ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Accreditation Document Tracking System Using Scrum Approach
Author: Salleh, Shanti Faridah
Date: 2020-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Accreditation (Institutions),Documentation,Information Systems,Visual Aids,Higher Education,Foreign Countries

Document tracking which involves recording and monitoring the movement of documents has been a time-consuming task for staff. Dislocation and overlooking of the timeline have always been the problems in document control. An effective tool such as a web-based system is the easiest way to be implemented in the workplace. The Accreditation Document Tracking System (ADTS) is designed to monitor the movement and timeline of the document from a department to another department throughout the accreditation process efficiently. The main objective of this project is to develop a system that can track the location of a document and its status of submission at every stage. This advantageous system is developed through scrum approach, which is the most widespread agile methodology used in the industry. It offers flexibility and simplicity to the system developer in upgrading the system. Furthermore, the Unified Modelling Language (UML) is used to describe the interaction between user and proposed system. UML consists of three visual diagrams: (i) Use case diagram, (ii) activity diagram, and (iii) sequence diagram. By following each stage of the diagrams, the proposed system is able to be developed in order to achieve the objective of this project within within the university as well Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA) and Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE).
Qualitative Doctoral Research in Educational Settings: Reflecting on Meaningful Encounters
Author: Pieridou, Myria
Date: 2020-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Qualitative Research,Doctoral Programs,Doctoral Students,Student Research,Research Methodology,Barriers,Educational Research,Reflection,Professional Identity,Foreign Countries,Inclusion,Teaching Methods,Teacher Competencies,Student Attitudes,Science Instruction,Preschool Teachers

In qualitative doctoral research the methodological approach, and the research design are extremely important when ensuring the rigorousness of the work. This is particularly significant for all researchers, and even more for doctoral students who are still developing their research and analytical skills. This paper aims to support doctoral students in their research journey by highlighting some of the tensions involved in conducting qualitative research by unpicking the experiences of two doctoral students to learn from the concerns, questions and reflections on the use of qualitative methodology in their doctoral research projects. The findings reveal challenges and insights with regards to reflection, educational research and the developing identity of being a researcher. The paper discusses these reflections to support and guide doctoral students as early career researchers when planning and conducting qualitative research in educational settings.
Trauma-Sensitive Practice for New Teacher Standards: Addressing the Epidemic of Our Times
Author: Fidyk, Alexandra
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Urban Schools,Elementary Schools,Trauma,Females,Elementary School Students,Human Body,Emotional Response,Child Health,Mental Health,Art Activities,Mental Disorders,Student Needs,Access to Health Care,Indigenous Populations,Cultural Relevance,Grade 6,Interdisciplinary Approach,Suicide,Gender Differences,Ceremonies

In response to provincial and national calls for whole school approaches, and in the hope to support new teacher competencies aimed at promoting mental health, this paper considers the changing dynamics within the current classroom through elements and implications of a participatory study conducted in an Alberta urban elementary school. Specifics from this research with young &quot;girls,&quot; who engaged in ritual, ceremony, arts-integrated, contemplative, and somatic practices, target the on-going conversation on mental health and best practices in schools. Images of and from their life-size body maps are imbedded into the discussion, promoting the inclusion of body-centred, emotional, and imaginal dynamics to be integrated throughout teaching and learning. The discussion calls for the conscious shift of teachers, counselors, and leaders into more integral and ecological paradigms that understand health through the multifold relations with others and the environment. This argument is supported by trauma literature that calls for affective embodied experience, greater inclusion of right hemispheric activities, relational ethics, and teacher professional learning.
Investigating Perceptions of Students Receiving Sports Education towards Eating Habits and Obesity
Author: Kilic, Yakup
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Physical Education,College Students,Eating Habits,Obesity,Course Selection (Students),Gender Differences,Foreign Countries,Nutrition Instruction,Student Characteristics,Athletics,Emotional Response,School Location,Health Behavior,Income

This study aims to investigate perceptions towards eating habits and obesity in students receiving sports education in Turkey. The sample consisted of 360 randomly chosen students, who received sports education at Firat University, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, Ardahan University and Mugla Sitki Kocman University. The sample was formed by adopting the convenience sampling method. For data collection, the 'Three-factor eating questionnaire' was used. The data were analysed for normality distribution in terms of the questionnaire and its subscales, which proved that the data provided a normality distribution. 'Independent samples t-test' was conducted to evaluate the level of differentiation in terms of the independent variables of gender and taking courses about nutrition and obesity. 'One-way Variance Analysis' was conducted to evaluate the level of differentiation in the variables of grade and the universities of the participants. The development level of the location where the students lived, income levels and cultural activities affected their eating.
The Analysis of 9th Grade Chemistry Curriculum and Textbook According to Revised Bloom&apos;s Taxonomy
Author: Zorluoglu, Seraceddin Levent
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grade 9,Foreign Countries,Chemistry,Science Instruction,Textbooks,Taxonomy,Content Analysis,Outcomes of Education,Knowledge Level,Scientific Concepts,High School Students,Science Curriculum

The aim of this study is to taxonomically analyse the 9th grade Turkish chemistry curriculum. A descriptive analysis method is used throughout the study. The document analysis is applied as a method to construct the codes and themes to reflect the results of the study. The results of the study exhibit that most of learning outcomes of the 9th grade chemistry curriculum focus on understand level (61%), and other levels of outcomes are remember (16%), apply (5%), analyse (13%), evaluate (0%) and create (5%). In addition, learning outcomes in the distribution of the cognitive domain are conceptual knowledge (79%), factual knowledge (16%), metacognitive knowledge (5%) and procedural knowledge (0%). The analysis of the textbook clearly shows that the majority of the outcomes of units are based on conceptual knowledge and factual knowledge in particular units; however, the textbook has no learning outcomes as procedural and metacognitive in some units such as second, third and fourth units.
The Iglu and the Tent: Centring the Northern Voice in Mathematics Teaching
Author: Leung, Fok-Shuen
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Instruction,Indigenous Populations,Indigenous Knowledge,Teaching Methods,Culturally Relevant Education,Foreign Countries,Geographic Regions,Calculus,Higher Education

We outline the broad epistemic tendencies of Inuit and Qallunaaq1 teaching, in the context of a faculty member in the Mathematics department of a large, research-oriented Qallunaaq university. We argue that, against the recommendations of academic literature, historical support and personal experience, the South maintains a position of strong cultural assertiveness. Finally, we propose two shifts in position that centre the Inuit voice which are aimed at protecting the North and learning from it.
Triggering Preservice Teachers&apos; Writing Skills through Genre-Based Instructional Model Viewed from Creativity
Author: Haerazi, Haerazi
Date: 2020-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Writing Skills,Creativity,Instructional Effectiveness,Writing Instruction,Writing Processes,Foreign Countries,Literary Genres,English (Second Language),Teaching Methods

This study was aimed at finding out the effectiveness of genre-based instructional model in the teaching of writing skills viewed from students' creativity. This study employed a quasi-experimental research design. The samples consisted of two classes in which one class was treated by using genre-based instructional (GBI) model and the second class was subjected to the process-based instruction (PBI) model. The writing test and creativity test were functioned as research instruments to collect the data in both classes. The data were analyzed by using the multifactor analysis of variance (ANOVA). The research finding informed that the GBI model was more effective than the PBI model. It was proved with the value of sig. (0.008) was lower than sig. level 0.05. Thus, students having high creativity have better writing achievement than those who have low creativity and it was proved with the value of sign (0.000) was lower than sig. level 0.05. It means that the effect of instructional model and writing skills rests on the level of students' creativity. The finding indicates that there is significant interaction between instructional model being applied and creativity in the teaching of writing skills.
A Concept of Materialism and Well-Being
Author: Aisyahrani, Asa Ismia Bunga
Date: 2020-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Philosophy,Well Being,Ownership,Socioeconomic Status,Social Status,Life Satisfaction,Values,Environmental Influences,Life Style,Social Influences,Social Media,Purchasing,Deception,Islam,Christianity

Materialism is related to financial individuals who judge all things need material. The nature of people like this exist in today's era, which assesses a success comes from the acquisition of wealth, social status and welfare of life. Although this is contrary to moral life, there are still many people who pursue it. Internal and external factors exist in human life related to the existence of materialism. Self satisfaction and individual life goals are internal factors that exist within the individual. Materialistic people will feel satisfied through acquisition of possessions, financial success, attaining status and having the right image. This perception is negatively correlated with well-being, even so they believe that their life goals will be achieved through materialism. Environmental, social and social media influences that are external factors in an individual can provide a tendency to influence one's behavior. The recognition of social status based on wealth will have an impact on materialism that will be difficult to escape from his life. The hedonist lifestyle and corruption are the effects of this growing materialism. However, to prevent or overcome these behavioral problems, it is necessary to strengthen morality and spiritual values that can be obtained from various sources such as the Qur'an, the Bible or research that can be trusted to provide solutions to these problems.
Development and Validation of Early Childhood Care and Education Pre-Service Lecturer Instrument
Author: Shaharudin, Shazlyn Milleana
Date: 2020-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Test Construction,Test Validity,Preservice Teachers,Professionalism,Teacher Competencies,Foreign Countries,Educational Quality,Test Reliability,Preschool Teachers,Early Childhood Teachers,Child Caregivers

This paper presents to develop and validate the Early Childhood Care and Pre-Service Lecturer Instrument constructed to determine their level of competencies toward the quality of early childhood carers-educators' professionalism in Malaysia. Components which affect the early childhood quality were characterized through inclusive literature reviews alongside interviews conducted with experts and experienced lecturers. In this study, two experts were elected to review this instrument so as to enhance its validity while 70 more lecturers in Malaysia were involved. There are four scales in principal component analysis pertaining the quality of early childhood professionalism, namely: (1) disposition, (2) knowledge, (3) skills, and (4) practices. The component loading range or respective instrument item were between 0.56 and 0.79, while the range for respective scales the alpha reliability coefficient were between 0.90 and 0.94. Concisely, the findings from this study corroborated the weight and consistency of the ECCE Pre-Service Lecturer Instrument.
Inductive Instructional Approach, Career Aspiration and Noble Values in History
Author: Husin, Mohd Razimi
Date: 2020-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Occupational Aspiration,History Instruction,Learning Experience,Moral Values,Logical Thinking,Class Activities,Check Lists,Course Content,Foreign Countries,Lesson Plans

This paper presents inductive instructional approach, career aspirations and noble values in History. In the 21st century there is still History teachers emphasize the only cognitive aspects of student learning, but still have little to do with everyday life, career aspirations and noble values. This study has developed a review list of learning experiences on specific learning content that takes into account inductive approach, career aspirations and noble values of History subject. Finally, this study examines the effectiveness of the learning that emphasize on the inductive approach, career aspirations and noble values. This study uses a qualitative approach supported by quantitative data involving four stages namely library studies, observations, expert suggestions and quasi-experiments. 30 teachers and 60 students were selected through purposeful sampling. The results show that mean inductive learning experiences, career aspirations and noble values in the subject is higher than the learning with other method. The Inductive-directed delivery approach showed a mean increase of 1.15 in students associate with classroom activities. The results also show that an increase of mean 1.5 and 0.35 in career aspirations and noble values. This study has revealed a checklist of learning experiences, career aspirations and noble values that beneficial to all educators.
Investigation into Thai High School Learners&apos; Self-Regulated Learning Skills, Self-Efficacy and Writing Performance
Author: Woottipong, Kretsai
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: High School Students,Self Efficacy,Writing Evaluation,Essays,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Writing Skills,Writing Tests,Correlation,English (Second Language)

This study aimed to investigate Thai high school students' reported use of SRL strategies and their self-efficacy and to explore the effects of two psychological determinants in writing performance. Data were gathered from 768 Thai high school students in six high schools located in Southern Thailand. Convenience sampling was used in this study. The research instruments included self-report surveys to examine their reported use of SRL strategies and perceived self-efficacy and a given--topic essay writing test to evaluate their writing performance. The results revealed that grade level and writing proficiency were important factors influencing students' reported use of SRL strategies. Multiple regression analyses showed that SRL strategies and self-efficacy had a positive effect on students' writing performance.
The Relationship between Social Exclusion (Ostracism) and Internet Addiction of Adolescent Girls
Author: Bagir, Aynur
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Adolescents,Females,Addictive Behavior,Internet,Social Isolation,Peer Relationship,High School Students,Parent Background,Educational Attainment,Place of Residence,Employment Level,Access to Computers,Social Media,Research,Friendship,Foreign Countries

This study aims to investigate the relationship between Internet addiction and social exclusion in female adolescents. The relational screening method was used in the study. The sample group of the study consisted of 244 female adolescents aged 12-18 living in Cinar district of Diyarbakir. To determine the exclusion of adolescents in social relations, the Social Exclusion Scale for adolescents has been used as a data collection tool. Besides, Young Internet addiction Short Form developed by Young (1998) which is the short form created by Pawlikowski, Altstotter-Gleich &amp; Brand (2013) and adapted to Turkish by Kutlu, Savci, Demir and Aysan (2016) has been used to test adolescents' internet addiction. Independent groups t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Dunn-Bonferroni test, and Spearman correlation analysis were used for data analysis. According to the results of the study, it was found that there was no statistically significant relationship between exclusion score averages and an average of Internet addiction scores (p&gt; 0.05).
Formant Characteristics of Malay Vowels
Author: Ramli, Izzad
Date: 2020-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Indonesian,Vowels,Dialects,Phonetics,Speech Communication,Editing,Comparative Analysis,Alphabets,Pronunciation,Foreign Countries,Acoustics,Audio Equipment,Native Speakers

The purpose of this study was to investigate and examined the eight vowels formant characteristic of Malay language. Previous research of Malay language only investigated six basic vowels /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/, /[schwa]/. The vowels /[open-mid back rounded vowel]/, /[open-mid front unrounded vowel]/ that usually exist in a dialect were not included in the previous investigations. In this study, the vowels sound were collected from five men and four women producing the vowels /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/, /[schwa]/, /[open-mid back rounded vowel]/, /[open-mid front unrounded vowel]/ from different regions and dialects in Malaysia. Formant contours, F1 until F4 of the vowels were measured using interactive editing tool called Praat. Analysis of the formant data showed numerous differences between vowels in terms of average frequencies of F1 and F2, and the degree of overlap among adjacent vowels. When compared with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), most pronunciation of the Malay vowels were at the same position but the vowel /[open-mid front unrounded vowel]/ seen more likely to become a front vowel instead of a central vowel. Consequently, vowel features of the two Malay allophones /[open-mid back rounded vowel]/ and /[open-mid front unrounded vowel]/ were documented and added to the IPA vowel chart. The findings form the fundamental basis for further research of speech synthesis, speech rehabilitation and speech reproduction of the Malay language.
Computer Adaptive Testing Simulations in R
Author: Erdem-Kara, Basak
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Assisted Testing,Adaptive Testing,Programming Languages,Monte Carlo Methods,Computer Software

Computer adaptive testing is an important research field in educational measurement, and simulation studies play a critically important role in CAT development and evaluation. Both Monte Carlo and Post Hoc simulations are frequently used in CAT studies in order to investigate the effects of different factors on test efficiency and to compare different test designs. Although there are several softwares for CAT simulations, R is preferred since it includes many free packages and gives researchers opportunity to write their own functions according to their own requirements besides being free. The purpose of this study is to make an introduction and demonstration of how to use catR package in CAT simulations. Different examples were provided in the context of this study and R codes were presented with explanations. Then, the output files were briefly explained. It is thought that this paper is helpful for the researchers who are interested in CAT simulations.
Innovating in the Margins of Teacher Education: Developing a Bridging Program for Internationally Educated Teachers
Author: Wimmer, Randolph
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Education Programs,Foreign Countries,Immigrants,Inservice Teacher Education,Faculty Development,Adjustment (to Environment),Public Policy,Program Effectiveness,Leadership Responsibility,Staff Role,Seminars,Practicums

In this article, we discuss our recent and current efforts to offer an innovative form of ongoing teacher education designed explicitly for Internationally Educated Teachers (IETs), which might be considered a type of in-service teacher education. We share some of the observations of IETs who have completed the Faculty of Education's Bridging Program at the University of Alberta as well as our own experiences. Aspects of the program's curriculum are described such as its framework including the organization of a bridging seminar and field experiences/practicum. To provide context, we review relevant policies and the limited but valuable research from other Canadian bridging programs for IETs. We conclude with a discussion of the most significant changes we have made to practices at the University of Alberta and address the issue of sustainability.
Active Learning Education in Museum
Author: Altintas, Irem Namli
Date: 2020-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Active Learning,Museums,Preservice Teacher Education,Preservice Teachers,Social Studies,Foreign Countries,Archaeology,Student Projects,Cooperative Learning,Teaching Methods

In this study, it was aimed to determine social studies candidates how to practice about make of use museums as a learning environment. It was tried to discuss a case, for this purpose it was used case study. The study group consisted of 19 students (12 females, 7 males) studying social studies at a public university. Participants were given museum training lasting 7 weeks and the process started with the visit of the Antalya Archeology Museum. In this study, Museum Evaluation Forms were used as data collection tools. These forms were used at two-stage. The first stage was the Pre-Museum Evaluation Form and the second stage was the Activity Evaluation Forms. Content analysis technique was used in data analysis, and the forms were examined separately and themes and categories were created. In the categories, the statements of some of the participants were given with direct quotations. As a result of the research, the expectations of the students before the museum training are divided into the categories of Learning about the use of the Museum, Historical awareness and Embodiment in the theme of Cognitive Field. In the affective main theme, it was determined that it was divided into the categories of Group Work, Contribution to Professional Knowledge and Being an Effective Citizen. In the Cognitive Field theme, the students' experiences after museum training are divided into the categories of Field Knowledge, Museum Use Learning and Creativity. In the affective Thinking, Contribution to Professional Knowledge, Permanent Learning, and Role-Playing are the categories of the affective categories. Participants stated that to make use of museum to effect on the cognitive area more effective than affective area.