ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Three-Level Meta-Analysis of Single-Case Data Regarding the Effects of Peer Tutoring on Academic and Social-Behavioral Outcomes for At-Risk Students and Students with Disabilities
Author: Moeyaert, Mariola
Date: 2021-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Students with Disabilities,Peer Teaching,Interpersonal Competence,Student Behavior,At Risk Students,Intervention,Program Effectiveness,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Symptoms (Individual Disorders),Academic Achievement,Evidence Based Practice

Meta-analysis of single-case experimental designs may further knowledge about evidence-based practices for students needing remedial or special education. To contribute to evidence-based practice, a multivariate multilevel meta-analysis was used to synthesize the effectiveness of peer tutoring interventions on both academic and social-behavior outcomes. In total, 46 single-case studies met all inclusion criteria. Peer tutoring had a statistically significant effect on both academic and social-behavior outcomes, with a slightly larger effect on academic outcomes. Peer tutoring also had a significant effect on the trend in academic outcomes during the treatment phase (indicating that the intervention becomes more effective over time), but the effect on trends was slightly less than for social outcomes. Including moderators such as gender, age, disability type, and study quality reduced the amount of between-case and between-study heterogeneity. Limitations and implications of these findings are discussed.
The Status Quo, Sources and Influencing Factors of Professional Pressure Faced by Preschool Teachers in Rural China: An Empirical Study Based on Multiple Counties in Hubei Province
Author: Gong, Xin
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Preschool Teachers,Rural Schools,Stress Variables,Teacher Attitudes,Faculty Workload,Teacher Persistence,Professional Identity,Teacher Salaries,Job Satisfaction,Family Environment,Stress Management,Coping,Teacher Burnout

The professional pressure of preschool teachers in rural China is closely related to the stability of the teaching staff and the development of children. A study of 734 teachers in 155 rural preschools from three national-level poverty-stricken counties and one non-poverty county in Hubei Province showed that current rural preschool teachers are facing greater professional pressure. Approximately 44.47% thought that the pressure is high, but has not yet reached the level of high burnout; non-poverty county preschool teachers have relatively high pressure. According to the Demand-Control-Support (DCS) model, the main pressure stems from the work requirements of children and parents, especially parents' excessive emphasis on children's safety, knowledge, and skills. The results of the Ordered Probit Model showed that the influencing factors of preschool teachers' professional pressure in rural preschools in China include work factors such as workload and the number of children in difficulty; control factors like perseverance and professional identity; support factors such as staffing status, salary satisfaction, family support, and work support; as well as demographic variables such as age and household registration type (Hukou); and certain inter-county differences exist. Therefore, we recommend that the government, society, and preschools establish effective incentive and restraint mechanisms to reduce the professional pressure of preschool teachers in terms of salary, social status, parental guidance, workload, and stress training, and improve their ability to cope with pressure. Meanwhile, more focus need to be given on teachers who are for the first year preschool, older in age, lacking staffing status, no non-agricultural household registration, and overloading working.
Are Students Satisfied with the Current School-Based Curriculum of Chinese Traditional Culture? A Survey of 120 Elementary and Middle Schools in China
Author: Ding, Yiran
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Satisfaction,Cultural Education,Foreign Countries,Elementary School Students,Middle School Students,Student Surveys,Cultural Activities,Student Attitudes,Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Implementation

The school-based curriculum is one of the crucial ways of Chinese traditional culture education. Therefore, it is essential to discuss the current elementary and middle school students' satisfaction with the traditional cultural school-based curriculum. A survey of the curriculum satisfaction of 120 elementary and middle schools in China with a traditional cultural school-based curriculum found that students' satisfaction with these curriculums is generally average. However, students believed that the quality of the curriculum is still low. Its main manifestations were passive satisfaction, compromise satisfaction, excellent satisfaction, fall satisfaction, and autonomous satisfaction. This highlighted the problems of some traditional cultural school-based curriculums like the positioning is based on subjective guesswork, the content has not been effectively screened, and the implementation method is a single indoctrination. Based on this, we suggest that: (i) create an all-round atmosphere for students to learn traditional culture actively; (ii) reshape the traditional culture in the curriculum according to the value of the times; (iii) guarantee the cultural resources and professional teachers of curriculum implementation with discipline construction, and (iv) focus on the experience of the implementation process.
Study on the Ideal Matching Mode of Sleep Time and High Academic Performance of High School Students in China and Its Early Warning Mechanism
Author: Liu, Jian
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,High School Students,Sleep,High Achievement,Correlation,Physiology,Child Health,Values,Grades (Scholastic),Educational Policy,Physical Health,Mental Health,Student Interests,Interpersonal Relationship,Well Being,Student Participation,Stress Variables,Institutional Characteristics

Based on a sample survey of high schools in Province S of China, this study used quantitative statistical analysis to explore the ideal matching mode of sleep time and high academic performance and established a multi-level early warning mechanism for schools that sacrifice student sleep for high academic performance. The results showed that &quot;students achieve the best academic performance when they sleep for eight hours or more.&quot; This is an ideal matching mode for schools to ensure the healthy development of students and build a good educational environment. Teachers, schools, education administrators, and parents should hold correct educational values and view comprehensively the relationship between students' sleep time and academic performance. For schools that sacrifice students' sleep time and blindly pursue high grades, a multi-level early warning mechanism should be established and their rectification should be supervised.
Intertwinement of Mental Lexicon and Word Production in Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language
Author: Tüm, Gülden
Date: 2020-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Psycholinguistics,Language Processing,Turkish,Pronunciation,Vocabulary Development,Second Language Learning,Barriers,Morphology (Languages),Language Classification,Correlation,Brain Hemisphere Functions,Learning Problems

The aim of this study is to underline the contingent problems of learners of Turkish, which is an agglutinative language and to shed light on power of mental lexicon. In this descriptive study, vocabulary challenge is investigated as it is one of the main problems for learners studying Turkish as a foreign language (TFL). This study provides information about Turkish morphology and accentuates how mental lexicon contributes foreign learners to produce Turkish words regarding form, function, and practice. Findings recommends mental lexicon be calibrated in curricula since vocabulary production is an important factor for foreign learners who come from different language families and instructional background. This study is assumed to contribute TFL teachers to have a different point of view.
Teacher Assessments of the Process of Preparing a Blended Teaching Turkish as a Second Language Program Assisted by Quantum Learning Cycle
Author: Saltik, Olcay
Date: 2020-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,Blended Learning,Second Language Learning,Turkish,Foreign Countries,Refugees,Program Evaluation,Adult Educators

About 2 million Syrians of approximately 3.6 million who were forced to immigrate to Turkey due to unfavorable conditions in Syria are composed of adults. In order to maintain Syrians' socio-cultural adaptation and minimize adaptation problems that they experience, their learning Turkish has become a need. As is known, the time that adults can spend on learning languages is much more limited compared to children. As an eclectic approach, blended learning arising as a result of minimizing the disadvantages of face-to-face and online learning and combining the advantageous sides of both is accepted as an appropriate model for adult learners. In the present study, the blended and Quantum learning cycle assisted teaching Turkish as a second language program for adult Syrians (at the age of 17 and above) who are under temporary protection in Turkey will be discussed and learners' contribution to program development process will be presented. In the program, by benefitting from Quantum learning cycle, it has been possible to maintain language learning's being dynamic, easy and long-lasting, and teachers' encouraging learner success, learners' experiencing learning and having the opportunity to practice. Considering the specific features of adult learners, the program content has been aimed to be meaningful for learners. Teacher assessments obtained before the application of the program have been significantly impacted the development of the program and their thoughts after the application has contributed a lot. This study can contribute to the literature on the use of blended learning model in language teaching programs for adults.
The Representation of &quot;The Other&quot; in the Cartoon &quot;My Brother Ozi&quot;
Author: Altmis, Zehra Güden
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cartoons,Television,Programming (Broadcast),Disabilities,Down Syndrome,Foreign Countries,Minority Groups,Scientific Research,Content Analysis,Medical Services,Exercise

It is rare for the characters in cartoons to be chosen among individuals who are considered minorities in society. Disabled characters are also among these minorities. In this context, the cartoon 'My Brother Ozi' which shows a characteristic of being the first Tv show for children in Turkey that give part to a disabled character in it, has been considered valuable for scientific research. The purpose of this research is to show how &quot;the other&quot; characters are represented in the cartoon named &quot;My Brother Ozi&quot;. In the research, parts of the cartoon were subjected to document review. Afterward, the sections of the cartoon were scanned by watching it through the content analysis method. At the end of the study, it was concluded that the Ozi character reflects the appearance and speech of children with Down syndrome. Ozi's inclusive training, constant medical visits, and exercise for development are also unique to children with Down syndrome. In many media outlets, disabled people are depicted in a pitiful situation, while Ozi is portrayed as a strong character in the cartoon and it has been shown that children with Down syndrome can improve when they are given adequate support.
The Dangers of Opportunity: How Leaders in U.S. Higher Education Articulated Policy after &quot;Unite the Right&quot; in Charlottesville
Author: Taylor, Zachary W.
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: School Policy,Social Bias,Crime,School Safety,Leadership,Organizational Communication,College Administration,Public Colleges,Private Colleges,Freedom of Speech

By many accounts--on August 11th and 12th, 2017--a &quot;Unite the Right&quot; rally organized by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, catalyzed a series of violent events culminating in the injury of dozens of people and the death of three people (Alvarez, 2017; Astor, Caron, &amp; Victor, 2017; Heim, 2017; McKelway, 2017). Subsequently, dozens of college and university leaders across the country released official statements condemning the violence. This study examines 99 of these institutional statements released during or immediately after the crisis in Charlottesville to learn whether these statements informed campus community members of institutional hate and bias policies meant to protect members against acts of hate, bias, and violence, such as the ones witnessed in Charlottesville. Findings reveal only 8% of statements included a directive on how to engage with institutional hate and bias policies, yet over 75% of institutions had hate and bias policies in place. Implications for executive leadership communication and future research are addressed.
The Elements of Contemporary Turkish Composers&apos; Solo Piano Works Used in Piano Education
Author: Demirci, Sirin A.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Musical Composition,Music Techniques,Music Education,Musical Instruments,Preferences,Art Products,Musicians,Foreign Countries

It is thought that to be successful in piano education it is important to understand how composers composed their solo piano works. In order to understand contemporary music, it is considered that the definition of today's changing music understanding is possible with a closer examination of the ideas of contemporary composers about their artistic productions. For this reason, the qualitative research method was adopted in this study and the data obtained from the semi-structured interviews with 7 Turkish contemporary composers were analyzed by creating codes and themes with &quot;Nvivo11 Qualitative Data Analysis Program&quot;. The results obtained are musical elements of currents, styles, techniques, composers and genres that are influenced by contemporary Turkish composers' solo piano works used in piano education. In total, 9 currents like Fluxus and New Complexity, 3 styles like Claudio Monteverdi, 5 techniques like Spectral Music and Polymodality, 5 composers like Karlheinz Stockhausen and Guillaume de Machaut and 9 genres like Turkish Folk Music and Traditional Greek are reached. It is thought that the results will contribute to the field because it will cause a better understanding in the artistic viewpoints of contemporary composers, as well as being a step for the piano and music educators and the students who have studied academic piano education in order for them to be able to understand the contemporary music.
Socially Constructed Teacher Professionalism: An Historical Analysis of Teacher Education Reform Policies of Canadian Case
Author: Yang, Qiguang
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Professionalism,Teacher Education Programs,Educational Change,Educational Policy,Educational History,Political Influences,Faculty Development,Foreign Countries,Reports,Neoliberalism,Accountability,Special Needs Students,Global Approach

Employing comparative historical method, this study provides an account of reforms and policies in teacher education from 1970s to the present in Alberta, Canada. In particular, this article tracks how teacher professionalism has been conceptualized and enacts over different historical periods in Alberta, and reveals that teacher professionalism, as a socially constructed concept, has taken on different interpretations from &quot;de-professionalism&quot; to &quot;re-professionalism&quot; in Canada historical contexts. Alberta's teacher education policy has been usually used as a dynamic instrument to shape the paradigms of the concept of teacher professionalism. This analysis has also supported the claim that government-led teacher education reform has been accorded the key political significance in Canada. As a whole, the teacher education reform in Alberta area provides a useful concrete understanding and offers international lessons outside of Canada in how historical context influences the reform of teacher professional development.
Online Learning: A Post COVID-19 Alternative Pedagogy for University Students
Author: Sim, Sandra Phek-Lin
Date: 2020-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,COVID-19,Pandemics,Online Courses,Distance Education,School Closing,Electronic Learning,Educational Technology,College Students,Barriers,Student Attitudes,English (Second Language),Language Skills,Self Efficacy,Student Satisfaction

The sudden COVID-19 pandemic situation experienced globally has caused many schools and institutions of higher learning to resort to fully online teaching and learning throughout the world, including Malaysia. As many educators and students braved the situation, and until a remedy is found to prevent the spread of this deadly coronavirus, the question that lingers in the mind of many people is 'Will online learning be the way forward for university students in post COVID-19'? Most past research have reported on students' experience of online mode of learning via a blended learning approach but there is relatively little research focusing on the real experience of students embarking on full online learning mode, especially in the state of Sarawak. Thus, this quantitative research aimed to identify the level of acceptance of online learning among university students who have experienced full online learning mode. It also intended to identify the factors that facilitated online learning and the challenges of online learning among university students. Data were collected using an online survey involving 156 respondents from a public university in the state of Sarawak. The data collected from the survey were analysed using descriptive statistics (means, frequency counts and percentages). Results showed a moderate high level of acceptance of online learning among the university students. In addition, results revealed that among the four main factors that facilitated online learning among the students, enhancement of English language skills ranked the highest, followed by enthusiasm, self-efficacy and satisfaction. This study also found that among the main challenges encountered by the majority of the students are issues of delivery speed of teaching and learning, students' attitude, struggles and stress of online learning mode. Results yielded in this study add to the existing literature on the possibility of online learning as an alternative pedagogy in post COVID-19 for the education sector.
4P-2E Model: Teaching and Learning Process through ICT Integration for Private Islamic Schools in Thailand
Author: Binsaleh, Sariya
Date: 2020-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Technology Integration,Private Schools,Islam,Information Technology,Instructional Innovation,Lifelong Learning,Instructional Design,Models,21st Century Skills,Action Research,Active Learning,Student Projects,Academic Achievement

The research &quot;teaching and learning process by integrating information and communication technology for Islamic private schools in the three southernmost provinces of Thailand in the 21st Century&quot; aimed to determine the integration of information technology for the design and development of innovative forms of teaching in line with the current situation of Islamic private schools in the three southern border provinces. The research scope focused on the development process for teachers to develop innovative forms of teaching to enable learners with lifelong learning skills. Teachers also were able to apply ICT in designing and developing innovative models for teaching to meet the 21st century skills. The participation and action research methods were used by allowing teachers to play a researcher's role in conducting joint research with the team. Project-based learning instruction method with ICT integrated was used. The results of this research is the innovative model of teaching that integrated information technology to provide students with the 21st century skills which is the 4P-2E model. The impacts of this research to learners are: (1) learners are creative, they enjoy the project-based learning and the integration of ICT in learning; (2) learners are able to extend their own knowledge and are equipped with the 21st century skills; and (3) learning achievement of learners has improved significantly.
An Enhanced Systematic Student Performance Evaluation Based on Fuzzy Logic Approach for Selection of Best Student Award
Author: Ajol, Tracy Adeline
Date: 2020-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Evaluation,Awards,College Students,Computation,Mathematical Logic,Foreign Countries,Soft Skills,Leadership Training,Scoring Rubrics

The Best Student Award is one of the incentives initiated by an institution to identify potential students who are not only excellent academically, but also possess great leadership skills. Moreover, these skills may also be enhanced which subsequently contribute to the future of society. Nonetheless, one of the greatest challenges faced by evaluators in the selection process include uncertainty and imprecise data in measuring the students' leadership competencies. Thus, this paper proposes the development of Initiative-Systematic Performance Evaluation (I-SPE) as an initiative tool to measure students' competencies based on Fuzzy Logic Approach. The study focuses on the selection of the best student based on data collected from a leadership programme -- Program Kepimpinan Pewaris Bangsa (PKPB) conducted at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Sarawak, Mukah Campus. In the current practice, tie and time-consuming challenges due to the subjectivity and complexity of measurement criteria are involved. Therefore, I-SPE will assist to provide an improved decision-making solution to evaluators during the evaluation process. Fuzzy logic tools used to develop I-SPE allow the experts to introduce any uncertainty and subjectivity into the evaluation system. The development of fuzzy rules in this model is based on five selected attributes, which include leadership, communication, teamwork, discipline and CGPA. Results obtained indicate that the proposed model I-SPE is able to improve decision-making efficiency that would lead to fairness in selecting the best candidate as compared to the conventional method.
Online Teaching during the &quot;School Is Out, but Class Is On&quot; Period: Based on 33,240 Online Questionnaire Surveys across China
Author: Wang, Dongdong
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Web Based Instruction,COVID-19,Pandemics,Foreign Countries,National Surveys,Distance Education,Administrator Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Parent Attitudes

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Education of China issued a call for &quot;School is Out, but Class is On&quot;. Various regions responded to and issued relevant policies to use Internet educational resources to carry out teaching activities. In this context, we conducted a network questionnaire survey on district and county education administrators, school administrators, teachers, students, and parents nationwide. It aimed to understand the online teaching situation and the attitudes of different subjects towards online teaching during the &quot;School is Out, but Class is On&quot; period. Based on this, we summarized the problems existing in online teaching during the &quot;School is Out, but Class is On&quot; period and put forward countermeasures to better serve online teaching, to ensure the healthy development of online teaching after the pandemic, and to provide a reference for coordinating national forces to carry out online teaching in response to unforeseen public crises in the future.