaluating relevant data, this study will draw attention to how successful principals manage their schools, by providing an environment conducive to the teaching and learning process. It will demonstrate that teacher-principal relations are important, by highlighting professional development and its impact on school effectiveness and student outcomes.
A Sociolinguistics Study on the Use of the Javanese Language in the Learning Process in Primary Schools in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
Author: Saddhono, Kundharu
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Indonesian Languages,Language of Instruction,Elementary Schools,Sociolinguistics,Grade 1,Grade 2,Grade 3,Qualitative Research,Content Analysis,Elementary School Teachers,Elementary School Students,Native Language,Observation,Code Switching (Language)

This study aims at describing the use of language at primary schools grade 1, 2, and 3 in Surakarta. The study belongs to descriptive qualitative research. It emphasizes in a note which depict real situation to support data presentation. Content analysis is used as research methodology. It analyzes the research result of the observed speech event. The data are collected from three sources: informant, events, and documents. Results of the study demonstrate that the use of Javanese language is still dominant in the learning process at primary schools in Surakarta. Many factors affect the use of Javanese language as mother tongue in classroom teaching-learning process. They are (1) balancing the learning process, so that learners are able to better understand the material presented by the teacher (2) teacher's habit to speak Javanese language, and (3) drawing student's attention. The factors underlying this phenomenon are explained by teacher and student's lack of Indonesian language vocabulary. In addition, there is an element unnoticed by teachers.
Assessing Quranic Reading Proficiency in the j-QAF Programme
Author: Zarif, Muhammad Mustaqim Mohd
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Religion,Muslims,Islam,Elementary School Students,Literacy Education,Religious Cultural Groups,Religious Education,Teaching Methods,Reading Instruction,Reading Tests,Statistical Analysis,Reading Skills,Skill Development,Reading Programs,Relevance (Education),Reading Fluency,Pronunciation,Cultural Influences,Standards,Gender Differences

In its effort to provide solid religious foundation for Muslim students, the Ministry of Education Malaysia has launched a national religious literacy initiative known as the j-QAF Programme in 2004. This programme has since been implemented in public primary schools throughout the country and incorporated as a part of the curriculum of studies. The programme includes a wide range of basic religious skills including recitation of the Quran, the learning of the &quot;Jawi&quot; script and Arabic language as well as the basics of worship. After several years of its implementation, much concern is raised on the effectiveness of this programme in achieving its objectives. Thus, this preliminary paper aims to shed some light on this matter. Specifically, it focuses on analyzing the aspect of Quranic recitation skill, which constitutes one of the core subjects of the programme. A Quran reading test was administered to selected respondents in one of the schools, and the results were analyzed through descriptive statistical methods. The findings indicate the level of proficiency of the students in mastering the skill of Quranic recitation and its possible implication and reflection on the overall effectiveness of the programme.
Educational Paradigm Change to Dissect to Prosect or to Game (Simulation) That Is the Question?
Author: Ross, Cory
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Simulation,Educational Games,Teaching Methods,Anatomy,Human Body,Laboratory Procedures,Medical Education,Educational Objectives,Foreign Countries

There is no question that a thorough knowledge and understanding of the gross architecture of the human body underlies sound medical practice and, therefore, comprises an early curricular goal. Thus, the exploration of palpable human anatomy in the dissection laboratory addresses the pivotal goal of establishing a comprehension of the three dimensional relationships underlying clinical applications and practice. To accomplish this objective, the 2 more obvious pedagogical issues revolve around content and process: &quot;What anatomical facts does every competent practitioner need to know?&quot; and &quot;What instructional or educational method(s) will likely succeed in attaining the desired learning objectives?&quot; The teaching of human anatomy is at the forefront of pedagogical change, and students are being academically prepared in a very modern and diverse environment. The art of computer simulations, and gaming with respect to the study of anatomy is expanding on a growth curve that is record setting. Anatomy training through dissection is being questioned. The author however does not believe that the practice of cadaveric dissection will ever become completely extinct, particularly in some specialty disciplines such as surgery. The author points to a need for more anatomical exploration through cadaveric dissection that is paramount in those areas as students progress through their specialties.
Applied Research and the Transformation of College Education
Author: Doughty, Howard A.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Research,Higher Education,Colleges,Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study,Research Methodology,Demography,Technology Uses in Education,Technological Advancement,Educational Change

Like everything else today, there is a changing pattern in education. Some obvious elements are education's social function, demographics, and technology. A fourth dimension is being added to function, audience, and technique, and that is research. Research is also being reorganized, and now it is becoming an issue in the colleges. When, for example, the United States Congress banned the use of federal funds for research in political science unless the project could be shown to enhance &quot;homeland security&quot; or to protect American economic interests abroad, it was deemed a short-lived but nonetheless frightening aberration. Now, however, it is commonplace to find that a condition for research funding is that a project must prove itself in terms of commercialization. Because it is largely funded by private sector companies, research is expected to provide a material payoff--such as a new product or process that will find its value in the economic marketplace. In the alternative, academic research intended mainly to satisfy intellectual curiosity or to advance purely theoretical knowledge without thought to profit finds it difficult to locate a sponsor. Since most colleges were never interested in either scholarly or practical research, the issue of corporate-sponsored versus independent academic inquiry rarely surfaced. Now, however, some colleges are understandably tempted by the prospect of financial investment from private firms, nongovernmental agencies and the increasingly fashionable public-private partnerships. So, targeted &quot;applied&quot; research has produced a flurry of activity. Since government funds have shriveled and student fees are reaching a breaking point, the advantages of industry funding are too attractive to ignore. Howard Doughty writes here that &quot;The College Quarterly&quot; is sensitive to the legitimate educational concerns that have arisen in response to the new ethical and academic ambiguities inherent in the current enthusiasm for applied research projects and also to the socially useful consequences that such projects may bring. Although the funding possibilities are important, a strong case can also be made for the educational value to students and the end product economic value of a student-centred research experience. In this article, Doughty indicates that &quot;College Quarterly&quot; hopes that engaged educators will be willing to share their experiences, submit examples of applied projects either as research papers in themselves or as commentary on the ways that applied research relates to the pattern of transformation reflected in the social function, demographics, and technology of college education.
Student Affairs and Services Stream: College Quarterly
Author: Buddel, Neil
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Personnel Services,Citations (References),Bibliographies,Commuting Students,Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study,Disproportionate Representation,Social Class,First Generation College Students,Mental Health,Resilience (Psychology),Organizational Culture,Policy Analysis,Academic Achievement,Student Behavior,Justice,Graduate Students

&quot;College Quarterly&quot; recently introduced a stream for academic and scholar-practitioner dialogue concerning student affairs and services. To contribute to the growth and enhancement of the field, scholars and scholar-practitioners are invited to contribute original pieces that advance scholarship and/or practice around facilitating students' academic, personal, and social development as they transition into, through, and beyond their campuses. To contribute to this effort and as starting point to this stream, Neil Buddel presents a list of references that he found beneficial during his doctoral work and in the OISE M.Ed. class he facilitated on student development and services. While some resources are predictable (e.g., those related to general student success or specific populations like first-generation students), others (such as those related to social class, narrative, and learning organizations) have important intersections with student affairs and services scholarship and practice.