ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Teachers' Performance Motivation System in Thai Primary Schools
Author: Pasathang, Sarojn
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Motivation,Foreign Countries,Elementary Schools,Questionnaires,Semi Structured Interviews,Satisfaction,Program Implementation,Teacher Effectiveness,Mixed Methods Research,Correlation,Elementary School Teachers,Teaching (Occupation)

This research aims to: 1) study the present conditions and desirable condition of the motivation systems as well as how to find methods for motivating the performance of teachers in primary schools, 2) develop a motivation system for the performance of teachers in primary schools, 3) study the effects of using the motivation system for compliance with work of the teachers in primary schools by using research and development process. The research was consisted of three phases: Phase 1 the study of current conditions and desirable conditions of motivation system and methods for motivating the performance of teachers in the schools under the Office of Basic Education. Questionnaires were used to collect data from the sample which was consisted of 1,016 school administrators and teachers. Phase 2 development of motivation system for the performance of teachers in primary schools. The system was later validated by nine experts. Phase 3 results of the study on motivation system after implementation in a primary school. Data was collected from eight school administrators and teachers. Instruments in collecting data were: 1) questionnaire, 2) semi-structured interviews,3) evaluate form of operational level, 4) evaluation form of satisfaction. Statistical used in data analysis were percentage and standard deviation. The results showed that: 1) the current conditions of the motivation system for the performance of teachers by the input factor was at a moderate level, by the process factor was at a high level, and by the output factor was at a moderate level. As the desirable conditions, all three factors were at the highest level. 2) The motivation system for the performance of teachers in primary schools that the researchers have developed consists of six sub-systems, including: work-based motivation, award-based motivation, good communication, creating organizational relationship, environment in the workplace, workplace fairness. The input factors included: administrators, teachers, materials, and technology. Output included work performance standard and personal performance standard. 3) Results after the implementation of the system revealed that the teachers were motivated to perform at a high level and their preference for a motivation system was also at a high level.
Effect of Formative and Ability Test Results on Early Learning of Students
Author: Kadir, Abdul
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Junior High School Students,Formative Evaluation,Academic Ability,Science Education,Secondary School Science,Factor Analysis,Multiple Choice Tests,Randomized Controlled Trials,Statistical Analysis,Measures (Individuals),Outcomes of Education,Learning Processes,Test Format,Narration,Essay Tests,Comparative Analysis

The objective of this study was to examine the relationship of formative tests to early learning ability of students in the science learning style. This research used an experimental method with a 2 x 2 factorial design. The participants comprised all the students in class VII of the Islamic Junior High School State of Kolaka, a total of 343 students from 9 classes. Sampling was based on the use of a two-stage cluster sampling technique to randomly select four classes of students. The four classes were re-randomized, with two being given formative tests and two being given multiple choice tests. The t-test was used to measure the student learning outcomes. The results showed: (1) the use of formative tests in narrative form in the learning process can provide a measure of higher learning output compared with the use of formative multiple choice tests. (2) For those students who have a high initial ability, the use of formative tests can provide higher learning outcomes compared with the use of multiple choice tests. (3) For those students who have a lower initial ability, the use of formative tests in narrative form does not provide a different outcome to tests in multiple choice formats.
The English Education in Primary Schools in Minor Ethnic Areas in Western China--Taking Leshan City as an Example
Author: Bing, Wang
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Minority Group Students,Elementary Schools,Language Minorities,Educational Improvement,Teacher Competencies,Textbooks,Teaching Methods

As we all know, China is a country with many ethnic minorities mainly living in the northeastern and southwestern China. The English education in the primary schools in these areas is an important issue. The article analyzes the status quo of English education in primary schools in minor ethnic areas, taking the Leshan city, a western one as an example, and then proposes some suggestions of enhancing English education in primary schools in minor ethnic areas.
A Research on Reading Strategies among Non-English Major Postgraduates
Author: Yang, Yang
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Graduate Students,Reading Strategies,English (Second Language),Nonmajors,Engineering,Reading Rate,Language Proficiency,Reading Achievement,Comparative Analysis,Learning Strategies,Metacognition,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Use Studies,Statistical Analysis

As a very important skill both in English teaching and learning, reading strategy has been emphasized at home and abroad for a long time. Many scholars and teachers make research on undergraduates of English major or non-English major. However, the postgraduates are often neglected. Actually, it is also imperative to make a study among postgraduates of non-English majors, getting the information of their use of reading strategies and giving some useful suggestions to them. Therefore, this paper makes a quantitative study among 40 postgraduates from College of Mechanical Engineering in Chang'an University. This study shows that postgraduates of non-English major in Chang'an university do not frequently use reading strategies to improve their reading speed and proficiency. And there is a big difference between the successful learners and unsuccessful learners in terms of the use of reading strategies.
Effectiveness of Using Screencast Feedback on EFL Students' Writing and Perception
Author: Ali, Amira Desouky
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mixed Methods Research,College Freshmen,Feedback (Response),Video Technology,Writing Assignments,Student Attitudes,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Writing Tests,Questionnaires,Writing Skills,Pretests Posttests,Foreign Countries,Technology Uses in Education,Hypothesis Testing

This mixed-methods research was carried out to investigate the effect of screencast video feedback on the writing of freshmen, studying academic writing course at a university in Egypt, and explore their perception towards receiving screencast feedback. Two classes of 63 students were chosen to participate in this study and were assigned into two groups; an experimental group (33 students) and a control one (30 students). While the control group received written comments, the experimental group received video feedback to the higher order concerns of writing (content, organization and structure) and written feedback to the lower order concerns (accuracy) of their writings. Two writing tests were administered to the two groups before and after the experiment. To investigate the perception towards screencast feedback, an online questionnaire was applied to the experimental group after the experiment. Results showed that the experimental group outperformed the control group in the higher order concerns of writing as well as the overall writing skill in the writing posttest. Findings also revealed that the majority of students in the experimental group perceived screencast feedback positively for being clear, personal, specific, supportive, multimodal, constructive, and engaging. However, they reported few challenges such as slow loading time and inability to download videos to their computers. The research concludes with implications for practitioners and researchers.
A Linguistic Analysis on Errors Committed by Jordanian EFL Undergraduate Students: A Case of News Headlines in Jordanian Newspapers
Author: Al Karazoun, Ghada Abdelmajid
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Error Analysis (Language),Newspapers,English (Second Language),English Language Learners,Translation,Language Tests,Semitic Languages,Syntax,Morphology (Languages),Lexicology,Student Evaluation,Current Events

This study investigated some linguistic errors committed by Jordanian EFL undergraduate students when translating news headlines in Jordanian newspapers from Arabic to English and vice versa. The data of the study was collected through a test composed of (30) English news headlines and (30) Arabic ones covering various areas of news occurring in a large corpus of Jordanian newspapers, i.e., two leading and prominent newspapers were selected. The test was administrated to a randomly selected sample consisting of (40 female, 20 male) third and fourth year undergraduate students in the Department of English Language and Literature in the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Arts at UNRWA University in Amman, Jordan. Results from the first analysis of the translated Arabic news headlines indicated that the EFL students had grammatical and lexical errors respectively. The second analysis of the translated Arabic news headlines showed that the EFL students had inadequate knowledge of the English headlines rules. The analysis of the translated English headlines revealed that the EFL students' main difficulties were grammatical followed by discoursal and lexical types. In light of these results, the researcher proposes a number of pedagogical recommendations related to translating news headlines and future research.
Study of Impact on Undergraduates' Entrepreneurial Failure Based on the Model of Psychological Resilience-Knowledge Acquisition
Author: Jing, Tang
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Entrepreneurship,Failure,Resilience (Psychology),Semi Structured Interviews,Models,Coping,Psychological Patterns,Well Being,Positive Attitudes,Self Control,Decision Making,Self Esteem,Experiential Learning

Purpose: The entrepreneurship is a course of gaining knowledge from the failure and stimulating positive energy constantly. The entrepreneur's psychological resilience is the key to gain knowledge (positive energy) from failure (negative energy). The education of undergraduate entrepreneurship is one of the priorities these days. Educators shall transform from &quot;success education&quot; to &quot;failure education&quot;, and combine entrepreneurial failure education with positive resilience cultivation. Through the approach of field interview, this thesis examines the impact of student entrepreneurs' resilience after failure on knowledge acquisition and subsequent success. As a result, a learning model of student entrepreneur after business failure is discovered, which offers a practical point of reference for undergraduates' entrepreneurship education today.
A Closer Look at Extensive Reading in Omani Public Schools: Current Practices and Teachers' Perceptions
Author: Fawzia, Al Seyabi
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Reading Instruction,Public Schools,Content Analysis,Semi Structured Interviews,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Language Teachers,Reading Materials,Reading Assignments,Student Evaluation,Grade 10

The present study aims at identifying the current practices regarding the implementation of extensive reading in Omani public schools. The study employed a content analysis sheet to analyze the extensive reading work of 300 students. Semi-structured interviews were also held with 15 teachers and 5 regional supervisors from Al-Dakhilyia Governorate. Results of the study revealed that the frequency of reading amongst students is very low as 53% of the students read only once a semester and they often read the same type of genre. The results also showed that most of the English language teachers chose the same reading materials for their students regardless of the students' interests or proficiency level. To show evidence of reading, students often wrote responses to questions in their notebooks. As for assessment, teachers did not assess students based on the frequency of reading or the difficulty level of the questions chosen. Teachers responded to students' work by giving them a general mark rather than providing descriptive comments or giving recommendations on what to read next. Drawing upon the findings, recommendations to bring about better practices regarding extensive reading are provided.
A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Tmall's Double Eleven Advertisement
Author: Hu, Chunyu
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Discourse Analysis,Advertising,Visual Aids,Merchandise Information,Consumer Economics,Cognitive Psychology,Marketing,Nonverbal Communication,Educational Practices,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries

From the 1990s, the multimodal turn in discourse studies makes multimodal discourse analysis a popular topic in linguistics and communication studies. An important approach to applying Systemic Functional Linguistics to non-verbal modes is Visual Grammar initially proposed by Kress and van Leeuwen (1996). Considering that commercial advertisement is an indispensable part of the modern society that bears rich meanings worth discussing, this paper analyzes visual components of the advertisement produced by Tmall for the Double Eleven Shopping Carnival from the perspective of Visual Grammar. By analyzing representational, interactive and compositional meaning presented in the advertisement, this article illustrates how visual components serve as a huge attraction to the viewers and effectively justifies the consumption behavior by appealing to the cultural and social state. It also sheds some light on raising the awareness of consumers by presenting how advertisement producers practice psychological manipulation on the viewers.
An Evaluation of a Constructivist Online Collaborative Learning Activity: A Case Study on Geometry
Author: Choo, Koo Ah
Date: 2009-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Case Studies,Secondary School Students,Online Courses,Cooperative Learning,Electronic Learning,Geometry,Spatial Ability,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Constructivism (Learning),Statistical Analysis,Program Effectiveness

This paper reports a case study which involved 32 secondary school students participating in an online collaborative learning (OCL) activity known as Diary of Discovering Geometry. This activity aimed to explore the real contents in the learners' surrounding for discovering the spatial concepts and the applications of geometry. The purpose of the study was to explore and investigate the online interaction that occurred in Diary and the perceived effects of Diary. A combination of descriptive and qualitative approaches was utilized to analyze the data. Findings indicate that the students tended to follow rather than being pro-active in Diary online interaction. The gain of knowledge in geometry was minimal. However, a majority of the participants perceived Diary positively as to increase their interest in computer, geometry and to share knowledge among the participants. Their interest in Diary decreased according to time. This can be remedied by introducing some interesting activities in order to maintain their interest throughout the activity. Discussion on the possible reasons of affecting online interaction was discussed. Limitation and recommendation based on the findings were also presented.
A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Two Strategies of Etymological Elaboration and Pictorial Elucidation on Idiom Learning: A Case of Young EFL Iranian Learners
Author: Haghshenas, Mahsa Sadat Mousavi
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Comparative Analysis,Learning Strategies,Etymology,Pictorial Stimuli,Language Patterns,Second Language Learning,English (Second Language),Student Placement,Pretests Posttests,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Definitions,Sentences,Second Language Instruction,Language Proficiency,Females,Language Tests,Statistical Analysis

This study examined the effect of etymological elaboration, pictorial elucidation, and integration of these 2 strategies on idiom learning by L2 learners. A total number of 80 homogeneous intermediate learners studying English at 3 language institutes in Isfahan, Iran, were selected. The intermediate participants were selected as the result of administering an Oxford Placement Test (OPT) to them. Then, the participants were divided into 4 groups of equal size, that is, control, etymological, pictorial, and etymological/pictorial groups. Before the experiment, all the participants took a pretest to ensure their unfamiliarity with the idioms. The idioms that were known even by 1 participant were crossed out, and finally 30 idioms were chosen for instruction. Then, the experimental groups received their relevant treatments during 15 sessions, whereas the control group learners learned idioms through definitions and example sentences. After the implementation of the experiment, the 4 groups, once again, sat for a test (i.e., the immediate posttest) to see whether the treatments had improved idiom learning. Finally, the data were analyzed by an independent samples &quot;t&quot; test and one-way between-groups ANOVA. Results showed that all the 3 strategies significantly improved the participants' idiom learning. Results also pointed to the fact that the etymological elaboration/pictorial elucidation strategy was the most effective strategy on idiom learning.
A Methodology for the Design of Learning Environments
Author: Page, Tom
Date: 2009-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Environment,Teaching Methods,Instructional Design,Social Distance,Aesthetics,Problem Solving,Innovation,Information Technology,Anxiety,Cognitive Ability,Emotional Response,Cooperation,Usability,Virtual Classrooms,Cognitive Processes,Difficulty Level

This article presents and discusses some theoretical starting points and design considerations for addressing emotional and aesthetic aspects of virtual learning environments (VLEs) for support of ubiquitous teaching, studying and learning. In this article, we note that a VLE should be viewed upon as an interactive and sensations arousing instrument, a tool or mediator for communication and regulation of psycho-social processes and presence in terms of social distance. As a symbolic artifact to be assessed and perceived from the viewpoint of aesthetics. The most important emotionality aspects of a VLE could be pointed out to be a tool allows virtual presence and simultaneously allowing possibilities to regulate the social and psychological distance to others. This work focuses on emotionality, particularly from the viewpoint of avatar based VLE collaborative solutions, graphical representations and participants of social simulations, which are used, as shared virtual spaces and mental tools: tools for thinking and mental problem solving. In addition, this work considers emotional mediation through the use of such communication technologies. With the provision of a basis for the ability to empathise, entering into another person's role, emotional reciprocity and as an essential factor for generating a shared and trusting or secure enough mutual emotional state for successful and motivating problem solving and innovation development. Emotional, study-related situations are also discussed from the perspective of one's cognitive and emotional load as well as via situational anxiety and situational pleasure.
An Analysis of Language Teacher Education Programs: A Comparative Study of Turkey and Other European Countries
Author: Altmisdort, Gonca
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Comparative Education,Language Teachers,Second Language Instruction,English,Teacher Education Programs,Language Proficiency,Language Tests,Scores,Program Improvement,Content Analysis,Semi Structured Interviews,Program Design,Program Evaluation,Mixed Methods Research,Correlation,Teacher Effectiveness

The main aim of this study is to analyze and discuss the similarities and the differences between English language teacher educational programs at universities in Turkey, and to identify the undergraduate students' ideas about their current curriculum. In addition to this, the study aims to compare the education of English language teacher education in some countries in which English language proficiency scores are at the highest level in EF EPI (EF English Language Proficiency Index), and to suggest some important points to improve the language teacher educational programs in Turkey. In the study, a document analysis and semi-directed interviews with the 30 students in English language education departments in Turkey are implemented to provide valid and reliable results. The interview questions are based on students' thoughts and ideas describing the sufficiency of their programs, and their goals and objectives. In the study, also, the course curricula of 15 English language teacher education programs are examined and compared. In this research, qualitative and quantitative methods are used. The study includes an international comparison of English language teacher education. With the comparison of the programs, some weak points of English language education programs in Turkey are determined. Besides, in the study, with the analysis of the English teacher education in 5 countries, the ways in which how they reached these targets are defined. At the end of the study, some suggestions are submitted to design and develop English language teacher education programs to produce more successful future teachers and English language education.