ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Emerging Innovative Teacher Education from Situated Cognition in a Web-Based Environment
Author: Lin, Tzu-Chiang
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teacher Education,Teacher Education Programs,Educational Technology,Microteaching,Lesson Plans,Science Education,Educational Innovation,Preservice Teachers,Learning Processes,Web Based Instruction,Computer Mediated Communication,Instructional Design,Artificial Intelligence,Student Surveys,Instructional Effectiveness,Educational Strategies,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Web Sites,Discussion,Teacher Surveys

In this paper, the authors first discuss the main rationales of situated cognition and its connections with innovation in teacher education. The challenges that might occur in applying situated cognition in teacher education programs, including insufficient opportunities for cognition apprenticeship, limited social interactions, and constraints in microteaching, are then presented. Correspondingly, this paper suggests three principles--enhancing peripheral participation, strengthening cognitive apprenticeship, and forming special interest groups online--in order to integrate situated cognition with a Web-based environment as a way to overcome the defects of conventional teacher education programs. Further, a recent application trial is described as a demonstration of how to innovate teacher education using a Web-based environment. Finally, a group of pre-service teachers participated in the research, and their perceived usefulness of the Web-based environment were measured and discussed. The results substantiate the applicable principles to establish a Web-based environment to support the course in teacher education. These outcomes are believed to contribute to both teacher education and educational technologies in the contemporary milieu of education. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.)
Exploring the Impacts of Analogies on Computer Hardware
Author: Dincer, Serkan
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,College Students,Teaching Methods,Computers,Educational Technology,Learning Processes,Instructional Design,Multimedia Instruction,Computer Science Education,Comparative Analysis,Pretests Posttests,Instructional Effectiveness,Educational Strategies,Logical Thinking

In the last few decades, analogy, which is considered as a special case for reasoning, has attracted a great deal of attention from cognitive scientists. Although analogy was rarely applied in previous decades, now it is often considered by educators and researchers as a strategy to provide creative solutions and poetic writing (Paris &amp; Glynn, 2004). Today, teaching models through analogy are used in different fields successfully and found to be beneficial for unobservable phenomena (Trey &amp; Khan, 2008). Moving from the findings of previous studies, this study aims to explore the effects of detailed analogies on students' learning success in studying the working rationale and hardware components of the computer. 86 students in 1st and 2nd grades of Computer and instructional Technology Department volunteered to participate in the study. The sample was divided into two groups randomly: the control group who received the lectures without using analogies and the experimental group who were taught using detailed analogies. The data was collected through pre- and post-tests at the beginning and at the end of one academic term. The results of the analyses show that the students' success was significantly higher for the group taught via detailed analogies. Considering the low number of studies conducted to identify the effects of analogies on computer sciences learning, the findings of this present study are supposed to contribute to other studies in the field. (Contains 4 tables and 3 figures.)
Factors Affecting the Computer Usage of Physics Teachers Working at Private Training Centers
Author: Guzel, Hatice
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Technology,Physics,Science Teachers,Test Preparation,High Stakes Tests,Proprietary Schools,Computer Assisted Instruction,Interviews,Questionnaires,Instructional Effectiveness,Teacher Attitudes,Science Instruction

The rapid development of computer and instructional technologies eases our lives in many ways. Private teaching institutions have become one of the most important entities in the educational system of Turkey. The topics spelling at private teaching institutions will determine the university as well as the departments that the students are going to be enrolled as well as the quality of the education and instruction they will receive at those institutions. Physics classes, due to the extensive amount of abstracts concepts, are at the top of the classes causing students difficulties. Therefore, computer supported instruction will facilitate the comprehension of the students which would otherwise be difficult to understand. The present study is conducted with 40 physics teachers, 24 males and 16 females, working at the 20 branches of a private course in Ankara throughout the spring semester of the 2009-2010 academic year. The statistical analyses conducted showed that the majority of physics teachers believed that the use of computers facilitates learning. (Contains 3 tables.)
Gender Differences in Using Social Networks
Author: Mazman, S. Guzin
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Networks,Gender Differences,Internet,Surveys,Classification,Interpersonal Relationship

The purpose of this study is to determine individuals' usage purposes of social networks with a focus on the possible differences between females and males. Facebook, which is one the most popular and being most widely used social network, is investigated in this study. The study group consisted of 870 Facebook users who responded to an online survey designed by the researchers. Analyses of the results showed that usage purposes can be categorized under four categories, namely maintaining existing relationships, making new relationships, using for academic purposes and following specific agenda. Significant differences were found between genders in all of the purposes mentioned. While the difference on making new contacts was in favor of males, the differences on the other three user purposes were in favor of females. (Contains 4 tables.)
Metacognitive Skills Development: A Web-Based Approach in Higher Education
Author: Shen, Chun-Yi
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Quasiexperimental Design,Pretests Posttests,Metacognition,Scores,Internet,Instructional Effectiveness,Skill Development,Web Based Instruction,College Students,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries

Although there were studies that presented the applications of metacognitive skill training, the research on web-based metacognitive skills training are few. The purpose of this study is to design a web-based learning environment and further examine the effect of the web-based training. A pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was used in this study. Fifty-three college students were assigned into experimental and control groups. After four-week training period, the results of paired-samples t-test showed that experimental group's posttest scores were significantly higher than the pretest scores in self-plan, self-monitor, and total score, while there was no significance in the control group. In addition, students in experimental group made significantly greater gains compared to control group in self-plan. Discussion and suggestions are also provided. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.)
OPASS: An Online Portfolio Assessment and Diagnosis Scheme to Support Web-Based Scientific Inquiry Experiments
Author: Su, Jun-Ming
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Web Based Instruction,Portfolios (Background Materials),Learning Problems,Science Activities,Portfolio Assessment,Inquiry,Science Instruction,Student Evaluation,Rural Schools,Urban Schools,High School Students,Junior High School Students,Questionnaires,Computer Assisted Testing,Instructional Design,Computer System Design,Computer Software Evaluation,Instructional Effectiveness,Educational Strategies,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Educational Diagnosis,Diagnostic Teaching,Science Experiments,Science Process Skills,Artificial Intelligence

Promoting the development of students' scientific inquiry capabilities is a major learning objective in science education. As a result, teachers require effective assessment approaches to evaluate students' scientific inquiry-related performance. Teachers must also be able to offer appropriate supplementary instructions, as needed, to students. Scientific inquiry capabilities should be assessed by evaluating students' scientific inquiry portfolios in actual hands-on experiments. Although virtual laboratory systems can reduce the cost of conducting scientific inquiry experiments, the manual portfolio assessment approach is still difficult and time-consuming for teachers. Therefore, in this paper, in order to provide students with personalized learning guidance concerning not only the conceptual knowledge, but also the high-order, integrative abilities of scientific inquiry, an Online Portfolio Assessment and Diagnosis Scheme, called OPASS, was proposed to assist teachers in automatically assessing and diagnosing students' abilities as they relate to scientific inquiry performance. Personalized diagnostic reports were generated by employing the rule-based inference approach, which diagnosed learning problems and provided corresponding reasons and remedial suggestions based on teacher-defined assessment knowledge of the scientific inquiry experiment. For the evaluation, experimental results showed that the OPASS was helpful and beneficial for both students and teachers. (Contains 13 tables and 11 figures.)
Opinions of Students in Physical Education and Sports Teaching on the Use of Social Network Sites
Author: Herguner, Gulten
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Education,Student Attitudes,Opinions,Factor Analysis,Foreign Countries,Social Networks,Internet,College Students,Teacher Education,Physical Education Teachers,Interviews,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis

Because an important period of time of daily life has been spent on the Internet, the way people communicate has recently changed. One of the most important reasons for this change is social network sites (SNS). It can be seen that the most adhesive users of SNS in Turkey which have gained an increasing global quality are students. This descriptive study was made in order to determine the aims of 180 students who attend Sakarya University (SU) Physical Education and Sports Teaching Department (PESTD) in 2010 to use SNS, the duration they use SNS and their opinions on the credibility of SNS. Data were obtained through an interview and a questionnaire established by the researcher. They were evaluated by the program SPSS 15.0. In the statistical evaluation factor analysis, T-test, ANOVA and Chi-Square tests were implemented. At the end of the study, it was found that the participants use SNS mostly in order to learn what their friends are doing (66,7 %), to spend time (57,2 %), to be informed about sports organizations (55,6 %); and that they use the Internet to log in SNS (53,9 %) 1-2 hours (40,6 %) or less than 1 hour (24,4 %) a day. Moreover, it was found that SNS cause interference in their private lives (58,4 %); their negative effects are more than positive ones (46,2 %); and SNS are not safe (43,9 %). When results are evaluated generally, it can be said that the participants are conscious of SNS and the Internet. (Contains 15 tables.)
Opinions of University Graduates about Social Networks According to Their Personal Characteristics
Author: Isbulan, Onur
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Opinions,College Graduates,Personality,Correlation,Foreign Countries,Educational Technology,Data Collection,Social Networks,Individual Characteristics,Teacher Education,Personality Traits,Extraversion Introversion,Measures (Individuals)

This research aims to determine opinions of university graduates about social networks according to their personal characteristics. The research was conducted on 203 university graduates who received teacher training at Sakarya University in 2010-2011 academic year. Two different data collection tools were administered to the participating university graduates and correlation analysis was conducted in light of data collected from the tools above. As is widely accepted by the technology users, Facebook, the most used social network in Turkey and across the world, was selected as the social network for the research. A positive and significant relationship was found among Facebook-related opinions stated by university graduates having an extravert personality as a result of data collected through the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised/Short-Form and Opinions of University Graduates about Social Networks data collection tools. (Contains 6 tables.)
Student Teachers Socialization Development by Teaching Blog: Reflections and Socialization Strategies
Author: Chou, Chun-Mei
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Feedback (Response),Student Teachers,Web Sites,Socialization,Mentors,Electronic Publishing,School Culture,Action Research,Service Learning,Educational Practices,Business Education,Interviews,Student Teacher Attitudes,Teacher Education,Role,Peer Groups

This study aims to probe into the cognitive sources and reflective content of student teachers' socialization, such as job proficiency, goals and values, school culture, and role regulation by "teaching blog". This paper utilizes eight student teachers of business, data processing, Chinese, English, science, and technology as subjects. Through Action Research, this study examines educational practices related to teaching practices, home teacher practices, administrative practices, and service learning from teaching blogs constructed by student teachers and online feedback. Moreover, this study collects qualitative data via in-depth interviews, tour visits, school meetings, teaching demonstrations, practice communications, and mail and analyzes the data with software by ATLAS.ti. Findings demonstrate as follows (1) student teachers' teaching demonstration can enhance the socialization strategy of "job proficiency"; (2) teaching blog can present student teachers' dialogues and feelings regarding "goals and values" in the virtual community; (3) student teachers' cognitive sources for socialization strategies of "school culture" is based on peer student teachers, mentor teachers, and internet communities; and (4) socialization strategy of "role regulation" is based on teacher certification and school expectations. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
The Current Perspectives, Theories and Practices of Mobile Learning
Author: Keskin, Nilgun Ozdamar
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Electronic Learning,Educational Practices,Educational Theories,Literature Reviews,Trend Analysis,Technology Uses in Education,Learning Theories,Definitions,Handheld Devices,Educational Technology

Mobile learning (m-learning) is a highly popular multidisciplinary study field around the world. It has attracted a great deal of attention from researchers in different disciplines who have realized the potential to apply mobile technologies to enhance learning. Thus, mobile learning has been defined differently by different people. This study is a review of m-learning literature for understanding and discussion of current perspectives and theories in mobile learning. Additionally, some m-learning practices that are implemented in different sectors such as corporate, university and military have been mentioned. (Contains 1 table and 4 figures.)
The Design and Development of a Semi-Auto Computer Generated Testing Paper System--A Case Study in the School of Continuing Education at China University of Geosciences
Author: Yang, Juan
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Testing,Continuing Education,Test Construction,Item Banks,College Faculty,Faculty Workload,Computer Assisted Testing,Computer System Design,Computer Software Evaluation,Computer Software,Teacher Attitudes,Earth Science,Case Studies,Distance Education,Virtual Universities

With the rapidly increasing entrance examinations for the School of Continuing education of CUGB, there is an urgent need of the examination papers that have the parallel testing ability for the same academic program. Based on the analysis of parallel factors and the comparison of the manual generated mode and the computer generated mode, the most time-consuming and experience-consuming steps are found. By providing supports to those steps automatically, a semi-auto computer generated testing paper system was designed and developed for reducing the workload of the experienced faculties to generate testing papers. The papers were generated based on a gradually constructed item-bank. The system offered multiple templates of the testing paper structure plan for assisting semi-auto paper generated procedure and guaranteeing the parallel of the generated papers. In order to construct an item-bank in a short time, an easy-to-use authoring tool with powerful functions was designed and developed. The system supported the spring entrance examination of SCECUGB in 2010 successfully. Faculties gave positive feedback toward the system. (Contains 8 figures and 4 tables.)
The Effects of Instruction with Visual Materials on the Development of Preservice Elementary Teachers' Knowledge and Attitude towards Global Warming
Author: Bozdogan, Aykut Emre
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Preservice Teachers,Quasiexperimental Design,Interviews,Climate,Misconceptions,Student Attitudes,Environmental Education,Preservice Teacher Education,Visual Aids,Elementary School Teachers,Attitude Measures,Attitude Change,Multimedia Instruction,Educational Technology,Pretests Posttests,Instructional Effectiveness,Educational Strategies,Teacher Attitudes

This study aimed to identify the erroneous knowledge and misconceptions of preservice elementary teachers about global warming and examine the effects of instruction with visual materials on rectifying these misconceptions and fostering a positive attitude towards the issue of global warming. Having a quasi-experimental design, the study made use of both quantitative and qualitative research methods. The participants of the study, which was conducted in 2008-2009 academic year in Giresun University's Education Faculty, were 47 preservice elementary teachers. Data were obtained by using open ended questions, the Global Warming Attitude Scale (GWAS) and semi-structured interview forms. The results showed that both experimental and control group individuals had knowledge gaps and certain misconceptions about the reasons underlying global warming. However, preservice teachers were more successful in rectifying the gaps and misconceptions via instruction with visual materials. After the intervention, the experimental group had higher global warming attitude scores. However, no meaningful relationship existed between the groups with respect to their attitude scores. (Contains 7 tables and 1 note.)
The Effects of Pre-Reading and Sharing Mechanisms on Learning with the Use of Annotations
Author: Hwang, Wu-Yuin
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Elementary School Students,Computer Assisted Instruction,Prior Learning,Internet,Printed Materials,Instructional Improvement,Independent Study,Grade 6,Computer Software,Quasiexperimental Design,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Comparative Analysis,Pretests Posttests,Predictor Variables,Interviews,Questionnaires,Instructional Effectiveness,Student Attitudes,Reading Assignments,Sharing Behavior,Homework,Notetaking,Correlation,Usability,Web Based Instruction,Computer Mediated Communication,Educational Strategies,Teacher Attitudes

This study is aimed at investigating students' annotation behaviors and their effects on learning achievement with pre-reading (reading before class) exercises and Web-based sharing mechanisms. An 8-week quasi-experiment was conducted with 125 sixth-grade elementary school students. The study shows the following results. First, a significant correlation was evident between pre-reading with a Web-based annotation tool and learning achievement. Furthermore, implementing a pre-reading sharing mechanism with Web-based annotation capabilities could stimulate and help students perform more useful pre-reading by reviewing others' annotations, thereby enlarging the effectiveness of pre-reading as it relates to learning. Second, participants' pre-reading exercises with a Web-based annotation tool revealed their preparation before class as well as reflected their prior knowledge, thereby helping the instructor to prepare the lecture well in advance. In the future, more advanced mechanisms, such as self-regulation learning, will be studied to encourage students to efficiently manage learning before class. (Contains 5 tables and 4 figures.)
The Impact of Using Synchronous Collaborative Virtual Tangram in Children's Geometric
Author: Lin, Chiu-Pin
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Learning Strategies,Cooperative Learning,Problem Solving,Geometric Concepts,Grade 6,Computer Assisted Instruction,Mathematics Instruction,Suburban Schools,Manipulative Materials,Handheld Devices,Educational Technology,Pretests Posttests,Interviews,Instructional Effectiveness,Puzzles,Synchronous Communication,Laptop Computers

This study aimed to develop a collaborative and manipulative virtual Tangram puzzle to facilitate children to learn geometry in the computer-supported collaborative learning environment with Tablet PCs. In promoting peer interactions and stimulating students' higher-order thinking and creativity toward geometric problem-solving, we designed a collaborative Chinese Tangram activity with problem-solving learning strategies. Participants are 25 6th graders of a suburb elementary school of Tai-Chung City. The results suggest that children's competency in rotation and space of shapes had been improved and the scores gap between lower and higher achievers had been narrowed. Such a collaborative Chinese Tangram activity may facilitate peer negotiation, enhance children's belief toward problem solving, and benefit each child to share resources, and a positive interdependent learning context can naturally be developed. (Contains 6 tables and 12 figures.)