ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Patients Reading Their Medical Records: Differences in Experiences and Attitudes between Regular and Inexperienced Readers
Author: Huvila, Isto
Date: 2016-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Patients,Records (Forms),Experience,Attitudes,Reading,Mail Surveys,Online Surveys,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Regression (Statistics),Access to Information,Information Utilization

Introduction: We report results of a study of how ordering and reading of printouts of medical records by regular and inexperienced readers relate to how the records are used, to the health information practices of patients, and to their expectations of the usefulness of new e-Health services and online access to medical records. Method: The study is based on a combined postal- and Web-survey of a simple random sample of 1,000 patients who ordered a paper copy of their medical records from the Uppsala county council (Sweden) with a final analysed sample of 354 returned questionnaires. Analysis: The data were analysed using SPSS 21.0 using descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variation (ANOVA) using Tamhane's T2 test, chi-squared tests and logistic regression analysis. Results: The analysis shows that individuals who had ordered a copy of their medical records in the past perceive their usefulness in broader terms than first-timers. The regular readers are also most concerned about their health and the quality of care. Conclusions: It seems that in addition to certain demographic factors, many of the variations in the data can be explained in terms of adaptive structuration theory. This is a result of a parallel structuration of patients, medical records and the paper-based and online technologies of access, and consequently how patients perceive records and the different methods of accessing and using them.
The Ruling Relation of Evidence-Based Practice: The Case of Documentary Governance in a Social Welfare Service
Author: Pilerot, Ola
Date: 2016-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Evidence Based Practice,Governance,Social Services,Ethnography,Caseworkers,Information Sources,Semi Structured Interviews,Library Science,Foreign Countries

Introduction: Evidence-based practice has broadened and spread into new areas including librarianship. This reorientation has resulted in increased uncertainty regarding what counts as evidence and has caused a tension between formalised procedures and professional judgment. This theoretical paper aims to extend the knowledge about how evidence-based practice can contribute to regulate work and information practices. Method: Data from a small-scale empirical study of social welfare workers was theorised through the lens of institutional ethnography. Analysis: The analysis was primarily guided by the following key concepts: documentary governance, disciplinary mechanism and knowledge mobilisation. Results: Nationally produced statutes, decrees, guidelines, action plans and reports constitute prominent information resources. Knowledge is mobilised when these are read, interpreted, talked about and represented. Evidence-based practice emerges at the same time as a concrete and material activity and as a phenomenon placed in a wider perspective which can be traced through a societal dimension. Conclusions: Evidence-based practice can be viewed as a means to bring about effectiveness but emerges in this study as a disciplinary mechanism through which power is exerted. The theoretical framework has made it possible to elucidate how documents and texts contribute not only to structure but also make things happen in the practice under study.
Academic Software Downloads from Google Code: Useful Usage Indicators?
Author: Thelwall, Mike
Date: 2016-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Software,Open Source Technology,Information Retrieval,Correlation,Citations (References),Programming Languages

Introduction: Computer scientists and other researchers often make their programs freely available online. If this software makes a valuable contribution inside or outside of academia then its creators may want to demonstrate this with a suitable indicator, such as download counts. Methods: Download counts, citation counts, labels and licenses were extracted for programs that were both hosted in the Google Code software repository and cited in Scopus. Analysis: Download counts were correlated with Web of Science citations, the distributions of both were compared and common software labels and licencing arrangements were identified. Results: Although downloads correlate positively and significantly with Scopus citations, the correlation is weak (0.3) because some software has a large natural audience outside of academia. There is disagreement on the best licence to use for shared software, with no licence chosen by more than about a fifth of the projects. The most common language label was Java (20%) and, excluding generic computing terms, the most common topic labels were Google (5%), security (3%) and bioinformatics (3%). Conclusions: Download counts can give evidence of wider non-academic uses of software. However, software that is apparently not primarily designed for research but that is nevertheless cited by academics can also attract many downloads. Overall, download counts can be used as an indicator of academic value, but only if contextualised with the purpose of the program.
Information Activities and Appropriation in Teacher Trainees' Digital, Group-Based Learning
Author: Hanell, Fredrik
Date: 2016-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Ethnography,Cooperative Learning,Foreign Countries,Preschool Education,Participant Observation,Interviews,Computer Uses in Education,Information Literacy,Information Seeking

Introduction: This paper reports results from an ethnographic study of teacher trainees' information activities in digital, group-based learning and their relation to the interplay between use and appropriation of digital tools and the learning environment. Method: The participants in the present study are 249 pre-school teacher trainees in Sweden. Three key informants and their teams were followed during a course module using online and offline participant observation. The produced material includes transcribed interviews with nine students, recorded digital interactions from Facebook, Google Drive and Prezi, field notes and a field diary. Analysis: The material was read repeatedly, coded and comparatively analysed using the lens of information literacy and the concept appropriation. The analysis generated recurring themes. These themes emerged as phases of the group-based learning process. Results: The results illustrate how information activities during teacher trainees' digital, group-based learning are performed during four phases--setting the scene, negotiating the topic, gathering material and presenting the assignment. Conclusions: Crucial aspects of an information literacy of digital, group-based learning in teacher training are identified. The learning environment of teacher training constrains and enables use and appropriation of digital tools in terms of flexibility, lack of participation and transparency.
A Social-Cognitive Exploration of the Career and College Understanding of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Author: Gibbons, Melinda M.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Intellectual Disability,High School Students,Social Theories,Epistemology,Self Efficacy,Self Determination,Barriers,Qualitative Research,Content Analysis,Higher Education,Careers,Knowledge Level,Structured Interviews

Students with intellectual disabilities (ID) are less likely to continue their education or become employed after high school. Although transition services are provided, little is known about students' understanding of their post-high school options. Using a social cognitive framework, the authors interviewed students with ID to determine their career and college understanding. Qualitative content analysis revealed varying amounts of perceived barriers and supports, including limited college and career knowledge. This article includes implications for school counselors.
The Potential Impact of Online/Distance Education for Students with Disabilities in Higher Education
Author: Erickson, Matthew J.
Date: 2016-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Distance Education,Online Courses,Disabilities,Higher Education,Accessibility (for Disabled),College Attendance,Meta Analysis,Literature Reviews,College Choice,Academic Achievement,Educational Opportunities,Special Needs Students

The current investigation sought to understand if online and distance course offerings were providing a needed bridge to a post-secondary degree for students with disabilities. The results of this investigation suggest that there is an absence of empirical research on this topic in the existing published research. Results presented include findings from the K-12 data examining this impact, and the results from federal investigations on the prevalence of individuals with disabilities attending post-secondary institutions.
System Thinking Scales and Learning Environment of Family Planning Field Workers in East Java, Indonesia
Author: Listyawardani, Dwi
Date: 2016-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Systems Approach,Thinking Skills,Family Planning,Skill Development,Statistical Analysis,Case Studies,Educational Environment,Correlation,Human Resources,Foreign Countries,Participant Characteristics,Measures (Individuals),Gender Differences,Questionnaires

Systems thinking is needed due to the growing complexity of the problems faced family planning field workers in the external environment that is constantly changing. System thinking ability could not be separated from efforts to develop learning for the workers, both learning at the individual, group, or organization level. The design of the study was quantitative study using cross-sectional study. There is a relationship between the scale of field worker's system thinking with the learning environment at organization level (p 0.017 &lt;a). The characteristic factors; individual, team/group learning environment; are unrelated to the system thinking scales. There are also relationship among learning environments. Individuals learning on systems thinking for field workers are highly needed as a basic capital in the development of human resources. The training/learning done so far needs to be revitalized, that is reconstructing the learning materials or modules taught so as learning can be run more effectively and leads to increase the ability of systems thinking. Organization related to the implementation of field worker tasks lies in the central, provincial and districts/municipalities level, need to facilitate the learning; both at the individual, group/team, and organizational level itself. Learning and guidance need to be developed into a useful integrated mechanism, not only for individuals but also for the organization.
A Study of Apology Strategies Used by Iraqi EFL University Students
Author: Ugla, Raed Latif
Date: 2016-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Second Language Learning,Psychological Patterns,English (Second Language),Mixed Methods Research,Questionnaires,Interviews,Communicative Competence (Languages),Communication Strategies,Communication Skills,College Students,Discourse Analysis,Student Attitudes,Behavior Patterns

This study was aimed at exploring apology strategies of English used by Iraqi EFL students, apology strategies in Iraqi Arabic and the pragmatic strategies of Iraqi EFL students in relation to the use of apology as a speech act. The data analyzed in this study were collected in Al-Yarmouk University College and University of Diyala. The study was mixed method in nature using a questionnaire and an interview adapted from previous studies. The quantitative data was obtained from fifty-five Iraqi EFL students using Discourse Completion Task Questionnaires (DCTQ) while the qualitative data obtained from individual interviews carried out with twelve Iraqi EFL students. The results were showed different kinds of apology strategies used by Iraqi EFL students. A new classification of apology strategies was provided in this study. Results of the study showed that Iraqi EFL students used a variation of apology strategies, they were well aware of how to use adequate apology forms to meet the requirements of specific situations and relationships, and they felt the need for explaining and avoiding interpretation of their response as an apology.
Development of Junior Pupils Research Skills in Interrelation with Universal Learning Activities
Author: Sabirova, Elvira G.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Research Skills,Learning Activities,Learning,Foreign Countries,Elementary School Teachers,Elementary School Students,Preservice Teachers,Teaching Methods,Scientific Research,Experiments,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Correlation,Research

Actuality of the studied problem is stipulated by the fact that the learning activity is the leading one for pupils and it defines development of main cognitive particularities of evolving personality. As the result of this activity becomes formation of cognitive motives, research skills, subjectively new knowledge and ways of activity for pupils. Purpose of this study is to define more significant in pedagogical relation research skills of junior pupils in context of their interconnections with universal learning activities. In the experiment, there were involved 270 people: pupils and teachers of elementary school and also students acquiring profession of elementary school teachers. As the experimental area there became general education schools No. 81 and No. 32, gymnasium No. 37 in Kazan city of Russian Federation Tatarstan Republic. During the work there was used complex of diagnostic methods for revealing development level of research skills and universal learning activities of junior pupils. On the basis of the obtained results there were specified and substantiated the content of research skills of elementary school pupil in context of their interconnection with universal learning abilities (personal, regulative, cognitive, communicative).
An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Concept Mapping on Turkish Students' Academic Success
Author: Erdogan, Yavuz
Date: 2016-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Concept Mapping,Academic Achievement,Success,Teaching Methods,Intermode Differences,Meta Analysis,Effect Size,Conventional Instruction,Theses,Journal Articles,Instructional Effectiveness,Literature Reviews

This paper investigates the experimental studies which test the effectiveness of the concept mapping instructional strategy compared to the traditional teaching method. Meta-analysis was used to calculate the effect size of the concept mapping strategy on academic success. Therefore, the analysis includes experimental studies conducted in Turkey between 2000 and 2015 which compare the concept mapping instructional strategy and the traditional method. 216 master's and doctoral theses and 114 articles were found on the topic. Among these, 73 studies were selected which met the inclusion criteria. These were then combined through meta-analysis. At the end of the study, the concept mapping instructional strategy has been determined to have a significantly positive effect on the Turkish students' academic success (ES = 1,119; p&lt;0,05). Considering the population of Turkey, the findings indicate that the effect of concept mapping instructional strategy in terms of academic success was higher than traditional method.
The Feature of Scientific Explanation in the Teaching of Chemistry in the Environment of New Information of School Students' Developmental Education
Author: Gilmanshina, Suriya I.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Instruction,Chemistry,Science Education,Scientific Concepts,Scientific Literacy,Logical Thinking,Teaching Methods,Information Technology,Technology Integration,Scientific Methodology

The aim of this article is to disclose features of scientific explanation in teaching of chemistry in the environment of new information of school students' developmental education. The leading approach to the study of this problem is the information and environmental approach that comprehensively address the problem of scientific explanation in the teaching of chemistry, to identify its characteristics and its role in the didactic system of developing training. In the article the concept of &quot;informational-educational environment&quot; and &quot;personal information culture,&quot; identified the main function as the primary explanation of the procedure of scientific thinking in the teaching of chemistry. The features of scientific explanation in teaching chemistry in the new educational environment due to six types of relationships induction and deduction in explaining chemical phenomena, theories and laws. The choice of the ratio of induction and deduction affect the chemical nature of the studied object, the problem of knowing the object, the logical links between the structure of the object and the structure used to explain knowledge. It was found that the role of scientific explanation in the didactic system of developing education in the new information environment is the development of students forming their scientific outlook, logical thinking and culture of information activities.
The Investigation of Physical Performance Status of Visually and Hearing Impaired Applying Judo Training Program
Author: Karakoc, Onder
Date: 2016-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Fitness,Physical Activities,Physical Activity Level,Visual Impairments,Hearing Impairments,Athletics,Athletes,Males,Training,Scores,Testing,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

It was aimed to investigate the physical performances of visually and hearing impaired doing judo training in this study. 32 male athletes, who were doing judo training, volunteer and, visually and hearing impaired, participated in this study. The investigation was applied to visually impaired (N = 12, mean ± SD; age: 25.75 ± 3.55 years, height: 169.50 ± 9.41 cm, weight: 74.17 ± 20.17 kg, sport age: 6.42 ± 1.62) and hearing impaired (N = 20, mean ± SD; age: 19.25 ± 5.70 years, height: 172.55 ± 7.58 cm, weight: 70.55 ± 11.12 kg, sport age: 5.85 ± 1.60) male judoka. Flamingo balance test score averages for study groups were detected as 8.00 ± 3.27 min/pc in visually impaired male judoka and 13.50 ± 3.08 min/pc in hearing impaired male judoka. There was a significant association between two groups in favor of visually impaired judoka (p&lt;0.05). In conclusion, it is thought that there is no negative effect of vision and hearing impairment factors on physical performance levels due to the close proximity of training levels of the elite judoka and also there is more development in balance variables in visually impaired when compared to hearing impaired due to the properties of impairment degree.
The Effect of Project-Based History and Nature of Science Practices on the Change of Nature of Scientific Knowledge
Author: Çibik, Ayse Sert
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Scientific Principles,Scientific Literacy,Scientific Concepts,Quasiexperimental Design,Control Groups,Foreign Countries,Comparative Analysis,Preservice Teachers,Questionnaires,Teaching Methods,Science Education,Teacher Education,Teacher Education Programs,Undergraduate Students,Pretests Posttests,Active Learning,Student Projects,Science Process Skills,Scientific Methodology,Science Teachers,Likert Scales,Test Items,Questioning Techniques,Experimental Groups,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis

The aim of this study is to compare the change of pre-service science teachers' views about the nature of scientific knowledge through Project-Based History and Nature of Science training and Conventional Method. The sample of the study consists of two groups of 3rd grade undergraduate students attending teacher preparation program of science education at an education faculty in Turkey. In this study, in which quantitative and qualitative research methods are used, non-equivalent control group design out of quasi-experimental designs is employed. Student Understanding of Science and Scientific Inquiry questionnaire is applied to both groups as pre-test and post-test. After the applications, a significant difference is observed to be in favor of the experimental group and they mostly described their views as Transitional Views and Informed Views whereas the control group defined their views as Transitional Views and Naïve Views. Carrying out the History and Nature of Science course through project activities is found to be useful, and performing the course with activities oriented towards the projects is recommended by pre-service teachers.
Formulating Employability Skills for Graduates of Public Health Study Program
Author: Qomariyah, Nurul
Date: 2016-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Employment Potential,Job Skills,Skill Development,Public Health,Mixed Methods Research,Graduate Surveys,Structured Interviews,Employer Attitudes,Minimum Competencies,Participant Characteristics,Change Strategies,Skill Analysis,Foreign Countries

Employability skills (ES) are important for effective and successful individual participation in the workplace. The main aims of the research were to identify important ES needed by graduates of Public Health Study Program Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (PHSP UAD) and to assess the achievement of the ES development that has been carried out by PHSP UAD. This study used a mixed method research with convergent design. Quantitative research was conducted with survey to graduates. Qualitative research was conducted with structured interviews to employers. Both data were analyzed separately and interpreted concurrently. Graduates and employers of PHSP UAD in broad outline were in line on the important ES needed in the workplace and the assessment of the achievement. Several ES consistently were considered important. The achievement of ES that were related to public health knowledge and its application were already high, meanwhile several important ES which are needed in the work place in the 21st century were still low. ES needed for graduates of PHSP UAD had been formulated. Curriculum revision is recommended to integrate ES into core academic activities to promote the development of ES,needed in the work place in the 21st century.
Relationship Matters: Duo-Narrating a Graduate Student/Supervisor Journey
Author: Breunig, Mary
Date: 2016-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Graduate Students,Supervisor Supervisee Relationship,Social Justice,Masters Theses,Interpersonal Relationship,Phenomenology,Personal Narratives,Supervisor Qualifications,Supervisory Methods,Qualitative Research,Cultural Context,Communication Skills,Foreign Countries

The student/supervisor relationship may be one of the most important aspects of graduate student success; yet, few academics receive any training in student supervision. Students may not know what qualities and capacities to consider when choosing a supervisor. The purpose of this paper is to duo-narrate the story of our experiences with a Social Justice and Equity Studies master's thesis project at a Canadian University focusing on student/supervisor relationship-building. In this collaborative endeavor we share stories of our experiences in an effort to communicate the centrality of &quot;relationship&quot; in the student/supervisor collaboration. We provide personal and literature-based insights into graduate supervision, including lessons learned and advice(s) for both faculty and students about: 1) relationship matters; 2) the value of communication; and 3) the importance of culture and context.