ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Understanding of Male and Female Students on the Basic Concepts of Evolution
Author: Waluyo, Lud
Date: 2022-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Evolution,Scientific Concepts,Concept Formation,Gender Differences,Accuracy,Genetics,Knowledge Level,Biology,Science Education,Undergraduate Students,Educational Improvement,Lecture Method,Foreign Countries

Students' understanding of the concepts that underlie evolution are often less than optimal and make it difficult for them to accept the theory of evolution. The aimed of this study were to: 1) map students' knowledge of Mutation and Recombination (M and R); and 2) analyze the effect of gender on their chairperson. This survey research involving 42 Biology Education students at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang was conducted in April 2021. An online questionnaire containing 34 items related to six aspects of M and R was used as an instrument for data announcements. The results, only 30.95% in the category of good knowledge. The aspect of knowledge related to the causes of M and R has the highest average accuracy of answers, while the aspect of the difference between M and R is the lowest. Only three aspects were significantly correlated with each other. Furthermore, gender has no significant effect on all aspects of student knowledge. The low knowledge of students reported in this study needs to be followed up by improving the quality of Genetics lectures to strengthen students' basic understanding of evolution.
Student&apos;s Environmental Literacy: An Educational Program Reflections for a Sustainable Environment
Author: Hermawan, I. Made Surya
Date: 2022-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: High School Students,Knowledge Level,Environment,Conservation (Environment),Sustainability,Ecology,Foreign Countries,Student Behavior,Cognitive Ability,Student Attitudes

Learning that empowers students' environmental literacy needs to be encouraged considering the increasing environmental damage. This study aimed to reflect on educational programs on environmental sustainability by measuring the environmental literacy of high school students and identifying the relationship between environmental literacy domains. This correlational survey research involved 154 students taken by random sampling technique. Data analysis used descriptive statistics, Pearson product-moment correlation test, and multiple regression test. The results of data analysis showed: (1) environmental literacy of high school students was categorized as moderate; (2) the domain of knowledge and cognitive skills was high, while the domain of attitudes and behavior towards the environment was moderate; and (3) the knowledge domain had a significant relationship with the cognitive skill, the attitude had a significant relationship with the behavioral domain, while there was no significant relationship between the knowledge domain and the attitude domain. The findings of this study indicated that the empowerment of environmental literacy through educational institutions was not yet optimal. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate local and operational-based environmental education policies, such as integrating environmental literacy content with local culture in the learning process.
An Analysis of Factors Relating to Students&apos; Perceptions of a Supportive Environment at a Comprehensive Midwestern University
Author: Johns, Kaytee
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Environment,Teacher Student Relationship,Student Characteristics,Teaching Methods,College Faculty,College Housing,College Freshmen,College Seniors,Learner Engagement,National Surveys,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Gender Differences,First Generation College Students,Sexuality,Race,Ethnicity,Student Diversity

How students perceive their campus environment is affected by a multitude of factors. Some of these include interactions between students and faculty, faculty teaching practices, demographic characteristics of students and students living arrangements. While some research has contributed meaningful findings related to which students see their environment as supportive and why, much of it is outdated, or does not truly consider the campus environment as a critical factor to student success. Students are constantly engaged in the campus environment, which is why it is critical that there is more research to flesh out how a supportive environment is made and upheld at colleges and universities. The goal of this proposed study was to build on the previous research and find which factors relate to students' perceptions of a supportive environment at a mid-size, comprehensive Midwestern university. This study used survey data from first-year and senior students provided by the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and found that student/faculty interactions, the quality of interactions on campus, and gender were significantly correlated with students perceptions of a supportive environment.
Reframing the History of Affirmative Action: A Feminist and Critical Race Theory Perspective
Author: Harris, Zackary
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Affirmative Action,Higher Education,College Admission,Admission Criteria,Educational History,Equal Education,Barriers,Legal Problems,Court Litigation,Feminism,Critical Theory,Race

The primary focus of affirmative action is attempting to correct unjust discrimination that has occurred over an extended period of history. The focus of this research will primarily be on affirmative action in higher education. The primary method of implementation has been through admissions practices that utilize racial identity as a factor in their overall formula for acceptance to the university. These practices have been in place at universities for almost as long as the debate on affirmative action has been occurring, and shifted over time along with the entire debate on affirmative action. Unfortunately, discussions and debates about the history and implementation of race-conscious admissions have lost touch with the main foundation of affirmative action, improving equity in a higher education system with barriers for communities that were historically marginalized. This paper will bring the current debate back to this focus through an argument in favor of affirmative action. First, this article will contextualize the political and social foundation and trace the legal history of affirmative action through significant court cases. From this historical foundation, a proposed directive grounded in feminist and critical race theory will assert the importance of affirmative action in higher education and emphasize the founding concepts of redistribution and equity.
Undergraduate Commuter Students: Challenges and Struggles
Author: He, Fanny
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Freshmen,Commuting Students,Stress Variables,Stress Management,College Role,Student Personnel Services,Academic Support Services,Undergraduate Students,Student Needs,Student Adjustment,Goal Orientation,Mentors,Peer Influence,Teacher Role,College Faculty

As a first-year student entering college, commuting can be an added stress factor to an already overwhelming experience. It is important for students to receive support from their institution to create their own community. Without finding a community during their first year, students may feel isolated in their new academic environment and fail to fulfill their academic goals. Higher education institutions should seek to bridge the gap by providing support for students with differing housing statuses by creating targeted programs and resources to offer commuter students the same opportunities afforded to residential students. Commuter students should have their institution's support through a structured cohort model, programming of goal setting, and institutional navigation that integrates academics and social mentorship in order to go beyond surviving their first year to succeed as a higher education student. While there are challenges, additional resources provide greater opportunity to retain students. By offering better resources to commuter students, institutions can ensure all students are receiving equitable support in student engagement.
The Effectiveness of Problem-Based Learning with Local Wisdom Oriented to Socio-Scientific Issues
Author: Lubis, Silvi Puspa Widya
Date: 2022-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Problem Based Learning,Indigenous Knowledge,Foreign Countries,Instructional Effectiveness,Science and Society,High School Students,Environmental Education,Literacy,Knowledge Level,Scores

The research aimed to know the effectiveness of problem-based learning combined with local wisdom in Acehnese called Hukum Adat Laot. The local wisdom is oriented to socio-scientific issues to improving conceptual knowledge and environmental literacy. This study adopted a quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest control group design. In the experimental class, treatment was given using the problem-based learning model with local wisdom oriented to socio-scientific issues. In contrast, the control class was given by applying traditional learning. The population used in this study were all high school students in Aceh Besar, Indonesia. A cluster sampling technique is applied to obtain 54 students from the 2019/2020 academic year as samples. Data collection uses a test instrument conceptual knowledge and environmental literacy validated based on the Aiken index. Meanwhile, the instrument reliability is determined based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The data were analyzed by using Manova. The results indicate significant differences in the mean scores of the results related to conceptual knowledge and environmental literacy. The conclusion states that applying problem-based learning with local wisdom oriented to socio-scientific issues significantly impacts students' conceptual knowledge and environmental literacy.
The Correlation of Financial-Stress and Educational-Teaching Factors on Students during Online Learning in the COVID-19 (COV19) Pandemic
Author: Lulaj, Enkeleda
Date: 2022-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Financial Problems,COVID-19,Pandemics,Electronic Learning,Stress Variables,College Students,Foreign Countries,Learning Processes,Higher Education

This paper presents empirical evidence on financial-stress (FSF) and educational-teaching (ETF) factors to students. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to identify whether these factors were related to each-other, as well as if they affected students' performance during online learning during the Cov19 pandemic. Correlation analysis (Pearson test r) and multiple regression analysis (R, R2, Adj. R2, Std. Error, F, Sig. F, Durbin-Watson, Anova) were used during this study. The data were collected from 380 students surveyed at the PhD, Master and Bachelor level at the Kosovos' Universities, where through version 23.0 Windows of the SPSS program, 57 factors were tested which were divided into 11 categories. The results (a=0.84, r=0.873, R=0.982, Sig.=000) showed that there was a correlation between the financial stress factor (FSF) and the educational-teaching factor (ETF) for students, so to increase performance during online learning the following findings should be considered: 1) students should have had concentration, adaptation and good communication during the lesson, 2) students should have had good financial conditions within the family to adapt to the new learning and teaching environment, 3) stress factors should be removed to increase learning motivation, 4) the university should provide suitable learning opportunities for students who have worked so as not to lose their jobs, 5) there should be reductions in tuition fees or flexible ways to pay them, 6) professors should provide information about exams, lecture, graduations so that students did not have educational-financial stress. Therefore, the six most important findings of this research should be taken into account to increase student performance during online learning. Research implications suggest that focusing during online learning enhances student performance, and that families who have good financial standing have less financial stress to create the conditions for a new learning environment, so these findings may become a reference for subsequent research.
The Effect of E-Learning Based on the Problem-Based Learning Model on Students&apos; Creative Thinking Skills during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Yustina
Date: 2022-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Electronic Learning,COVID-19,Pandemics,Problem Solving,Creative Thinking,Science Instruction,Thinking Skills,High School Students,Program Effectiveness,Foreign Countries

This study aims to analyze the effect of e-learning based on the problem-based learning (PBL) model on students' creative thinking skills during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was conducted using quasi-experimental design and pretest post-test control group design, which was conducted at As-Shofa Islamic Senior High School, Pekanbaru, Indonesia class XII Science. The research used random sampling techniques. The parameter of this research was the skill to think creatively with four indicators, namely fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. Data were gathered through the use of a creative thinking test in the form of a multiple-choice consisting of 20 items. The data of Min, Nmax, Nmin, Sd, and the effectiveness of creative thinking were calculated with the interpretation of the N-gain index (g). The results showed that the post-test average score of students' creative thinking skills in the experimental class using the PBL model through e-learning was higher than the control class without the PBL model, and the N-gain of the experimental class was higher than the control class. In conclusion, the PBL learning model through e-learning during COVID-19 pandemic affects students' creative thinking skills and was more effective, especially the original thinking and elaborate thinking skills when compared to learning without the PBL model.
The Effect of STEM Model Based on Bima&apos;s Local Cultural on Problem Solving Ability
Author: Sudarsono
Date: 2022-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: STEM Education,Problem Solving,Foreign Countries,Cultural Influences,Geometry,Teaching Methods,High School Students

In STEM, learning skills and knowledge are learned simultaneously by students. Things that are different from the STEM aspect will require a connecting line that makes the four disciplines studied and applied simultaneously in learning. The utilization of local cultural characters in the STEM learning model is expected to provide solutions to the low ability of students to solve mathematical problems. Through this local culture-based STEM model, students are invited to get to know the richness of their culture and understand its relationship with mathematics subject matter geometry and learn to find problems, plan solutions, and solve their problems. This study aims to analyze the effect of STEM learning based on Bima's local cultural on problem solving ability. This research is experimental. The samples of this research were 2 class X students of SMA Negeri. The instrument used in this research is a test of geometric problem-solving abilities, in the form of an essay test scattered on each sub-concept and indicator tested. The data analysis technique uses the pooled variance t-test. The results showed that the value of t count is more than t table or tobs = 8,150&gt; t0,05,48 = 2,013 so that H0 is rejected. So, it can be concluded that the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) learning model based on Bima's local cultural affect the problem-solving ability. Based on results, the researchers recommended adopting the STEM based on Bima's local cultural learning model in the teaching and learning process, in addition, further researchers can measure students' abilities on other dependent variables.
The Mediating Effect of Physical Activity in the Relationship between Body Image and Life Satisfaction
Author: Al Sulaimi, Maya Rashid
Date: 2022-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Activities,Life Satisfaction,Self Concept,Human Body,Body Height,Body Weight,Body Composition,Foreign Countries,Public School Teachers,Exercise

The current study is intended to study the mediating role of physical activity (PA) in the relationship between body image (satisfaction/dissatisfaction) and life satisfaction. Moreover, it is intended to investigate how teachers' BMI, age may vary through body image perception. Participants included 781 teachers ranging in age from 20 to 50 years old from all over Oman. A Google form survey was used to recruit participants. The collected data was analysed using SPSS version 23 statistical tools, and the Partial Least Squares (PLS) approach was used for Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) using Smart-PLS Ver 3. The level of body image satisfaction was higher than dissatisfaction. Body image satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on teacher's life satisfaction, while a negative correlation was found between body image dissatisfaction and life satisfaction. Physical activity was a mediation variable in the relationship between body image (satisfaction/dissatisfaction) and life satisfaction. Policymakers should empower individuals to have a positive body image regardless of their size or appearance and it would improve certain areas of their lives, encouraging them to dedicate more energy and time to other critical aspects of their lives such as work, partnerships, and even leisure and enjoyment, resulting in improved overall life satisfaction.
The Mediating Role of Student Independence on Graduate Quality in Distributed Learning
Author: Hasanah, Enung
Date: 2022-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,COVID-19,Pandemics,High School Teachers,Vocational High Schools,Distance Education,Electronic Learning,Teacher Effectiveness,Independent Study,Educational Quality,Administrator Effectiveness,Student Motivation,Problem Solving,Outcomes of Education,Academic Achievement,Teacher Attitudes,Principals

This study explores factors that affect graduate quality in distributed learning during the COVID-19 pandemic period. We use survey research methods in conducting the research. We collected the data by distributing online questionnaires to private high school and vocational high school teachers in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. There were 916 online questionnaires collected from respondents. All data were analyzed using SPSS and Lisrel. The results showed that the teacher quality, the learning process quality, and school management's quality had a significant effect on student independence and graduate quality. In this case, the level of student independence becomes a mediating variable that links the teacher quality, the learning process, and school management with the graduate quality in distance learning. Further research on the process of the effect of student independence on the graduate quality is needed.
The Negative Effects of Technology on Education: A Bibliometric and Topic Modeling Mapping Analysis (2008-2019)
Author: Vázquez-Cano, Esteban
Date: 2022-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Technology Uses in Education,Bibliometrics,Content Analysis,Privacy,Reliability,Information Retrieval,Influence of Technology

This study aims to analyze the scientific research that has addressed the negative impact of technology in the educational field. The research is implemented from a methodological approach based on the bibliometric mapping of the scientific production registered in the Web of Science in the period 2008-2019. To do this, indicators of growth, production, impact, topics, keywords, journal references, and analysis of co-citations of authors and co-authors are analyzed. This bibliometric approach is complemented by the analysis of the density, frequency and degree of centrality of the main terms associated with the difficulties and problems of technology in education located in the abstracts and discussion of results in the period 2016-2019. For this purpose, graph theory is developed, using the sigma, cytoscape and graphology libraries. The results show that, among the most common disadvantages linked to the use of technology in education, are: privacy problems, discerning reliable and relevant information, the time required for the preparation of educational materials, the negative impact on academic performance of the students, the lack of resources for its implementation in the classrooms and the infoxication. Finally, it should be noted that in the last three years, the negative impact of technology in the psychosocial field and its impact on teaching-learning processes are beginning to be analyzed in greater depth.
The Relationship between the Competencies of Graduates of Higher Education and the Needs of the Palestinian Labour Market
Author: Nakhleh, Wisam Ali
Date: 2022-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Labor Needs,College Graduates,Age Differences,Specialization,Work Experience,Foreign Countries,Correlation,Labor Market,Education Work Relationship,Job Skills,Social Responsibility,Competence,Employer Attitudes

The study aimed at identifying the relationship between the competencies of Palestinian university graduates and the needs of the Palestinian labour market from the perspective of graduates and employers. The study adopted the descriptive analytical approach (quantitative). It found that the level of suitability of the competencies of Palestinian university graduates to the needs of the labour market from the perspective of the graduates was very high, with a total scale mean score equal to 4.42, while the level of suitability of the competencies of university graduates to the needs of the labour market from the employers' perspectives was high with a total scale mean score equal to 3.66. The study found significant statistical differences at the level of significance ([alpha] = 0.05) about the suitability of the university graduates' competencies to the needs of the labour market according to the total score of the domains (organisational competencies, specialised and technical competencies) from the graduates' perspectives, referring to the variables (age, years of experience and specialisation). The study recommended working on designing supportive policies in the higher education sector, such as promoting social responsibility and involving labour market institutions in developing academic plans for universities. In addition, this study recommends conducting further studies to provide research-based evidence regarding the relationship between higher education graduates' competencies and the needs of the Palestinian labour market.