ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Mapping Research Trends in Mathematical Creativity in Mathematical Instructional Practices: A Bibliometric Analysis
Author: Saefudin, Abdul Aziz
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bibliometrics,Research Reports,Mathematics Education,Creativity,Mathematics Skills,Foreign Countries,Trend Analysis,Teaching Methods,Information Retrieval,Educational Trends,Creative Thinking,Elementary Secondary Education

Mathematical creativity is among the most intriguing research fields in the world. This is plausible because research on mathematical creativity, particularly in the field of education, has a positive impact on many dimensions of life. Even though numerous studies have been conducted on this topic, there are still many aspects that have not been examined. Using bibliometric analysis, the authors of this study evaluated scientific articles on mathematical creativity from 2002 to 2022 that were indexed in Scopus using Biblioshiny and VOSviewer. The authors analyzed 162 publications in terms of document distribution patterns and growth trends, contributions and impacts from countries, institutions, authors, and journals, patterns of development and evolution of the theme of mathematical creativity, and future research opportunities. Despite a decrease in the average number of citations per document, the results suggest a significant increase in the number of publications between 2002 and 2022. The United States and the University of Haifa are the nations and institutions with the highest publication output, ZDM-Mathematics Education has the highest impact, and Bicer is a core author who is extremely productive and influential. &quot;Creativity&quot; has been the most popular keyword over the past two decades, but it is not the only one. This study encourages future research on mathematical creativity in mathematics education to not only focus on the theme of discipline-specific instructional practices, but also on the theme of general instructional practices involving more person, process, product, and press/environment creativity.
Mediating Effect of Psychological Needs Satisfaction on the Relationship between Gratitude and Academic Motivation during Online Learning
Author: Ramis, TamilSelvan
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Psychological Needs,Need Gratification,Psychological Patterns,Student Motivation,Learning Motivation,Electronic Learning,Mediation Theory,Undergraduate Students,Foreign Countries,Personal Autonomy

As lack of interaction has been cited as a central reason for reduced academic motivation during online learning and given gratitude's crucial role in forming and maintaining interpersonal relationships, this study examined the association between gratitude and academic motivation. Recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses have found psychological needs satisfaction to be related to autonomous motivation and indicators of well-being. As such, this study also examined the mediating role of psychological needs satisfaction on the relationship between gratitude and academic motivation during online learning among undergraduates in Malaysia. Two hundred and fifty students who are pursuing their tertiary education in private universities across the country filled in an online survey. Results revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between gratitude and autonomous academic motivation and a significant negative relationship between gratitude and academic amotivation. Gratitude, however, is not significantly associated with controlled academic motivation. Further, it was found that psychological needs satisfaction significantly mediates the relationships between gratitude and autonomous academic motivation as well as gratitude and academic amotivation. Psychological needs satisfaction, however, does not significantly mediate the relationship between gratitude and controlled academic motivation. These findings provide insights into addressing the problem of declining academic motivation during online learning.
Mentoring ELT Pre-Service Teachers: To Use or Not To Use L1 in Language Classroom
Author: Özkanal, Ümit
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Mentors,English (Second Language),Language Teachers,Second Language Instruction,Language Usage,Native Language,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Foreign Countries

This study employed qualitative research methodology to investigate pre-service teachers' perceptions of L1 use in language classrooms and their reflections on mentor teachers' L1 use during practicum. In this way, the purpose of this study is to obtain a new perspective on the mentoring process of pre-service teachers during practicum, specifically in terms of L1 use as an important classroom dynamic in language teaching. 42 ELT pre-service teachers were selected and their teaching reflections and responses to openended questions were analyzed using a purposive sampling technique. Initially, some pre-service teachers expressed a preference for minimal or no use of L1 to promote immersive L2 learning. However, their observations of mentors' successful use of L1 for classroom administration caused them to change their minds. The results emphasize the significance of pre-service teachers' reflections on mentors' use of L1 and their willingness to modify their beliefs and instructional strategies in response to observed effectiveness.
Students&apos; Awareness, Willingness and Utilisation of Facebook for Research Data Collection: Multigroup Analysis with Age and Gender as Control Variables
Author: Owan, Valentine J.
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Social Media,Student Research,Data Collection,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Knowledge Level,Technology Uses in Education,College Students,Foreign Countries

Previous research has extensively analysed teachers' and students' Facebook use for instructional engagement, writing, research dissemination and e-learning. However, Facebook as a data collection mechanism for research has scarcely been the subject of previous studies. The current study addressed these gaps by analysing students' awareness, willingness, and utilisation of Facebook for research data collection [RDC]. This study aimed to predict students' Facebook use for research data collection based on their awareness and willingness and to determine age and gender differences in such predictions. A sample of 11,562 students of tertiary institutions participated in an online survey. The researchers designed and validated the online survey. Exploratory Factor Analysis was used for dimensionality. Average Variance Extracted [AVE] was used for convergent validity, whilst the Fornel-Larcker criterion and Heterotrait-Monotrait ratio were used for discriminant validity. Composite reliability indices of 0.97, 0.94 and 0.90 proved the instrument's three sub-scales usable. One sample t-test and multigroup analysis were conducted using SPSS 27 and Smart PLS 3. The study found high awareness but low usage of Facebook for RDC among Nigerian university students. Younger and male students showed higher willingness and actual use of Facebook for RDC. Awareness directly impacted by awareness, and acted as Facebook usage for RDC, with stronger impacts for males and students aged 19 to 28. Willingness was positively impacted and acted as a negative mediator between awareness and usage for some age groups and genders. These findings provide important insights into using Facebook for RDC among students in Nigerian universities and highlight the need to consider the impact of demographic factors such as age and gender when promoting social media platforms for academic purposes.
The Effect of Creative Drama on the Creative Self-Efficacy of Pre-Service Teachers
Author: Eyüp, Bircan
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Drama,Creative Activities,Turkish,Language Teachers,Preservice Teachers,Teacher Education Programs,Self Efficacy,Student Attitudes,Measures (Individuals),Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods,State Universities,Instructional Effectiveness

The present study aims to examine the effect of creative drama practices on the creative self-efficacy of pre-service Turkish language teachers and their opinions on the practices. The study was designed based on the mixed explanatory sequential design. The study group consisted of 22 (13 female, 9 male) pre-service Turkish language teachers attending the Department of Turkish Language Teaching at the faculty of education in a state university. In the quantitative section of the study, a one-group pretest-posttest experimental design was employed. Phenomenology was utilized in the qualitative section. The Creative Self-Efficacy Scale was used to collect quantitative data and a semi-structured focus group interview form was used to collect qualitative data. The activities were carried out in 90-minute sessions once a week for a total of 21 hours. The pretest and posttest results showed that the creative drama activities carried out in the study group were effective in increasing the creative self-efficacy of the pre-service Turkish teachers. According to the results obtained from the focus group interviews, it was determined that the pre-service teachers expressed positive views regarding creative drama practices in terms of their creative self-efficacy. As a result of the study, it was concluded that creative drama practices contributed positively to the creative self-efficacy of the pre-service Turkish teachers.
Picturing Creativity: Three Picture Books
Author: Terceiro, Danielle
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Creativity,Picture Books,Teaching Methods,Childrens Literature,Artists

This article examines three picture books: &quot;The Dot&quot; (2003) by Peter H. Reynolds, &quot;Art &amp; Max&quot; (2010) by David Weisner (2010), and &quot;The Shape Game&quot; (2003) by Anthony Browne, to see how ideas about creativity are conceived of and pictured for children. Various ideas about creativity and the creative process are encoded in these multimodal texts: the idea of a creative genius putting their unique stamp or signature on the world, the idea of an apprentice artist learning to use the tools of the trade, and the idea of the artist as a playful manipulator of cultural signs. Each of these picture book encodings of creativity has implications for a classroom pedagogy that seeks to encourage creativity and nurture quality creative output.
Mothers&apos; Perspectives on the Value of Early Childhood Music Classes for Their Toddlers
Author: Stavrou, Natassa Economidou
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mothers,Parent Attitudes,Beliefs,Program Effectiveness,Toddlers,Preschool Education,Music Education,Social Emotional Learning,Cognitive Development,Psychomotor Skills,Skill Development,Foreign Countries,Parent Child Relationship,Child Development,Attention,Interpersonal Competence,Self Esteem

Parents' perceptions and beliefs regarding the benefits of early childhood music classes for toddlers are a significant determining factor in their decision to introduce music into their children's lives. The current study aims to explore the beliefs and experiences of 12 mothers attending parent-toddler music classes in an early childhood music center in Cyprus. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in order to probe the mothers' motivation to enroll their children. A wide range of perceived benefits were expressed during interviews. Interestingly, while participants identified intrinsically musical benefits of engaging in early years music classes, the findings reveal that the majority of reasons given could be categorized as being non-musical, including, social/emotional, cognitive/educational and physical/motor-skills benefits. The insight gained into parents' perceptions and expectations has given us the impulse to consider how we can work with the mothers to better support musical learning, both during the classes and at the home.
Dramagirls&apos; Worldcraft: Teaching-Artist Platforms for Spectacle Theatre
Author: Hodde, Stephanie L.
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Drama,Action Research,Theater Arts,Artists,Females,Imagination,Schemata (Cognition),Literacy Education,Teaching Methods,Video Technology,Program Descriptions,Workshops,Middle School Students,Comparative Analysis,Discourse Analysis,Audio Equipment,Poetry,Aesthetic Education,Freehand Drawing,Creative Activities

Drawing from six-months of action research with spectacle theatre-makers in Chicago, this study explores multimodal, expeditionary practice of teaching artists who apprenticed girls through Redmoon Theatre's Dramagirls program. Concepts of new literacy design and aesthetic experience illustrate teaching in socio-semiotic and material worldcraft, set in motion via intermedial, expeditionary platforms: Imaging, Games, and Dramatizing with Objects. Ethnographic, arts-based analysis of discourse scenarios reveal an emerging aesthetic playground, where teaching artists afford girls imaginative schema to construct socio-semiotic material, felt realities and cultural affinities for a girls' utopia. As this hybrid form of theatre is seldom explored as an aesthetic literacy context, Dramagirls' worldcraft offers pedagogical models for significant youth designs and inquiries.
Building Leaders Abroad: Increasing Educational Leadership Efficacy through Short Term Study Abroad
Author: Strunc, Abbie R.
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Leadership Training,Study Abroad,Leadership Effectiveness,Program Length,Leadership Styles,Attitude Change,Self Efficacy,Foreign Countries,College Students

Supporting efforts to build efficacy in leadership capabilities and capacities is instrumental in the process of leadership development for education and leadership students. Research suggests that those individuals in their fields with a greater sense of efficacy tend to remain longer, with more success. While there has been much research to support the importance of efficacy and the positive benefits of study abroad experiences, this case study examines the self-described changes in participants' perceptions of leadership styles at the completion of a study abroad program. A qualitative case study describes the changing perceptions using composite narrative, in effort to maintain the anonymity of the seven participants. The article reports the findings of seven interviews (six complete and one partial) with students who participated in the trip and corresponding coursework prior. It examines three aspects of leadership: changing perceptions of leadership, altering individual leadership styles, and improving confidence and competence in leadership abilities.
The Influence of Leadership Self-Efficacy on College Students&apos; Leadership Practice: The Mediating Role of Motivation to Lead
Author: Polatcan, Mahmut
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Self Efficacy,Student Leadership,Student Motivation,Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Leadership Styles

Leadership research show that important leadership antecedents such as leadership selfefficacy and motivation to lead have a significant impact on the development of leadership behaviors of individuals. This study investigated the associations between leadership selfefficacy, motivation to lead and leadership practices that influence the leadership behaviours of higher education students. In the study in which the cross-sectional research design, the sample comprised 545 undergraduates from Turkey. The results showed that increasing student leadership self-efficacy beliefs directly affected leadership practices. Also, in research found the motivation to lead to having an important partially mediated role in the relationship between student self-efficacy beliefs and leadership practices. This study contributes to the existing body of international knowledge on school leadership research by concluding that the effect of leadership self-efficacy and students' motivation to lead on student practices. As a result, in study propose that educational activities aimed at enhancing undergraduate students' leadership self-efficacy and motivation to lead include elements that concentrate on developing students' leadership self-efficacy and motivation to lead. Implications for policy, practice and research are discussed.
The Nexus between School Leadership Preparation and Student Achievement
Author: Mamo, Daniel
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Leadership Training,Academic Achievement,Foreign Countries,Principals,Assistant Principals,Predictor Variables,Teaching Methods,Elementary Secondary Education

The major objective of this study is to assess the most common school leadership practices in the Dire Dawa Administrative region and their relationship with student achievement. To this end, it used a cross-sectional and correlational study design. Sample schools were selected using purposive sampling techniques and principals and vice-principals were selected using the availability sampling method. Accordingly, 16 schools and 48 principals participated in the study. Data was collected using a self-developed questionnaire, interview and document analysis. The reliability of the self-developed questionnaire was .77. Student achievement data for the three years the principal/vice principal was assigned were collected from the regional education bureau data set. The collected data was analyzed using narrative analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics. The relationship between leadership preparation and student achievement was analyzed using correlation and simple regression. The findings indicated strong relationship between leadership development and student achievement with r=0.18 at a p&lt;0.05 level of significance. The relationship is moderate but significant at a p&lt;0.05 level of significance and with rho=0.426. Whereas the most common leadership preparation strategy employed is experience sharing, with other strategies such as short-term training and job assignments being less common.
The Relationship of Leadership Style to Commitment: Choreographers and Student Dancers&apos; Perspective
Author: Lobo, Joseph T.
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Leadership Styles,Dance Education,College Students,College Faculty,Democratic Values,Student Behavior,Persistence,Correlation

There have been numerous studies that were already conducted concerning the relationship between styles of leadership and commitment from various disciplines; however, there are only a few to no investigations performed regards to dance space. This present study aimed to determine the relationship between the leadership styles of choreographers and the commitment of student dancers from various Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on the entire island of Luzon in the Philippines. The gathering of data has been conducted via an online survey using LSQ and OCQ to 105 choreographers and 228 student dancers. The findings revealed that most of the choreographers apply the democratic leadership style; while the commitment level of student dancers is moderately high. Moreover, no relationship between the leadership style and commitment was observed which accepted the null hypothesis tested for this study. Based on the yielded results, leadership and management development programs are recommended to choreographers for them to be educated on what appropriate and effective leadership style they can practice, to heighten commitment and improve their relationship with student dancers. Additionally, programs to intensify the commitment of student dancers are highly suggested. Conducting a similar study is highly recommended to support or refute the findings of this research.
Dwelling into the Role of Ahamkara in Academic Performance: A Qualitative Inquiry
Author: Tayal, Namita
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Academic Achievement,Self Esteem,Self Efficacy,Self Concept,Learning Processes,Network Analysis,Career Choice,Well Being,Family Role,Educational Environment,Indians,Personal Autonomy,Student Attitudes,Grade 12,Secondary School Students,Identification (Psychology),Goal Orientation,Parent Child Relationship

A student's academic performance is conditioned on factors within the pupil or outside, in the environment. The Western body of knowledge emphasizes the positive role of &quot;Self&quot; and related variables such as self-esteem, self-efficacy, self-confidence, and others on the academic performance of students. An Indian counterpart to the concept of self is &quot;Aham&quot;. The present study aimed at qualitatively understanding the role of Ahamkara in the academic performance of school students. For this purpose, a semi-structured interview technique was utilised for data collection. A total of 11 interviews were recorded and transcribed. Thematic Network analysis framework forwarded by Attride-Sterling (2001) was utilized for data analysis. Based on the analysis 4 global themes emerged. They are: Formation and maintenance of a sense of self through Identification; Active engagement of Self in the learning process leads to growth; Ignorance of Self, a path to failure; and Failure an opportunity to maintain the optimal sense of self.
The Mediation of Music in the Development of Intrapersonal and Action Skills in Early Teacher Education
Author: Cortón-Heras, María-de-la-O
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Soft Skills,Teacher Education Programs,Case Studies,Self Efficacy,Self Esteem,Resilience (Psychology),Music,Student Attitudes,Adjustment (to Environment),Positive Attitudes,Music Teachers,Music Education,Elementary School Teachers,Foreign Countries,Classroom Techniques,Movement Education,Dance,Teaching Methods

Soft skills enable the individual to successfully face the problems and challenges of a complex society in flux and under constant uncertainty. Music, in its different forms of expression, is here introduced as an ideal tool for the development of intrapersonal and action skills such as adaptability, optimism and proactivity. In this paper we analyse a case study regarding a project carried out by and for future teachers. Our data collection methods included questionnaires, observations, student productions and interviews. The results reveal that music can be a mediating element for the development of soft skills. Specifically, it has been observed that music can help the individual to face and effectively resolve changing and novel situations that require self-efficacy, self-confidence and social support. Music can also improve the physical and socio-emotional well-being of individuals as well as helping them successfully face adversity.