ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Designing Playful Learning by Using Educational Board Game for Children in the Age Range of 7-12: (A Case Study: Recycling and Waste Separation Education Board Game)
Author: Mostowfi, Sara
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Instructional Design,Play,Educational Games,Elementary School Students,Case Studies,Environmental Education,Recycling,Evaluation Methods,Focus Groups,Check Lists,Student Attitudes,Computer Games,Preferences,Young Children,Computer Simulation,Likert Scales,Statistical Analysis,Nonparametric Statistics

Due to a progressive deterioration of our planet and its resources, environmental education has become important and children are required to understand environmental issues at an early ages. So, they can cultivate the positive changes in the future. Over the past decade, many new evaluation methods have developed for evaluating user experience with children, but the results of these studies have tended to be reported in the isolation of other techniques. This paper use different methods include focus group, Fun toolkit, and game checklist for designing board game about recycling. First we sketch our primary ideas and then we design our first board game prototype and evaluate it by focus group in order to gather children opinion and then redesign it for further evaluation, after that we select two computer game about recycling, in this part 20 children participate in evaluating two games by fun toolkit. The experiences of each were captured by using 4 evaluation instrument in fun toolkit including: smileyometer, the fun sorter, the again-again, This or That method, The results showed that the Fun Toolkit and This or That method showed similar results and were able to establish a preference for one game over the other. However, there were some inconsistencies between the results of individual tools in the Fun toolkit and some of the constructs being measured in the This or That method. Further research will try to identify any ordering effects of each method and redundancies of the questions. Result of this part were used in promoting our game according to the result of fun toolkit. Game checklist was also used in order to redesign the different parts of the game, consequently, we design a board game of these young children's responses. Which can be used in both home and school area.
Strengthening Scientific Literacy on Polar Regions through Education, Outreach and Communication (EOC)
Author: Shabudin, Ahmad Firdaus Ahmad
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Scientific Literacy,Conservation (Environment),Climate,Science Instruction,Earth Science,Environmental Education,Sustainable Development

In the 21st century, mankind must acknowledge the roles of Polar Regions in global sustainability, especially its interrelationship with Earth's climate system. Notably, dissemination of science knowledge and awareness that arises through education, outreach, and effective communication are key instruments that can help towards environmental conservation and sustainability on the Polar Regions. This paper aims to discover the science knowledge that has been derived about the Polar Regions and then to recommend the comprehensive approach for strengthening the Education, Outreach and Communication (EOC) strategy in promoting the Polar Regions. The fundamental scientific literacy on the Polar Regions can create a new understanding and respect towards the Polar Regions by mankind. Specifically, this would happen when a scientific perspective is brought into global problems that integrate socio-scientific issues (SSI) in science education and fostering science diplomacy and global common. Besides, it broadens the perspective about the earth as a global ecosystem. Therefore, a synergy framework of EOC is needed in a national polar programme to strengthen and sustain the public's awareness and interest on the Polar Regions. Consequently, the information from this paper is important for policy makers and national polar governance in developing the future strategy of coordinating stakeholders and funds for EOC initiatives, especially during the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP).
Malaysia's EOC Strategy in Strengthening the Science Knowledge, Awareness and National Interest towards the Polar Regions
Author: Shabudin, Ahmad Firdaus Ahmad
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Science Instruction,Science Education,Scientific Concepts,Environmental Education,Research Design,Statistical Analysis,Qualitative Research,Sustainable Development,Sustainability,Knowledge Level,Student Surveys,Secondary School Students,College Students,Likert Scales

This study aims to examine Malaysia's involvement in the Polar Regions, in the context of education, outreach, and communication (EOC), and consequently, to determine the effectiveness of these initiatives. Using qualitative and quantitative research analyses, this study found that Malaysia's experiences in EOC can be used to increase public knowledge and awareness towards the Polar Regions. In 2015, an exploratory study was conducted to survey the general knowledge, understanding and opinions of young Malaysians with regard to environmental citizenship on polar-related issues. Moving from there, Malaysia became actively engaged in EOC programmes to increase awareness among its young citizens and to develop national interest on the Polar Regions. Hence, knowledge and concerns of Malaysia's young citizens about Polar Regions have been well developed, especially on issues related to climate change. The survey conducted was important for evaluating the effectiveness of Malaysia's initiatives on the Polar Regions in the context of EOC. Consequently, these initiatives have made it possible for Malaysia to establish the scenario of the nation's agenda on Polar Regions, with the support of the Malaysian public. Following that, Malaysia took the initiatives to map out the future landscape of Malaysia's involvement in the Polar Regions. To develop future strategies for the national polar governance, information on Malaysia's activities in the Polar Regions is important in coordinating stakeholder's initiatives with the available funds for EOC initiatives during the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP).
Teaching Ecology to Children of Preschool Education to Instill Environmentally Friendly Behaviour
Author: Ferreira, Maria Eduarda
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Qualitative Research,Teaching Methods,Ecology,Preschool Children,Constructivism (Learning),Foreign Countries,Environmental Education,Geographic Regions,Action Research,Participant Observation

This qualitative study analyzes the results of a pedagogical and didactic experiment which was focused on the problem of teaching environmentally-friendly behaviours to young kindergarten children. It is essential to awaken children's curiosity and desire to know more about environmental issues in their regions so that children develop their own answers to problems. Our research focus was to understand the potential of practical-experimental activities connected to ecology, in a relaxed and entertaining learning context, promotes the learning of environmentally-friendly behaviours. The analysis of the results obtained in the pedagogical and didactic experiment was based on the following categories: (a) teaching and learning methodology and teaching resources; (b) children perceptions. The findings revealed that the built teaching resources have enabled these children to understand the importance of having environmentally-friendly behaviours.
Conditions of Social-Pedagogical Maintenance of Bilingual Children in Educational Institutions
Author: Gabdrakhmanova, Rashida G.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bilingual Education,Foreign Countries,Russian,Teaching Methods,Preschool Children,Second Language Learning,Models,Documentation,Content Analysis,Speech Communication,Preschool Education

The actuality of the research is due to the fact that in multinational Russia one of the most important issues is education of bilingual children in national republics and of migrant children, speaking their native language. This is due to multicultural environment of Russian regions and to migration processes that have marked the issue of education, adaptation and socialization in a new socio-cultural environment that necessitates socio-pedagogical maintenance of migrant children in educational establishments. In this situation, it acquires a new shade--full linguistic proficiency in both languages ensures bilingual children a successful socialization and equal access to quality education conducted in Russian, which becomes socially important. The purpose of the article is substantiation of the propaedeutic preparation model for such children to master the Russian speech as non-native and experimental verification of pedagogical conditions complex ensuring the effectiveness of this model. The leading method is a pedagogical experiment that allows to test the developed model of propaedeutic preparation model of preschool children to master the second (Russian) language based on activity approach and which represents a continuous process. The developed structural and functional model of propaedeutic preparation process of bilingual children to mastering the Russian speech includes the following components: axiological-purposeful, content-related, process-activity component, evaluation-effective component. The model aims to introduce into practical work of national educational institutions the teaching conditions conducive to solving the problems of pre-school children socialization and to improving propaedeutic preparation of pre-schoolers to mastering the Russian speech.
Educational-Methodical Projects for Students' Intellectual Competences Formation: The Imperative Goal of the Educational Process of the University
Author: Kutuev, Ruslan A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Higher Education,College Students,Intellectual Development,Knowledge Level,Teaching Methods,Competence,Research

The research urgency is caused by the tendencies of the modern information society which produces and consumes intelligence, knowledge and competences as the main educational product of labor market. These trends fundamentally alter the methodological basis of the educational process of the University, subjecting it to imperative goals: the intellectual development of the individual of the student, independent acquisition of knowledge and competences, development of intellectual competences to work with information in any media. In this regard, the focus of this paper is allotted to theoretical and methodical substantiation of the structure and content of students' intellectual competences as a pedagogical category of the imperative goals of the University educational process. A leading research method is a project method which is focused on students' intellectual competences' formation in the process of creative activity products creation in the educational process. The paper reveals the discourse of the concept &quot;intellectual competences&quot;; defines the essence, structure and content of the training-methodical projects for students' intellectual competences' formation; on the basis of the results of the study substantiates the pedagogical algorithm of training-methodical projects for students' intellectual competences formation. Productivity of the algorithm's implementation is proven using the criteria: formation of knowledge (the content of the study course and related areas); comprehension of knowledge (the ability to restructure information, giving some interpretation of the main idea); the analysis of knowledge (the ability to compare the basic ideas of information, formulate conclusions supporting the assumptions with evidence, the ability to ask questions); knowledge synthesis (the ability to synthesize, develop logic of common reasoning, based on analyzed facts to create a final conclusion); assessment of knowledge (the ability to determine the accuracy and reliability of facts, to evaluate findings and conclusions). The paper can be useful to teachers, methodologists, managers of the universities.
Adaptive Prompts for Learning Evolution with Worked Examples--Highlighting the Students between the &quot;Novices&quot; and the &quot;Experts&quot; in a Classroom
Author: Neubrand, Charlotte
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Expertise,Novices,Evolution,Secondary School Science,Grade 10,Foreign Countries,Secondary School Students,Science Instruction,Science Education,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Pretests Posttests,Statistical Analysis

Evolutionary theory constitutes the overarching concept in biology. There is hardly any other concept that is more complex, and causes more difficulties in learning and teaching. One instructional approach in optimizing the learning of complex topics is to use worked examples combined with self-explanation prompts that fit to the prior knowledge (knowledge adapted prompts). Especially from cognitive psychological research we know, that prior knowledge is a tremendously relevant factor for learning. However, corresponding studies so far mainly consider the domain specific prior knowledge of high knowledge (expert) versus low knowledge (novice) students. The majority of the learners in a classroom--namely students between these experts and novices--were hardly focused on. These students will be considered here. The aim of our study was to identify how these learners with average prior knowledge can be supported by prompts when learning with worked examples. Using worked examples we analyzed how different types of self-explanation prompts (at novice and/or expert level) affect knowledge acquisition in evolution of learners with average prior knowledge. For determining the prior biological knowledge we used a general biological content knowledge test (GBCK). The learning gain was measured with an evolutionary biological content knowledge test (EBCK). Knowing what type of prompt is most effective for the learners with average knowledge we compared the benefits of this instructional combination between the three knowledge levels: novices, averages, and experts. Results show that for learners with average knowledge, all types of prompts were equally effective. The Matthew effect was not reliable between the knowledge levels. According to our results, learners with average prior knowledge did not require explicit measures of differentiation for learning evolution with prompted worked examples. Nonetheless, for the experts it seems not appropriate to use worked examples with adapted self-explanation prompts. Rather it may be advisable to use another instructional format than worked examples.
Characteristics of Social-Psychological Adaptation and Self-Regulation in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
Author: Tsv?tkova, Nadezhda A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Self Management,Patients,Diabetes,Correlation,Individual Characteristics,Conflict,Comparative Analysis,Behavior Patterns,Gender Differences,Statistical Analysis,Foreign Countries

The article presents the results of searching for answers to the following questions: Which are the characteristics of socio-psychological adaptation and self-regulation behavior in patients with diabetes mellitus type II? What is the nature of the relationship between these personal characteristics? In particular, it contains results of comparative analysis of data experimental group (men and women, patients with diabetes mellitus type II) and control groups (men and women without a diagnosis &quot;diabetes mellitus&quot;) by four parameters: (1) level of socio-psychological adaptation; (2) emotional modality; (3) the level of self-regulation of behavior; (4) peculiarities of self-regulation of behavior in conflict situations; and (5) the results of the comparative analysis on the basis of gender. It is concluded that the level of socio-psychological adaptation and the level of self-regulation of behavior of patients with DM had significantly lower levels of socio-psychological adaptation and self-regulation of behavior of people without the diagnosis of &quot;diabetes&quot;; the higher the level of self-regulation of behavior of patients with DM, the higher the level of socio-psychological adaptation and vice versa. The necessity of approximation programs of the courses in &quot;Schools of diabetes&quot; and other forms of group work with patients with diabetes to their ontological reality, i.e. taking into account the socio-psychological background of diabetes mellitus (personality characteristics, adaptation, self-regulation of behavior diabetics) and integration of medical, psychological and social assistance to this population.
Determination of Pre-Service Science Teachers' Level of Awareness of Environmental Ethics in Relation to Different Variables
Author: Keles, Özgül
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Ethics,Environment,Surveys,Statistical Analysis,Gender Differences,Instructional Program Divisions,Science Teachers,Foreign Countries,Likert Scales

The purpose of the current study is to determine the pre-service science teachers' awareness levels of environmental ethics in relation to different variables. The sampling of the present study is comprised of 1,023 third and fourth year pre-service science teachers selected from 12 different universities in the spring term of 2013-2014 academic year. As a data collection instrument in the study, &quot;Environmental Ethics Awareness Scale&quot; developed by the researcher was employed. In the analysis of the collected data, t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) from SPSS program package were used. The results of the t-test analysis revealed a significant difference between the male students and the female students (t[subscript (1,021)] = 4.292; p &lt; 0.001). No significant difference was found between the third year students and the fourth year students as a result of the t-test analysis (t[subscript (1,021)] = 1.090; p &gt; 0.05). The results of the variance analysis also did not reveal any significant difference based on the grade level (F[subscript (11-1011)] = 51.215; p &lt; 0.001). In light of the findings of the study, it was suggested that future research should be conducted on different samplings and with different variables.
Environmental Risk to Health of the Population
Author: Anopchenko, Tatiana Y.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Public Health,Pollution,Risk Management,Environment,Diseases,Foreign Countries,Economic Factors

Researches of the last years in the field of ecological epidemiology and the analysis of risk for health allow to claim with confidence that the polluted environment is one of the important factors defining changes of a state of health of the population. Expert opinions on the scale of this influence differ considerably now. These estimations vary from small shares of percent to several percent, reaching in some cases 30-50%. An attempt to elaborate economic approaches to a risk assessment to health of the population has been made in this work. The main reason which demands development of special approaches for an assessment of an environmental risk is that quantitative estimation of risk for health from environmental pollution is difficult to be realized. As a rule, population is affected by the whole set of the polluting substances from the atmosphere, drinking water, food, etc. For effective risk management it is necessary to assess and compare diverse risks caused by action of various pollutants coming to an organism in different ways. The stated methodical materials give an idea of possibility of the stage-by-stage multilevel risk analysis at the solution of environmental problems. Further comparative analysis connected with definition and comparison of various dangers can be done by means of the results received at a risk evaluation stage.
Craft Training in Russia: Theory and Practice of Development
Author: Romantsev, Gennadij M.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Design Crafts,Handicrafts,Theory Practice Relationship,Vocational Education,Entrepreneurship

The relevance of the research topic is substantiated by the social commitment to the establishment of a system of craft training focused on training personnel for craft enterprises. The purpose of the article is to provide theoretical and methodological substantiation of the necessity to provide organizational and pedagogical foundations for the development of craft training in Russia. The main method of research on this problem is the method of studying and generalizing the pedagogic experience to identify the main tendencies and contradictions of formation of a new kind of vocational education in Russia. The outcome of the research is the theoretical and methodological justification of the development of craft training as a special kind of vocational education, revealing its role and place in the social economic sphere and in the system of vocational education; the identification of the value and target base and organizational pedagogical foundations of the development of vocational education in crafts as a set of interrelated managerial and organizational, informative and technological ideas, principles and conditions taking into account the patterns and contradictions of development of this kind of education. The material of the article may be useful for practitioners and researchers in the field of vocational education, for lecturers and graduate students who are interested in the development of the system of vocational education and training.
Entrepreneurship Development and Business Climate of Kazakhstan
Author: Kydyrova, Zhamilya Sh.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Entrepreneurship,Business,Economic Factors,Questionnaires,Compliance (Legal)

The goal is to explore the state of development of entrepreneurship and business climate for the formation of a clear mechanism of state support for small and average business in conditions of economy modernization. A special science-based methodology was developed to monitor the condition of entrepreneurship development and business climate in the country. This, in turn, will be the main lever for timely adoption of the necessary decisions by the state and targeted assistance to entrepreneurs. General research methodology of this research article is based on economic ideas and concepts. The basis for this is the management concept of small entrepreneurship in the Republic of Kazakhstan, which is determined through the use of system, functional, cluster-network scientific approaches to the formation and effective functioning of the management system. In the process of achieving the objectives of the study, a questionnaire survey was conducted, which is one of the forms of statistical observation. Of particular relevance is the development of a clear mechanism for monitoring the activities of state bodies in compliance with legislation in the sphere of entrepreneurship support in the Republic of Kazakhstan. This will allow determining clear priorities of the state policy to support entrepreneurship, to establish priorities in the development of new tools for the development of fast growing innovative small and medium-sized businesses, with the aim of providing targeted support point. [The page number (6494) on the last page is incorrect. The correct page number should be 6393. The page range (6381-6394) listed on the PDF is incorrect. The correct page range should be 6381-6393.]