ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Using Lotus Blossom Strategy in Geography
Author: Chis, Olga
Date: 2022-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Geography,Teaching Methods,Learning Activities,Geography Instruction,Foreign Countries,College Students,Visual Aids

This research analyses the way in which the Lotus Blossom technique has been described and used worldwide, including Romania and it investigates several ways to apply it based on the geographic content. Based on analysing the way this technique was applied it has been found that it may be applied to various topics, both individually and in groups, depending on the geography teacher's expertise, creativity, skills and employed methodology. During the organised activities, Lotus Blossom was used to highlight and develop the most relevant subtopics on a topic, this process being also applied as an activity of introducing and assessing students' knowledge, of extracting, evaluating, selecting, and synthesising information from various sources while systematising them by visual representation (diagram or table). During an activity in which students were asked to solve a problem (&quot;Christmas Market&quot;), Lotus Blossom was used head-on to break down the problem into &quot;smaller&quot; sub-problems or tasks, to identify or discover them, and to further analyse and split them in order to be able to solve them punctually. In this case, the Lotus Blossom strategy can be compared to the Kaoru Ishikawa diagram.
Herbal Remedies, Over-the-Counter Drugs, and Dietary Supplements: A Primer for Counselors
Author: de Vries, Sabina Remmers
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Counseling,Counselors,Ethics,Dietetics,Drug Therapy,Nutrition,Counselor Role,Diversity,Supervision

U.S. consumers are spending billions on complementary and alternative medicines, and nearly half of those consumers on psychiatric prescription drugs also use herbal remedies. Clients may take herbaceuticals, over-the-counter drugs, and dietary supplements instead of, or in combination with, prescription drugs. This frequently occurs without the input or knowledge of prescribers, which can create significant problems for clients. There is a growing need for counselors to be familiar with herbal remedies, over-the-counter drugs, and dietary supplements. It is vital that counselors understand the potential interaction of these substances with prescribed medications, as well as their impact on clients' emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. This article reviews relevant research and professional publications in order to provide an overview of the most commonly used psychoactive non-prescription products, counselor roles, client concerns, associated counseling ethics, diversity and cultural considerations, and counselor supervision concerns.
Using Cinquain as a Form of Representation of Natural Science Knowledge
Author: Pahome, Daniela
Date: 2022-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Poetry,Literary Genres,Reflection,Creativity,Learning Activities,Models,Teaching Methods,Natural Sciences,Romance Languages,Graduate Students,Teacher Education Programs,Foreign Countries,Masters Programs,Student Attitudes,Evaluation Methods,Animals,Generalization,Verbs,Form Classes (Languages),Language Usage,Vocabulary Skills,Concept Formation

Cinquain is a poetic form, or stanza, of five lines that do not rhyme, which follows some strict rules. Cinquain is also considered to be a training means, a method, a technique, an instrument used for reflection, for synthesis of all knowledge on a particular topic (a being, an object, an ensemble of objects), towards developing one's creativity. In this research, the quintets were created by 47 university students in the last phase of a learning activity structured on the evocation-realisation of meaning-reflection model. The process of preparation and creation of quintets and the quintets created have been analysed, the conclusion being that quintets are an efficient technique in highlighting representations on a specific topic.
Analysis of Geographical Representations Formed on the Basis of Literary Texts
Author: Contiu, Andreea
Date: 2022-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: High School Students,Grade 10,Geography Instruction,Fairy Tales,Literature,Creative Thinking,Visual Aids,Student Projects,Foreign Countries,Learning Activities

In this research, were analysed the visual representations made by high school students as a result of reading a cult fairy tale and creating a project entitled &quot;Harap-Alb's journey seen through the eyes of children&quot; in the 10th grade geography lessons. The projects were carried out by 26 students, who worked in pairs. The geography teacher presented them on the Google Classroom platform the structure of the project (visual and written components), tasks (forming groups, reading fairy tales, making mind maps), instructions and requirements. The aim of this activity was to identify and illustrate ways in which certain cognitive barriers can be removed and through which dynamic and creative thinking can be acquired/encouraged.
Counselor Educators&apos; Experiences of Dissertation-Chairing Relationship Dynamics
Author: Waalkes, Phillip L.
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Counselor Educators,Counselor Training,Doctoral Dissertations,Department Heads,Hermeneutics,Phenomenology,Doctoral Students,Interpersonal Relationship,Empathy,Student Research,Trust (Psychology),Student Needs

Supportive relationships with counselor educators as dissertation chairs are valuable to doctoral students overcoming barriers to successful completion of their dissertations. Yet, few have examined the complex and mutually influenced dissertation-chairing relationships from the perspective of dissertation chairs. Using hermeneutic phenomenology, we interviewed counselor educators (N = 15) to identify how they experienced dissertation-chairing relationship dynamics with doctoral students. Counselor educators experienced relationships characterized by expansive connections, growth in student autonomy, authenticity, safety and trust, and adaptation to student needs. They viewed chairing relationships as fluid and noncompartmentalized, which cultivated mutual learning and existential fulfillment. Our findings provide counselor educators with examples of how empathy and encouragement may help doctoral students overcome insecurities and how authentic and honest conversations may help doctoral students overcome roadblocks. Counselor education programs can apply these findings by building structures to help facilitate safe and trusting relationships between doctoral students and counselor educators.
Trajectory of Journal Article Publications for Counselor Educators at Comprehensive Universities
Author: Hatchett, Gregory T.
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Journal Articles,Publications,Longitudinal Studies,Counselor Educators,Universities,Academic Rank (Professional),Gender Differences,Writing for Publication,Scholarship,Productivity

This study involved a longitudinal analysis of the journal article publications accrued by counselor educators at comprehensive universities over the first 20 years since receiving their doctoral degrees. A review of electronic databases revealed these counselor educators accrued a median of three journal article publications over the first 20 years since degree completion. Faculty rank, inferred binary gender, and the date of terminal degree all predicted cumulative journal article publication counts. An analysis of sequence charts revealed that journal article publication counts are not invariant over the first 20 years since degree completion, but vary based on time, faculty rank, and inferred binary gender. The implications of this research for counselor education training are discussed.
Child Abuse Reporting: Understanding Factors Impacting Veteran School Counselors
Author: Ricks, Lacey
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Child Abuse,School Counselors,Decision Making,Disclosure,Educational Environment,Self Efficacy,Training,Lunch Programs,Child Safety,Ethics,Federal Legislation,Federal Aid,Prevention,Advocacy,Child Neglect,Counselor Client Ratio

Quantitative methodology was utilized to assess factors influencing veteran school counselors' decisions to report suspected child abuse. Veteran school counselors were defined as having 6 or more years of experience working as a school counselor within a public or private school. This study is a focused examination of the responses of veteran school counselors from a larger data set. The results of the analysis revealed that academic setting, number of students within the school, and students' engagement in the free or reduced lunch program were significantly correlated with higher reporting among veteran school counselors. Moreover, veteran school counselors' self-efficacy levels were moderately correlated with their decision to report. Highly rated reasons for choosing to report suspected child abuse included professional obligation, following school protocol, and concern for the safety of the child. The highest rated reason for choosing not to report was lack of evidence. Implications for training and advocacy for veteran school counselors are discussed.
Moderation Effects of Supervisee Levels on the Relationship between Supervisory Styles and the Supervisory Working Alliance
Author: Li, Dan
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Supervision,Counselor Training,Supervisor Supervisee Relationship,Supervisors,Administrator Behavior,Graduate Students,Self Concept,Motivation,Personal Autonomy

Supervisee development is integral to counselor training. Despite the general acknowledgement that supervisors adopt different styles when supervising counselor trainees at varying levels, there is a paucity of studies that (a) measure supervisee levels using reliable and valid psychometric instruments, other than a broad categorization of supervisees based on their training progression (e.g., master's level vs. doctoral level, practicum vs. internship, counselor trainee vs. postgraduate); and (b) empirically document how the matching of supervisory styles and supervisee levels relates to supervision processes and/or outcomes. The supervisory working alliance is key to the supervision process and outcome. To test the hypothesized moderation effects of supervisee levels on the relationship between supervisory styles and the supervisory working alliance, the author performed a series (n = 16) of moderation analyses with a sample (N = 113) of master's- and doctoral-level counseling trainees and practitioners. Results suggested that supervisee levels and their three indicators (self and other awareness, motivation, and autonomy) were statistically significant moderators under different contexts. These findings (a) revealed extra intricacies of the relationships among the study variables, (b) shed light on future research directions concerning supervisee development, and (c) encouraged supervisors to adopt a composite of styles to varying degrees to better foster supervisee growth.
The Politeness Strategies of Thai Undergraduates in an Instant Messaging Application
Author: Pathanasin, Saranya
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Pragmatics,Undergraduate Students,Language Usage,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,Synchronous Communication,English (Second Language),Discourse Analysis,Teaching Methods,Computational Linguistics,French,Speech Acts,Language Proficiency,Interlanguage,Native Language,Social Influences,Cultural Influences,Computer Mediated Communication,Active Learning,Thai

The aim of this study is twofold: to analyze politeness strategies in the online conversations of Thai students, and to suggest how this analysis can be applicable to pedagogical practice. A corpus of a 21-month instant online conversation among students and teachers has been analyzed. Throughout the time of data collection, the teachers continually encouraged students to use English and French to promote the use of foreign languages that they were learning. The result of statistical analysis showed the relation between speech acts and politeness strategies used in the data. It could be claimed that the students' language proficiency governed their politeness strategies. As a result, the authors proposed a modification of Brown &amp; Levinson's (1978) Weightiness formula for non-native speakers of English as: W[subscript x] = LP(S) × [D(S,H) + P(H,S) + R[subscript x]]. The results also showed that emoticons were used as redressive actions in politeness. Further, interlanguage pragmatics in the data were discussed based on linguistic competency and socio-cultural norms in the participants' L1. The results suggest that teachers and curriculum developers could better understand students' communication behaviors and language competency through computer-mediated communication. Finally, we offer suggestions to promote online communication in the context of active learning.
Blended Online Learning: Perceptions and Experiences of EFL University Students and Teachers
Author: Watanapokakul, Sasa
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Blended Learning,Online Courses,Integrated Learning Systems,COVID-19,Pandemics,Teaching Methods,Educational Change,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,English (Second Language),Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,College Faculty,Language Teachers,College Freshmen,State Universities,Educational Benefits,Barriers,Time Management,Foreign Countries

During the COVID-19 pandemic, in which social distancing has become the norm, blended online learning, which consists of two main components: namely synchronous online instruction through a virtual conferencing platform, or live virtual classroom (LVC), and asynchronous online learning through a learning management system (LMS), has largely replaced face-to-face classrooms. After 2,217 EFL freshmen and 16 EFL teachers at a public university in Thailand participated in blended online learning instruction in a foundation English course in the first semester of academic year 2021, their perceptions and experiences regarding the instruction were investigated using online questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. An explanatory sequential mixed methods design was employed to obtain empirical information from the participants. The findings obtained from the questionnaires (590 voluntary students and 12 voluntary teachers) and semi-structured interviews (15 voluntary students and 5 voluntary teachers) indicated that blended online learning was appropriate and beneficial in EFL classes for the undergraduate students and could support the social distancing measures put in place due to COVID-19. While there are some limitations, inconveniences, and challenges related to blended online learning, it has been demonstrated to be effective in improving students' English ability while saving time and expense by eliminating the need for travel to the university and providing flexibility regarding the time and place of learning and teaching. Implications and recommendations for blended online learning and its two main components were also concluded from the findings and are discussed in the study.
A Corpus-Based Study of the Near-Synonyms: Purpose, Goal and Objective
Author: Lertcharoenwanich, Pallapa
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computational Linguistics,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,North American English,Semantics,Preferences,Phrase Structure,Nouns,Verbs,Form Classes (Languages),Word Frequency,Classification,Language Usage

Synonyms can be problematic for EFL learners since each synonym has distinct meanings to be used in different context. The purposes of this corpus-based study are to investigate distinctions of the synonymous nouns purpose, goal and objective based on the distribution across genres in which the degree of formality is determined and to examine their verb and adjective collocates in relation to semantic preference. The three target synonyms were analyzed by using data drawn from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). The results from the frequency of distribution across genres suggests that the three target synonyms most frequently occur in formal contexts, e.g., academic texts, and they tend to have similar occurrences across genres. In terms of the common verb and adjective collocates, the top-thirty verb and adjective collocates of the target synonyms with the highest frequency and the significant MI score level of [greater than or equal to] 3 were presented and the collocates with similar meanings were categorized into themes based on their semantic preference. It was found that the three synonymous nouns are near-synonyms with the more closely related status of objective and goal because they share more overlapping semantically-related themes and collocations. However, these synonyms also co-occur with particular verbs or adjectives. This differentiation of collocational patterns of the near-synonyms indicates that they cannot be substitutable in all contexts and the precise usage of each synonym should be taken into consideration.
A Mixed-Methods Approach for Assessing Student Learning Gains in English Listening Comprehension
Author: Wang, Yingchen
Date: 2022-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Achievement Gains,Listening Comprehension,Heuristics,Self Evaluation (Individuals),English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Foreign Countries,College Students,Instructional Materials

The growth of literature in student learning gain in recent decades has posed challenges to address the issue within the classroom. To further shed light on this scientific body of knowledge, the current study implemented a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design on a sample of 76 students. First, test data were analyzed using the interval approach to calculate gain scores for the group. The learning gain was small. Second, individual learning gains were analyzed using the pseudo-anchors identified based on estimated Rasch item parameters. T-tests were performed on the stacked pseudo-anchors. While most students exhibited insignificant improvement, 10 students exhibited significant improvements in their anchors. Third, a Wright map was obtained to assess the student's self-reported gains. Specifically, learning gain was the highest when the students used VOA special English materials. Fourth, learning data were investigated using the multi-facet Rasch model. In the qualitative phase, follow-up interviews were administered and student learning logs were investigated. Thematic analyses and learning pattern examinations revealed the different motivation levels and learning strategies among the students. The connection of quantitative and qualitative analyses provided a more conceptual understanding of student learning gain. The mixed-method approach can be implemented and generalized to other settings, such as the classroom.
Countering Deficit Narratives in Quantitative Educational Research
Author: Russell, Michael
Date: 2022-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Research,Statistical Analysis,Racism,Racial Differences,Research Problems,Outcomes of Education,Critical Theory

The deficit narrative is a critical component of the white racial frame and attributes disparate outcomes to the racialized groups themselves rather than the policies and actions that create conditions that produce these disparities. Educational research that employs racialized groups as a variable in quantitative research holds potential to contribute to deficit narratives by attributing differences in educational outcomes to racialized groups rather than the educational interventions and/or systems under study. This paper examines the extent to which research published over a ten-year period presents findings in a manner that contributes to deficit narratives. The findings indicate nearly sixty percent of manuscripts employed language that creates or perpetuates deficit narratives specific to educational outcomes about people of Black African descent. Suggestions are presented for how findings can be presented in a manner that avoids deficit narratives and instead produce an anti-racist narrative.
Effect Size for a Multilevel Model Random Slope Effect: Change in Variance Accounted for with Likelihood-Based versus Variance Partition Measures
Author: Lorah, Julie
Date: 2022-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Effect Size,Hierarchical Linear Modeling,Longitudinal Studies,Maximum Likelihood Statistics,Regression (Statistics),Educational Research,Sample Size

Applied educational researchers may be interested in exploring random slope effects in multilevel models, such as when examining individual growth trajectories with longitudinal data. Random slopes are effects for which the slope of an individual-level coefficient varies depending on group membership, however these effects can be difficult to interpret. The change in variance accounted for is often used as an effect size measure and could be appropriate for helping to interpret a random slope effect. Two methods for computing variance accounted for include likelihood-based methods and variance partition methods. It is unclear how results from these two methods compare to each other when used to compute a measure of change in variance accounted for with a random slope effect. The present study fills this gap through a simulation study comparing these two methods under various conditions. Results indicate that the value of variance accounted for may differ depending on the type of measure used, and that applied researchers should consider reporting values for both measures.
How to Obtain the Most Error-Free Estimate of Reliability? Eight Sources of Deflation in the Estimates of Reliability to Avoid
Author: Metsämuuronen, Jari
Date: 2022-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Test Reliability,Scores,Test Items,Correlation,Probability,Error of Measurement,Sample Size

The reliability of a test score is usually underestimated and the deflation may be profound, 0.40 - 0.60 units of reliability or 46 - 71%. Eight root sources of the deflation are discussed and quantified by a simulation with 1,440 real-world datasets: (1) errors in the measurement modelling, (2) inefficiency in the estimator of reliability within the selected measurement model, (3) inefficiency in forming of the score variable (X) as the manifestation of the latent trait [theta], (4) non-optimal characteristics of the items (g[subscript i]) in relation to the estimator, and (5) inefficient weight factor, that is, coefficient correlation (wi) that links [theta] with the observed values of the test item (x[subscript i]), (6) a small sample size, (7) extreme test difficulty, and (8) a narrow scale in the score. If willing to maximize the probability that the estimate of reliability would be as close as possible the true, population value, these sources should be avoided, or their effect should be corrected by using deflation-corrected estimators of reliability.