ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Generalization of Individual Differences in Second Language Learning
Author: Anjum, Amber Nasreen
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Generalization,Individual Differences,Second Language Learning,Questionnaires,Learning Motivation,Outcomes of Education,English (Second Language),Social Influences,Demography,Teacher Effectiveness,Cognitive Style,Instructional Materials,Barriers,Student Attitudes,Student Interests,Foreign Countries

This commentary is based on the analyses of the participants' responses provided in written form while filling the questionnaires. The purpose of the study was to identify and analyze factors in individuals' experiences about second language acquisition. The study was conducted through a research questionnaire. The questions were designed for particular outcomes needed for the research. The research was to find motivational, social, and demographic factors in learning second language. The research participants were the successful users of second language. The paper also discussed the different influences from society, and profession which are a support to learn second language or sometimes these influences work as hindrance. Questionnaire also dealt with the usefulness of language books and effectiveness of language teachers. The project involves 4 participants who filled in the answers. 50% of them have provided very short answers but the ideas are understandable and interpretable, the rest gave detailed responses which remained more supportive for the analyses. Over all it was to obtain a general view about the above mentioned influential factors which may result positive or negative during the process of second language acquisition.
The Unique Role of Two-Year Honors Colleges and Programs
Author: Armstrong, J. David, Jr.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Honors Curriculum,Two Year Colleges,Two Year College Students,Program Descriptions,Educational Benefits,Access to Education,School Role

As President of Broward College, the author is proud of the honors education that has been offered to students since 1982. Two-year colleges play a crucial role in higher education, having experienced extensive growth in the past few decades and with honors as an important part of that growth. Broward College was founded in 1960 to support the rapid development of the local community, and today remains committed to that mission, providing accessible, affordable, and high-quality education to more than 60,000 students annually. For many in South Florida, Broward College offers a clear pathway to a college degree and a better future. In this article, the author briefly discusses the honors program offered at Broward College.
Empowering Ghanaian Polytechnic Students through Entrepreneurship and Competency Based Education: A Case Study of Takoradi Polytechnic
Author: Gyan, Matthew Kweku
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Entrepreneurship,Business Administration Education,Business Skills,Competence,Empowerment,Economic Opportunities,Universities,Technical Education,Employment Opportunities,Interviews,Questionnaires,Student Attitudes,Competency Based Education

The youth cannot be ignored in view of the vital roles they play in the socio-economic development of nations around the globe. Entrepreneurship education has been identified as one of the most innovative ways of arresting graduate unemployment around the globe. Youth unemployment has been on the increase in recent times partly due to traditional courses the youth pursue in most tertiary institutions in Ghana which have less linkage to the world of work. Youth unemployment policy features prominently on the national agenda of most developing countries, including Ghana. Consequently, many graduates rely on the government to provide them jobs after school. It is against this backdrop that entrepreneurship education has been introduced in most tertiary institutions in Ghana to equip students with the much needed innovations and entrepreneurial skills to set up businesses as a way of relieving the government from the provision of jobs to the throng of unemployed graduates. This paper evaluates the entrepreneurship education in the Polytechnics in Ghana and how it is structured to meet the aspiration of the students. The paper also investigates students' attitude towards the study of entrepreneurship. It also highlights students' capacities to establish their own businesses after graduation and how they could raise funds and promote stronger relationships with the business community. It is hoped that this would go a long way to unearthing challenges students encounter in the study of entrepreneurship as a course.
Value Added
Author: Wilson, M. Roy
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Honors Curriculum,Value Added Models,Educational Benefits,State Universities,Institutional Mission,Undergraduate Study,Educational Opportunities,Program Descriptions

With more than a thousand honors programs or colleges in the United States and that number growing every year, defining the value of honors is a significant undertaking. Honors seems to have become an obligatory upgrade that no college or university president can afford to be without, but there is more than institutional trending to be considered, or at least there should be, so the real issue is defining the value that honors adds--for students, for faculty, for staff, and for the larger community served. Wayne State University (WSU) prides itself with a history of academic excellence and opportunity that reaches back almost 150 years. Communicating to students the distinctive character of Wayne State University and making the vision a reality to them is an important part of the mission, not just during recruitment but all the way through their baccalaureate experience. The Irvin D. Reid Honors College has an important role to play in communicating this vision. Honors is a marquee for the best WSU has to offer to undergraduates and a means of engaging them, consciously, in the special opportunities that set this university apart. In this article, the president of the university briefly discusses the honors program at WSU and that value that the program adds to the university.
Terrorist Discourse in Naqvi's &quot;Home Boy&quot;: A Neo Orientalist Perspective
Author: Mustafa, Atta ul
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Novels,Terrorism,Muslims,Literary Genres,Literary Devices,Discourse Analysis,Cultural Awareness,Cultural Differences,Non Western Civilization,Social Bias,Islam,Ethnocentrism

The purpose of this paper is to study Naqvi's novel, &quot;Home Boy&quot; (2010) as a Neo Orientalist discourse of US officials about Pakistani Muslims. This paper will discuss how US officials including that of G. W. Bush perceive the Oriental world -- by using the same strategy -- as one distinguished by strangeness, creepiness, and unusual practices; a world that is &quot;Other&quot; than that of Anglo-American familiar to the American public. In short what terrorist discourse of Neo Orientalists in the novel confirmed, was Said's thesis about the &quot;subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture&quot; (&quot;The Edward Said Reader&quot; 2000, 69). The paper argues that the terrorist discourse in the novel is certainly a Neo Orientalist discourse enacted by the center to demonize marginal Islam and its followers.
Advancing University Core Values by Developing an Honors College
Author: Hanbury, George L., II
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Honors Curriculum,Institutional Mission,Leadership,Student Development,Program Descriptions,Undergraduate Study,Values,Educational Benefits

The mid-1960s were a time of historic social and cultural change, creating a perfect climate for a small university with a handful of students and some revolutionary ideas to take shape. During that dynamic era, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) was founded in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 2014, NSU celebrated fifty years of growth, innovation, and inclusive educational opportunities; today it is the largest, not-for-profit, private university in the state with approximately 26,000 students. Just twelve years ago, the university's undergraduate honors program was initiated, and this past summer they elevated their commitment from a high-impact honors program housed within a traditional college of arts and sciences to a multidisciplinary honors college. The new honors college is one instance of an institution that, true to its dynamic origins, is constantly changing to suit the times. The establishment of the Farquhar Honors College reflects the importance the university places on promoting excellence across all degree levels and disciplines. NSU takes pride in becoming one of the approximately two hundred U.S. universities out of more than four thousand colleges and universities to house an honors college. The honors college was born out of the recognition that high academic performance is coterminous with leadership and out of the desire to acknowledge publicly the premier scholarship demonstrated by the students. This article describes how the honors college was designed to unleash a crucial potential in all students: the ability to lead.
An Assessment of the Management of KCSE Examination and Its Influence on Irregularities among Students: A Case of Secondary Schools in Mandera County, Kenya
Author: Adow, Issak Maalim
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary Schools,Achievement Tests,Secondary School Teachers,Principals,Public Schools,Questionnaires,Interviews,Cheating,Discipline,Supervision,Mixed Methods Research

Irregularities in examinations at all levels including internationally, regionally and locally have become a major concern for all the major stakeholders in education including the policy makers, students, teachers, political leaders and the general society. A number of mitigation measures and strategies have been put in place in the past including formulation and enactment of the law specifically geared towards eliminating examinations malpractice. While releasing results for &quot;KCSE 2011,&quot; the then, Minister for Education, Professor Sam Ongeri in his speech noted that &quot;examination irregularities is a threat to the credibility of our national examination and is a major concern to the Ministry of education&quot; adding that 151 examinations centers cheated. The study focused on the roles of the various examination stakeholders such as parents, students, supervisors, invigilators, examination officers among others in as far as their contributions to examination malpractice is concerned. This study adopted the triangulation design which enabled the researcher to obtain different but complementary data on the topic. The target population of this study was 33 secondary schools distributed among the six districts of Mandera County, that is, Mandera East, Mandera West, Mandera Central, Mandera North, Banisa and Lafey. The sample of the study comprised of teachers, head teachers, examination officials and forms four students in 10 public secondary schools in Mandera County. Data was collected using questionnaires and interview guides. Using a simplified descriptive statistical data was analyzed and the results were presented using the tables of frequency distribution, graphs and charts. Bringing pre-prepared answers to examination halls emerged as one of the most common form of examination irregularity. It was also established that students copy from each other during national examinations. The study recommended that all examination procedures, right from setting to sitting of the examinations, should be observed. Situations that students find themselves in should be detected so that proper guidance and counselling could be provided to avoid stressful environments during examinations.
Exploring Pragmatic Failure into the Writing of Young EFL Learners: A Critical Analysis
Author: Muir, Peter Yunlin
Date: 2011-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Second Language Learning,Writing (Composition),Pragmatics,Writing Instruction,Interlanguage,Secondary School Students

This present study provides overviews of the phenomenon in EFL writing instruction in basic education in mainland China, which in its natural sense never proceeds among young learners at high school level. Then it investigated 34 students' short in-class compositions. Beyond many spelling and syntactic errors, their pragmatic failures are therefore categorized into pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic failures in accordance with Jenny Thomas (1983). It finds that pragmalinguistic failures are as follows: verbose appositions, combination of two subordinate clauses, misunderstandings of word meaning, Chinese construction of sentences, run-on sentences, independent subordinate clauses, the omission of relative pronouns and that sociopragmatic failure, considerably rare, lies in their perception and expression of specific Chinese-based pragmatic conventions. The author argues that the causes of pragmatic failure are their limited language proficiency and L1 pragmatic transfer. Based on the investigation and findings of the study, the author puts forward some tentative solutions to achieve pragmatic appropriateness in writing: (1) Appropriate in-class introduction of target language pragmatic knowledge and culture; (2) The awareness of distinguishing the target language with L1.
Analysis of Parents/Teachers Perception of the Use of Corporal Punishment in Primary Schools in Delta and Edo State, Nigeria
Author: Ogbe, Joseph O.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Parents,Parent Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Punishment,Elementary School Students,Elementary School Teachers,Questionnaires,Reliability,Statistical Analysis

The study was meant to analyze Parents and Teachers perception of the use of corporal punishment in primary schools in Edo/Delta state. The purpose was to find time out parents and teachers opinion on the need for continuity or to discontinue the use of corporal punishment among primary school pupils. The method was a descriptive study with the use of questionnaire. The sample size was 390. A multi stage and simple ballots technique was used to sample the population of parents and teachers. Cronbach's alpha of 0.82 and 0.72 stood for teachers and parents reliability of the use of the instrument respectively. Both descriptive and a two-way t-test statistics were used to analyze the data at alpha of 0.05. It was found in this study that both parents and teachers agreed that corporal punishment is an ideal practice for molding children in primary schools. Parents and teachers, males and females, urban and rural parents/teachers did not show any significant difference on their perception of the use of corporal punishment in schools. It was recommended among others, that corporal punishment be restored where it is dis-functional and there is the need to legislate law to protect teachers on their Luco-parentis role in the molding of children, in schools.
Impact of Lecturers' Gender on Learning: Assessing University of Ghana Students' Views
Author: Appiah, Samson Obed
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Teacher Effectiveness,Undergraduate Students,Sampling,Questionnaires,Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance,Teacher Characteristics,Teaching Styles,Teaching Methods,Student Participation,Difficulty Level,Test Items,Preferences,Teaching Skills

Studies conducted since the late 1970s have sought to describe students' conceptions of learning especially how gender of lecturers affected the learning of students. However, not many studies have been done in Ghana concerning how gender of lecturers affected learning among students. The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of gender of lecturers on students learning. The study was conducted at the University of Ghana, Legon among undergraduates in levels 200, 300 and 400. Respondents were selected using the multi stage sampling procedure including quota and purposive sampling. Data were collected by the means of a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using the SPSS with interpretation in the form of tables, bar charts and followed by discussions. The findings revealed that male lecturers were rated higher as having positive impacts on learning whilst female lecturers were rated higher on class participation. Generally, however, most students agreed with existing literature that gender of lecturer really did not matter and that lecturers' lecturing skills and personality were more important.
Expanding an Honors Program in the Midst of Institution Consolidation
Author: Jacobs, Bonita C.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Honors Curriculum,Educational History,Educational Development,Educational Objectives,Institutional Mission,Institutional Characteristics,Educational Opportunities,Global Approach,Undergraduate Study,Student Research,Service Learning,Interpersonal Relationship,Program Descriptions

Institutions of higher learning have been facing budget constrictions throughout the country, leading to consolidations and cutbacks. Administrators often have to make hard choices about what programs to eliminate or cut back, but one program that is not on the table at the University of North Georgia is the honors program. The university is expanding and adapting honors to accommodate the changing nature of the institution; the university wants students at all levels to have the honors advantages of global opportunities, undergraduate research, civic engagement, and a sense of community. The history, background, and current mission of the program are briefly discussed in this article.
Causes and Prevalence of Antisocial Behaviour among Students with Hearing Impairment in Ibadan, Nigeria
Author: Ojo, Isaiah Olugbenga
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Antisocial Behavior,Hearing Impairments,Secondary School Students,Questionnaires,Family Environment,Peer Influence

This study examined the causes and prevalence of antisocial behaviour among secondary school students with hearing impairment in Ibadan, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted to carry out the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 60 students with hearing impairment from Methodist Grammar School (Deaf Unit), Bodija, Ibadan and Ijokodo High School, Ijokodo, Ibadan. Students Antisocial Behaviour Questionnaire (r=0.80) was used to collect data. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency count and percentage. The common causes of antisocial behaviour as revealed by the study are: media influence, lack of counsellor in schools, ineffective school administration, peer influence, broken home and lack of parental care. The findings of the study showed that the most common antisocial behaviour exhibited by the participants are: examination malpractice, lateness, abortion, stealing, rape, cultism and rudeness. There should be home-school partnership in curbing antisocial behaviour among students with hearing impairment in Nigeria.
Challenges of Research and Human Capital Development in Nigeria
Author: Chikwe, Christian K.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Human Capital,Research,Labor Force Development,Financial Support,Science Equipment,Educational Facilities,Instructional Materials,Work Environment,Brain Drain,Underemployment

The paper discussed the challenges of research and human capital development in Nigeria. Research and human capital development are critical to the development of any nation. Research facilitates human capital development. A high rating in human capital development indices places a country among the leading countries of the world. The paper identified inadequate funding, lack of equipment, facilities and materials, lack of awareness, lack of implementation of research results, low rating in human capital indices, brain-drain, underemployment, etc., as challenges of research and human capital development in Nigeria. The paper concludes with some recommendations that will help meet these challenges.
Imagination and the Humanities in Honors across the Disciplines at a Jesuit University
Author: Kraus, Joe
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Humanities,Imagination,Honors Curriculum,Interdisciplinary Approach,Student Research,Student Development,College Programs,Student Experience

Not every student has done honors work in the humanities, but all students experience research at a human level that necessarily recalls the work of the humanities. This article describes how Joe Kraus, a professor of literature at the University of Scranton, was inspired to see applied humanities in stories of human experiences, which helped him imagine he could make the world a better place if he went to the classroom and worked on his writing instead of pursuing a career in law, medicine, or business. He suggests that the humanities are an essential feature of honors education in whatever field students choose for their research. Honors research--in the light of framing studies with philosophy, literature, and personal experience--is an expression of the self attempting to understand itself, which, however it manifests itself, is precisely the central subject of the humanities.
Civic Education as a Collaborative Dimension of Social Studies Education in Attainment of Political Ethics in Nigeria
Author: Dania, Peter
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Social Studies,Citizenship Education,Politics,Ethics,Secondary School Teachers,Teacher Surveys,Teacher Attitudes,Gender Differences,Correlation,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Reliability,Statistical Analysis

The paper investigated Civic Education as a collaborative dimension of Social Studies Education in attainment of political ethics in Nigeria. The study adopted the survey research design. The sample for the study consisted of 580 Social Studies teachers selected from thirty secondary schools in the three senatorial districts of Delta State. The instrument used for the study was the questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using the z-test of significance. The findings indicated that there is no significant difference in the opinion of Social Studies teachers on Civic Education as a collaborative dimension of Social Studies Education in the attainment of political ethics; there is significant difference between male and female Social Studies teachers opinion on Civic Education as a collaborative dimension of Social Studies Education in the attainment of political ethics; there is significant difference between in the opinion of urban and rural Social Studies teachers on Civic Education as a collaborative dimension of Social Studies Education in the attainment of political ethics. It was therefore recommended that Civic Education should not been seen as a rival but as a collaborative dimension of Social Studies Education in the attainment of political ethics; Social Studies teachers should be made to understand that both Civic education and Social Studies Education are directed towards one goal of which the attainment of political ethics is one; multi-disciplinary approach should be used as a method of the implementation of Social Studies Education at all levels of education.