ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Investigation of Behaviour Styles of the Coaches of Athletes Who Competed at 2018 Snowboard Cross World Cup
Author: Gül, Mehmet
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Athletic Coaches,Teacher Behavior,Competition,Team Sports,Coaching (Performance),Athletes,Foreign Countries

Coaches are one of the leading people who have a role in athletes' success. Physical and physiological characteristics of many elite athletes are close to each other. The most important psychological factor as the distinguishing element bringing success is the coaches' behavioral approaches to their athletes. It is important to find out the behavioural styles of the coaches of athletes who are representing their countries in international organizations and who are showing top level performance in increasing their countries' success. In this sense, the purpose of this study is to analyze the coaching behaviour styles of the coaches of snowboard cross athletes representing their countries in the world cup. The study is a descriptive study in the model of survey. 3-item personal information form developed by the researcher and Coaching Behaviour Scale for Sport- CBS-S consisting of 7 factors and 47 items were used as data collection tool. The scale was given to 68 of 97 athletes competing for different countries in Snowboard Cross World Cup that was held in Erzurum/Turkey in January 2018. Percentage, frequency, mean and average values were used in the analysis of data. Various difference tests were used to find out the differences between variables. 24 female and 44 male athletes participated in the study. Average age of the athletes was found as 25,16±4,53. No significant difference was found in terms of the variables of age, gender and the continent athletes participated from and it was found that athletes assessed the positive behavioural styles of coaches in very high levels (6,98±1,21), while they assessed their negative coaching behaviours in very low levels (1,08±0,14). According to the results obtained, it is recommended for behavioural styles of coaches assessed within the context of similar researches to be applied to other sport branches.
21st Century Learning Skills and Autonomy: Students&apos; Perceptions of Mobile Devices in the Thai EFL Context
Author: Howlett, Graham
Date: 2019-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,High School Students,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Independent Study,Learning Processes,Skill Development,Communication Skills,Intercultural Communication,Foreign Countries,Problem Solving,Critical Thinking,Cooperation,Media Literacy,Technological Literacy,Creativity

This study examined the extent to which English as a Foreign Language (EFL) high-school students believed mobile devices increase learning and learner satisfaction in the Thai school/classroom context, and whether they are prepared for autonomous learning using these devices. The participants were 277 students in eight high-schools in Southern Thailand who completed a questionnaire constructed around the core competencies of 21st century learning skills and autonomous traits in relation to mobile device use. The findings indicated that students had access/ability to use mobile devices, and either agreed/strongly agreed that mobile devices increase their learning potential and satisfaction, suggesting they are ready for autonomous learning using mobile devices in partnership with their 21st century learning skills. Recommendations are made for teachers and policy-makers to allow students to complement their learning using mobile devices.
An Analysis of Professional Alienation in Academics
Author: Çoban, Oktay
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,Alienation,Work Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Work Experience,Gender Differences,Peer Relationship,Work Environment,Recreational Activities,Working Hours,Foreign Countries

This study aims to measure level of professional alienation among academics working at different departments. The population of the study consists of 850 academics working at different departments of Yozgat Bozok University at Turkey during 2018-2019 academic year. The sample of the study consists of 192 academics working at different departments of Yozgat Bozok University at Turkey during 2018-2019 academic year and voluntarily participated in online survey sent by researchers. Survey was used as a research method in the present study. Participants' demographic features were collected using &quot;personal information form&quot;. Academic Alienation Scale developed by [1] is to analyze participants' alienation towards academic teaching as a profession. The obtained data were statistically analyzed using SPSS 18 software program. Frequency analysis, percentage analysis, arithmetic means, t test, ANOVA analysis and post hoc tests were used for data analysis. The findings suggest that there were significant differences among levels of professional alienation in academics in terms of academic working years, required materials for academic activities and sufficiency of materials (p&lt;0.05). On the other hand, no significant differences were observed in terms of gender, title, level of communication with colleagues, exposure to mobbing, place of work, participation in social and sports activities and standard working hours (p&gt;0.05).
An Analysis over Physical and Physiological Parameters of Elementary School Children Taking Part in a Sport Climbing Exercise
Author: Aykora, Emrah
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary School Students,Physical Activities,Athletics,Adventure Education,Human Body,Exercise Physiology,Exercise,Psychomotor Skills,Foreign Countries,Physical Education,Physical Education Teachers,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Pretests Posttests,Muscular Strength

This study is intended to analyze any improvement in flexibility, balance, strength (hand, grip, arm, torso, leg) and physiological (body weight, body mass index, body fat percentage) parameters for elementary school children with no background of sport climbing in a sport climbing training they attend. The physical and physiological parameters of the subjects were measured at the outset of the study and at the end of month two. Height (H), body weight (W), body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BFP), Flamingo Balance Test (FBT) for balance, Sit and Reach Test (SRT) for flexibility, Standing Broad Jump (SBJ) for explosive leg power, Sit-Ups Test (SUT) to be performed in 30 seconds for abdominal strength, Bent Arm Hang (BAH) test for endurance, hand grip strength (HGS) test for grip, and 10 x 5 meter shuttle run (SR) tests for sprint speed were conducted as a part of preliminary and posttests. The subjects took part in a 90-minute sport climbing exercise on a daily basis. The results of the preliminary and posttests pointed to a significant difference of p&lt;0.001 in body weight, body mass index, balance, flexibility, torso strength, arm strength, grip strength and sprint speed, and of p&lt;0.005 in body fat percentage. There was no significant difference between preliminary and post test results of the students who did not take part in any sport climbing exercise. In conclusion, physical and physiological parameters of students who take up sport climbing as early as in an elementary school do improve
Creativity Assessment in School: Reflection from a Middle School Italian Study on Giftedness
Author: Sorrentino, Clarissa
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Creativity,Reflection,Foreign Countries,Middle School Students,Middle School Teachers,Academically Gifted,Creative Thinking,Creativity Tests

The attention to Gifted students is a growing educational topic in Italy. This work is part of a broader doctoral study on giftedness assessment and education. In particular the contribute explores the usefulness of a teacher's instrument to test creativity in Italian lower secondary schools. For this purpose it was tested the concurrent validity of the Renzulli Subscale of Creativity [1] used by mainstream teachers and special educational needs teachers and the William Test of Divergent thinking [2] used by the Educational researcher and completed by the students. A total of 106 students and 9 teachers participated in the study. The quantitative analysis shows a positive correlation between the evaluations through the Williams test and the Renzulli Subscale of Creativity used by the whole group of teachers. Therefore, the study checked if there was a difference between teachers' characteristics in the evaluation of creativity, in particular between mainstream and special educational needs teachers. The results show that there is no statistical difference between the evaluations of the group of teachers. A reflection of the importance of a multidimensional approach on the study of creativity, and in general of giftedness, that considers multiple source of information in the identification and Education of Gifted students is carried out in the study.
Evaluation of the Creative Skills of the Classroom Teacher Candidates&apos; Taking Visual Arts Training Course
Author: Cömert, Sibel Adar
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Visual Arts,Preservice Teachers,Creativity,Foreign Countries,Art Education,Painting (Visual Arts)

This study aims to measure the skills of classroom teacher candidates' in transforming their creativity into artistic design. Descriptive analysis technique, which is one of the qualitative research techniques, is used and document review method is applied in the study. The research consists of data obtained as a result of an observation conducted by the researcher during a total of 78 course hours throughout one term with the 4th year students of Classroom Teaching Faculty of Nigde Ömer Halis Demir University. As a result, it is observed that at the beginning of the study, students were biased on their skills and felt unsuccessful in art. As students focus more on teacher appointment exams, they have always wanted to pass exams without an effort and take grade in a very short span of time. It has been observed that students, in general, don't have any attempt to be creative.
Teachers&apos; Technostress Levels as an Indicator of Their Psychological Capital Levels
Author: Efilti, Erkan
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Stress Variables,Technology Uses in Education,Psychological Patterns,Resilience (Psychology),Technological Literacy,Computer Attitudes,Self Efficacy,Structural Equation Models,Foreign Countries,Secondary School Teachers,Correlation,Elementary School Teachers,Positive Attitudes,Teaching Conditions,Work Environment

The rapid development and easy accessibility of internet and personal computers have increased their use in educational environments as well as in every field. In schools, responsibilities of teachers in using technology have increased within the scope of educational processes and management processes and administrative level, and indirectly it has been determinative in their behavior towards the institution. In this respect, teachers' technostress levels which are the pressure they incur in the use of technology, and psychological capital levels which are the positive organizational behaviors, have been investigated in the present study. Two different scales were used in the research conducted with the participation of 228 teachers at different school levels in the academic year of 2016-2017. At the end of the study, it was found that teachers had a high level of psychological capital and a medium level of technostress, and there was a moderate and inverse relationship between their psychological capital and technostress levels. In addition, as a result of the structural equation modeling, it was found that the teachers' technostress levels were important indicator of their psychological capital levels. In this respect, it can be stated that measures to reduce the technostress level will increase the psychological capital level.
The Development of a Reading Comprehension Test
Author: Özdemir, Ezgi Çetinkaya
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Reading Comprehension,Reading Tests,Test Construction,Grade 4,Elementary School Students,Foreign Countries,Test Items,Difficulty Level,Test Reliability,Multiple Choice Tests,Test Validity

Reading comprehension has an important place in lifelong learning. It is an interactive process between the reader and the text. Students need reading comprehension skills at all educational levels and for all school subjects. Determining the level of students' reading comprehension skills is the subject of testing and evaluation. Tests used to measure students' success are expected to provide accurate and reliable information. Therefore, the aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable reading comprehension test appropriate for fourth grade reading comprehension learning outcomes. The participants in the study were 245 fourth graders from three schools at low, middle and high socioeconomic levels in the central district of Kars. Items with discrimination indices below 0.30 and those that did not differ by 27% in the upper and lower groups on the independent groups t-test were excluded from the test. The difficulty indices of the test items ranged from 0.37 to 0.79. The KR-20 reliability coefficient was found to be 0.83, indicating that this multiple choice reading comprehension test is valid and reliable.
An Interdisciplinary Environmental Education Approach: Determining the Effects of E-STEM Activity on Environmental Awareness
Author: Helvaci, Sevcan Candan
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Interdisciplinary Approach,Environmental Education,STEM Education,Student Attitudes,Elementary School Students,Knowledge Level,Recycling,Consciousness Raising

In addition to the studies conducted regarding STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic), which is a new approach in education and attract attention worldwide, researches also concentrated on the effectiveness of the partnership of this interdisciplinary approach with other disciplines. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of an education carried out with an E-STEM activity on the environmental awareness of students and their opinions on E-STEM disciplines. In the study, a holistic multi-state pattern was used among the case study patterns. Data obtained from semi-structured interview and activity plans were analyzed using content analysis. There were 18 participants in the study conducted at a centralized public school in a province located in western Black Sea Region of Turkey, who were at 6th grade in the 2017-2018 Academic Year. The E-STEM activity prepared within the scope of the application was implemented for a total of 6 course hours for three weeks. At the end of the study, in the light of the information obtained from the participants who provide opinions on STEM disciplines, environmental awareness sub-dimensions and E-STEM, it was determined that the application had positive effects. Participants made positive statements about the environment, especially on recycling, and the use of the different disciplines together. Based on this research, it was suggested that it would be useful to develop studies on E-STEM.
Humor Markers in Computer Mediated Communication: Emotion Perception and Response
Author: Farnia, Maryam
Date: 2019-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Humor,Computer Mediated Communication,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Language Teachers,Classification,Emotional Response,Punctuation,Computational Linguistics,Spelling,Computer Software,Discourse Analysis

This paper aimed at investigating humor in text-based computer mediated communication (CMC). To this end, 200 turns exchanged by a number of 50 English language teachers on Viber, a messaging application, were randomly selected and analyzed based on Adam's (2012) classification of humor to examine emoticons, punctuations (question mark, exclamation mark, and ellipsis), laughter (textual and acronym), formatting (spelling variations, capital/small letters, and elongation), and explicit markers in the corpus. The findings showed that emoticons outweighed other humor markers while laughter rated the least used marker in the corpus.
Computer-Based (CBT) vs. Paper-Based (PBT) Testing: Mode Effect, Relationship between Computer Familiarity, Attitudes, Aversion and Mode Preference with CBT Test Scores in an Asian Private EFL Context
Author: Khoshsima, Hooshang
Date: 2019-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Assisted Testing,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Computer Literacy,Foreign Countries,Scores,Language Tests,Test Format,Computer Attitudes,Preferences,Multiple Choice Tests,Student Attitudes,Language Proficiency

The current study was conducted to investigate whether test scores of Iranian English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners were equivalent across CBT and PBT modes, with 58 intermediate learners studying at a private language academy located in Behshahr city in northern Iran. Moreover, test takers' computer familiarity, attitudes, aversion, and testing mode preference were regarded as the potential issues to influence CBT test scores. Data were collected using CBT and PBT versions of Nelson Proficiency Multiple-Choice Tests and Computer Aversion, Attitudes, and Familiarity Index (CAAFI) questionnaire as well as a simple testing administration mode preference question. The participants produced similar scores across modes, although they insignificantly outperformed on the CBT version. Additionally, analysis of the overall scores on the CAAFI and mode preference question obtained from CBT testing session indicated no statistically significant correlation between computer familiarity, attitude, aversion, and mode preference variables and test takers' CBT scores. The qualitative findings of this study obtained by semi-structured interview revealed that most of the participants showed high preference and more advantages for CBT over PBT to rationalize why they preferred this mode of testing.
The Effect of Flipped Classroom Instruction in Writing: A Case Study with Iraqi EFL Learners
Author: Qader, Ramyar O.
Date: 2019-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Blended Learning,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Student Attitudes,Writing Skills,College Students,Writing Tests,Pretests Posttests,Instructional Effectiveness,Foreign Countries

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of Flipped Classroom Instruction (FCI) on Iraqi EFL learners' writing skills. Participants included 66 students in the College of Languages English Department at Salahaddin University. The study employed a mixed method of data collection, utilizing pre-and post-writing tests as well as a questionnaire for both groups and interviews conducted with the experimental group. Findings indicated that a statistically significant difference existed between the control and experimental groups and, more specifically, the students of the experimental group performed better on the writing tests than the students of the control group. The majority of the learners' attitudes towards FCI were positive.
Social Media Impact on Language Learning for Specific Purposes: A Study in English for Business Administration
Author: Slim, Hadoussa
Date: 2019-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Media,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,English (Second Language),Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods,Computer Assisted Instruction,Business Administration Education,Business Communication,Pretests Posttests,Vocabulary Development,College Students,English for Special Purposes

Nowadays, social media are dominating the life of people. Facebook has become noticeably widespread among the youth, and students in particular. Research has indicated that Facebook could be an effective platform for language learning. This study, therefore, comes to explore the effects of Facebook-assisted teaching on learning English for specific purposes by students at the University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. A sample of 64 students from the Faculty of Business Administration, taking a Business Letters course in English, were divided into a Facebook-tutored group and a traditional classroom tutored group and were given the same vocabulary content. The two groups were given pre- and post-tests to measure their vocabulary learning, and were subjected to an interview to gauge their attitudes towards the instructional methods which were put to use. However, no significant difference between the two groups was found in terms of achievement in spite of the positive response and the high satisfaction level the Facebook-tutored students showed towards the use of such a platform.
Reasons Why Azerbaijani Students Choose Eskisehir in Turkey for Their Graduate Education
Author: Güngör, Semra Kiranli
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Graduate Students,Graduate Study,College Choice,Study Abroad,Student Attitudes,Phenomenology,Universities,Preferences,Religious Factors,Cultural Influences,Living Standards,Foreign Countries,Cultural Awareness,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction

This research explored why graduate Azerbaijani education students chose to pursue their overseas education in Turkey, which factors they took into consideration, and what contributions this education will provide both them and their countries. The phenomenological model was utilized in the research. The research comprised 25 Azerbaijani students enrolled at the graduate-level in Eskisehir Osmangazi and Anadolu Universities in the 2017-2018 academic year. The interviews were coded with content analysis and formed themes and subthemes. The findings reflected that Azerbaijani students viewed Turkey as a 'sister' city and therefore preferred to study their overseas education there because of the common religion, language, and the cultural proximity. Moreover Eskisehir has suitable living conditions for the students due to a favorable economy.
An Analysis of Conflict Styles in Terms of Various Variables among Athletes Participated in Turkey Inter-Universities Wushu Championship
Author: Kilinç, Zühal
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Athletics,Intercollegiate Cooperation,Athletes,Conflict,Undergraduate Students,Gender Differences,Age Differences,Educational Background,Family (Sociological Unit)

In this paper, the conflict styles of 288 athletes participated in Turkey Inter-Universities Wushu Championship in Antalya in the academic year 2017-2018 were evaluated. The research presents the significance for revealing the athletes' conflict styles with their families, trainers and teammates and creating solutions. The questionnaire was used as a data collection tool in the research. This scale was adapted from the measurement used in the undergraduate students by Önder (2008). The athletes' conflict styles were determined with their responses to the questions as (2,02±1,07) in the vertical conflict on average. In the horizontal conflict and vertical conflict sub-dimensions, the athletes were seen to experience less conflicts (1,90±,985). The significant differences were found between the vertical conflict and horizontal conflict sub-dimensions in the variables of age, educational back ground, undergraduate year and domicile. In accordance with the gender variable, a significant difference was found in the horizontal conflict sub-dimension. The female athletes were considered to experience horizontal conflicts less than the male ones among themselves. This paper has great importance since it keeps light on the managers and the athletes. In conclusion, the athletes participated in the vertical and horizontal conflict subdimensions less. This means that the athletes have positive approaches to conflicts, and that they are well-intentioned in conflict management. It is possible to say that conlicts are experienced less by them since sportive performance makes positive effects.