ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Promoting Active Participation of Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Social Activities through Citizenship Education in Disability Centers in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Author: Alkahtani, Mohammed Ali
Date: 2017-10-10
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Citizenship Education,Intellectual Disability,Special Schools,Civil Rights,Social Integration,Questionnaires,Qualitative Research,Knowledge Level,Statistical Analysis,Comprehension

This study evaluates the positive impact of citizenship education in students with an intellectual disability in disability centers in Saudi Arabia. The understanding of citizenship rights is widely perceived to be helpful for the successful integration of disabled students in a diverse society. A qualitative close-ended questionnaire was used as a data collection tool to evaluate the citizenship knowledge of 6-12-year-old students who were randomly recruited from the disability centers in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The study revealed an average level of citizenship knowledge among the students with intellectual disabilities. The results of the present study are statistically significant and suggest the importance of reforms in the educational institutes of disabled students, in order to ensure the development of citizenship knowledge in these students and help them to be a part of a diverse society.
Effects of Intra-Family Parameters: Educative Style and Academic Knowledge of Parents and Their Economic Conditions on Teenagers&apos; Personality and Behavior
Author: Bakhtavar, Mohammad
Date: 2015-12-10
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Adolescents,Personality Traits,Parents,Behavior,Questionnaires,Extraversion Introversion,Neurosis,Personality Measures,Foreign Countries,Hypothesis Testing,Parenting Styles,Correlation,Educational Attainment,Parent Background,Mothers,Fathers,Place of Residence,Family Income

The present study aims to investigate the effects of intra-family parameters; educative styles and academic knowledge of parents and their economic condition on teenagers' personality and behavior. The present study is a descriptive survey. The statistical sample of the study included 166 teenage students from Baku, Azerbaijan and 332 of their parents were selected through stratified random sampling based on the size of the population. The data were collected through Eysenck personality questionnaire specifically designed for adolescents and adults along with Baumrind parental authority questionnaire. Results from data analysis revealed that there is a significant relationship between educative styles of parents and adolescent personality types, that is, teenagers' personality types differ according to their parents' parenting styles. Parents with logical parenting styles tend to have children with more extrovert personalities. The relationship between fathers' educational level and educational models of parents is also significant. And, the relationship between mothers' educational level and educational models of parents is significant as well. The study failed to find a significant relationship between personality types in adolescents and their residence; however, the relationship between their personality types and economic status of the family is significant. Since findings of the present study approve the relationship between parenting styles of parents and personality types of adolescents, it is strongly suggested that parents be taught the outcomes of strict and easy going parenting through educational programs.
Motives for Physical Activity Participation in Turkish Primary School Students
Author: Saçli Uzunöz, Fatma
Date: 2015-12-23
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Activities,Student Participation,Elementary School Students,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires,Student Volunteers,Comparative Analysis,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Student Motivation,Statistical Analysis

The purpose of this study was to explore the motives for participating in physical activity, and to compare motives with respect to gender and age in pupils aged from 9 to 11 years in Turkey. The participants were 400 voluntary pupils (205 females and 195 males) from a total of four public schools in the center of Cappadocia region. Authorization of parents, teachers and principals were ensured at all times. Data were gathered by &quot;Questionnaire of Motives for Physical Activity Participation.&quot; Exploratory factor analysis revealed a four factor solution--&quot;psychological, cognitive, physical, and social aspects of motives&quot;--explaining 60.3% of the variance with 30 possible reasons for participating in physical activity in daily life. Internal consistency coefficient was a = 0.88 for the questionnaire. Descriptive statistics showed that the most important motives for being physically active were social factors (M = 2.28 ± 0.69), it was followed in order of importance by psychological factors (M = 2.25 ± 0.63), physical factors (M = 2.20 ± 0.51) and cognitive factors (M = 1.82 ± 0.63). The most indicated social motive was &quot;to be and play with friends&quot;, while the least were &quot;social events as tournament participation&quot; and &quot;to be well-known and popular.&quot; Kruskal Wallis Test showed that mean ranks on cognitive and physical motives were significantly different according to age, increasing in importance from age 9 to 11 (p&lt;0.05*). Mann-Whitney U test showed that there was no significant difference on participation motives regarding gender (p&gt;0.05) in primary school students.
The Effects of Computer Games on the Achievement of Basic Mathematical Skills
Author: Sayan, Hamiyet
Date: 2015-11-23
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Instruction,Teaching Methods,Computer Games,Mathematics Skills,Mathematics Achievement,Foreign Countries,Computer Uses in Education,Technology Integration,Grade 5,Elementary School Students,Elementary School Mathematics,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Mathematics Tests,Basic Skills,Comparative Analysis,Pretests Posttests,Elementary School Teachers

This study aims to analyze the relationship between playing computer games and learning basic mathematics skills. It shows the role computer games play in the learning and achievement of basic mathematical skills by students. Nowadays it is clear that individuals, especially young persons are very fond of computer and computer games. Since students are very interested in computers, they can be used to achieve education and instructional objectives. This study aims to search for evidences whether computer games can be used to obtain basic mathematical skills. The study was conducted in 2012, with grade 5 elementary school students (44 in number). 22 of the students made up the experimental group, and the other 22 students constituted the control group. The two groups studied basic mathematical skills in two different ways after their teacher taught them as usual. A group studied the mathematical skills by playing math computer games; the other group did exercises as classical homework after being taught in the classroom. SPSS-''t test'' technique was used to examine the academic achievement of the two groups. All the students were given a Mathematics test of 25 questions related to basic skills operations. This test is used as the pretest and posttest. The result of the study showed that there is no significant difference between the group that learned basic mathematical skills with the aid of math computer games and the other group that learned basic mathematical skills alone without playing computer game.
The Comparison of the Attitudes of Students from Different High Schools within Turkish Education System towards Physical Education and Sports
Author: Çoknaz, Hakki
Date: 2015-12-23
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,High School Students,Physical Education,Athletics,Student Surveys,Attitude Measures,Statistical Analysis,Institutional Characteristics,Instructional Program Divisions,Gender Differences,Comparative Analysis

The aim of this research is to set forth the attitudes of students from different high schools within Turkish education system towards physical education and sports class. 99 students from Sports High School, 195 from Vocational High School, 313 from Anatolian High School, 158 from Fine Arts High School, 255 from Imam Hatip High School, 192 from Science High School, 171 from Social Sciences High School, in total 1383 students participated in this research. &quot;Physical Education and Sports Attitude Scale&quot; is used in order to measure students' attitudes towards physical education class. This scale is composed of 12 positive and 12 negative, in total 24 items and developed by Demirhan and Altay. In data analysis independent Samples T-Test is used for the comparison of two groups, and OneWay ANOVA is used for independent groups. When a difference is detected, in order to find the source group of the difference, Tukey Test with significance of p&lt; 0.05 is used. It is found that students' attitude scores towards physical education class are high (100.27 + 13.39). Also it is obtained that there is a statistical difference in students' attitude scores towards physical education class according to their school type (p&lt;0.001), grade (p&lt;0.001) and gender (p&lt;0.01). As a result of this study, it was found that students' attitude towards physical education class differ according to school type, grade and gender.
Teachers&apos; and Students&apos; Thoughts on the Integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Its Use in Adult Centres: The Case of the Canary Islands
Author: Almeida, Paula Morales
Date: 2015-11-23
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Technology Integration,Adult Education,Adult Educators,Adult Students,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Questionnaires,Computer Uses in Education

This study presents the results of an investigation carried out with teachers and students of adult centres of the Canary Islands, Spain. The main goal of the investigation was to determine the opinions and the formation of both teachers and students about information and communication technologies (ICT) and whether they use these technologies in their daily life. For this purpose, two questionnaires were created, one for teachers and one for students, with some questions especially designed for each group and a common section for both groups. A total of 760 people participated in the study investigation to a total of 31 adult centres in the Canary Islands. Similarities and differences in their way of thinking about ICT were established from their responses to the common section, and this will help us to improve their teaching-learning process in adult centres of the Canary Islands, as well as to determine the necessary resources to implement some processes with technology.
Determining Science Student Teachers&apos; Cognitive Structure on the Concept of &quot;Food Chain&quot;
Author: Çinar, Derya
Date: 2015-12-10
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Cognitive Structures,Scientific Concepts,Qualitative Research,Misconceptions,Science Teachers,Association Measures,Content Analysis,Food,Foreign Countries,Classification

The current study aims to determine science student teachers' cognitive structure on the concept of food chain. Qualitative research method was applied in this study. Fallacies detected in the pre-service teachers' conceptual structures are believed to result in students' developing misconceptions in their future classes and will adversely affect their future teaching performance. The data were collected from 48 science student teachers. A free word association test was used as a data collection instrument. The data collected were subject to content analysis. Analyzing the science student teachers' responses to the concept of food chain on the free word association test, these responses were coded and divided into categories. Based on the categories, frequency and percentages were provided. The data collected through the study were divided into 8 categories, which were stated as follows: energy flow--producer, consumer, decomposer organisms- food chain and food pyramid relationship--ecologic factors--matters used in energy flow--terms related to vitality-deterioration in food chain--the characteristics of the population. When the words provided as answers by the science student teachers to the concept of food chain were analyzed, it was noticed that they had more word connections with energy flow and in terms of the elements that compose food chain. Moreover, it was determined that they had some misconceptions about food chain. Similar research can be conducted with different student groups and for the correction of alternative concepts related to the concept of food chain, Extra biology courses should be included in undergraduate curriculums.
Comparative Analysis of the Approaches Used By Prospective Music Teachers in Turkey in Practicing the Piano Works of Contemporary Turkish Composers
Author: Sönmezöz, Feyza
Date: 2015-11-23
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Musical Instruments,Music Education,Musical Composition,Drills (Practice),Music Teachers,Preservice Teachers,High Schools,Institutional Characteristics,Familiarity,Instructional Program Divisions,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis

This study determined the levels of recognizing piano works of contemporary Turkish composers, the importance of practicing these works and difficulty in playing these works by the prospective music teachers in the Departments of Music Education in Turkey. Furthermore, this study performed a comparative analysis on the opinions of the prospective teachers who have played the works of contemporary Turkish composers during their piano education and those who have not in recognizing these works and considering their practice necessary. The sampling of the study consists of a total of 166 prospective music teachers in the first, second, third and fourth grades. The study utilized a general screening model and the data analysis of the study was performed through SPSS 21.0. 37.3% of the prospective music teachers carried out a study on the piano works of contemporary Turkish composer while 62.7% of them did not. Furthermore, the study concluded that recognizing the piano works of Contemporary Turkish Composers, considering the practice of these works necessary and having difficulty in playing these works by the prospective music teachers do not vary according to the type of high school that they graduated from and their grades and that the levels of recognizing the piano works of Contemporary Turkish Composers and considering the practice of these works necessary do not vary according to whether they have played these works before or not.
Best Management Practice for Understanding Learning in Sustainable Water Resource Management (WRM) for Secondary Science Teachers in Thailand
Author: Chunrasaksakun, Chunwadee
Date: 2015-11-23
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary School Teachers,Science Teachers,Water,Natural Resources,Science Instruction,Sustainability,Natural Disasters,Inservice Teacher Education,Pretests Posttests,Lesson Plans,Teacher Education Curriculum,Efficiency,Interviews,Units of Study,Secondary School Science,Instructional Effectiveness,Statistical Analysis,Secondary School Students,Science Achievement,Experimental Groups,Control Groups

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of training teachers to enhance their students' achievements in water resource and disaster course and to compare the effects of using the curriculum framework between training teachers or using curriculum framework in the secondary schools in Khon Kaen Province of Thailand. It was found that the 28-science teachers were able to manage their learning units and lesson plans on WRD. Statistically significance was differentiated between participating teachers and non participating teachers at 0.01 confidence levels (? &lt; 0.01). Significant differences in students' achievements between the controlled and experimental groups were found.
Determining Teachers&apos; Educational Needs Regarding School Education Projects within the Scope of Erasmus+ Programme
Author: Karakus, Fatma
Date: 2017-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Needs,Foreign Countries,Case Studies,Qualitative Research,Secondary School Teachers,Semi Structured Interviews,Sampling,Social Networks,Inservice Teacher Education

The purpose of this study was to determine teachers' educational needs regarding school education projects within the scope of Erasmus+ programme. In the study, the case study method, one of qualitative research designs, was used. The participants were determined using the snowball sampling method, and eight secondary school teachers took part in the study. The research data were collected via semi-structured interviews and analyzed using the inductive analysis method. The results of the analysis revealed that the teachers had certain knowledge about the processes of planning, implementation and evaluation of the projects and that they did not acquire the necessary related skills at all, though. It was also found that the group work process and lack of related knowledge, skills and experience were among the factors making the functioning of the process difficult and that professional development was not fully achieved. All these results demonstrate that teachers are need of an in-service training which focuses more on the steps of the application process and on the integration of the objectives of the process into the curriculum and which aims to help acquire the related skills considering the functioning of the process as a whole.
In Swimming Branch, Identification of Family Burden of Families of Mentally Disabled Athletes
Author: Nacar, Eyyup
Date: 2017-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Athletes,Intellectual Disability,Family Role,Mothers,Foreign Countries,Employment Level,Anxiety,Stress Variables,Coping,Likert Scales,Surveys,Statistical Analysis,Occupations,Time,Social Influences,Emotional Response,Fatigue (Biology)

The families of individuals with Down-syndrome, autism, and mental problem who need for special requirements experience physical problems, tiredness, and antisocial life, which bring additional cost to family budget, from time to time due to difficulties of their children The aim of this study is to identify family burdens charged by kids with special education needs, and in terms of which variables it becomes different. While the study was designed by the part literature,&quot; obtained from scientific resources, personal information form, in which the demographic information of the families of kids with special needs take place, and the results of family burden assessment score, developed by Sari and Basbakkal (2008) toward the aim of the study and consisted of 43 questions and 6 sub dimensions, were taken into consideration. In identifying family burdens, with moving from the assumption that mothers have dominant effect, the study was administered to the mothers Majority of the families participating in the study are housewife. Total mean score obtained from family burden scale were 127 in the range of 45 to 215 points. In the study carried out, it was revealed that economic burden resulted from not employed housewives; and among the factors affecting perceived inabilities of mothers with disabled child, the concerns mothers experience toward the future of their children were very difficult case for the mothers. However, families experience a concern in the form of &quot;After my death, who will look after my child?&quot; In the study carried out, it revealed that this case led the burdens of perceived inability to increase; and that the families tried to cope with this case, which causes concern for their kids with special needs. In the world, the sincere of the mothers facing with this kind of difficulties in the face of these cases is a great chance for kids with special needs.
A Qualitative Research on Administration Ethics at School
Author: Güngör, Semra Kiranli
Date: 2017-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Qualitative Research,Middle Schools,School Administration,Administrators,Ethics,Interviews,Content Analysis,Coding,Teacher Discipline,Gender Differences,Administrator Attitudes

The aim of the research is to reveal the opinions of the school administrators about the administration ethics. In this study, 30 administrators working in the middle schools of Eskisehir province center in the 2016-2017 academic year were reached. In the study, data were gathered by interview technique which is one of the qualitative research methods. All of the interviews were conducted by the researcher individually. During the interviews, voice recordings were made with the interviewers who consented to this and note-taking system was used with the interviewers who did not consent to voice recording. Data were analyzed by content analysis method. Analyzing the content of the interview, themes and sub-themes were created according to thematic coding. According to the results of the research, the administrators stated that there was no written professional ethical principles in the school and they did not need them. However, there are officially written professional ethical principles. According to school administrators, the source of unethical behavior is inadequacy and being under pressure by many factors. However, some administrators can ignore unethical behavior. School administrators prefer to give punishment to the staff directly who will act unethically. Ethical practices in school administrators' schools are not at the level as it is supposed to be and are not functional. School administrators indicate that there is a professional difference between men and women. It is obvious that school administrators who participated in this study have deficiencies in ethics in school administration.
Perceptions of Students with Autism and Their Parents: The College Experience
Author: Hendrickson, Jo M.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Autism,Pervasive Developmental Disorders,Postsecondary Education,Student Attitudes,Parent Attitudes,College Students,Student Adjustment,Emotional Response,Daily Living Skills,Interpersonal Relationship,Self Advocacy,Surveys,Asperger Syndrome,Achievement Tests,Likert Scales,Student Experience,Statistical Analysis,Effect Size

Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are attending postsecondary programs at unprecedented rates. Transitions are especially challenging for students with ASD, yet little is known about critical transitions during the college experience. Using the College Adjustment Program Evaluation Scales (CAPES), we examined student and parent perspectives across five dimensions: Student Life, Emotional Adjustment, Independent Living Skills, Interpersonal Relationships, and Self-Advocacy. Sixteen participants--eight students and eight parents, completed the CAPES at the end of fall semester of year one and the end of spring semester year two. Student and parent CAPES ratings were uniformly positive with some differences. We found large effect sizes across dimensions and significant differences in Student Life, Independent Living, and Interpersonal Relationships with parent ratings higher than student ratings. An item analysis revealed specific challenges and skills salient to the results. Implications for supports for students with ASD, higher education practices, and transition research are discussed.