ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
M-Health, New Prospect for School Health Education through Mobile Technologies at Lebanese School
Author: Jabbour, Khayrazad Kari
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Electronic Learning,Health Education,Handheld Devices,Telecommunications,Health Behavior,Mental Health,School Health Services

Supporting school health programs to improve the emotionally and physically health status of Lebanese students has never been more important. The use of mobile and wireless technologies to promote school health programs has the potential to transform the school health education and service delivery in Lebanon. This article explores the possibility of utilizing MHealth programs in Lebanese schools. The investigation goal is to provide baseline information to help school policy makers, administrators, and educators as they plan and implement coordinated school health programs which are designed to promote healthy behaviors among the Lebanese youth through the usage of mobile technology.
Results of a Comprehension Test in Mathematics
Author: Debrenti, Edith
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Tests,Comprehension,Problem Solving,Thinking Skills,Investigations,Active Learning,Basic Skills,Hypothesis Testing,Economics Education,College Students,Correlation,Teaching Methods,Learning Activities,Learning Processes,Academic Ability,Foreign Countries,Surveys

In higher education the main subjects build on the knowledge acquired in high school. Research shows that students entering universities have acquired basic knowledge to different extents. It is very important to be able to apply mathematical knowledge directly. Students often treat practical knowledge separately from theoretical knowledge. They find it difficult to bind these two or see the relation between them. Meaningful learning and understanding is a basic aspect of all kinds of learning, and it is even more important in the case of learning mathematics. When students can provide the solution to something they have not learnt directly, when they can use their knowledge in novel situations, this is a sign of a different quality of knowledge, of a deeper understanding. The aim of this research was to measure students' independent thinking and problem-solving skills, as well as to investigate the way they can actively apply their knowledge when solving problems not directly connected to the curriculum. We have investigated the relationship between the different knowledge areas, and levels (operations, conceptual understanding, problem and exercise solving) in the case of one hundred economic majors at Partium Christian University.
Future Primary and Preschool Pedagogy Specialization Students' Mathematical Problem Solving Competency
Author: Marchis, Iuliana
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Preschool Education,Elementary Education,Problem Solving,Mathematics,Logical Thinking,Competence,Foreign Countries

Developing the problem solving competency is one of the main goals of school education, as it is a very important competency in someone's everyday life and career as well. Mathematics is highly appropriate for developing this competence. This research studies future Primary and Preschool Pedagogy specialization students' mathematical problem solving and reasoning competency. These competencies are very important for a primary school teacher. The results show that most of the students easily can solve routine problems, but only half of them has adequate problem solving competency (i.e. they can successfully solve non-routine problems), and a quarter of them has good reasoning competency.
Modeling the Discrimination Power of Physics Items
Author: Mesic, Vanes
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Physics,Test Items,Science Tests,Measurement,Content Analysis,Statistical Analysis,Regression (Statistics),Achievement Tests,High Achievement,Low Achievement,Item Analysis,Multiple Choice Tests

For the purposes of tailoring physics instruction in accordance with the needs and abilities of the students it is useful to explore the knowledge structure of students of different ability levels. In order to precisely differentiate the successive, characteristic states of student achievement it is necessary to use test items that possess appropriate discriminatory power. By identifying the cognitive factors, which account for differences or similarities between high achievers and low achievers, we can evaluate the efficacy of developing various aspects of physics competence within the physics instruction. Further, knowing the predictors of physics item discrimination power makes it possible to systematically modify physics items with the purpose of improving their psychometric characteristics. In this study, we conducted a secondary analysis of the data that came from two large-scale assessments of student physics achievement at the end of compulsory education in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Foremost, we performed a content analysis of 123 physics items that were included within abovementioned assessments. Thereafter, an item database was created. Items were mainly described by variables, which were supposed to reflect some basic cognitive domain characteristics of high and low achievers. For each of the items, we calculated the item discrimination power. Finally, a regression model of physics item discrimination power was created. It has been shown that 43.6% of item discrimination power variance can be explained by factors which reflect the automaticity, complexity and modality of the knowledge structure that is relevant for generating the most probable correct solution, as well as by the constructs of cognitive load and retention. Interference effects between intuitive and formal physics knowledge structures proved to influence the item discrimination power, too.
The Transition from University to the Labour Market for IT Graduates in the City of Cluj-Napoca
Author: Magdas, Ioana
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Education Work Relationship,College Graduates,Information Technology,Labor Market,Graduate Surveys,Profiles,Computer Science Education,Educational Attitudes,Work Experience

The European Union is deeply concerned with how education responds to the needs of society. The purpose of this article is to analyze the transition from the University education to the labour market for the IT specialists in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In order to achieve this, a survey was conducted among the recent graduates in the IT field in Cluj-Napoca. The surveys contains four sections: Demographic items, Education and interests, University education and Work experience. We also were interested to identify a possible profile of the IT specialist. In this article, it is presented the survey and the interpretation of the respondents' data.
What Do Romanian Teachers Know about Learning Difficulties
Author: Pop, Cristina Florina
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Learning Problems,Preschool Teachers,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Knowledge Level,Questionnaires,Teacher Attitudes

There is a growing concern for students with learning difficulties and teachers are responsible for identifying and helping these students. The present study aims to explore the teachers' knowledge of manifestations, causes and types of learning difficulties, necessary to diagnose, prevent or remedy learning difficulties. The participants involved in the research were 63 teachers from six counties of Romania. Their answers to the questionnaire items show that teachers are competent to identify their students with learning difficulties. At the same time, the respondents underline that they feel the need to be supported in order to provide the adequate assistance to this category of students. The main areas where they think they need help are: the elaboration of adapted requirements suitable for students with learning difficulties and the readjustment of the school curriculum.
Nassi-Schneiderman Diagram in HTML Based on AML
Author: Menyhárt, László
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Visual Aids,Hypermedia,Programming Languages,Mathematics,Visualization,Editing,Users (Information),Schematic Studies

In an earlier work I defined an extension of XML called Algorithm Markup Language (AML) for easy and understandable coding in an IDE which supports XML editing (e.g. NetBeans). The AML extension contains annotations and native language (English or Hungarian) tag names used when coding our algorithm. This paper presents a drawing tool with which teachers and students can define their algorithms in visualized Nassi-Schneiderman diagram (NSD). The algorithm is stored in AML format. Users are not supposed to know the XML. First I demonstrate the visualization from AML to Nassi-Schneiderman diagram using XSL transformations. The diagrams are in HTML format because it is easy to generate from an XML file and most browser support its presentation with special JavaScripts. Second I provide a larger toolset for obtaining AML code from the visualized NSD. HTML and JavaScript together are also a good choice for this because they support the scripting with which the algorithm is modified. I found that HTML is fine for AML visualization. Algorithms can be modified from the graphical appearance with JavaScript functions. I developed an application which is available on my website. This visualization tool is useful to users who are not familiar with XML language but would like to present their algorithms in a graphical mode. The paper is especially more practical to those teachers who would like to present the algorithmic way of thinking to their students and those students who would like to practice it.
Stimulating Originality of Paintings in Elementary School Children
Author: Dulama, Maria Eliza
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Elementary School Students,Childrens Art,Painting (Visual Arts),Creativity,Stimulation,Art Activities,Art Products

Te aim of this paper is studying ways in which originality of elementary school students can be stimulated through the use of artistic activities. The paper is theoretically grounded in considering originality as the capacity to deliver new ideas, ingenious, unconventional, unusual and shocking solutions (Mihaela Roco, 2004; H. Jaoui, 1975; Al. Rosca, 1981; Margaret A. Boden, 1992) compared to previous existing models. The research hypothesis states that if children are involved in learning situations in which they use different painting and collage techniques, then they are stimulated to deliver original outputs. The empirical research was carried on during the school year 2012-2013. The sample consisted from 12 children enrolled in 2nd grade at a school from Salaj County. 12 topics were proposed. Therefore, children were involved in 12 experimental situations where they used different techniques. In the end, our hypothesis confirms, especially during the experiment, but children have difficulties in transferring the techniques in new contexts.
Effect of Problem-Based Learning on Senior Secondary School Students' Achievements in Further Mathematics
Author: Fatade, Alfred Olufemi
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Problem Based Learning,Secondary School Mathematics,Mathematics Achievement,Instructional Effectiveness,Secondary School Students,Pretests Posttests,Quasiexperimental Design,Teacher Made Tests,Statistical Analysis,Foreign Countries

The study investigated the effect of Problem-based learning (PBL) on senior secondary school students' achievements in Further Mathematics (FM) in Nigeria within the blueprint of pretest-post-test non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design. Intact classes were used and in all, 96 students participated in the study (42 in the experimental group taught with the PBL and 54 in the control group taught using the Traditional Method (TM)). One research instrument manipulated at two levels namely: Teacher-Made Test (TMT) and Researcher-Designed Test (RDT), was developed and used for the study and data collected were analysed using the descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation which served as precursor to testing the two hypotheses for the study using an independent samples t-test. Results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the mean post-test achievement scores on TMT and mean post-test achievement scores on RDT between students exposed to the PBL and those exposed to the TM, all in favour of the PBL group. Based on the results, the study recommended that the PBL should be adopted as alternative instructional strategy to the TM in enhancing meaningful learning in Further Mathematics classrooms and efforts should be made to integrate the philosophy of PBL into the pre-service teachers' curriculum at the teacher-preparation institutions in Nigeria.
Development of &quot;Task Value&quot; Instrument for Biology as a School Subject
Author: Köksal, Mustafa Serdar
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Biology,Science Instruction,Test Construction,Secondary School Science,Grade 9,High School Students,Self Efficacy,Test Anxiety,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Scores,Student Motivation,Science Achievement,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Likert Scales,Factor Analysis,Goodness of Fit

The expectancy-value model of motivation states that individuals' choice, persistence and performances are related to their beliefs about how much they value task. Despite the importance of &quot;task value&quot; in learning biology, lack of the instruments on task value for high school biology courses for practical use indicated requirement to develop an instrument. The purpose of this study is development of &quot;task value&quot; instrument for using in high school biology courses. The study was conducted on 189 ninth grade high school students by applying &quot;task value&quot; instrument, self-efficacy and test anxiety scales. To collect validity evidence, confirmatory, divergent and convergent validity analyses were performed while internal consistency was determined by Cronbach alpha reliability analysis. The results showed that scores on the instrument with 18 items loaded on three factors (importance, interest and utility) and Cronbach alpha values were 0.64 for importance aspect, 0.88 for interest aspect and 0.84 for utility aspect. Based on the findings, it can be suggested that the instrument can be used to determine current motivational status of the students and to predict future performances, efforts and persistence on biology tasks.
Research Culture in Higher Education: The Case of a Foreign Language Department in Mexico (Cultura de la investigación: el caso de un Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras en México)
Author: Hernández Méndez, Edith
Date: 2014-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Departments,International Education,Higher Education,Organizational Theories,Educational Change,Research,College Faculty,Organizational Culture,Work Environment,Faculty Publishing,Administrator Attitudes,Budgets,Institutional Cooperation,Guidelines,Incentives,Research Committees,Interviews

In the case of Mexico, until recently, many universities focused mainly on teaching, but recent changes have led to new appointments in research, administration, and community service. There now seems to be, however, a view of the predominance of research in the academic environment. Therefore, the purpose of this paper was to examine and identify, through the lens of organizational theory and a current model of research culture in an academic setting, some characteristics of the research culture in the Department of Languages and Education at a public university in Southeast Mexico. Following the international tendencies and models in higher education, we see that the research culture observed in this university resembles more a market culture than other types of culture, although some traits of hierarchy culture provide cohesion in the organization.
A Platform for Development of Mathematical Games on Silverlight
Author: Radakovic, Davorka
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Games,Mathematics Instruction,Instructional Materials,Geometry,Computer Software,Interaction,Teaching Methods,Sequential Learning,Geometric Concepts,Scripts,Programming,Experiments,Computer Assisted Instruction,Problem Solving,Mathematics Tests,Scores,Syntax,Semantics,Student Attitudes,Preferences,Foreign Countries,College Students

Dynamic geometry software (DGS) is often used for development of interactive teaching materials in many subjects, not only mathematics. These interactive materials can contain hundreds of elements in order to represent complex objects, and script programs to control their behavior. We propose an approach for creating, importing and using components in the SLGeometry DGS, which can help solve the problem of overcomplicated geometric drawings. This approach benefits the teachers who can use ready-made components to develop their materials. We present an overview of our components, and a demonstration of their use. An experiment was conducted with a group of mathematics students in order to test our software in practice. The results of the experiment are also presented.
Theory and Practice in Communication Course Books
Author: Szoke-Milinte, Eniko
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Theory Practice Relationship,Textbooks,Content Analysis,Learning Strategies,Personality,Learning Processes,Teaching Methods,Scientific Research,Postmodernism,Foreign Countries,Business Communication,Communication Problems,Deception,Poetry,Communication Skills,Creative Activities

The textbook is an essential individual studying and learning tool which helps the student gain insight into the theoretical system as well as the practical issues of a particular field of study. It can also raise interest in and develop a commitment to a discipline with the aid of appropriate tasks and exercises. However, most importantly, the textbook offers a learning strategy for the study of a particular discipline, which facilitates the acquisition of learning and studying strategies for life. This article presents content-selection principles that can be derived from the nature of scientific learning, from the organisation and operation of the personality and from the psychic nature of learning. These principles, which are introduced through examples of teaching and learning communication, can form the basis for the effective selection of textbook theory and textbook practice.
GeoGebra in a Geography Class
Author: Herceg, Ðorde
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Geography Instruction,Mathematical Concepts,Teaching Methods,Map Skills,Learning Activities,Curriculum Implementation,Spatial Ability,Problem Solving,Courseware,Navigation,Integrated Activities,Secondary School Science,Secondary School Curriculum,Learning Strategies,Educational Practices,Foreign Countries

Certain secondary school subjects, such as geography, contain topics which are based on mathematical concepts. However, some geography teachers either fail to recognize this connection or choose to ignore it when they teach. Instead, they present the subject matter as a collection of facts, which need to be memorized and reproduced by the pupils. In order to change the &quot;classical&quot; teaching paradigm and motivate both the teachers and the pupils to actively engage in teaching and learning through real world examples, we created a set of exercises related to the development of map skills, and taught the students of geography to implement them in GeoGebra.
Representations in Primary Mathematics Teaching
Author: Debrenti, Edith
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Mathematics Tests,Problem Solving,Mathematics Skills,Drills (Practice),Algebra,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Elementary School Mathematics,Correlation,Mathematics Curriculum,Foreign Countries

The OECD PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) investigates whether students have acquired the applicable knowledge essential for full participation in a modern society (they measure how students can apply their knowledge to novel situations). Meaningful learning and understanding are basic aspects of all kinds of learning and they are even more important in the case of learning mathematics. The aim of this research was to measure students' independent thinking and problem-solving skills, as well as to investigate the way they can actively apply their knowledge when solving problems directly and not directly connected to the curriculum. We have investigated the relationship between different knowledge areas and levels in the case of Primary School and Kindergarten Teacher Training College's students at Partium Christian University Oradea.
The Role of Songs in First-Graders' Oral Communication Development in English (El papel de las canciones en el desarrollo de la comunicación oral en inglés de niños de primero de primaria)
Author: Castro Huertas, Ivon Aleida
Date: 2014-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Role,Singing,Elementary School Students,Grade 1,Action Research,Oral Language,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,Vocabulary Development,Interviews,Observation,Video Technology,Teacher Researchers,Teaching Methods,Music Education

We report on an action research project aimed at developing oral communication in first-graders, using songs as a strategy for young learners to use and enjoy English. It was developed at a Colombian public school over three months. The teacher-researchers attempted to encourage students using simple and amusing songs to help them learn new vocabulary in English and develop oral skills from the very moment they began their literacy process. In this article, we attempt to share our findings obtained from data collected through direct observation, field notes, video recordings, and interviews that show the process followed by very young learners to acquire vocabulary by singing.
Student Experiments and Teacher Tests Using EDAQ530
Author: Kopasz, Katalin
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Education,Science Experiments,Active Learning,Inquiry,High School Students,Computer Uses in Education,Measurement Techniques,Data Analysis,Physics,Motion,Kinetics,Computer Graphics,Science Equipment,Science Instruction,Teaching Methods,Educational Practices,Foreign Countries,Observation

Experiments, as we all know, are especially important in science education. However, their impact on improving thinking could be even greater when applied together with the methods of inquiry-based learning (IBL). In this paper we present our observations of a high-school laboratory class where students used computers to carry out and analyse real experiments. During the class students used Edaq530, a low-cost, compact and easy-to-use digital measurement solution [http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/noise/edudev/EDAQ530/]. It allowed them to see the results of the measurements real-time on the screen. This technique enables students to make a lot of measurements themselves, get to know the steps of data analysis, and discover relationships and laws in physics which were previously unknown to them.