ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Ensuring Scalability of a Cognitive Multiple-Choice Test through the Mokken Package in R Programming Language
Author: Ayanwale, Musa Adekunle
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cognitive Tests,Multiple Choice Tests,Scaling,Test Items,Nonparametric Statistics,Item Response Theory,Programming Languages,Foreign Countries,Mathematics Tests,Test Construction

This study investigated the scalability of a cognitive multiple-choice test through the Mokken package in the R programming language for statistical computing. A 2019 mathematics West African Examinations Council (WAEC) instrument was used to gather data from randomly drawn K-12 participants (N = 2866; Male = 1232; Female = 1634; Mean age = 16.5 years) in Education District I, Lagos State, Nigeria. The results showed that the monotone homogeneity model (MHM) was consistent with the empirical dataset. However, it was observed that the test could not be scaled unidimensionally due to the low scalability of some items. In addition, the test discriminated well and had low accuracy for item-invariant ordering (IIO). Thus, items seriously violated the IIO property and scalability criteria when the HT coefficient was estimated. Consequently, the test requires modification in order to provide monotonic characteristics. This has implications for public examining bodies when endeavouring to assess the IIO assumption of their items in order to boost the validity of testing.
Finding Support &amp; Significance at School- Program Evaluation of a Chronic Absenteeism Reduction Initiative
Author: Bundshuh, Heather
Date: 2021-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Attendance,Suburban Schools,High School Students,Program Effectiveness,At Risk Students,Dropout Prevention,Public Schools,Intervention,Student School Relationship,Accountability,Parent School Relationship,Mentors,School Policy,Board of Education Policy

The impact of chronic absenteeism is devastating nationally as it can lead to poor academic achievement, increased dropout rates, and the school-to-prison pipeline (Balfanz &amp; Cornfeld, 2016). The purpose of this program evaluation is to examine the attendance program at large suburban high school in the southeast United States. This program evaluation uses longitudinal data over six years, retrieved from the Department of Education's website, to show the impact of the attendance program on rates of absenteeism, specifically the percentage of students that were absent 21 or more days. Findings show that the chronic absenteeism prevention program was successful as it lowered the percentage of students that were absent 21 or more days from 13.42% in the 2013-2014 academic school year to 5.00% in the 2018-2019 academic school year.
FranklinCovey Leader in Me Program: The Impact on Quality of Work Life and Perceived Relationship Changes between Administrators and Teachers
Author: Tench, Paula J.
Date: 2021-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Leadership Training,Student Leadership,Quality of Life,Leadership Role,Caring,Teacher Empowerment,Elementary School Teachers,Disadvantaged Schools,Educational Change,Educational Improvement,Job Satisfaction,Teacher Administrator Relationship

Federal and state initiatives designed to improve schools have created unintended, negative consequences. Educational research studies link these initiatives to declines in teacher job satisfaction, decreased teacher retention, and the potential development of adversarial relationships between teachers and administrators (Darling-Hammond, 2010). The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the FranklinCovey Leader in Me Program's effect at an identified, Title I school in Georgia that implemented the program as a means of school reform and improvement. Data were obtained through observations, document analysis, and interviews. A constructivist epistemology was used to synthesize collected data to create meaning. Findings indicated faculty and administrators established strong interpersonal relationships with each other and created a school family. Participants expressed they shared a common language and students and faculty were empowered to develop leadership roles.
Project LION - Learning in Our Neighborhood: A Community Partnership
Author: Beckers, Gerlinde G.
Date: 2021-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: School Community Programs,College School Cooperation,Grade 4,Grade 5,Grade 6,Grade 7,Grade 8,After School Programs,Partnerships in Education,Middle School Students,At Risk Students,Low Income Students,Learner Engagement,Academic Achievement,Social Emotional Learning,Intervention,Student Behavior,Program Effectiveness,Preservice Teachers,Dropout Prevention

Project LION (Learning In Our Neighborhood) was a community partnership between a local University, a Charitable Foundation, the City, and the Parish (County) School System that provided affordable afterschool academic and enrichment activities for students who are at risk in grades 4 through 8. The multiple-year foundation grant provided program development and fee waivers that allowed a broad participation among low-income students with low educational attainment levels. The program goal was to improve middle school student outcomes by providing programming that focuses on school engagement, academic performance, and social-emotional skills while enhancing real-world opportunities for preservice teacher candidates to work with diverse populations, as well as build after-school program sustainability.
Ethnomathematics: Modelling the Volume of Solid of Revolution at Buginese and Makassarese Traditional Foods
Author: Busrah, Zulfiqar
Date: 2021-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Ethnography,Mathematics Education,College Mathematics,Undergraduate Study,Undergraduate Students,Mathematical Models,Mathematical Concepts,Food,Foods Instruction,Taxonomy,Simulation,Geometry

Ethnomathematics can empirically improve the cognitive abilities of students in elementary and secondary schools. However, in undergraduate study, there are still limited studies on integrating ethnomathematics in learning resources. This study aims to apply interpolation in modelling polynomial functions and integral volume on the shape of Buginese and Makassarese traditional foods. Furthermore, it can be used by students as relevant learning resources regarding interpolation and the concept of volume of solid of revolution (VOSR). This is a qualitative study using an ethnographic approach. The data were collected through observations to obtain general information, interviews with informants to find out food-making techniques, and documentation to obtain physical models of each type of food. Data Analysis Techniques consist of the domain analysis to obtain an overview of Buginese and Makassarese traditional foods and the taxonomic analysis to categorize mathematical concepts obtained from the modeling and simulation. The result of this research reveals that &quot;lammang&quot; is suitable with the slabs. It can be represented as constant functions that revolved around the x-axis or the y-axis. While &quot;paso,&quot; &quot;bolu cukke,&quot; and &quot;cantik manis&quot; as well as &quot;barongko batara,&quot; &quot;Putu,&quot; and &quot;cucuru&quot; can be outlined in linear functions rotating about the x-axis, y-axis, or others fixed-line. They meet the criteria of the disks method. However, they are described in the function of polynomials of n-degree. The use of washers can be described in the model of &quot;blundered&quot; and &quot;sarang semut&quot; with a hole in the middle caused by the intersection of two curves rotated about the x-axis or the y-axis. For shells, the model can be applied to determine the cover volume of the cover of &quot;pisang ijo&quot; flour and &quot;onde-onde.&quot; Thus, all types of traditional foods in this study can be appropriate objects for a learning resource in modelling the VOSR.
Learning Design of Lines and Angles for 7th-Grade Using Joglo Traditional House Context
Author: Hartono, Hartono
Date: 2021-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Junior High School Students,Grade 7,Geometry,Geometric Concepts,Foreign Countries,Mathematics Education,Realism,Design,Learning Processes,Teaching Methods,Problem Solving,Mathematics Activities

Lines and angles are essential for students because of geometry and its many applications in daily life. However, there are still many students who have difficulty grasping the material. Therefore, it is necessary to design learning using the right approach, context, and media. This study aims to produce a learning trajectory that can assist students in understanding the concept of lines and angles, maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of learning, create meaningful learning, and motivate student learning. This study used the Joglo Traditional House context as a starting point and the design research method developed by Gravemeijer and Cobb with three main steps: preparing for the experiment, designing the experiment (pilot experiment and teaching experiment), and retrospective analysis. However, in design experiment step is limited to the pilot experiment. In this study, all activities were designed based on Indonesian Realistic Mathematics Education. It involves six 7th-grade students from one of the junior high schools at Juwana Resident with three different abilities, namely two students for each level with high, moderate, and low ability. The learning trajectory generated in this study consists of a series of learning processes in four activities that can be used to develop local instructional theories and develop designs for further activities. Those are observing Joglo traditional house video for understanding lines and angles concepts, deducing line positions, discovering the angles' properties on parallel lines intersected by other lines, and solving lines and angles problems.
Undergraduate Basic Sciences and Engineering Students&apos; Understanding of the Concept of Derivative
Author: Haghjoo, Saeid
Date: 2021-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Undergraduate Students,Majors (Students),Engineering Education,Science Education,Mathematical Concepts,Misconceptions,Concept Formation,Calculus,Foreign Countries

Derivative is one of the most important topics in calculus that has many applications in various sciences. However, according to the research, students do not have a deep understanding of the concept of derivative and they often have misconceptions. The present study aimed to investigate undergraduate basic sciences and engineering students' understanding of the concept of derivative at Tehran universities on based the framework of Zandieh. The method was descriptive-survey. The population included all undergraduate students of Tehran universities who passed Calculus I. The sample included 604 students being selected through multi-stage random cluster sampling. The measurement tool was a researcher-made test for which the reliability coefficient was obtained using Cronbach's alpha (r=0.88). Inspired by Hähkiöniemi's research, nine tasks on derivative learning were given to the students. The students' responses were evaluated using a five-point Likert scale and analyzed using descriptive responses. The results indicated that students have no appropriate understanding of the basic concepts of derivatives in numerical, physical, verbal, and graphical contexts. Basic sciences students performed meaningfully were better in understanding the tangent line slope compared to engineering students, while engineering students performed meaningfully were better than basic sciences students in the rate of change.
Formation of School Student&apos;s Vocabulary Skills through Innovative Technologies
Author: Omarova, Gulnara
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Vocabulary Development,Elementary School Students,Electronic Publishing,Addictive Behavior,Foreign Countries,Grade 4,Student Attitudes,Preferences,Printed Materials,Books,Learning Processes,Attention Control,Information Technology,Reading Habits

The aim of this research is to determine the attitudes of elementary school 4th graders regarding electronic books developed through innovative technologies in the development of vocabulary. Qualitative research methods were used in accordance with the purpose of the research. The data of the research were collected by the semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher. The study involved 20 elementary school 4th graders studying in Almaty, Kazakhstan in the 2019-2020 academic year. As a result of the research, it was concluded that students have a moderate tendency to read electronic books and have a tendency to prefer electronic books as much as printed books. In addition, students found electronic books to be easily accessible, easy to learn and advantageous with their ability to be easy to learn, while they found themselves disadvantaged in terms of easy concentration, eye strain and technology addiction. Based on the results of the research, it is recommended to improve electronic books through innovative technologies and to carry out studies on increasing the use of electronic books by students.
Technology Acceptance of Online Instruction for Vocational Instructors in New Normal Education
Author: Wannapiroon, Panita
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Technology Integration,Electronic Learning,Online Courses,COVID-19,Pandemics,Vocational Education,Vocational Education Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Value Judgment,Usability,Intention,Foreign Countries

This research aimed to: develop a model for vocational instructors' acceptance of online instruction after they had arranged online instruction for one year; and investigate the consistency of this model using the empirical evidence gained from 1,818 vocational instructors from five regions in Thailand: the Northern Region, the Northeastern Region, the Central Region, the Eastern Region and Bangkok, and the Southern Region. The research instrument used to collect the data was a questionnaire on the vocational instructors' acceptance of online instruction. The data were analysed using construct validity and the consistency of the causal relationship model. The research findings revealed that social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the vocational instructors' adjusted attitudes towards online instruction for the better. This adjustment directly affected some changes in the instructors' behaviour in physical classroom instruction to online instruction in the following period.
Challenges of Teaching Children Literature Online in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Pecenkovic, Vildana
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Barriers,Childrens Literature,Children,Electronic Learning,Online Courses,COVID-19,Pandemics,Preservice Teachers,Student Satisfaction,Attitude Change,Knowledge Level,Public Colleges,Foreign Countries

The COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to all the health, psychological, economic and other consequences it left, directly affected all levels of the education system in the world, including Bosnia and Herzegovina. Unlike other studies and courses studied at higher education institutions, the specificity of literature teaching is that in addition to textbooks on theoretical aspects of literature, students have a mandatory reading list. The paper aims to present ways of adapting to online children's literature teaching and the challenges faced by teachers and students of pedagogical faculties at two public universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In terms of the analysis of the results of online teaching, Kirkpatrick 's evaluation model was applied, which is also the basic method of this paper.
Competences Given to Disabled Students within the Scope of Inclusive Education
Author: Nurshat, Atshybayeva
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Students with Disabilities,Elementary School Students,Elementary School Teachers,Teacher Role,Administrator Role,Interaction,Inclusion,Special Education,Educational Policy,Competence,Classroom Techniques,Technology Integration,Foreign Countries

Inclusion education is one of the subjects of great concern recently. The opinions of school administrators, counselors, teachers, enabled students, as well as disabled students, regarding the current situation of inclusive educational activities and the process for students with disabilities are needed to make inclusion study successful. This study aims to examine students' acceptance in their environment (inclusiveness) that differ from their peers for various reasons, the positive and negative experiences of classroom teachers on inclusiveness, and studentteacher interaction situations. The research, using the purposeful sampling methods, conducted the study in a primary school in Kazakhstan. In the research, the interaction, teaching practices and methods of classroom teachers for students with disabilities were examined. Observation and interview methods were used as a data collection tool, and content analysis method was used to analyze the data. With the results of the research, classroom teachers aiming to provide an atmosphere of mutual respect and love in classrooms with disabled students, are strict about classroom rules. A constructive and benevolent feeling is often given in friendship relations, and the general courses are taught using straight-through method and question-answer technique. Technology-supported trainings which are game-based and visual, as well as remarkable teacher entries have been found to affect the participation of these students. The research suggeststhe preparation of a curriculum enriched with content that will support an understanding of education that includes the disabled and increase awareness about inclusion.
Computational Informatics in the Training of Future Informatics Teachers in the Context of the Development of Modern Education
Author: Revshenova, Makhabbat
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Science Education,Information Science Education,Competency Based Education,Preservice Teacher Education,Electronic Learning,Educational Technology,Teaching Methods

It is known that the huge computing resources of modern computers are used primarily to solve problems that arise in various applied areas in the process of mathematical modeling of real objects. The aim of this study is to present a theoretical justification of the need to train informatics future teacher in the field of computational informatics and to develop a methodology for teaching him/her in the context of the development of modern education. The competence-based and contextual approaches to teaching and the concept of pedagogical education funding are used in the research. The necessity of training future informatics teacher in the field of computational informatics has been justified and a methodology for teaching it based on web quests has been developed and experimentally tested. The implementation of the developed methodology for teaching computational informatics on the basis of modern educational technology web-quest will equip him/her with the necessary knowledge and ensure the development of his/her information and computational competence.
Digital Technologies&apos; Impacts on Student Social Adaptation during Coronavirus Pandemic
Author: Shulga, Tatiana I.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Influence of Technology,COVID-19,Pandemics,College Freshmen,College Environment,Student Adjustment,Social Adjustment,Student Motivation,Gender Differences,Place of Residence,Foreign Countries

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a rather difficult period of adaptation of students to the university system and the new educational process. Digital technologies came to the rescue, which contributed to some solution of emerging adaptation issues for nonresident students. This article is aimed at identifying the features of social adaptation of nonresident students to the educational process at the university. As a research method, the questionnaire method was used, which allowed to identify and analyze the peculiarities of adaptation of first-year students from other cities to the university environment and university requirements. The article reveals the influence of digital technologies on the adaptation of students to the university environment and new living conditions. It was determined that, in general, the participants have a high level of adaptation to the university environment, even in the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic.
Distance Education Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic from the Students&apos; Point of View
Author: Mahasneh, Omar M.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Distance Education,COVID-19,Pandemics,Student Attitudes,College Students,Electronic Learning,Synchronous Communication,Computer Mediated Communication,Social Media,Academic Achievement,Student Costs,Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods

This study aims at exploring the forms, benefits and obstacles of distance education during COVID-19 pandemic. The study adopted the cross-sectional research approach. A sample of 377 university students were conveniently recruited during the second semester of the academic year 2020/2021. The researchers developed a valid and reliable questionnaire that consisted of three parts; they were investigating forms of distance education, benefits of distance education, and obstacles of distance education during COVID-19 pandemic. The results of the study indicated that synchronous e-learning and using social media channels were the mostly used means to deliver the educational material during the COVID-19 period. Reduction of the expenses and better academic performance were reported to be the most achieved benefits by the students from distance learning during COVID-19 pandemic. The study concluded that distance education during COVID-19 imposed different forms of education that in turn imposed various benefits and obstacles for the students.
Dashboard Proposal Implemented According to an Analysis Developed on the KNIME Platform
Author: Ninasivincha-Apfata, Jhon Edwar
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Learning Analytics,Integrated Learning Systems,Visual Aids,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Foreign Countries,College Faculty,College Students,Student Behavior,Data Use,Decision Making

The objective of the research is to develop a methodology to analyse a set of data extracted from a learning management system, in order to implement a dashboard, which can be used by teachers to make timely and relevant decisions to improve the teaching-learning processes. The methodology used consisted of analysing 9,257 records extracted through simple random sampling from a population of 100,000 records. The indicators analysed were number of accesses, course grades, time spent, number of courses enrolled and number of activities developed. The results show that the data analysis was carried out on the (o Konstanz Information Miner (KNIME) data mining analysis platform, and the model was implemented in five phases: requirements definition, model design, development, implementation and evaluation of results. The results are taken as a recommendation to design and implement a customised dashboard for teachers to identify observable behavioural patterns that allow them to make decisions to improve the teaching-learning processes of students.