ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Effectiveness of Mathematics Teaching and Learning Experiences through Wireless Technology as Recent Style to Enhance B.Ed. Trainees
Author: Joan, D. R. Robert
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Instruction,Telecommunications,Instructional Effectiveness,Conventional Instruction,Preservice Teachers,Mathematics Teachers,Electronic Learning,Pretests Posttests,Achievement Tests,Mathematics Achievement,Foreign Countries

The objective of the study was to find out the effect of learning through Wireless technologies and the traditional method in teaching and learning Mathematics. The investigator adopted experimental research to find the effectiveness of implementing Wireless technologies in the population of B.Ed. trainees. The investigator selected 32 B.Ed. Mathematics Trainees from a College of Education in Tamil Nadu. Tools used were Mathematics learning package developed by the investigator and Achievement test in Mathematics developed by the investigator. In the experimental group, B.Ed. trainees were learning the Mathematics by Wireless technologies in their convenient place and time. The control group B.Ed. trainees were taught using traditional method. Findings of the study showed that there was significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores for the experimental group in learning Mathematics. That is experimental group B.Ed. trainees have achieved high in post-test than the pre-test. And also there was significant difference in the Post-test Scores of the experimental and control group. That is experimental group B.Ed. trainees have achieved high in post- test than the control group B.Ed. trainees. The investigator concludes that the experimental group is more effective than the control group. Thus the Trainees using Wireless technology for their learning is more successful than the traditional method.
Examining the Efficacy of Project-Based Learning on Cultivating the 21st Century Skills among High School Students in a Global Context
Author: Lin, Chi-Syan
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Projects,Teaching Methods,High School Students,Communities of Practice,Computer Mediated Communication,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Guidelines,Computer Simulation,Communication Skills,Problem Solving,Critical Thinking,Creativity,Skill Development,Cooperative Learning,International Cooperation,Foreign Countries,Educational Cooperation,Student Behavior

The goal of the study is to explore the opportunities and challenges associated with Project-Based Learning strategy in a global context on the aspects of both fostering learning community of practices and nurturing the 21st century skills. For collecting empirical data, the study implements and administers an online international project-based learning program for high school students. Since it is claimed that interpersonal interaction is key to the success of online project-based learning programs, the study first focuses on investigating patterns of community of practice, which is a combination of online learning behaviors and interpersonal interaction, among students against a claimed theoretical framework. For unveiling the impacts on fertilizing the 21st century skills, the study examines the perceptions of students and teachers participating in the online international project-based learning program. Results of the study confirm the asserted theoretical framework regarding the community of practices and reveal that students of various countries perform differently in terms of community of practices in virtual learning space. As to building the 21st century skills on students, the study credits the project-based learning strategy deploying in a global context for providing intuitive and essential aspects of learning ingredients to students for pursuing skills related to Communication, Collaboration, Complex Problem-solving, Critical Thinking, and Creativity.
Case for Building Informal Ontology of a Subject Matter at School Level Science Education with Community Collaboration
Author: Datt, Sachin
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Scientific Concepts,Textbooks,Concept Mapping,Philosophy,Taxonomy,Teachers,Expertise,Science Curriculum,Educational Cooperation,Foreign Countries,Case Studies

School science textbooks are an amalgamation of concepts collected from different fields of Science like Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The actual number of concepts in the different domains of science are enormous. Educationists have to make a decision of choosing some concept that they think are necessary for students to know at a certain age. Moreover, these concepts have to be arranged in a certain order of arrangement from first chapter to the last in a textbook. The aim of this paper is to question the ontological basis of filtering concepts from the larger world of science to placing them in a school science textbook. Through two informal studies presented in this paper, the author has tried to demonstrate that different groups of people can form concept maps of a topic that are very different in structure compared to what is given in NCERT textbook. If there are multiple ways of arranging the same set of concepts, then how do educationist validate one set of arrangement of topics against the other? The result of study puts light on the fact that currently there are no criteria available for judging the ontological validity of concepts that are present in existing textbooks in school science curriculum. The selection of topics is dependent upon limited individual knowledge base of the expert who is writing the chapter. The article briefly provides a framework by which ontology of a subject can be developed collaboratively by a community of teachers and subject matter experts. This ontology can be used as a valid guide for choosing and arranging topics in a school level science textbook.
Uniquely Precise: Importance of Conceptual Knowledge and Mathematical Language
Author: Shockey, Tod
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics,Concept Formation,Mathematical Concepts,Language,Numbers,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Mathematics Teachers,Teaching Methods,Common Core State Standards,Case Studies

The importance of mathematical concept development and language is recognized early in children's schooling as they mature through shape and counting experiences. The reader may recall instances of a youngster referring to a &quot;corner&quot; of a shape before the reader has the language of vertex. This language precision needs to continue to grow as the learner moves through arithmetic into algebra, geometry, and further mathematics. This precision is essential and is reinforced in the common core standards for mathematics (2010). If the primary goal is to facilitate proficiency in math for all students (including students with disabilities), there needs to be an emphasis on the deeper conceptual development and the uniquely precise nature of mathematics language both at the pre-service and in-service levels. This is essential as literature suggests that there is a significant relationship between teachers' mathematical knowledge and student achievement. The lack of teachers' mathematical knowledge prevents explicit instruction in the area of math concepts and/or a lack of focus on the mathematical language. This in turn causes barriers for k-12 students as they advance in the math curriculum. In this paper, the authors will discuss (a) the importance of mathematical concept development and language; (b) provide an example of a lack of precise conceptual understanding of prime number among pre-service teacher math educators; and (c) list explicit strategies that can be used to facilitate both the conceptual and language development at the pre-service level.
Awareness about Right of Children to Free and Compulsory (RTE) Act 2009 among Elementary Teachers in Coimbatore District
Author: Ramachandran, Reshmi
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Civil Rights,Teaching Experience,Elementary School Teachers,Scores,Childrens Rights,Access to Education,Compulsory Education,School Districts,Teacher Surveys,Teacher Attitudes,Teacher Qualifications,Educational Legislation,Neighborhood Schools,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

As per RTE Act 2009, all children between the age of 6 and 14 shall have the right to free and compulsory elementary education at neighborhood schools. The facilities as mentioned in the RTE Act should reach into the hands of students properly and the teachers should have a good awareness level. This article explores the awareness of RTE Act 2009 among elementary school teachers in Coimbatore District. In this article, survey method was adopted with 100 elementary school teachers taken as a sample from Coimbatore District. A Personal Data Sheet was used to collect demographic information like qualification, locale, teaching experience and type of management. It was found that awareness level of average group was highest with 58% of the total sample. The mean scores of teachers in rural area was higher than the mean scores of urban area. In this case mean scores of under graduate teachers and post graduate teachers as well as teachers having teaching experience between 0 and 10 years and between 10 and 20 years are almost equal. From the total analysis it was found that the teachers are required to have better awareness about RTE Act in order to attain the aim of the Act.
Anxiety as It Pertains to EFL Writing Ability and Performance
Author: Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali Salmani
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Anxiety,English (Second Language),Writing Skills,Writing Achievement,Correlation,Scores,Regression (Statistics),Measures (Individuals),Second Language Learning,Communication (Thought Transfer),Likert Scales,Foreign Countries,College Students,Factor Analysis,Scoring Rubrics

This paper reports the results of a study conducted to find (a) the impact of anxiety on EFL learners' writing performance, and (b) the relationship between anxiety and foreign language writing ability. 137 (N = 137) EFL learners took the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS), the Oxford Placement Test (OPT), and a writing task on a sensitive political topic. Results of the FLCAS were used to assess the participants' degrees of trait, state, and situational anxiety, and OPT scores indicated their proficiency levels. The writing task scores were used as a measure for the participants' writing task performance. Regression and partial correlation analyses were conducted. The findings of the study showed that state anxiety is debilitative whereas situational anxiety and trait anxiety are facilitative. It was concluded that mitigation strategies, discursive textual techniques, and the use of passive voice are in fact triggered by state anxiety rather than by writers' face-saving intentions or their inclination to show politeness.
Assessing Postgraduate Students&apos; Critical Thinking Ability
Author: Javed, Muhammad
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Graduate Students,Student Evaluation,Critical Thinking,Cognitive Ability,Foreign Countries,Thinking Skills,Cognitive Tests,Gender Differences,Statistical Analysis

This paper addresses to assess the critical thinking ability of postgraduate students. The target population was the male and female students at University level in Pakistan. A small sample of 45 male and 45 female students were selected randomly from The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Cornell Critical Thinking Test Series, The Cornell Class- Reasoning Test, Form X developed by Ennis (1964) were used to assess the students' critical thinking ability. SPSS version 20 was used to analyze the data. The percentage was calculated to assess the students' critical thinking ability. The t-test was used to make comparison of the students' ability on gender bases. The analysis, based on t-value, revealed an insignificant difference between the critical thinking ability of male and female students. Recommendations were furnished in order to improve the students' critical thinking skills.
Students&apos; Perception Is the Instrument to Predict the Quality of Teachers in Higher Education: A Regression Analysis
Author: Jena, Ananta Kumar
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Regression (Statistics),Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Learning Problems,College Faculty,Teacher Effectiveness,Correlation,Predictor Variables,Teaching Skills,Teaching Methods,Indians,Foreign Countries,College Students,Sampling,Learning Processes,Identification,Surveys,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis

The main purpose of the paper was to study the students' perception towards teachers' depth of content knowledge, teachers' skill of using instructional strategies, diagnosis of learning difficulties and teachers' knowledge of students' understanding in relation to their professional health. The students' of different Indian Universities were the population of the study. Among them 2,000 students and 500 University teachers from the population were the selected sample of the study. All the samples were collected by following random sampling techniques. The present study was a survey by means of enquiring the present status of learners' perception of teachers' depth of content knowledge, teachers' skill of using instructional objective, diagnosis of learning difficulties and knowledge of students' understanding as the instruments for professional health check up at University level. It indicated that there was a positive significant relationship between all the factors above. It was resulted that students' perception on these factors were the predictors of teachers' professional health check-up. Therefore, teachers should be aware and they should increase their overall depth of knowledge for the flexible teaching-learning process. It is necessary to conduct investigation regarding all teachers' depth of knowledge, academic career and the relation with age and gender.
A Study on Intelligence of High School Students
Author: Rani, M. Usha
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Intelligence,Intelligence Differences,High School Students,Intellectual Disciplines,Gender Differences,Teaching Methods,Institutional Characteristics,Intelligence Quotient,Cognitive Ability,Foreign Countries,Intelligence Tests

Intelligence involves the ability to think, solve problems, analyze situations, and understand social values, customs, and norms. Intelligence is a general mental capability that involves the ability to reason, plan, think abstractly, comprehend ideas and language, and learn. Intellectual ability involves comprehension, understanding, and learning from experience. The objective of the study is to find out the intelligence of High School Students. Survey method was used for the study. 1,564 high school students from Madurai and Virudhunagar Districts were taken as sample using stratified random sampling technique. Raven's Standard Progressive matrices were used to measure the intelligence of high school students. Mean, Standard deviation, and t test were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there is significant difference in intelligence test scores of high school students in terms of area of study, gender, medium of instruction and board of school.
A Study of Prosocial Behaviour and Self Concept of Adolescents
Author: Gupta, Deepty
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Prosocial Behavior,Self Concept,Adolescents,Gender Differences,Correlation,Hypothesis Testing,Secondary School Students,Grade 7,Grade 8,Grade 9,Foreign Countries,Rating Scales,Statistical Analysis

Adolescence is a vital period in social development, because adolescents can be easily influenced by the people they develop close relationships with. At the stage of adolescence peer groups offer the opportunity to develop social skills such as empathy, sharing, and leadership. A number of family characteristics are also related to the development of prosocial and antisocial behaviour in children and adolescents. Prosocial behaviour is aimed to establish positive, empathic, co-operative and socially responsible relationships in order to benefit others. Prosocial behaviour fosters positive traits that are beneficial for children and society. Similarly their self-concept begins being much more complex and tangible than it was when they were children. Self-concept reflects how an adolescent evaluates himself or herself in domains (or areas) in which he or she considers success as important. Previous empirical evidence reveals that acting in a prosocial and altruistic manner could increase someone's self-concept. So the researchers have conducted the study of prosocial behaviour and self concept in Male and Female Adolescents, and also to identify the relationship between prosocial behaviour and self concept. The findings of the study have revealed that overall self concept of adolescents was found to be average and favourable and there was no significant difference found between self concept of male and female adolescents. The Prosocial Behaviour of adolescents was average and favourable and there was significant difference found between prosocial behaviour of male and female adolescents. There was significant relationship found between prosocial behaviour and self concept of adolescents.
Biotrichotomy: The Neuroscientific and Neurobiological Systemology, Epistemology, and Methodology of the Tri-Squared Test and Tri-Center Analysis in Biostatistics
Author: Osler, James Edward
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Neurosciences,Epistemology,Biology,Statistics,Data Analysis,Mixed Methods Research,Research Methodology,Psychometrics,Statistical Analysis

This monograph provides a neuroscience-based systemological, epistemological, and methodological rational for the design of an advanced and novel parametric statistical analytics designed for the biological sciences referred to as &quot;Biotrichotomy&quot;. The aim of this new arena of statistics is to provide dual metrics designed to analyze the Pre and the Post Hoc outcomes of biological phenomena. The data analysis methodology of &quot;Biotrichotomy&quot; as &quot;Biotrichotometrics&quot; uses the unique instrumentation of the qualitative to quantitative &quot;Tri-Squared Test&quot; and its associated Post Hoc statistic &quot;Tri-Center Analysis&quot; as in-depth data analytic psychometrics. Using these two tools together the researcher has a seamless longitudinal research methodology. Access through these procedures also allows the use of the traditional parametric statistical measures of central tendency within the trichotomous research design framework. In terms of post hoc metrics, Tri-Center Analysis involves the computation of normal distribution parametric measures to examine the values of an independent statistically significant Tri-Squared Test. Both systems of statistical analysis were initially introduced in the i-manager's &quot;Journal on Mathematics&quot; and i-manager's &quot;Journal of Educational Technology&quot; respectively, and the result of this paper illustrates their utility, usability, and viability.
Dispositional Forgiveness as a Predictor of Psychological Resilience among Women: A Sign of Mental Health
Author: Abid, Momina
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Females,Mental Health,Resilience (Psychology),Predictor Variables,Marital Status,Adults,Prosocial Behavior,Foreign Countries,Likert Scales,Surveys

Mental health includes several components of living a healthy life such as one's ability to enjoy life and to cope with stresses. Forgiveness is also one path to mental health. Present study aimed to investigate the predictive relationship of dispositional forgiveness with psychological resilience and to explore the role of marital status in dispositional forgiveness and psychological resilience among women. 160 women aged between 21-40 participated in the study and provided data on Heartland Forgiveness Scale (Thompson et al., 2005) and The Brief Resilience Scale (Smith et. al., 2008). Results showed a significant positive impact on forgiveness and psychological resilience among women. Findings further revealed that marital status was the significant determinant of forgiveness and resilience among women. It was found that married women have significant effects on forgiveness and resilience. Study has the implication to enhance the mental health by learning forgiveness skills, because universal forgiveness exercises can help to find best strategies to deal with feeling of stress, hurt, pain, revenge, resentment and so on.
Tracking Concept Development through Semiotic Evolution
Author: Ronen, Ilana
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Concept Formation,Case Studies,Qualitative Research,Discourse Communities,Semiotics,Evolution,Models,Discourse Analysis,Foreign Countries

A qualitative research focused on a case study aiming to monitor emergent knowledge in a discourse group by tracking the development of the concept &quot;goal.&quot; The analysis, based on &quot;Semiotic Evolution&quot; methodology facilitates the description of interactions between personal perceptions in the group discourse, illustrating the change process and signs development. It is suggested that knowledge was emerged from a free, self-organized discourse interaction which was encouraged by a constructivist leadership. The new knowledge was manifested by expanding the boundaries of the concept &quot;goal&quot; and it changed the members' behavior. Understanding emergent knowledge is useful in teaching and Teacher Education processes as well as in Adult Education.
Re-Conceptualizing &quot;Scaffolding&quot; and the Zone of Proximal Development in the Context of Symmetrical Collaborative Learning
Author: Fernández, Manual
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Sociocultural Patterns,Scaffolding (Teaching Technique),Comparative Analysis,Intervention,Teaching Methods,Outcomes of Education,Foreign Countries,Language Usage,Cooperative Learning,Video Technology,Discourse Analysis,Grade 4,Elementary School Students,Mexicans,Low Income

The linked concepts of &quot;scaffolding&quot; and the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) were originally applied to the context of asymmetrical teaching and learning with a teacher or adult explicitly supporting a learner, usually a child, to achieve tasks beyond their ability when working alone. In this paper we investigate how these concepts need to be reconceptualized if they are to be applied to the different context of symmetrical learning amongst groups of peers. We present two separate studies. In the first one we analyze the type of talk used by a group of children from Mexico solving the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (RSPM) test together both before and after an intervention program teaching &quot;exploratory talk&quot;. Our analysis demonstrates a ZPD created by the way in which they talk together. In the second study we present the comparison of the talk of two groups of children, one from Mexico and the other from the UK, solving together a single matrix from the RSPM test. Our analysis shows how the concept of &quot;scaffolding&quot; can be applied to understand how these groups of children use language to support shared thinking and learning. In both studies we found that applying ideas of &quot;scaffolding&quot; and the ZPD to symmetrical learning required the re-conceptualization of these concepts as characterizations of dynamic processes within dialogues.