ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
A Case Study of Student Evaluation of Teaching in University
Author: Fah, Benjamin Chan Yin
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Case Studies,Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance,Undergraduate Students,Course Evaluation,Teacher Characteristics,Tutors,Correlation,Multiple Regression Analysis,Statistical Analysis,Teacher Effectiveness,College Faculty,Educational Benefits,Gender Differences

This study aims to determine the factors (course characteristics, lecturer characteristics, and tutorial ratings) that affect student evaluation of teaching in university. A total of 88 undergraduates were selected and self-administered questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection. The study found that most of the respondents have high agreement level towards the evaluation of course characteristics, lecturer's characteristics, and tutorial ratings. Lecturer overall teaching performance ratings were correlated with course characteristics, lecturer characteristics and tutorial rating. Multiple hierarchical analyses found that course's overall performance ratings was mostly explained by course, followed by lecturer's characteristics but not from tutorial ratings. From the point of a student, the improved of the teaching effectiveness based on the evaluation process may ultimately enhance knowledge acquisition and, for the educators, the evaluation did provide information for an individual improvement. Faculties may benefit where the evaluation might lead to fairer promoting, tenure and pay increase decisions for academic staffs.
An Investigation of Perceptions of Vietnamese Teachers and Students toward Cooperative Learning (CL)
Author: Thanh, Pham Thi Hong
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Cooperative Learning,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Cultural Influences,Barriers,Institutional Characteristics,Questionnaires,Interviews,Class Size,Curriculum,Educational Attitudes,Responsibility,Accountability,Semi Structured Interviews

The present study examined how cooperative learning (CL) is implemented in Vietnamese classrooms, how local teachers' and students' perceived this approach to learning, and what were the local barriers that hindered its implementation. Forty teachers and forty students from twenty Vietnamese colleges completed a questionnaire about CL and follow-up interviews were conducted with ten students and ten teachers on their perceptions of this practice. The results showed that CL has become a common and preferred method of instruction in Vietnam. However, the functions of CL were often not understood correctly because the teachers and students maintained that CL mainly helped the students remember information rather than develop a deep understanding of the text they were studying. Responses also revealed that CL was hindered by a number of local cultural and institutional barriers such as class size, curriculum coverage and workload division. Future research may need to identify strategies to correct mismatches between CL principles and local barriers so that this approach to learning becomes more adaptive to the local context.
A Study on the Relationship between Six-Year-Old Children's Creativity and Mathematical Ability
Author: Baran, Gülen
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Creativity,Mathematics Skills,Gender Differences,Correlation,Kindergarten,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis,Scores,Questionnaires,Mathematics Tests,Birth Order,Family Structure,Parent Influence,Educational Attainment,Age Differences,Employment Level

Creativity is defined as a totality of processes and a way of attitude and behavior which exists in every child to a different extent. Every child is creative owing to their nature and their perspective on life. Offering children creative environments, especially during early childhood education, affects their mathematical abilities and supports their creative thinking. The aim of this study is to investigate whether children's creativity and mathematical abilities vary with respect to their gender and whether there is a relationship between creativity and mathematical ability. The study population includes six-year-old children attending independent kindergartens affiliated with the Ministry of Education in Ankara city center. The sampling consists of 80 six-year-old children in total, attending Sevgi Kindergarten, which was chosen randomly from among the kindergartens in the population. Data were gathered by using several instruments. These included a &quot;General Information Form&quot; prepared by the researchers to gather information about the children, &quot;Torrance Test of Creative Thinking-Figural Form A&quot; to assess children's creativity, and the &quot;Test of Early Mathematics Ability-3 (TEMA-3)&quot; to assess children's mathematical ability. While t-test was used to determine whether children's creativity and mathematics scores differed with respect to gender, Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to analyze whether there was a relationship between creativity and mathematical ability. The results showed that children's creativity scores differed significantly with respect to gender, but not their mathematics scores. Also, it has been found that there is no relationship between the creativity and mathematical ability of children.
A Case Study of the &quot;Pygmalion Effect&quot;: Teacher Expectations and Student Achievement
Author: Chang, Jie
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Expectations of Students,Academic Achievement,Student Motivation,Learner Engagement,Case Studies,Teacher Motivation,Influences,Achievement Gains,Low Achievement,Interviews

The &quot;Pygmalion effect&quot; usually refers to the fact that people, often children, students or employees, turn to live up to what's expected of them and they tend to do better when treated as if they are capable of success (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). However, the positive teaching expectations do not necessarily lead to high student achievement. The case of the learners majoring in thermodynamics matches &quot;anti-Pygmalion-effect&quot; phenomena, showing that in educational domain, it is not always the case that &quot;you get what you expect.&quot; Student motivation, enthusiasm and achievement are influenced by multiple factors besides teacher expectation.
Bilingual Education in Colleges and Universities of China
Author: Song, Chuanlian
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Bilingual Education,Colleges,Instructional Effectiveness,Educational Improvement,Second Language Instruction,Teaching Methods,Barriers,Instructional Materials,English (Second Language),Faculty Development,Teaching Skills

At present, there are many problems in the bilingual teaching of colleges and universities. Because of these problems, the bilingual education looks so difficult that it doesn't achieve wanted goals. Sometimes the colleges and universities have to give up the bilingual teaching halfway. This paper argues that the key manner to improve effectiveness of bilingual teaching is how to do the bilingual education. This paper discusses the current problems and relevant measures for improving the effect of bilingual education.
How to Write Geography Teaching Paper
Author: Liu, Hua
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Geography Instruction,Educational Change,Educational Strategies,Position Papers,Educational Research,Educational Practices,Research Methodology

Geography teaching paper is the paper especially to describe geography teaching reform and research achievement, its main purpose is to find solution to handle questions encountered in teaching through personal teaching practice, constant trying and exploration, and to scientifically summarize the procedure and methods to deal with the problem, rethink and sublimate them, to promote and communicate them in subject teaching and researching.
Key Features of Management of Technology (MoT) Undergraduate Program in Malaysia
Author: Shamsuddin, Alina
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Study,College Programs,College Curriculum,Public Colleges,Comparative Analysis,Administrator Education,Technology,Case Studies,Qualitative Research

Management of Technology (MoT) Education is growing both in numbers and importance. There are more than 200 universities in the world that are offering MoT programs. However, these universities have taken different approaches with respect to the names and designs of the programs. In Malaysia, some of the programs are known as Technology Management, Production &amp; Operation and Industrial Management. The curriculum structures and contents of the programs also vary. For more effective MoT education in Malaysia, it is necessary to consider both the national agenda and business requirements for more practical MoT education approach. This study described two MoT undergraduate programs in one public institution in Malaysia to fill in the literature gap on MoT education in Malaysia. It adapted the IAMOT MoT Credo as a framework for comparing the structure and contents of the programs. The findings concluded that, although the two programs have met the IAMOT Credo's requirements, they have distinctive features. These distinguishing characteristics reflected the Malaysian's human resource needs.
Gender Differences in Workplace Deviant Behavior of University Teachers and Modification Techniques
Author: Anwar, Muhammad Nadeem
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Gender Differences,College Faculty,Teacher Behavior,Interpersonal Relationship,Foreign Countries,Behavior Modification,Sexual Harassment,Aggression,Bullying,Deception,Substance Abuse,Internet,Crime,Surveys

Any behavior that does not conform to social organizational norms is deviance. This study was conducted to test whether there is any difference in organizational deviance and interpersonal deviance behavior, deviance behavior of male-female university teachers. All teaching staff of the University of Sargodha was target population and for convenience fifty lecturers of post graduate level were selected randomly for the sample. Of these respondents 26 were male and 24 were female. A broad and theoretically derived measure of deviant behavior in the workplace was used. This measure was developed by Rebecca J. Benett (University of Toledo) and Sandra L. Robinson (University of British Columbia). The results of this study reveal that the ratio of organization deviance in the university's workspace is more dominant as compared to interpersonal deviance and the male teaching staff of University of Sargodha is more deviant at workplace as compared to female teaching staff.
An Analysis of Learning Barriers: The Saudi Arabian Context
Author: Khan, Intakhab A.
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Learning Disabilities,Barriers,Student Motivation,Teacher Motivation,Teacher Role,Teacher Characteristics,Educational Strategies,Professional Development,Training,Academic Achievement,Adult Learning,Parent Attitudes,Cultural Background,Cultural Influences

Learning and teaching are quite interrelated. Teaching can't take place unless the target students learn. Thus, teaching is a bi-polar activity. Learning barriers or causes of learning difficulties are quite common in an educational setting. But, when it comes to a very adverse effect it becomes crucial and unavoidable. There are different kinds of factors in general. The following barriers are some of those that are very influential: social, cultural, parental, attitudinal, motivational, psychological, personal and pedagogical factors. Pedagogical factors in particular include teachers, action researches, teaching strategies, teaching resources and administration. The present paper focuses on the following: motivation of the students and the teachers, dedication and commitment, teacher's role, teacher's characteristics, teaching strategies, training and professional development. The case of Saudi Arabia is very important for many reasons. The government is spending a lot of money on education. But, the achievement of learning is not up to the mark. Therefore, it is essential to study the effect of the above mentioned factors on academic achievement which will consequently lead to the possible evolution of some feasible and compatible teaching-learning strategies. Such strategies are expected to minimize the chance of waste, and yield maximum educational output in Saudi Arabia in particular.
Enhancing Creative Thinking through Designing Electronic Slides
Author: Mokaram, Al-Ali Khaled
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Creative Thinking,Computer Uses in Education,Undergraduate Students,Creative Activities,Visual Aids,Pretests Posttests,Creativity Tests,Computer Software,Statistical Analysis,Instructional Effectiveness

During the shifting of teaching and learning methods using computer technologies, much emphasis was paid on the knowledge content more than the thinking skills. Thus, this study investigated the effects of a computer application, namely, designing electronic slides on the development of creative thinking skills of a sample of undergraduate students. A total number of 50 subjects, 25 in an experimental group and 25 in a control group were selected and a design of pre and post-test with an experimental and a control group was employed in this study. Torrance Test for creative thinking (TTCT) form (A) was applied on both groups. The experimental group was taught to design electronic instructional slides using Microsoft PowerPoint. After six weeks, both groups were given the TTCT form (A) again. Using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA), the findings revealed significant differences between the two groups favoring the experimental group over the control in the total creative thinking scores. Designing electronic slides can enhance the creative thinking skills for students, and the expansion of using computer applications in promoting thinking and learning skills is recommended.
Comparative Analyses of the Teaching Methods and Evaluation Practices in English Subject at Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and General Certificate of Education (GCE O-Level) in Pakistan
Author: Behlol, Malik Ghulam
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Comparative Analysis,Teaching Methods,Evaluation Methods,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Secondary School Students,Secondary School Teachers,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Academic Achievement

The study was conducted to compare the teaching methods and evaluation practices in English subject at secondary school certificate (SSC) and general certificate of education GCE-O-level in Pakistan. The population of the study was students, teachers and experts at SSC and 0-level in the Punjab province. Purposive and random sampling techniques were applied to select the schools and teachers. It was a descriptive study in which the questionnaires were developed to collect the data, and it was analyzed applying t test and chi square. It revealed that GCE-O-level results are better due to the availability of competent teachers, educational equipments, management and incentives given to teachers. The examination system also promotes understanding conceptual clarity instead of cramming. It also revealed that the teacher practise Direct, Audio Lingual and activity based methods in GCE-O-level system whereas at SSC level system Grammar Translation and Lecture methods were frequently used by the teachers. It was recommended that the steps may be taken from the concerned institutions to design and implement teacher training programme, equip the schools with the modern instructional technology and provision of language based textbooks.
An Examination of Critical Problems Associated with the Implementation of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Programme in Nigeria
Author: Ejere, Emmanuel Iriemi
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Equal Education,Program Implementation,Barriers,Public Policy,Data Collection,Data Analysis,Reliability,Financial Support,Accountability,Deception,Agency Cooperation,Social Environment,Cultural Context,Policy Formation,Teacher Education,Social Capital,Educational Facilities Improvement,Quality Assurance,Citizen Participation

It is hardly debatable that implementation is the bane of public policies and programmes in Nigeria. A well formulated policy or programme is useless if not properly implemented as its stated objectives will not be realized. The Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme was introduced in Nigeria in September 1999 by the Obasanjo's administration. Ten years on, the programme is being bedeviled by a number of implementation problems. This paper examines some of the major constraints impeding the effective implementation of the UBE programme in Nigeria. The paper then suggested some strategies to facilitate the successful implementation of the programme.
Improving the Development of Postgraduates' Research and Supervision
Author: Ismail, Affero
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Graduate Students,Student Research,Supervision,Best Practices,Student Needs,Teacher Student Relationship,Faculty Advisers,Teacher Responsibility,College Faculty,Masters Programs,Doctoral Programs

Research and supervision have become a vital process in the successful of postgraduate studies. Building an academic career path after Higher National Degree or Bachelor Degree needs intensive training and preparation. This culminates in writing of thesis or dissertation. In this process, the supervisor is designated to facilitate the student's research development based on good resources offered by the institution. At this stage, one of the most common complaints from research students concerns infrequent or erratic contact with supervisors, who may be too busy with administrative or teaching responsibilities, have too many students or be away from the university too often. The main objective of this paper is to expose what are postgraduate students' problems in research and supervision. The paper's thrust will be to highlight the importance of supervisory contribution to graduate study and to propose the best practice of supervisory inputs. Developing skills towards an effective supervision needs to be tackled in various ways. Effective supervision is essential to guide postgraduate students during their progress in postgraduate study.
Entrepreneurship Education and Career Intentions of Tertiary Education Students in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States, Nigeria
Author: Ekpoh, Uduak Imo
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Entrepreneurship,Business Administration Education,Occupational Aspiration,Undergraduate Students,Intention,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Correlation,Skill Development,Hypothesis Testing,Educational Benefits,Student Attitudes,Barriers

This paper explores the impact of entrepreneurship education on career intentions among 500 students drawn from two universities in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States of Nigeria. The study adopted a survey design. Two research questions and two hypotheses were raised for the study. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire titled Entrepreneurship Education and Career Intentions Questionnaire (EECIQ). The data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages and population t-test. Findings highlight that exposure to entrepreneurship education influences career intentions of tertiary school students.
Combination of the Research-Based Learning Method with the Modern Physics Experiment Course Teaching
Author: Liu, Xiaolai
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods,Physics,Science Instruction,Science Experiments,Educational Research,Best Practices,College Science,College Students

It has been the hotspot to reconstruct the education course based on the research-based learning in the course reform in many countries in recent years. The new course standard of China insists that the teaching is the interactive process that teachers and students communicate and develop together. In the teaching, the relationship between imparting knowledge and cultivating ability, and students' independence and self-determination should be emphasized, and teachers should lead students to doubt, survey, and search, and learn in the practice, and the learning should be the active and individual process under teachers' instruction. The exploring learning is just based on cultivating students' innovational spirit and practice ability. The research-based learning is introduced in the teaching of the modern physics experiment course, and this article mainly explores and attempts the concrete implementation and case design.
Effect of Demographic Factors on E-Learning Effectiveness in a Higher Learning Institution in Malaysia
Author: Islam, Md. Aminul
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Instructional Effectiveness,Statistical Analysis,Higher Education,Electronic Learning,Gender Differences,Age Differences,Racial Differences,Marital Status,Employment Level,Questionnaires,Correlation,College Students,Student Surveys,Student Characteristics

This research attempted to find out the effect of demographic factors on the effectiveness of the e-learning system in a higher learning Institution. The students from this institution were randomly selected in order to evaluate the effectiveness of learning system in student's learning process. The primary data source is the questionnaires that were distributed to the students. Data were then analyzed using SPSS. Findings confirmed that age, program of study and level of education has significant affect on the effectiveness of E-learning. Therefore it is recommended that a careful review of delivery methods should be undertaken before starting of every intake taking into consideration of diverse background of students. Comparisons should be made between the effectiveness of e-learning and traditional learning methods via students' assessment after each session of lecture. It is also recommended that the institution to look into the issue of familiarity of with online learning technology amongst students before introducing the e-learning system to assess whether student are comfortable with the online learning tools.
Bilingual Teaching Research and Practice of Complex Function Theory
Author: Ma, Lixin
Date: 2011-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bilingual Education,Mathematics Instruction,Chinese,English (Second Language),College Mathematics,Discussion Groups,Foreign Countries

Mathematics bilingual teaching is assisted in Chinese with English teaching, and gradually enables students to independently use English to learn, study, reflect and exchange Mathematics. In order to better carry out mathematics teaching, department of mathematics in Dezhou University forms discussion groups and launches bilingual teaching practice of ''complex function theory'', which achieves good results.