ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Examination of the Effectiveness of Naturalistic Teaching Education Program Developed for Pre-School Teachers in Turkey
Author: Çelik, Seçil
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Instructional Effectiveness,Teaching Methods,Faculty Development,Preschool Teachers,Foreign Countries,Inclusion,Teacher Attitudes,Teacher Behavior,Electronic Learning,Conventional Instruction

In the current study, face-to-face and web-based naturalistic teaching teacher education program for pre-school teachers (NTEPP), who are among the main stakeholders of inclusive education, was developed and examined its effectiveness on teacher outcomes (naturalistic teaching knowledge level, interactional behavior levels, and level of using naturalistic teaching strategies in the education processes). In addition, opinions the targeted teachers on the programs were gathered. A total of 30 teachers in the Face-to-Face (Experimental-1=14) and Web-based (Experimental-2=16) NTEPP groups participated in the study, which was designed with the &quot;embedded design, one of the mixed research methods.&quot; In the study, face-to-face and web-based programs were found to be effective in increasing teachers' total scores for naturalistic teaching knowledge, interactional behaviors, and naturalistic teaching strategies used in leisure time and art activities. However, the results revealed that the face-to-face education program had a more permanent effect on the total scores for naturalistic teaching knowledge and naturalistic teaching strategies used in leisure time activities compared to the web-based program. Accordingly, it was determined that web-based programs, the contents of which were designed with visual and written materials, could be as effective as face-to-face programs on teachers' targeted performance levels. Finally, it was observed that teachers' opinions on the programs were quite positive.
Investigation of the Views of Pre-Service Turkish Teachers in Terms of Speed Reading
Author: Geçgel, Hulusi
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Undergraduate Students,Public Colleges,Reading Rate,Speed Reading,Reading Comprehension,Correlation,Self Efficacy,Foreign Countries

The aim of this study is to reveal the views of pre-service Turkish teachers in terms of the speed reading. To that extent, case study design was adopted in the research. The study group consists of 85 3rd and 4th grade pre-service teachers from a state university in the West of Turkey. A semi-structured interview form was used as a data collection tool in the research. The descriptive analysis method was used in the data analysis of the research. Accordingly, speed reading is a requisite in Turkish teacher education. Most of the pre-service teachers consider speed reading as an essential ability. Some participants stated that they had a high concentration level when reading. The participants claim that speed reading will improve their exam performance, allow them to save time and, to read more books, and it will also contribute them in their future professions.
Investigation of Verbs Used by Pre-Service Primary School Teachers in the Context of Hierarchy of Needs with the SOM-Ward Method
Author: Yazar, Ilyas
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Verbs,Language Usage,Preservice Teachers,State Universities,Teacher Education Programs,Foreign Countries,Discourse Analysis,Student Attitudes,Interrater Reliability,Preferences,Individual Differences,Individual Needs,Evaluation Methods,Elementary School Teachers,Undergraduate Students

The current study examines the verbs used by pre-service primary school teachers in everyday language in the context of the hierarchy of needs using the SOM-Ward clustering method. The study group of this survey research consists of 271 pre-service primary school teachers studying at a public university in Turkey. In this research, pre-service primary school teachers were asked to list the most 10 frequently used verbs in everyday language. Descriptive analysis was conducted by coding the verbs according to the themes of the hierarchy of needs. The intercoders reliability was calculated as 96 percent. The mean ranks were calculated on the data obtained according to this coding. Through the SOM-Ward clustering analysis, it was observed that the pre-service primary school teachers were separated into four clusters. Although not hierarchic, the C1 cluster is compatible in terms of basic needs; biological and physiological needs were preferred, and then the personal preferences of individuals were prioritized in determining the needs. Individual preferences prevent the hierarchical approach in determining the needs of the C2-C3-C4 clusters; it was seen that the love, safety and the aesthetic needs of those who formed these clusters are far greater than their basic needs. This reveals that there may be greater and higher priority life needs than biological and physiological needs in an individual. In addition, it was determined that the needs of esteem and superiority shown in the pyramid did not play a decisive role in the clusters since they did not make a significant impact.
Playfulness of Pre-School Children in Turkey
Author: Bay, Dondu Neslihan
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Preschool Children,Preschool Education,Play,Child Behavior,Student Characteristics,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Parent Background,Educational Attainment,Employed Parents,Occupations,Family Structure,Psychological Patterns,Humor,Physical Activities,Cognitive Processes

In this research, the playfulness of 4- and 5-years-old 181 children, 100 boys and 81 girls, attending a kindergarten in Turkey, was examined. The research was designed according to relational-correlational survey/research model, one of the quantitative research methods; the data were collected using Personal Information Form and Children's Playfulness Scale (CPS) developed by Barnett (1990) and adapted to Turkish by Keles and Yurt (2017). The playfulness levels of the children were analyzed according to gender, age, number of children in the family, duration of pre-school education, mother's/father's age and education level, mother's working status, and father's profession. To identify the playfulness levels of pre-school children, descriptive statistics and difference statistics were calculated for both overall and each sub-dimension according to the demographic characteristics of the children. As a result of the study, the playfulness levels of the children were found to be high and physical spontaneity was observed to be the playfulness characteristic with the highest score. Significant differences were observed in playfulness of children according to age and duration of pre-school education; whereas no significant difference was observed according to gender, mother's/father's age and education level, mother's working status, and father's profession.
Sciencing Activities and Scientific Skills of Children at Pre-Primary Level in Nigeria
Author: Akintemi, Eileen Oluwakemi
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Activities,Science Process Skills,Skill Development,Preschool Children,Instructional Effectiveness,Preschool Education,Hands on Science,Informal Education,Teacher Guidance,Ethnicity,Gender Differences,Public Schools,Foreign Countries

Science is taught at the pre-primary level to foster scientific skills, essential for learning science at other levels of education. There is evidence that children are deficient in the scientific skills of observation, classification, communication, measurement, prediction and inference. This problem has been attributed to teachers' non-use of sciencing activities for children. This study was, therefore, carried out to determine the effects of sciencing activities (formal and informal) on pre-primary school children's scientific skills in Ibadan, Nigeria. The pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental design was adopted. Three public primary schools were purposively selected from three Local Government Areas in Ibadan, Nigeria. An intact pre-primary class was used from each school, and randomly assigned to Formal Sciencing (17), Informal Sciencing (19) and Control (24) groups. Science Process Skills Rating Scale (r=0.73) was used to measure the scientific skills of children before and after exposure to sciencing activities. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics, Analysis of covariance and Scheffe post-hoc test. There were significant main effects of treatment on children's scientific skills (F[subscript (2, 57)]=47.72; partial [eta][superscript 2]=0.65). Among the recommendations made was that sciencing activities should be adopted by pre-primary teachers to foster scientific skills of pre-primary school children.
Adopting Instructional Strategies for English Language Learners in Elementary Classrooms
Author: Olds, Jiji
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary School Students,English Language Learners,Teaching Methods,Student Needs,Elementary School Teachers,Academic Achievement,Social Emotional Learning,Best Practices,Faculty Development,Language Usage

In an Eastern U.S. school district, little is understood about how elementary general education teachers apply instructional strategies for English Language Learners (ELLs) in the classroom and which strategies they perceive support academic achievement. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore elementary general education teachers' reported application of ELL instructional strategies and their perceptions of how those strategies support ELL academic achievement. The study's conceptual framework consisted of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, which infers that learning is a social process guided by interactions with one's environment, people, and culture. Also framing this study was Krashan's second language acquisition theory (Long, 1983), which infers that language is attained though one's strong desire to interact with the world around them. Two research questions were used to investigate the reported ELL instructional strategies used by teachers and how teachers perceive those strategies support ELLs' achievement. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 11 elementary general education teachers. Volunteers were recruited from schools having ELL populations of 30% or more. Interview data were analyzed by using open and a priori codes and thematic analysis. The findings indicated that participants used familiar instructional strategies and consistently applied them for the whole class. Additionally, participants perceived ELLs' academic confidence and connecting concepts with their primary language as important to academic achievement. This study contributes to positive social change through a deeper understanding of the ELL instructional strategies that may benefit elementary teachers and stakeholders.
Investigation of the Life Satisfaction Levels of Turkish EFL Teachers in Terms of Several Variables
Author: Deneme, Selma
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Language Teachers,Life Satisfaction,Gender Differences,Marital Status,Teaching Conditions,Socioeconomic Status

In the present study, the purpose was to investigate the life satisfaction levels of Turkish EFL (English as a foreign language) teachers in terms of several variables. The general survey method was used in the study. The life satisfaction scale, which was developed by Diener, Emmons, Larsen, and Griffin (1985), adapted into Turkish by Dagli and Baysal (2016), was used to collect the data in the study. The data were collected through the internet from the teachers who taught English as a foreign language between January and March 2021. The software SPSS 24 version was used for the data analyses along with Spearman Correlation Coefficient, Kruskal-Wallis Test, and Mann Whitney U-Test. According to the results of the study, it was found that the life satisfaction levels increased in favor of female teachers in terms of the gender variable and in favor of married teachers according to the marital status variable; additionally, was found to increase in favor of those who received support from administrators and colleagues when it comes to the support received from administrators and colleagues. In the same way, life satisfaction levels were found to increase as age increased and in favor of those who considered themselves at upper-income level economically.
Supervision and Teacher Wellness: An Essential Component for Improving Classroom Practice
Author: Glickman, Carl D.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Supervision,Wellness,Teacher Improvement,Social Emotional Learning,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Leadership Styles

Teaching has always been a stressful profession, but the additions of high-stakes accountability coupled with a global pandemic have increased stress to unprecedented levels. Thus, supervision must attend to teacher wellness to improve instructional practice. This article offers practical suggestions educational leaders can implement in their supervision to support teachers' emotional well-being. Those strategies include being humble, giving statements of affirmation and practice, using data to drive inquiry, focusing on strengths, offering concrete suggestions, thinking aloud, re-energizing teachers intellectually, leveraging community resources, and developing teacher leaders. More information about these strategies and other practical ways to support teacher learning can be found in the book &quot;Leadership for Learning: How to Bring Out the Best in Teachers (2nd ed.).&quot;
John Dewey&apos;s Critique of Scientific Dogmatism in Education and Implications for Supervision
Author: Glanz, Jeffrey
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Supervision,Educational History,Educational Administration,Sciences,Educational Philosophy

Drawing on Dewey's critique of the way educators, historically, have tried to promulgate definitive prescriptions for educational practice, this article examines implications of the use of science for supervisory practice and for the field of supervision as a whole. A content analysis of Dewey's &quot;The Sources of a Science of Education&quot; indicates the pervasiveness of the technocratic nature of teaching and supervision. Historical evidence is presented to indicate the degree and manner to which educators have tried to use science to justify inspectional and prescriptive practices of supervision. The significance of Dewey's work is in the realization that science alone should not dictate supervisory practice. Rather, viewing science with more tentativeness and exploration is needed. Lessons from Dewey's work are discussed, as are implications for the field of supervision.
Thai Undergraduate Digital Citizenship Skills Education: A Second-Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Author: Ruenphongphun, Prarichart
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Undergraduate Students,Citizenship Education,Business Administration Education,Student Attitudes,Goodness of Fit,Factor Analysis,Internet,Computer Mediated Communication,Bullying,Laws,Access to Computers,Computer Security,Empathy,Technological Literacy,Interpersonal Competence,Correlation,Student Characteristics,Reliability,Validity,Foreign Countries,Computer Science Education,Universities

From the study's initial qualitative analysis, 10 latent variables and 22 indicators concerning digital citizenship skills (DCS) were used in a questionnaire on a sample of 506 Thai Business Computer Programme undergraduate students attending one of six regional Thai Rajabhat Universities. Goodness-of-fit and descriptive statistical analysis [mean, standard deviation, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin index analysis and Bartlett's test of sphericity were analysed by using SPSS® for Windows Version 21 and LISREL 9.10 for the second-order confirmatory factor analysis CFA. The results revealed that each student's opinion on their DCSs had a 'high agreement' level. Moreover, importance ranking from high to low of the 10 primary indicators was each student's footprint (1.00), cyberbullying (1.00), law (0.97), access (0.88), security (0.84), literacy (0.83), empathy (0.81), etiquette (0.80), collaboration (0.70) and thinking (0.65). Therefore, it is suggested that this study's results be used to assist various agencies and ministries in building programmes for student digital citizenship skills.
Analysis of Students&apos; Creative Thinking Skills on Plant Microtechnique Laboratory Practices
Author: Ermayanti, E.
Date: 2021-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Creative Thinking,Thinking Skills,Science Activities,Plants (Botany),College Students,Foreign Countries,Biology

Empowerment of creative thinking skills is important in every lecture activity, including practicum. This study aimed to analyze students' creative thinking skills in Plant Microtechnique practicum. This research used descriptive method in which the participants were the seventh semester biology education students (n=20) of State University of South Sumatera, Indonesia. The student has taken Plant Microtechnique Course in the previous semester. The instrument used was essay test developed based on creative thinking indicator. The data were processed by calculating the percentage for each indicator and categorized into three levels (i.e., low, medium, and high). The findings revealed that students' creative thinking skills in Plant Microtechnique laboratory practices were medium for fluency indicator, and low for flexibility, originality, and elaboration indicators. Therefore, it is necessary to revise learning strategies that support the empowerment of students' creative thinking in Microtechnique Laboratory practices.
Learning Progression: How Should We Teach about Disease to Determine Students&apos; Level of Understanding?
Author: Ardiansyah, Roni
Date: 2021-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Diseases,Teaching Methods,Comprehension,Biology,Science Instruction,Science Curriculum,Elementary Secondary Education,Concept Formation,Mastery Learning,Learning Processes,Sequential Approach,Textbooks

Strengthening Learning Progression (LP) for students' reasoning abilities is important, especially learning about diseases in Indonesia. This study aimed to map the learning progression of disease in Indonesia, compare and analyze its similarities and differences with the LP designed by National Research Council (NRC). This qualitative research to map LP, using the analysis document method by comparing the content analysis of Basic Competencies of Curriculum 13 with benchmark analysis from the NRC 2007 on Science and Biology textbooks published in 2016, 2017, and 2018 at the elementary, junior high, and high school levels published by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia. The findings are the LP on disease in the curriculum and life science textbooks in Indonesia has not met the benchmarks, especially in three categories, namely; pathogens, the immune system, and infection spanning learning from K-2 (elementary) to K-12 (high school). Therefore, it is necessary to categorize LP topics in diseases based on conceptual abilities from the simplest to the most complex.
HOTS Assessment in Circulatory System Learning: Validity, Reliability, and Item Quality
Author: Rahmi, Yosi Laila
Date: 2021-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Thinking Skills,Evaluative Thinking,Creative Thinking,High School Students,Grade 11,Public Schools,Biology,Human Body,Science Education,Test Construction,Test Validity,Measures (Individuals),Foreign Countries

Biology learning, based on the curriculum-2013, requires students to be skilled at analyzing, evaluating, and creating to achieve Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). Thus, HOTS assessment instrument is crucial to be made. This study aimed to produce HOTS assessment instrument focused on circulatory system materials for XI graders. This research was conducted by using Research and Development (R&amp;D) method with &quot;4-D&quot; model. The subjects of this study were: two biology lecturers from Faculty of Mathematics and Science of Universitas Negeri Padang, two biology teachers, and 33 XI graders of Public Senior High School 1 Nan Sabaris. The data were collected using questionnaires which were validated by experts and analyzed using ANATES 4.09. The validity results reached as high as 87.54% (very valid) in which the empirical validity value was 88%. Meanwhile, the instrument was stated as very reliable (0.78), has a moderate difficulty, good differentiating power, and excellent option quality. Thus, as the recommendation, this instrument can be used to foster students' HOTS.
Misconceptions of Biology Education Students in Biochemistry Course during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Wahyono, Poncojari
Date: 2021-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Science Education,Biology,Biochemistry,Misconceptions,Distance Education,Online Courses,Scientific Concepts,COVID-19,Pandemics,Integrated Learning Systems

Misconceptions are a major problem in learning biology and their emergence may potentially increase during online lectures. The purpose of this study was to identify student misconceptions in Department of Biology Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang during online biochemistry lectures. This quantitative study involved 39 respondents. Two-tier questions were used as data collection instruments and descriptive statistics were chosen as data analysis techniques. As a result, the average percentage of students who mastered the concepts delivered correctly was 40.4%. Meanwhile, the average percentage of students who experienced misconceptions was 53.0%. The high level of misconceptions found in this study needs to be followed up by improving the quality of online lectures during the pandemic.
Student&apos;s Scientific Literacy on Environmental Pollution Material Based on SETS Learning Approach Combined with Vee Diagram
Author: Marpaung, Rini Rita T.
Date: 2021-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Scientific Literacy,Science and Society,Pollution,Environmental Education,Instructional Materials,Instructional Effectiveness,Teaching Methods,Learning Strategies,Visual Aids,Foreign Countries

The student's scientific literacy is vital in improving students' awareness of several issues. This study was intended to describe the effect of the SETS learning approach combined with Vee Diagram on students' scientific literacy especially on Environmental Pollution Material. This study used a nonequivalent pretest-posttest control group design. The survey involved 60 students who were selected using cluster random sampling technique. The quantitative data, in terms of pretest, posttest, and N-gain scores were analyzed using Independent-sample t-test at the 5% significance level. The results showed that, based in the N-gain scores, the experiment class was classified in moderate category and the control class belonged to low category. This means that the SETS learning approach combined with Vee Diagram influence student's scientific literacy on Environmental Pollution Material. Therefore, this combination is recommended to be implemented in class to enhance students' scientific literacy skills.