ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Science Teacher Candidates&apos; Views on Climate Change
Author: Güler, Hatice
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Teachers,Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Climate,Change,Case Studies,Teacher Education Programs,Natural Disasters,Diseases,Biodiversity,Ecology,Foreign Countries

This study was carried out to reveal the views of science teacher candidates about climate change. In the study, the case study method, which is among the descriptive research method, was used in order to reveal the situation that is one of the qualitative research methods. The sample group of the study consists of 10 science teachers' candidate studying at Agri Ibrahim Cecen University in the Turkey. The most important reason for pre-service teachers to be selected as a sample for the research is due to the assumption that they will teach these students in the national education program when they become teachers in the future. Within the scope of the research, a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers was used. After the interview questions were prepared, they were presented to the opinions of three experts and a pilot application was carried out with 2 teachers candidate. After the necessary corrections were made according to the course of the interview, the questions were finalized. Interview recording was carried out during the interview in the form of note-taking points. Descriptive, systematic and data analysis methods used in qualitative research were used in the analysis of the findings obtained. Some results of the research are as follows. Teacher candidates defined climate change as the air temperature rising above or below the normal value. Rather than the definition of climate change, they made predictions about the cause and outcome. Besides, teacher candidates stated that, as a result of the climate change both in Turkey and in the world, the bio-diversity decreases, ecological balance is deteriorated and drought begins, epidemic diseases will increase among people and cosmetic products and greenhouse gases cause climate change.
The Role of Perception of Classroom Structure on Students&apos; Mental Health
Author: Tabrizi, Yasin Farshchi
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Classroom Environment,High School Students,Student Attitudes,Adolescents,Academic Achievement,Student Motivation,Psychological Patterns,Mental Health,Anxiety,Depression (Psychology),Stress Variables,Personal Autonomy,Student Evaluation,Difficulty Level,Predictor Variables,Foreign Countries

Classroom structure includes organizing and designing the class. Based on the theory of achievement, the context and structure of the educational environment affect student's performance, motivation, and emotion. The present study was conducted to find out whether the perception of classroom structure can predict mental health of the students? The design of this research was correlation. Participant includes 287 pupils (140 girls and 147 boys) at Shirazhigh school students, Iran, selected by multistage cluster random sampling method. In this study, the depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS 21) and perceived classroom structure questionnaire were used. The results of the research were analysed by SPSS_16 and it was shown that, all three dimensions of DASS_21 had a negative correlation with task and authority, while there was a positive correlation with harsh evaluation and DASS_21 subscales. In addition, the component of task predicted stress and total score of DASS, negatively. Harsh evaluation predicted depression, anxiety, stress and total score of DASS, positively. The results of this research consistent with literature showed a significant relationship between perception of classroom structure and mental health of the high school students.
Case-Based Pedagogy for Teacher Education: An Instructional Model
Author: Akbulut, Mutlu Sen
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Case Method (Teaching Technique),Preservice Teacher Education,Preservice Teachers,Undergraduate Students,Student Attitudes,Instructional Effectiveness,Elementary School Science,Science and Society,Methods Courses,Authentic Learning,Constructivism (Learning),Discussion (Teaching Technique)

The use of cases has been promoted as a promising instructional method for creating authentic learning environments. However, the development and implementation of the best instructional strategies for effective use of cases still require further research. This paper addresses some of these gaps by proposing an emergent instructional model to be grounded in constructivism and current instructional models for case-based pedagogy. The model wasimplemented in a science methods course for elementary education prospective teachers. The participants engaged in several activities for four cases such as participating in online and classroom discussions and writing reflection papers. In this paper, first, we will present the connection between the pedagogy and teacher education; second, we will introduce the theoretical framework with implications for the instructional model; then, we will present some examples of learning experiences that should be included in a constructivist case-based learning environment with the proposed instructional model. Lastly, we will present findings from a study wherein the proposed model was applied to support prospective teachers' socioscientific issue-based teaching and learning, and discuss implications for research and practice.
Comparison of Value Acquisitions of Children of Divorced and Non-Divorced Parents
Author: Sahin, Hakan
Date: 2020-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Values Education,Moral Values,Social Values,Divorce,Preschool Children,Preschool Education,Friendship,Sharing Behavior,Ethics,Cooperation,Responsibility,Family Problems,Foreign Countries,Family Environment

This research is a descriptive study aimed at comparing the value acquisitions of children of divorced and non-divorced parents. The study consists of 57,296 children who attended pre-school education in Ankara, in 2018. Of this sample was 54 divorced families and 4-5 year-old children of the same class and of the same socio-economic level and gender, who agreed to work. In order to reveal the compatibility of the data for normal distribution in the statistical analysis, Shapiro Wilks's test was used due to the unit of numbers. The Spearman's correlation coefficient was used in the relationships between data that did not emanate from the normal distribution. When analyzing the differences between the groups, Mann-Whitney U Test was used in cases where the variables did not come from the normal distribution. As a result of the Spearman's correlation coefficient analysis, the relationship between total scores obtained in the forms which applied to families, teachers and children in order to determine the value levels of children in both divorced and non-divorced families, was completely positive. And the scores obtained from teacher-child forms in all children from divorced family, and non-divorced family was significant and positive. As a result of the research, according to the results from the family-child and teacher form, as regards friendship/sharing, honesty, co-operation, respect and responsibility value, the average scores of children from non-divorced families were higher than the average scores of children from divorced families.
The Concerns-Based Adoption Model and Strategic Plan Evaluation: Multiple Methodologies to Understand Complex Change
Author: Olson, Kate
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Strategic Planning,School Districts,Program Implementation,Suburban Schools,Models,Questionnaires,Interviews,Administrators,Teachers,Educational Change,Evaluation Methods

Many school districts utilize a strategic plan to implement their district vision to accomplish goals important to their students, stakeholders, and community at-large. Often, however, school districts use student outcome data as the main success indicator of their strategic plan. This summative approach fails to capture interim successes, cannot inform ongoing implementation and midcourse corrections, and fails to identify the nuances and challenges inherent in complex change processes. This paper uses the Concerns-Based Adoption Model, collecting survey and qualitative interview data, to inform the implementation of a school district's strategic plan. The Concerns-Based Adoption Model offers multiple methods to inform ongoing implementation instead of sole reliance on student outcome, culture, or climate data.
Praxis for a Post-Information Future: Evaluating the Impact of a Pedagogical Framework Based on Experiential Learning
Author: Badami, Hasnain R.
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Experiential Learning,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Learner Engagement,Learning Processes,Instructional Design,Instructional Effectiveness

This paper traces the implementation of a pedagogical framework in a low-cost private school in Karachi designed to put students' engagement with the world at the center of the learning process. The need for such a framework arose as a response to the realization that education system in Pakistan is lagging behind in preparing children of a post-information future. Through classroom observations, formal and informal interviews, and assessment of lesson plans conducted over the period of a year, the study investigated whether a learning cycle based on experiential learning could enhance student engagement in the learning process and help them develop the skills necessary to navigate an increasingly uncertain future. The observations before and after the training revealed significant impact on such variables as divergent thinking, the ability to ask open-ended questions, and willingness to probe concepts deeper as opposed to passive learning.
Leveraging Tutorial Instructional Software to Enhance Classroom Mathematical Discussions: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study
Author: Anderson-Pence, Katie L.
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Instruction,Grade 3,Elementary School Mathematics,Discussion (Teaching Technique),Computer Software,Technology Uses in Education,Correlation,Mathematical Concepts,Concept Formation,Teaching Methods,Interaction,Educational Technology,Manipulative Materials,Computer Simulation,Group Discussion,Questioning Techniques

Using a convergent parallel mixed methods design, this exploratory study examined mathematics lessons in two third-grade classrooms to analyze the mathematical classroom discourse when using tutorial instructional software. A chi-square test for independence revealed statistically significant correlations between teachers use of the focusing and revoicing talk moves and student discourse levels of generalization and justification. The qualitative analysis found two major themes: (1) responsive teaching with technology, and (2) using digital representations to question students. From this analysis, the Facilitating Mathematical Discourse with Technology framework emerges connecting three key elements of instruction with technology: the students, the teacher, and the instructional software. The relationships among these elements illustrate the classroom interactions when using technology to enhance classroom mathematical discourse.
Research and Journal Publications in the Field of Deafblindness: What Designs &amp; Literature Inform Our Practices?
Author: Sutter, Chevonne
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Deaf Blind,Educational Legislation,Equal Education,Students with Disabilities,Federal Legislation,Special Education,Journal Articles,Educational Research,Research Methodology

This descriptive study identified types of articles published, and research designs used, in 37 peer-reviewed special education journals. A total of 4,854 articles published from 2012 through 2017 were examined to determine types of articles and research methods informing policy and practice during the 6-year period and contributing to identification of future research needs. Similar numbers of qualitative designs, single case research designs, and other quantitative designs were implemented with IDEA-eligible individuals identified as deafblind (DB). Fewer than half of these studies identified were intervention studies. Knowing types of articles and research informing the field is needed to understand the evidence underlying our practices and policies. Increased numbers of high-quality intervention studies be conducted to inform the field.
Improving the Use of Language Hedges in Academic Writing through Reading Journal Articles
Author: Buddhima Karunarathna, J. A. M.
Date: 2020-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English for Academic Purposes,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Longitudinal Studies,Writing Instruction,Writing Improvement,Persuasive Discourse,Language Usage,Undergraduate Students,Teaching Methods,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Computer Software,Intervention,Evaluators,Journal Articles,Novices,Writing Skills,Verbs

In the arena of English for academic purposes, many nonnative speakers of English in different contexts find it difficult to perform well, because academic genre is alien to them. Current study was based on improving writing skills with a special focus on writing of language hedges in argumentative essays through reading journal articles. The study focused on the two research questions; 1.) Is there a significant improvement in using language hedges in academic writing through reading journal articles? 2.) What are the perceptions of students in reading journal articles to improve academic writing? Methodology of the study was based on quasi experimental and longitudinal design. Mixed method was utilized in collection of data. Participants of the study were 32 first year undergraduates of an English Language Teaching degree programme of a vocational technological university in Sri Lanka. Quantitative data was collected through a questionnaire and intervention through reading journal articles. Qualitative data was collected by interviewing 12 selected participants of the study. Two subject expertise evaluators and AntConc (2019), SPSS (23), MS Excel (Office 365) and thematic analysis were used to analyse data. Findings of the study reveal that there is a significant improvement in using language hedges by reading journal articles in the five categories of language hedges concerned; epistemic hedges, lexical hedges, lexical verbs, modal verbs and possibility hedges according to the descending order of the usage and the rate of improvement. Further, it can be concluded that pleasure and conscious reading of journal articles provide both cognitive and affective insights for novice academic writers of English. Two major implications for further research were drawn; to study the effect of language hedges in the culture of first language affects the usage of language hedges among undergraduates, and to study on the other stance features and engagement features in academic writing among the undergraduates in the Sri Lankan context.
Influence of Board of Managements&apos; Infrastructural Development Practices on Students&apos; Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Nyamira County Kenya
Author: Okemwa, Kennedy Ondara
Date: 2020-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,School Administration,Educational Practices,Educational Improvement,Educational Facilities Improvement,Academic Achievement,Public Schools,Textbooks,Workbooks,School Libraries,Educational Resources,Educational Environment

The availability of infrastructure and facilities that are up to the standards and well maintained will influence both teaching and learning of students. A progressive improvement in the standard of infrastructure of a secondary school will lead to a remarkable development in the education system as a whole. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of Board of Management's (BOM) infrastructural development practices on students' academic performance in public secondary schools. A convergent parallel mixed-method research design was used. The study targeted students, Teachers Heads of Departments, BOM members and Quality Assurance and Standards Officers, making a total study population of 19,609. Both probability and non-probability sampling methods were used to select a sample size of 396 participants. Data was collected using questionnaires, interview guides and observation tool. Inferential statistics involved the use of multiple regression analysis and analysis of variance along with descriptive statistics. The study concluded that inadequate provision of infrastructural facilities in schools by the BOM affects the teaching and learning activities which negatively affect the students' academic performance. In the regression analysis, an improvement in BOM's infrastructural management practice by one unit would result in the improvement of the students' academic performance by 0.081 units holding other factors constant. Thus, the school BoM should ensure that there is adequate infrastructure in public schools to improve academic performance among the students. The board of management should ensure a conducive teaching and learning environment in public secondary schools by providing adequate infrastructural facilities such as classrooms, laboratories, library, teaching and learning materials/resources, workshops for technical subjects, sanitary facilities and utilities.
The Effect of Probability Instruction through Argumentation Approach on the Achievement of Preservice Teachers and the Permanence of Their Knowledge
Author: Can, Ömer Sinan
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Mathematics Teachers,Probability,Mathematics Instruction,Achievement Tests,Pretests Posttests,Teaching Methods,Persuasive Discourse,Instructional Effectiveness,Mathematics Achievement

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of probability teaching with the argumentation approach on the academic achievement of pre-service mathematics teachers and the permanence of probability knowledge. Quantitative research method was adopted in the study and quasi-experimental design was used. The study group consisted of 44 pre-service teachers studying in the third grade of Elementary Mathematics Education at a state university. The Probability Achievement Test (PAT), which was developed by the researchers, was used to measure the academic achievement and permanence of probability knowledge of pre-service teachers. PAT was applied to pre-service teachers as pre-test, posttest and retention test. According to the findings, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the PAT posttest scores of the groups in favor of the experimental group. As a result of the analysis of the PAT retention scores of the groups, it was concluded that there was no statistically significant difference between the PAT retention scores. As a result of the research, it has been seen that the argumentation approach increases the pre-service teachers' success in probability more than the traditional method. On the other hand, the argumentation approach had no effect on the permanence of the knowledge of the pre-service teachers.
Values in Youth Literature: The Case of Bridge Books
Author: Adigüzel, Ferah Burgul
Date: 2020-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Values,Adolescent Literature,Novels,Foreign Countries,National Curriculum,Content Analysis,Responsibility,Helping Relationship,Friendship,Intimacy,Self Control,Ethics,Patriotism,Adolescent Development

The purpose of this study is to determine the root values touched upon in the youth novels in Turkish literature and their frequencies and to show the distribution of the values by the books. The youth literature books examined within the scope of the study consist of fifteen novels in the series called &quot;Bridge Books&quot; published by a private publishing house and selected by an author group. The research was designed as a descriptive review study. The ten root values (&quot;responsibility,&quot; &quot;love,&quot; &quot;helpfulness,&quot; &quot;self-control,&quot; &quot;respect,&quot; &quot;friendship,&quot; &quot;patience,&quot; &quot;honesty,&quot; &quot;fairness,&quot; &quot;patriotism&quot;) specified in the Curriculum for the Turkish Language and Literature course by the Ministry of National Education were identified in the novels through the sub-values of each root value. The identified values were evaluated in terms of frequency. As a result of the study, it was found that the most frequently touched upon values in the novels were &quot;responsibility&quot; and &quot;love&quot; and that these values were touched upon in all the novels analyzed in this study. It was also found that the other values touched upon in the novels were &quot;helpfulness&quot;, &quot;self-control&quot;, &quot;respect&quot;, and &quot;friendship&quot;; and the least touched upon values were &quot;patience&quot;, &quot;honesty&quot;, &quot;fairness&quot;, and &quot;patriotism&quot;, in order of frequency. The books containing the highest number of examples regarding the root values were found to be as follows: &quot;Sokakta Tek Basina [Alone in the Street],&quot; &quot;Attim Kapagi Yurtdisina [Sydney, Here I Come],&quot; and &quot;Leylek Havada [Wanderlust].&quot; The Bridge Books novel series can be recommended to students by teachers due to the diversity and richness of value. Parents can read these novels to explain values to their children and to better understand their children.
A Computational Analysis on Similarities and Dissimilarities of Acem Kurdi, Kurdi and Muhayyer Kurdi Makams in Turkish Music
Author: Hardalaç, Naciye
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Folk Culture,Music,Foreign Countries,Musical Composition,Music Techniques,Music Theory,Cultural Differences

In Turkish music, it is possible to find different makams sharing the same core scale of notes. The subjects of this study are three such makams, namely Acem Küdri, Kürdi, Muhayyer Kürdi. We use computational analysis based on histograms, pattern search and dynamic time warping to reveal the similarities and dissimilarities of these three makams. On the one hand, our results show that a time independent histogram analysis is unable to properly highlight the differences between different makams. On the other hand, our study also reveals that a time dependent analysis is well suited for the identification of their distinguishing features. In particular, the application of a specialized dynamic time warping technique leads to the establishment of low correlation between these makams.