ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Assessing the Effectiveness of a Learning Community Course Design to Improve the Math Performance of First-Year Students
Author: Hansen, Michele J.
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Mathematics,Curriculum Design,Student Improvement,College Freshmen,Instructional Effectiveness,College Curriculum,Cooperative Learning,Mixed Methods Research,Academic Achievement,Comparative Analysis,Algebra,Introductory Courses,Student Surveys,Pretests Posttests,Semi Structured Interviews,Self Efficacy,Learner Engagement,Educational Resources,Time Management

National attention is focused on the persistent high failure rates for students enrolled in math courses, and the search for strategies to change these outcomes is on. This study used a mixed-method research design to assess the effectiveness of a learning community course designed to improve the math performance levels of firstyear students. Results suggested that investing resources into learning community programs that help students meet collegiate-level math course demands helps promote academic success in math courses and eases students' college transitions. Participants in the math learning communities reported significantly higher rates of using academic supports, engaging in campus activities, and understanding general education learning outcomes compared to a quasi-control group of students enrolled in the same math courses. Math learning community participants enrolled in introductory algebra courses had higher levels of math performance compared to nonparticipants. [This article was originally published in: &quot;Journal of Learning Communities Research,&quot; 5(1). (April 2010).]
Aisyiyah Organization and Social Change for Women
Author: Qodariah, Lelly
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Change,Females,Foreign Countries,Sex Fairness,Feminism,Case Studies,Participant Observation,Interviews,Content Analysis,Islamic Culture,Organizations (Groups),Qualitative Research

The rise of Indonesian women cannot be separated from the role of Aisyiyah organization since it was established in 1917. The examples are in education, social, religious, charity and society for more than four thousands of Aisyiyah Bustanul Afthal Kindergarten, big hospitals, health business such as mother children health, economic activities, the orphanage, women documents mainly Aisyiyah about women who have to struggle and have activity in the society. The documents such as books of: &quot; A guidance to be a meaningful wife in Islam&quot;, &quot;Adabul Marah fil Islam&quot;, &quot; A guidance to be harmonious family&quot; and &quot;The relation of men and women in Muhammadiyah&quot;. Something interesting that the book of &quot;A guidance to be harmonious family&quot; becomes the reference for Family Planning Department to support government program in forming the prosperity family. From the facts above, it can be concluded that Aisyiyah has positive contribution for Indonesian and women to develop their own potential optimally in accordance with the role that want to be implemented in the society.
Using Faculty Learning Communities to Link FYE and High-Risk Core Courses: A Pilot Study
Author: Cuevas, Mo
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,Communities of Practice,College Freshmen,Biology,College Science,Introductory Courses,Dropouts,Academic Failure,Core Curriculum,Study Skills,Pilot Projects,Grade Point Average,Science Achievement,Comparative Analysis,Grades (Scholastic),Scores,Program Effectiveness,Cooperative Learning,College Curriculum

Can success rates in a gateway course be improved by linking it to a college success course? This article describes the results of a pilot study that linked a first-year biology course that had a high drop-out and failure rate to a college success course that included study skills. The proposal to link courses came from the work of a faculty learning community aimed at sharing strategies for increasing engagement in first year courses. Faculty involved in the link worked closely together. The college success course used biology content to provide hands-on study skills applications for students. The results illustrate that students in the pilot program did significantly better in the biology course as well as in their overall fall GPA than students in the same biology course who were not in the learning community. [This article originally published in: &quot;Journal of Learning Communities Research,&quot; 4(2). (August 2009).]
Beyond &quot;Parallel Play&quot;: Creating a Realistic Model of Integrative Learning with Community College Freshmen
Author: Burg, Evelyn
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Integrated Activities,Learning Activities,Community Colleges,Two Year Colleges,Two Year College Students,College Freshmen,College Instruction,School Holding Power,Interdisciplinary Approach,Cooperative Learning,Algebra,Critical Thinking

What does interdisciplinary integration actually look like for students beginning their college studies? This article describes what a LaGuardia Community College teaching team, who typically share a theme and consult periodically but keep their classes distinct--discovered when they designed an integrative assignment for a paired developmental learning community pilot. During the semester, students in Introduction to Algebra and Critical Thinking completed three common assignments exploring the environment through mathematics: they collected data on their energy consumption, made sense of the numbers in an essay, and were asked how critical thinking and math contributed to their understanding of the environment theme. An examination of student work revealed that becoming an able integrative thinker involves learning very basic integrative skills. In turn faculty realized they needed to design an assessment tool which would reflect the developmental stages of integrative learning. [This article was originally published in: &quot;Journal of Learning Communities Research,&quot; 3(3). (Dec. 2008/Jan. 2009).]
Pupil Home Background Characteristics and Academic Performance in Senior Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Selected Secondary Schools in Kitwe District, Zambia
Author: Kakumbi, Zonic
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary School Students,Student Characteristics,Family Characteristics,Academic Achievement,Secondary Schools,Case Studies,Student Improvement,Grade 10,Grade 11,Questionnaires,Interviews,Statistical Analysis,Coding,Family Environment,Books,Language Usage,Age,Family Size,Gender Differences

The purpose of this research was to investigate pupil background characteristics and academic performance in senior secondary schools in Kitwe district with a view of recommending on how to improve pupils' performance. The study was conducted in Kitwe district because in the past years pupils' performance in senior secondary schools has been alarmingly deteriorating. The study used termly test data collected from senior secondary schools in Kitwe district. A representative sample of 150 grade ten and eleven pupils from senior secondary schools was used. The main instruments used to collect data in the study were the pupils' questionnaire and parent interview guide. Data analysis was done using two methods. These were Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), and the information collected through interviews were analysed by coding it into themes, while the information from the questionnaires were analysed through the SPSS-generated tables, diagrams and percentages. The findings of the study suggested considerable variation in pupil performance. The study revealed that there were positive relationships between the number of books at home, the language spoken at home and pupil's performance. Furthermore, the analysis of the quantitative data revealed that there was a negative relationship between pupils' age and family size.
Attitudinal Outcomes of a Multicultural Learning Community Experience: A Qualitative Analysis
Author: Firmin, Michael W.
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Multicultural Education,Cooperative Learning,Qualitative Research,College Freshmen,Outcomes of Education,Student Attitudes,Private Colleges,Bias,Stereotypes,Student Satisfaction,College Seniors,Attitude Change,Followup Studies,Phenomenology,Semi Structured Interviews

Research investigating the long-term effects of learning communities on students is scarce. This qualitative study focuses on the results of 24 in-depth interviews with students three years after participating in a first year learning community at a private, selective Midwestern university. Interview questions were designed to probe students' shifts in personal biases and stereotypes, factors related to their decisions to become involved with the learning community, self-reported levels of satisfaction with the learning community, and suggestions for improving future learning communities. Results of the interviews were positive, and also suggested the value of explicit communication about the purpose of the learning community. The authors point out the value of ongoing continuous improvement efforts. [This article was originally published in: &quot;Journal of Learning Communities Research,&quot; 4(3). (Dec. 2009).]
Trends and Challenges in Nigerian Extension Education and Research
Author: Gombe, Sani Yakubu
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Extension Education,Research,Foreign Countries,Action Research,Participatory Research,Community Development,Community Education,Mixed Methods Research,Rural Areas,Research Methodology,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis,Quasiexperimental Design

Research in extension education is a serious and challenging task facing Nigeria today because of new trends that keeps on emerging continuously. This paper seeks to examine some of the common research techniques used in extension education and describe their applicability and workability in helping people to help themselves. Most of the researches in this area are more theoretical than the practical nature of the actual extension practice. The general aim of the paper is to identify the emerging trends and how these trends pose additional challenges to extension research and practice. Two major research approaches, Participatory Action Research in Extension (PARE) and Community Based Research (CBR) were found to be encouraging community members to make good decisions on what they feel is better for their lives. This implies that the methods are very useful, relevant and can considerably increase the community effectiveness with enduring by the researchers' to employ them despite their long-time requirements.
The Analysis of Social Teachers' Performance in the Senior High Schools of Ciamis Regency
Author: Mulyadi, Endang
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary School Teachers,High Schools,Social Sciences,Teacher Competencies,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Path Analysis,Principals,Leadership Styles,School Culture,Achievement,Correlation,Teacher Improvement,Performance,Teacher Competency Testing,Educational Quality,Teacher Effectiveness,Teacher Motivation

This research is intended to analyze the principal's leadership, school cultures, teachers' welfare, achievement motivation and the competence of social teachers at Senior High Schools in Ciamis regency and their effects towards the teachers' performance. Population of this research are Social teachers at Senior High Schools in Ciamis regency, with the number of analysis unit of 121. The data collection technique used is the questionnaires of Likert scale model of five choices and managed with path analysis technique in the assistance of SPSS IBM Mac version 23. Respondents' perception show that the principal's leadership, school cultures, achievement motivation, teachers' competence and teachers' performance are in the moderate category, while teachers' welfare is in the high category. The research result shows that: (1) there is a direct positive effect of principal's leadership, school cultures and teachers' welfare towards the achievement motivation; (2) there is a direct positive effect of principal's leadership, school cultures, teachers' welfare and achievement motivation towards the teachers' competence; (3) there is an indirect positive effect of principal's leadership, school cultures, and teachers' welfare through the achievement motivation towards the teachers' performance; (4) there is a direct positive effect of principal's leadership, school cultures, teachers' welfare, achievement motivation and teachers' competence towards the teachers' performance; (5) there is an indirect positive impact of principal's leadership, school cultures, and teachers' welfare, through the achievement motivation and teachers' competence towards the teachers' performance. The effect of principal's leadership, school cultures, teachers' welfare, achievement motivation and teachers' performance directly or indirectly provide low effect towards the teachers' performance. The improvement of teachers' performance can be conducted through the sustained profession development activity or Kegiatan Pengembangan Keprofesian Berkelanjutan (PKB).
Becoming Responsible Learners: Community Matters
Author: Wiersema, Janice A.
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Leadership Training,Interdisciplinary Approach,Communities of Practice,Phenomenology,Student Development,Citizenship Education,Interpersonal Competence,Scholarships,Fellowships,Focus Groups,Semi Structured Interviews,Qualitative Research

Students at Iowa State University had the opportunity to enroll in a two-year National Science Foundation (NFS) Scholarship for Service (SFS) leadership development program, in addition to their work within their majors. This interdisciplinary program included faculty and students in computer engineering, computer science, mathematics, political science, management information systems, and education. The expected learning outcomes for this interdisciplinary effort were focused on &quot;learning in community,&quot; specifically to develop professionals and citizens who will continue learning for life while consistently supporting and encouraging the growth of others. The purpose of this phenomenological research study was to examine students' experiences of learning in community in the SFS program. Participants identified a definable developmental process where students' experiences moved from resistance to the interactive and participatory nature of the class, to reluctance to step outside comfort zones, to reliance on others within the community, to assuming responsibility for self and others in the community. [This article was originally published in: &quot;Journal of Learning Communities Research,&quot; 1(2). (December 2006).]
Spiritual Content of Yoruba Concept of Sexuality and Sustenance of Family Values through Eko-Ile (Home Training)
Author: Olaniyan, Gabriel O.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,African Culture,Cultural Influences,Sexuality,Family Influence,Parent Role,Child Behavior,Child Rearing,Religion

This paper examined the spiritual content of the Yoruba concept of sexuality and the implications it has for the sustenance of family values by use of &quot;eko ile&quot; (home training) which parents are expected to provide for their children as they prepare them for good citizenship. It is observed that most complaints about bad behaviours of young people in the contemporary African society are blamed on the lack of this cherished aspect of parenting. Inability to provide this training either because the parents do not have it or that the challenges of the time make it impossible for them to do so has resulted into a degeneration of family values in the society and almost every aspect of life; spiritual, social and moral. Traditional values and cultural norms are slowly but steadily phasing out with an alternative that permits lose control in family and community structure. The paper therefore recommends for parents to have a rethink and retrace their steps to forestall further degeneration by practicing and teaching their children &quot;eko ile&quot; that assign responsibilities with sexuality in view for the total development of society.
Effects of Gender and Personality Differences on Twitter Addiction among Turkish Undergraduates
Author: Kircaburun, Kagan
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Gender Differences,Personality Traits,Undergraduate Students,Foreign Countries,Social Media,Telecommunications,Addictive Behavior,Factor Analysis,Student Surveys,Regression (Statistics)

In this study, it was aimed to examine the association between gender, personality traits and Twitter addiction (TA) among undergraduates. Study group consisted of 365 undergraduate students who are enrolled at the state university in western region of Black sea. Big Five Inventory, TA Scale and personal information form were used for data collection. In order to analyze the data, descriptive statistics, t test, Pearson's correlation and multiple regression analyses were utilized. As a result of the study, it was found that while 37.5% of the participants were mildly addicted to Twitter, 14.5% of them were addicted moderately. Another finding suggested that addiction levels of the male students were significantly higher than females. Results also indicated that while gender was positive predictor of TA, agreeableness, conscientiousness and extraversion were significantly negatively predicting the TA levels of the Turkish undergraduates.
What&apos;s the VALUE of Information Literacy? Comparing Learning Community and Non-Learning Community Student Learning Outcomes
Author: Rapchak, Marcia E.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Information Literacy,Comparative Analysis,Cooperative Learning,Outcomes of Education,Scoring Rubrics,Curriculum,Assignments,Transfer of Training,Academic Libraries,College Students,Student Evaluation

Using the Information Literacy VALUE Rubric provided by the AAC&amp;U, this study compares thirty final capstone assignments in a research course in a learning community with thirty final assignments in from students not in learning communities. Results indicated higher performance of the non-learning community students; however, transfer skills were higher with the learning community students. Reasons for the findings are discussed, along with suggestions for future research. This article contributes to the growing literature about the role of librarians and information literacy in learning communities.
Assessing Student Work to Support Curriculum Development: An Engineering Case Study
Author: Saunders, Kevin
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Evaluation,Curriculum Development,Case Studies,Engineering Education,Interdisciplinary Approach,Agricultural Engineering,Biological Sciences,Cooperative Learning,College Students,Student Development,Thinking Skills

Knowledge and abilities associated with interdisciplinary education include integrating knowledge across disciplines, applying knowledge to real-world situations, and demonstrating skills in creativity, teamwork, communication, and collaboration. This case study discusses how a departmental curriculum committee in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University adapted the collaborative assessment protocol used in Washington Center's national project on Assessing Learning in Learning Communities to meet curriculum committee goals. These goals included developing a strategy for examining engineering students' interdisciplinary understanding across the curriculum and for ensuring that assessment efforts would support program improvements designed to give engineering graduates the specialized knowledge and abilities named by the National Academy of Engineering. As a means to help students achieve critical learning outcomes by aligning curriculum, instruction, and assessment, the curriculum committee undertook a comprehensive review of student work at different levels by posing the question, &quot;what suggestions might we offer to this student to deepen or develop the work?&quot; [This article was originally published in: &quot;Journal of Learning Communities Research,&quot; 3(3). (Dec. 2008/Jan. 2009).]
Developing a Comprehensive Learning Community Program: Implementing a Learning Community Curriculum
Author: Workman, Jamie L.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Curriculum Development,Cooperative Learning,Program Development,Living Learning Centers,Curriculum Implementation,Partnerships in Education,First Year Seminars

This is the second of a three-part series which will share information about how a mid-size, comprehensive university developed a learning community program, including a residential curriculum. Through intentional collaboration and partnerships, the team, comprised of faculty and staff throughout the university, developed a &quot;multi-year plan for learning communities to help create and support an intentional, integrative and transformational experience that is student-centered, faculty-led, and administratively supported&quot; (UNI, 2014). [For the first paper in the series, &quot;Developing a Comprehensive Learning Community Program: Providing a Historical Perspective&quot; (2015), see EJ1112518.]
Long Term Benefits for Women in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Living-Learning Community
Author: Maltby, Jennifer L.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Females,Sciences,STEM Education,Disproportionate Representation,First Generation College Students,Science Interests,Science Careers,College Graduates,Comparative Analysis,Control Groups,Residential Programs,School Holding Power,Communities of Practice,College Students,Dormitories,Program Effectiveness,Statistical Analysis

Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) degrees provide opportunities for economic mobility. Yet women, underrepresented minority (URM), and first-generation college students remain disproportionately underrepresented in STEM fields. This study examined the effectiveness of a living-learning community (LLC) for URM and first-generation first-year women interested in STEM. The authors utilized a matched sample post-hoc analysis to examine undergraduate and graduate degree attainment in science related fields for women who participated in the Women in Science Residence Program (WISERP) LLC compared to matched controls. The control group was matched on twelve characteristics that are associated with retention in STEM. First-generation college students in the LLC were significantly more likely to receive an undergraduate degree in science; URM students were more likely to receive an undergraduate degree in a science related field, nearly three times as likely to receive a master's degree in science and more than three times as likely to receive a graduate degree in science compared to their matched controls. The results indicate that a one-year intervention can meaningfully impact persistence of at-risk populations in attaining STEM bachelor's degrees and in enrolling in STEM graduate programs and invite further investigation into the factors contributing to the beneficial impact of LLCs.