ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Stereotypical Beliefs about Cyber Bullying: An Exploratory Study in Terms of Myths
Author: Lampridis, Efthymios
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Stereotypes,Internet,Bullying,Beliefs,Psychometrics,Misconceptions,Sexual Harassment,Aggression,Gender Differences,Majors (Students),Undergraduate Students,Student Attitudes,Factor Analysis,Foreign Countries,Measures (Individuals),Reliability,Science Education,Technology Education,Social Networks,Computer Mediated Communication,Computer Games,Motivation,Rating Scales,Rape,Incidence,Age Differences,Victims

The present study investigates stereotypical beliefs about cyber bullying in terms of myths, a well applied concept in the study of beliefs concerning sexual aggression. The level of acceptance of cyber bullying myths (low vs. high) and the relation of myth acceptance to a number of demographic variables such as gender, field of studies, frequency of Internet use and type of online activity are examined. Also, beliefs about the forms, in terms of severity, and motives with respect to the acceptance of cyber bullying myths are assessed. University undergraduates from the Democritus University of Greece (n = 304) participated in the study. First, they completed a new measure assessing stereotypical beliefs about cyber bullying. Then, they ranked cyber bullying forms in terms of severity and they evaluate 5 different motives of cyber bullying. Exploratory factor analysis along with reliability testing yielded a 32 item scale with satisfactory psychometric properties. Overall, participants were found to accept cyber bullying myths moderately. Men, science and technology students, high users of the Internet and those who prefer chatting, gaming and social media when online found to accept myths higher, except those regarding the perpetrator. Significant differences regarding the ranking of cyber bullying forms and the assessment of motives were also obtained with respect to the variables mentioned above.
Status of Biodiversity and Its Conservation in the Kobadak River Basin of Maheshpur Upazila, Jhenaidah, Bangladesh
Author: Uddin, Jashim Md.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Biodiversity,Conservation (Environment),Foreign Countries,Interviews,Group Discussion,Periodicals,Web Sites,Animals,Pollution,Hazardous Materials,Nongovernmental Organizations,Surveys,Knowledge Level,Earth Science

This research project represents the Status of Biodiversity and Its Conservation of Kobadak River basin of Maheshpur Upazila. The study was designed to develop a set of information about the present condition of biodiversity of the study area. Both primary and secondary data have been used to fulfill the survey successfully. Primary data have been collected from focused group discussion, key informant interview and secondary data have been collected from journals, books, websites etc. and maps have been collected from websites. The significant importance of this survey is to conduct with a view to expand our knowledge on biodiversity conditions of Kapotakkho River at Maheshpur Upazila, Jhenaidah. Collected data from the study area indicates that the condition of biodiversity of the area is gradually deteriorating. This study also shows that many species is under threat of extinction. The main causes include pollution and contamination, siltation on riverbed, over-exploitation, and lack of awareness and also include lack of government initiatives and effective steps from NGOs. So, government initiative must be taken to protect biodiversity and maintain environmental balance. This study would help understand the present situation of the study area.
Rethinking Education--Emerging Roles for Teachers
Author: Dar, Fatima Rehan
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Role,Prosocial Behavior,Empathy,Role Models,Qualitative Research,Case Studies,Student Interests,Teacher Behavior,Elementary School Teachers,Elementary School Students,Consciousness Raising,Classroom Techniques,Observation,Teaching Methods,Affective Behavior,Skill Development,Interviews,Teacher Attitudes,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Second Language Learning,Language Teachers,Teaching Experience,Language of Instruction,Textbooks,Foreign Countries,Curriculum Development

The purpose of the study was to find out how teachers role modeled and taught empathetic and pro-social skills at the primary level. The study was qualitative in nature and followed a case study approach. Observations of regular English language classes were done from Grades 1-5 to see if class lessons incorporated the said themes and whether teachers displayed the stated skills in classrooms. Another set of observations were conducted after teachers were requested to highlight empathetic and pro-social themes in texts and activities. The second set of observations noticed if the use of empathetic and pro-social textual materials and activities raised awareness among students about the said themes and affected student interest and teacher behaviour in any way. Teachers were also interviewed to register their thoughts on their own empathetic and pro-social behaviours and their experience of teaching the same in classrooms. The deputy curriculum developer from Grades 1-5 was also interviewed to take her opinion about teachers as appropriate role models to teach the said skills and the time given to the development of such skills in the professional development programmes. The findings established teachers as weak role models for the demonstration of empathetic and pro-social skills in classrooms. However, they successfully incorporated and taught the same skills through texts. The paper encourages teachers to exhibit more empathetic and compassionate skills in classrooms so that students can be equipped with sound academic and affective skills for a more positive assimilation in society at large.
A Mode of Government-Enterprise-University-Institute-Employer Cooperation for Innovative Postgraduate Cultivation
Author: Tu, Yaqing
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Partnerships in Education,Graduate Study,Postdoctoral Education,Educational Innovation,College Graduates,Student Attitudes,Educational Attitudes,Student Surveys,Educational Quality,Training,Government School Relationship,School Business Relationship,Cooperative Education,Entrepreneurship,Talent Development,Innovation

Innovative talent training is an important task of postgraduate education. From the survey of innovative postgraduate training in China, we conclude that there is still much room for improvement in the innovative postgraduate cultivation. The survey shows that insufficient professional practice, simplex training mode and a mismatch between postgraduates' abilities and employers' professional requirement are considered to be defects of the current postgraduate education, among which the training mode is a key factor that determines the talent-training quality. According to the quality composition of innovative talents and academic demands of the postgraduate, factors that determine the training quality of innovative talents have been analyzed and a cooperation mode which combines the effort of government, enterprise, university, institute and employer for innovative postgraduate cultivation is proposed. The connotation and mechanism of the mode are expounded in detail. Four suggestions in implementing the proposed model is also put forward based on the previous practice experience.
A Comparison of Psychology Curriculum and Instruction: China &amp; America
Author: Huang, Feifei
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Comparative Education,Foreign Countries,Psychology,Study Abroad,Cultural Differences,Undergraduate Study,Graduate Study,Curriculum,Degree Requirements,Expectation

As China becomes a more international platform, studying abroad is an increasingly popular choice for Chinese students. Business is the most popular major Chinese students choose when studying abroad but a growing number of Chinese students are interested in psychology. To ensure a meaningful experience, it is essential to understand the differences of curriculum and instruction between Chinese universities and American universities. As is the case with many international students in American universities, Chinese students often face language issues. However, they might also encounter other issues related to the difference between American and Chinese culture. These cultural differences can add pressures to many Chinese students, which can negatively impact their academic progress.
Training of Aural Attention Components by Using the Computerized Program AUT
Author: Bernhofs, Valdis
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Aural Learning,Attention,Gifted,Young Children,Music Education,Cognitive Processes,Standardized Tests,Computer Uses in Education,Models,Control Groups,Program Effectiveness,Persistence

Attention, being a precondition for any cognitive process, has always been of the utmost importance for teachers. The teachers who work with musically gifted children also face the problems of insufficient concentration, and inability to listen attentively.The research is based on the acknowledgments about aural attention processes, the role of music parameters in the activation of the attention system's functions, as well as the cognitive processing of acoustic information as a result of structured training. During the research a system of structures was created and it includes two music parameters--pitch and rhythm. This system serves as a basis for its computerized model--the training program AUT. By including a standardized aural attention test AUDIVA, a research measuring the effectiveness of the newly-created AUT program was conducted. The participants of the research were 7-8 years old children (N = 85)--pupils of a school in which they were learning music-related subjects in-depth. Three groups were created: pitch (n = 30), rhythm (n = 30), and a control group (n = 25). The research concludes that in 7-8 years old children, who study music-related subjects, significant differences can be observed in attention's activity, persistence and distribution. Structured pitch and rhythm training activates the attention system, but the effect of this activation and persistence differs. This has been confirmed by the differences revealed in the effect's analysis in both experiment groups. The results of the training program's effectiveness analysis point to flexibility in the most important aural attention components--activation and alertness functions--during structured and level-based acoustic training.
Socially Conscious Ventures and Experiential Learning: Perceptions of Student Engagement
Author: Vasbinder, William
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Experiential Learning,Learner Engagement,Social Justice,Service Learning,Business Administration Education,Undergraduate Students,Private Colleges,Entrepreneurship,Small Businesses,Marketing,Strategic Planning,Qualitative Research,Grounded Theory,Construct Validity,Reliability,Teacher Attitudes,Private Sector,School Business Relationship,Semi Structured Interviews

This qualitative study explored stakeholder perceptions of the outcomes of semester-long experiential learning projects in five selected business courses at a small, private college. Students worked with the owners of socially conscious startup firms to develop and present strategic marketing and business plans. The work draws upon interviews with the business owners and faculty, as well as firsthand observations, to assist in identifying factors that promote or hinder student engagement in experiential learning initiatives.
Taiwan's Chinese Language Development and the Creation of Language Teaching Analysis
Author: Tsai, Cheng-Hui
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Chinese,Language of Instruction,Native Language Instruction,Integrated Curriculum,Bilingual Education,Cultural Differences,Asian Culture,Cultural Pluralism,Educational Practices,Cultural Influences,Cultural Literacy,Multicultural Education,Mandarin Chinese

Chinese Teaching in Taiwan in recent years in response to the international trend of development, making at all levels of Chinese language teaching in full swing, for the recent boom in Chinese language teaching, many overseas Chinese language learning for children also had a passion while actively learning Chinese language, and even many overseas ethnic Chinese children to learn Chinese language and went oceans, arrived in Taiwan to learn Mandarin. This study presents the Chinese language teaching, the definition is as &quot;Chinese&quot; as the Chinese language and voice, and &quot;Chinese&quot; is for the Chinese literature and culture; therefore will combine &quot;cultural points&quot; &quot;language spots&quot;; coherent development into a &quot;Chinese Language Line&quot;; then woven into a &quot;Chinese language teaching face&quot;; Finally, integration into the world,&quot;Chinese language curriculum integration network.&quot; The integration of language teaching in China, among other disciplines, is very important for Chinese language teaching essence. Research will examine the views discussed &quot;Chinese language integration courses&quot; to carry out, how to make a solid foundation for Chinese language teaching language skills, you can make the Chinese language teaching to deepen the connotation of Chinese literature, culture, society, history ...... so, even indigenous multi-ethnic ...... and other related courses, either in Taiwan or overseas Chinese language teaching of foreign learners begin to experience the multicultural make baptism as the goal, and then deep essence and mystery of Chinese culture for thousands of years at the world, creating new culture of &quot;diversity of thinking,&quot; and a full range of &quot;polygonal learning&quot; to make &quot;cultural communities&quot; international exchanges bring out the bright spark of a new era.
Components of Self-Regulated Learning; Implications for School Performance
Author: Mih, Codruta
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Metacognition,Learning Strategies,Goal Orientation,Self Efficacy,Test Anxiety,Correlation,High Achievement,Academic Ability,Learning Motivation,Affective Behavior,Cognitive Processes,Critical Thinking,Cognitive Ability,Foreign Countries,Case Studies,High School Students,Academic Achievement,Questionnaires

Self-regulated school learning behavior includes the activation of a relatively large number of psychological dimensions. Among the most important self-regulation constructs that influence school learning are: learning goals, personal self-efficacy, metacognition and test-anxiety. The adaptive functioning of these is associated with high performance at school and advanced learning competency. Previous studies have identified numerous correlations between the above mentioned variables. Thus, different learning goals determine different evolution trajectories. Competency and performance goals can activate cognitive, motivational, affective strategies and differences in performance. Advanced metacognition is linked with high self-efficacy and good learning achievements. Competency goals are good predictors of advanced processing. Competent pupils more frequently use in-depth processing and a high level of critical thinking, being more able to use self-regulated learning in comparison to less competent students. As school years advance, particular constructs show a specific evolution pattern, described in the present study.
Analysis and Assessment of Students' Competency to Explain Geographical Processes
Author: Dulama, Maria-Eliza
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Geography,Competence,College Students,Writing (Composition),Visual Aids,Student Evaluation,Evaluation Methods,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis

In this study we seek to analyse the ability of students to explain, exemplify and outline geographical processes, as well as to assess their competencies by using an evaluation grid. Therefore, we tested two types of hypotheses. The first one regards the fact that it becomes more difficult for students to represent a previously learned geographical process in writing, than to outline it graphically. The second Hypothesis highlights the fact that the ability to graphically represent a geographical process is more difficult to achieve, than the ability to represent a previously learned geographical process through sketches. We went through several steps such as: the preliminary analysis of students' products; writing the text; setting up the criteria of analysis for products; grouping the products on the specific criteria; organizing the evaluation grid of competencies; inserting data in the tables; and the elaboration of the paper. We chose this type of approach due to the lack in evaluation grids, which we created according to the analysis of products. We used both qualitative and quantitative type of analysis, as well as data collecting, processing and interpretation. What is important to mention is that the students find it easier to represent a geographical phenomenon through a sketch previously learned rather than by using a written discourse. The sample of evaluation grid that resulted from this study can be used by the professionals in didactics, but it can be developed a new one, specific to students. Based on this research study the learning process at the students' level can be improved.
Determinants of Safer Sex Behaviors among College Students
Author: Kanekar, Amar
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Sexuality,Health Behavior,Prevention,Sexually Transmitted Diseases,Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS),Databases,Drinking,Religious Factors,Barriers,Student Attitudes,Social Attitudes,At Risk Persons,Risk Management,Social Influences,Literature Reviews

Safer sex behaviors (monogamy, sexual abstinence, correct and consistent condom usage) are important for prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS among college students. The purpose of this article was to review studies addressing determinants of safer sex behaviors among college students. In order to collect materials for this study a search of seven databases (CINAHL, MEDLINE, ERIC, Academic Search Premier, Scopus, Web of Science, Social Sciences Citation Index) was conducted for the time period 1990-2008. A total of 12 studies for determinants of safer sex behaviors were extracted. Alcohol usage, religiosity, barriers to condom use and perceived social norms were some of the determinants of safer sex behaviors. Recommendations for developing safer sex interventions in college students are presented.
Are Professors Professionals? A Fresh Look at This Question
Author: Newlyn, David
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,Professional Identity,Job Satisfaction,Social Status,Salaries,Teaching (Occupation),Definitions,Models,Teacher Role,Professional Recognition,Classification

Are university educators professionals? Whether or not university educators should be regarded as professionals is an important question that has an impact on a number of issues including job satisfaction, societal status and salary levels. This paper examines the need to classify this group as a profession and the consequences of that classification, or lack of it, by analysing the traditional views of the concept founded in the twentieth century and then exploring a new way to consider the question based on the realities of the twenty first century.
Proportional Reasoning and Related Concepts: Analysis of Gaps and Understandings of Middle Grade Students
Author: Ojose, Bobby
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Middle School Students,Grade 6,Grade 7,Grade 8,Thinking Skills,Mathematics Education,Secondary School Mathematics,Mathematical Concepts,Mathematics Skills,Knowledge Level,Mathematics Achievement,Mixed Methods Research,Hypothesis Testing,Mathematics Tests

This study investigated proportional reasoning and the related concepts of decimal, percent, and ratio. In particular, the research focused on analyzing the gaps and understandings that grades 6, 7, and 8 students have and advanced factors for such gaps and understandings. The study employed a mixed method approach in which quantitative data was collected and analyzed in the first phase. The hypothesis that differences in mean performance of students on the test among grades 6, 7, and 8 would be statistically significant was not supported by the data. The second phase involved collection of qualitative data, specifically interviews and documents observation. The interview data revealed that several factors relating to the learner, task, and strategy were responsible for the gaps and understandings. Implication for planning, instruction, and assessment is discussed.
A Rubric to Self-Assess and Peer-Assess Mathematical Problem Solving Tasks of College Students
Author: Egodawatte, Gunawardena
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Scoring Rubrics,Self Evaluation (Individuals),Peer Evaluation,College Students,Problem Solving,College Mathematics,Student Evaluation,Questionnaires,Student Attitudes,Opinions,Mathematics Skills

Student involvement in their own assessment can add reflection and metacognition to the learning process. Based on this idea, an assessment instrument was developed to self-assess college students' mathematical problem solving tasks. The main objective of this exercise is to improve student learning. The assessment instrument contains three items: student opinion questionnaire, an analytic evaluation rubric, and a self assessment schedule. A peer assessment component was also included in the assessment process to gain more accuracy. The rubric will serve three main purposes. First, students can use the rubric as a learning tool. Second, it will serve as a teaching tool for teachers. Third, it can be used as an assessment tool. However, the whole purpose is to improve student learning rather than providing them with a letter grade.
The Influence of Gender Difference on the Information-Seeking Behaviors for the Graphical Interface of Children's Digital Library
Author: Hsieh, Tsia-ying
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Gender Differences,Information Seeking,Electronic Libraries,Search Strategies,Web Sites,Public Libraries,Children,Qualitative Research,Computer Interfaces,Web Browsers,Cognitive Development,Elementary School Students,Foreign Countries,Computer Graphics

Children conducting searches using the interfaces of library websites often encounter obstacles due to typographical errors, digital divides, or a failure to grasp keywords. Satisfaction with a given interface may also vary according to the gender of the user, making it a variable in information seeking behavior. Children benefit more from graphical information than text-based information with regard to learning. This study analyzed existing websites of public libraries to identify the issues facing children while using the interfaces. Based on these findings, we developed a graphical interface that children would find friendlier. In an evaluation of the proposed interface, girls presented a significantly higher success rate, compared to that of boys. We can therefore conclude that gender differences exist in the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed interface. Qualitative observations also revealed gender differences in information seeking behavior, some principles of which are outlined in this study. Based on these findings, we present the following suggestions for libraries and future researchers: 1. Public libraries should establish websites with interfaces specifically designed for children; 2. Future researchers should take into account the gender differences associated with the operation of interfaces and information seeking behavior in the development of auxiliary information technologies; 3. Public libraries should consider creating interfaces specific for different age groups and genders.