ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Using Causal Diagrams to Foster Systems Thinking in Geography Education
Author: Cox, Marjolein
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Visual Aids,Thinking Skills,Systems Approach,Geography Instruction,Sustainable Development,World Problems,Problem Solving,High School Students,Foreign Countries,Difficulty Level,Scaffolding (Teaching Technique),Causal Models,Instructional Design

To gain insight into complex sustainability problems and acknowledge complexity is essential and can be achieved by creating an overview of the entire system, including interaction between variables. Therefore, systems thinking is recognized as a vital cognitive skill required to grasp complex global problems. Nevertheless, the implementation of systems thinking into general education, and geography in particular, is sadly limited. Encouraging students to use appropriate tools will probably help them understand systems complexity. A lesson series to foster systems thinking in a Belgian high school geography course was developed and implemented. In this design, produced by researchers in consultation with teachers, students were required to elaborate causal diagrams based on original texts and graphs of complex geographical issues. Causal diagrams are expected to support the development of students' systems thinking ability. The interpretation of the information sources from a geographical, and thus multidimensional perspective, is the core of inquiry-based instruction aimed at fostering systems thinking. By describing the gradual use of causal diagrams as a tool to visually represent given data, this article contributes an example of this scaffolding technique in geography education. In addition to a description of the lesson series itself, we also discuss how decisions in the design process were influenced by theoretical as well as practical aspects of geography education in Flanders (Belgium). Furthermore, first reflections on the implementation are illustrated.
Application of Rasch Model on Resilience in Higher Education: An Examination of Validity and Reliability of Malaysian Academician Happiness Index (MAHI)
Author: Alavi, Khadijah
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Resilience (Psychology),Test Validity,Test Reliability,Psychological Patterns,College Faculty,Foreign Countries,Public Colleges,Stress Variables,Muslims,Social Influences,Teacher Characteristics,Teaching Conditions,Psychometrics,Models

This preliminary study was conducted to examine and verify the validity and reliability of the instrument on the Malaysian Academician Happiness Index (MAHI) on resilience. MAHI could be seen as a tool to measure the level of happiness and stress of academicians before determining how resilient the academicians were. Resilience can be defined as a mental ability of a person to recover quickly from illness or depression. MAHI instrument consisted of 66 items. The instrument was distributed to 40 academicians from three groups of universities which were the Focus University, Comprehensive University and Research University is using a survey technique. The instrument was developed to measure three main constructs which were the organization, individual and social that would affect the happiness and stress levels of academicians. This preliminary study employed the Rasch Measurement Model uses Winsteps software version 3.69.1.11. to examine the validity and reliability of the items. The results of the analysis of the MAHI instrument showed that the item reliability was 0.87, person reliability was 0.83 and value of Alpha Cronbach was 0.84. Meanwhile, misfit analysis showed that only there was one item with 1.46 logit that could be considered for dropping or needed improvement. Therefore, it highlighted that most of the items met the constructs' need and can be used as a measurement indicator of MAHI. The implication of this instrument can help Malaysian academicians to be more resilient in facing challenges in the future.
Analysis of Text Mining from Full-Text Articles and Abstracts by Postgraduates Students in Selected Nigeria Universities
Author: Ibrahim, Mariam Taiwo
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Journal Articles,Documentation,Graduate Students,Foreign Countries,Universities,Content Analysis,Natural Language Processing,Preferences,Information Sources,Classification,Online Searching

Purpose: This study analysed text mining from full-text articles and abstracts by postgraduate students in selected Nigeria universities. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a survey research design using a questionnaire as the instrument for data collection from 357 postgraduate students drawn using Raosoft sample size calculator. Six research questions were developed and answered. Finding: The findings demonstrate that postgraduate students mined texts from full texts articles mostly to write a dissertation, for personal academic development and to prepare research seminars. It also revealed that postgraduate students mined texts from abstracts majorly to write dissertations and prepare for research seminars; postgraduate students mined texts using information extraction technique, information retrieval technique, and summarization. The texts are mined mostly form PDF format, followed by Microsoft word format and HTML format (Web pages). Postgraduate students prefer mining texts from full-text articles than from abstracts and the sources postgraduate students mostly mine text is through the World Wide Web, followed by library databases. Research limitations/implications: The current study only used a questionnaire, a self-reported survey to collect data from the respondents of the study. Including other data collection instruments such as interviews would provide a holistic view of the data mining scenario from both the full-text articles and abstracts among the postgraduate students in Nigerian universities and this would make the generalisation of the study findings easier and more worthwhile. Originality/value: Research on data mining either from full-text articles or abstracts were predominantly conducted in Advance countries. This study seems to be one of the pioneer studies in this area in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. It is the original idea by the author; and it is assumed that understanding the nature and context-related information in data mining by the postgraduate students is an original idea.
Silence Is Gold?: A Study on Students&apos; Silence in EFL Classrooms
Author: Hanh, Nguyen Thu
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,English (Second Language),Majors (Students),Student Behavior,Student Participation,Classroom Communication,Undergraduate Students,Personality Traits,Language Proficiency,Applied Linguistics,Teaching Methods,Learning Processes,Foreign Countries,Shyness,Vocabulary Skills,Language Usage

The current paper explores the silent behavior of students within EFL classrooms. It investigates reasons behind students' in-class silence, or lack of verbal participation, and then puts forwards several suggested solutions for more effective in-class conversation. The population for this study consists of 85 English-major students at a university of foreign languages in Hanoi, Vietnam and the data are collected via questionnaire and semi-structured interview. The findings indicate various causes of students' classroom silence: personal and impersonal, linguistic and psychological factors such as students' personality and language proficiency, teachers' methodology, lesson contents, and class cooperation. Together with the theoretical discussion, the empirical evidence revealed by this study can perhaps help applied linguistics practitioners/ teachers gain more heightened awareness and deeper understanding of students' silent behavior. The current study purposefully targets at enhancing both the English teaching and learning efficiency at this foreign-language university.
Enhancing the Educational Activities of Law Students as One of the Ways to Improve Efficiency and Quality of the Professional Training
Author: Nebeska, Marina S.
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Law Students,Legal Education (Professions),Student Motivation,Career Choice,Learning Activities,Teaching Methods,Skill Development,Communication Skills,Cognitive Processes,Student Participation,Learner Engagement,Foreign Countries,Creativity

The article urges the problem of enhancing the academic activity of law students as one of the ways of improving the efficiency and quality of professional training. The nature and structure of academic activity of future lawyers are covered. Thus, academic activity is a form of a human activity, which structure is viewed through the prism of mastering a set of knowledge and methods of activity, moral and ethical values, as well as social relations. Academic activity of student youth promotes mastering of basic methods and practical experience of solving professional problems, development of planetary thinking and creativity, that is, it is a professional-oriented activity. In order to enhance the academic activity of law students, the features of its structure were investigated. In particular, the following components were selected: motivational, cognitive and practical. A questionnaire on the topic &quot;Why did I choose the profession of a lawyer?&quot; was conducted. The pedagogical experiment and psychological research based on two methodologies, Ilyina's &quot;Motivation to study in higher educational institutions&quot; and Ayzenko's method of figurative thinking &quot;Find regularity&quot;, have been involved. An assessment of the impact done by interactive teaching methods of students, who are studying at the National Aviation University, the specialty &quot;Law&quot;, has also been provided. The main ways to solve the problem of intensifying the educational activities of future lawyers have been identified. They include the development of communication, mental processes, motivation to study, active involvement of students in educational activities, and taking responsibility for studying in the higher educational establishment. Problems of interaction between teachers and students while training and increasing students' independence need further development.
Factors Affecting the Understanding of IFRS in Accounting Students
Author: Septriana, Ira
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Accounting,Standards,Knowledge Level,Comprehension,Foreign Countries,College Students,Learning Readiness

This study examines the effect of learning readiness, learning experiences, learning behavior and teaching quality of lecturers on The International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) understanding in accounting students. This study uses primary data by distributing questionnaires to accounting program students at Dian Nuswantoro University Semarang. The population in 2019 with the number of students taking their 7th semester in this study was 184 students. Determination of the number of samples in this study using the Slovin formula, to get a total sample of 65 students. The results show that only the readiness of learning affects the understanding of IFRS in accounting students. While the learning experience, learning behavior and teaching quality of lecturers do not affect the understanding of IFRS in accounting students.
The Nature of Innovation Eco-System of the Western Kazakh State University
Author: Mergaliyeva, Liliya
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Developing Nations,Universities,Educational Change,Educational Innovation,Ecological Factors,Ecology,Entrepreneurship,Educational Development,Educational Strategies,Program Implementation,COVID-19,Pandemics

During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities have quickly and effectively moved millions of students and educators online despite huge logistical and technological challenges. There are very few industries that have reacted in this way. In future leading universities will look for a new business model and apply disruptive innovations into the leaning process. In recent years Kazakh higher education development has been accompanied by intensive economic growth thereby raising demand for high qualified employers. The aim of this research was to reveal the ways of implementing high innovation and creativity approaches at Western Kazakhstan State University. This study examined the factors determining conditions for development of an innovative culture across the university and industry. The methodology is based on semi-structured interviews, reflective experiences; survey of students, teachers and administration. The results show that WKSU needs frugal innovation, as it provides a new entrepreneurial landscape for companies in low-income countries with limited resources to develop innovations.
The Impact of Integrating Project Studies into the Working Processes of Companies
Author: Fuchs-Kittowski, Frank
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Projects,Graduate Students,Foreign Countries,Experiential Learning,School Business Relationship,Work Experience,Program Effectiveness,Computer Science Education

This article describes and evaluates the concept of project studies in the part-time master's degree course &quot;Professional IT-Business&quot; at the HTW Berlin. The concept contains several elements which are intended to enable and support work process-integrated learning, or learning in real work processes and projects in companies. The concept presents as an innovative solution for competence development through project-oriented, work process-integrated forms of teaching and learning in cooperation between the university and companies. To evaluate the effectiveness of the concept of work-process-integrated project study, a survey among 31 students was carried out concurrently testing eight hypotheses. The descriptive analysis of the survey results allowed conclusions on the potential for change and improvement of the didactic concept underlying the project study. In addition to the description of the methodology and the results obtained, conclusions were drawn from the evaluations as well as perspectives on future applications of the work-process-integrated project study.
Investigate the Relationship between Psychological Well-Being, Self-Efficacy and Positive Thinking at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
Author: Alkhatib, Maha Ahmed Hussein
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Positive Attitudes,Well Being,Self Efficacy,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Measures (Individuals),Undergraduate Students,Graduate Students,Gender Differences,Humanities,Sciences,Scores

The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between psychological well-being, self-efficacy and positive thinking, among Prince Sattam Bin Abdul Aziz University's students in Saudi Arabia. To answer the study questions, three questionnaires were administrated, two were submitted by the researcher (psychological well-being and self-efficacy), positive thinking scale by (Radi &amp; Metib, 2017) to 350 university students with range age of 18 to 36 years old. The study adopted a descriptive design to measure the degree of correlation between variables, Results of the study showed that students have moderate psychological well-being level, and that there was a positive relationship between psychological well-being; self-efficacy and positive thinking, also research results indicated that there was a positive relationship between self-efficacy and positive thinking, but the results showed that (gender, faculty, academic level) had no impact on psychological well-being or positive thinking. The impact was within (academic level) on self-efficacy in benefit of master degree group.
Practical-Oriented Concept as a Principle of Professional Education of the Future Professionals
Author: Diachok, Nadiia
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Professional Education,Comparative Analysis,Socialization,Educational Quality,Specialists,Interdisciplinary Approach,Higher Education,Innovation,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students,Student Participation

The article considers the essence of the process of practice-oriented concept as a principle of the professional training quality of the future specialists. Socialization is singled out and considered through the interdisciplinary concept in professional education. Socialization is defined as a successful component of the future specialists' professional education. One of the ways of professional education of the future specialists is covered -- participation in social projects of the higher education institutions. Emphasis is placed on the peculiarities of the socialization and professional education of the future specialists through the social project's organization. The motivational and innovative components of socialization in the professional education of future specialists are studied. The results of the experimental study are described.
Enhancing of Student Involvement and Collaboration through Think-Pair-Share Model on Energy Conversion Learning
Author: Sutopo
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Cooperative Learning,Energy Conservation,Learning Strategies,Student Participation,Engineering Education,Action Research

This study aims to improve collaboration in thinking, pairing, and sharing of students in energy conversion learning. This study experimented with the think pair and share (TPS) type of cooperative method to get improvements in terms of activity and cooperation. The procedure of the study adopted the classroom action research of the Kemmis &amp; Taggart model covering the stages of planning, implementation, observation and reflection. Data collection techniques using observation and documentation. The results showed that the application of the cooperative learning model type TPS method was able to increase collaboration in thinking, pairing, and sharing as evidenced by the results of observations of each cycle which increased the first cycle of 12.5% for student involvement and 25% for collaboration, the second cycle of 78,1% for student involvement and 53.1% for cooperation, and third cycle of 96.9% for student involvement and 100% for cooperation. It shows that the application of TPS is useful to be applied in energy conversion learning. Also, this research may need to be continued in other engineering courses which are dominated by theory and practicum.
Teaching Microaggressions, Identity, and Social Justice: A Reflective, Experiential and Collaborative Pedagogical Approach
Author: Kwong, Kenny
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Civil Rights,Self Concept,Aggression,Social Justice,Power Structure,Social Discrimination,Racial Discrimination,Metacognition,Social Work,Disadvantaged,Course Content,Reflection,Experiential Learning,Feedback (Response),Student Attitudes,Course Evaluation,Cooperative Learning,Cultural Awareness,Social Bias,Racial Bias,Diversity,Dialogs (Language),Counselor Training,College Students,Self Disclosure (Individuals),Role Playing

The purpose of social work is actualized through its commitment to diversity and differences in practice, as well as human rights, social, economic, and environmental justice. A review of literature on microaggressions and oppression against marginalized and vulnerable populations suggests important themes that social work instructors need to examine with students. It is unclear to what extent instructors use pedagogical tools to gain knowledge, skills, and critical consciousness to navigate social justice contents and manage difficult conversations with diverse student groups in class settings. Not much attention is paid in social work education on how well instructors are prepared to teach this content in depth and what challenges they face when facilitating highly sensitive and difficult discussions with students. This article described and evaluated five sets of reflective, experiential, and collaborative activities in a social justice course designed to help social work students examine the histories of various identity groups that have experienced discrimination and oppression and increase their self-awareness of both privilege and personal bias in one's life. These activities include: (1) reflective reading notes; (2) critical reflection paper; (3) brief lecture and experiential class activities and discussion; (4) collaborative group presentations and role-plays; and (5) cultural competency plan. Thirty-two students completed the evaluation surveys to assess their overall feedback about course activities and 36 students completed anonymous online course evaluations to assess their level of attainment in all course competencies. Student feedback collected in course evaluations and surveys, students' self-assessment of attainment of course competencies, and the instructor's critical reflection and self-assessment, suggest that teaching social justice using a reflective, experiential, and collaborative pedagogical approach has a promising potential for advancing course objectives. Through these activities, students increased their knowledge on a range of topics such as racism, oppression, microaggression, social identities, intersectionality, privilege, and cultural humility, enhanced their understanding of various forms of prejudice and discrimination, and acquired critical skills and cultural competence that have direct application in social work field.
Teacher Development Potential (Creativity and Innovation) Education Management in Engineering Training, Coaching and Writing Works through Scientific Knowledge Intensive Knowledge Based on Web Research in the Industrial Revolution and Society
Author: Rosa, Ade Tutty Rokhayati
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Vocational Education,Vocational Education Teachers,Faculty Development,Teacher Empowerment,Vocational High Schools,Technical Writing,Teacher Workshops,Writing Workshops,Writing Skills

This research is an empowerment of the potential of vocational school teachers in the form of scientific writing to function as a vehicle for communication and dissemination of works and ideas for teachers or others. The problems are: (1) the making of scientific papers of any type is partly, vocational teachers do not understand much and are unable to write good scientific works, are still done traditionally, whereas writing web-based scientific papers/research is urgently needed in the revolutionary era and society now and in the future. (2). Until now, &quot;SMK&quot; (Vocational High Schools) have not strengthened the ability to respond to the needs of the world of work, business, industry with innovation and digital-based interdisciplinary curriculum, education in &quot;SMK&quot; should be as a reference for innovation, and most responsive to the development of knowledge and technology according to the needs of industry and civil society. is the ability to change midset action in writing scientific papers, which are designed through implementation, and empowering the potential of vocational school teachers in the methods of editing, inquiry, compiling the results of scientific papers and others relevant to the development of the era of the industrial revolution and the Society. Research methods include holding workshops. training scenarios using in class systems on the job training and presentation of results on the job, at the end of the workshop, motivating and creativity, a web-based scientific/research writing contest was held using the science and technology media built through vocational teachers. The results of the study include: (1) The realization of birth of human resources (teachers) in vocational schools, especially in Bandung in writing web-based scientific research and digitizing in Management of Multicultural Education with Strengthening Education and National Identity in an integrated manner in line with the development of the Industrial Revolutionary Era and society.