ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Future Aspirations of Young Women with Disabilities: An Examination of Social Cognitive Career Theory
Author: Pham, Yen K.
Date: 2020-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Occupational Aspiration,Career Development,Females,Expectation,Self Efficacy,Personal Autonomy,Mental Health,Barriers,Correlation,High School Students,Students with Disabilities,Adolescents,Social Cognition

Young women with disabilities face multiple barriers that limit their career pathways. Little research has been conducted to examine how cognitive constructs of career self-efficacy and outcome expectations contribute to their future aspirations. This study examined direct relationships between career self-efficacy and outcome expectations on future aspirations, mediating effects of autonomy and self-realization on these relationships, and moderating effects of mental health on these links for young women with disabilities. Although existing research on social cognitive career theory has focused on career self-efficacy, results from this study indicated that outcome expectations might have an even stronger influence on future aspirations. Mental health barriers negatively impact future aspirations of the study's sample. Limitations and implications for research and practice were discussed.
Ecobehavioral Assessment of Paraeducator Behaviors That Support Engagement of Students with Disabilities
Author: Mason, Rose A.
Date: 2020-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Paraprofessional School Personnel,Students with Disabilities,Learner Engagement,Teaching Methods,Correlation,Positive Reinforcement,Student Participation,Behavior,Elementary Schools,Responses,Interaction,Student Characteristics,Educational Environment,Educational Attainment

Due to a shortage of special education teachers and an increase in the number of students with disabilities, the use of paraeducators is common. Paraeducators frequently provide instruction, under the direction of a teacher, to support elementary students with disabilities in elementary school classrooms. However, if and how paraeducators implement foundational instructional strategies is largely unknown (e.g., opportunities to respond [OTR], praise). Likewise, how students with disabilities respond to paraeducators' instructional behaviors is also unknown. With decades of evidence indicating that contextual factors (e.g., group size, activity type) influence interactions between educators and students, we relied on ecobehavioral assessment to measure paraeducators' use of core instructional strategies and students' response in the natural context. Our results indicated a correlation between higher rates of paraeducator-delivered OTRs and praise statements and increased student engagement. Of concern, paraeducators infrequently used core, evidence-based instructional approaches, and students often were not engaged. Findings suggest increased student engagement may depend on professional development efforts aimed at improving paraeducators' implementation of these essential core strategies.
Context-Aware Nonlinear and Neural Attentive Knowledge-Based Models for Grade Prediction
Author: Morsy, Sara
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grade Prediction,Context Effect,Models,Accuracy,Course Selection (Students),Undergraduate Students

Grade prediction can help students and their advisers select courses and design personalized degree programs based on predicted future course performance. One of the successful approaches for accurately predicting a student's grades in future courses is Cumulative Knowledge-based Regression Models (CKRM). CKRM learns shallow linear models that predict a student's grades as the similarity between his/her knowledge state and the target course. However, there can be more complex interactions among prior courses taken by a student, which cannot be captured by the current linear CKRM model. Moreover, CKRM and other grade prediction methods ignore the effect of concurrently-taken courses on a student's performance in a target course. In this paper, we propose context-aware nonlinear and neural attentive models that can potentially better estimate a student's knowledge state from his/her prior course information, as well as model the interactions between a target course and concurrent courses. Compared to the competing methods, our experiments on a large real-world dataset consisting of more than 1.5 million grades show the effectiveness of the proposed models in accurately predicting students' grades. Moreover, the attention weights learned by the neural attentive model can be helpful in better designing their degree plans.
Effects of Scenario-Based Assessment on Students&apos; Writing Processes
Author: Guo, Hongwen
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Instructional Effectiveness,Vignettes,Writing Processes,Learning Analytics,Keyboarding (Data Entry),Essays,Editing,Short Term Memory,Writing Instruction,Summative Evaluation,Writing Evaluation,Middle School Students,Grade 8,Scores,Psychometrics,Cognitive Processes,Test Construction,Data Collection

This study investigates the effects of a scenario-based assessment design on students' writing processes. An experimental data set consisting of four design conditions was used in which the number of scenarios (one or two) and the placement of the essay task with respect to the lead-in tasks (first vs. last) were varied. Students' writing processes on the essay task were recorded using keystroke logs. Each keystroke action was classified into one of four writing states: planning, text production, local edit, or jump edit, and a semi-Markov model was fit to the data. Results showed that the single-scenario and essay-last design encouraged fewer but longer editing states compared to the alternative designs. Additionally, this task ordering appeared to have enabled more fluent and efficient text production when paired with a single scenario. These results seem explainable from cognitive writing theory, particularly with respect to working memory load. Limitations and future directions for research are also discussed.
Experiences of Black Adolescents with Depression in Rural Communities
Author: Hannor-Walker, TeShaunda
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: African Americans,Adolescents,Depression (Psychology),Rural Areas,Symptoms (Individual Disorders),Coping,Clinical Diagnosis,Help Seeking,Definitions,Barriers,Social Support Groups,Context Effect,Stress Variables,Counseling Effectiveness,Cultural Relevance,Mental Health,Experience,Outcomes of Treatment

Literature does little to explore the perceptions of Black adolescents with depression or their perspective of treatment effectiveness. Studies are usually from urban areas and there is a dearth of research with Black adolescents from rural areas. This study explored the unique personal experiences of Black adolescents located in the rural southeastern United States, with the purpose of gaining a clearer understanding when working with this population. An interpretative qualitative method was used to explore 10 participants' interpretation of their experiences to gain insight in how they make meaning of those experiences. Five significant categories were found to capture participant themes: (a) definition of depression, (b) seeking treatment, (c) coping and problem solving strategies, (d) types of emotional support, and (e) contributing factors to depression. Specific recommendations and interventions are suggested for mental health clinicians to become more educated and aware when working with Black adolescents.
An Investigation of Online Gaming Addiction Level among University Students in Terms of Emotional Schemas, Agentic Personality, and Various Variables
Author: Bekir, Seyhan
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Addictive Behavior,Computer Games,College Students,Personality Traits,Gender Differences,Foreign Countries,Emotional Response,Self Esteem,Life Satisfaction,Correlation,Locus of Control,Anxiety

The aim of this study is to examine online game addiction level among university students in terms of emotional schemas, agentic personality, and various variables (i.e. gender, type of game played, and accommodation). The sample group consists of 380 university students studying in Izmir province and playing online games during the school year of 2017 and 2018. The data have been collected through multiple tools that are Online Game Addiction Scale for University Students, Multi-measure Agentic Personality Scale, Leahy Emotional Schema Scale, and Personal Information Questionnaire. The data were analyzed by correlation analysis, t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and regression analysis in accordance with the hypothesis of the study. The result of regression analysis indicated that emotional schemas of uncontrollability, demand for rationality, rumination, dissimilarity, denial of emotions, validation, seeing emotions as dangerous, acceptance of feelings, consensus, and guilt predicted addiction significantly, whereas, emotional schemas of weakness against emotions and duration did not predict such an outcome. Additionally, as a result of the t-test, it was found that online gaming addiction levels differed significantly according to gender and that males had higher levels of online game addiction than females. Lastly, one-way analysis of variance resulted in finding the level of online gaming addiction significantly differed based on the type of game played, but it did not differ significantly based on where students lived.
A Web Based System Design for Creating Content in Adaptive Educational Hypermedia and Its Usability
Author: Özaydin Aydogdu, Yildiz
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Hypermedia,Computer System Design,Usability,Programming,Computer Oriented Programs

Adaptive educational hypermedia is an environment that offers an individualized learning environment according to the characteristics, knowledge and purpose of the students. In general, adaptive educational hypermedia, a user model is created based on user characteristics and adaptations are made in terms of text, content or presentation according to the created user model. Different contents according to the user model are shown as much as user model creation in adaptive educational hypermedia. The development of applications that allow the creation of adaptive content according to the features specified in the user model has great importance in ensuring the use of adaptive educational hypermedia in different contexts. The purpose of this research is to develop a web-based application for creating content in adaptive educational hypermedia and to examine the usability of the developed application. In order to examine the usability of the application developed in the scope of the study, a field expert opinion form was developed and opinions were asked about the usability of the application from 7 different field experts. As the result of the opinions, it has been seen that the application developed has a high usability level. In addition, based on domain expert recommendations, system revisions were made and the system was published at www.adaptivecontentdevelopment.com.
Stigma, Help Seeking, and Substance Use
Author: Gutierrez, Daniel
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Help Seeking,Substance Abuse,Positive Attitudes,Intervention,Counselor Educators,Path Analysis,Self Concept,Bias,Drug Use,Drinking,Advocacy,Counselor Training,Mental Health,Literacy,Therapy

Researchers used path analysis to examine self-stigma, help seeking, and alcohol and other drug (AOD) use in a community sample of individuals (N = 406) recruited through the crowdsourcing platform MTurk. Self-stigma of help seeking contributed to AOD use and was mediated by help-seeking attitudes. We discuss the implications for advocacy and stigma reduction in substance use treatment. Counselors and counselor educators can implement and advocate for interventions and training that increase positive attitudes toward seeking help, such as providing appropriate training with supervisees and counselors-in-training, providing clients and the community with mental health literacy, and engaging in more advocacy. Moreover, they can challenge thoughts of seeking help as weakness, normalize seeking psychological help, and discuss the benefits of counseling and therapy to address the development and effects of self-stigma of help seeking for individuals with substance use issues.
Investigation of Prospective Teachers&apos; Belief toward Authentic Assessment and Groupwork Skills
Author: Çelikten, Serpil
Date: 2020-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Performance Based Assessment,Group Activities,Intellectual Disciplines,Student Evaluation,Correlation,Foreign Countries

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the prospective teachers' average scores based on new component comprising of the subdimensions of the Authentic Assessment Belief Scale and Groupwork Skills Scale differs from each other significantly in terms of the field factor they are studying. For this purpose, in the context of survey research, the descriptive and correlational investigations were presented and then multivariate analysis of variances (MANOVA) was conducted on the study group including 434 prospective teachers. Results show that subdimensions of these scales were correlated at moderate level in general and the score means differ from each other at each subdimension according to the field factor. Moreover, when each subdimension were treated as dependent variable and were analyzed simultanously, it was concluded that prospective teachers differ from each other in terms of field factor depending of the new component resulting from MANOVA. Lastly, when post-hoc test were conducted it was observed that in general, highest scores were obtained by the prospective teachers that are studying at the field of language education, whereas the lowest scores were obtained with the field of social sciences. The results have implications on the simultaneous examination of at least two psychological construct when making inferences about the prospective teachers and by the way considering the probable differences based on the different fields they were trained.
Research Trends towards Teachers&apos; In-Service Training
Author: Sahin, Harun
Date: 2020-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Research,Educational Trends,Inservice Teacher Education,Research Design,Sample Size,Data Analysis,Journal Articles,Research Methodology

This research aims to determine the trends of the studies about in-service teacher training in Turkey. It is a descriptive study using document analysis based on qualitative research method. Various databases were searched and 56 articles about in-service teacher training between 2012 and 2019 were used and included in the study. The data of the study was collected by &quot;Article Classification Form&quot;, conceptualized and analysed in terms of its various characteristics within certain themes. According to the findings, there is a decreasing trend in the number of studies between the years of 2012-2019 related to in-service teacher training in Turkey. The studies were mostly carried out in descriptive structures with an unplanned manner during the in-service training of teachers by making urgent decisions. Moreover, the number of comprehensive and planned studies using mixed designs with different participants and multiple data collection and analysis processes is not sufficient. In this context, more emphasis should be given to the studies on in-service teacher training, numbers of which have been decreasing as of 2019, and the possible studies to be carried out should be planned in a comprehensive manner considering the real needs.
Determination of the Effects of STEM Education Approach on Career Choices of Gifted and Talented Students
Author: Sahin, Erhan
Date: 2020-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,STEM Education,Program Effectiveness,Career Choice,Academically Gifted,Occupations,Student Interests,Student Attitudes,Decision Making,Job Skills,Early Adolescents

This study proposed to determine the effect of STEM practices on the choices of gifted and talented students for future profession. The research was carried out in a Science and Arts Centre (SAC) affiliated to Ankara Provincial Directorate of National Education during 2016-2017 academic year. The study group composed of 17 gifted and talented students. The research was designed according to the case study design that is one of the qualitative research methods. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview form generated by the researchers. Content analysis technique was conducted to analyse the qualitative data collected during the research. As a result of the analysis of the data, it was revealed that the STEM practices enabled the students to recognize the profession they wanted to choose, that the STEM education improved the professional thoughts of the students, and that the STEM practices had a positive effect on STEM professions.
Teaching Register to EFL Writers: Formality and Deference in Written Communication
Author: Schlight, Richard
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,English (Second Language),Writing Instruction,International Trade,Business Administration Education,Electronic Mail,Teacher Attitudes,Business English,Cultural Context,Language Styles,Writing (Composition),Decision Making,Teaching Methods,Sentence Structure,Language Usage,Foreign Countries,Business Schools,College Students

While teaching written communication to international business school students in Korea, the author received an email from a student to lacked thoroughness and clarity. He decided to use the email as a learning opportunity for his students to rewrite it. He discovered that while the results were good, there was an inability to write in a register that was appropriate to the communicative task and cultural context. Register is an amorphous construct, but for the purposes of the lesson, it describes the balance between formality, deference, and the appropriateness of a writer's style to a given text. Finding the correct register for a text is a complex endeavor that includes, among other factors, sentence structure and word choice. But it also involves decisions about formality and whether to assume a deferential tone or to take a more authoritative stance. In this article, the author discusses challenges related to teaching register in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts and uses specific examples to suggest strategies to overcome those challenges.
Emotion Regulation among Adolescents with Drug Abuse: A Qualitative Study
Author: Fakaruddin, Farhana Nabila
Date: 2020-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Drug Abuse,Self Control,Emotional Development,Coping,Stress Variables,Peer Influence,Late Adolescents,Student Attitudes,College Students,Males,Foreign Countries,Drug Rehabilitation,Prevention

Adolescence, a transition between childhood and adulthood is viewed as a phase of increased decision making, pressure and understanding one's self. In search of their identity, adolescents experienced peer pressures and tend to engage in social problems such as drug abuse which leads them to believe in expressing their inner selves. Research on emotion regulation among adolescents has burgeoned in recent years to better understand their emotional development and ability to control emotion. Based on Gross' Emotion Regulation Theory, emotion regulation is an emotion management skill that require individuals to better manage their emotion in an emotional experience. Past studies have indicated that this skill can help to change the way a situation is interpreted thereby decreasing its emotional impact. This paper aims to understand how emotion regulation skills can assist adolescents to cope with drug abuse, while dealing with emotional problems caused by internal conflicts, stress, family issues, and peer pressure. This study employed a Basic Qualitative Inquiry on three participants aged between 18 to 21 years old. It was found that avoiding venues associated with drug abuse, managing their thoughts, and avoiding non-supportive friends; are some methods that have helped the adolescents to have better control of themselves. This study hopes to contribute in better understanding the coping skills that can be developed to assist students who are involved in drug abuse.
Designing a Computer Programming Environment for Gifted Students: A Case Study
Author: Erümit, Ali Kürsat
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Academically Gifted,Computer Science Education,Student Interests,Student Needs,Active Learning,Student Projects,Game Based Learning,Student Motivation,Programming Languages,Children,Foreign Countries,Males,Secondary School Students,Private Schools,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Instructional Design,Problem Solving,Independent Study

The aim of this study was to design, implement and evaluate the programming process for gifted students and offer suggestions to teachers and researchers. For this purpose, 5 gifted students were provided programming activities for ten weeks. Scratch was used in the programming training process. The qualitative data was collected by observation, interviews and written forms. The results showed that students' interests and needs should be taken into consideration in programming teaching plans. The duration of the lessons should be kept flexible and the programming activities should be project-based. The study revealed that game programming increases the attendance and motivation of the gifted students. In future research, programming instruction can be repeated by making necessary corrections and researched in different dimensions such as motivation, academic achievement and self-efficacy.
Examining Preservice Teachers&apos; TPACK-21 Efficacies with Clustering Analysis in Terms of Certain Variables
Author: Basaran, Bülent
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Technological Literacy,21st Century Skills,Science Education,Mathematics Education,Preservice Teacher Education,Public Colleges,Foreign Countries,Gender Differences,Computer Use,Student Attitudes,Self Efficacy

The purpose of this study was to determine the differences between preservice teachers' 21st century techno-pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK-21). The study group included 254 preservice teachers from the departments of Science Teaching and Mathematics Teaching at a state university in Turkey. In order to determine the preservice teachers' strong and weak points in terms of TPACK-21 and to reveal the differences between them in terms of their gender, computer use efficacies and Internet use frequencies, the clustering analysis method was used. For the purpose of confirming the evident difference between the TPACK-21 variables, one-way ANOVA was applied, and the effect sizes were determined (n2). It was found that for all the variables, there were significant differences between the clusters. Also, Bonferroni post hoc analysis conducted for the confirmation of the clusters revealed significant differences between the clusters for each factor influential on the students' TPACK-21 perceptions.