ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Students' Critical Thinking Ability: Description Based on Academic Level and Gender
Author: Zetriuslita, Hj.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Critical Thinking,Cognitive Ability,Gender Differences,Calculus,Interviews,Mathematics Tests,Minimum Competency Testing,Qualitative Research,College Mathematics,Mathematical Aptitude,Mathematical Concepts,Ability Grouping,Problem Solving,Foreign Countries

This research aims to describe students' critical thinking ability based on the level academic and gender. The populations of this study were 132 students participating in five classes of Calculus course. The research data obtained through technical tests and interview techniques. This study found that the high level of capability, both male students or female students already have the ability to generalize the ability to complete the data provided and do not yet have the ability to identify and justify the concept and analyze algorithms. At medium and low levels of capability, male students or female students show similar.
Making a Literacy Plan: Developing an Integrated Curriculum That Meets Your School&apos;s Needs
Author: Schutte, Annie
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Literacy Education,Curriculum Development,Integrated Curriculum,School Libraries,Librarians,Skill Development,Planning,Goal Orientation,Teaching Methods,Role

Literacy does not happen in a single lesson or course. There are no shortcuts to gaining mastery over a skill set, whether it is reading literacy, information literacy and research skills, online literacy and digital citizenship, or visual literacy. School librarians dream about a perfect integrated curriculum: there is ample time for collaboration and a library presence in every class; teachers, school librarians, and administrators work toward common goals in developing student skills; and students get individual support to reach the targets set out for them. This article outlines a six-step process that school librarians can use to start building focused, long-term student literacy in any given skill set. The preparation begins with identifying the essential skills that the school's students need to work on, and then developing consensus and excitement around goals related to improving these essential skills. The process includes creating an action plan that makes the literacy goals present and visible within the school and figuring out where and how they fit into existing curriculum. And of course, there is plenty of on-the-ground planning, mapping, and reflecting with teachers about how to strengthen instruction and improve students' skills.
Design Thinking and the School Library
Author: Coleman, Mary Catherine
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Design,School Libraries,Cognitive Processes,Thinking Skills,Innovation,Empathy,Cooperative Planning,Teamwork,Grade 1,Elementary School Students,Childrens Literature,Brainstorming,Teaching Methods,Cooperative Learning

This past school year, the author set out to develop lessons that incorporated the design thinking process into her literature exploration curriculum in the school library. Design thinking is a term that the author has heard many times over the past few years in the context of education. Design thinking has been incorporated into the school environment as a way to devise more-effective professional development and class schedules, and student-centered classroom spaces. In this article, this author discusses design thinking, elements of the design thinking process, and steps of the design thinking process. The author presents a lesson on designing a better house for the Three Little Pigs.
Linking Work Integrated Learning and Competency of Graduates Pursuing Graduate Diploma in Teaching Profession
Author: Puncreobutr, Vichian
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Integrated Activities,Graduate Students,Teacher Education Curriculum,Workplace Learning,Questionnaires,Statistical Significance,Knowledge Level,Academic Standards,Predictor Variables,Teacher Competency Testing,Competency Based Teacher Education,Foreign Countries

The objective of this research was to study the level of work integrated learning (WIL), and the competency of the teaching profession based on the standards of knowledge of the graduates at St. Theresa International College. The study group consisted of 115 graduates pursuing Graduate Diploma in Teaching Profession Program. The questionnaire was constructed by the researcher and tested for validity, which evidenced that it holds good reliability. The statistical tools used for the study were descriptive statistics and Pearson's simple correlation moment. It is found that the work integrated learning (WIL) and competency of graduates pursuing Graduate Diploma in Teaching Profession is at high level. It is also found that the relationship between work integrated learning and competency of the graduates in teaching profession is at moderate level 0.505, with a statistical significance value of 0.01. Hence, strong relationship was not found between the individual dimensions. Further measures should be taken to reduce the gaps. Recommendations are presented for the further study.
Psychological Preparation for Peak Performance in Sports Competition
Author: Ohuruogu, Ben
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Competition,Sport Psychology,Athletes,Mental Health,Physical Fitness,Personality Traits,Anxiety,Goal Orientation,Attention,Environmental Influences,Performance

This paper attempts to make an overview of various techniques, sport psychologist adopt in psychological preparation of athletes for peak performance. To attain peak performance in sports competitions, coaches and athletes should not base their prospect on physical training on sport skills alone rather should integrate both the mental and physical aspects of performance. During sport competitions athlete should enter the competition with the proper mindset so as to achieve optimum performance. The importance of a sport psychologist to athletes or sports team in this respect cannot be overemphasized, therefore the sport psychologist is in a position to provide the needed therapy to athletes who have been psyched-out by personal, motivational and environmental factors. The paper therefore recommended among others that athletes should be advised for practice mental and psychological skill training and, faster rehabilitation of an injured athlete should be done as this would help to achieve success in peak performance
Perceptions of Teachers Using Social Stories for Children with Autism at Special Schools in Saudi Arabia
Author: Alotaibi, Faihan
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,Story Telling,Intervention,Interpersonal Competence,Semi Structured Interviews,Foreign Countries,Special Schools,Autism,Religion,Islam,Cultural Influences,Barriers,Teaching Methods,Qualitative Research

Social Stories™ have been found to be an effective intervention in supporting the improvement of social capabilities for children with autism. However, there are no studies that discuss the possible cultural implications in their implementation and classroom use. For instance, there has been little discussion on the cultural connotations presented by the selected images or topics. Furthermore, no studies have explicitly studied the implications of employing Social Stories in countries which have a distinctive character due to the influence of religion, such as Saudi Arabia. In other words, no studies have reviewed how a person in Saudi Arabia may perceive a commercially purchased Social Stories in contrast to a person in, say, the United Kingdom. This study focuses on investigating the adoption of Social Stories as an intervention to improve the social skills of children with autism in the Saudi Arabia context. The study explores the perceptions of fifteen teachers from two special schools in Riyadh who work with children with autism and employ Social Stories with their children. The teachers were interviewed using semi-structured interviews and their views of the various factors that affect the use of Social Stories in social skills interventions were explored. Findings from this study indicate that the teachers were aware of what constituted Social Stories (that is, the concept) and of where they could be obtained in Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, they recognised the different barriers and factors contributing to the effective use of Social Stories. Culture, in particular, was highlighted as a significant potential barrier to the use of Social Stories. For instance, the depiction of dress code or items which are not permissible according to the Islamic laws of Saudi Arabia in the imagery used in Social Stories. Opportunities for further research were also provided.
Unemployment and Underemployment as Indices of Nigerian Youths' Mental Health and the Place of Agricultural Revolution as a Panacea: Implications for Counselling
Author: Omoniyi, Mary Banke Iyabo
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Unemployment,Underemployment,Mental Health,Young Adults,College Graduates,Governance,Agriculture,Questionnaires

Nigeria has a population of about 166.2 million as recorded in 2012 and 113 recognized universities apart from poly-techniques and colleges of education. These higher institutions of learning are churning out graduates in their thousands who have nothing to engage them from year to year in their thousands. The focus of this is to examine the psychological impacts of unemployment and underemployment on the mental health of Nigeria youths and the place of good governance and agricultural revolution as panacea. Research hypotheses were raised to guide the study. A self-constructed 25 item questionnaire was used to elicit information from the 167 subjects for the study. The content validity was determined while its reliability was as carried out through a test-retest method with a coefficient of 0.75. The data collected were subjected to appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that the perceived level of stress due to unemployment among both male female were not significantly different. The results further indicate that irrespective of how long youths have remained unemployed and their level of education, the preserved level of stress are not significantly different. Recommendations were made on designing initiatives to improve the citizen's well-being through good governance and intensive development and revolutionisation of the agricultural sectors.
Humour as EFL Learning-Teaching Strategy
Author: Al-Duleimi, Abbas Deygan Darweesh
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Humor,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Teaching Methods,Mixed Methods Research,College Faculty,English Teachers,College Students,Foreign Countries,Student Surveys,Teacher Surveys,Questionnaires,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes

It has been argued that humour is beneficial in the classroom because it increases social bonding between teachers and students, salience of information, and ultimately recall and retention. The current study attempts to test some assumptions about humour as a pedagogical tool. Results have indicated that using humour to teach material significantly increases students' overall performance. This study provides some valid evidence that humour may maximize the learning outcomes of the college classroom settings.
The Usage of CAUSE in Three Branches of Science
Author: Yang, Bei
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Semantics,Suprasegmentals,Academic Discourse,Computational Linguistics,Social Sciences,Technology,Natural Sciences,Language Usage,Verbs

Semantic prosody is a concept that has been subject to considerable criticism and debate. One big concern is to what extent semantic prosody is domain or register-related. Previous studies reach the agreement that CAUSE has an overwhelmingly negative meaning in general English. Its semantic prosody remains controversial in academic writing, however, because of the size and register of the corpus used in different studies. In order to minimize the role that corpus choice has to play in determining the research findings, this paper uses sub-corpora from the British National Corpus to investigate the usage of CAUSE in different types of scientific writing. The results show that the occurrence of CAUSE is the highest in social science, less frequent in applied science, and the lowest in natural and pure science. Its semantic prosody is overwhelmingly negative in social science and applied science, and mainly neutral in natural and pure science. It seems that the verb CAUSE lacks its normal negative semantic prosody in contexts that do not refer to human beings. The implications of the findings for language learning are also discussed.
Effect of Core Training Program on Physical Functional Performance in Female Soccer Players
Author: Taskin, Cengiz
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Females,Athletes,Team Sports,Training,Program Effectiveness,Physical Fitness,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Comparative Analysis,Body Height,Body Weight,Pretests Posttests,Measurement,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis,Nonparametric Statistics

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of core training program on speed, acceleration, vertical jump, and standing long jump in female soccer players. A total of 40 female soccer players volunteered to participate in this study. They were divided randomly into 1 of 2 groups: core training group (CTG; n = 20) and control group (CG; n = 20). The mean (SD) age was 19.05 ± 1.15 years, height was 160.60 ± 4.22 cm, weight was 56.45 ± 3.33 kg, and sport age was 4.50 ± 1.24 for the core training group; the mean (SD) age was 18.55 ± 0.76 years, height was 159.10 ± 3.86 cm, weight was 52.20 ± 3.60 kg, and sport age was 3.35 ± 0.75 years for the control group. Following randomization, the 2 groups did not differ significantly (p&gt;0.05) in any of the dependent variables. The subjects in the control group did not participate in the training and participated only in the pre- and posttest measurements. To evaluate the effect of core training over the functional performance, we applied a testing procedure that included measurements of speed, acceleration, vertical jump, and standing long jump. The core training group showed a 3.4%, 5.9%, 13.3%, 4.2% improvement in speed, acceleration, vertical jump, and standing long jump (respectively) (P&lt;0.05), whereas the control group did not change (P&gt;0.05). In conclusion, Core exercises were improved speed, acceleration, vertical jump, and standing long jump in 18-19 years-old female soccer players. Therefore, it is believed core training is necessary for optimal sport performance and should not be dismissed for all sport branches.
Student's Perceived Level and Teachers' Teaching Strategies of Higher Order Thinking Skills: A Study on Higher Educational Institutions in Thailand
Author: Shukla, Divya
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Thinking Skills,College Students,College Faculty,Teaching Methods,Student Attitudes,Gender Differences,Teacher Characteristics,Student Surveys,Teacher Surveys,Age Differences,Teaching Experience,Teacher Qualifications,Statistical Analysis

Higher order thinking skills (HOTS) has portrayed immense industry demand and the major goal of educational institution in imparting education is to inculcate higher order thinking skills. This compiles and mandate the institutions and instructor to develop the higher order thinking skills among students in order to prepare them for effective performance and meet the employers' expectations (Heong et al., 2011). Role of teaching strategies plays a vital role in such inculcation where students can analyze, interpret, reason out, synthesize, evaluate and create. The current study signifies the perceptual understanding of higher order thinking skills of the graduate passing through the higher educational institutions in Thailand. The study also contributes to the literature with bridging the conceptual gap with examining the relationship between teachers' professional components with teaching strategy of higher order thinking skills. The study has explored the perceived level of HOTS among students and its difference between genders. It has also attempted to know the teaching strategies for the inculcation of HOTS being practiced in Thailand and its relations with teachers' professional component such as designation, educational qualifications, teaching experience, research experience and training and workshop exposure. The research participants into the study are 126 teachers and 659 students. This incorporates survey within various courses of leading International higher educational institutions and universities in Bangkok. Two survey instruments were employed; the first survey was administered on teachers intending to measure the teaching strategies to impart higher order thinking skills and teachers' professional component. The second instrument has undertaken the Mazaro's rubric for specific task and situation to assess the perceived level of higher order thinking skills among students. The finding of the study revealed that students have shown medium level of higher order thinking skills. The teachers are using more knowledge development and application strategies. The teachers' professional components such as designation, teaching experience and qualification are significantly correlated with strategies used for imparting higher order thinking skills. Based on the observation study has furnished suggested measures and future dimensions of the research.
Why Data Literacy Matters
Author: Fontichiaro, Kirstin
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Information Literacy,Data Collection,Data Analysis,Skill Development,School Libraries,Librarians,Statistical Analysis,Visualization,Persuasive Discourse,Information Management,Ethics,Social Media

As many states move forward with adoption or adaptation of the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards, Common Core State Standards, and/or Next Generation Science Standards, students are expected to be fluent with data: to collect and analyze it, create figures and tables, integrate quantitative information, and move fluidly between text and visually represented numerical information. Tackling self-study in data and statistical literacy can be a challenge. In a new Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded project to develop data literacy as a subset of information literacy skills, the authors have concentrated on how students read, comprehend, evaluate, and synthesize data and not on how they create and organize data via lab experiments. In doing so, they have identified the following six significant themes for school librarians to consider, which are described in this article: (1) Statistical Literacy; (2) Data Visualization; (3) Data in Argument; (4) Big Data and Citizen Science; (5) Personal Data Management; and (6) Ethical Data Use.
The Necessity of ASEAN Community in Producing Pilots
Author: Saowaros, Thanoo
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Flight Training,Observation,Content Analysis,Position Papers,Interviews,Labor Needs,Occupational Surveys,Educational Needs,Needs Assessment,Barriers,Vignettes,Aviation Education,Foreign Countries

The main objectives of this study are to identify the reasons for the shortage of pilots; the necessity of producing Pilots and the obstacles and problems faced by ASEAN Community in producing pilots. The study is conducted by official documents, observations, in-depth interview from personnel who are working for Airports Authority of Thailand, Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd., Civil Aviation Training Center, The Aviation Training Units, Airlines Administrative College and people who have passed in their flight training courses and are waiting for their Pilot Licenses as a whole. Primarily, there are 30 respondents who have given the required information. The study has found that: 1) the shortage of pilots is because of the growth of Low-Cost Carriers, due to the increase of its routes, increase in number of passengers who fly in and out of the country, the increase in aircraft producing process and pilot resignations. 2) There is necessity to produce more pilots, because of few institutions that offer pilot programmes. Besides, there are not too many students who opt to undergo the programme of Multi Crew Pilot License (MPL), usually this program takes at least 1 to 3 years to complete. 3) The obstacles and problems in producing pilots in ASEAN countries are the expensiveness of the teaching equipments, the high tuition fees and the stress encountered by most trainees in clearing tests.
Dilemma of Access and Provision of Quality Basic Education in Central Region, Ghana
Author: Amakyi, Michael
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Access to Education,Educational Quality,Quality Assurance,Educational Facilities,Administrator Surveys,Public Schools,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Observation,Check Lists

A survey research was conducted to find out if reported improvements in access to education in Ghana are reflected in comparable improvements in delivery of quality education. The study examined theoretical constructs on adequacy and quality assurance in education to ascertain the state of quality provision in education, and whether there is a significant difference in existing quality provisions in education and what the quality provisions should be as perceived by the study respondents. Questionnaire and quality indicators observation check list were used to collect data from the study respondents consisting of heads of basic schools in the Central region of Ghana who were selected by simple random sampling technique. Data collected were analyzed using both descriptive statistics and gap analysis that utilized paired samples t test procedure.Major findings reported in the study showed that reported improvements in access to education do not correspond to improvements in the provision of educational facilities to assure the delivery of quality education. Also, there was statistically significant difference in existing quality provisions in education and what the quality provisions should be.