ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
A Social Innovation Model as Bridge-Builder between Academia and Research Management
Author: Williamson, Charmaine
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Models,Research Administration,Epistemology,Strategic Planning,Researchers,Criticism,Professional Identity,Intellectual Disciplines,College Faculty,Interpersonal Communication,Innovation,Universities,Doctoral Students,Masters Programs,Doctoral Programs,Graduate Students,Mentors,Research and Development,Faculty Workload,Supervision,Teacher Student Relationship,Foreign Countries

Institutional research management (RM) is increasingly seen as a strategic force, not only to raise the research output per academic, but also the quality thereof. RM, therefore, has to attend to researcher development (RD). How RD is achieved, as part of RM, is still viewed as an embryonic field with attendant calls for additional research. Often, criticisms of RM's researcher support efforts come from the academy itself. These drawbacks, perhaps, originate from the nature of research, in that advanced scholars gain strategic research identities through deep positioning within disciplinary specificity, embedded in knowledge-based and methodological originality. This then creates a disjuncture between academia, as researchers, and RM, as support services. Academic staff 's perception of the value of RM may be filtered through how well RM speaks to epistemological, academic fields, while inculcating the same in RD. RM's chances of gaining support and traction for their work from the researchers they support, may well be gained through &quot;speaking within the remit of disciplinary languages&quot;. Yet, how might this be smartly achieved in the intensely active and respective roles of the two parties? We present a novel RD model, which has been shown to boost credible conversations between researchers and research managers. The research novelty is expressed through a model of social innovation, which brought methodology into the heart of RM's support and received traction from researchers, who perceived RM as &quot;speaking their language&quot;, while triggering conceptual thresholds. The findings extend an under-studied area of social innovation within an empirical setting in a mega-university and theorise how conceptual thresholds spur on social innovation.
Examining Employee Retention and Motivation Trends in Research Administration
Author: Welch, Loralin
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Labor Turnover,Motivation Techniques,Researchers,Educational Research,Administrators,Motivation,Higher Education,Research Administration,Administrator Attitudes,Job Satisfaction

The current study examined retention and voluntary turnover intention trends among university research administrators, as well as motivational factors contributing to both retention and voluntary turnover intentions using a mixed-methods survey. The online survey was administered to research administrators using a national listserv and included both qualitative and quantitative questions to explore participants' intent to remain or leave their current place of employment, the motivational factors impacting the decision, and key demographic information. Descriptive statistics and thematic analyses were utilized to analyze the data and to draw both convergences and divergences in participant responses. The study found that retention is high among university research administrators and that perceived supervisor and upper management support were key motivational factors attributed to both retention and voluntary turnover intentions.
Prosodic Correlates and Pragmatic Functions of the Particle [pharyngealized t]ayb in Spoken Saudi Arabic
Author: Aljutaily, Mohammad
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Suprasegmentals,Semitic Languages,Dialects,Language Usage,Oral Language,Pragmatics,Semantics,Intonation,Form Classes (Languages)

This study describes the prosodic and functional patterns of the particle &quot;t?ayb[superscript 2]&quot; in Spoken Saudi Arabic (SSA; the variety of Arabic spoken in Saudi Arabia) through phonetic and conversational analysis. This particle, literally meaning &quot;good/well/okay,&quot; is one of the most common spoken particles used in SSA. Data were collected by recording four hours of oral spontaneous speech produced by five Saudi speakers. The findings reveal that, structurally, the particle &quot;t?ayb&quot; can occur independently before questions and before negative and affirmative statements. Moreover, its meaning depends on its context and, sometimes, prosody. The particle is identified 109 times in the corpus, and consistently occupies an initial (i.e., turn-initial) but not a medial or final position. The results provide the pragmatic functions and the prosody of the particle &quot;t?ayb&quot; as well as the participants' use frequency of such functions. &quot;T?ayb&quot; conveys nine pragmatic functions in the data, which are listed in order from the most frequent (i.e., turn-taking marker) to the least frequent use (i.e., request for patience). From a phonetic perspective, the results show different patterns in the production of the particle &quot;t?ayb&quot;; it may show an almost flat contour with medium length, as in the functions representing (turn-taking, change and close topic); a sharp rising/falling contour with medium length, particularly with the functions conveying (reproach and refusal); or a high contour that decreases gradually with long duration, as found in the particle marking &quot;be patient or showing little/no importance.&quot;
Elementary Hybrid and Virtual Teacher Stress during COVID-19
Author: Pressley, Timothy
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary School Teachers,Blended Learning,Web Based Instruction,Anxiety,COVID-19,Pandemics,Predictor Variables,Parent School Relationship,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Student Attitudes,Stress Variables,Teacher Burnout

During the 2020-2021 school year, the COVID-19 pandemic pushed many school districts to implement alternative teaching approaches including, socially distanced classrooms with hybrid teaching schedules or all virtual instruction. This study aimed to gain insight into the impact of COVID-19 on hybrid and virtual elementary teacher stress. Specifically, the current study focused on elementary teacher stress one month into instruction. The researcher sampled 312 elementary teachers from 16 states with 104 hybrid teachers and 208 all virtual teachers using a survey design. The results suggested significant correlations and predictor variables for teacher stress. Predictor variables for teacher stress included COVID-19 anxiety, current anxiety, anxiety communicating with parents, and administrative support. Additionally, the results included short answer responses to provide teacher perspectives on the study's variables. Based on the results, teachers need support during this unprecedented time. Support might include instructional, technology, or emotional support from school administrators or districts.
Better Scores, Better Jobs, an Untested Assumption: Social Mobility and Achievement in Mathematics and Science in the United States
Author: Huang, Haigen
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Achievement,Science Achievement,Socioeconomic Status,Social Mobility,Social Status,Occupations,Parent Aspiration,Educational Attainment,Longitudinal Studies,Futures (of Society),High School Students,Occupational Mobility,Correlation,Academic Aspiration,Student Attitudes,Family Characteristics

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of student achievement in mathematics and science in individuals' intergenerational social mobility between parental socioeconomic status (SES) and their future occupational prestige. We also examined the mediating effect of other factors, such as parental expectation for educational attainment. The Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY) 1987-1994 and 2007-2011 data (a sample of 5,945 high school students) were analyzed with structural equation modeling. Our results indicated that high school student achievement in mathematics and science significantly mediated students' intergenerational social mobility between parental SES and their future occupational prestige. Also, achievement in mathematics and science had a lesser effect than students' expectations for future education.
Strategies to Obtain Research Funding for Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, a Rural Medical College in Japan
Author: Amano-Ito, Yuko
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Financial Support,Medical Schools,Rural Schools,Research,Medical Research,School Business Relationship,Industry,Government Role,Local Government,Research Projects,Research and Development,Income,Equipment,Technology

Japan's operating budget for its national universities has been reduced since 2004 year by year, leaving a tight competition among universities in securing research funding. Urban universities with several prominent researchers can operate by securing competitive funding, joint research with companies, and donations, whereas small rural universities struggle with finances. How should small rural universities survive in the future? The vision and mission of Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (HUSM), a rural medical college, is to play a central role in the local community medicine through medical photonics research and academia-industry-government collaboration. HUSM is a member of the regional industrial cluster, and research administrators (RAs) have promoted the medical photonics filed through activities such as education, matching, funding, research and development support, technology transfer, and sales promotion support to make the university distinctive. RAs collaborate with universities, companies, and local governments in the same region to conduct joint research and commercialize products as though these units were a single organization. As a result, the number of joint research projects and the amount of revenue from joint research have increased every year. The government has recognized this unique approach. Furthermore, university consolidation is being pursued as a cost-saving measure to increase the money spent on research. Consolidation can strengthen the ability of university research, and can result in more joint research with companies and more research funding.
Overhead Rates: Impact on Research Applications Success
Author: Boyce, Lisa A.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Costs,Financial Support,Research Proposals,Research Administration,Research Universities,Foreign Countries,Expenditures,Grants,Success

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of overhead rates on research application award success. The pressure to maximize overheads to fund the indirect costs associated with operating a research-intensive university and the perception that higher overhead rates disadvantage research proposals create an unhealthy tension between research administrators and faculty. Statistical analyses of four years of banded overhead rates and publicly available funder award data across seven UK universities identified no significant relationship between overhead rates and success by number or value. The results provide objective evidence to inform discussions and decisions regarding adjusting or waiving overheads. The UK results may generalize to the US to the extent comparisons of overhead practices are similar, though further US-focused research is needed. While the study limitations are acknowledged, the empirical examination of overhead rates contribute to the scientific and applied understanding of the relationship with research grant awards.
Translatability of English and Arabic Hypothetical/Unrealizable Propositions
Author: Al-Rashdan, Bashar
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Translation,Semitic Languages,Language Processing,Language Usage,Intercultural Communication,Barriers,Second Languages,English,Language Classification,Grammar,English (Second Language),Teaching Methods,Languages for Special Purposes,Semantics,Interlanguage,Distinctive Features (Language),Morphemes

Although translation is a means of intercultural communication, it represents a challenge when it comes to rendering the intended meaning of some propositions, particularly because every language has its distinctive features and structures that may not be accurately rendered into the target language. This challenge is reinforced when translation occurs between two languages that belong to different origins such as English and Arabic. This paper explores the translatability of a grammatical construction (viz. Hypothetical or unrealizable proposition) from English to Arabic, and vice versa. The paper shows--through examples from both languages--that regardless of how carefully translation is conducted, incomplete meanings are usually rendered into the other language. It, moreover, asserts the interlanguage translatability of such propositions and notions. In principle, but by no means exclusively, Arabic is treated as a source language and English as a target language for the purpose of translation. But in many places, this order is reversed. The analysis has implications for translation-related courses, particularly in crucial areas such as legal translation where accurate meanings are carefully searched for.
Development and Implementation of Work Engagement Strategies in a Clinical Research Consortium during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Reflective Inquiry
Author: Johnson, Marcus R.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Work Experience Programs,Cooperative Education,COVID-19,Pandemics,Consortia,Educational Strategies,Veterans,Public Agencies,Medical Services,Training,Talent Development,Electronic Learning,Seminars,Videoconferencing

Work engagement is defined as a positive work-related state of mind that is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption. The engagement of staff has been associated with their performance and efficiency, productivity, safety, attendance and retention, customer service and satisfaction, and several other organizational success factors. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus and is now a pandemic that is affecting many countries globally. The literature surrounding the employment of measures and strategies to increase work engagement amongst clinical research staff during pandemics is scarce, and to date, focuses primarily on health care and community health workers. The Cooperative Studies Program (CSP) Network of Dedicated Enrollment Sites (NODES) is a clinical research consortium of ten medical centers that are embedded within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System. The consortium developed and implemented strategies during the pandemic that were intended to maintain work engagement amongst clinical research staff at each of the sites within the consortium. In this manuscript, we describe the development and deployment of these strategies to clinical research study teams in our clinical research consortium. It is our hope that the opportunities, successes, and challenges described here will serve as a useful resource for other clinical research consortia that are working to identify approaches to keep their staff members engaged during the current pandemic, as well as in other potential future situations in which their primary operations may be altered during other times of crises.
Using Metaphorical Metacognition and Invitational Education Theory to Enhance Teacher-Candidates&apos; Learning
Author: Coffey, Debra
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Metacognition,Figurative Language,Educational Theories,Longitudinal Studies,Preservice Teacher Education,Multimedia Instruction,Literacy Education,Lesson Plans,Cooperative Learning,Individualized Instruction,Kindergarten,Grade 1,Grade 2,Primary Education,Learning Experience,Personal Narratives,Student Attitudes

Invitational Education theory and metaphorical metacognition were synthesized in this longitudinal qualitative study as students explored the impact of experiential learning. During university literacy courses for pre-service teachers, multimodal instruction was used to augment the impact of metaphorical metacognition. Participants discussed their insights from designing book talks and digital stories in discovery circles to introduce their strategic literacy lesson plans. Through provision of an intentionally inviting environment pre-service teachers collaborated while preparing multimodal projects for personalized learning experiences with students from kindergarten to second grade and avatars representing students in this age range. Utilization of metaphorical metacognition to reflect upon class sessions and field experiences produced results confirming the study's efficacy and alignment with the overarching goals, elements, and domains of Invitational Education theory and practice.
Research on Blended Teaching of English Interpretation in Vocational Colleges under the Background of Informatization
Author: Jiajia, Tu
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Blended Learning,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Vocational Education,Online Courses,Teaching Methods,Technology Integration,Educational Quality,Internet,Communication Skills,Secondary School Students,Foreign Countries,Information Technology

With the development of educational informationization, the traditional English teaching model is faced with severe challenges in cultivating students' English communicative ability. In developing educational system, the traditional English teaching model has serious obstacles in developing the communication skills of pupils. The present paper analyses the current situation of English learning in vocational colleges for exploring the intent and application of the Blended English learning approach, to combine traditional classroom learning with online teaching, and to improve the quality of English learning in vocational colleges effectively. The way individuals get information has dramatically changed with the advent of the information era. It also has the wave of higher education information, with the continuously innovative methods of teaching and teaching content. Recently, researchers are concerned about the integration of information technology organically into education system for supporting learning experiences and for encouraging the refinement of new abilities. It is the need of the day to be focused on the education technology. The undertaken study aims at elaborating the significance of Blended teaching English in the present era. There are currently only a few courses using the blended teaching approach. With the continual update of teaching concepts and the latest technology, the focus of forthcoming research is expected to be on the individual development of the blended teaching mode.
Teaching Online during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Teachers&apos; Perspectives
Author: Alolaywi, Yasamiyan
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Language Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Online Courses,Educational Technology,Barriers,Program Effectiveness,Distance Education,Teaching Methods,Teaching Conditions,Electronic Learning,Foreign Countries,College Faculty,College Students

The current study aimed to explore EFL instructors' perceptions toward online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic, with special emphasis on the challenges they faced, and the advantages and disadvantages of this mode of education. The participants in this study were 43 EFL faculty members from the Departments of English at Qassim University in Saudi Arabia. Data for this research were collected by distributing a semi-structured survey designed by the researcher. The results showed that the top advantage of distance teaching was normally protection from the illness. Distance teaching also provided the opportunity to experiment with alternative teaching methods, tools, and assessments. Further, teachers felt exempted from some of the burdens associated with in-person teaching and were allowed to focus on the core role of their profession. Despite these benefits, the participants revealed that e-teaching cannot easily replace traditional education. All in all, the participants reported that e-teaching has advantages for professors, but this is not necessarily the case for students. Implications of these findings are provided, such as training teachers to deal with e-teaching mediums efficiently, keep pace with sudden adjustments, and create monitoring measures to ensure that instructors do not become complacent.
The Authors&apos; Research Gap Strategies in ELT Research Article introductions: Does Scopus journal Quartile Matter?
Author: Arianto, M. Affandi
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Authors,Research Reports,Periodicals,Guidelines,Comparative Analysis,Writing (Composition),Academic Language,Indexing,Research Problems

Swales' (1990) Creating a Research Space (CARS) model has spawned a large number of studies focusing on investigations of research article introductions (RAIs), and the reports have given meaningful contributions to guide novice and non-native authors in writing English RAIs. However, the investigation of authors' research gap strategies in RAIs has so far received little attention. Also, the previous investigations do not account for the way such strategies are applied across the Scopus journal quartiles (i.e., Q1, Q2, Q3, &amp; Q4). Therefore, this study is undertaken to investigate the research gap strategies used by authors who published their research articles (RAs) in Scopus-indexed journals. The strategies found were, then, compared seen from the Scopus journal quartile lens. Forty RAs from eight Scopus-indexed journals in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT) were randomly collected and analyzed using Swales' (1990) framework, taking into account the insights proposed by Lim (2012) and Kwan, Chan, and Lam (2012). The findings reveal that the authors use five research gap strategies to present their research gaps in their ELT RAIs. The comparative analysis shows that there are differences and similarities in using research gap strategies across the quartiles. The findings of this study can assist non-native and novice authors to achieve visibility worldwide by giving closer attention to how to present research gaps using several research gap strategies in RAIs.