ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Identifying Academic &amp; Social Risk Factors of Baccalaureate Nursing Students Using the College Persistence Questionnaire
Author: Betts, Kelly J.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Nursing Students,Risk,Academic Persistence,Questionnaires,Student Attrition,Statistical Analysis,College Freshmen,Undergraduate Students,Nursing Education,Pretests Posttests,At Risk Students,Student Characteristics

Background: Student success in a baccalaureate nursing program is of utmost importance at a southern College of Nursing (CON).CON faculty wanted to understand better what academic/ social risk factors attributed to attrition in the first year of the nursing program. The purpose of this study was to determine academic and social risk factors related to nursing student attrition using the College Persistence Questionnaire (CPQ). Method: This quantitative, descriptive study used the CPQ to evaluate 163 first year BSN students. Results: There were distinct, statistically significant differences (p &lt; 0.05) between the At Risk (AR) and Non at Risk (NAR) groups on 16 questions of the CPQ that are considered to be a risk factor for students. Conclusion: The CPQ has been shown to be a reasonable tool to identify students at risk for attrition in the nursing program.
Pedagogical Digital Competence--Between Values, Knowledge and Skills
Author: From, Jorgen
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Technological Literacy,Teaching Methods,Higher Education,Teacher Competencies,College Faculty,Foreign Countries

The fact that the education provided by universities and university colleges is becoming ever more digitalized has resulted in new challenges for university teachers in providing high-quality teaching and adapting to the needs of changing student populations. Digitalization has increasingly introduced a new dimension in teachers' pedagogical skills and competences which we have chosen to call Pedagogical Digital Competence (PDC). The purpose of this paper is to discuss and define this new dimension, based on literature and concepts from neighboring areas. As our purpose is to define a concept, the discussion is of a theoretical nature and does not include a comprehensive literature survey. The discussion results in the following definition of PDC: &quot;Pedagogical Digital Competence refers to the ability to consistently apply the attitudes, knowledge and skills required to plan and conduct, and to evaluate and revise on an ongoing basis, ICT-supported teaching, based on theory, current research and proven experience with a view to supporting students' learning in the best possible way&quot;. Pedagogical Digital Competence thus relates to knowledge, skills and attitudes, and to technology, learning theory, subject, context and learning, and the relationships between these. PDC is thus a competence that is likely to develop the more experienced a teacher becomes.
Making Pictures as a Method of Teaching Art History
Author: Martikainen, Jari
Date: 2017-04-29
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Art History,Visual Aids,Teaching Methods,Vocational Education,Secondary School Students,Art Education,Learning Experience,Student Attitudes,Instructional Effectiveness,Student Motivation,Skill Development,Psychological Patterns

Inspired by the affective and sensory turns in the paradigm of art history, this article discusses making pictures as a method of teaching art history in Finnish Upper Secondary Vocational Education and Training (Qualification in Visual Expression, Study Programmes in Visual and Media Arts and Photography). A total of 25 students majoring in visual and media arts and photography participated in the research, studying art history by visual means and reflecting on their learning experiences. This article follows the principles of contextual subject-related didactics, where contemporary conceptions of the discipline and the objectives of the curriculum direct the choice of instructional approaches. The study shows that making pictures motivated the students to study art history and develop practical skills within the discipline in accordance with the curriculum objectives. In visual terms, the kinesthetic and haptic qualities associated with making pictures brought affects and emotions to art historical inquiries, which built bridges between art history and the students' life-worlds.
Investigating the Relationship between Job Satisfaction Levels of the Teachers in Educational Institutions and Their Attitudes towards Teaching Profession
Author: Üredi, Lütfi
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Job Satisfaction,Teacher Attitudes,Teaching (Occupation),Statistical Analysis,Models,Likert Scales,Elementary School Teachers,Foreign Countries

The basic purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between job satisfaction levels of the teachers in educational institutions and their attitudes towards teaching profession. Obtained results provided significant contributions for improving the quality of educational activities. Relational screening model as one of the quantitative research methods was used for carrying out this research. Relational screening models are the research models aiming to determine the presence and/or level of change between two or more variables and to specify the relationships between the variables. In the research, quantitative methods were used. For collecting the data, &quot;Job Satisfaction Scale&quot; and &quot;Attitude Scale towards Teaching Profession&quot; were performed to all teachers included into the sample. The scale was on 5-point Likert type including 35 items. The data were analyzed on computer environment using SPSS 16.0 for Windows program. The three items teachers in educational institutions answered as &quot;rarely&quot; as average in the questionnaire of job satisfaction levels were &quot;Do you find the profession you carry on as important and meaningful?&quot; (4.3056), &quot;Do you try to learn new things related to your profession?&quot; (4.1944), and &quot;Do you think you job is appropriate to your abilities?&quot; (4.1389). For these three items, the answers of teachers were &quot;rarely&quot; or &quot;never.&quot; The three items with the highest average among the ones in the attitude scale towards teaching profession for the teachers in educational institutions were &quot;Teaching is a profession requiring self-devotion&quot; (4.6389), &quot;teaching is a dignified profession&quot; (4.5278), and &quot;teaching is the leading of the professions with conscientious dimension&quot; (4.5278), respectively. The answer of teachers for these three items was &quot;I totally agree.&quot; A negative weak relationship was found between job satisfaction levels and attitudes of the teachers in educational institutions towards teaching profession. Namely, as the job satisfaction level of teachers decreased, their attitudes towards teaching profession increased. According to research results, attitudes of views of teachers towards teaching profession were high as they should be. However, teachers worked at a low job satisfaction level due to some disadvantages in different dimensions. This should be regarded as a problem decreasing their productivity in their profession, the reasons for this to appear should be investigated. While investigating this, school managers and students should also be included into the process as being in other grades of the educational activities.
The Attitude Determination Scale for Value Acquisition: A Validity and Reliability Study
Author: Cetin, Saban
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Attitude Measures,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Values Education,High School Seniors,Factor Analysis,Item Analysis,Foreign Countries

This study aims to develop a measurement tool having measurement reliability with the aim of determining attitudes for values acquisition of secondary school students. The study was conducted on totally 325 high school senior students as 200 female and 125 male students in spring semester of 2014-2015 educational year. In the study, expert opinion was taken for extend and appearance validity of the scale, and Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was applied for structure validity. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis, it was detected that the scale had a structure of five factors. This five-point structure consisting of totally 41 items as 25 positive and 16 negative items are named as &quot;minding values acquisition, satisfaction from values acquisition, readiness for values acquisition, belief in attempt for values acquisition, belief in requirement for values acquisition&quot;, respectively. Total variance explanation ratio of this structure consisting of totally five factors relating to scale was 60.767%. Scale reliability was examined with internal consistency and retest methods, and it was detected that reliability coefficients obtained as a consequence of the analyses was in an acceptable level. The results obtained from item analyses show that scale items have a distinctive feature. In line with these results, it may be said that the scale is a measurement tool having required psychometric features that may be used with the aim of measuring the attitudes for values acquisition of the secondary school students.
Teacher Trainees' Awareness Regarding Mother Tongue Use in English as a Foreign Language Classes
Author: Sener, Sabriye
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Trainees,Preservice Teacher Education,Familiarity,Native Language,English (Second Language),College Second Language Programs,Second Language Learning,Qualitative Research,Language of Instruction,Code Switching (Language),Student Teacher Attitudes,Knowledge Level,Observational Learning,Task Analysis,Writing Assignments,Content Analysis,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries

This study explores the views, perceptions and suggestions of teacher trainees regarding L1 use in foreign language classes and search for their awareness of the issue. A qualitative research design was employed. The data were gathered by means of 5 open-ended questions. The findings revealed that most of the participants preferred mostly target language in classes. They thought that excessive use of L1 deprives learners of the chances of practicing oral skills and developing communicative competence.
An Investigation of Read Speech of Arabic Students Learning Turkish as a Second Language in Terms of Stress and Pause
Author: Derman, Serdar
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Arabs,Turkish,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Teaching Methods,Computer Software,Foreign Countries,Suprasegmentals,Guidelines,College Students,Comparative Analysis,Portfolios (Background Materials),Oral Reading,Phonology,Audio Equipment,Statistical Analysis,Native Language,Evaluation Criteria

Suprasegmental features are essential in conveying meaning; however, they are one of the neglected topics in teaching Turkish as a foreign/second language. This paper aims to examine read speech by Arabic students learning Turkish as a second language and describe their read speech in terms of stress and pause. Within this framework, 34 Syrian students enrolled in Gaziantep University Turkish Teaching Application and Research Center (TÖMER) at B2 level were asked to read a text chosen from one of the books prepared in accordance with the European language portfolio B2 level. Voice recordings were analyzed using Praat and Cool Edit software programs. Students' stress and pause durations were compared and contrasted according to the criteria set by experts. The results showed that students' stress and pause patterns showed statistically significant deviations from those criteria.
Assessing Situated Reading Motivations across Content Areas: A Dynamic Literacy Motivation Instrument
Author: Neugebauer, Sabina Rak
Date: 2017-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Reading Motivation,Content Area Reading,Literacy,Measures (Individuals),Middle School Students,Factor Analysis,Factor Structure,Correlation,Test Validity,Adolescents,Test Reliability,Group Activities,Interpersonal Relationship,Reading Achievement,Hierarchical Linear Modeling

While educators and researchers agree on the crucial role of literacy motivation for performance, research on methods for accurately assessing adolescent reading motivation is still uncommon. The most used reading motivation instruments do not attend to the multiple content areas in which adolescents read. The present study examines a new content-area sensitive measure of reading motivation. One hundred forty middle school students across content-area classrooms participated. Exploratory factor analysis was used to examine the factor structure of this measure, and associations among existing measures, social aspects of literacy events, and teacher-rated content-area reading performance were explored to examine the validity and utility of this measure for classroom practice. Educational implications include the potential for teachers to adapt instruction based on students' content-area-specific reading motivations.
Entrepreneurial Health Informatics for Computer Science and Information Systems Students
Author: Lawler, James
Date: 2014-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Entrepreneurship,Information Systems,Computer Science,Interdisciplinary Approach,Health Services,Information Science Education,Universities,Program Descriptions

Corporate entrepreneurship is a critical area of curricula for computer science and information systems students. Few institutions of computer science and information systems have entrepreneurship in the curricula however. This paper presents entrepreneurial health informatics as a course in a concentration of Technology Entrepreneurship at a leading institution of technology. In the concentration, and in the course, students are learning to be business entrepreneurs in interdisciplinary fields, such as health. This paper can be beneficial to educators in schools of computer science and information systems desiring to enrich offerings to be contemporary with the demands of industry.
Learner Autonomy as a Social Construct in the Context of &quot;Italki&quot;
Author: Turula, Anna
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Personal Autonomy,Second Language Learning,Ethnography,Social Networks,Computer Mediated Communication,Independent Study,Case Studies,Network Analysis,Self Management,Learning Motivation,Semi Structured Interviews,Graphs,Second Language Instruction,English (Second Language),Foreign Countries

The article looks at language learner autonomy as a social construct in relation to the context and its user based on the example of &quot;Italki&quot;, a social networking site for tandem language learning. Considering the two foci--the context and the learner--the study is divided into two parts, both carried out from the perspective of online ethnography, each utilising different techniques and tools. Part 1, based on participatory observation and user experience of the author, was aimed at investigating the context of &quot;Italki&quot; as a language learning environment. Its affordances, noted in the course of the study, are analysed against the three aspects of social learner autonomy (Murray 2014): emotional, political, and spatial, in order to investigate the potential of Italki for interdependent learning. In Part 2 of the study, with its focus on the learner, the data were gathered by means of semi-structured open-ended interviews with &quot;Italki&quot; users (N = 10). One of these interviews evolved into a case study, in which elements of social network analysis (SNA) were utilized to look at learner autonomy of an individual user. The results of the study indicate that learner autonomy in the digital age can be both self- and other-regulated; characterized by learner independence as well as interdependence. All this is very much promoted by new tendencies in language learning and affordances offered by the new media. At the same time, though, the nature of the autonomy exercised will, to a large extent, be determined by individual learner agendas, motives and attitudes.
The Relationship between Cyber-Loafing and Internet Addiction
Author: Keser, Hafize
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Preservice Teachers,Internet,Addictive Behavior,Student Surveys,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis,News Media,Gender Differences

The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between preservice teachers' internet addiction level and cyber-loafing activities. This study was conducted as a survey study. Participants of the study was Computer Education and Instructional Technology department students (n = 139) at Ankara University. &quot;Cyber loafing activity Scale&quot; originally developed by Blanchard and Henle (2008), adopted to Turkish by Kalayci (2010) and updated by Yasar (2013) and &quot;Internet Addiction Scale&quot; developed by Sahin and Korkmaz (2011) was used as data collection instruments. To analyze the data descriptive statistics, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis H, and Spearman Rho Correlation coefficients was used. There were significant differences between the gender groups both in cyber-loafing activities and internet addiction levels. Male preservice teacher had higher internet addiction levels and cyber-loafing activity scores in average. However there were not significant differences between different groups based on grade level, period of internet usage, perceived internet ability, both for cyber-loafing activities and internet addiction levels. There were a moderate positive relationships between internet addiction and individual cyber-loafing, and search cyber-loafing. There were also a small positive relationships between internet addiction and social cyber-loafing. There was not a significant relationship between internet addiction and news cyber-loafing.
The Effect of MALL-Based Tasks on EFL Learners' Grammar Learning
Author: Khodabandeh, Farzaneh
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Telecommunications,Grammar,Junior High School Students,Pretests Posttests,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Learning Activities,Assignments,Conventional Instruction,Foreign Countries,Hypothesis Testing,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Student Attitudes

Many studies have confirmed the importance of tasks on language learning. Nowadays, many teachers apply different kinds of tasks in their classrooms. The current study investigated the effect of mobile assisted language learning tasks (MALL) on participants' English grammar learning. The researcher administered a pre-validated grammar test to 90 junior high school participants aged between 14 to 16 with the mean age 15. The researcher taught grammar to both groups inductively and asked the participants to do their assignments according to their group's tasks. Based on the post-test results, it can be concluded that the experimental groups had better results than the control group. The study supports the hypothesis that sharing tasks in virtual networks can have positive results for language learning, specifically grammar learning.
Move Analysis of the Conclusion Sections of Research Papers in Persian and English
Author: Zamani, Gerannaz
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Academic Discourse,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Indo European Languages,Civil Engineering,Applied Linguistics,Statistical Analysis,Writing (Composition),Periodicals,Research Reports,Computational Linguistics,Contrastive Linguistics,English,Second Language Instruction,English for Special Purposes

The structure of the conclusion sections in Research Papers (RPs) is of significance in academic writing. The conclusion section in spite of providing an outline of the article, states other essential components, such as recommendations, implications and statements of possible lines of future research. This paper analyses the conclusion parts of Persian and English Research papers published in international journals. To meet this end 20 RPs were selected from two fields including Civil Engineering and Applied Linguistics. The Conclusion sections of the papers were examined for their moves based on Yang and Allison's (2003) model of moves. The frequency analysis of the moves showed slight differences among the moves employed and with regards to the Chi-Square tests, no significant differences were observed between the Conclusion sections of Applied Linguistics and Civil Engineering RPs regarding the moves employed as well as between Persian and English RPs. The study yields a richer understanding of the conclusion structure of research articles and offers ESP/EFL instructors and researchers insights which can be used in the instruction of the conventions or expectations of academic writing. Novice writers and non-native students can benefit from it, mainly because it helps them eliminate their writing dilemmas and assists them to take part in international discourse communities.
Examination of the Attitudes of Middle School Students towards Social Media
Author: Bulu, Sanser
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Middle School Students,Student Attitudes,Social Attitudes,Statistical Analysis,Social Media,Foreign Countries,Public Schools,Web 2.0 Technologies

This study aims to identify middle school students` general attitudes towards social media. Participants of this descriptive study were middle school students from three public schools (n = 367) in Ankara. Data was collected using &quot;Demographic Information Form&quot; and &quot;Social Media Attitudes Survey for Students&quot; developed by Ferhat Suleyman Argin in 2013. Data was analyzed using ANOVA, t test, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskall Wallis-H test, frequency (f) and percentage (%). In this study, demographic information such as students' gender, school type, grade level, perceived income levels, mother's education level, and father's education level; and social media use information such as membership to social media services, duration of social media use, frequency of social media use, time spent on social media at each use, medium that they use social media, tools to access social media and most used social media were collected. Students' scores for Social Media Attitudes Survey were compared between groups based on this demographic and social media use variables. There were not a significant difference of Social Media Attitudes scores between the groups based on gender, schools, grade levels, perceived income levels, mother's education level, father's education level, membership to social media services, medium that they use social media, and tools to access social media variables. There were a significant difference of Social Media Attitudes scores between the groups based on frequency of social media use, and time spent on social media at each use variables. Since most used social media services variable was not distributed homogeneously, it couldn't be compared. Based on the students overall Social Media Attitudes scores averages and score distribution and standard deviations it could be claimed that students' general attitude toward social media was positive and high.