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The Mediator Effect of Career Development between Personality Traits and Organizational Commitment: The Example of Sport Communication Technology Talents

2015·Hung-Jen LO, Chun-Hung LIN, Lin Tung HSING +1 yazar

tojet·Cilt 2014/13, Sayı 4

This paper explored the relationships among career development, personality trait, and organizational commitment and examines whether career development mediates the relationship between personality trait and organizational commitment. The sample was 275 sport communication technology talents in Taiwan. The instrument included …

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Challenges faced by teachers implementing socio-scientific issues as core elements in their classroom practices

2015·Ulrika Bossér, Mattias Lundin, Mats Lindahl +1 yazar

European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education·Cilt 2015/3, Sayı 2

Teachers may face considerable challenges when implementing socio‐scientific issues (SSI) in their classroom practices, such as incorporating student‐centred teaching practices and exploring knowledge and values in the context of socio‐ scientific issues. This year‐long study explores teachers’ reflections on the …

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Students’ Engagement for Better Learning at a Lebanese Francophone University: A Case Study

2021·Lina Kadi, Dalal Moukarzel, Salim Daccache

Middle Eastern Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences·Cilt 2021/1, Sayı 1

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of student-faculty interaction, supportive environment, and effective teaching practices on students’ perceived learning gains at the Faculty of Science in a francophone university in Lebanon. Approach/Methodology/Design: This study used …

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Integrating Engineering, Science, Reading, and Robotics across Grades 3-8 in a STEM Education Era

2021·Hasan Deniz, Erdogan KAYA, Ezgi Yesilyurt +2 yazar

Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age·Cilt 2021/6, Sayı 1

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) entered the general lexicon in the United States within the last ten years. Both Presidents Obama and Trump emphasized STEM education as a priority for the United States because the number of college graduates …

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THE EFFECT OF HORTICULTURAL PROGRAM WITH LIFE CONTEXTS ON THE COGNITIVE FUNCTION OF THE ELDERLY IN TAIWAN

2020·Ya-Ling Wu, Shan-Ru Chao, Wei-Fang Tsai +1 yazar

Problems of Education in the 21st Century·Cilt 2020/78-legacy-4358, Sayı 5

Based on the reminiscence therapy, the research aimed to develop the horticultural program with life contexts for the elderly in southern Taiwan, and to explore the effect on overall cognitive function of the elderly. The participants were 17 seniors in …

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GENDER DIFFERENCES IN STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS IN LEARNING CONCEPTS OF ELECTRICITY VIA STEAM INTEGRATED APPROACH UTILIZING SCRATCH

2020·Wee-Ling Tan, Mohd Ali Samsudin, Mohd Erfy Ismail +1 yazar

Problems of Education in the 21st Century·Cilt 2020/78-legacy-4335, Sayı 3

The main aim of the presented research was to examine the interaction between student’s gender and achievements in learning concepts of electricity via STEAM integrated approach utilizing Scratch. This research was aimed to determine the gender disparity for lower-secondary school …

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EXPLORING THE STUDENT AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES CURRICULUM: A CASE OF HIV/AIDS

2019·Lindelani Mnguni

Problems of Education in the 21st Century·Cilt 2019/77-legacy-4223, Sayı 3

Science is generally expected to respond to students and societal needs by adopting student and social accountability principles. Therefore, school science curricula are revised regularly to address emerging socio-economic, political, and scientific issues. Similarly, the National Curriculum and Assessment Policy …

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AN INNOVATIVE ASSESSMENT METHOD TO ESTABLISH EMPLOYABILITY MAP BASED ON STUDENTS’ LEARNING PORTFOLIO

2019·Shu-Chen Cheng, Shing-Lin Chang

Problems of Education in the 21st Century·Cilt 2019/77-legacy-4209, Sayı 2

This research focuses on the approach adopted by a university of science and technology in Taiwan (hereinafter the university) to develop students’ employability indices and to explore the questionnaire analyses. The university developed the “Employability Map; E-Map” by weighting the …

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Developing the communication skills of early childhood teacher candidates: The case of advice

2018·Andrea DeCapua, Lingshan Tian

Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics·Cilt 2015/1-legacy-4071, Sayı 2

Teachers in their professional roles are often called upon to give advice, whether to their students, to their colleagues, to their administrators, or to parents of their students. In this article, we investigate advice giving by teacher candidates to parents …

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CHARACTERISTICS OF PRESCHOOL TEACHING IN LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND MULTILINGUALISM: EXPRESSIONS FROM TEN SWEDISH MUNICIPALITIES

2018·Linda Palla, Ann-Christine Vallberg Roth

Problems of Education in the 21st Century·Cilt 2018/76-legacy-4060, Sayı 2

The aim of this research is to explore what may characterise teaching in language, communication and multilingualism in preschools, as expressed in writing by preschool teachers and managers in 10 Swedish municipalities in 2016. The data consists of written answers …

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Intake of Nutritional Ergogenic Aids among Malaysian Team Sport Athletes

2018·Li Keat Ling, Hazizi Abu Saad, Huei Phing Chee

The International Research Journal of Education and Sciences (IRJES)·Cilt 2017/1-legacy-4042, Sayı 1

Substantial evidence denotes the ignorance of athletes concerning their required nutritional practices, as disclosed by the extensive use of nutritional ergogenic aids to enhance performance. There has been extensive information on the use of nutritional ergogenic aids among athletes in …

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Key Issues in UNESCO Policy on Inter-cultural Education

2017·Linda King

International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction·Cilt 2010/7-legacy-2780, Sayı 1

Multiculturalism is a reality in most countries of the world in the 21st century. There are very few nation states where only one language is spoken, or only one set of cultural patterns or religious beliefs the norm. It is …

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US STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN SCIENCE: A REVIEW OF THE FOUR MAJOR SCIENCE ASSESSMENTS

2017·Susan Poland, Linda Plevyak

Problems of Education in the 21st Century·Cilt 2015/64, Sayı 64

The purpose of this research is to review the nature of four major science assessments administered in the United States: the ACT, PISA, TIMSS, and NAEP. Each assessment provides a very different view into US student performance in science. The …

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PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT: A CASE OF SWAZILAND

2016·Lindiwe Rose Matsenjwa, S’lungile Kindness Thwala

Problems of Education in the 21st Century·Cilt 2013/55, Sayı 55

The study purposed to find primary school teachers’ knowledge and skills of measurement and assessment and to elicit their views of teacher role of measurement and assessment. Within a descriptive survey, a questionnaire was used to collect data. The sample …

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The Use of Academic Portfolio in the Learning and Assessment of Physics Students

2016·Meng Kay Ling

International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education·Cilt 2016/3-legacy-2502, Sayı 2

The purpose of this research paper is to examine the use of portfolios in the teaching and learning of physics at a Singapore private college. The paper starts with a short introduction of the types of students and the purpose …

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Using an Assessment of Early Mathematical Knowledge and Skills to Inform Policy and Practice: Examples from the Early Grade Mathematics Assessment

2016·Linda M. Platas, Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller, Yasmin Sitabkhan

International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology·Cilt 2016/4, Sayı 3

This paper describes the development and intended uses of the Early Grades Mathematics Assessment (EGMA), which measures essential early mathematical knowledge and skills that are foundational to more sophisticated mathematical abilities, predictive of later achievement, and teachable. Administering the EGMA …

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Teacher Perception of Barriers and Benefits in K-12 Technology Usage

2016·Lin B. CARVER

tojet·Cilt 2016/15, Sayı 1

This study explores K-12 teachers’ perceptions of the benefits and barriers to technology integration by either teachers or students in K-12 instruction. The sample was composed of 68 students enrolled in online classes in the graduate studies in education department …

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IMPLEMENTING E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN REAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

2016·Ilche Acevski, Valentina Acevska, Linda Fahlberg-Stojanovska

Problems of Education in the 21st Century·Cilt 2012/39, Sayı 39

Students in vocational schools in Macedonia are less motivated and both enter and finish with ever decreasing knowledge. Teachers are still keeping to conventional ways of teaching. How to improve this situation? Is it possible that a Moodle eLearning environment …

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THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTRASTIVE TEXT STUDIES IN TRANSLATOLOGY

2016·Lindita Sejdiu-Rugova, Bardh Rugova

Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics·Cilt 2015/2-legacy-2312, Sayı 3

The paper aims at bringing up a type of text linguistic analysis, different from traditional one, with the emphasis on the contrastive studies in general and on the English-Albanian cross-linguistic phenomena in particular. It will concentrate in explaining some of …

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LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE NON-DIVERSE CLASSROOM

2016·Lindita Skenderi, Carly Terese Jerome

Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics·Cilt 2015/2-legacy-2312, Sayı 3

The aim of the paper is to propose some simple ways of promoting linguistic and cultural diversity in a homogenous classroom made of students brought up in a bi-lingual environment and country. The ideas and suggestions come from the experiences …

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LITERARINESS AS FREEDOM OF THINKING

2016·Lindita Tahiri

Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics·Cilt 2015/2-legacy-2312, Sayı 3

The study argues about the advantage of the linguistic approach to literature in enabling students become aware of the multiple perspectives of narration giving them the power to do the work that otherwise the supreme interpreter would have done for …

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Exploring Predictive Factors Influencing Returning International and American Adult Learners’ Motivational Orientations

2016·Xi Lin, Chih-hsuan Wang

International Research in Higher Education·Cilt 2016/1-legacy-2252, Sayı 1

This study examined the predictive factors that affect motivational orientations of returning international and American adult learners in higher education. The Educational Participants Scale (EPS/A-form) was used to survey 493 adult learners including both international and American students. Findings indicated …

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STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE: AN AP-PLIED LINGUISTICS LEARNING STUDY

2016·Mona Holmqvist, Gunilla Lindgren

Problems of Education in the 21st Century·Cilt 2009/18, Sayı 18

This study involved students from a teacher training programme and classroom teachers during in-service training. These students and teachers were introduced to variation theory and carried out a learn-ing study on English as a Second Language (ESL) that incorporated five …

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STUDENTS’ COPING IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCHOOLS AT THE BASIC LEVEL OF COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS IN ESTONIA

2016·Monica Sakk, Marika Veisson, Linda Pallas

Problems of Education in the 21st Century·Cilt 2008/8, Sayı 8

The number of students dropping out from the basic level of comprehensive schools has increased during the last years. The current situation has led to a conclusion that the educational system needs to be reorganized in order to support the …

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INSTRUCTION BUILT ON LEARNERS’ PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE BY USING THE VARIATION THEORY

2016·Mona Holmqvist, Gunilla Lindgren, Jane Mattisson +1 yazar

Problems of Education in the 21st Century·Cilt 2008/6, Sayı 6

This chapter discusses teaching based upon pupils’ previous knowledge. As the world becomes more and more globalised, it is harder and harder for a teacher to form a picture of the pupils’ knowledge when planning instruction. However, without this information …

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