ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Pronunciation Instruction and Students' Practice to Develop Their Confidence in EFL Oral Skills (La instrucción de la pronunciación y la práctica de los estudiantes para el desarrollo de la confianza en habilidades orales en inglés como lengua extranjera)
Author: Tlazalo Tejeda, Ana Cristina
Date: 2014-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Pronunciation Instruction,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Elementary School Students,Case Studies,Qualitative Research,Self Esteem,Semi Structured Interviews,Observation,Foreign Countries,Pronunciation,Oral Reading,Elementary School Teachers

The aim of this article is to inform on research intended to find out how pronunciation instruction of English as a foreign language was handled in the language classroom with elementary students and also understand if pronunciation instruction had an impact on students' confidence when using it. In order to do this, a qualitative case study was carried out with learners of elementary English as a foreign language at the Language School of Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico. Class observation, a written text, and semi-structured interviews comprised the data collection instruments. The findings showed that not only teacher pronunciation instruction is necessary when learning English as a foreign language but that a lot of student practice is key to developing and enhancing learners' pronunciation as well.
An Example of Coherent Mathematics Lesson
Author: Liang, Su
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Instruction,Lesson Plans,Mathematics Teachers,Educational Research,Instructional Effectiveness,Teaching Methods,Educational Practices,Classroom Techniques,Teacher Behavior,Scaffolding (Teaching Technique),Discourse Modes,Discussion (Teaching Technique),Foreign Countries

This paper attempted to illustrate how a coherence instruction could be accomplished by a teacher's discourse moves. The ultimate goal of this study was to provide mathematics teachers and educational researchers an insightful view of instructional coherence which needs more attention to achieve high quality of mathematics teaching. A Chinese exemplary mathematics lesson was analyzed by applying the framework of teacher's discourse moves proposed by Kussel, Edwards, and Springer.
Food Chains, Frenemies, and Revenge Fantasies: Relating Fiction to Life in a Girls' Book Club
Author: Taber, Nancy
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Females,Reading Difficulties,Books,Clubs,Group Discussion,Gender Issues,Social Attitudes,Relevance (Education),Social Environment,Childrens Literature,Critical Literacy,Sex Stereotypes,Social Bias,Case Studies,Intermediate Grades,Decoding (Reading),Reading Comprehension,Reading Skills

In this article, we explore the experiences of four girls with reading difficulties who participated in a book club designed to promote critical discussion of sociocultural gendered issues. Using the book &quot;Dork diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO- fabulous life&quot;, they connected content in the book to their lives as relates to school &quot;food chains,&quot; frenemies, and revenge fantasies. The participants demonstrated the complex ways in which their reading of texts intersects with literary, educational, and societal gender issues, expounding the need for an ongoing problematization of girls' representations and experiences.
Burglar Alarm: A Simple Circuit Hands-On Experiment
Author: Akarsu, Bayram
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Instruction,Hands on Science,Science Experiments,Scientific Concepts,Concept Formation,Teaching Methods,Equipment,Electronics,Secondary School Science,High School Students,Grade 8,Grade 9,Foreign Countries

Hands-on activities are one of the most popular instructional tools that enhance student understandings of the science concepts and enable them to get involved in science practices as well. However, most of science educators underestimate its effectiveness in the classrooms. In order to illustrate how these activities could be utilized for science teachers, this study was constructed to present a sample hands-on activity for classroom purposes.
Should Reproductive Anatomy Be Taught in University Health Courses?
Author: Powell, Brent
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Health Education,Anatomy,Birth,Undergraduate Study,Undergraduate Students,Pilot Projects,Knowledge Level,Demography,Student Surveys,Educational Needs,Relevance (Education),Controversial Issues (Course Content),Educational Practices,Student Attitudes

There has been little research on undergraduate reproductive anatomy education. This pilot study explores knowledge of anatomical reproductive anatomy among university students in a lower division and upper division health course. Using a Qualtrics survey program, a convenience sample of 120 lower division and 157 upper division students for a total population of 227 from one California public university were given a demographic survey prior to testing knowledge of female and male reproductive anatomy. A prediction equation validated the null hypothesis. Survey results supported the potential differentiation in what is taught in the lower and upper division classes and indicated the need for further research to assist the professor in determining the depth and breadth of information to be included in curriculum.
Precarious Learning and Labour in Financialized Times
Author: Magnusson, Jamie
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Adult Education,Foreign Policy,Economics,Labor,Correctional Institutions,Institutionalized Persons

Our current globalized economic regimes of financialized capital have systematically altered relations of learning and labour through the dynamics of precarity, debt, and the political economy of new wars. The risks of these regimes are absorbed unevenly across transnational landscapes, creating cartographies of violence and dispossession, particularly among youth, indigenous, working class, and racialized women. Presently there is surprisingly little discussion on the relevance of financialization for adult educators. Transnational resistances organizing against neoliberal restructuring, austerity policies, and debt crises are emerging at the same time that massive investments are being made into homeland security and the carceral state. This paper opens up discussion on the implications of financialized times for educators, and develops an analytic framework for examining how these global realities are best addressed at local sites of adult and higher education.
Improving Strategies for Low-Income Family Children's Information Literacy
Author: Zhang, Haiyan
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Information Literacy,Low Income Groups,Change Strategies,Educational Improvement,Children,Educational Change,Educational Practices,Educational Quality,Self Esteem,Access to Computers,Access to Information,Equipment Maintenance,Global Education,Government Role,Community Information Services,Parent Education,Faculty Development,Early Childhood Education,Elementary Education

This article discussed the significance of improving low-income family children's information literacy, which could improve educational quality, enhance children's self-esteem, adapt children to the future competitive world market, as well as the problems in improving low-income family children's information literacy, such as no home computer and internet connectivity, high expenses in computer maintenance, and barrier of information literacy. Finally, four suggestions were given on how to improve low-income family children's information literacy, namely, government' facilitate the prevailing of computer application, state's establishing community information centers, parents' participating in computer learning and teachers' devoting to professional development. Technology couldn't replace all the teachers' functions, especially the teachers' expectation and encouragement for those low-income family children, which played important role in preparing low-income family children for the future competitive job market.
Making Sense of Critical Pedagogy in L2 Education through a Collaborative Study Group (Dándole sentido a la pedagogía crítica en la educación en L2 a través de un grupo de estudio colaborativo)
Author: Echeverri Sucerquia, Paula Andrea
Date: 2014-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Faculty Development,Critical Theory,Teaching Methods,Cooperative Learning,Language Teachers,English (Second Language),Educational Theories,Teacher Education,Student Attitudes,Communities of Practice,Foreign Countries

In this article we discuss our experiences in the process of understanding critical pedagogy within an English teachers' study group which was created for the purpose of learning how to teach language from a critical perspective. We particularly focus on the challenges of meaning making around critical pedagogy, as we realized that we were not all able to similarly enter this discourse. To illustrate our processes of understanding theory individually and collectively, some of the group members' narratives are used as examples of our different perspectives. We argue that making sense of critical pedagogy, as part of a process of professional development, implies spaces and situations of personal confrontation with theory and support in collaborative learning through dialogue.
Trajectory of Charged Particle in Combined Electric and Magnetic Fields Using Interactive Spreadsheets
Author: Tambade, Popat S.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Motion,Scientific Concepts,Science Instruction,Computer Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Equations (Mathematics),Spreadsheets,Physics,Magnets,Energy,Simulation,Concept Formation,College Science

The objective of this article is to graphically illustrate to the students the physical phenomenon of motion of charged particle under the action of simultaneous electric and magnetic fields by simulating particle motion on a computer. Differential equations of motions are solved analytically and path of particle in three-dimensional space are obtained using interactive spreadsheet. Spreadsheets can be setup to solve numerical solutions of complex systems. This will make the concept, which so far is left to the abstract imagination come alive for the student, and initiate a deeper understanding of particle motion.
The Missing Tooth: Case Illustrations of a Child's Assembled, Out-of-School Authorship
Author: Winters, Kari-Lynn
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Authors,Childrens Literature,Childrens Writing,Semiotics,Self Expression,Learning Modalities,Literacy,After School Education,Interviews,Naturalistic Observation,Narration,Illustrations,Cartoons,Literature Appreciation,Literary Criticism,Kindergarten,Writing Skills

Case illustrations of a six-year-old boy's adventures with a missing tooth are used in this paper to re-define a broader notion of authorship. Drawing on theories of social semiotics, New Literacy Studies (NLS), and critical positioning, this notion of authorship not only interweaves the boy's preferred modes of meaning-making and communication, but also considers his sociocultural environments. Findings suggest that each mode of meaning-making (linguistic, symbolic, musical, etc.) has its own semiotic potential (both affordances and limitations) and that all authorship needs to be framed critically, within social contexts, in order to better understand and facilitate young children's abilities to garner, interpret, design, and communicate ideas across a range of semiotic systems.
Proposing a Wiki-Based Technique for Collaborative Essay Writing (Propuesta de un modelo pedagógico para la escritura colaborativa de ensayos en un entorno virtual wiki)
Author: Ortiz Navarrete, Mabel
Date: 2014-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Collaborative Writing,Essays,English (Second Language),Computer Uses in Education,Computer Mediated Communication,Paragraph Composition,Revision (Written Composition),Second Language Learning,Foreign Countries

This paper aims at proposing a technique for students learning English as a foreign language when they collaboratively write an argumentative essay in a wiki environment. A wiki environment and collaborative work play an important role within the academic writing task. Nevertheless, an appropriate and systematic work assignment is required in order to make use of both. In this paper the proposed technique when writing a collaborative essay mainly attempts to provide the most effective way to enhance equal participation among group members by taking as a base computer mediated collaboration. Within this context, the students' role is clearly defined and individual and collaborative tasks are explained.
Enacting a People-Centred Curriculum in ELT with Teenage Learners (La vivencia de un currículo basado en los actores de la clase de inglés con adolescentes)
Author: Banegas, Darío Luis
Date: 2014-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,Student Centered Curriculum,Professional Identity,Secondary School Students,Curriculum Development,Teacher Collaboration,Language Teachers,Teaching Methods,Educational Policy,Communicative Competence (Languages),Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Student Interests

In this paper we reflect on the extent to which the learner-centred curriculum in English language teaching includes teachers and learners. We briefly describe the top-down nature of curriculum development in Argentina, then describe and discuss personal and collaborative explorations based on our identities as teachers of English in secondary education with a people-centred approach in the classroom. Through this paper we wish to highlight pedagogies and teacher strategies which are enacted for and from the classroom and built around both teachers and learners. Recommendations for policy makers are included.
Utilization of Cloud Computing in Education and Research to the Attainment of Millennium Development Goals and Vision 2030 in Kenya
Author: Waga, Duncan
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Internet,Information Storage,Electronic Learning,Developing Nations,Educational Attainment,Computer Uses in Education,Shared Resources and Services,Laptop Computers,Handheld Devices,Conservation (Environment),Information Technology,Developmental Programs,Literature Reviews

Kenya Educational and Research fraternity has highly qualified human resource capacity with globally gained experiences. However each research entity works in disparity due to the absence of a common digital platform while educational units don't even have the basic infrastructure. For sustainability of Education and research progression, collaboration amongst students, Teachers, Lecturers and International researchers on a common central repository of digital content is a requirement. The absence of a centralized digital content repository containing e-learning resources, research applications and tools with a collaborative on-line modern digital library accessible with a controlled right based accessibility has denied students in remote areas access to education, researchers from collaborating with their peers and industry from innovation benefits. This study proposes a framework of cloud computing (CC) owned and maintained by the government. The developed repository may need to be accessed by any terminal that can be easily solar powered and may use basic modems. Cloud provider preference guided by digital content development capacity is discussed. Students will benefit immensely on the e-learning component which will address the dwindling instructors-Student ratios while universities and research institutes through collaborative ventures will participate alongside their international colleagues with immediate innovation benefiting our local industries. Contribution to Kenya's vision 2030 by Millennium development goals (MDGs) attainment like universal primary education, environmental sustainability and combating diseases through research is discussed. Challenges of instructor shortage, classroom space and geographical disparity are addressed.
Benefits of Multilingualism in Education
Author: Okal, Benard Odoyo
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Benefits,Multilingualism,Foreign Countries,Official Languages,Language Role,Intercultural Communication,Cultural Awareness,Bilingualism,Educational Practices,Language Planning,Educational Policy,Surveys,Qualitative Research

The article gives a brief analytical survey of multilingualism practices, its consequences, its benefits in education and discussions on the appropriate ways towards its achievement in education. Multilingualism refers to speaking more than one language competently. Generally there are both the official and unofficial multilingualism practices. A brief survey on multilingualism practices outside Africa indicates that Canada, Belgium and Switzerland are officially declared multilingual countries. Likewise countries like South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya experience multilingualism in Africa. Multilingualism exhibits both the political and the linguistic consequences. The linguistic consequences include the development of a lingua franca, creation of mixed languages within a linguistic milieu, enhances cross cultural communication strategies and cross cultural communication skills. Benefits of multilingualism practices in education include the creation and appreciation of cultural awareness, adds academic and educational value, enhances creativity, adjustment in society and appreciation of local languages.
&quot;It Gave Me a New Insight!&quot; Some Perspectives from Students in an International Course
Author: Hoaas, Geir
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Multicultural Education,Global Education,Interpersonal Competence,Social Attitudes,World Views,International Education,Cultural Awareness,Intercultural Communication,Qualitative Research,Student Surveys,Questionnaires,Religion,Stereotypes,Attitude Change,Culture Conflict,Foreign Countries,College Students,Statistical Analysis,Interviews

This article is based on a survey of an international class, covering a period of 8 years, each class consisting of 24-32 students form 12-16 different countries, mainly Europe, but also including some Asians, Africans and Americans. Through the course, the students are confronted with their own attitudes, exploring how they react to prejudices and biases. We focus on the concepts of multicultural identity and multicultural competence, challenging the students to express their own perspectives both on their own culture as well and on others, and how this affects their identity. The course also focuses on culture and worldview, as well as the identity-construction of children in a multicultural setting. The students also discuss their views on global challenges, and their own role in the future society. The survey, which is both quantitative and qualitative, therefore includes both cognitive as well as emotive elements, and is partly descriptive and partly analytical. We challenge the students to express how their attitudes, values, and convictions have been influenced by the course. The main issues mentioned are discussed in relation to theory, both the required readings of the course, as well as supplementary literature in the multicultural field.
Eigenenergies of a Relativistic Particle in an Infinite Range Linear Potential Using WKB Method
Author: Shivalingaswamy, T.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Instruction,Physics,Scientific Concepts,Molecular Structure,Equations (Mathematics),Computer Software,Problem Solving,Quantum Mechanics,Mechanics (Physics)

Energy eigenvalues for a non-relativistic particle in a linear potential well are available. In this paper we obtain the eigenenergies for a relativistic spin less particle in a similar potential using an extension of the well-known WKB method treating the potential as the time component of a four-vector potential. Since genuine bound states do not exist for positive rising potentials, our calculations are valid only for fairly low-lying levels. The transcendental eigenvalue equation that is obtained is solved using Mathematica software to get eigenenergies. Our results are compared with those for the non-relativistic case. The results may find applications besides having conceptual significance.
Development and Validation of a Project Package for Junior Secondary School Basic Science
Author: Udofia, Nsikak-Abasi
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Secondary School Science,Secondary School Students,Program Validation,Program Development,Science Instruction,Task Analysis,Science Projects,Science Process Skills,Interrater Reliability,Research and Development,Outcome Measures,Item Analysis,Science Course Improvement Projects,Skill Analysis,Foreign Countries

This was a Research and Developmental study designed to develop and validate projects for Junior Secondary School Basic Science instruction and evaluation. The projects were developed using the project blueprint and sent for validation by experts in science education and measurement and evaluation; using a project validation scale. They were to rate the project task and skills in terms of their appropriateness and suitability. The projects were later administered on 1584 students. The result showed that the project measures of skills and task were significantly related. The project sub-scale of cognitive, affective and psychomotor was also significantly correlated. The inter-rater reliability index varied from 0.75 to 0.92. Hence, the projects were recommended for instructing and evaluating Junior Secondary School Basic Science.
Choice of Appropriate Multimedia Technology and Teaching Methods for Different Culture Groups
Author: Taratoukhina, Julia
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Multimedia Instruction,Multimedia Materials,Appropriate Technology,Teaching Methods,Cultural Differences,Multicultural Education,Culturally Relevant Education,Instructional Innovation,Online Courses,Instructional Materials,Cultural Traits,Teaching Models,Educational Practices,Media Selection

This paper describes the prerequisites for development in the area of cross-cultural multimedia didactics. This approach is based on research studies of differences between mentalities, ways of working with educational information, culturally-specific teaching methods and teaching techniques that determine differentiated approaches to the choice of multimedia technologies in education system.