ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Socio-Economic Background and Access to Internet as Correlates of Students' Achievement in Agricultural Science
Author: Adegoke, Sunday Paul
Date: 2015-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Socioeconomic Background,Access to Computers,Internet,Academic Achievement,Agricultural Education,Correlation,Secondary School Students,Multiple Regression Analysis,Foreign Countries

This study investigated access to internet and socio-economic background as correlates of students' achievement in Agricultural Science among selected Senior Secondary Schools Two Students in Ogbomoso South and North Local Government Areas. The study adopted multi-stage sampling technique. Simple random sampling was used to select 30 students from each of the selected schools in the two local governments. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 300 students from various strata (school) chosen in the two local governments. Five research questions were answered. Descriptive Statistics, Pearson Moment Correlation and Multiple regressions were used to analyse the data gathered. The study observed that, 67.7% of the students have access to the internet (two-third of the sample). A positive but not significant relationship exists between access to internet and students' achievement in Agricultural Science (r = 0.110 and p&gt;0.05). There is a positive and significant relationship between socio-economic background and students' achievement in Agricultural Science (r = 0.515 and p&lt;0.01). Furthermore, relationship between socio-economic background and access to internet is not significant (r = 0.040 and p&gt;0.05). Access to internet and socio-economic background are jointly related to students' achievement in Agricultural Science. F (3,296) = 37.082, p&lt;0.05, R value of 0.523[superscript a], R[superscript 2] of 2.73 and adjusted R square of 0.266.
Primary Science Teaching to Bicolano Students: In Bicol, English or Filipino?
Author: Vela, Jualim Datiles
Date: 2015-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary School Science,Science Instruction,Language of Instruction,Elementary School Students,English,Tagalog,Malayo Polynesian Languages,Native Language,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis,Student Surveys,Science Tests,Science Achievement,Comparative Analysis

This study aimed to determine the effects of using the local and mother languages on primary students' academic performance in science, which is officially taught in English. Using the official language, English, and the two local languages--Filipino, the national and official language, and Bicol, the mother language of the respondents--science lessons were developed and administered to three randomly grouped students. After each science lesson, the researcher administered tests in three languages to the three groups of students to determine their comprehension of science lessons in the three languages. The findings indicated that students who were taught using the Filipino language obtained better mean scores in the test compared to students who were taught using their mother language. On the other hand, students who were taught using the English language obtained the lowest mean scores. Furthermore, the results revealed that the Bicol speaking students prefer the Filipino language during class discussions, recitations, in following their teacher's instructions during science related classroom activities, and in doing their homework.
Nutritional Status and Age at Menarche on Female Students of Junior High School
Author: Juliyatmi, Rihul Husnul
Date: 2015-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Females,Physiology,Nutrition,Junior High School Students,Age,Puberty,Incidence,Case Studies,Statistical Analysis,Sampling,Foreign Countries

Menarche is the first menstrual period as one of the sign of puberty. There are many factors may affect the age at menarche such as nutritional status, genetic, environmental conditions, socioeconomic status, and education. The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between nutritional status and age of menarche on female student of junior high school Ali Maksum Krapyak, Bantul, Yogyakarta. The research employed a cross sectional research design. The number of this sample was 81 female students that determined by total sampling. The statistical test used was Chi Square. The results of this research showed that there was a relationship between nutritional status and the age of menarche on female student of junior high school Ali Maksum Krapyak, Bantul, Yogyakarta (p value = 0.002) and the ratio prevalence was 3.077 (95% CI = 1.675 - 5.650); it means that respondents who have abnormal nutritional status get 3.007 times greater chance of experiencing abnormal menarche than respondents who have normal nutritional status.
Students' Satisfaction toward the Services of the Chemical Laboratory
Author: Lukum, Astin
Date: 2015-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Chemistry,Science Laboratories,Student Satisfaction,Statistical Analysis,Student Surveys,College Students,College Science,Foreign Countries,Hypothesis Testing

Chemistry Laboratory serves all of the students that were programmed chemistry laboratory works. The satisfaction of the students was studied that involving 50 students. The study was conducted to measure the students' satisfaction towards the services offered by the laboratory. Measurement of the students' satisfaction was conducted using statistical parametric t-test. The study showed that the students' satisfaction more than 75%.
The Effectiveness of Facebook Group Discussions on Writing Performance: A Study in Matriculation College
Author: Ping, Ng Sau
Date: 2015-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Social Media,Group Discussion,Writing Skills,English (Second Language),Language Tests,College Admission,Program Effectiveness,Comparative Analysis,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Scores,Pretests Posttests,Student Attitudes,Writing Improvement,Second Language Learning,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Likert Scales

Matriculation a pre-tertiary program offered by Ministry of Education for students who have completed their &quot;Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia's&quot; (SPM) examinations successfully. These excellent students will be required to sit for the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) before pursuing their studies in local colleges and universities. MUET comprises all the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. However, matriculation students are still unable to perform well in MUET examination especially the writing component. Researcher aimed to see whether Facebook group discussions can be used as a medium to improve writing skills of students. The main purpose of this study is to look at the effectiveness of Facebook group discussion in writing performance and college students' perception of using Facebook discussion. This study tested the effect of Facebook discussions by comparing 2 groups of learners (a control group and an experimental group) on writing tasks. The scores of Pre and Post test for both groups will be compared after treatment method of Facebook group discussion on the experimental group. Learners' attitudes towards the usage of Facebook group discussion and aspects of Facebook that help students to express their opinion. Discussions of the findings will include suggestions on whether Facebook discussions can be used to improve writing performance.
Developing Oral Presentation Competence in Professional Contexts: A Design-Based Collaborative Approach
Author: Pathak, Anil
Date: 2015-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Collaboration,College Faculty,Engineering Education,Language Teachers,Skill Development,College Students,Communication Skills,Public Speaking,Speech Skills

The need to develop oral presentation skills with reference to students' specialized professional contexts has been well-recognised. Attempts have also been made to develop collaboration between engineering faculty and language teaching professionals. In this paper, we describe an experiment where students were given an opportunity to demonstrate their technical know-how and integrate it with oral presentation skills. The paper discusses specifics of collaboration between the engineering faculty and the language teachers. Specifications for development of a transparent assessment framework have also been elaborated. It is concluded that such design-based approach is more likely to develop skills required of students to perform in competitive communicative environments.
The Process of Thinking among Junior High School Students in Solving HOTS Question
Author: Bakry, Md Nor Bin Bakar
Date: 2015-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: High School Students,Thinking Skills,Problem Solving,Mathematics Skills,Qualitative Research,Case Studies,Mathematics Tests,Interviews,Statistical Analysis,Cognitive Ability,Comparative Analysis,Foreign Countries

Higher order thinking skills (HOTS) is one of the important aspect of teaching and learning mathematics. By using HOTS, student will be able to acquire a deep understand of mathematical concepts and can be applied in real life. Students ability to develop the capacity of the HOTS is closely related with thinking processes while solving mathematics problems. This research focused, at describing the thinking process of students in solving mathematical problem involving HOTS problem. The method used is a qualitative method and case study design, the data collected through mathematics tests and interviews. There are 3 students selected as participant Data analysis techniques are descriptive qualitative, analysis according to the model proposed by Miles and Huberman, namely data reduction, data presentation and conclusion. The result of the study showed that the thinking skills of student with high math ability, medium math ability, and low math ability in solving Hots problem are different. The student who has high math ability is able to create meaning, make opinion and can conclude, while the student who has medium math ability is able to create meaning, make opinion but cannot conclude, and the student who has low math ability is not able to create meaning and cannot conclude.
Correlation between Teacher's PCK (Pedagogical Content Knowledge) and Student's Motivation in Primary School
Author: Maryani, Ika
Date: 2015-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Student Motivation,Correlation,Elementary School Teachers,Elementary School Students,Learning Motivation,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires,Teacher Competency Testing,Statistical Analysis

Various learning problems occur due to the teachers' inability in managing the learning process. Teacher's learning skill is influenced by their understanding in the curriculum components which are including pedagogical knowledge and content knowledge. The aims of this research were to determine: 1) the condition of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) of primary school teachers; and 2) the relationship between the teachers's PCK with student's motivation in learning. The experiment was conducted on teachers and primary school students in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Teacher samples were taken by purposive sampling technique, whereas the student samples were taken by random sampling technique. The data of students' motivation were collected through questionnaire, whereas data of PCK obtained from the results of teachers' competency test in the last 2013. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation technique. The results showed there is a relationship between teacher's pedagogical content knowledge with student motivation in learning (p value is 0.000, and r is 0.0907).
The Impact of Visual Impairment on Perceived School Climate
Author: Schade, Benjamin
Date: 2015-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Visual Impairments,Blindness,Educational Environment,High School Students,Student Attitudes,Psychological Patterns,Gender Differences,Statistical Analysis,Longitudinal Studies,Adolescents,Multivariate Analysis

The current investigation examines whether visual impairment has an impact on a student's perception of the school climate. Using a large national sample of high school students, perceptions were examined for students with vision impairment relative to students with no visual impairments. Three factors were examined: self-reported level of happiness, perception of a positive school climate, and negative school affect. Results revealed no differences for the seeing and visually impaired students on self-reported happiness and perception of a positive school climate factors, however significant differences were found on the negative school affect factor. Additionally, gender was significantly related to the negative school affect factor.
Effects of School Absences on GPAs for Disabled Students
Author: Christani, Elizabeth
Date: 2015-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grade Point Average,Attendance,Disabilities,Suspension,Expulsion,Academic Achievement,Child Health,Special Education,Students

Chronic absences, suspensions, and expulsions can all be detrimental to students' GPAs. Students with disabilities have a disadvantage with learning and require additional services making it crucial that they are present in school. There are various reasons why students miss school and the study examined a few specific research questions. The current investigation examined students' current GPA scores in the core content areas compared to the number of days absent from school, the frequency of health related school absences, and the number of days spent out of school due to suspensions and expulsions, using data from a national data set. This investigation examines whether or not attendance is related to students' academic success, when specifically considering students with identified disabilities.
Reading Strategies among ESL Malaysian Secondary School Students
Author: Semtin, Semry Anak
Date: 2015-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Reading Strategies,English (Second Language),Secondary School Students,Metacognition,Reading Comprehension,Reading Improvement,Mixed Methods Research,Semi Structured Interviews,Questionnaires,Scores,Statistical Analysis

This study aimed to investigate the types of cognitive and metacognitive reading strategies employed by secondary school students in Malaysia to improve their comprehension. The study employed a mixed-method approach which involves the instruments of a questionnaire and an interview. This study was conducted at SMK Kapit, involving ninety Form 4 students. Based on the findings, the students had used various reading strategies. The use of particular reading strategies is implied as their autonomous learning efforts to become more proficient readers. However, according to the frequency scales of strategy used, the findings from the questionnaire indicate that most of the reported reading strategies have a mean between 2.5 and 3.49 as the students sometimes use these reading strategies. This revealed their lack of awareness of practising these reading strategies. Thus, teachers play a vital role in training students on the reading strategy use in order to enhance the effectiveness of their reading.
Improving Students Soft Skills Using Thinking Process Profile Based on Personality Types
Author: Sunarto, M. J. Dewiyani
Date: 2015-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Improvement,Skill Development,Personality,Cognitive Processes,College Students,Qualitative Research,Problem Solving,College Mathematics

The challenge in education field these days rises as the cause of society's expectation for higher education. This increasingly complex expectation demands that higher education prepares the students to gain integrity. Higher education provides not only hard skills for the student, but also soft skills. By observing the hard skills side, in the previous research, the author discovers a learning method based on cognitive process that is classified by personality types. This finding is proved to be effective in enabling students to solve problems. By utilizing the finding as well as employing qualitative and development methods, this research serves a purpose of developing learning method that can improving students' soft skills attributes based on personality types. This leads to the conclusion that the cognitive process will also have the same influence on personal and interpersonal behaviors. The findings gained from this research demonstrate that soft skills attribute showed by every personality is various and it can be improved through the application of learning models that put forward cognitive process based of personality type classification. According to the gained findings, it is recommended that this learning model can be expanded to cover other subjects in higher education syllabus
Strategies to Increase Representation of Students with Disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Author: White, Jeffry L.
Date: 2015-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: STEM Education,Disproportionate Representation,Disabilities,College Students,Intervention,Majors (Students),Progress Monitoring,Academic Support Services,Professional Development,School Holding Power,Academic Persistence,Transitional Programs,Summer Programs,Tutoring,Mentors,Counseling Services,Communities of Practice

As a nation wrestles with the need to train more professionals, persons with disabilities are undereducated and underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The following project was proposed to increase representation of students with disabilities in the STEM disciplines. The program emphasizes an integrated program of interventions for college students with disabilities (SwD) majoring in STEM which centers on a system of continuous student monitoring with rapid access to academic and personal services, as well as professional development and degree enhancing experiences supplied during the entire period of college attendance.
Identification with School and Head Trauma: Parental Perceptions on Students' Experiences
Author: Jones, BreAnna
Date: 2015-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Head Injuries,Brain,Children,Special Needs Students,Psychological Patterns,Mental Health,Teacher Role,Counselor Role,Family Role,Self Concept,Disabilities,Special Education,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Longitudinal Studies,Adolescents

In the United States 40% of all traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are in children under the age 14. This means a portion of the school age population is exposed to head injury every year. The effect this injury and experience can have on a child varies, but it is important for educators, counselors, and family to understand the psychosocial experiences that follow after TBI. Research has shown that head injury in childhood can have severe psychosocial effects if the injury is not treated, recognized, and planned for. This research is intended to shed light on what educators, counselors, and families can do to help children who have experienced a TBI. Previous research shows that a loss of sense of self after TBI in three categories; loss of self-knowledge, loss of self by comparison, and loss of self in the eyes of others. This investigation suggests that identification as &quot;disabled&quot; can impact how students identify with their school.
The Influence of Principals Self Personality Values towards Their Work Culture
Author: Asri, Muhammad
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Principals,Personality,School Culture,Influences,High Schools,Secondary School Teachers,Questionnaires,Values,Self Concept,Case Studies,Regression (Statistics)

This study aimed to identify the influence of principals' self personality values toward teachers' work culture in high schools. The sample consisted of 34 principals from SMAN, SMKN and MAN in the City of Makassar, South Sulawesi Indonesia. The sample of this study is population sample. The instrument used was a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social application software Science version 20.0. Two statistics were used descriptive statistics including the mean score and inference of linear to test the hypothesis. The reliability (Cronbach Alpha) for the instruments used in this study is 0.879. The results show that honesty and compliance are both top components of self values of principals in implementing principalship at school. There was also a significant influence on self personality values of principals toward teachers' work culture at school.
Evaluation of Continuous Assessment Practice by University Lecturers
Author: Osadebe, Patrick U.
Date: 2015-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,Higher Education,Teacher Educators,Teaching Methods,Evaluation Methods,Progress Monitoring,Foreign Countries,Hypothesis Testing,Questionnaires,Interviews,Check Lists,Student Behavior,Evaluation

The study evaluated the extent to which Continuous Assessment (CA) was practiced by university lecturers in Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. The evaluation of continuous assessment focused on the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains of students' behaviour. That is teaching and learning should focus on these areas. Two research questions were raised, and two hypotheses were tested to achieve the purpose of the study. A sample of 200 lecturers was randomly selected using simple random sampling and stratifies random sampling techniques. A 5-point scaled questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect data. The validity of the instrument was determined through expert judgement and factor analysis. Thus the instrument has face and constructs validities. The reliability of the instrument was established through Cronbach Alpha. A reliability coefficient of 0.86 was obtained as a measure of internal consistency. The data collected were analyzed. The research questions were answered with the use of mean. The hypotheses were tested with Z-test at 0.05 level of significance. The result of evaluation revealed that the extent to which university lecturers practice continuous assessment with emphasis on the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains of students' behaviour was low. There was no significant difference between male and female as well as junior and senior lecturers on the practice of continuous assessment in the university. It was noted that there should be a continuous and effective monitoring of continuous assessment practice by the university lecturers.