ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Investigation of Social Appearance Anxiety Levels of Physical Education and Teaching, Coaching Education and Sports Management Department Students in Terms of Different Variables
Author: Türkay, Ibrahim Kubilay
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Physical Education,Athletics,College Students,Anxiety,Gender Differences,Social Influences,Aesthetics,Clothing,Human Body,Self Concept,Student Attitudes

This research was carried out in order to determine the anxiety levels of the students of the Faculty of Sport Sciences, who are studying at Mehmet Akif Ersoy University in the province of Burdur, in the Republic of Turkey, according to their departments, due to their social appearance. The population of the research is Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, a higher education institution in Burdur, and the sample is a total of 201 university students, 57 female and 144 male, studying in the &quot;Physical Education and Sports Teaching, Sports Management and Coaching Education&quot; departments of the sports sciences faculty of this university has created. The &quot;Social Physics Anxiety Inventory&quot; scale, which was developed by Hart et al. (1989) and was adapted to Turkey by Mülazimoglu, Balli, and Asçi (2006), consisting of 12 items and two sub-scales, was developed by Hart et al. (1989) in order to measure students' anxiety levels towards their social appearance (Dogan, 2010; Mülazimoglu-Balli &amp; Asçi, 2004). Only the 7-item part, which is suitable for the characteristics of the Turkish people, was used. Appropriate SPSS program was used for the analysis of the data obtained in the research. In addition, before starting the research, the students filled out a &quot;Voluntary Consent Form&quot; to declare that they participated in the research voluntarily. &quot;Pearson Correlation&quot; test to examine the relationship between variables, the &quot;Independent Samples&quot; test to detect the effects of variables on each other, and the one-way analysis of variance test (One-Way ANOVA) to detect the difference between groups, and multiplexes to find between which groups this difference is &quot;Bonferroni&quot; test which is one of the comparison tests (Post Hoc) was applied. Significant differences were taken as p &lt; 0.01 and p &lt; 0.05. As a result of the research, it has been determined that there are positive and negative significant differences in the anxiety levels of 51 female and 144 male students studying at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Physical Education and Sports Teaching, Sports Management and Coaching Education departments. Regarding the evaluation of these determinations, it can be said that female students are more sensitive than male students in terms of social appearance.
The Relationship between Physical Activity Levels of the School of Physical Education and Sports Students and Their Life Satisfaction
Author: Koç, Mine
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Activity Level,Athletics,Life Satisfaction,College Students,Life Style,Correlation,Body Composition,Body Weight,Body Height,Gender Differences,Physical Education,Foreign Countries,Grade Point Average

This study aims to investigate the correlations between the physical activity levels of students who study sports sciences and their life satisfaction levels according to a number of variables. The study group was composed of 212 students--100 of whom were female and 112 of whom were male--who attended Physical Education and Sports School of Adiyaman University in 2020-2021 academic year. The participants were given the international physical activity questionnaire (Craig et al., 2003) and satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) (Diener &amp; Griffin, 1985) along with personal information form (IPAQ-SF) online. As a result, no correlations were found between physical education and sports school students' levels of physical activities and their life satisfaction. Accordingly, the BMI average for the female students ([X-bar] = 20.31) was found to be significantly lower than the average for the male students ([X-bar] = 23.68). The inactive students' average ([X-bar] = 21.61) and the average of the students who were very active ([X-bar] = 21.37) were significantly higher (p &lt; 0.01). On the other hand, no significant differences were found in the participants' levels of physical activity or in their life satisfaction levels according to types of sports and gender (p &gt; 0.05).
The Role of Athletic Self-Efficacy and Athletic Perfectionism in Predicting Athletic Performance of Gazi University Student Athletes
Author: Çakiroglu, Temel
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,College Athletics,Predictor Variables,Foreign Countries,Self Efficacy,Student Attitudes,Personality Traits,Student Athletes,Performance,Ability

Athletic performance is the physical and mental effort of an individual or a sports team to win and defeat the other person or team. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of athletic self-efficacy and athletic perfectionism in predicting athletic performance of athletic students of Gazi University. The method of this study is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population includes all student athletes of Gazi University, which is 360 people. To determine the sample size, Cochran's sample size estimation formula was used and the number of samples was equivalent to 186 individuals selected by simple random sampling method. Standard questionnaires on athletic self-efficacy, athletic perfectionism and athletic performance were used to collect data. The data were analyzed using SPSS 24 software. Descriptive statistics for quantitative variables were presented as mean and standard deviation. The regression coefficient was used to determine the role of athletic self-efficacy and perfectionism in predicting students' athletic performance. Athletic self-efficacy and athletic perfectionism play an important role in predicting athletic performance of student athletes. Athletic self-efficacy and athletic perfectionism predicted 0.54 and 0.46 (p &lt; 0.05) of changes in athletic performance, respectively. As athletic self-efficacy and athletic perfectionism increase, so does athletic performance in student athletes. Coaches are advised to pay attention not only to physical condition but also to psychological characteristics and especially to indicators of perfectionism and self-efficacy when selecting players.
Mapping the Trend of Humor Studies in Educational Arena: A Text-Analytic Approach
Author: Erdogdu, Fatih
Date: 2022-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Humor,Trend Analysis,Teaching Methods,Educational History,Research Reports,Computational Linguistics,Information Retrieval,Learning Motivation,Attention Control,Creativity,Learner Engagement,Student Interests,Online Courses,Cooperative Learning,Cross Cultural Studies,Concept Mapping,Teacher Student Relationship,Psychological Patterns

Humor is considered an educational method that can be implemented in educational processes with a wide range of educational variables. Examining the scope of research on educational humor has the potential to guide future studies. Therefore, the aim of this study is to show the conceptual trend in humor research in education over the past decade. 989 publications on the subject of humor in education were analyzed using the text mining method. A text analytic tool was used for the analysis, and the titles, abstracts, and keywords were included in the text analytics. As a result of the study, humor was studied in terms of various variables in different educational fields. In addition, the reflections of humor in education base on technological developments and the target groups applied were also revealed. The findings revealed the conceptual relationships and concept maps by year. It was concluded that the concept of humor in educational research is particularly related to the variables of motivation, attention, skill, creativity, engagement, and interest. Upon comparing 2010 and 2019, it has been observed that concepts related to online education, science, collaborative learning, and technology in humor studies have spread in recent years. In addition, humor has also emerged as a research phenomenon in language, health, and science education.
Children&apos;s Rights in the Perspective of Primary School Teachers in the Period COVID-19 Epidemic
Author: Dagdeviren Ertas, Behiye
Date: 2022-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,Elementary School Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Childrens Rights,Distance Education,School Closing,Child Safety,Access to Information,Quality of Life,Foreign Countries,Nutrition,Access to Health Care,Housing,Access to Education,Freedom

With the announcement of an epidemic by the World Health Organization in 2020, countries have been restricted in many areas such as economy, health, education, and social life. With this restriction process, it is possible to say that children experience difficulties accessing many salient services, especially education, health, and care services. Therefore, during the COVID-19 epidemic, children can be told that they are deprived of rights based on their protection and development. In this process, the research aims to examine the opinions of primary school teachers, individuals with whom students spend the most time through distance education after their families, on children's rights. Participants of this research, adopting one of the qualitative research methods i.e., phenomenology, consist of 19 primary school teachers working in Yozgat, Turkey, determined by purposeful sampling methods. In the research, data were collected through a semi-structured interview form. The data obtained were analyzed using the descriptive analysis technique. As a result of the research, teachers expressed the most opinions about children's right to life, nutrition, and a quality life standard as well as development right to access information. In addition, the most views were on the right of children to participate, on the right to express their opinions freely and on the right to protection from all kinds of maltreatment, neglect, abuse and exploitation. Therefore, teachers' views on children's rights to life, development, participation, and protection were evaluated as negative.
Investigation of the Correlation between Science Teachers&apos; Level of Use of the Education Information Network and Their Level of Use of Technology
Author: Durkaya, Figen
Date: 2022-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Science Teachers,Science Education,Technology Uses in Education,Technology Integration,Use Studies,Secondary School Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Correlation,Teacher Characteristics,Gender Differences,Teaching Experience,Tenure,Instructional Design

The Education Information Network (EBA), which is offered as a social education platform in Turkish education system, is a system that allows teachers and students to benefit from educational technologies free of charge. This research was carried out to determine the correlation between the level of use of the EBA and the level of use of educational technologies of science teachers working in secondary education. In the study, the correlation research model, which is a quantitative research method, was used. The study group of the research consist of 80 Science Teachers working in all public secondary schools in the district of Çorlu in the province of Tekirdag in the spring term of the 2018-2019 Academic year. As the data collection tool, Alabay's &quot;Opinions on EBA Usage Level&quot; and Bayraktar's &quot;Educational Technologies Usage Level Determination Questionnaire&quot; were used to determine the demographic characteristics of the participants. The data was analyzed by using SPSS 23 statistical analysis software package. The results of the study were obtained by applying the normality test, nonparametric analyses (Mann Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis H test) and the Correlation analysis on the obtained data. When the correlation between the opinions of teachers concerning the level of use of the EBA and the level of use of the educational technologies were examined, a positive and significant correlation was found between them.
A New Integrated Fuzzy Multicriteria Approach towards Evaluation and Selection of Instructor Candidates to Military Schools
Author: Kabak, Mehmet
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Personnel Selection,Decision Making,Selection Criteria,Higher Education,Evaluation Methods,Specialists,Foreign Countries,Military Schools,Teacher Selection,College Faculty

Personnel selection is a critical process for organizations and both quantitative and qualitative factors are used in the decision phase. The criteria should be unique to the organization and the best alternative should be chosen to satisfy requirements. This paper researches the instructor selection process for military academics. The criteria are weighted with fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) by experts and candidates are ranked by using fuzzy Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) Method. The purpose of Fuzzy TOPSIS method, which is one of Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods, is to allow group decision-making in a fuzzy environment. It involves the calculation of the closeness coefficients by means of Fuzzy Positive Ideal Solution (FPIS) and Fuzzy Negative Ideal Solution (FNIS). Alternatives are ranked according to the calculated closeness coefficients. In the study, candidates were assessed by three DM's in accordance with seven decision criteria. The decision makers carried out assessments with linguistic variables, and subsequently these variables were transformed into positive trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. The study shows that as a decision tool, the Fuzzy TOPSIS method integrated with Fuzzy AHP is extremely well suited to evaluation and selection decisions regarding candidates for position of instructor.
Online Communities of Practice: Sustainable Leadership Model
Author: Ceran, Onur
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Communities of Practice,Leadership Role,Computer Mediated Communication,Situated Learning,Sustainability

Wenger (2011) has argued that domain, community and practice should be gathered in order to create communities of practice (CoP). It is believed that CoP would end as soon as the interest in learning together diminishes. Within that context, the role played by the community leader is of importance. In structural communities, which Wenger defines as the domain of CoP, the leader of the community could be chosen and assigned from the organization and be motivated through salary, authority etc. However, this is a phenomenon that is more difficult and should be solved in online CoP, which are informally structured. In this study, it is advocated that sustainable leadership element should also be added to the current elements which includes domain, community, and practice, through analyzing Wenger's framework for CoP and creating an online CoP. In addition, we also recommended the A2D cyclical model for enabling sustainable leadership, in this research.
From Modernisation, Dependency and Soft Power toward a Commonwealth of Learning
Author: Evans, Terry
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Development,Social Change,Global Approach,International Organizations,Social Development,Economic Development,Developing Nations,Public Agencies,International Relations,Power Structure,Education,Foreign Countries,Financial Support,Educational Finance

This article reflects on some influential theories, concepts and institutions that have shaped the nature and substance of international development since the mid-20th century. In particular, theories of modernisation and dependency are deployed to reflect on the ways in which the International Financial Institutions, such as, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank have adopted a 'Washington Consensus' concerning the social and economic development of 'developing' nations. 'Soft power' national agencies, such as, the British Council and USAID are brought into consideration, especially, for their interests and influences over matters of learning for development. The multi-national Commonwealth of Learning's particular contribution to learning for development is discussed with suggestions made for developing member nations' capacities to produce new local knowledge and to bring their existing local knowledge to the fore to share as part of a (Lockean) 'commonwealth of learning'.
Agency and Accountability in the Academic Reading of International Graduate Students Using English as an Additional Language
Author: Altalouli, Mahmoud
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Accountability,Graduate Students,Foreign Students,Reading Comprehension,Personal Autonomy,Decision Making,Grounded Theory,English for Academic Purposes,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Student Attitudes,Asians,College Faculty,Teacher Attitudes,Course Descriptions,Reading Strategies,Linguistic Theory,Language of Instruction

This grounded theory study explores the academic English reading practices of six English-as-an-additional-language students from China and Japan in a graduate course in their first semester at a U.S. university. Academic reading is an understudied yet foundational literacy practice for graduate students. Data include classroom observations of the graduate course during one semester, individual interviews with six students and the course instructor, and the collection of documents. Drawing on the analytic lenses of agency and accountability, the findings show that while the requirements established by the instructor and syllabus explicitly or implicitly held students accountable for the work, students also responded strategically to the course's accountability structure. They agentively made choices about how to engage with the readings in terms of the purposes for which they read and how much time they spent on the readings.
Analysis of Students&apos; Metacognition Level in Solving Scientific Literacy on the Topic of Static Fluid
Author: Pamungkas, Zakaria Sandy
Date: 2019-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Metacognition,Scientific Literacy,High School Students,Physics,Problem Solving

The purpose of this study is to describe students' metacognition level in solving scientific literacy. This research use the descriptive method. The subject of this research is 99 students of grade XI in SMA Batik 2 Surakarta. Data collection methods used are test methods which its instruments based on an indicator of scientific literacy and metacognition ability. Data analysis techniques use quantitative descriptive analysis. The results showed that the achievement of scientific literacy in science as a body of knowledge, science as a way of thinking, science as a way of investigating, and science as an interaction between technology and society is still low at below 35%. This is due to 84% student occupy in low metacognition level that is 30% students in tacit use level, 54% students in aware use level, and only 16% students occupy in high metacognition level that is in strategic use level.
Empowering International Students to Succeed: An Innovative and Beneficial Initiative for Health Professions
Author: Penman, Joy
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Students,Self Management,Study Habits,Student Attitudes,Stress Variables,Student Adjustment,Mentors,Undergraduate Students,Well Being,Program Development,Learning Strategies,Mental Health,Physical Health,Interpersonal Relationship,Educational Environment,Foreign Countries,Academic Achievement,Nursing Education,Occupational Therapy,Allied Health Occupations Education,Attitude Change,Peer Relationship,Social Support Groups

International students report higher sociocultural and academic stress when settling into a new university compared with their local counterparts. Three disciplines in the health professions collaborated to create a transition program addressing international student health and well-being in Australia. Commencing students and senior student mentors participated in a four-session program of activities to reflect on their current study/work practices and learn self-management strategies. They developed plans for coping with cultural, language, academic, and social barriers, and assisted in improving physical and mental health and well-being. Of the 26 participants who attended sessions, 15 participated in in-depth interviews. Facilitating adjustment, establishing relationships, gaining new skills and knowledge, and transforming beliefs and behavior were the four themes identified that captured and explicated the impact of the initiative. Although limited by the number of student participants, the program demonstrated a positive impact in creating a supportive learning environment for international students.
Influence of the Demo Kit on Remediating Senior School Students&apos; Misconceptions in Mitosis and Meiosis in Ilorin, Nigeria
Author: Luwoye, Akindeyi
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Scientific Concepts,Misconceptions,Concept Formation,Biology,Science Instruction,Teaching Methods,Demonstrations (Educational),Secondary School Science,Secondary School Students,Conventional Instruction,Hands on Science

This study investigated the influence of the demo kit on remediating misconceptions held by senior school students in mitosis and meiosis. The quasi-experimental design of the pre-test, post-test, non-equivalent control group was adopted for the study. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 60 male and female biology students from two senior secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis. The instruments used for data collection was the Mitosis and Meiosis Conception Package (MMCP). Frequencies and chi-square were used to answer the research questions and test the null hypothesis, respectively. The findings revealed that biology students held misconceptions on mitosis and meiosis before and after instructions. However, there was a significant difference in the number of misconceptions held by students taught using the demo kit and those taught with the conventional method. It was recommended that biology teachers adopt the use of the demo kit for remediating students' pre- and post-instructional misconceptions on mitosis and meiosis.