ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
An Overview of Equal Educational Opportunities in Turkey: A Spatial Analysis of Classrooms in Rural and Urban Primary Schools
Author: Gökçe, Nazli
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Opportunities,Foreign Countries,Rural Schools,Urban Schools,Elementary Schools,Educational Quality,Geographic Information Systems,Maps,Surveys,Correlation,Rural Areas,Urban Areas,Spatial Ability

The number of students in a class is a primary factor affecting the quality of education. Therefore, this study examines the distribution of the number of students per class in rural and urban primary schools in Turkey, and efforts have been made to specify classroom needs. Statistical data was obtained from the Turkish Institute of Statistics and the Ministry of National Education. In order to better interpret data, graphs and maps were prepared with the help of GIS. The MapInfo 12.0 program was used for map drawing. The data was mapped using the Inverse Distance Weighted Algorithm. Whether there was global clustering regarding the distribution of the number of students per class in both rural and urban primary schools in Turkey was investigated using Moran I. In addition, local Moran I maps were employed to identify whether or not there was local clustering or neighboring interaction. At the end of the research, a variety of findings and results were obtained regarding the condition of primary school classes in Turkey. In conclusion, it has been determined that there is a need for more classes in certain regions, while they are urgently needed in others.
Impact of Short-Term Training in Social Cognition in Preschoolers with Externalizing Behavior
Author: Houssa, Marine
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Training,Outcomes of Education,Preschool Children,Social Cognition,Information Processing,Theory of Mind,Pretests Posttests,Cognitive Measurement,Psychological Patterns,Beliefs,Problem Solving,Educational Experiments,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Comparative Analysis,Child Development,Student Improvement,At Risk Students,Student Behavior,Behavior Problems,Statistical Analysis,Foreign Countries

In two experimental and exploratory studies, we wanted to test the differentiated effects on preschoolers with externalizing behavior (EB) of two short-term social information processing (SIP) and Theory of Mind (ToM) training sessions, in comparison with typically developing (TD) preschoolers or with preschoolers with EB whom didn't receive training. Firstly, nineteen preschoolers presenting a high level of EB problems took part in a pre-test session involving direct cognitive and socio-cognitive measures (assessing the understanding of emotions, beliefs and social problem-solving). They were then allocated at random to two experimental groups (ToM or SIP training) and compared to nineteen TD preschoolers who followed the same procedure. Four experimental groups, EB-ToM group (n = 9), TD-ToM group (n = 9), EB-SIP group (n = 10), TD SIP-group (n = 10), received short training sessions, which were given by group of three children. All children took part in a post-test session. Secondly, EB-ToM group (n=9) and EB-SIP group (n = 10) was compared to a control group of preschoolers with EB problems (n = 9). These preschoolers took part in pre-test and post-test sessions. Firstly, we tested whether the effectiveness of the training was specific to children with EB compared to TD children. Although improvement was obtained in typically developing children, larger improvements were found in the population with EB. Secondly, we compared the potential transfer of learning between the two types of experimental training in children with EB problems. Results showed some improvement in ToM and in SIP for both experimental groups. These studies provide some guidelines for training in social cognition aimed at preschoolers who are at risk of or have developed EB disorders
Different Reasons to Play Games in an English Language Class
Author: Sevy-Biloon, Julia
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,College Students,Teaching Methods,Elementary School Teachers,Preservice Teachers,Educational Games,Student Motivation,Cognitive Style,Questionnaires,Language Tests,Student Attitudes,Instructional Effectiveness,Language Skills,Qualitative Research

English language students at the Universidad Nacional de Educacion (UNAE) in Ecuador tend to have various learning styles and have a hard time being motivated to not only learn, but also remember the correct form of English language being taught in the classroom. It is mandatory for these students to learn English; therefore many do not have intrinsic reasons for wanting to study English. This study focused on a group of 30 fourth semester beginner EFL university students studying to be elementary school teachers. Through the research conducted, the author investigated how game play in the classroom could intrinsically motivate, promote different learning styles and advance English language learning when students do not have an initial want or understanding of the need to learn the language other than the fact that it is a mandatory subject in their university. Games were used throughout the course to reinforce grammar and vocabulary, promote multiple skill learning while using diverse teaching styles to create an environment, which independently motivated the pupils of the class to not only want to learn, but also to internalize the language. Students were given various questionnaires, an online quiz and assessment materials to assist the teacher in finding the results for the study. Through the findings of the study these tools produced results that demonstrated the importance of games as a strategy to use in a language class, with college age students in UNAE. Games helped students increase their speaking, reading, writing and listening skills and at the same time increased their motivation to want and appreciate learning English. They were a specifically useful strategy with this group, because it also aided in authentic learning and made fundamental English language learning more enjoyable.
Prediction of Problematic Internet Use by Attachment in University Students
Author: Kozan, Hatice Irem Ozteke
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Prediction,Internet,College Students,Foreign Countries,Correlation,Regression (Statistics),Attachment Behavior,Predictor Variables

Aim of this research is to examine the predictive power of attachment style on problematic internet use among university students. Participants of study consist of 481 university students (230 girls). Results indicate that there is a negative correlation between secure attachment style and social benefit/social comfort and there is a positive correlation between preoccupied attachment style and social benefit/social comfort which is a sub-dimension of problematic internet use. Considering predictive power of attachment on problematic internet use, results show that preoccupied, secure and dismissing attachment styles are significant predictors of social benefit/social comfort. Results and comments for the future studies on problematic internet use and attachment were discussed in general.
Adaption of Talent Management Scale into Turkish: Sinop University Case
Author: Kilic, Elife Dogan
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Global Approach,Talent Development,Employees,Factor Analysis,Preservice Teachers,Talent,Correlation,Statistical Analysis,Factor Structure,Universities,Causal Models,Organizational Culture,Elementary School Teachers,Preschool Teachers

As a result of globalization, talented employees have been needed in the workplace anymore. With being hired of talented employees, new understanding of management has appeared and talent management has gained importance due to this new understanding. Talent management is a kind of management understanding according to which employees feel motivated and have desire to move forward by taking the initiative, trust in their knowledge and expertise has increased, they believe that they can control the incidents and the conditions which enable them to fulfill the tasks which are suitable and meaningful for them for the sake of organizational purposes have been composed (Dogan, 2006). Talent management is composed of a five-step process, which these steps are hiring, keeping, improving, performance and strengthening personnel. The purpose of this study is to adapt the scale which was used by Oehley (2007) in the thesis of &quot;The Development and Evaluation of a Partial Talent Management Competency Model&quot; for prospective teachers in Turkey. The adaptation study was conducted with 133 prospective teachers who are continuing their education in the Faculty of Education of Sinop University. In the adaptation study, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted. The original scale is composed of 44 items. In the first step of the adaptation study, 40 items are included in the Turkish form with regard to expert opinions. As a result of exploratory factor analysis conducted, item 8 was excluded from the scale. The scale has come up with 8 sub-dimensions as it is in the original scale. To test its accuracy, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted for 39 items.
Online Teacher Work to Support Self-Regulation of Learning in Students with Disabilities at a Fully Online State Virtual School
Author: Rice, Mary F.
Date: 2016-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Disabilities,Elementary Secondary Education,Self Control,Online Courses,Virtual Classrooms,Qualitative Research,Models,Learning Strategies,Case Studies,Special Education Teachers,Interviews,Interaction,Coding,Teacher Attitudes,Computer Mediated Communication,Teacher Role,Student Role,Planning,High School Students,Secondary School Teachers

Students with disabilities represent a growing number of learners receiving education in K-12 fully online learning programs. They are, unfortunately, also a large segment of the online learning population who are not experiencing success in these environments. In response, scholars have recommended increasing instruction in self-regulation skills for these students, but whether teachers are able to promote self-regulation as part of their instruction and how they will do so remains unknown. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how practicing teachers provided self-regulation strategies to students with disabilities in a fully online learning environment. In this context, the teachers intended to offer self-regulation strategies to students, but they were largely unable to do so. This work has the potential to influence professional development programs for online teachers in the hopes that students with disabilities will be able to learn self-regulation strategies and ultimately be more successful. [Paper presented at the Special Interest Group on Online Teaching and Learning (SIG-OTL), American Educational Research Association (AERA) Centennial Annual Meeting (100th, Washington, D.C., April 8-12, 2016).]
Pre-Service Physics Teachers' Opinions about the Difficulties in Understanding Introductory Quantum Physics Topics
Author: Kizilcik, Hasan Sahin
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Physics,Teacher Attitudes,Science Education,Science Instruction,Introductory Courses,Case Studies,Qualitative Research,Research Methodology,Science Teachers,Interviews,Content Analysis

The aim of this study is to identify the opinions of pre-service physics teachers about the difficulties in introductory quantum physics topics. In this study conducted with twenty-five pre-service physics teachers, the case study method was used. The participants were interviewed about introductory quantum physics topics. The interviews were coded using content analysis and were divided into different categories. In this way, we tried to reveal the opinions of pre-service physics teachers about the difficulties of these topics. In conclusion, it can be said that the participants had the most difficulty in transition from classical physics to quantum physics. This is especially evident in quantum physics topics that require a different understanding such as black body radiation, wave-particle structure of light and the uncertainty principle. It was also found that the participants had no difficulties in terms of mathematical calculations, and that approaches based on visualizing the topic were received positively.
Comparison of Sprint Reaction and Visual Reaction Times of Athletes in Different Branches
Author: Akyüz, Murat
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Comparative Analysis,Athletes,Reaction Time,Team Sports,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis,Athletics,Females,Visual Perception,Motor Reactions,Perceptual Motor Coordination

The aims of this study are to analyse sprint reaction and visual reaction times of female athletes of different branches competing in Professional leagues and to show the differences between them. 42 voluntary female athletes from various branches of Professional leagues of Istanbul (volleyball, basketball, handball) were included in the experiment group of this study. Lafeyetta Moart Reaction meter for visual reaction measurements and Fusionsport Pro Photocell meter for sprint reaction test measurements were used for participating athletes. Mean measurements were obtained for all tests. SPSS 22 statistical package program was used for analysing data for Windows. Kruskall Wallis, Anova and Post Hoc test was used while comparing the data between the groups. Statistical significance level was taken as p&lt;0.05. Study results show that no statistically significant difference was observed among the mean visual reaction values of basketball, volleyball and handball players (p&gt;0.05). A statistically significant difference was observed among the averages of sprint reaction total values of players (p&lt;0.05). According to visual reaction measurements, handball players were better compared with the other branches (p&lt;0.05). No relationship was observed between visual reaction and sprint reactions of players among the branches.
&quot;More Confident Going into College&quot;: Lessons Learned from Multiple Stakeholders in a New Blended Learning Initiative
Author: Whiteside, Aimee L.
Date: 2016-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Blended Learning,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Suburban Schools,High Schools,Case Studies,Surveys,Observation,Interviews,Focus Groups,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Parent Attitudes,Administrator Attitudes

This article examined a blended learning initiative in a large suburban high school in the Midwestern region of the United States. It employed a single-case exploratory design approach to learn about the experience of administrators, teachers, students, and parents. Using Zimmerman's Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) Theory as a guiding framework, this study explored surveys, face-to-face observation data, interview transcriptions, and focus group transcriptions to learn about different stakeholders' experiences and their observations about student readiness for blended learning. As a result, the data suggested three major themes, namely how blended learning initiatives can promote autonomy and self-regulation, encourage inquiry and build relationships, and ultimately help students feel ready for college. [Paper presented at the Special Interest Group on Online Teaching and Learning (SIG-OTL), American Educational Research Association (AERA) Centennial Annual Meeting (100th, Washington, D.C., April 8-12, 2016).]
Insights on Inspirational Education for &quot;High-Risk&quot; Youth Informed by Participatory Action Research (PAR) on Youth Engagement: Short Communication
Author: Iwasaki, Yoshitaka
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Youth,At Risk Students,Action Research,Participatory Research,Social Justice,Foreign Countries,Research Projects,Learner Engagement,Homeless People,Student Empowerment,Social Change

This short communication provides our insights into how or in what ways educators can more effectively support aspiration of at-risk/high-risk youth toward meaningful education. These are informed by the key learnings from our ongoing youth engagement research. Those insights emphasize the importance of &quot;meaningful engagement of youth&quot; through building a positive relationship with youth from a strengths-based perspective to mobilize youth's talents into our collaborative engagement efforts in order to effectively support &quot;high-risk&quot; youth and aspire their educational pathways. Conceptually, our work aligns with the paradigms of positive youth development (PYD) and social justice youth development (SJYD). Practically, our research project represents an &quot;anti-oppressive practice&quot; in itself because the project engages youth as important contributors to a social/system change, especially, the role of our youth leaders in our team as a conduit for mobilizing youth views and actions on social justice issues (e.g., oppression, marginalization, social exclusion/inclusion, human rights, empowerment).
The Analysis of the 5th Grade Students' Attitudes and Self-Efficacy for Physical Education Course in Terms of Demographic Characteristics
Author: Aydogan, Hayri
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grade 5,Student Attitudes,Self Efficacy,Physical Education,Statistical Analysis,Likert Scales,Correlation,Comparative Analysis,Foreign Countries,Test Results,Educational Attainment,Parent Background,Demography,Individual Characteristics,Physical Education Teachers,Secondary School Students

The aim of the study is to analyze the 5th grade students' attitudes and self-efficacy for the physical education course that they have come across for the first time which is taught by physical education and sports teachers. Law No. 6287 was issued by the Turkish Grand National Assembly National Education Culture Youth and Sports Commission on March 30, 2012 and put in the practice on April 11, 2012. It enforced compulsory education system from 8 years to 12 years and graded the education system as 4 + 4 + 4 years (URL-1). 329 fifth grade students studying at 13 public schools in the districts and villages of Rize and Trabzon cities joined the study. In addition to the Personal Information Form, &quot;Physical Education Susceptibility Scale&quot; (PESS) developed by Hilland et al. (2009) and adapted to Turkish by Öncü, Gürbüz, Küçükkiliç and Keskin (2015) checking its validity and reliability as a data collection tool covering 11 items were used. According to the findings of the analysis made for the &quot;Attitude&quot; subtitle of the 5th grade students towards physical education course; &quot;Gender Variable&quot; (t = 2,211; p &lt;0.05) had a significant difference compared to &quot;Location of School&quot; (F = 3,044; p &lt;0,05). In addition, according to the findings of the analysis made for the &quot;Self-efficacy&quot; subtitle for the physical education course of the 5th grade students, there was a significant difference in terms of &quot;Mother's Educational Level&quot; (F = 2,766; p &lt;0,05). The difference was meaningful between the groups of elementary school-post graduate, and high school-secondary school.
Effective School Evaluation in Primary Schools from the Dimension of Parents
Author: Akan, Durdagi
Date: 2017-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary Schools,Parents,Statistical Analysis,Comparative Analysis,Questionnaires,Foreign Countries,Administrator Attitudes,Administrators,Surveys,Parent Participation,Elementary School Teachers,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Correlation,Teacher Attitudes,School Effectiveness

The aim of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of the primary schools depending on &quot;parents&quot; dimension according to the perceptions of administrator and teacher in terms of different variables. It employed descriptive survey model. Data was collected through effective school questionnaire with the aim of determining the perceptions of school administrators and teachers working in primary schools in Erzurum. 155 school administrators and 616 teachers were selected through simple random sampling method and the obtained data was analyzed through arithmetic mean t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The data revealed that the school administrators and teachers expressed parents had a medium-level contribution to the effectiveness of primary schools. It is likely to state that school administrators and teachers in different duty stations and professional seniorities had different opinions about the attitudes of parents related to the effectiveness of schools while school administrators and teachers had similar opinions.
Relationships between Minority Students Online Learning Experiences and Academic Performance
Author: Yeboah, Alex Kumi
Date: 2016-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Minority Group Students,Self Esteem,Metacognition,Self Efficacy,Academic Achievement,Correlation,Social Media,Online Courses,Technology Uses in Education,Cultural Pluralism,Learning Experience,College Students,Online Surveys,Grade Point Average,Second Language Learning,English (Second Language),Mixed Methods Research

The study investigated the relationship between minority students' use of technology, social media, the number of online courses, program of study, satisfaction, and academic performance. Participants in the study were a diverse student body regarding age, gender, and educational level, and functioned at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Chi-square tests were used to find the relationship between participants' online learning experiences and academic performance. Results showed that satisfaction and use of social media had no relationship with the academic performance of participants. However, a relationship existed between the use of technology, the number of courses in online, program of study, and academic performance. Categories that emerged from the open-ended questions were flexibility and time convenience, self-confidence, lack of support, self-regulated learning skills, and language and linguistic differences. The authors concluded that varying factors such as cultural, language, personal, and efficacy skills facilitated the academic performance of minority students in an online learning environment. This study reiterates the importance of establishing multicultural presence in an online course and suggests best pedagogical methods for teaching minority students in an online course. [Paper presented at the Special Interest Group on Online Teaching and Learning (SIG-OTL), American Educational Research Association (AERA) Centennial Annual Meeting (100th, Washington, D.C., April 8-12, 2016).]