ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Examining Self-Efficacy and Preparedness to Succeed in Post-Secondary Education: A Survey of Recent High School Graduates
Author: Saunders, Rachel
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Self Efficacy,College Readiness,High School Graduates,Student Surveys,School Counselors,Career Readiness,College Students

Professional school counselors are charged with preparing students to be college and career ready and students may depend on their school counselor to provide them with a comprehensive plan for post-secondary options. Unfortunately, even with adequate access to academic knowledge and skills, not all students may be career and college ready due to the lack of confidence in their ability to succeed. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the self-efficacy of high school graduates regarding their preparedness to succeed in a post-secondary education. Using a univariate of analysis of variance, the data collected from a sample of 154 college students were analyzed. Results indicated that when it comes to positive personal characteristics, Asian American students had statistically lower scores. Additional analysis also revealed that students from rural schools had lower academic competence regarding their self-efficacy. The article presents implications for school counselors, school counselors in-training, and counseling programs.
The Effect of Techno-Pedagogically Designed 5E Learning Model on Student Success and Attitude toward Turkish Class
Author: Kadioglu, Harun
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Technology Integration,Academic Achievement,Student Attitudes,Secondary School Students,Grade 8,Turkish,Native Language Instruction,Scores,Achievement Tests,Lesson Plans,Instructional Effectiveness,Foreign Countries

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the 5E learning model designed in accordance with a techno pedagogical lesson plan on student success and attitude in a Turkish course. The research is quantitative and uses a quasi-experimental model with pre-test/post-test control groups. The universe of this study consisted of 8th grade students studying in the Onikisubat district of the province of Kahramanmaras in the 2019-2020 academic year. The sample of the study consisted of 110 students studying in four different classes from within this same population. The lessons in the experimental group were taught using a 5E learning model designed in accordance with a techno pedagogical lesson plan, while the lessons in the control group were based on the methods described by the Turkish lesson curriculum. In this study, the &quot;Attitude Scale Towards Turkish Lessons&quot; (ASTTL) and &quot;Turkish Course Academic Achievement Test&quot; (TCAAT) were used as data collection tools. In the analysis of the data obtained in the study, the independent sample t-test and the correlated sample t-test were used. As a result of the research, a statistically significant difference was found in favor of the experimental group between the average achievement scores of the students in the experimental group and those of the students in the control group. However, a statistically significant difference was not found between the average attitude scores of the experimental group versus the control group.
Difficulties and Achievements throughout Career Stages: Vice Principles&apos; Perspectives
Author: Erol, Ismail
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Barriers,Career Development,Assistant Principals,Competence,Sense of Community,Mentors,Work Environment,Foreign Countries,Affective Behavior,Time Management

This research aims to study vice-principals' career stages and determine their difficulties and achievements in these stages. The data in the study were obtained with semi-structured interview questions. As a result of our research, twenty school vice-principals were interviewed. As a consequence of the interviews, our data were gathered under three themes in line with qualitative research methods and techniques; sub-themes suitable for the themes were created and interpreted by content analysis. According to the results, the vice principals' main challenges in their career stages are professional competence, lack of sharing information from colleagues, sense of belonging, need for mentors, working conditions, lack of experience, inefficiency, and time management. It was revealed that some vice-principals developed and kept themselves up-to-date with in-service training to overcome the difficulties. At the same time, some received support from experienced and older administrators. Based on the interviews' data, it was resolved that the past encounters and experiences in the challenges faced affected the vice principals. It was assumed that these difficulties were easily overcome by the experienced vice directors, who worked as a principal for a long time.
Social Innovation and Lateral Thinking Tendencies of Preservice Social Studies Teachers
Author: Aydemir, Arcan
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Undergraduate Students,Social Studies,Social Change,Psychological Characteristics,Innovation,Thinking Skills,Creative Thinking,Problem Solving,Predictor Variables,Foreign Countries

Changes in various areas of life have increased the need for individuals who can think differently and are open to innovation. Education and training activities are important in meeting this need. This study aimed to investigate the social innovation and lateral thinking tendencies of preservice social studies teachers, who will be among the important components of educational activities in the future, in relation to various variables (gender, year of study, grand point average, and level of openness to innovation). The study used a survey research design. The working group consisted of 272 preservice social studies teachers from two different universities who volunteered to participate in the study. The data were collected using the &quot;Social Innovation Scale&quot; and the &quot;Lateral Thinking Disposition Scale&quot;. As a result of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test conducted to check the normality of the data, the data were found to be not normally distributed. Thus, the data were analysed using the nonparametric measures including Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. The analysis results showed that the preservice social studies teachers' social innovation and lateral thinking tendencies did not significantly differ according to their gender and grade point average (GPA). In contrast, their social innovation tendencies differed statistically significantly according to the year of study, while both social innovation and lateral thinking tendencies differed statistically significantly according to their level of openness to innovation. The analysis results also showed a positive significant correlation between social innovation and lateral thinking, where lateral thinking is a predictor of social Innovation. Accordingly, to promote individuals' social innovation tendencies, the relationship between different thinking and social innovation can be explored and strategies focused on thinking skills can be developed.
Metaphorical Perceptions of Preservice Social Studies Teachers about the Communication Skills
Author: Aydemir, Arcan
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Undergraduate Students,Student Attitudes,Social Studies,Figurative Language,Communication Skills,Concept Formation,Foreign Countries

The study aimed to determine the perceptions of preservice social studies teachers about communication; metaphors were employed to determine communication skill perceptions. In the study, a qualitative research method known as phenomenology design was employed. The study group included 127 preservice social studies teachers in various classes. In the study, metaphoric perceptions form was used to collect the data. The collected data were analysed with content analysis. The study findings demonstrated that preservice social studies teachers produced 36 valid metaphors in 7 different conceptual categories (a requirement, a nonverbal code system, a mutual process, a positive connotation, a unifying element, a dynamic phenomenon, communication as a method to reflect ideas). The total metaphor count and metaphor frequencies revealed that the highest number of metaphors was produced in the communications as a requirement category. The most repeated metaphor in this category was the requirement of water to sustain life. In this category, concepts such as blood, breathing, and oxygen, which are important for human life, were expressed as metaphors that represented communication skills.
The Assessment of the Validity and Reliability of the Three-Dimensional Contribution Scale in Adults and the Analysis of the Scale with Different Variables
Author: Aldemir, Abdullah
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Test Validity,Test Reliability,Psychometrics,Measures (Individuals),Self Concept,Life Satisfaction,Self Management,Participation,Individual Characteristics,Adults,Resilience (Psychology),Foreign Countries

This study has two aims: to examine the psychometric properties of the Three-Dimensional Contribution Scale in adults and to reveal how the contribution supports authenticity. To attain the first aim, a total of 198 individuals (105 females, 93 males) were included in the study. The result of the confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the scale maintained its three-factor structure. The internal consistency coefficient of the scale was determined to be 0.88. Regarding the criterion-related validity, a significant positive relationship was determined between the Three-Dimensional Contribution Scale and the Brief Resilience Scale. As a result, it can be said that the present scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used to determine contribution levels in adults. To accomplish the second aim of the study, a total of 383 individuals (184 females, 197 males, and two individuals with no sex specification) were enrolled in the study. The examination of the findings of the simple linear regression analysis of authenticity and the subscales of authenticity indicated that contribution supported the authentic living subscale of the authenticity positively. However, it was also found that contribution supported the self-alienation subscale of the authenticity negatively and that there was no significant relationship between the acceptance of external influences subscale and the total score of authenticity. In conclusion, it can be said that as the level of contribution increases, the authenticity of individuals will increase, as well.
The Effects of Authentic Learning Approach on Academic Achievement and Attitudes in Social Studies Course
Author: Yildirim, Ramazan
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Instructional Effectiveness,Teaching Methods,Authentic Learning,Social Studies,Academic Achievement,Secondary School Students,Grade 6,Student Attitudes,Attitude Change,Retention (Psychology),Scores,Achievement Tests,Foreign Countries,Problem Solving

In this study, the effects of the authentic learning approach in social studies on academic achievement, retention of knowledge, and attitude towards the course were investigated. In the study, a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test design with a non-equivalent control group was used. The study group consisted of 50 6th grade students. In the process, the authentic learning approach was used in the experimental and control group, the texts and instructions given in the course book were followed. The study data were collected by the &quot;Social Studies Course Academic Achievement Test&quot; and &quot;Social Studies Course Attitude Scale&quot;. As a result of the experimental process, it was obtained that the academic achievement levels of the students in the experimental and control groups in the social studies course increased and differed significantly compared to the pre-experimental process. It was observed that the measurement results in the follow-up studies conducted five weeks after the measurement after the application did not differ significantly from the post-test scores of the students in the control and experimental groups. The difference between the achievement test scores of both groups was significant, favouring the students in the experimental group. The changes in the attitudes of the students in the control group towards the social studies course were not found to be significant when compared to the pre-experimental process, while the changes in the attitudes of the students in the experimental group were significant. While there was no significant difference between the pre-test attitude scores of the students in the experimental and control groups, a significant difference was found between the post-test attitude scores favouring the experimental group. In this respect, the authentic learning approach has created an important alternative to methods based on knowledge transfer. In addition, it was observed that the authentic learning approach positively changed students' attitudes towards the course.
William Blake&apos;s Emoji: Composite Art and Composition
Author: Leporati, Matthew
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing Instruction,Freshman Composition,Illustrations,Poetry,Computer Mediated Communication,Literature Appreciation,Writing Assignments

This article explores how college instructors can use William Blake's unique pairing of image and text -- what W.J.T. Mitchell calls &quot;composite art&quot; -- to encourage students to think and write about the dynamic interplay of image and text in modern communications. Opening with an anecdote of teaching Songs of Innocence and of Experience in writing classes, the article first traces the similarities between Blake's composite art and the &quot;emojis&quot; popular in electronic messages. Like emojis, the images in Blake's work (especially those in the margins and those intertwined with the lettering) underline, develop, transform, and in some cases challenge the text with which they are paired. The article then examines how studying Blake's work can help students think critically about the function of emojis. Growing numbers of people, especially college students, are increasingly using images to express ideas every day. When composition and literature classes ignore the centrality of images in much of today's communications, they pass up an opportunity to prompt students to examine their own daily engagement in a kind of modern composite art. The final section explores strategies for incorporating image and text into classroom lessons and a series of assignments. These assignments gradually lead students into deeper considerations of the role of visual elements in communication.
Teaching Remedial English to Navajo Students: Problems with Reading
Author: Huang, Yi-Wen
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Remedial Instruction,Navajo (Nation),American Indian Students,Remedial Reading,Reading Difficulties,Two Year College Students,Reading Comprehension,Cultural Differences

I have been teaching English composition for almost 9 years at a 2-year branch campus near the Navajo reservation in New Mexico. The composition of my students is mostly Navajo with some Hispanics, Zuni, and Caucasian. Based on my observation, the majority of my students in remedial English composition classes had difficulties in reading comprehension. Several of my students had problems reading the vocabulary, and they did not understand what they read. The majority of the students did not discuss the readings during group discussions. Several of my students resisted doing library research as part of the assignment. A few students in each class did not purchase or could not afford the textbook. This made me explore the reasons behind this problem in a hope to better help my students improve their reading comprehension. Previous literature on Navajo students' reading comprehension were limited. Based on several pieces of previous literature (e.g., Conn; Hartle-Schutte; Janzen; Miller and Johnson; Rosier and Farella; Spolsky; Vorih and Rosier; Wieczkiewicz), Navajo students' reading levels were below the national average, which could be related to their low accessibility to literacy and poor living conditions on or near the reservation. Adequate instructions associated with Navajo culture and tradition are recommended and provided at educational institutions to provide suitable instructions to help Navajo students in reading.
The Empirical Strikes Back: A RAD Research Methods Class for Undergraduate English Students
Author: Kinkead, Joyce
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Undergraduate Students,Majors (Students),English Instruction,Student Research,Research Methodology,Courses,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis,Class Activities,Check Lists

Undergraduate English majors should have opportunities to conduct meaningful, authentic research. This essay outlines a research methods course that introduces students to empirical research with qualitative and quantitative tools. Over the course of the term, students complete a whole-class project that models the process and then also complete individual IRB-compliant projects that result in a report, poster, and lightning talk.
A Longitudinal Study: Emergent Bilinguals&apos; Heritage Language Use and Learning over Time
Author: Lee, Chaehyun
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Longitudinal Studies,Bilingualism,Language Usage,Native Language,Second Language Learning,Elementary School Students,Grade 3,Foreign Countries,Immigrants,Korean,Language Maintenance,Grade 1,Parent Influence,Social Influences,Mass Media

This article discusses a comparison of the two focal primary school third-grade Korean bilingual students' language use with their previous language use when they were first-graders by examining their heritage language (HL) use at a Korean language school. For children of immigrant families in the U.S., there has been a pervasive hypothesis that their heritage language (HL) might be jeopardized due to their minimum exposure to it and its reduced status in the U.S., which can easily lead them to experience HL shift or loss (Montrul, 2018; Valde´s, 2014). However, the present study shows that the focal third graders who were attending all-English schools during the week did not appear to lose their HL. Instead, the comparison of findings indicated that they had developed a certain degree of oral proficiency in their HL, including vocabulary knowledge, thanks to the parents' involvement and practices towards their children's HL learning as well as other socio-cultural influences on the students' HL language use and development over the years.
The Shock of Learning: Literary Pornography in the Classroom
Author: Davidson, Guy
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Novels,Pornography,Homosexuality,Reading Material Selection,Violence,Controversial Issues (Course Content),Literature

Using as a case study the experience of teaching Jane DeLynn's &quot;Leash&quot; (2002), a &quot;pornosophical&quot; novel about a sadomasochistic lesbian relationship, I argue in this essay for the pedagogical value of shock. I argue that shocking works of pornography can unsettle not only students' comfortable understandings of sexuality, but also comfortable assumptions that we as teachers and critics of literature might have about our own practice. Additionally, I use my experience of teaching &quot;Leash&quot; to reflect on the teaching of pornography within the context of literary studies and on the place of written pornography in the growing academic field of pornography studies.
A Rasch Model Analysis of Primary School Students&apos; Conceptual Understanding Levels of the Concept of Light
Author: Bozdag, Hüseyin Cihan
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Elementary School Students,Grade 5,Item Response Theory,Scientific Literacy,Scientific Concepts,Light,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Science Tests,Test Items,Difficulty Level

The study determines the conceptual understanding levels of primary school students on the concept of light according to the Rasch Model with a Four-tier Light Conceptual Understanding Test (LCUT). The participants were 355 (164 girls and 191 boys) primary school students studying at a public school in Izmir city center. In the study, the Rasch Model, which is included in the Latent Trait Theory, was used. Also, the data regarding the answers given and the level of confidence in the responses were associated with the Rasch analysis of LCUT. The results of Rasch analysis showed that LCUT was in full harmony in the context of infit, outfit, and point measurement correlation statistics, and is a valid and reliable measurement tool for conceptual understanding. Moreover, these results explained that the students' average conceptual understanding ability regarding the Light unit was above the average item difficulty.
The Effect of Virtual Laboratory Applications on 8th Grade Students&apos; Achievement in Science Lesson
Author: Yildirim, Fatih Serdar
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Simulation,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Science Laboratories,Secondary School Science,Secondary School Students,Grade 8,Science Achievement,Program Effectiveness,Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods,Science Experiments,Laboratory Experiments,Student Attitudes

The aim of this study is to reveal the effect of using virtual lab application in science teaching on students' academic achievement and students' views on virtual lab application. The study group of the research consists of 62 students studying in the 8th grade of a secondary school in Antalya in the 2019-2020 academic years. Mixed method design was used in the research. In the quantitative dimension of the study, the control group and the experimental group taught with virtual laboratory applications were compared in terms of achievement. The qualitative dimension of the study was composed of the data obtained from the interview forms conducted with the experimental group students after the application and the data obtained from the observation forms made during the application. Research results revealed that virtual laboratory applications increased the academic success of the experimental group students. On the other hand, it has been shown that virtual laboratory applications contribute to students' meaningful learning by enabling the concretization of abstract subjects, and that these applications positively support students' interest, excitement and motivation towards the science course because they are found attractive.