ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Measuring the Performance of School Superintendent
Author: Ansar
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Superintendents,Administrator Effectiveness,Learning Processes,Outcomes of Education,Educational Quality,Administrator Role,Teacher Supervision,Program Development,Program Implementation,Faculty Development,High Schools,School Administration,Foreign Countries,Performance

School superintendent has a strategic role in the effort to improve the quality of education, referred to the responsibility to give service and assistance for the teachers and headmasters which will affect the improvement of learning quality in school. Yet, the strategic role and function of superintendent, in fact, is still reflecting its ideal concept. Low performance of school superintendent is perceived as the cause. Hence, it is necessary to measure the performance of superintendent as the analysis to have the factual and contextual comprehension, in order to give a suggestion for the effectiveness of superintendent role. To measure the performance of superintendent, it is necessary to know the scope of superintendent roles, which involve academic and managerial supervision. Academic supervision is aimed to assist or develop teachers in enhancing the learning process quality to obtain more optimum learning outcome, while managerial supervision is intended to assist and develop headmasters on the effort to enhance education quality through optimum school performance. Supervision program consists of (1) the development of supervision program; (2) the implementation of supervision program; (3) the evaluation of supervision implementation; and (4) guiding and training the professionalism of teachers and headmasters. The tasks and roles that are assigned to the high school superintendent, if they are implemented well, it is believed that the superintendent has a good performance which will lead to the improvement of learning service quality and school management quality.
Continuing My Journey on Designing and Refining Criterion-Referenced Assessment Rubrics
Author: Burton, Kelley
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Criterion Referenced Tests,Test Construction,Norm Referenced Tests,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Legal Education (Professions),Undergraduate Students

The article &quot;Designing criterion-referenced assessment&quot; (Burton, 2006) appeared in the &quot;Journal of Learning Design,&quot; Volume 1, Issue 2 in 2006. Nine years later, Associate Professor Burton reflects upon her original article. when the article was written, the author worked at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). At that time, the development of criterion-referenced assessment rubrics was gaining momentum. In 2015, as the author writes this reflection, all 37 Australian universities that support a law school universally accept criterion-referenced assessment as opposed to norm-referenced assessment. This year, the author started working at the University of the Sunshine Coast and is proud to say that its assessment policy explicitly endorses the development of criterion-referenced assessment rubrics. The author has published several journal articles on designing and implementing criterion-referenced assessment rubrics and it continues to be a quintessential research interest. The main strength of the 2006 article is that it is based on fundamental principles of assessment, which remain relevant today. The discussion focused on the dichotomy between criterion-referenced assessment and norm-referenced assessment; definitions for criteria and standards; strategies to enhance the reliability, validity and transparency of criterion-referenced assessment rubrics; recommendation that markers are provided with marked examples of student work; recommendation that students apply a criterion-referenced assessment rubric to formative assessment; and the implicit promotion of diverse and authentic assessment. These themes are multi-disciplinary, and appeal to a wide audience of teachers and students. This article is a reflection upon that original article. The article as it appeared in 2006 is also presented. With the author's approval, minor edits have been made, the referencing and other conventions updated to APA 6.0 and the numbering of figures altered to reflect the new publication. [For &quot;Designing Criterion-Referenced Assessment,&quot; see EJ1066490.]
Practice Brief: Accommodating Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Operating Room Environments--A Case Study
Author: Meeks, Lisa M.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities),Deafness,Hearing Impairments,Medical Students,Surgery,Medical Education,Barriers,Allied Health Personnel,Disabilities,Health Sciences,Case Studies,Anesthesiology,Sign Language,Communication Problems,Laboratory Equipment,Video Technology,Clinical Experience

Increasing numbers of deaf students in the health professions require accommodations in the clinical setting to ensure effective learning and accurate communication. Although classroom learning barriers have long been identified and addressed, barriers to clinical education have been far less analyzed. Operating room clerkships, which include many competing auditory and visual stimuli, pose unique obstacles to deaf students. Disability Services worked collaboratively with other campus offices to accommodate a fourth-year medical student with almost complete hearing loss in an anesthesia clerkship who had limited knowledge of any manual language such as ASL. Accommodations implemented for the student are reviewed within the context of their successes and challenges, with the goal of providing a roadmap for future deaf graduate health sciences students in the operating room environment.
Teacher's Attitude into Different Approach to Providing Feedback to Students in Higher Education
Author: Chaqmaqchee, Zina Adil
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,College Faculty,Feedback (Response),Higher Education,Teaching Methods,Assignments,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis,Critical Thinking,Futures (of Society),Peer Evaluation,Computer Mediated Communication,Foreign Countries,Formative Evaluation,Summative Evaluation,Questionnaires,Interviews

Feedback within higher education has an effective role in teaching staffs mode. The treatise on teachers' methods of feedback is represented to demonstrate how the novel feedback can help the academic staffs to provide an effective feedback for students in their assignments and written draft. The study investigates the academic staff's methods of feedback and their use the traditional pedagogy (Teacher written feedback) or the novel mode (online and peer feedback) at Salahaddin university in Erbil. The data of the study were collected quantitatively and qualitatively in order to reveal teachers pedagogy in the university and how they use methods of feedback in their teaching. The findings showed that some instructors use peer and online feedback (novel approach) which help students to be reflective and critical thinkers while most of them resort to teacher written feedback (old approach). Ultimately, the results show that the academic staff may provide the novel feedback (online and peer feedback) to their teaching methods in the future. This will help students to be more proactive in learning.
Disability Accommodations in Online Courses: The Graduate Student Experience
Author: Terras, Katherine
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Graduate Students,Disabilities,Online Courses,Electronic Learning,Student Attitudes,Self Management,Self Advocacy,Academic Achievement,Data Analysis,Special Education,Prior Learning,Academic Accommodations (Disabilities),Student Responsibility,Teacher Responsibility,School Responsibility,Success,Semi Structured Interviews

Research is beginning to demonstrate that online learning may afford students with disabilities enhanced opportunities for academic success. In this study, the authors interviewed 11 graduate students to determine their experiences with disability accommodations in online courses and their perceptions of the relationship between those accommodations and their academic success. Although study participants indicated that disabilities presented concentration and scheduling challenges, the flexibility of online learning as well as participants' skills at self-accommodation and self-advocacy were instrumental in students' academic success. The article offers a set of recommendations for students, instructors, and institutions related to supporting the success of students with disabilities in online courses.
After the Big Bang: What's Next in Design Education? Time to Relax?
Author: Fleischmann, Katja
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Design,Technological Advancement,Information Technology,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Social Media,Higher Education,Technology Uses in Education,Computer Software,Web 2.0 Technologies,Internet,Foreign Countries,Art Education,Interdisciplinary Approach,Online Courses,Integrated Learning Systems,Educational Change

The article &quot;Big Bang technology: What's next in design education, radical innovation or incremental change?&quot; (Fleischmann, 2013) appeared in the &quot;Journal of Learning Design&quot; Volume 6, Issue 3 in 2013. Two years on, Associate Professor Fleischmann reflects upon her original article within this article. Although it has only been two years since she wrote the article, in that brief time, technology has continued to drive change in how design is practised, produced, accessed, traded, taught, and learned. The author has continued to adjust her media design curriculum with small modifications and, where warranted, radical changes. In two years, the application of the learning and teaching approach she devised and described to manage the increasing complexity of technology in media design education has stopped, but research into sustainability of new learning and teaching models has started and the implementation of the first fully online media design degree has begun. This article is a reflection upon that original article. The article as it appeared in 2013 is also presented. With the author's approval, minor edits have been made, the referencing and other conventions updated to APA 6.0. [For &quot;Big Bang Technology: What's Next in Design Education, Radical Innovation or Incremental Change?,&quot; see EJ1018588.]
Improving Teacher Quality for Colorado Science Teachers in High Need Schools
Author: Stevenson, Mark
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Teachers,Disadvantaged Schools,Rural Schools,Faculty Development,Teacher Effectiveness,STEM Education,Electronic Learning,Program Evaluation,Teacher Improvement,Secondary School Teachers,Online Courses,Program Effectiveness,Likert Scales,Surveys

This article describes the evaluation of an online professional development program funded by the State of Colorado to address the need for highly qualified science teachers in high need and/or rural school districts. Recruitment and the retention of highly qualified educators in high need and/or rural school districts is a critical factor affecting the education and the possible career trajectory of students enrolled in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) related courses. The program describes the participants experiences with the online format, the educational courses offered, and the overall effect of the program. The results of the evaluation provided positive results for participants experience and valuable information regarding improvements to such programs.
Attention in Relation to Coding and Planning in Reading
Author: Mahapatra, Shamita
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Reading Achievement,Grade 5,Elementary School Students,Coding,Decoding (Reading),Planning,Attention,Statistical Analysis,Correlation,Reading Skills,Cognitive Processes,Intelligence Tests,Reading Tests,Statistical Distributions

A group of 50 skilled readers and a group of 50 less-skilled readers of Grade 5 matched for age and intelligence and selected on the basis of their proficiency in reading comprehension were tested for their competence in word reading and the processes of attention, simultaneous coding, successive coding and planning at three levels, i.e., perceptual, memory, and conceptual in order to study the relationship of attention with the processes of coding and planning at these levels and their contribution to the reading achievement of children. Results of t test and correlational analysis suggest that all the processes are related significantly to the two skills of reading at conceptual level, whereas, successive coding and planning are related significantly to reading at perceptual and memory level also. Attention, the basic cognitive process, at the same time showed significant relationship with simultaneous processing at all the three levels, whereas, conceptual attention was found to have significant relationship with successive processing at memory level and planning at conceptual level. The results have been discussed in terms of functional aspects of the brain structures underlying cognitive activities including reading and suggestions have been made for the remediation of reading difficulties of children.
The Effect of the Six Hats Based on Program in the Development of the Pivotal Thinking of Islamic Concepts Students in Hussein University
Author: Alkhateeb, Omar Salem
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Islam,Religious Education,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Achievement Tests,Teaching Methods,Gender Differences,Thinking Skills,Teacher Education,Skill Development,Program Effectiveness,Program Descriptions,Comparative Analysis,Foreign Countries,College Students

This study aimed to detect the effect based on the strategies of the six hats in the development of the pivotal thinking on the achievement of the Al-Hussein University students Islamic concepts of the program has reached the study sample (216) students, were divided randomly into two groups: an experimental group of (108) students and consisted of (54 students), and (54) student and reached the control group as well (108) students were divided into (54) and students (54 students). The results showed that the degree of improvement with the experimental group students were better than the degree of improvement with the control group on the achievement test results also showed that the degree of female interaction with the teaching method was better than that of the male study recommended: similar studies on other articles of Islamic education materials, the need to develop Islamic education curricula according to different thinking skills, the need to train teachers to use the strategies of the six hats in the teaching of their importance in the development of thinking and improve the education process.
Philosophical Organic Approach--Logic of Teaching Numeration and Number &quot;Zero&quot;
Author: Odigie, V. O.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Numbers,Mathematics Instruction,Logical Thinking,Play,Teaching Methods,Educational Philosophy,Perception,Geometric Concepts,Children

In the past years, rote learning, especially in the teaching and process was the usual practice. This takes the form of indoctrination; Children do not learn through rote memorization, it is only an end in itself. True learning is that which is achieved through the understanding and insight of the problem at stake. An application of philosophy through the play-way method was suggested. This is because it could assist the child develop his mathematical capacity for independent logical thinking and increase his perceptual abilities through the use of all his senses. The writers have prepared materials to represent the numbers under geometrical forms and with objects, which will simplify the combination of numbers, under the organic approach.
Implementation of Innovation to Improving Leadership Skill of TVET Student
Author: Hassan, Nur Farha
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Technical Education,Vocational Education,Program Implementation,Leadership Training,Leadership Qualities,Innovation,Skill Development,Technological Advancement,Technology Uses in Education,Self Esteem,Creative Thinking,Leadership Responsibility

Leadership is influencing activities, directing ability, the ability to create, process, influencing, directing effort, power relationships, ability to convince, persuade art, the way a person has influence and get someone else to do something. The innovative systems, tools, and thinking are essential for organizational health and future viability, to help their skills and knowledge to learn more by using innovation technology to improving the self esteem and their creativity thinking to competition with another student. The characteristic of leadership is qualities that stand out, that can easily be distinguished from the crowd, especially in the aspect of performance ability, responsibility, involvement and status. TVET Students should have a leadership role in facilitating the implementation of ongoing innovation. Leadership should be applied in students because students will become future leaders. Implementation of innovation is essential focus for the current desire of innovation in life. This paper is a study to identify implementation of innovation to improving leadership skill of TVET student.
Protocols for Online Teaching of Thucydides: The &quot;Final Word&quot; Case Study
Author: Aravani, ?vangelia
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Electronic Learning,Classical Literature,Case Studies,Discussion (Teaching Technique),Active Learning,Computer Literacy,Secondary School Students,Observation,Interviews,Teaching Methods,Instructional Effectiveness,Foreign Countries,Check Lists

This paper sets out to describe and analyze issues relating to the role of new literacies and technologies in the teaching process. More specifically, the article deals with how the educational design process of Ancient Greek changes through the implementation of technology by using online discussion protocols. These were utilized as a tool for active learning and as an alternative proposal for teaching in the text of Thucydides &quot;Epitaphios&quot; (Funeral Oration of Pericles), in the third grade of Lyceum at an Athens school during the 2013-2014 school year. The significance of this teaching proposal based on two facts: it is compatible with the philosophy that governs the New Curriculum for the lesson of Ancient Greek and secondly the need to modernize the teaching methodology of this lesson taking into account the new technological facts in the context of digital literacy. The reference point was the highlighting of the social and political character of this text and their projections in the contemporary era. The evaluation of the students' activities showed that students collaborated to a satisfactory degree, approached knowledge constructively, structured and restructured it, while generating their own interpretations, comparisons and conclusions.
Religious Conflicts and Education in Nigeria: Implications for National Security
Author: Ushe, Ushe Mike
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Religion,Conflict,National Security,Muslims,Christianity,Foreign Countries,Political Power,Violence,Death,Role of Education,Conflict Resolution,Observation,Religious Factors,War,Peace,Intergroup Relations,Dialogs (Language)

The persistent religious conflicts and insecurity in Nigeria has given meaningful Nigerians a cause for deep concern in recent times. Many of them wonder why religion which used to be the cohesive factor and core of national unity, peaceful co-existence and national development has become a tool for political manipulation, violence, destruction of lives and property in Nigeria in contemporary time. This paper examines education as a catalyst for resolving conflicts and enhancing national security in Nigeria. The paper first of all defined the terms that are used in this presentation. It also makes a review of some religious conflicts experienced in Nigeria together with their causes and the effects. Furthermore, the paper examined education in Nigeria as a catalyst for sustenance of national security. The paper utilized both secondary sources and observation methods for data collection and presentation. Finding from the research reveals that religious conflicts and insecurity are endemic in Nigeria in the last two decades. The Muslims and Christian adherents have fought wars in Nigeria than they had actually fought for peace, thereby threatening peaceful co-existence and national security among the citizenry. The paper recommends among others, that the government should employ meaningful ways such as education and inter-faith dialogue to enhance peaceful co-existence and national security in Nigeria.
Attendant Care for College Students with Physical Disabilities Using Wheelchairs: Transition Issues and Experiences
Author: Burwell, Nequel R.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Disabilities,Student Needs,Phenomenology,Undergraduate Students,Time Management,Training,Emotional Response,Student Responsibility,Parent Role,Preferences,Costs,Interpersonal Relationship,Caregivers,Friendship,Individual Characteristics,Self Advocacy,Service Occupations,Semi Structured Interviews,Qualitative Research

From preschool through high school, accommodation and success, rather than self-advocacy and student development, are the predominant frameworks for students with physical disabilities. Many students with physical disabilities who use wheelchairs are assisted by their family members with daily life activities such as getting out of bed, showering, eating, dressing, and toileting. Once in college, many of the students are responsible for finding their own personal care, thus it may be the first time they will have to self-advocate. Multiple factors affect the transition and experiences from high school to college and for students with physical disabilities, that transition may involve attendant care. This study explored the transitional attendant care issues and experiences of college students with physical disabilities who use wheelchairs. During a phenomenological study of 12 undergraduates, seven themes emerged regarding transitional issues for students with attendant care: time management, preparing for attendant care, training attendants, first feelings, accepting responsibility, parental involvement, and financial considerations. Four themes emerged regarding their collegiate experiences with attendant care: preferences, relationships with attendants, supportive friends, and characteristics of attendants. Recommendations for future studies, future researchers, academic and student affairs educators, and future college students are provided.
Design Thinking and the Deanly Conversation: Reflections on Conversation, Community, and Agency
Author: Campbell, Katy
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Instructional Design,Inquiry,Educational Technology,Personal Narratives,Higher Education,Foreign Countries,Blended Learning,Electronic Learning,Reflective Teaching,Empowerment,Professional Identity,Activism,Trust (Psychology)

The article &quot;Conversation as Inquiry: A Conversation with Instructional Designers&quot; (Campbell, Schwier &amp; Kenny 2006) appeared in the &quot;Journal of Learning Design&quot; Volume 1, Issue 3 in 2006. Nine years on, Professor Katy Campbell, Dean of the Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta, reflects upon the arguments articulated in the original co-authored article. Among other things, she describes how in the past 10 years, she has observed a new discourse emerging, one that uses more of the language of autonomy, authenticity, accessibility, conversation and, especially, higher education's moral obligations to the communities of which they are a part. Campbell's reflection is followed by the original article (also see EJ1066474) as it appeared in 2006 with minor edits made.