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The Effect of Technology-Oriented Differentiated Instruction on Motivation to learn Science
Integrating technology into teaching approaches has become one of the most effective strategies in teaching development. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the impact of technology-oriented Differentiated Instruction on thirdgrade students' motivation to learn science. In order to achieve the goal of the study, the quasi-experimental approach was used, the motivation scale for science learning was prepared, consisting of (29) items, distributed on four dimensions, which are: the academic dimension, the social dimension, self-organized learning, the challenge and curiosity preference, and an instructional plan was prepared according to the Technology-oriented Differentiated Instruction strategy. The study sample was chosen by the intentional method, as the number of the sample reached (58) students of the third grade at the Al-Hussein Bin Talal University Applied School in Ma'an Governorate, in the first semester of the academic year 2020/2021. Male and female students, who studied using the technology-oriented Differentiated Instruction approach, and the other was a control, consisting of (28) male and female students, who also studied using the regular method. The results of the study showed the effectiveness of technology-oriented differentiated instruction in motivating students to learn science with a significant difference compared to traditional instruction
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
We provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
We conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Requirements for managing differentiated classrooms among Jordanian science teachers
Differentiated instruction (DI) is characterized by the fact that it achieves most educational goals and it is role in deepening the values of justice, equity, and a democratic climate in the learning environment. However, this approach requires highly skilled and qualified teachers, especially science teachers, due to the complexity of science learning tasks and environments. The current study aimed to examine the degree to which science teachers in Jordan possess the requirements of differentiated classroom management, and the extent to which they are affected by variables (gender and professional experience). The study sample consisted of 379 science teachers. A differentiated classroom management scale (DCMS) was prepared to achieve the study’s objective, consisting of 38 items with three domains: instruction management, classroom environment management, and managing feelings and emotions in the differentiated classroom. The results of the study showed that the degree to which science teachers in Jordan possess the requirements for differentiated classroom management is moderate. At the same time, there are differences in this degree in favor of the female parameters. However, professional experience did not affect this degree of tenure. The study recommended holding training programs for science teachers in differentiated classroom management and reviewing teacher training programs in Jordan
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
We have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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