Determining students’ mental models about the sun, earth and moon celestial objects for sustainable learning in astronomy education in Libya

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 825-832
Author(s):  
Fathia Ahmed ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Scientific Models ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Astronomy Education ◽  
Celestial Bodies ◽  
5Th Grade ◽  
Academic Year

The study aims to reveal students' mental models and perceptions regarding the concept of the celestial bodies, for instance, earth, sun, and moon. This research study was conducted as a case study focusing on qualitative data. This study also has used a sample formed of 5th-grade students, in the 2018–2019 academic year; the target sample is formed from 50 students at an elementary school in Libya. This study aimed to use the data collection tool, in addition, a test with three open-ended questions was used. Also, according to primitive, synthesis as well as scientific models, the data classification was used and analyzed. The result of this practical study has demonstrated that all the target samples have a synthesis of mental models that are not sufficiently compatible with scientific knowledge.

scholarly journals Secondary School Students’ Mental Models Regarding the Space

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sendil Can ◽  
Meryem Gorecek Baybars
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Mental Models ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Year ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Celestial Bodies ◽  
Special Case

This study was carried out to reveal the mental models of the secondary school students from different grade levels regarding the concept of space. At the same time, within the context of the study, it was aimed to determine the factors playing a role in the construction of their concepts of space. The study employed the special case study design, one of the descriptive methods. The study was conducted in the spring term of the 2016-2017 school year and the sampling of the study is comprised of the students attending a private secondary school in a city located in the western region of Turkey. In the study, a data collection tool including four open-ended questions developed by the researchers to determine the students’ mental models of the “space” was used. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive statistical techniques. The findings of the study have revealed that the students mostly associate the concept of the space with the concepts of emptiness (53 students), infinity (50 students), planet (48 students) and star (28 students). These findings are also supported by the students’ drawings and the Celestial Bodies Mental Model was found to be the model most frequently used by the students.

scholarly journals Determination of Secondary School 4th Grade Students’ Mental Models of the Astronomer

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Meryem Görecek Baybars ◽  
Büşra Tuğçe Kayabas
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Mental Models ◽  
State School ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Scientific Model ◽  
Celestial Bodies ◽  
Special Case

Teaching astronomy to young generations is of great importance because astronomy education helps us to better understand the world we are living in and to find answers to our questions. In this regard, the current study aimed to determine the secondary school 4th grade students’ mental models of the astronomer. The current research is designed as a descriptive study employing the special case study method. The study was conducted in a city located in the western part of Turkey. The study group is comprised of a total of 77 secondary school 4th grade students attending a state school. In line with the purpose of the study, a data collection tool consisted of 2 open-ended questions was developed. In light of the findings of the study, it can be argued that the mental models possessed by the students about the astronomer are the scientific model, the astronaut model and the celestial bodies model

scholarly journals The Metaphors of Candidte Philosophy Group Teacher Regarding the Concept of ‘Mind’

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
Ekrem Ziya Duman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Basic Element ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Second Category ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

The purpose of the current study was to determine what the metaphors of the candidate philosophy group teachers regarding the concept of mind and understand the related metaphors by means of gathering the metaphors expressed under certain categories. Phenomenology, one of the qualitative research designs, was used in the current study. The working group was made up of the students having pedagogical formation at Gazi University in the academic year of 2017-2018 and the last year students studying Philosophy Group Teaching at Gazi University. In this sense, the study was applied to total 85 people. Qualitative data collection techniques were used in the research. Data collection tool was applied to the participants by the researchers. In this sense, 62 valid metaphors were produced out of 85 candidate teachers. The metaphors produced were gathered under 10 categories as mind as a guide, mind as a basic element, mind as suitability for the purpose, mind as a working and developing structure, mind as a storage, mind as showing the reality, mind as an illuminator, mind as a valuable competence, mind as a limitless competence and the unclassified.In the order of metaphors produced mostly by the candidate philosophy group teachers participating the research, mind as a guide was in the first place at the rate of 17.3%. Mind as a basic element was in the second category with a rate of 16% and it was followed by mind as suitability for the purpose and mind as a working and developing structure with a rate of 12%.

scholarly journals BIMBINGAN INDIVIDU SEBAGAI UPAYA UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEDISIPLINAN MENGIKUTI TATA TERTIB SEKOLAH

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Nyoman Purnayasa
Keyword(s):  
Initial Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Student Discipline ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
School Rules ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Guidance Model

This research was conducted in SMP Negeri 2 Singaraja on the students of class IX 1in odd semester, academic year 2016/2017 with condition of student discipline still less appropriate with initial data reach 75% .The purpose of this action research study is to know whether the individual guidance model can improve discipline students in following school rules. Data collection method was observation. Data analysis method was descriptive for qualitative data. The result obtained from this research was individual guidance can improve student discipline in following school order. This is evident from the results obtained in the first cycle increased 80% of the initial data. After the individual guidance and improvement on the weaknesses that exist in cycle I was increased from Cycle I to Cycle II up to 98%. Conclusion obtained from this study is individual guidance can improve student discipline in following school rules

scholarly journals The Opinions of Technology Supported Education of University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (23) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Vasfi Tugun ◽  
Almira R. Bayanova ◽  
Klavdiya G. Erdyneeva ◽  
Nikolay A. Mashkin ◽  
Zavgaria M. Sakhipova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Working People ◽  
Education Today ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Supported Education ◽  
Academic Year

The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of university students about technology-supported education. In today’s era, technological tools are used in every sector of education. Today, when technologies are rapidly developing, the opinions of students studying at university institutions about technology are very important. As per the outcome of the research, it is important to know the opinions of working people in terms of competen-cies and attitude towards the technology. The research was carried out in the fall semester of the 2019-2020 academic year with 75 students studying at the Federal University of Kazan (Volga region), the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and Sechenov University. As the case study method was adopted in the study, researcher prepared open-ended questions as a data collection tool. In this research, qualitative meth-od was used. According to the results obtained from the research, it was concluded that they did not feel themselves competent in technology, they did not have enough equipment and their schools are not equipped for technology-supported education.

scholarly journals Stratification with Honors: A Case Study of the “High” Track within United States Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Amy Stich
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Postsecondary Institutions ◽  
Academic Tracking ◽  
Honors Education ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
United States Higher Education ◽  
High Track ◽  
The U.S

At present, U.S. postsecondary sorting is best evidenced by an increasingly stratified system of higher education. However, very little attention is paid to even deeper levels of stratification within colleges and universities where academic tracking and its consequences are manifest. Given this significant lack of attention to deepening levels of stratification within many of the most “accessible” postsecondary institutions in the U.S., the purpose of this article is threefold: (1) to introduce readers to the notion of academic tracking within the postsecondary sector, (2) to situate honors education within the U.S. postsecondary tracking structure, and (3) to demonstrate the depths of stratification within a system that is lauded as the contemporary architect of social mobility. Based upon qualitative data collected during the 2016–2017 academic year at one public 4-year “accessible” university, findings illustrate the persistence, structure, and depths of stratification as an unintended consequence of one university’s efforts to reconcile the competing goals of excellence and equity.

scholarly journals Digital Government Strategies for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Irfanullah Arfeen ◽  
Demetrios Saranti
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Qualitative Data Analysis Software

The research study examines the Digital government strategies of different countries and compare it with the Digital Pakistan Policy 2018. Different countries focus on the different factors/themes as per requirement of their countries and need of their citizens. Therefore, a requirement for re-search that compares the different digital government strategies has been identified. Secondary data on eGovernment strategies of different governments have been examined to investigate best practices in other countries. The qualitative data analysis software program NVivo has been used to facilitate code-based analysis of different digital government strategies. The findings and recommendations can be successfully utilized for the improvement of digital government strate-gies and its alignment with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030.

scholarly journals FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI KESULITAN BELAJAR PADA SISWA KOMPETENSI KEAHLIAN TEKNIK GAMBAR BANGUNAN

Jurnal PenSil ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
Karuniawati Astuti ◽  
Tuti Iriani ◽  
Santoso Sri Handoyo
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Academic Year

This study aims to determine the factors that influence students' learning difficulties On Skill Of Competency Architecture Engineering (Case Study at SMK Negeri 4 South Tangerang) academic year 2043/2015. The research lasted for 2 months from Marct to April 2015.In this study, the writer uses the survey method. The population in this study was the architecture engineering students of grade X year 2014/2015, a total of 71 students. The data collection tool used in this study was a questionnaire. Trial questionnaire instrument conducted by15 respondents majoring in class XI skill of competency architecture engineering. The analysis of instrument trial and error was conducted on the validity and reliability (Cronbach Alpha), for the number of fixed statement items is 25 items and the reliability result r11 = 0.91.Based on the data from the percentage of the number of students, the results of this study indicate that the factors affecting students' learning difficulties are largely on the internal factors which are psychological factor indicators with sub readiness of students (over 51%) and subtalent of students (over 50%). Meanwhile, the external factors that affect students' learning difficulties are largely on the indicators of school environmental factors with sub methods used by teachers (over 50%) and sub relationships between students (over 50%).

scholarly journals Perceptions of Pre-service Teachers Regarding Entrepreneurship Education: A Metaphoric Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-75
Author(s):  
Murat TARHAN
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Academic Year

Without being aware of it, metaphorical concepts reveal their expressions word for word in our social life. It is the expression of thoughts using concrete and abstract concepts. The aim of this study is to reveal the mental perceptions of teacher candidates about entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship skills by using metaphors. The participants of the study are teacher candidates studying in ten different branches at the Faculty of Education in Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University in the 2019-2020 academic year. In the research, as a data collection tool, a form that includes the expression "Entrepreneurship education / entrepreneurship skill…… because……" was used to identify metaphors for entrepreneurship education. The data obtained from the data collection tool were analyzed using qualitative data analysis techniques. Content analysis and metaphor analysis were used in the analysis of the data. According to the findings obtained from the study, pre-service teachers produced a total of 100 metaphors for entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship skills. These metaphors have been classified into three categories in total, without metaphors for the theoretical framework of entrepreneurship education, metaphors for the values of entrepreneurship education, and metaphors for skills of entrepreneurship education.

scholarly journals Peningkatan Keterampilan Menulis 'Descriptive Text' dengan Menggunakan Media 'Magic Card' pada Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Inggris di Kelas X (Improving the Descriptive Text Writing Skill Using Magic Cards in English Class in 10th Grade)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Atiek Indriyastuti
Keyword(s):  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
English Class ◽  
Learning Attitudes ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Academic Year

The purpose of the research was to find out how far the improvements of tenth grade students’ skills were in writing descriptive text. The research was conducted in Class of X-7 at SMA Negeri 15 Semarang in the 2nd semester of the Academic Year 2014-2015 as a result of the use of magic card media. This research was also conducted to find out the students’ improvement levels of knowledge and learning attitudes during the learning period. Method used in the research was Class Action Research with technique of cycles, consisting of cycle I and II. Data collection tool used for quantitative data was in the form of written daily test and, the tools for qualitative data were observation, self-reflection, and peer-review sheets as well as performance appraisal rubrics. The research results showed that magic card media could improve the skills in writing descriptive text. The learning mastery improved from 28.13% to 50% in cycle I and 84.38% in cycle II. The students’ skill in writing descriptive text improved up to 5.31% compared to the average learning outcomes in the pre-cycle stage. And the learning outcomes in cycle 2 increased up to 6.40% from the average learning outcomes in cycle I.

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