ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Teacher Professional Learning Communities: Going beyond Contrived Collegiality toward Challenging Debate and Collegial Learning and Professional Growth
Author: Owen, Susanne
Date: 2014-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Communities of Practice,Collegiality,Faculty Development,Vignettes,Case Studies,Models,Documentation,Focus Groups,Secondary School Teachers,Elementary School Teachers,Teacher Surveys,Likert Scales,Semi Structured Interviews

Professional learning community (PLC) is a current &quot;buzz&quot; term in business and educational contexts, seemingly referring to anything from decision making committees to regular meeting groups or collegial learning teams. This paper explores the concept of a PLC within three significantly innovative schools, based on an examination of the relevant literature and also focusing on surveys and interviews. Findings indicate that, while there is broad consistency across the literature and within the innovative school cases in terms of core PLC elements of shared vision and values, collegiality, joint practical activities and student learning data, teacher inquiry and leadership support and opportunities, there are some pivotal PLC characteristics which heighten the professional learning impact. In this paper, using vignettes from the case study schools, these pivotal characteristics are related to developmental phases of PLC establishment. This offers valuable insights about nurturing more learning-focused PLCs, with significant benefits for teacher professional growth and ultimately for student learning.
Effective Spelling Strategies for Students with Dyslexia in Hong Kong Secondary Schools
Author: Wai, Nicole
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary School Students,Secondary School Teachers,Dyslexia,Comparative Analysis,Teacher Attitudes,Teaching Methods,Spelling,Spelling Instruction,Phonological Awareness,Phonology,Visualization,Imagery,Qualitative Research,Interviews,Questionnaires,English (Second Language),Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence,Learning Strategies

This study examines the effectiveness of five spelling strategies used to teach junior secondary school students with dyslexia. Participants were 30 secondary school teachers in Hong Kong. The teachers commented on five spelling strategies: the phonological strategy, an integration of phonological and orthographical strategies, the rule-based strategy, the visual-imagery strategy and teaching spelling with other skills. The study compared teachers' opinions and suggestions given in the literature. Results indicated that the five strategies have both strengths and weaknesses. The strategies are complementary; therefore, integration is suggested. Implications are discussed in the context of spelling strategies and measures of teaching junior students with dyslexia.
Quality Assessment of Internationalised Studies: Theory and Practice
Author: Juknyte-Petreikiene, Inga
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Assessment,International Education,Higher Education,Colleges,Administrative Organization,Institutional Characteristics,Educational Quality,College Students

The article reviews forms of higher education internationalisation at an institutional level. The relevance of theoretical background of internationalised study quality assessment is highlighted and definitions of internationalised studies quality are presented. Existing methods of assessment of higher education internationalisation are criticised for not involving the totality of elements of different internationalised studies at an institutional level. Taking into consideration parameters of higher education internationalisation and theory and practice of quality management in higher education, a recommendation is given to assess the quality of internationalised studies following the methodology that enables proper quality assessment of internationalisation at higher education institutions and its development.
Is Student a University Client or a Member of the Academic Community?
Author: Starkute, Jovita
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Role,Student Participation,Client Characteristics (Human Services),College Students,Student School Relationship,Definitions,Role Perception,Universities,Group Membership,Student Experience,Generalization,Literature Reviews,Educational Environment,Community

In the last few decades universities became service providers. In this case an open question is raised: what is the student role then? This article aims to enlighten the discourse of the student role. At first glance, a student is supposed to be just a passive service consumer--a client. Yet recent service management literature proposes that clients (students) have a very important role in creating the value of university service products. So the educational literature discourse reveals that a student may be a client or a member of the academic community. This article aims to reveal the discourse of student roles in the nowadays university and to highlight main aspects of student role transformation. To achieve this aim, scientific literature analysis has been performed. The first part of the article focuses on the student-client conception, revealing the dual nature of this role. Meanwhile the second part of this article analyses the role of student as a member of the academic community, emphasising relations between student approach to learning and his (her) involvement in the community. In the third part of this paper, main aspects of student role transformation are revealed.
The Effect of a Disability Camp Program on Attitudes towards the Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in a Summer Sport and Leisure Activity Camp
Author: Papaioannou, Christina
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Inclusion,Summer Programs,Attitudes toward Disabilities,Children,Recreational Activities,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Intervention,Attitude Measures,Pretests Posttests,Team Sports,Foreign Countries,Attitude Change,Student Participation

The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of a specific Disability Camp Program (DCP) in the attitudes of children without disabilities toward the inclusion of children with disabilities in a summer sport and leisure activity camp. Three hundred eighty-seven campers without disabilities participated in the study and were divided into control (n = 190) and experimental groups (n = 197). The control group followed the camp's regular program, while the experimental group attended a DCP in addition to the camp's regular program. All participants completed the &quot;Attitudes Towards Integrated Sports Inventory&quot; (ATISI), (Block &amp; Malloy, 1998) twice; just before and immediately after their participation in the DAP. ATISI consists of two subscales: general and sports-specific. The results of the 2 X 2 repeated measures analysis of variance revealed statistical significant differences on the experimental group, both in general and in sport-specific attitude subscales. These findings imply that participation in this particular DCP can had a positive influence on children's attitudes towards the inclusion of children with disabilities in summer sport and leisure activity camp.
A &quot;Shared Repertoire&quot; of Choices: Using Phenomenology to Study Writing Tutor Identity
Author: Friedrich, Tom
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Tutors,Writing Instruction,Phenomenology,Teaching Methods,Grade Point Average,Self Concept,Laboratories,Writing (Composition),College Students

Tutoring services often restrict their data collection and analysis practices to publicizing session counts and tutee GPAs. This study suggests that programs that offer writing consultation may enhance their sessions' epistemic power by researching their tutoring staff's instructional choices. After explaining why and describing how a phenomenological methodology was used to map one program's tutors' choices in sessions, this article closes by sharing the implications of this research fo rthe program of interest and other sites.
Fitness-Specific Epistemic Beliefs, Effort Regulation, Outcomes, and Indices of Motivation in High School Physical Education
Author: Lodewyk, Ken R.
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: High School Students,Grade 9,Grade 10,Physical Education,Student Attitudes,Epistemology,Beliefs,Physical Fitness,Goal Orientation,Student Surveys,Factor Analysis,Path Analysis,Outcomes of Education,Foreign Countries,Personal Autonomy,Factor Structure,Regression (Statistics),Statistical Analysis

Epistemic beliefs are deeply held convictions about the nature of knowledge, knowing, and learning. In this study, approximately 500 ninth and tenth-grade physical education (PE) students completed fitness-specific measures assessing their epistemic beliefs in the simplicity and stability of knowledge and the speed of its acquisition along with their effort regulation, fitness outcomes (grade, level, and frequency), and indices of fitness motivation (goal orientation, value, perceived autonomy support). Participants completed three surveys during their regular PE class. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed two reliable epistemic belief factors similar to those previously reported in PE (the simple-integration of fitness knowledge; stable-and-useless fitness knowledge). This provided some support for the generality of epistemic beliefs across PE and fitness. As expected, epistemic beliefs related negatively to indices of motivation and effort regulation. An intrinsic goal orientation and a view for the simplicity of fitness knowledge predicted fitness outcome and a statistically significant pathway was observed from simple and stable epistemic beliefs and indices of motivation to fitness outcomes through effort regulation. The study provides particular fresh insights into the nature of epistemic beliefs, their relations to effort regulation and indices of motivation, and their potential influence on fitness outcomes in PE and beyond.
The Promotion and Perception of the Youth Olympic Games: A Korean Perspective
Author: Judge, Lawrence W.
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Athletics,Youth Programs,Adolescents,Obesity,Life Style,Physical Activity Level,Public Opinion,Television,Social Networks,Familiarity,Foreign Countries,Surveys,Questionnaires,Leadership,Multiple Regression Analysis,Likert Scales

The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) was launched in part to reignite interest in Olympic sports in the midst of a generation of increasingly overweight and inactive adolescents. But since the initial announcement of the YOG by the International Olympic Committee in 2007, this new third addition to the Olympic family of events has provoked response from loyal advocates and equally committed critics. The purpose of this research study was to assess how attitudes, public awareness, and access to social media impact the sports community in Korea regarding YOG engagement via television viewing or event attendance. The regression results revealed that familiarity with the YOG, public awareness and use of media for sports information were statistically significant contributors for Korean's intention to watch televised Youth Olympic Games. In contrast, social network service (SNS) accessibility, familiarity with YOG and public awareness significantly affected Korean's intention to attend the YOG. These findings are described and evaluated in order to provide further insight during the ongoing development of this relatively new international sport festival and mega-event.
Residents' Perceived Social-Economic Impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Author: Zhang, Mark
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Socioeconomic Influences,Athletics,Economic Impact,Games,Social Change,Quality of Life,Community Surveys,Community Attitudes,Social Indicators,Factor Analysis,Cultural Enrichment,Living Standards,Leisure Time,Patriotism,Environmental Influences,Followup Studies,Likert Scales,Foreign Countries,Community Benefits,Competition

This study was designed to examine whether the Olympic Games was a catalyst for changes to Beijing residents' quality of life based on social-economic perspectives and how these changes affected their continuous support for the Games. Residents who lived in Beijing 18 months or longer were invited to participate in this survey research (N = 412) in October 2009. Based on the results, the residents' support for the Games was still high after 2 years of hosting the Games. Factor analyses revealed five social-economic changes: Culture Enrichment, Basic Living, Entertainment Opportunities, Environment, and National Pride. Both improved Entertainment Opportunities and increased National Pride were significant reasons why Beijing residents continued to support the hosting of the Games. No direct relationship was determined between residents' improved quality of life and their continued support for the Games.
Marketing Sports Facilities: Perspectives from Botswana
Author: Bohutsana, Basuti
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Recreational Facilities,Athletics,Marketing,Administrative Organization,Geographic Location,Costs,Measures (Individuals),Researchers,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Athletes

The provision of sports facilities contributes immensely to the growth of sports and leisure activities in the countries where they are provided. In some countries, as was the case in Botswana, the government had to spend millions of dollars to provide new Integrated Sports Facilities (ISF's) as a panacea for the continued poor performance of its national teams at different sports events. Where such facilities are managed by government or public organizations (as in Botswana), operational deficiencies, for instance government bureaucracy, is replete. One of such deficiencies relate to inadequate marketing of sports facilities, leading to inadequate use by the populace, poor revenue and consequently poor maintenance and neglect of such facilities. The purpose of the current study was thus to assess the strategies that are used in marketing the ISF's in Botswana using the variables of place, price, product and promotion, referred to as the marketing mix by different authors. With a sample of facility coordinators and users (N = 593), the strategies used in marketing the facilities were examined. It was hypothesized that the strategies used to market the ISF's were significantly effective. The specific findings of the study were that the following factors significantly influenced the level of facility use: the price attached to the use of the facility, facility location, promotional strategies used to market the facility and the product. Overall, the strategies used to market the ISF's were found to be ineffective. It was thus recommended that strategies that can be employed to market the ISF's for optimal use include facility proximity, marketing of the facility using integrated mediums of communication and matching the product with need and the price.
An Examination of Personality Traits of Motorsports Management Students
Author: Young, Joyce A.
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Personality Traits,Motor Vehicles,Industry,Comparative Analysis,College Students,Work Experience,Job Applicants,Motivation,Career Choice,Internship Programs,Cooperation,Ethics,Goal Orientation,Leadership Qualities,Trust (Psychology),Decision Making,Likert Scales,Statistical Analysis,Questionnaires,Student Characteristics,Multivariate Analysis

For the motorsports industry, there is a strong desire to recruit individuals that have realistic expectations of the profession as well as exhibit the personality traits needed to be successful in the industry over time. The study sought to examine and compare personality traits of motorsports management students to those of practitioners currently working in the industry and non-motorsports management students drawn from the general student population. This study is the first known attempt to operationalize and validate many of the personality characteristics identified by Jenkins, Pasternak, and West (2005) to predict career success in motorsports. The study concluded that the primary difference among potential job seekers is the perceived passion they possess to underscore a strong desire to work in motorsports. We suggest students with pre-university enrollment industry work experience coupled with motorsports-related internships during and immediately after a planned program of study will continue to express &quot;a high sense of calling to the field&quot;. These individuals are more suited for the demands of the sport and thus better overall job candidates.
Service Quality and Satisfaction Perspectives at the 2011 International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) World Championships
Author: Kim, Min Kil
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Delivery Systems,Program Effectiveness,Participant Satisfaction,Novices,Athletics,Performance Factors,Resource Centers,Track and Field,Questionnaires,Correlation,Multiple Regression Analysis,Foreign Countries,News Media,Surveys,Regression (Statistics)

The purpose of this exploratory study was to identify and analyze the factors that contribute to perceived service quality, user satisfaction, and behavioral intention in covering megasporting events at the Main Media Center for the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) Track and Field World Championships. The data were collected through a survey that was administered to users of the media center during the 2011 IAAF World Championship. The results suggested that various service aspects (i.e., Transportation, News press, Convenience stores, Promotions, Volunteers, and Technology service) had significant impact on the media personnel's overall satisfaction. This study provides useful information on how to improve professionalism and service quality in media facilities at sporting events from the user satisfaction point of view.
Critical Thinking and Online Supplemental Instruction: A Case Study
Author: Shaw, Cassandra S.
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Critical Thinking,Supplementary Education,Online Courses,Case Studies,Investigations,Observation,College Programs,Achievement Rating,Self Evaluation (Individuals),Academic Persistence,Likert Scales,Skill Analysis,Course Evaluation,Program Effectiveness,Change Strategies,Electronic Learning

A wealth of research is available regarding supplemental instruction; however, a dearth exists regarding online supplemental instruction and critical thinking. This case study explored what was assumed to be known of critical thinking and investigated the extent to which critical thought was promoted within a university's online supplemental instruction program. Survey and persistence data indicated the university's online SI program was successfully facilitating critical thinking. However, after conducting online session observations, based upon the Paulian critical thinking theory and the adoption of Bloom's taxonomy as a critical thinking model, the case investigation revealed the initial assumption was flawed.
Committed Sport Event Volunteers
Author: Han, Keunsu
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Volunteers,Physical Activities,Athletics,Motivation,Demography,Correlation,Measures (Individuals),Surveys,Individual Characteristics,Reliability,Factor Analysis,Attitudes,Persistence

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among selected demographic characteristics (income, education and age), motivation and commitment of volunteers at a sporting event. Three-hundred and five questionnaires were collected from volunteers in a marathon event and analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). Based on the results, the structural model illustrated that the paths of selected demographic characteristics, volunteer motivation, and volunteer commitment were statistically significant. The results of this study will contribute not only to an extension of the knowledge base of sport volunteerism, but also to practical applications for volunteer coordinators and event marketers.
The Graduate Writing Institute: Overcoming Risk, Embracing Strategies, and Appreciating Skills
Author: Thomas, Melissa
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing Workshops,Graduate Students,Research Universities,Measures (Individuals),Pretests Posttests,Scores,Writing Skills,Risk,Interdisciplinary Approach,Satisfaction,Student Attitudes

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the results from the Graduate Writing Institute, a week-long graduate writing workshop at a research-intensive HSI university in the southwest. Sixty-three graduate students who worked on large writing projects, such as theses or dissertations, volunteered to attend one of four separate Writing Institutes. These students took a pre- and post- Writing Inventory of Skills and Preferences (WISP) with significant increases in the WISP scores from pre-test to post-test, which indicated that the non-contextualized, cross-disciplinary content and structure of the Writing Institute successfully increased students' knowledge of academic writing skills, including higher order concerns and lower order concerns. Additionally, evaluation survey results confirmed that attending the Graduate Writing Institute helped students overcome feelings of &quot;academic risk.&quot; Providing graduate students working on their thesis/dissertation with this type of specialized learning assistance (non-course based, interdisciplinary, non-contextualized holistic approach to addressing lower order concerns, higher order concerns, and academic risk) in a week long intensive institute with instructional time, peer interaction, individual writing time, and one-on-one writing consultations should be replicated for the benefit of graduate students at other institutions.
Effects of Directed Learning Groups upon Students' Ability to Understand Conceptual Ideas
Author: Johnson, Karen Gabrielle
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Mathematics,Mathematics Instruction,Mathematical Concepts,Concept Formation,Instructional Effectiveness,Groups,Peer Teaching,Tutoring,Calculus,College Freshmen,Pretests Posttests,Mathematics Achievement,Student Attitudes,Comparative Analysis,Student Surveys,Mathematical Models

Mathematical modeling and directed learning groups were employed in a terminal mathematics course to encourage university students to conceptualize real-world mathematics problems. Multiple assessments were utilized to determine whether students' conceptual development is enhanced by participating in directed learning groups conducted in a learning center. Instituting directed learning groups early in a semester can have long-term effects on students' ability to apply concepts to future problems, feel comfortable participating in groups, increase their understanding of real-world applications, and maintain their confidence and self-efficacy in understanding mathematical concepts.
Traditional/Block Scheduling, Gender, and Test Scores in College Biology Course
Author: Huelskamp, Diana
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Block Scheduling,School Schedules,Gender Differences,Scores,Science Tests,Biology,College Science,Science Instruction,College Students,Student Surveys,High Schools,Grades (Scholastic),Statistical Analysis,Effect Size

Block scheduling is the reallocation of a school day into longer class sessions to allow for more active teaching strategies and active engagement of students, in the effort to increase student performance. Various types of block scheduling exist. Traditional scheduling is when the school day is divided into six to eight sessions, with each session lasting from approximately 40 to 51 minutes. This paper seeks to find if test scores in a college biology course are significantly affected by high school scheduling type, gender, and the combined effects of both.