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Creative Thinking Practices among Saudi English as a Foreign Language Teachers

Hashem Ahmed Alsamadani · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

This study aims to identify and classify the degree of creative thinking practices implemented by middle school teachers from their own perspective. All English language teachers in Al Qunfudah School District during the academic year (2012/2013) are included in this study. A que...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9165

Computer Assisted Instruction and Digital Learning Resources through the Lens of Chinese University English Learners

Yifeng Yuan & Huizhong Shen · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

Aims: This paper examines Chinese university EFL learners’ perceptions of utilizing computer assisted instruction (CAI) in their language learning as well as digital learning resources to develop their English language and cultural knowledge in a new learning environment. Methodo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8803

Research on Teachers’ Working Approach and their Level of Job Satisfaction

Murat Gürkan Gülcan · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

Today, working life is assumed to be part of the human personality. An individual’s attitudes and behaviors towards working are considered important for the development of human personality in social life. It is expected an individual’s choices regarding their working life and ca...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8216

The Role of Personal Beliefs in the Evaluation of Pre-service Teachers’ Lesson Plans – A Single Case Study

Daniel C. Moos & Amanda Miller · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

Aims: This study examined the relationship between personal beliefs and views of instructional practice. Study Design: Anon-experimental quantitative mixed methods research design was used. Place and Duration of Study: Research setting at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9008

Evaluation of Students Work-Study Programme: The Case of a Private (Faith-Based) Higher Education Institution, South-West, Nigeria

Oludayo, Olumuyiwa Akinrole, Omonijo, Dare Ojo, Uche, Onyekwere Chizaram Oliver & Nwadiafor, Kanayo Louis · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

This study adds to the body of knowledge on Students Work-Study Programme from the Nigerian perspective. Relying on raw data of 72 Work-Study Students, who participated in this prograrmme in the last two years, the study tries to investigate if Work-Study Programme has a negative...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8397

Informing Brain Health Behaviour Choices: The Efficacy of a High-School Brain Awareness Pilot Study

J. Broadbent, N. Sitka, S. Macfarlane, J. McGillivray & S. Tye · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

Aims: Lifestyle choices such as diet and exercise significantly impact mental wellbeing and this is particularly so during the period of adolescence. The aim of the current study was to determine whether neuroscience concepts could be introduced to the classroom in a manner that...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6694

Improving Literacy in the Transition Period: A Review of the Existing Evidence on What Works

Beng Huat See & Stephen Gorard · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

Background: The transition from primary to secondary schools in England is marked by a concern over potential learning loss, and the realisation that a small number of students have not reached an expected or threshold level of literacy. The latter can then impact on progress in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8417

Impact Analysis of Student Centered Inquiry Based Project and Implications on Standards of Science Curriculum in Pakistan

Alyas Qadeer Tahir · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

This paper aims to analyze the impact of baseline and end-line surveys in terms of its inputs and achievements during three years (2009-2012) project on “student-centered and inquiry-based (SCIB) learning” sponsored by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The activities...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8002

An Investigation of the Effects of Text Variation on EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension Ability

Moussa Ahmadian & Ashkan Pashangzadeh · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

Early seeds of language variation studies were planted near the beginning of the 1960s under the influence of William Labov who is generally regarded as the founder of the discipline of variationist sociolinguistics which deals with language variations caused by linguistic and no...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7767

Awareness of Nigerian Students and Teachers about Potential Use of Cell Phone as a Teaching Aid

Omede Jacob · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

Aims: This study investigated the awareness of Nigerian students and those of Nigerian teachers about potential use of cell phone as a teaching aid. Study Design: A survey research design. Place of study: Kogi State College of Education (KSCOE), Ankpa, a state owned higher instit...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7754

Friend or Foe? Common Sense in Science Education from the Perspective of History and Philosophy of Science

Chong Ho Yu & Juanita M. Cole · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

Currently there are two divergent views about the role of common sense in science learning. Educators who side with the notion of restructuring view science learning as an incremental process based upon the student’s prior knowledge of everyday physical phenomena. On the other ha...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6995

Dimensions of Perceived Support for Innovation Scale: A Comparison of Students from Only Child and Multiple Children Families in a Chinese University

Hua Zhang, Xuechun Yang, Ying Zhang & Brian John Hennessy · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

Aims: The study aim was to develop the perceived support for innovation scale, and compare the students from only child and multiple children families in a Chinese university on this scale. Study design: This was a cross sectional survey design. Place and Duration of Study: Schoo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7219

An Empirical Validation of Achievement Goals: A 2x2 Framework Study within the Context of Saudi University Learning

Huy P. Phan & Oqab Alrashidi · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

The achievement goal framework has undergone a number of evolutions over the past three decades. The 2x2 model of achievement goals [1,2] in particular, has been researched extensively, with a recent articulation and revision of measurements that emphasize four different goal typ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7564