ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Engaging Tertiary Educators in the Development of Their Assessment Literacy
Author: Edwards, Frances
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Postsecondary Education,Assessment Literacy,Summative Evaluation,Scoring Rubrics,College Faculty,Self Evaluation (Individuals),Peer Evaluation,Faculty Development,Professional Autonomy,Foreign Countries

Using assessment to inform teaching and to measure learning outcomes is of critical importance in higher education. However, many tertiary educators are not sufficiently knowledgeable or prepared to do this confidently. This paper suggests that tertiary educators could be given tools and encouraged to exert agency in their own assessment literacy development. It examines the application of one potential tool, the SALRubric (Edwards, 2017), which describes stages of development in ten dimensions of summative assessment literacy. The tool's structure and intent make it possible for the rubric to be modified to incorporate other content and context-dependent dimensions of assessment within a tertiary setting. A process through which appropriate dimensions could be identified is described so that the resulting co-constructed rubric could be used for both peer assessment and self-assessment by tertiary educators. Initial work using the SALRubric indicates that this has the potential to lead tertiary educators to an increased awareness of dimensions of assessment literacy and more active engagement in their teaching, thereby enhancing learning for their students.
Indian Teachers and Environmental Identity in Aotearoa New Zealand Early Childhood Education
Author: Rathore, Devika
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Early Childhood Education,Immigrants,Indians,Identification (Psychology),Cultural Influences,Cultural Differences,Environmental Influences,Early Childhood Teachers,Natural Resources,Social Influences

The Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood education (ECE) landscape is becoming increasingly multicultural, in particular with a significant number of migrant Indian teachers working in the field. This paper explores the potential role of environmental identity as migrant Indian ECE teachers navigate between the Indian and New Zealand cultures, wherein the environment may hold different meanings and place in these two cultural systems. The natural environment holds a special place in Aotearoa New Zealand's cultural systems and is an integral part of the national identity. It can be argued that early childhood environmental education is important, and is already playing a part, in developing children's environmental identity across the country. In facilitating this, teachers' environmental identities can be equally important, especially in the case of migrant teachers, whose identities are influenced by different cultural systems. Our interest is in the environmental identities of migrant Indian teachers' given their growing numbers in Aotearoa New Zealand ECE.
Translation of Mathematical Representation: Characteristics of Verbal Representation Unpacking
Author: Rahmawati, Dwi
Date: 2020-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematical Concepts,Graphs,Cognitive Processes,Preservice Teachers,Mathematics Education,Verbal Communication

The translation between mathematical representations was one of the indicators in understanding mathematical concepts. Understanding the things related to the process of student representation translation was very important in learning mathematics. One of the activities that plays a role in translation was unpacking the source. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of student activity in unpacking the source when doing the process of translational verbal representation to the graph. This research was using a qualitative research. The subject of this research were twenty mathematics education students. Selection of research subjects used purposive sampling. The data were collected by test and interview. The results showed that the characteristics of student activity in unpacking the source were two that are drawing scheme of verbal situation and interpreting verbal information with its own language. In addition, there were still many students failed in translation because of difficulties in unpacking the source. The results of this study were expected to add insight into learning to minimize student difficulties in unpacking the source.
Teachers&apos; Opinions on Ethical and Unethical Leadership: A Phenomenological Research = Etik ve Etik Disi Liderlige Iliskin Ögretmen Görüsleri: Fenomenolojik Bir Arastirma
Author: Fidan, Tuncer
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,Ethics,Moral Values,Principals,School Administration,School Culture,Administrator Behavior,Foreign Countries,Elementary School Teachers,Middle School Teachers,High School Teachers,Individual Characteristics,Leadership Effectiveness,Organizational Climate

This study aims to reveal teachers' opinions regarding ethical and unethical leadership. A phenomenological research design was used in the study. Purposeful sampling technique was used to determine the study group. Interviews were conducted with 20 teachers to collect data. A content analysis was conducted to analyze the data. According to the findings, teachers defined administrators with moral personality as ethical leaders. It was also found that school administrators mostly displayed unethical leadership behaviors in co-worker relationships. Another characteristic of unethical leaders was their promoting unethical behaviors among co-workers and taking the lead in turning unethicality as a part of school culture. It is argued that behaviors leading to the emergence of unethical leadership tend to institutionalize if they do not meet with an obstacle or are supported by organizational environment. It was recommended that further research focus on how moral person and moral manager components of ethical leadership affect each other.
Comparative Analysis of the Results of Multigrade and Singlegrade Classes Based on Indicators of Educational Productivity and Efficiency: A Case Study of Bandar Abbas City Primary and Secondary Schools
Author: Motamedi, Vahid
Date: 2020-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Multigraded Classes,Elementary Schools,Secondary Schools,Productivity,Instructional Effectiveness,Self Esteem,Interpersonal Competence,Social Development,Elementary School Students,Secondary School Students,Student Promotion,Grade Repetition,Principals,Parents,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Dropout Rate,Comparative Analysis

Research on multigrade in comparison to singlegrade classes often overlooks the issues and challenges facing the nation's educational authorities in administering these classes. The purpose of this study was to compare multi and singlegrade classes in terms of educational efficiency and effectiveness. The population of this study consisted of all students, parents, teachers and principals of schools in Bandar Abbas city in the academic year 2017-18. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect educational productivity data. The findings of the study showed that there was no significant difference between self-esteem of the two groups of students but in terms of social skills and social development, students in the multigrades classes were better off. In terms of educational efficacy, singlegrade student's survival rate was better but there was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of promotion and repetition rate.
Impact of Virtual Teaching on ESL Learners&apos; Attitudes under COVID-19 Circumstances at Post Graduate Level in Pakistan
Author: Shahzad, Syed Khuram
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,School Closing,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Online Courses,Program Effectiveness,Graduate Students,Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Language of Instruction,Student Attitudes

COVID-19 proved a pandemic that has affected the whole world on a large scale. Every walk of life got disturbed by this pandemic. Educational institutions not only in Pakistan but all over the globe remain closed, which causes a loss of study for the students of all Grades, notably Higher education (Postgraduate Level), which directly affected education, learners, and teachers in terms of learning, time, and economically. Virtual Teaching (VT) is proving an emerging method of teaching in the field of education all over the world. Developed countries have opted for this method of teaching much before. In Pakistan, universities under the directions of HEC started Virtual Teaching VT (Online Teaching) for the students, which was an attempt to cover the loss on an experimental basis. This study is conducted to know the impact of VT on ESL students' behavior. For this purpose among 100 students of KFUEIT, RYK University distributed a questionnaire to measure their behavior level. Students' participation was inspiriting, and their response found positive in this new field of Teaching.
Main Barriers to ICT Teacher Training and Disability
Author: Rueda, Marta Montenegro
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Barriers,Faculty Development,Inclusion,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Students with Disabilities,Costs,Time,Teacher Attitudes,Teacher Education,Foreign Countries

From the earliest ages, the commitment to an inclusive education needs the impulse of an educational system that opens its schools to all students. This reality would not be possible today without taking into account the educational support provided by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to the inclusive process, since they constitute the scaffolding that will allow participation and the realization of tasks adjusted to the possibilities and interests of the people. In the process of integration of ICT in the classroom, teachers are a key element since, as has been shown in numerous studies, one of the critical factors for the success of educational systems is the existence of trained, motivated teachers. The purpose is to know the main barriers or obstacles for the development of teacher training plans in ICT for people with disabilities, as well as the priority aspects for training. In the empirical part of the study, 241 interviews with professionals from the Spanish educational sector (members of management teams, ICT coordinators, directors and technological advisors of teacher training centers) were analyzed. Among the conclusions, we can highlight that the main barriers that hinder the implementation of ICT training activities and disability in most of the autonomous communities are determined in the first place by economic factors, lack of time, and teachers' attitude. The conclusions of the study make it necessary to adopt important measures in the initial training of teachers in order to be trained in the incorporation and appropriate use of ICT in teaching people with different types of disabilities, especially taking into account that the reality that we face every time has more innovative and enriching technological tools that offer us a wide range of applications and adequate tools for this purpose.
Modeling and Simulation in an Educational Context: Teaching and Learning Sciences
Author: Brigas, Carlos Jorge
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Education,Models,Simulation,Teaching Methods,Multisensory Learning,Elementary Education,Critical Thinking,Student Motivation,Instructional Effectiveness,Discovery Learning,Science Activities,Children

In science education, there is a need to evaluate the behavior of dynamic systems. Representing and explaining processes through educational models or simulations enables students to perform activities where it is easier to understand these processes and discover the essential properties of a system. Performing modeling or simulation activities that promote interpretation and understanding of systems are learning activities in which students have the ability to create and test their own perceptions of a given phenomenon. Although such activities enhance the development of skills such as reflection, decision making, creativity and generalization, the use of these activities in educational contexts is very sporadic. The difficulties teachers experience in using this type of activity relate to the types of models that are usually used to represent a system, the specificities needed to represent them, the degree of complexity of modeling and simulation tools to do so, and the lack of preparedness to implement practical research activities. In this research, we present the Modeling for Kids methodology to support the development of georeferenced multisensory modeling and simulation activities for the first cycle of Basic Education. This methodology lists a set of norms that aim to advise the teacher and the student in the accomplishment of these activities. The methodology identifies the strategies, contexts of use, and curriculum areas where these activities can be inserted. It also identifies the processes of analysis and representation of dynamic systems. Due to the importance and advantages of georeferenced multisensory information in learning, the methodology also prescribes that teachers and students use this type of information in modeling and simulation activities.
Motivation to Learn and Employability of Vocational High School Students
Author: Tentama, Fatwa
Date: 2020-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Learning Motivation,Employment Potential,Vocational High Schools,High School Seniors,Grade 12,Foreign Countries,Correlation

Motivation to learn is one of the factors that can play a role in determining student employability. This study aimed to empirically test the role of motivation to learn on student employability. The population in this study were all grade twelve students in Vocational High School 1 Dlingo Bantul Yogyakarta, which is as many as 110 students. The sample in this study was 54 grade twelve students of Vocational High School 1 Dlingo Bantul, which consisted of two classes namely fashion and wood craft classes. The selection of the research sample was made by randomization using the cluster random sampling technique. Data collection was carried out by using the employability scale and motivation to learn scale. Data analysis was conducted using Pearson product-moment analysis technique. The analysis result shows that the magnitude of the correlation coefficient (r) between motivation to learn and employability was 0.747, p = 0.000 (p &lt; 0.01). This finding indicates that there is a very significant positive correlation between motivation to learn and student employability. Motivation to learn contributes as large as 55.8 percent of employability. Thus, motivation to learn does contribute to explaining the level of employability of Vocational High School students.
Predicting the Hybridization State: A Comparative Study between Conventional and Innovative Formulae
Author: Das, Arijit
Date: 2020-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mnemonics,Scientific Principles,Molecular Structure,Comparative Analysis,Prediction,Instructional Innovation,Science Instruction,Teaching Methods,Student Interests,Multiple Choice Tests,Chemistry,Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students,Science Tests,Time Management

In previous published articles, formulae-based mnemonics by counting the total number of s bonds with a lone pair of electrons (LP), a localized negative charge (LNC), or a localized lone pair of electrons (LLP) and subtracting one (01) from this total value (TSLP, TSLNC, or TSLLP) to predict the power of the hybridization state of simple molecules or ions and organic compounds, including heterocyclic compounds have been discussed. These are the innovative and time-efficient methods of enhancing student interest. Here, in this new article, the limitations of conventional formulae in comparison to the use of innovative formulae have been discussed along with the application of the hybridization state in different fields of chemical education. This article encourages students to solve multiple choice type questions (MCQs) at different competitive examinations in a time economic ground on the prediction of hybridization state of simple molecules or ions to know their normal and subnormal geometry and prediction of hybridization state of hetero atom in different heterocyclic compounds to know the planarity of the compounds, which is very essential factor for prediction of aromaticity of heterocyclic compounds. Educators can use this comparative study in their classroom lectures to make chemistry authentic and intriguing. Because the use of mnemonics in classroom lectures is an essential tool to become a distinguished educator.
The Content of Higher Education Internationalization Policy: Stakeholders&apos; Insight of Internationalization of Higher Education
Author: Kusumawati, Noni Srijati
Date: 2020-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Global Approach,Universities,School Policy,Stakeholders,Attitudes,Higher Education,Foreign Countries

The internationalization of higher education creates certain quality standards. All stakeholders must be involved and work together so that the internationalization of higher education can be successful. The purpose of this study is to analyze the implementation of higher education internationalization policy content from an internal stakeholder perspective. Policy content consists of the interests affected, the type of benefits, the target of change, the program implementer, the location of decision making, and resources. This study used a qualitative approach with case studies. The research site is Sebelas Maret University Surakarta. Data collection techniques are interviews and documentation. The data analysis technique is a thematic analysis. The validity of the data is done with credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The results show that (1) there is a conflict of interest between stakeholders in the implementation of internationalization in universities, (2) there are short-term and long-term benefits of implementing internationalization of PT; (3) PT's internationalization change target is contained in the Business Plan; (4) The farther away the decision-maker is, the more hindering the internationalization of PT; (5) Implementers of the internationalization program are chosen based on consideration of study experience abroad; (6) PT's human resources, financial resources, and infrastructure are still limited in supporting internationalization.
Predicting Academic Performance in Undergraduate Online Degree Programs from Previous Academic Achievement in Pakistan
Author: Abdullah, Nauman Ahmed
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Predictor Variables,Academic Achievement,Undergraduate Students,Electronic Learning,Online Courses,Foreign Countries,Scores,Grade Point Average,College Entrance Examinations

Entry qualification scores and earlier academic achievements are the quality attributes of learners. Studying those in correlation and as predictor of their academic achievement in undergraduate and postgraduate levels is valuable for students, universities and academicians. The present research was undertaken with the purpose to determine predictions from previous examination scores about students' performance at university level. Predictive correlation method was used to explore Pearson r and multiple regressions analysis to predict CGPA of students based on their previous cumulative examination scores. By program analysis of various two years undergraduate and four years BS (hons) programs was carried out on data of 2008 and 1025 graduates, respectively. Positive, significant correlations were observed in previous cumulative examination scores and entry qualification scores with CGPA of learners. Separate analyses were made for low, average and high achievers. Significant predictions for all programs of different durations were made that have certain implications for university administration, academicians, and researchers around the world. Recommendations based on findings and contextual discussion points have been made for further research.
Relationship between Students&apos; Home Environment and Their Academic Achievement at Secondary School Level
Author: Khan, Farooq Nawaz
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Family Environment,Family Influence,Interaction,Academic Achievement,Secondary School Students,Student Attitudes,Environmental Influences,Self Esteem,Foreign Countries

Home is the first institution of a child that have significant relationships with students' overall life. Current study have investigated the relationship of home environment with secondary school students performances. The focus of the study was to find out the relationship of home interactions, physical facilities and students academic performances. Secondary school students were the population of the study. Data were collected through a questionnaire and was analyzed with the help of SPSS. Percentage, mean scores, standard deviation and Pearson correlation were applied to the collected data. Results obtained from analysis illustrated that a substantial majority of respondents are lacking separate study rooms at their homes, have a very low interactional opportunities at home in home related matters, but still majority of them were satisfied with their home environment. Based on the results it was recommended students need to be involved in domestic issues, they might be provided separate rooms for study and all the other facilities needed for educational progress of students.
Correlation between Continuous Assessment and Students&apos; Performance in Islamic Studies
Author: Abdur-rafiu, Jamiu
Date: 2020-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Religion Studies,Islam,Student Evaluation,Academic Achievement,Foreign Countries,Scores,Secondary School Students,Exit Examinations,Correlation

This study investigated the correlation between continuous assessment scores and Islamic Studies students' performance in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and National Examination Council (NECO) Examinations in Ilorin, Nigeria. The instruments used were the copy of cumulative continuous assessment scores for three consecutive years (2011-2013) in Islamic Studies; (ii) the 2011-2013 Islamic Studies May/June senior school certificate examination (SSCE) computerized result sheets sent to each school by WAEC and NECO. The results of students were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) and regression. The findings showed that: (i). Students' performance in Islamic Studies in NECO and WASSCE of the years under study (2011-2013) is fluctuating. (ii). Significant relationship exists between students' continuous assessment scores and their performance in Islamic Studies in SSCE conducted by NECO. (iii). There is a significant relationship between students' continuous assessment scores and their performance in Islamic Studies in WASSCE. (iv). There is a significant correlation among the school type of students, their continuous assessment scores and their performance in Islamic Studies. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that there is a need to encourage Islamic Studies teachers in both public and private senior secondary schools to attach importance to the proper and regular conduct of continuous assessments.