ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Mediator Role of Critical Thinking Disposition in the Relationship between Perceived Problem-Solving Skills and Metacognitive Awareness of Gifted and Talented Students
Author: Boran, Murat
Date: 2022-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Critical Thinking,Problem Solving,Metacognition,Academically Gifted,Structural Equation Models,Foreign Countries,Thinking Skills,Elementary School Students,Secondary School Students

This study aims to examine relationships among critical thinking dispositions, perceived problem-solving skills and metacognitive awareness of gifted and talented students, and to test a structural equation model based on these relationships. The study was conducted using the correlational research design and the study group, which was selected by using convenience sampling method, consisted of 502 gifted and talented students who were registered to Science and Art Centers in Adana, Kayseri and Mersin, Turkey in 2016. The data were collected through use of Likert-type scales and analyzed using Lisrel 8.7 and IBM SPSS Amos 25 programs. Structural equation modeling was used to determine structural relationships among variables. The initial findings indicated that students had high levels of critical thinking dispositions, perceived problem-solving skills and metacognitive awareness. The structural model, which was developed based on the relationships among these three variables, was confirmed. In light of the findings obtained from this model, it was revealed that 49% of the variance in students' perceived problem-solving skills was explained by their metacognitive awareness, and critical thinking disposition had a full mediation effect on the relationship between perceived problem-solving skills and metacognitive awareness. These findings were discussed in context of the related literature and some suggestions for implementation and future research were presented.
An Investigation into the Development of the Force and Energy Unit through STEM Integration in Science Course and Its Effects on Students&apos; Critical Thinking Skills
Author: Evcim, Ismail
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Units of Study,Curriculum Development,Physics,Energy,STEM Education,Interdisciplinary Approach,Design,Critical Thinking,Thinking Skills,Skill Development,Middle School Students,Grade 7,Public Schools,Problem Solving,Foreign Countries,Science Instruction,Instructional Effectiveness

In this study, to examine the change in individuals' critical thinking skills, a new unit was developed in which STEM was integrated. The outcomes of this 7th-grade unit were selected from related disciplines. During the learning process of the developed Force and Energy unit, it was aimed that individuals could make judgments by gaining critical thinking skills and evaluate events in a multidimensional way. In this study, which lasted for five weeks, the developed unit was used to conduct lessons with the experimental group (N=25) while the control group (N=25) was traditionally taught. The Critical Thinking Scales developed by Demir (2006a) were used in the research process. Before the implementation, no significant difference was found between the experimental and control groups regarding critical thinking skills, but after the implementation, a significant difference was observed in favour of the experimental group. When the scores obtained from the sub-scales (interpretation and explanation) were compared, a significant difference was found in favour of the experimental group. When the changes in the experimental and control groups were examined, there was no significant change in the control group students, but a significant change was found in favour of the experimental group. These changes occurred in the evaluation, Interpretation, and explanation sub-scales of the critical thinking scale. Based on these data, it can be said that the critical thinking skills of individuals who receive STEM education improve. Accordingly, making use of different disciplines simultaneously while designing a product in STEM education is an important factor in the development of individuals' critical thinking skills. Thus, teachers should carry out this process effectively.
The Relation of Metacognition, Personality, and Foreign Language Performance
Author: Öztürk, Nesrin
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Metacognition,Personality Traits,Second Language Learning,English (Second Language),Performance Factors,Reading Skills,Language Proficiency,Predictor Variables,Scores,College Students,Public Colleges,Foreign Countries

Metacognition is a significant predictor of learning and academic performance, including foreign language performance. However, variations in metacognitive competence can be observed due to several factors, potentially including personality. Analytic survey research methods were implemented to examine the relation between metacognition and personality traits and their interaction with foreign-language performance. Data were collected from 244 participants via the Turkish Metacognitive Awareness Inventory, Basic Personality Traits Inventory, and records of foreign language performance grades. Spearman's correlation and multiple linear regression tests were used for data analysis. Results confirmed that Conscientiousness, Openness to Experience, and Agreeableness explained 20% of metacognitive knowledge, and 16% of metacognitive regulation was attributed to Conscientiousness and Openness to Experience. Compared to other language skills, it was merely reading performance correlating with metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive regulation. On the other hand, language use was positively correlated with metacognitive regulation. Regression analyses identified that only personality traits but not metacognition predicted foreign language performances. Conscientiousness and Extraversion predicted reading performance, and Conscientiousness and Openness to Experience were significant predictors of language use performance. These findings may suggest that personality influences foreign language reading performance, language use performance, and metacognition. Therefore, pedagogical implications may reflect individual differences, especially when delivering foreign language instruction or metacognition training modules.
A Bibliometrical Analysis of the Articles on Environmental Education Published between 1973 and 2019
Author: Kurtulus, Muhammed Akif
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bibliometrics,Journal Articles,Periodicals,Environmental Education,Authors,Citation Analysis,Citation Indexes,Scores,Educational Research,Foreign Countries,Sustainability,Climate,Teacher Education,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Knowledge Level

The aim of the study is to conduct bibliometrical analysis of the published articles on environmental education. With this aim, 3979 articles published between 1973 and 2019 were reached as a result of scanning Scopus database and they were bibliometrically analyzed so that research tendencies in the last 46 years were determined. The database was scanned using &quot;environment/environmental education&quot; keywords and results regarding the annual distributions of the articles; the journals and the authors with the highest number of related articles; h-index scores of the authors; research collaboration networks; the articles that were cited at the highest rates; the average annual citation scores; the citation burst scores of the authors; the results for word cloud and the conceptual mapping patterns obtained were analyzed. The findings reveal that the issue started to gain popularity among scientific researchers after 2008. The journal publishing the highest number of articles on the topic is found to be &quot;Environmental Education Research&quot; while the researchers with the highest number of published articles belong to Kopnina, H., Bogner, F. X., and Thiengkamol, N. The researchers from Netherlands, Mexico and Israel have the highest rates of research collaborations. The related articles are found to focus mostly on sustainability education, climate change, teacher education, student's or teacher's attitudes toward environment, the level of knowledge and consciousness on environment and environmental issues. The most frequently used concept in the keywords sections of published articles is determined to be &quot;environmental education&quot;. The findings of the study are meant to guide researchers planning to conduct further research on the issue.
Are University Students Willing to Participate in Environmental Protection Activities (EPAs)? -- Sub-Dimensions of Ecological Intelligence as Predictor
Author: Akkuzu-Guven, Nalan
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Environmental Education,College Students,Student Participation,Ecology,Intelligence,Predictor Variables,Accuracy,Student Behavior,Sustainability

Ecological intelligence is a comprehensive understanding that aims to create an awareness regarding how human activities affect ecosystems and to promote preventing unconscious consumption behaviors that would lead to a sustainable life. It enables us to take social, economic and environmental responsibility, also to act cooperatively and sensitively against ecological problems. All this would pave the way for maintaining strong global sustainability in our ecological objectives. This study explores the levels of ecological intelligence (LoEI) of university students; it also investigates the role of the sub-dimensions of ecological intelligence in predicting future participation in environmental protection activities (EPAs). The data were collected via ecological intelligence scale (EIS) and written open-response assessment (WORA) form by using a sample of 179 students. According to the results, the model to predict participation in EPAs indicated that a good discriminative ability with a prediction accuracy of 79.3%. We found that the most significant variables for the prediction of willingness to participate were ecologically conscious purchasing behavior (ECPB), ecological sensitivity (ES), ecological knowledge sharing (EKS) among the sub-dimensions of the EIS. This study is an important contribution to solve environmental problems by developing an ecological intelligence responding to the individual, social and economic needs of the next generation.
The Role of Critical Motivation in the Development of Altruistic Behaviour in Youth
Author: Assante, Gabriela Monica
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Motivation,Altruism,Correlation,Caring,Moral Values,Prosocial Behavior,Consciousness Raising,Critical Theory,High School Seniors,College Freshmen,Late Adolescents,Advantaged,Urban Schools,Social Development,Foreign Countries

The main objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between critical motivation, altruism and peer caring as the moral foundation of social life. Although the direct relationship between critical consciousness and prosocial involvement has for some time entered the realm of educational research, the mechanisms by which the components of critical consciousness influence behaviour are not clearly defined. Therefore, we investigated the mediating role of the tendency to protect others as a moral foundation in the relationship between critical motivation and altruistic behaviour. The study involved 308 young people aged 18-24. Participants were recruited from various urban high schools and universities, and invited to complete a set of questionnaires. The results emphasise the importance of critical motivation as a predictor of altruistic behaviour. Moreover, the data indicate that the tendency to protect others mediated the effects of critical motivation regarding altruistic behaviour. These results provide a clearer perspective on the process by which critical motivation can influence the behaviour and involvement of young people in different social contexts. The results emphasise especially the importance of developing and stimulating critical motivation in schools in order to increase the active involvement of young people in the current social context.
The Use of Digital Storytelling to Address School-Related Burnout among 10-11 Grade Students
Author: Lanszki, Anita
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Story Telling,Burnout,Technology Uses in Education,Grade 10,Grade 11,High School Students,Student Empowerment,Foreign Countries,Time Factors (Learning),Video Technology,Creative Activities

The paper presents how digital storytelling was used as an empowerment tool among high school students diagnosed with school-related burnout (N = 13) in Hungary. The aim of applying digital storytelling was to change students' time perspective, which was measured with Stanford Time Perspective Inventory before and after the digital storytelling intervention. The creative method allowed students to express their personal school experiences on verbal and visual levels while using digital technologies. The outcomes of the digital storytelling process were first-person video narratives, which presented the school career and self-reflections of students in a very expressive and touching way. Students' temporal profile changed after the digital storytelling intervention; they became future-oriented. In most cases, students reflected on their past and present experiences at school, and they found a solution and developed a perspective for their future educational career. Digital storytelling as a complex arts-based method had a positive effect on students. While working on the project, the change of students' time perspectives (Zimbardo &amp; Boyd, 2008) from past-negative and present-fatalistic to future-oriented was measured, which helped all the participants find a way to be more determined and optimistic.
The Mediating Role of Psychological Flexibility in Explaining Authenticity and Life Satisfaction with Alexithymia
Author: Karakus, Sena
Date: 2022-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Psychological Patterns,Life Satisfaction,Emotional Intelligence,Self Expression,Personality Traits,Correlation,Adults,Foreign Countries

Within the scope of this study, the relationships among alexithymia, psychological flexibility, authenticity and life satisfaction of individuals were investigated. In addition, the possible meditating role of psychological flexibility on the relationships among alexithymia, authenticity and life satisfaction were investigated. The research model is the relational screening model, which is one of the descriptive models that aims to examine the mediating role of psychological flexibility in the relationships among individuals' alexithymia, authenticity and life satisfaction. As the data collection tools, &quot;Personal Information Form&quot;, &quot;Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20)&quot;, &quot;Authenticity Scale&quot;, &quot;Psychological Flexibility Scale&quot; and &quot;Life Satisfaction Scale&quot; were used. The sampling group of the study was composed of 702 adult individuals between the ages of 18 and 67Whilst analysing the data, SPSS 22 Package Program was used to highlight the relationships between variables (Pearson correlation coefficient) and mediation test. In the study, Bootstrap analysis and Sobel test were used to measure the statistical significance of the mediating effects of the model. According to the research findings, while there was a significant negative relationship between alexithymia and psychological flexibility variables and authenticity and life satisfaction variables, a positive significant relationship was found among psychological flexibility, authenticity and life satisfaction. According to the mediation test, psychological flexibility had a partial mediating role in the relationships among alexithymia, life satisfaction and authenticity. Alexithymia explained 52% of authenticity and 21% of life satisfaction through psychological flexibility. The present article discusses the abovementioned research results within the framework of the relevant literature, and suggestions are made accordingly.
Activities, Advantages, and Inequalities: The Theory and Practice of Sports, Arts, and Service in Catholic High Schools
Author: Guest, Andrew M.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Catholic Schools,High School Students,Team Sports,Art,Service Learning,Educational History,Educational Philosophy,Case Studies,Student Participation,Extracurricular Activities,Educational Experience,Social Environment,Socioeconomic Status,Role,Institutional Mission,Comparative Analysis

Catholic schools have a particular tradition of excellence in the types of sports, arts, and service activities that have a prominent role in contemporary American education and youth culture. This paper considers ways that tradition may constitute a type of Catholic school advantage in two parts. First, the paper offers a brief social history of activities in Catholic education, suggesting that an emphasis on activities arose for reasons of both educational philosophy and practical need. Second, the paper draws on case studies of two Catholic high schools to explore ways that social history associates with contemporary practice, finding high participation rates and generally positive experiences. There are also indications, however, that developmental and educational experiences with activities vary meaningfully by socioeconomic context. Ultimately, the paper argues that the value of activities depends heavily on social context, suggesting that scholars and educators would do well to attend more carefully to the particular role activities play in Catholic schools.
Bibliometric Assessment Based on Web of Science Database: Educational Research Articles on Botanic Gardens, National Parks, and Natural Monuments
Author: Bozdogan, Aykut Emre
Date: 2022-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bibliometrics,Research Reports,Parks,Gardening,Plants (Botany),Historic Sites,Databases,Periodicals,Environmental Education,Educational Research,Information Retrieval,Authors,Trend Analysis

It was purposed in this study to reveal the trend in the relevant field by making a bibliometric evaluation of the educational research articles published on botanic gardens, national parks, and natural monuments in the Web of Science (WoS) database. Within the scope of quantitative methodology, the bibliometrics was applied in the study. The data were taken from the WoS database generated by Clarivate Analytics. The study data covered the years between 1975 and 2020. Bibliometric analysis techniques were used in the analysis of the data. 44,138 records related to the study subject were obtained in the WoS database, and 98 of them were determined in the category of educational research. Analyses were conducted on 58 articles in the category of educational research. As a result of the analyses, it was observed that half of the articles were published in the last 5 years. It was also concluded that the publication language of the articles was predominantly English and that the researchers working in the United States provided the highest contribution to the related literature by producing 20 articles. In addition, it was determined that the most effective journals related to the study subject were &quot;Environmental Education Research&quot; and &quot;Journal of Environmental Education&quot;. A total of 180 different keywords were included in the analyzed articles, and the most used ones were &quot;environmental education&quot; and &quot;botanic garden&quot;. It was also concluded that 1885 different publications, 1596 authors, and 1309 sources were cited in the articles examined within this research. The articles in the WoS database were examined in this study, and it is important to carry out similar studies in different publication types and databases in terms of revealing the trend in this subject.
An Analysis of the Effect of Writing-to-Learn Activities Regarding Students&apos; Academic Achievement and Self-Regulation Skills in Writing
Author: Kayaalp, Fatih
Date: 2022-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Learning Activities,Academic Achievement,Self Control,Writing Skills,Grade 8,Secondary School Students,Writing Instruction,Foreign Countries

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of writing-to-learn activities on students' academic achievement and self-regulation skills in writing. Using the quasi-experimental design, the study was performed involving 64 eighth grade students, who were studying in two different classrooms at the same secondary school. The students in the experimental group were handed out a number of writing-to-learn activities, while those in the control group were taught according to the current curriculum during the application. The academic achievement test, self-regulation scale for writing, and holistic assessment rubric were designated as the required tools for data collection. As a result of the application, the academic achievement and self-regulation skills of the students in the experimental group were found higher than those of the students in the control group. It was also noted that the experimental group showed a development over time to integrate the information they learned, and to present it as a new product with their own expressions after the process of reviewing, planning, sorting and organizing. The students in the experimental group showed a great deal of interest in writing-to-learn activities and were willing to participate in them. It is believed that the writing-to-learn model, which seems to have positive effects on learning processes, may be a desirable option to come up with effective and high-quality teaching methods.
A New Vision for Education towards Fraternal Humanism
Author: Zani, Vincenzo
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Humanism,Social Responsibility,Role of Education,State Church Separation,International Cooperation,Peace,Dialogs (Language),Foreign Policy,Clergy,Thinking Skills,Educational Change,Social Change,Catholics,Religious Education,Letters (Correspondence)

This article considers three fundamental perspectives for Catholic education, all mentioned in the encyclical letter &quot;Populorum Progressio&quot; of Paul VI, which have also been present in the teachings of successive pontiffs. The first perspective is the need to build a new civilization and the idea that &quot;the world suffers due to lack of thought.&quot; The second perspective is the idea that &quot;there is no true humanism but in the opening to the Absolute.&quot; The third perspective is the idea that at the origin of injustice there is a lack of fraternity. The second Vatican Council stated that &quot;true education should promote the formation of the human person both in view of its ultimate purpose and for the good of different societies.&quot; This invitation of the Council Fathers is still very current and is directed especially to those who have positions of responsibility in the world of education. The article is adapted with minor modifications from an address at the closing session of the OIEC World Congress held in New York in June 2019.