ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Realistic Mathematics Learning on Students&apos; Ways of Thinking
Author: Nirawati, Resy
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Thinking Skills,Mathematics Education,Geometry,Elementary School Students,Mathematics Instruction,Grade 5,Mathematics Skills,Problem Solving,Inferences,Relevance (Education)

This research is motivated by the importance of developing ways of thinking (WoT) in geometry learning at the Sambas District Elementary School, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. In general, this study aims to describe realistic mathematics teaching to WoT elementary school students in completing geometry material related to the design of the Sambas Malay traditional house. The method used in this research is a qualitative method with a hermeneutic phenomenology approach. The subjects of this study were fifth-grade students from one of the public elementary schools in Sambas district with a purposive sampling technique. Data collection techniques used include observations, tests, and interviews. The results showed that students' thinking in solving geometry problems in schools that applied realistic mathematics learning was described in high-ability students, the mental acts displayed were interpreting, problem-solving and inferring. Then, for students with moderate ability, conduct mental behavior explanation and mental behavior reasoning. For students with low mental abilities, the acts displayed are interpreting and problem-solving. After researching the literature on realistic mathematics learning, her goal is to make math learning meaningful and diversify the way students think about solving geometric problems.
Sometimes Finding Nothing Is Something: Shrinking the Gap between Emerging Bilingual Learners and English Fluent Students (Case in Point)
Author: Corrigan, Michael W.
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bilingualism,Language Fluency,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Science Achievement,Achievement Gap,Socioeconomic Status,English Language Learners,Art Education,Equal Education,Interdisciplinary Approach,Elementary School Students,Teaching Methods,Instructional Effectiveness,Comparative Analysis

For United States of America (USA) and other developed countries, science achievement gaps begin to emerge in elementary and primary school. Such gaps between USA student groups typically are connected to socio-economic status (SES) and issues such as students still learning the English language. Through an experimental design, this National Science Foundation funded study explores how integrating the arts into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curriculum and leading with a more STEAMfirst approach (e.g., curriculum which integrates science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) might provide more equitable science learning opportunities for elementary or primary grade level students. More specifically, the project's research efforts seek to also examine how integrating the arts into science instruction might help emerging bilingual (EB) students who are simultaneously learning the English language and science. Although results provide somewhat conflicting findings of statistical significance with small to moderate effect sizes, outcomes provide initial evidence that leading with STEAM science instruction before STEM efforts can be beneficial to early readers, and for EB students this benefit is magnified. As the title of this study suggest, sometimes finding nothing is something.
Students&apos; Ability to Solve Mathematical Problems in the Context of Environmental Issues
Author: Mumu, Jeinne
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Conservation (Environment),World Problems,Mathematics Instruction,Problem Solving,Mathematics Skills,Relevance (Education),Knowledge Level,Grade 8,Middle School Students,Student Interests,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries

The environment is a global issue that must be addressed in a variety of ways, including education. Environmental topics will be included into mathematics, which is allowed to boost students' awareness of environmental concerns. This is a qualitative study conducted in a qualitative technique. The objectives of this study were to (1) describe students' mathematical abilities in solving problems related to environmental issues and (2) determine students' knowledge and responses to the environment. The research was performed on 26 students in class VIII at Villanova Catholic Middle School in Manokwari, West Papua, during the even semester of the 2020/2021 academic year. The results indicated that students were classified into four categories based on their ability to solve mathematical problems relating to environmental issues. Students who are capable of solving mathematical problems while also being environmentally conscious. Students that are capable of solving mathematical problems but have no interest in environmental issues. Students who are unable to answer mathematical tasks but are concerned about environmental issues, and students who are not able to solve mathematics problems at the same time do not care about environmental problems.
Optimising the Utilisation of Computer-Based Technology through Interactive Multimedia for Entrepreneurship Learning
Author: Roemintoyo, Roemintoyo
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Entrepreneurship,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Multimedia Materials,High Schools,Vocational Schools,Interaction,High School Students,High School Teachers,Material Development,Foreign Countries

ICT-based learning media innovation is very relevant to support the learning process. Therefore, this study aims to develop interactive multimedia products that are suitable for use in learning activities. The method in this research is research and development (R&amp;D) which adopts the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) model. The data collection technique used was a non-test technique, with a variety of instruments at each stage. At the analysis stage we used an observation sheet and a needs analysis questionnaire; at the design stage we used a document study and then at the development and implementation stage we used a multimedia feasibility questionnaire for media experts, teachers and 54 students. The results showed that during the learning process the teacher was not optimal in utilising ICT-based media; students strongly supported the development of interactive multimedia, which was good, followed by several suggestions for improving product quality. Overall, the interactive multimedia is included in the appropriate category as an instructional media.
Prediction of Academic Self-Handicapping Based on Self-Control among University Students
Author: Melhem, Mohammad Amein
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Prediction,Academic Achievement,Student Behavior,Self Control,College Students,Foreign Countries,Gender Differences

The study examined the predictive ability of self-control of academic self-handicapping among university students. The sample of the study consists of (130) students from a public university, selected randomly. To achieve the study objectives, a survey was employed to collect data. It included a self-control scale and an academic self-handicapping scale. The mean, standard deviation, t-test and multiple analysis regression were used to analyze the data. The results of the study revealed that academic self-handicapping and self-control levels among BAU students were moderate. There were no statistically significant differences in academic self-handicapping level due to gender, while there were differences in self-control level due to gender in favor of females. The results also revealed that self-control is a significant predictor of academic self-handicapping. The study recommended improving self-control especially among male students as it affects their low-level of self-handicapping.
Peer-Coaching Based Professional Development: A Sample of a School of Foreign Languages
Author: Arslan Dönmez, Sinem
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Peer Teaching,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Coaching (Performance),Content Analysis,Teacher Attitudes,College Faculty,Case Studies,Faculty Development,Program Effectiveness,Peer Relationship,Language Teachers,Teacher Characteristics,Foreign Countries

The purpose of this study is to investigate the views of lecturers about the effectiveness of the implementation of the peer-coaching practice conducted at the school of foreign languages of a foundation university. The lecturers who took part in the peer coaching practice in the academic year 2019-2020 acted as the participants in this case study. The qualitative data was collected via interviews and document analysis. Content analysis and descriptive analysis methods were used in the process of data analysis. The findings from the analysis showed that peer-coaching practice consisted of lesson observations, pre and post-observation meetings, and reflection stages. It was concluded that peer-coaching contributed to the instructional and classroom management skills of the lecturers as well as improving relations between colleagues and solidarity in the school. It was also concluded that providing sufficient time and resources and training lecturers about effective communication were essential for the peer-coaching practice to be effective.
Leader Administrator: A Qualitative Analysis Based on Teacher Opinions
Author: Ertürk, Ramazan
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Leadership Role,Principals,Teacher Attitudes,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Foreign Countries,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Leadership Qualities,Personality Traits

The aim of this study is to determine the leadership roles of school administrators based on teachers' opinions. The participants of this case study, one of the qualitative research design, were 180 teachers working in 5 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 4 high schools in Bolu province in the 2020-2021 academic year. The data were collected using an interview form consisting of semi-structured questions and analyzed using the descriptive analysis method. The findings of the study indicated that the leader manager should be an ethical, facilitating, empowering, instructive, innovative, motivating, supportive and visionary manager. In accordance with the results of this study, it is recommended that school administrators should have an ethical character that exhibits impartial, reliable, fair, constructive, patient, courageous and democratic behavior.
Teaching Experiences of Science Teachers Working in Schools for the Visually Impaired
Author: Karakoç, Tamer
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Experience,Science Teachers,Special Schools,Visual Impairments,Teaching Methods,Students with Disabilities,Teacher Attitudes,Lesson Plans,Instructional Materials,Educational Environment,Foreign Countries

This study aims to determine the teaching experiences of science teachers working in schools for the visually impaired. In this context, the instructional arrangements made by the teachers for students with visual impairment in science lessons and the issues they had difficulties with were determined, and suggestions were offered for the effective and efficient implementation of science lessons. A phenomenological design was used in the study, and a sample consisting of 12 science teachers was formed. The interview form was used as the data collection tool, and content analysis was applied to analyse the data obtained. At the end of the research, five themes emerged: lesson plan, material, content presentation, teaching environment, and evaluation. It was determined those science teachers working in schools for the visually impaired made various instructional arrangements for students with visual impairment. In addition, it was determined that teachers had different problems within the framework of these five themes. Thus, some solutions were put forward to overcome these problems and conduct more effective and efficient science lessons. The results obtained were discussed within the scope of the relevant literature, and recommendations were given.
Work-Integrated Learning Policy in Alberta: A Post-Structural Analysis
Author: Arney, Noah D.
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Work Experience Programs,Educational Policy,Educational Benefits,Labor Market,Role of Education,Experiential Learning,Public Policy,Discourse Analysis,Policy Analysis,Guidelines,Cooperative Education,Constructivism (Learning),Humanism

In late 2020 the Government of Alberta's Ministry of Advanced Education sent a guidance document to Alberta post-secondary institutions to lay out how work-integrated learning was to be conducted. This document also informed the institutions that work-integrated learning should be included in all future program proposals. The guidelines were sent without the context or purpose stated. This paper applies Carol Bacchi's &quot;What's the Problem Represented to be&quot; post-structural policy discourse analysis to the Ministry of Advanced Education guidelines. There is a broad consensus in work-integrated learning research that work-integrated learning is beneficial for participants beyond employment outcomes. However, this analysis shows the Ministry of Advanced Education's representation of the problem displays an assumption that the purpose of work-integrated learning is to improve labour market outcomes. The analysis also spotlights that the likely effects of the policy have more to do with making work-integrated learning programs easier to assess than to improve student education. This paper proposes an alternative framework that would integrate the constructivist and humanistic origin of work-integrated learning and allow institutions to develop appropriate experiential learning components for their programs while still standardizing work-integrated learning components across and within institutions. This proposed framework can improve work-integrated learning programs in Canada by widening the focus beyond human capital theory.
Academics&apos; Narratives of Productive Learning Cultures during COVID-19 Emergency Remote Teaching in Australia
Author: Mitchell, Marilyn
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Universities,COVID-19,Pandemics,College Faculty,Teaching Methods,Distance Education,Flipped Classroom,Learning Theories,Synchronous Communication,Teacher Attitudes,Expectation,Educational Strategies,Program Implementation

This research applies sociocultural learning theory to describe the learning cultures that academics at a small Australian university cultivated during synchronous emergency remote teaching (ERT) at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to understand how academics fostered learning when thrust into a new technological environment that required them to revise face-to-face teaching approaches while managing students' stress, anxiety, and expectations. The research combined a focus group with three small-group interviews. While the prospect of ERT initially concerned many participants, it generated growth in their teaching knowledge and ability. Our findings indicate that the assumptions of sociocultural learning theory provide helpful bases and practical ideas upon which academics can plan and deliver teaching to cultivate productive learning cultures during crises that require remote teaching.
Enhancing Success at University: Understanding Our Students through Their Learning Careers
Author: Reid, Felicity
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Success,Learning Experience,Undergraduate Students,Business Administration Education,Foreign Countries,Personal Narratives,Social Support Groups,Parent Participation,Student Characteristics,Prior Learning

This article discusses a study that started from the premise that we can better support our students when we know who they are. The study used narrative analysis to explore reasons for success for undergraduate business students in a New Zealand university. Drawing on the work of Bourdieu and the concept of learning careers (Bloomer &amp; Hodkinson, 2000) the study gained insights into the students' educational journeys, the development of an educated habitus (Nash, 2002) and the importance of the development of social, academic and emotional capital on the journey towards success. The study reinforced findings about the non-linear paths to and through university of some students, and the importance of parental emotional support in student success. It demonstrated the usefulness of the concept of learning careers to better understand who our students are, and consequently how to better support them to succeed.
Instructional Development for Distance Education Amid COVID-19 Crisis in the Philippines: Challenges and Innovations of Kindergarten Teachers
Author: Cahapay, Michael B.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,Kindergarten,Preschool Teachers,Distance Education,Teacher Attitudes,Barriers,Foreign Countries,School Closing,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Teaching Conditions,Parent Role,Student Evaluation,Teacher Role

The purpose of this paper is to explore the lived experience of kindergarten teachers on instructional development for distance education amid the COVID-19 crisis. Drawing data from a qualitative phenomenological study, 18 kindergarten teachers from Region XII, Philippines were purposively selected and interviewed online. The results revealed six superordinate themes of challenges and innovations that cut across the planning, implementation, and evaluation phases of instructional development. This research stresses the need for measures at the society, family, and school levels to contextually address the challenges encountered and strengthen the innovations employed by the kindergarten teachers so that a relevant, appropriate, and responsive kindergarten education can be attained amid and beyond the current novel crisis.
What Are the Main Trends in Online Learning? A Helicopter View of Possible Futures
Author: Brown, Mark
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Online Courses,Distance Education,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,COVID-19,Pandemics,Blended Learning,Credentials,Credits,Open Education,Interaction,Higher Education,Educational Practices,Educational Trends,Barriers

The COVID-19 crisis has given rise to the question, what are the main trends in online learning? What might the future look like? While predicting the future is best left to those who appear to have a crystal ball, the need for big picture helicopter thinking has never been more apparent as online learning remains under the spotlight. This paper responds to this challenge and the tendency to overlook the field's rich history during the pandemic. It establishes that defining online learning is not a straightforward task, and there are widespread differences in using the term. A multifocal perspective is then adopted to identify seven macro-level trends, which help frame the analysis and enable the discussion to zoom in and out from different angles and viewpoints. The discussion covers much ground and draws on a wide range of literature to illustrate how the digital education ecosystem is simultaneously converging, getting larger in scale, more open and closed, and is growing in diversity. Inherent tensions across these contradictory trends, along with concerns about the growth, influence and sustainability of the EdTech industry, demonstrate how online learning is part of a wider social practice. Thus, the trend analysis endeavours to balance the language of opportunity with the need for deeper criticality. Woven throughout the paper is the spirit of hope and the crucial role that educators play in helping to shape and reshape possible, probable, and preferred futures.
Distance Learners&apos; Dropout Behaviors: The Case of Anadolu University Open Education Faculty
Author: Kilinç, Hakan
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Dropouts,College Students,Student Characteristics,Intellectual Disciplines,Gender Differences,Testing,Student Behavior,Time,Open Education,Dropout Characteristics,Distance Education

Within the scope of this study, it is aimed to examine the dropout status of learners enrolled in Anadolu University Open Education Faculty during the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 academic years. For this purpose, a descriptive research method was used to describe the current situation. The findings obtained within the scope of this study were examined; It provides information about variables such as enrollment type, program type, education period in which they dropped out their education, gender, and the exam centers they are affiliated with. According to this, the dropout behavior of the learners who enrolled in the open education faculty with the higher education institutions exam is higher than the others. Another result is that the dropout learners are mostly enrolled in the business program. This situation is followed by the Political Science and Public Administration, Paralegal Studies, Theology, Social Services, International Relations, Sociology and Economics Programs. One of the striking results of the study is that the number of dropout learners is higher in the spring semester within all variables. In addition, males exhibited more dropout behaviors than females. Based on findings, suggestions for reducing dropout rates of education are listed.
Ethics in Distance Education during the Pandemic: Undergraduate Students&apos; Views about Ethics
Author: Durak, Gürhan
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Ethics,Distance Education,COVID-19,Pandemics,Undergraduate Students,Student Attitudes,Student Behavior,Foreign Countries,Gender Differences,Age Differences,Intellectual Disciplines

The concept of ethics is very important in education as well as in scientific research studies. The purpose of this case study was to determine the ethical views of undergraduate students who continue their education with distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research sample included 31 undergraduate students who continued their education at Balikesir University in the Spring Term of the academic year of 2020-2021. In the study, a semi-structured interview form consisting of 10 questions was used to determine the views of the participants. In the interview form, sample cases were given to the students, and they were asked how they would behave in the case of these events. As a result of the study, it was revealed that some students were likely to exhibit unethical behaviors. The results also showed that the ethics lessons were not sufficient for the students. Therefore, it was suggested that students should be educated about ethics at an early age.