ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Examining Students&apos; Opinions about STEAM Activities
Author: Ozkan, Gulbin
Date: 2017-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Energy,Physics,Motion,Science Activities,Grade 7,Qualitative Research,Teaching Methods,Instructional Effectiveness,Student Satisfaction,Relevance (Education),Questionnaires,Foreign Countries,STEM Education,Art Education

The purpose of this study is to determine the opinions of students about STEAM activities. This qualitative study was conducted on the with 7th grade students (n = 37) who are studying at a public school in Istanbul. A purposeful sampling was used in this study. Nine STEAM activities were used while teaching Force and Energy unit. An evaluation form which is composed of open-ended questions was used as a data collection instrument at the end of the teaching process. The responses provided by students for the evaluation form were analysed qualitatively to determine the opinions of students about the activities. The study was structured as qualitative research and content analysis technique was used to evaluate the obtained data. The findings revealed that a relatively positive attitude about STEAM activities and the contribution that the approach had on students. It was therefore concluded that students have few negative opinions about STEAM activities.
The Significance of Group Supervision to Yogo Teachers in Japan
Author: Iwasaki, Kazuko
Date: 2017-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Physical Education Teachers,Professional Isolation,Teacher Supervision,Health Education,Peer Teaching,Faculty Development,Semi Structured Interviews,Elementary Secondary Education,Health Related Fitness,Supervisory Training,Group Instruction,Participant Satisfaction

This study aimed to evaluate the significance of group supervision to Yogo teachers in Japan, who often deal with work-related problems in isolation. Like school nurses in the United States, the role of the Yogo teacher is to oversee students' health education and management. In this study, eight Yogo teachers, each with a minimum of six years' experience, attended six supervised group sessions in 2016. During each session, one participant presented a case, and all participants then engaged in a general exchange of opinions about the case. Following the six sessions, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants, and the interview data were analyzed using M-GTA (modified grounded theory approach). The results generated 14 concepts and six categories, schematizing the Yogo teachers' change of consciousness in relation to each category. The Yogo teachers evidenced needs in the categories of &quot;Emotional Support,&quot; &quot;Awareness,&quot; &quot;Systemic Thinking,&quot; &quot;Collaboration,&quot; &quot;Motivation Improvement,&quot; and &quot;Training Location.&quot; Ultimately, the study demonstrated that supervision by family therapists improved education by enhancing Yogo teachers' consultation abilities and systemic thinking. Yogo teachers' participation in the group supervision resulted in the following change in consciousness: their awareness was deepened by receiving emotional support, by training with the intent to learn, and by considering the significance of collaboration. Overall, teachers experienced an increase in self-motivation. The process for &quot;Improvement of consultation ability&quot; also became clear. Thus, group supervision by psychiatrists and/or family therapists has a positive impact on the overall motivation and work efficacy of Yogo teachers in Japan.
Development of a Preschool Teacher&apos;s Guidance Qualifications Scale and Its Psychometric Properties
Author: Bilgin, Hülya
Date: 2017-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preschool Teachers,Teacher Qualifications,Rating Scales,Test Reliability,Test Validity,Psychometrics,Factor Analysis,Guidance Programs,Pretests Posttests,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

The goal of this study is to develop a Guidance Qualification Scale for Preschool Teachers and examine the validity and reliability of the scale. The research was conducted with 374 teachers working in preschools in Istanbul and they were chosen by the random sampling method. Factor analysis was carried out for the construct validity of the scale. Internal consistency coefficients and test-retest reliabilities were examined and item analysis was performed for reliability studies. As a result of the factor analysis, 59 items which explained 55,989% of the total variance (Total Variance Explained 45,050%), were obtained under four factors. When the factor weights of the scale are examined, items were found to have weight values ranging from 0.746 to 0.453. Cronbach's Alpha internal consistency coefficients of the &quot;Preschool Teacher's Guidance Qualifications Scale&quot; were found to be 0.977 for the total scale, 0.954 for the &quot;Supporting Educational Development and Interpersonal Relationships&quot; sub-dimension, 0.943 for the &quot;Supporting Individual Development and Orientation&quot; sub-dimension, 0.904 for the &quot;Self-acceptance, Support for Self and Social Development&quot; sub-dimension and 0.909 for the &quot;Recognizing Individuals, Identifying Problems and Supporting Parents&quot; sub-dimension. Also, the test-retest reliability study of the scale was conducted with 44 teachers. According to the results of the t-test applied for differences between the average item scores of upper 27% and lower 27% groups of items on (in?) the scale, all differences were found to be significantly in favor of the upper 27% group. In light of these findings, it can be said that the &quot;Preschool Teacher's Guidance Qualifications Scale&quot; can be used as a valid and reliable measurement tool in the field of education.
On Plurality Category and Teaching in Turkish
Author: Alyilmaz, Semra
Date: 2017-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Nouns,Morphemes,Form Classes (Languages),Suffixes,Syntax,Linguistics

When discussing about &quot;plurality&quot; of nouns in Turkish, it reminds /+lar/ affix after nouns (morpheme) and the subject is undervalued. Whereas, plurality and formation of plurality is not simple as it is thought as well as it is not made up of /+lar/ affix. It is because /+lar/ affix is only one of the linguistic elements in the morphological plurality used for making plural in Turkish. Out of /+lar/ affix, /+An+/, /+Ar+/, /+(s)Ar+/, /+GIl+/, /+GUn+/, /+ºK+/, /+lA+/, /+ºs+/, /+ºs+/, /+ºT+/, /+ºz+/ affixes have given plurality, plus, double, group, generalization, exaggeration, respect etc. to the words they are added in the historical process of Turkish. However, a major part of affixes used in plurality by morphological ways in Turkish has lost their function of plurality etc. in the historical process and combined with the base, origin, and body of their words. The plurality in Turkish is a name of category (as it is in all world languages) and made in three ways: Morphological plurality, semantic plurality, and syntactic plurality In this article, information is given primarily in &quot;generality&quot; and &quot;singularity&quot; and secondarily in plurality in Turkish, ways of forming this category, and some problems in learning it.
Determination Metacognitive Awareness of Physical Education Teachers
Author: Aktag, Isil
Date: 2017-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Education Teachers,Metacognition,Teacher Surveys,Gender Differences,Teaching Experience,Inservice Teacher Education,Measures (Individuals),Knowledge Level,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

In this study metacognitive awareness of physical education teachers were investigated. A total of 537 physical education teachers were participated. Data were collected by a survey which was developed by Schraw and Dennison (1994) translated to Turkish by Akin, Abaci and Çetin (2007). The mean of the metacognitive awareness level of physical education teachers is found to be 205.44. A significant difference of metacognitive awareness level in between female and male teachers was recognized. The study showed that the metacognitive awareness level of teachers did not change according to teaching experience except in planning sub-dimension.
Analysis of Bridge Player Profiles According to Their Intelligence Areas
Author: Bilir, Fatma Pervin
Date: 2017-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Games,Multiple Intelligences,Surveys,Measures (Individuals),Statistical Analysis,Individual Differences,Physical Activities,Kinesthetic Perception,Individual Characteristics,Athletes,Gender Differences,Interests,Athletics,Likert Scales

The aim of this study is to figure out profiles of bridge players and analyzing them according to their intelligence areas. The sample of the study is consist of 100 volunteers out of 200 bridge players who have attended &quot;Çukurova open double bridge championship&quot; in Adana, Turkey at February 2016. Data have been collected via &quot;Personal Information Form&quot; and &quot;Multiple Intelligence Areas Assessment Scale&quot; developed by Gülsen (2015). Data have been analyzed not only via descriptive statistics but also Mann Whitney U test was used for double comparison and Kruskal Wallis H test for multiple comparison. The profile of the players contributed to the study is; 30% women, 70% men, 25% of the population is between 51 and 60 years age, 67% is married, 71% has bachelor degree, 57% is working for government sector and 33% for private sector. Most of the players are working as teacher, engineer, or medical doctor and 50% of the population is performing a physical activity like walking, football and basketball. It is found that players' internal intelligence area is the highest among all intelligence areas; additionally the lowest one is found as the rhythmic intelligence. It is determined that the players' from different business sectors have significant differences among internal, analytic, interpersonal, physical/kinesthetic intelligence areas, and significant difference is determined for the physical/kinesthetic intelligence among the players who perform physical activities and who do not.
The Effectiveness of Yoga on Spiritual Intelligence in Air Traffic Controllers of Tehran Flight Control Center
Author: Safara, Maryam
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Traffic Safety,Spiritual Development,Metacognition,Relaxation Training,Exercise,Quasiexperimental Design,Randomized Controlled Trials,Training,Comparative Analysis,Pretests Posttests,Surveys,Statistical Analysis,Critical Thinking,Consciousness Raising,Hypothesis Testing,Males,Adults

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of yoga on spiritual intelligence in air traffic controllers in Tehran flight control center. This was a quasi-experimental research and the study population includes all air traffic controllers in Tehran flight control center. The sample consisted of 40 people of the study population that were selected through convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into experimental group (20) and control group (n = 20). This research was conducted through training yoga on the air traffic controllers to experimental group compared with the control group. The data were evaluated as the changes resulted after the intervention (post-test) compared to the previous condition (pre-test). King's (2008) Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory (SISRI) was used to measure the variables. The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance. The results showed that yoga exercises had a significant effect on spiritual intelligence and its components (critical thinking, personal meaning production, expanded state of consciousness, transcendental consciousness) in the subjects.
Perceptions of Pre-Service Teachers on Student Burnout, Occupational Anxiety and Faculty Life Quality
Author: Türkoglu, Muhammet Emin
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Anxiety,Stress Variables,Quality of Working Life,Measures (Individuals),Burnout,Foreign Countries,Schools of Education,Satisfaction,Statistical Analysis

Perceptions of pre-service teachers on burnout, occupational anxiety and faculty life quality were investigated in this research. The research group consisted of 461 pre-service teachers in total studying at Afyon Kocatepe University faculty of education. &quot;Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Form,&quot; &quot;Faculty Life Quality Scale&quot; and &quot;Occupational Anxiety Scale for Pre-Service Teachers&quot; were used in the collection of the research data. The information on the demographic features of the participants was collected as gender, age, branch and division. Arithmetic mean and T-test were used in the analysis of the data. In the research, it was seen that the burnout levels of pre-service teachers are at moderate level, and they are centred the dimension of feeling competent. It was found that occupational anxiety is centred in appointment related anxiety. It was seen that the level of satisfaction on the quality of faculty life is at a moderate level and it is centred on the dimension of satisfaction with the teaching staff. It was found that the faculty life quality satisfaction levels of female pre-service teachers are higher than male pre-service teachers. On the other hand, the burnout and occupational anxiety levels of female pre-service teachers were found significantly higher than male pre-service teachers.
Corpus-Aided Business English Collocation Pedagogy: An Empirical Study in Chinese EFL Learners
Author: Chen, Lidan
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Business English,Pretests Posttests,Language Usage,Language Proficiency,Undergraduate Students,Majors (Students),Journal Writing,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Knowledge Level,Teaching Methods,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis,Pretesting,Interviews

This study reports an empirical study of an explicit instruction of corpus-aided Business English collocations and verifies its effectiveness in improving learners' collocation awareness and learner autonomy, as a result of which is significant improvement of learners' collocation competence. An eight-week instruction in keywords' collocations, with the help of AntConc and self-constructed Business English Pedagogical Corpus combined with COCA general corpus and Wikipedia corpus, was imparted to 23 undergraduate learners majoring in Business English in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. They took the collocation competence pre-test and post-test before and after the teaching experiment which was phased into two themes and submitted learning reflective journals at the end of each theme instruction and answered a questionnaire at the final end. The data from the tests, reflective journals and questionnaire collaboratively suggest that given appropriate guidance EFL Business English learners can take a more active role in raising their collocation awareness and developing learner autonomy and thus improve their collocation competence significantly. The results from the test analysis also indicate that the corpus-aided Business English collocation pedagogy is proved to be more effective for intermediate and advanced level learners rather than lower level ones. The findings have pedagogical implications for EFL Business English instructors and learners.
Relating the Learned Knowledge and Acquired Skills to Real Life: Function Sample
Author: Albayrak, Mustafa
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics,Mathematical Concepts,Case Studies,Logical Thinking,Preservice Teachers,Qualitative Research,Skills,Knowledge Level,Elementary Education,Word Problems (Mathematics),Definitions,Content Analysis

Considering that Mathematics is a multidimensional problem-solving method that can be effective in all areas of cultural life, it is of great importance because of its contribution to other sciences such as physical and social sciences. It is known that the basic concepts of mathematics, which can also be expressed as a way of life, have helped to increase the usefulness of mathematics to practical and even social sciences such as physics, chemistry, biology, economics, engineering and military, as well as their own values. In addition, if abstract subjects and concepts in mathematics are used in other sciences, concrete results can be obtained, which facilitate the labor of humans. In this case, it is useful to illustrate the mathematics of everyday life in order to understand the importance of mathematics. The word &quot;function,&quot; which is often used in everyday life as in mathematics, is one of the basic concepts in mathematics. Relating the learned knowledge and the acquired skills related to this concept to everyday life can affect the memory duration of learned knowledge and subsequent learning. Considering the importance of the subject, a case study has been conducted with (62) students. In the study, the definition of the function and two daily life examples related to the definition were presented to the candidates in black and white. The candidates were asked to make the definition of the types of functions presented to make sampling from daily life by making analogies. Content analysis was used in the analysis of the data. In the study, it was determined that the candidates could not go beyond the ordinary in writing samples. In addition, the success rates of candidates' ability to define and write daily life examples have been quite different.
Course Design and Technology for Synchronous Interaction in an Online Course
Author: Kreie, Jennifer
Date: 2017-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Curriculum Design,Synchronous Communication,Interaction,Online Courses,Scoring Rubrics,Business Administration Education

Online course offerings in higher education continue to grow because of the strong demand. Though many online courses are based on an asynchronous model, there are courses that require real-time interaction between students themselves and between students and the instructor, which means synchronous interaction is necessary. The technology exists to support this mode of instruction but there are challenges to how to structure an online synchronous meeting. This paper presents the approach taken for an online business course about enterprise resource planning (ERP) and the techniques applied to help ensure successful student interaction and learning. The added challenge in this course was the use of a simulation that runs live during synchronous class meetings. From the outset the design of this synchronous online ERP course was based on the Quality Matters (QM) Program standards to help ensure the course structure was effective in guiding students through the course requirements and content. The article summary has some feedback from students and gives suggestions for improvements to future course offerings.
Coin Counter: Gamification for Classroom Management
Author: Carlson, John
Date: 2017-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Games,Classroom Techniques,Undergraduate Students,Programming,Student Behavior,Rewards,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Correlation,Psychological Patterns,Student Participation,Locus of Control,Achievement,Questionnaires,Program Effectiveness

In recent years, gamification has been utilized in a number of different contexts, including educational applications. This paper describes a unique application of coin-based gamification classroom management system in undergraduate programming classes. The coin-based gamification allowed students to earn and spend coins as a form of classroom currency. Students earned coins for certain desired behaviors, which were above and beyond normal behaviors, and were able to spend the coins for things like an assignment or take-home exam due date extension. Survey based results were collected from 104 students and the results indicated that the gamification classroom management system was positively associated with classroom enjoyment, student participation, class strategy, perceived control, and classroom performance. Although the gamification classroom management system was related to desired outcomes, there were some negative outcomes, most notably the additional burden on the instructor that we highlight. A discussion, future pedagogical research thoughts, and recommendations for system improvements are provided.
Navigating the Minefield of Self-Publishing E-Textbooks
Author: Schultz, Leah
Date: 2017-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Textbook Publication,Faculty Publishing,Writing for Publication,Electronic Publishing,Performance Factors,Educational History,Higher Education,Cost Effectiveness,Textbook Standards,Best Practices

This paper examines the issues useful for faculty members that are considering electronically self-publishing their course textbook. A brief history of the use of electronic textbooks is presented as well as the advantages and disadvantages associated with self-publishing and electronic textbooks. A brief overview is provided on the process of electronic publishing and the resources available. Ultimately, faculty members undertaking the task of self-publishing an e-textbook need to ensure that the product is of high quality and useful to their students.
Can You Hear Me Now? An Examination of Online Learner Communication Preference
Author: Bailie, Jeffrey L.
Date: 2017-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preferences,Online Courses,Computer Mediated Communication,Student Surveys,Teacher Student Relationship,Peer Relationship,Interpersonal Communication,Expectation,Undergraduate Students,Social Media,Communication Strategies,Statistical Analysis,Business Administration Education

Developments in technology including the Internet, social media, and mobile devices have opened the choices of available means for communication in the online classroom. The emerging means of communication between online students and faculty has spawned an interest for an examination of pedagogical influences in relation to existing theoretical frameworks and best practices. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the communication preferences of a group of students enrolled in an online program of higher education. A panel of 78 knowledgeable online learners was offered a survey that was intended to examine certain preferences and expectations for online communication with faculty and classmates. The results of this investigation offer practitioners insight into communication media preferences of an informed group of undergraduate online students.
A Quantitative Assessment of Student Performance and Examination Format
Author: Davison, Christopher B.
Date: 2017-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Statistical Analysis,Performance Based Assessment,Correlation,Higher Education,Regression (Statistics),Undergraduate Students,Scores,Predictive Validity,Standardized Tests,Test Format,Hands on Science,Comparative Analysis,Information Technology,Predictor Variables,Hypothesis Testing

This research study describes the correlations between student performance and examination format in a higher education teaching and research institution. The researchers employed a quantitative, correlational methodology utilizing linear regression analysis. The data was obtained from undergraduate student test scores over a three-year time span. The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive relationships between standardized examinations and practical examinations. The data consists of 247 undergraduate students' test scores spanning three academic years. Computer Technology students were assigned to take a standard midterm exam as well as a practical exam. The result of the analysis demonstrates that standardized examination scores are not predictors of practical examination scores and may well be testing different skill sets.