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Efficacy of Border-Crossing Service-Learning in Empathy and Moral Development: Urban Students in the Rural Developing World
Author: Yung, Betty
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Service Learning,Empathy,Moral Values,Developing Nations,Poverty,Foreign Countries,Study Abroad,Moral Development,Outcomes of Education,Experiential Learning,Undergraduate Students,Developed Nations,Teacher Student Relationship,Student Attitudes,Affective Behavior,Cognitive Processes,Urban Universities,Program Evaluation

For a service-learning course focusing on poverty, students from a Hong Kong university took a 12-day trip to engage in various poverty alleviation services in Cambodia. This course was border-crossing on five dimensions: (1) urban versus rural, (2) developed versus developing world location, (3) classroom versus practical and experiential, (4) Hong Kong versus Cambodian (cross-cultural), and (5) teachers' paternalism versus students' voice. Students' firsthand observation of service recipients' absolute poverty gave them a deeper understanding of the problem of poverty. Evidence indicates that this service-learning experience led to incremental, rather than striking, empathy building and moral development, and built on cognitive empathy more than affective empathy. However, as an invaluable experience in the formative years of these undergraduates, this border-crossing service-learning trip may pave the way for future subtle or evident changes in their lives through having broadened their horizons and given exposure to another culture socioeconomically, culturally, and nationally.
Increasing Learning While Serving the Community: Student Engagement as the Key to Learning in a Basic Public Speaking Course
Author: Warren, Jami Leigh
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Public Speaking,Student Participation,Service Learning,Program Effectiveness,Conventional Instruction,Experiential Learning,College Students,Knowledge Level,Skill Development,Barriers

Despite the significant amount of research published regarding the effect of service-learning on attitudinal measures such as empathy and civic engagement, little is known about how service-learning influences direct student learning outcomes. This pilot study employed a repeated measures, quasi-experimental design with a comparison group to compare cognitive and behavioral learning outcomes of students in two courses: a service-learning public speaking course (n = 84) and a traditionally taught public speaking course (n = 92). No significant differences were revealed between service-learning and non-service-learning students on measures of cognitive learning. However, service-learning student groups significantly outperformed their non-service-learning counterparts on measures of behavioral learning (application/performance of a skill). The article concludes by addressing issues uncovered in this pilot project and offering suggestions for additional research.
Graduate Scholars Leadership, Engagement, and Development: Initial Design, Implementation, and Lessons Learned
Author: Coffield, Julie A.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Graduate Students,Leadership Training,Professional Development,Problem Solving,Teamwork,Interdisciplinary Approach,Communication Skills,Program Design,Program Implementation,Partnerships in Education

The fast-paced advances in technology and scientific knowledge in the 21st century call for learners to possess professional skills that complement their technical skills to make meaningful contributions in communities. This article introduces a cross-disciplinary leadership training program, Graduate Scholars Leadership, Engagement, and Development (GS LEAD), that was designed and implemented to train students in professional skills including problem-solving, interdisciplinary teamwork, leadership, communication, and engagement. This training program provided learning opportunities for incoming graduate students to work beyond their laboratories, across disciplines, and into communities to identify real-world problems and design sustainable solutions. The design and implementation of the program, the findings of participating students' development in Program Year 1, and suggestions for future program design are discussed.
Sounds of a City: Listening with Podcasts and Public Humanities in Baltimore
Author: King, P. Nicole
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Neighborhoods,Diversity,Urban Areas,Humanities,Community Change,Handheld Devices,Information Dissemination,College Students,Radio,Oral History,Ethnography,Student Projects,Social Problems,Social Change

&quot;Sounds of a City: Podcasts and Public Humanities in Baltimore&quot; reflects on the Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition project, a collaborative teaching endeavor that began in 2015 to document changing Baltimore neighborhoods through student-produced media. The essay provides a definition of public humanities and a discussion of organic methodological innovations that evolved through the process of creating a series of student-produced podcasts focused on listening to a city in a specific moment. Sharing authority and deeply listening to both students and the diverse voices of a city led to the &quot;on the street&quot; interview methodology. Organic methods blending journalism with scholarship, push engaged research into new transdisciplinary territory that centers voices from the street within the university classroom.
Medical Students as Mentors of Latinx Youth: A Model for Increasing Cultural Competence and Community Engagement in Medical Schools
Author: Peters, Mallory
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cultural Awareness,School Community Relationship,Medical Schools,Medical Students,Case Studies,Health Behavior,Well Being,Hispanic Americans,Youth Programs,Mentors,Program Descriptions,Student Attitudes,Program Development,Minority Groups,Health Promotion,Medical School Faculty,Service Learning,Information Systems

The rapid growth of the U.S. Latinx population has led to an increased need for community organizations and academic institutions to develop partnerships focused on addressing gaps in health maintenance and education of Latinx individuals. Medical schools also have a responsibility to educate future physicians in delivering culturally sensitive care through community-oriented learning experiences. This case study approach outlines the logistics of establishing a youth mentoring program between a medical school and a Latinx community and demonstrates the benefits to the institution, medical students, and the population served. We also discuss the challenges arising from this partnership and present early program evaluation data showing consistent mentor satisfaction reported over time. This description of the program development provides a framework for creating similar initiatives in medical education to address known disparities in health and well-being of Latinx individuals and other minority populations.
Unraveling University-Community Engagement: A Literature Review
Author: Koekkoek, Anouk
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Universities,School Community Relationship,Educational Trends,Educational Change,Civics,Institutional Characteristics,Institutional Mission,College Role,Community Role,Social Attitudes,Literature Reviews,Foreign Countries

University-community engagement has been implemented by an increasing number of universities across the world, in a period characterized by growing international competition. The growth of interest in university-community engagement has led to multiple definitions of this term and a high level of complexity in defining what it entails. Using a literature review, this article offers a critical assessment of the academic literature on university-community engagement. The article aims to provide insight into trends, commonalities, and variations in the literature, to enable the identification of an agenda for future research. We identify four main gaps in the literature, which we suggest addressing through a more critical conceptual discussion supported by empirical research, broadening the theoretical lens, and using particular research approaches, such as theories of change. Altogether, this will enable a more comprehensive understanding of the concept of university-community engagement.
The Internationalization of U.S. High Schools: Avenues for Future Research
Author: Nicola, Tara P.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: High Schools,International Education,Futures (of Society),Global Approach,High School Students,Student Characteristics,Systems Approach,Educational Experience,Educational Trends

Although the internationalization of the U.S. education sector is perhaps the most salient at the postsecondary level, U.S. secondary schools have increasingly experienced the effects of globalization. In recent years, these schools have witnessed a surge in their population of international students. However, there is relatively little scholarship focused on this student population. This Research in Brief article first highlights recent research on nonimmigrant, international high school students in the United States. Using Bronfenbrenner's (1977) ecological systems theory as a framework, the article then identifies areas where future research is needed to more fully explicate the unique experiences of these students and their effects on the U.S. secondary education sector.
Effect of the STEM Activities Related to Work-Energy Topics on Academic Achievement and Prospective Teachers&apos; Opinions on STEM Activities
Author: Büyükdede, Mert
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: STEM Education,Learning Activities,Energy,Academic Achievement,Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Opinions,Elementary School Science,Physics

In this research, the effects of STEM (Science-Technology-Mathematics-Engineering) activities on academic achievement of prospective teachers were researched, their opinions on STEM activities were sought. The research was based on a semi-experimental model with pre-test and post-test control group. During the application phase, the topic of Work-Energy subject was taught through STEM based 5E model in the experimental group, while in the control group, the lessons were conducted using traditional teacher centred teaching. The research group is comprised of second-year students in Elementary Mathematics Education taking Physics I course at the Dokuz Eylul University in Turkey. A statistically significant difference was found in favour of the experimental group in terms of prospective teachers' academic achievement. In addition, the positive opinions of the prospective teachers from the experimental group on STEM activities were that STEM activities included encouraging group work, assisting students to produce original work, enabling them to do research, and ensuring that the information learned is permanent. The negative opinions of them on STEM activities were insufficient time for the application, the dominance of some students during the group work, and difficulties with noise levels in class.
The PARC Initiative: A Multianchor Approach to Community Engagement and Development
Author: Kennelly, Patrick
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: School Community Programs,Neighborhood Improvement,Economic Development,Crime Prevention,Safety,College Role,Program Development,Program Evaluation,Urban Universities

There is broad recognition that anchor institutions--universities, hospitals, and other locally embedded organizations--can leverage their economic and human resources to revitalize and empower distressed neighborhoods. In Milwaukee, five anchor institutions, including Marquette University, collaborated with residents, city officials, and other stakeholders to transform the seven neighborhoods surrounding their campuses. The Promoting Assets and Reducing Crime (PARC) initiative is an innovative, data-driven, and place-based model of community collaboration to address neighborhood challenges. Over the last 3 years, PARC has helped stimulate economic development, enhance housing stock, improve public safety, and strengthen neighborhood connections in the city's Near West Side. In this article, we detail how PARC was established, the role of the university in this multianchor partnership, and how the initiative PARC integrates data and community input to inform and evaluate its work. The PARC initiative demonstrates promise as an effective model of university engagement in neighborhood revitalization efforts.
Effect of iPad Use on Saudi Children&apos;s Classification of and Justifications Regarding Living Things: A Socio-Cultural Learning Perspective
Author: Alanazi, Fayadh Hamed
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Handheld Devices,Telecommunications,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Grade 1,Elementary School Students,Student Attitudes,Scientific Concepts,Biology,Misconceptions,Classification,Plants (Botany),Social Influences,Cultural Influences,Conventional Instruction,Teaching Methods,Knowledge Level,Taxonomy

This semi-empirical research utilises a structured interview interview approach to explore Saudi children's ideas about living things and to examine the effects of iPad use based on a socio-cultural perspective involving group work and discussion. The sample comprised 40 grade 1 children; 20 were empirically taught using iPads according to a socio-cultural perspective, and 20 were taught in the traditional teaching style. The structured interview approach in which children classified 21 cards (7 animals, 7 plants, and 7 artefacts) as living or nonliving things. The results indicated that children had varied misconceptions regarding the classification of and justifications about living things, especially regarding plants. The use of iPads according to a socio-cultural perspective had a positive effect on children's knowledge development. Children in the iPad group performed better in categorising different types of animals and plants and in justifying their views.
Examining Secondary School Students&apos; Misconceptions about the Human Body: Correlations between the Methods of Drawing and Open-Ended Questions
Author: Fancovicová, Jana
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Secondary School Students,Misconceptions,Human Body,Science Instruction,Test Construction,Evaluation Methods,Correlation,Scientific Concepts,Foreign Countries,Freehand Drawing

Students of various age groups manifest numerous explanations that differ from what is known to be scientifically correct. Misconceptions about the human body are one of the best studied areas of students' understanding of scientific phenomena. To explore misconceptions, researchers have at their disposal various methods which can lead to different results. In order to find an effective, cheap and representative diagnostic instrument, correlations between scores obtained by open-ended questions and drawings on the example of the human circulatory system were examined. Open-ended questions provide a more complete understanding of student learning but are harder to evaluate objectively in comparison with drawings, particularly in cross-cultural research. Correlations among scores obtained by these two methods in the present research were moderate, which suggests that drawings reflect students' understanding of the circulatory system, albeit not perfectly. Although drawings probably never provide a complete understanding of children's ideas about science, this cheap and time effective method is recommended particularly in cross-cultural research, where standard, comparable conditions are hard to achieve.
Effects of Microteaching Multiple-Representation Physics Lesson Study on Pre-Service Teachers&apos; Critical Thinking
Author: Danday, Billy A.
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Comparative Analysis,Majors (Students),Microteaching,Science Instruction,Critical Thinking,Preservice Teacher Education,Lesson Plans,Pretests Posttests,Teaching Methods,Physics,Secondary School Teachers,Science Teachers,Scores,Science Tests,Diaries,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries

A research on the effects of the microteaching Multiple-Representation Lesson Study (MRLS) on pre-service Physics teachers' critical thinking was conducted using a pre-test-post-test quasi-experimental design. Eighteen fourth year Bachelor of Secondary Education-Physical Science majors participated in the research. The experimental group employed the microteaching MRLS while the control group implemented the Traditional Instructional Planning Approach (TIPA). Data were gathered from multiple sources such as researcher-made written tests, interviews, diaries, and field notes. The Mann-Whitney U test was utilized to ascertain statistical difference between the experimental and the control group. Results revealed significant differences in the scores between the two groups in the overall critical thinking and on its sub-domains. Findings indicate beneficial effects of the microteaching MRLS in developing pre-service teachers' critical thinking.
Predicting Factors Affecting Intention to Use Web 2.0 in Learning: Evidence from Science Education
Author: Muhaimin
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Predictor Variables,Intention,Web 2.0 Technologies,Social Media,Technology Integration,Technological Literacy,Science Education,Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Value Judgment,Usability,Context Effect,Social Behavior,Foreign Countries

Teachers' intention to use technology is a major factor in its effective use in learning including in developing countries. This research empirically investigated on factors that influence Pre-Service Science Teachers' (PSSTs) intention to use Web 2.0 in learning through Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in Indonesia. The goals of the research were to (a) report if the TAM is a valid and reliable model to explain PSSTs intention to use Web 2.0, and (b) inform the factors of PSSTs' intention to use Web 2.0 in learning. Seven hundred and five PSSTs from five universities completed a 24-item online questionnaire based on the TAM constructs comprising perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, subjective norm, facilitating conditions, attitudes, and intention to use Web 2.0. Results obtained using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) informed that (a) facilitating condition and subjective norm significantly influenced perceived ease of use; (b) subjective norm significantly affected perceived usefulness; (c) both perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness was a significant factor predicting attitude; and (d) attitude, perceived ease of use, and perceived usefulness significantly influenced intention to use Web 2.0. Overall, the TAM is a valid model to help explain Indonesian PSSTs' intention to use Web 2.0 in learning.
Students&apos; Perception of Learning STEM-Related Subjects through Scientist-Teacher-Student Partnership (STSP)
Author: Fadzil, Hidayah Mohd
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,STEM Education,Partnerships in Education,Scientists,Student Participation,Teacher Collaboration,High School Students,Foreign Countries,Experiential Learning,Hands on Science,Skill Development,Science Process Skills,Career Exploration

Science education is facing an immense challenge due to students' lack of engagement with science education. This issue calls for a collaborative and integrative teaching strategy such as the Scientist-Teacher-Student Partnership (STSP). This research employed a qualitative research methodology supported by quantitative data, to explore students' perceptions of learning science through STSP. It involved 125 students in Grade 10 from four schools, eight science teachers and seven scientists from a university situated in Kuala Lumpur. The data were collected through survey questionnaire and interviews. The collected qualitative data were analysed using constant comparative techniques and the quantitative data arising from the responses of the survey were calculated as mean scores and standard deviations. The findings showed that the tripartite collaboration brings educational benefits to all groups. Based on the student' perspective, four (4) main themes emerged. The students found that (1) the partnership enriched their learning experiences, (2) they acquired procedural skills through hands-on experiments, (3) they had the opportunity to explore emerging topics in science, and (4) they were exposed to various career opportunities in STEM-related fields. This research has promoted greater articulation of STSP as a mechanism for educational reform in STEM.
The Use of the Posterior Probability in Score Differencing
Author: Sinharay, Sandip
Date: 2021-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Probability,Bayesian Statistics,Cheating,Statistical Analysis,Achievement Gains,Identification

Score differencing is one of the six categories of statistical methods used to detect test fraud (Wollack &amp; Schoenig, 2018) and involves the testing of the null hypothesis that the performance of an examinee is similar over two item sets versus the alternative hypothesis that the performance is better on one of the item sets. We suggest, to perform score differencing, the use of the posterior probability of better performance on one item set compared to another. In a simulation study, the suggested approach performs satisfactory compared to several existing approaches for score differencing. A real data example demonstrates how the suggested approach may be effective in detecting fraudulent examinees. The results in this article call for more attention to the use of posterior probabilities, and Bayesian approaches in general, in investigations of test fraud. [For the corresponding grantee submission, see ED613529.]
Bibliometric Analysis of the WoS Literature on Research of Science Teacher from 2000 to 2017
Author: Ye, Jianqiang
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Researchers,Science Teachers,Geographic Regions,Citations (References),Information Retrieval,Periodicals,Journal Articles,Knowledge Level,Teacher Competencies,Teacher Characteristics,Faculty Development,Scientific Literacy,Scientific Concepts,Bibliometrics,Foreign Countries

In order to explore the development of research of science teacher(RST), 904 articles from the Web of Science (WoS) core set based on bibliometric methods through R software were analyzed in this research. Specifically, it examined the co-occurrence relations of countries/regions, major journals, most cited references, and hot keywords from the macroscopic, mesoscopic and microscopic level of RST. The results showed that the core strength of RST is mainly from traditional industrialized countries such as the United States, Australia, and Britain. And some top journals in science education (such as Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Science Education) has to pay more attention on RST, it may also appeal to lots of top journals in general teacher education (such as Journal of Teacher Education, Teaching and Teacher Education). The research on science teachers was guided by several educational theories about teacher research, such as the teacher epistemological belief, reflective practice, and PCK. Moreover, theories in science education such as scientific literacy, scientific conceptual change also becomes the theoretical basis for science teachers' teaching practice and scientific inquiry instructing. The knowledge, key competences, dispositions, and professional development of science teacher are the main keywords and hot topics in the field of RST.