Does Physical Activity Enhance Learning Performance?: Learning Effectiveness of Game-based Experiential Learning for University Library Instruction     

Kosuke Kaneko  Yuriko Saito  Yukari Nohara  Eriko Kudo  Masanori Yamada 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2018,44(5):569-581

This paper reports research results of the proposed experiential learning using a game-based educational material. The educational material was an application running on a mobile device and was supported for learners to study university library instruction. During the experiential learning, the learners answered several quizzes provided from the educational material. The quizzes were including experiential contents such as actually to find an academic journal or to reserve a learning room. In order to evaluate learning effectiveness of the experiential learning, this research made a comparative experiment. The experimental group used the educational material and the control group used another educational material of e-learning (non-experiential) but the contents was almost same as the contents of the experiential learning. The comparative experiment took several evaluation elements such as pre-/post-test scores, delayed-test scores and learning motivation scores based on IMMS of ARCS model. The experimental results revealed that experiential learning was superior for the several elements of these metrics. This research, furthermore, analyzed learner's operation data to the educational material and learner's behavior data during the learning in the experimental group. The analyzing results showed three types of the learning behaviors and indicated that an instructor needs to adopt suitable instructional design to each type to bring superior learning effectiveness.  相似文献   

Voices of teacher candidates of color on white race evasion: ‘I worried about my safety!’     

Yukari Takimoto Amos 《International journal of qualitative studies in education》2016,29(8):1002-1015

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This qualitative study investigated the negative impacts minority teacher candidates receive from white teacher candidates in a required multicultural education class. The findings reveal that four teacher candidates of color had difficulty positioning themselves among the overwhelming silencing power of whiteness in the class. The white students were tactful at evading power and race and flattening the existing hierarchical power relations through the discourses of colorblindness and by preying on the minority instructor. Their understanding of diversity was also shallow. On the other hand, the teacher candidates of color were afraid that they might be labeled as the ones who spoke up against the white students and fearful of the possibility of retaliation and ostracism from the white peers. It seems that the teacher education program’s structure allowed the white candidates to impose strong negative peer pressure on the teacher candidates of color.  相似文献   

Differential predictors of achievement among Kibbutz and urban high school students     

Amos Tal 《Interchange》1982,13(1):83-91

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Competency testing: will the LD student be included?     

K M Amos 《Exceptional children》1980,47(3):194-197

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From the Editors: Math Achievement and Early Childhood Teacher Preparation     

Susan M. Benner  J. Amos Hatch 《Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education》2013,34(4):307-309

The researchers conducting this study investigated the relationship between early childhood teachers' educational levels and their beliefs about appropriate and inappropriate practices by examining the differences between lead teachers and teacher assistants in publicly funded prekindergarten classrooms. For this purpose, the researchers analyzed self-reported teachers' beliefs using analysis of variance and examined 26 individual items. Findings of this study suggest that lead teachers endorsed developmentally appropriate practices more strongly than did teacher assistants. Teacher assistants were more likely than lead teachers to agree with developmentally inappropriate practices. Despite the significant differences between the two groups of teachers, it is important to note that there was a general tendency for both lead teachers and teacher assistants to endorse developmentally appropriate practices. Thus, although there appears to be a link between teachers' educational levels and teacher beliefs, teachers' educational levels alone may not be sufficient for understanding their beliefs and practices in the classroom. Implications for practice and future research in teacher education are also discussed.  相似文献   

“Suicide machine” seekers: transgressing suicidal taboos online     

Yukari Seko 《Learning Inquiry》2008,2(3):181-199

Internet-mediated joint suicides or “Net group suicides” (Net shinjū) has become a significant social problem in Japan since 2002. Despite a privileged view of suicide-related cyberspaces as a murky underworld, there has been little study about how the participants of such spaces interact and perform their “suicidal” identity. Viewing cyberspace as a unique discursive playground that sprouts a myriad of transgressive narratives, this paper examines “Suicide Club” (Jisatsu Club) an online discussion forum that facilitated the largest “Net group suicide” in Japanese history. A thematic content analysis of actual postings on “Suicide Club” reveals the double-edged nature of the forum. While some participants were determined to seek suicide companions or what I metaphorically call “suicide machines,” others used the board as a social outlet to freely disclose their pent-up struggles, attempting to collectively transgress social taboos of suicide.

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Examining the perceived value of professional judgement and decision-making in mountain leaders in the UK: a mixed-methods investigation     

L. Collins  H. J. Carson  P. Amos  D. Collins 《Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning》2018,18(2):132-147

This paper utilised a two-part mixed-methodology to examine the value placed on judgement and decision-making by a sample of qualified mountain leaders in the UK. Qualified leaders (N = 331) completed a web-based survey and a smaller sample (N = 8) were then interviewed. Survey data showed that mountain leaders place greater value on their judgements and decision-making when compared to the technical skills of mountain navigation and rope work; however, the process for developing these judgement skills was unclear. Interview data identified that judgement skills appear transferrable from other domains experienced by the leaders (e.g. emergency services, military) but are then recontextualised and modified for effective use within mountain leadership. The leaders facilitated this via a nested reflective process that combines in-action, on-action and on-action/in-context aspects that rely on metacognition. This combination of reflection and metacognition allows for rapid development of judgement making skills in-context. Implications for mountain leadership training are discussed.  相似文献   

Striving for equity: An update from the Journal of the Medical Library Association     

Katherine G. Akers  Ellen M. Aaronson  Kathleen Amos  Kelsa Bartley  Alexander J. Carroll  Thane Chambers  John W. Cyrus  Erin R. B. Eldermire  Brenda Linares  Beverly Murphy  Melanie J. Norton  JJ Pionke  Amy Reyes 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2021,109(3):359

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The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Education     

Amos Yong 《Christian Higher Education》2019,18(3):224-226

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Types and sequences of self‐regulated reading of low‐achieving adolescents in relation to reading task achievement     

Ilona de Milliano  Amos van Gelderen  Peter Sleegers 《Journal of Research in Reading》2016,39(2):229-252

This study examines the relationship between types and sequences of self‐regulated reading activities in task‐oriented reading with quality of task achievement of 51 low‐achieving adolescents (Grade 8). The study used think aloud combined with video observations to analyse the students' approach of a content‐area reading task in the stages of orientation, text reading and answering questions. Results show that in general these low‐achieving adolescents are infrequently monitoring their text comprehension or making connections with prior knowledge. Nevertheless, important differences are found between types and sequences of self‐regulated reading activities related to task achievement. The low‐achieving adolescents showing a straightforward linear approach to the task (orientation, reading of the whole text and finally answering of questions) yielded more success. In addition, readers demonstrating more activities directed at connections between text contents and prior knowledge during reading showed better task achievement. Implications of these findings for literacy education of this special group of adolescents are discussed.  相似文献