ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Investigating Visually Disabled Students' Attitudes about Physical Education and Sport
Author: Dalbudak, Ibrahim
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Visual Impairments,Student Attitudes,Correlation,Computer Software,Statistical Analysis,Physical Education,Measures (Individuals),Athletes,High School Students,Elementary School Students,Item Analysis,Questionnaires,Comparative Analysis,College Students,Gender Differences,Age Differences,Team Sports,Family Characteristics,Positive Attitudes,Attendance,Scheduling,Disabilities,Foreign Countries

This study aims to investigate visually disabled students', who study in the level of primary education, high school, university, attitudes about physical education and sport in terms of different variables. Totally 100 visually disabled students who are individual and team athletes and study in Izmir, (8 visually disabled athletes study in primary education; 30 visually disabled athletes study in high school; 62 visually disabled athletes study in university) attended the research. &quot;Physical Education and Sport Attitude Scale&quot; which consists of 12 positive and 12 negative and totally 24 items and was developed by Demirhan and Altay (2001), was used in order to survey students' attitudes. Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was calculated as 0.93, Criterion validity coefficient is calculated as 0.83. Data which were obtained from a questionnaire were analysed in SPSS 20.0 packaged software. Cronbach Alpha reliability analysis, frequency tables, Pearson correlation analysis, independent sample &quot;t&quot; test for comparing two groups, one-way analysis of variance for comparing more than two groups, and LSD test were used within the analysis. As a result of the research, differences according to sex, age, education level, individual and team sport, sport status in family variables were not determined in visually disabled students' attitudes about physical education and sport (p&gt; 0,05). It can be said that both two groups have positive attitudes about physical education and sport. Visually disabled students' attendance to physical education and sport activities, their beliefs that they pass their time in a better way by doing exercise and sport; physical education and sport will provide important benefit in the future, their important time allocation for physical education and sport activities show that they have positive attitude for physical education and sport.
The Effect of Leadership Styles on Learners' Performance. The Case of Asonomaso Nkwanta in the Kwabre District Assembly of Ashanti Region in Ghana
Author: Gyasi, Richard Sarfo
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Leadership Styles,Academic Achievement,Junior High School Students,Geographic Regions,Mixed Methods Research,Correlation,Knowledge Level,Self Efficacy,Educational Quality,Leadership Training,Faculty Development,Principals

The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of leadership styles on academic performance in Junior High Schools (JHS) in Asonomaso Nkwanta in the Kwabre District Assembly of Ashanti Region in Ghana. The design for the study was a mixed study using both the qualitative and quantitative analyzes. It was a correlation survey designed to establish the relationship between leadership styles and academic performance in schools in Asonomaso Nkwanta in the Kwabre District Assembly. Data collected on the leadership styles of the school leaders were the independent variables and the academic performance as dependent variables. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22 and Epi-Info, a data capturing and analysis software. The study noted that unless the headmasters are well equipped with knowledge and skills in leadership they would not know if they have any influence on their schools and on academic work. The study also established that even though respondents agreed that a leadership style can affect academic performance, the headmasters do not gain the confidence of the stakeholders enough in order to build terms that can enhance quality of teaching and learning. Based on these establishments, it was recommended that teacher training institutions should incorporate in their curriculum, training in the art and science of leadership in order to groom leaders' right from school. Again, it is recommended that compulsory continuous professional development in leadership should be institutionalized in Ghana Education Service (GES) for headmasters.
An Evaluation of Digital Stories Created for Social Studies Teaching
Author: Seker, Burcu Sezginsoy
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Studies,Teaching Methods,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Preservice Teachers,Elementary School Teachers,Foreign Countries,Case Studies,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis,Surveys,Semi Structured Interviews,Student Evaluation,Story Telling,Video Technology,Audio Equipment

Digital stories are useful tools for combining technology with education, in terms of the preparation stage, practicality, availability and usability as an evaluation instrument. In this study, digital stories created in a social studies teaching class were evaluated and the opinions of primary school teacher candidates were obtained concerning the digital stories they created. The study group consisted of 35 teacher candidates studying in the 3rd grade of the Primary School Teaching Department, Necatibey Faculty of Education, Balikesir University. In this study, the case study method was used and both qualitative and quantitative data were also included to further investigate the subject. The Digital Story Evaluation Scale and Semi-structured Interview Form were used for collecting data. After implementing the Digital Story Evaluation Scale an Individual Performance Grade (IPG) was created to evaluate the individual performances of the teacher candidates. As a result of the data analyses, the difficulties encountered in the digital story creation process were studied after they had been divided into six categories, including the audio record not working simultaneously with the images, not being able to create an ideal scenario, not being able to find an appropriate image for the scenario, audio disconnection during image transition, difficulties in finding background music, and difficulties in using the programme.
On the Research of the Methodology of Mathematization of Pedagogical Science
Author: Perminov, Evgeniy ?.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Research Methodology,Mathematics,Mathematics Education,Mathematics Instruction,Foreign Countries,Educational Research,Mathematical Logic,Mathematical Concepts,Mathematical Models,Science Education,Science Instruction,Mathematics Skills,Questionnaires,Interviews,Higher Education

Topicality of the study is driven by the fact that the new fundamental mathematical ideas and methods of mathematics arise in the new era of mathematization of science and have a great influence on the formation of methodological culture of educational research in recent decades. The aim of the article is to identify the important aspects of the methodology of mathematization of pedagogical science. The leading approach to the study of this problem is a philosophical and mathematical analysis of aspects of the methodology of mathematization of pedagogical science that allows to consider in complex the aspects revealing in the light of mathematization of sciences. The analysis of the specified aspects describes the main features of a methodological interaction between mathematical and pedagogical science, the influence of the ideas and methods of modern mathematics and mathematical culture on pedagogical research, on the formation of conceptual and terminological bases of correct logic and of the reasoning of pedagogical research. The materials of the article can be used in the correct use of ideas and methods of modern mathematics during the study of the characteristic features of pedagogical objects, processes and phenomena.
Public ?onsciousness of Russians in the Socio-Cultural and Historical Dimension: Problems of Identity
Author: Sheregi, Franz Edmundovich
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Sociocultural Patterns,Social Status,Cultural Differences,Cultural Pluralism,Factor Analysis,Consciousness Raising,Citizenship,Ethnicity,Ethnic Groups,Social Problems

Over the past three decades, Russia has undergone profound socio-economic reforms, often initiated not by the population itself, but by the authorities. However, it is the population, its mass consciousness that has become the main object of deep transformations, expressed not only in a change of lifestyle, but also in the value orientations. Despite the strengthening of market relations, the expected economic effect in Russia has been failed to be achieved. One of the main reasons for this is the inertial mass public consciousness. On the basis of the all-Russian sociological study the article carried out an analysis of the mass consciousness of the Russian population structure--historical, patriotic, legal--and showed its inconsistency hindering the consolidation of the population within the established new political and ideological system framework.
Comparison of Test Scores Obtained by Eighth Graders on Illustrated and Abstract Content Questions: A Quantitative
Author: Aksakalli, Ayhan
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Comparative Analysis,Scores,Middle School Students,Grade 8,Test Items,Test Format,Foreign Countries,Illustrations,Test Wiseness,Academic Achievement,Statistical Analysis

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether students are more successful on abstract or illustrated test questions. To this end, the questions on an abstract test were changed into a visual format, and these tests were administered every three days to a total of 240 students at six middle schools located in the Erzurum city center and surrounding districts. After the data obtained from the study were examined, it was concluded that students were more successful in illustrated (visual) tests.
The Degree of Faculty's Use and Stimulation of Students' Critical Thinking from the Perspective of English Majors at Al-Quds University
Author: Naser, Inas Aref Saleh
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,Stimulation,Teaching Methods,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Questionnaires,Foreign Countries,Interviews,College Students,Student Attitudes,Gender Differences,Majors (Students),Thinking Skills,Workshops,Faculty Development,Language Teachers,Statistical Analysis

The purpose of this study is to determine the degree of faculty's use and stimulation of critical thinking skills in the English Department at Al-Quds University. To achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire consisting of 21 items was designed and applied to the study sample, consisting of 95 students in the English Department at Al-Quds University in Palestine. In addition to that, 11 students from the same department were interviewed. The results of the study showed that the degree of faculty's use and stimulation of critical thinking skills in the English Department were medium, and that there were no statistically significant differences in the degree of the faculty's use and stimulation of critical thinking due to gender and performance, and the presence of significant differences was due to level and in favor of third year English majors. The results of the students' interview also showed that there were skills that teachers used largely as the skill of interpretation and analysis, and that there were skills which were fairly used such as the skill of inference, and the assessment skill was low. In light of the results of the study, the researchers recommended the need for further similar studies on different samples and departments, the need of including a single course in critical thinking in the Faculty of Arts, and the need to hold workshops for teachers on critical thinking skills, especially the skill of assessment.
Study on Optimal Spatial Allocation between Tourism Industry and Subject--The Case of Yunnan Province
Author: Wang, Qi
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Geographic Regions,Tourism,Population Distribution,Municipalities,Classification,Community Development,Hypothesis Testing,Statistical Analysis

There exists mutual improvement and restriction between regional tourism industry and the development of the tourism subject. With the rapid development of the tourism industry, it has set up the tourism program in the universities of Yunnan Province. However, the regional development of the construction of tourism subject is not balanced and its construction is still at the primary stage. Therefore, in spatial dimension, the method of principal components analysis is firstly adopted to construct comprehensive evaluation index system of the tourism development and subject construction. According to the results of the evaluation and analysis, the authors have ranked and classified 16 cities in Yunan province and summarized 5 synchronous development types of the tourism subject and industry. Finally, according to the different regions, the authors have proposed the different modes of subject construction and the strategies of optimal allocation.
Mental Programs and Social Behavior Patterns in Russian Society
Author: Lubsky, Anatoly Vladimirovich
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Social Behavior,Political Attitudes,Social Values,Influences,Social Change

The objective of the article is to reconstruct the mental programs, their cognitive, axiological and connotative structures, and construction on this basis of various modal patterns of social behavior in Russian society. Methodology of the article is based on an interdisciplinary scientific approach making it possible to conceptually disclose the contents of reflexive structures of mental programs that determine modal patterns of social behavior. On the basis of the cognitive construction the authors identify the distinctive features of the liberal pattern, liberal-statist pattern, statist pattern, and conservative-liberal pattern of social behavior in Russian society. It is shown that in modern Russian society, two alternative modal patterns of social behavior can be distinguished: liberal and conservative. However, in real life these patterns are mostly hybrid: statist-liberal, as they include elements of the liberal behavior pattern.
Bridging Policy Implementation Gaps in Nigerian Education System: A Case Study of Universal Basic Education Programme in Cross River State, Nigeria
Author: Ogbiji, Joseph Etiongbie
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Case Studies,Access to Education,Literacy,Numeracy,Communication Skills,Questionnaires,Educational Policy,Program Implementation,Foreign Countries,Teacher Surveys,Teacher Attitudes,Statistical Analysis,Educational Attainment,Educational Finance,Interviews,Observation

This research focuses on identifying policy gaps in the implementation of Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme in Nigeria, with Cross River State being the study area. The three research questions used for the research center on the extent of the freeness of the UBE, the extent to which the programme has stimulated educational consciousness among the population and the extent of the impactation of literacy, numeracy and communication skills in its products. The study surveyed the opinion of 200 Head teachers from the three education zones of the state. The instrument used for the study was a 21 item researcher-made questionnaire on UBE policy implementation gaps in Nigeria. Mean and standard deviation was used to analyze the data. The findings reveal that the UBE programme has made modest achievements in reducing illiteracy, stimulated educational consciousness in the population, reduced financial burden on parents, reduced drop-out rate and increased transition rate to junior secondary school. But the gaps still left in the programme implementation include pupils being asked to pay for examination and handicraft. Uniform and mid-day meals are also not provided for. UBE products are still lacking in written communication and numerical competency. It was recommended that the funding of UBE should be the responsibility of all stakeholders and that special language and mathematics teachers should be provided to enhance the achievement of set objectives.
Prevalence, Causes and Effects of Bullying in Tertiary Institutions in Cross River State, Nigeria
Author: Ada, Mary Juliana
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Bullying,Etiology,Student Behavior,Academic Achievement,College Students,Questionnaires,Coding,Verbal Communication,Family Influence,Personality Traits,Educational Environment,Victims,Self Esteem,Stress Variables,Aggression,Statistical Analysis

This research is an evaluation of the impact of causes, consequences and effects of bullying in academic setting on student academic performance in tertiary institutions in Cross River State, Nigeria. The research made use of purposive and random sampling techniques made up of 302 students. Questionnaire served as the data collection instrument. The results obtained from the coded and analyzed data showed that vocal assaults (Mean = 4.0530) were the common forms of bullying in the tertiary institutions. Family, personality and school related factors were all determinants of bullying behaviors. Findings also revealed that the major effects of bullying were destruction of lives and properties, inability to fulfill destinies and family instability, breed social maladjustments, engender low self-esteem for victims, is stressful for both perpetuators and their victims and has brought about poor health status for victims generally. Bullying was also found to have negative effects on students' academic performance and this was found to be significant at 0.05 percent. The study was concluded based on recommendations.
Appropriate Educational Means of Dealing with the Phenomenon of Smoking among Zarqa University Students
Author: hatamleh, habes Moh'd
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Smoking,College Students,Health Promotion,Questionnaires,Student Attitudes,College Faculty,Teacher Attitudes,Incidence,Psychological Patterns,Family Influence,Social Influences,Religion,School Counseling,Consciousness Raising,Intervention

The study aimed to identify the (appropriate educational means of dealing with the phenomenon of smoking among Zarqa University students), and to achieve this goal, the descriptive approach has been used, also used a questionnaire submitted to (800) students of the sample, and a couple of open questions has been submitted to 70 members of the targeted faculty. Results showed that the prevalence of smoking among Zarqa University students were big and that is because of three major factors led to the spread of this phenomenon, which are the psychological factors: family factors, social factors. The results showed an accord among the sample members on ten appropriate techniques to deal with the phenomenon of smoking. These techniques are: (religious faith development in students to prevent themselves, notice the smoker about the harmful results of smoking on the body, hiring the unity of guidance and psychological services, intensify the awareness and establish a guiding exhibits of smoking effects and invite students and their parents to visit them through the indicative weeks, preparing brochures and pamphlets continued throughout the year as well as lectures, meetings and participate in the global weeks to combat smoking, preparing work papers and researches, preparing of research competitions, encourage students to engage in the various university activities to fill their leisure time, switching the smoker to Special unit (anti-smoking clinic) of medical treatment, guiding smokers by others that had quit, applying the rules of behavior and attendance.
Numerical Simulations of Shock Wave Refraction at Inclined Gas Contact Discontinuity
Author: Bulat, Pavel V.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Simulation,Equations (Mathematics),Scientific Concepts,Science Instruction,Visualization,Comparative Analysis,Science Experiments,Physics,Computation

When a shock wave interacts with a contact discontinuity, there may appear a reflected rarefaction wave, a deflected contact discontinuity and a refracted supersonic shock. The numerical simulation of shock wave refraction at a plane contact discontinuity separating gases with different densities is performed. Euler equations describing inviscid compressible flow were discretized using the finite volume method on unstructured meshes and WENO schemes. Time integration was performed using a third-order Runge-Kutta method. The wave structure resulting from regular shock refraction is determined allowing its properties to be explored. In order to visualize and interpret the results of numerical calculations, a procedure for identifying and classifying gas-dynamic discontinuities was applied. The procedure employed dynamic consistency conditions and digital image processing methods to determine flow structure and its quantitative characteristics. The results of the numerical and experimental visualizations were compared (shadow patterns, schlieren images, interferograms). The results computed are in an agreement with the theoretical and experimental predictions of a regular refraction of a shock wave on an inclined contact discontinuity.
Barriers to the Use of Computer Assistive Technology among Students with Visual Impairment in Ghana: The Case of Akropong School for the Blind
Author: Ampratwum, Joseph
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Computer Uses in Education,Assistive Technology,Special Schools,Case Studies,Interviews,Qualitative Research,Barriers,Keyboarding (Data Entry),Competence,Computer Literacy,Blindness,Visual Impairments,Computer Software,Audio Equipment

The study aimed at exploring barriers to the use of computer assistive technology among students with visual impairment at Akropong School for the Blind. A case study design was adopted and the purposive sampling technique used to select 35 participants for the study. The researchers gathered qualitative data using an in-depth interview guide to investigate barriers to the use of keyboarding skills and Job Access with Speech (JAWS). Data were transcribed and analysed thematically. That is the key themes were identified in the conversations and these were drawn and discussed. This was done using both the narrative methods and opened quotes from interviews. The findings indicated that challenges limiting effective use of computer assistive technology in the School were more personal than external influences. This was because most of the challenges were due to the individual response to the training and familiarity in developing their competencies in using computer assistive technology. Based on this, it was recommended that efforts should be made to stock the laboratory with additional computers. Directly in line with the first recommendation, it was further suggested that more practice time should be created for the students to maximize computer use. Also, Licensed JAWS must be acquired by the school to advance students' competence in using computer assistive technology. A number of the challenges were expressed by the students on their non- familiarity with the JAWS. As a result, it was recommended that instructors and trainers at the school should engage the students in revised lessons on introduction to computer. This will help to refresh the minds of students.