Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPre-Service Teachers' Reading Tendencies: Implications for Promoting ReadingAli Fuat AriciThe purpose of this study was to examine Turkish pre-service teachers' reading tendencies. It specifically focused on to identify pre-service teachers' reading backgrounds and also to put forward the relationships between the tendencies of them and their gender as well as program. Participants were 114 female and 72 male undergraduate students from a state university in Turkey; the data collection … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2008 · 6,921 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEvaluating the Implementation and Effectiveness of GIS-Based Application in Secondary School Geography LessonsAli DemirciThe purpose of the study was to investigate the barriers preventing the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in secondary school geography lessons and to determine its effectiveness on students’ success. A workshop focusing on ways to implement GIS-based application in the classroom for 14 teachers from nine high schools was conducted in 2006. The teachers were given GIS software, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2008 · 8,110 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOrigin and Trend of Distance Education in UgandaBbuye Juliana, Mango M. JohnDistance education has been in existence in Uganda since the 1960s, and it has grown steadily since that time. It is however a neglected area in terms of data collection and research. The courses that were running between 1960 and 1980s have scanty documentation. What can be traced include the upgrading course for teachers which upgraded 1000 teachers from vernacular … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2005 · 7,148 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Design of Environmental-Based Learning to Instill Land Ethics in the LearnersEpon Ningrum, Ahmad YaniThough environment is universal, there are different perspectives under which it can be described. For instance, in learning, an environment is viewed as one of the learning components and aspects which help to actualise learning. An environment in its empirical form has potential characteristics which facilitate transformational learning efforts. This paper is based on the arguement that, if a learning … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 12 · 26 Dec 2016 · 7,164 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractROLE OF WORK-FAMILY ENRICHMENT IN IMPROVING JOB SATISFACTIONNg Swee Fung, Aminah Ahmad, Zoharah OmarThe role of work-family enrichment in improving job satisfaction has been given little attention. In this study a mediation model was tested which includes work-family enrichment as the mediator, job characteristics (job autonomy and job involvement) as antecedent factors and job satisfaction as the outcome. Data were gathered from 280 public secondary school teachers in Malaysia using self-administered questionnaires. Work-family … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 7 Dec 2013 · 8,399 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDeveloping Inner Peace and Joy through Art EducationSusmita LakhyaniProblem statement: Art Education has been given place in the curriculum yet there is a general misconception that the subject Art is of lesser importance and treated as a mere entertaining fringe. The present study looks into this matter. The basic key question, therefore, is-Does process of art education that is art instruction, promotes creative aspects of students and develops … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 18 Feb 2012 · 11,285 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLow Cost Interactive Electronic Whiteboard Using Nintendo Wii RemoteDalbir Singh, Ridha Omar, Azfar AnuarProblem statement: The application of interactive whiteboard offers extensive benefits in the learning and teaching process for classroom environment. The high cost associated with commercial interactive whiteboard may hinder its application in primary or secondary school, especially in developing countries. Thus, this study describes the methods used to create a low cost interactive and viable electronic whiteboard by using the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 11 · 8 Nov 2010 · 7,793 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIndigenous Students and the Learning of EnglishShahrier Pawanchik, Anton Abdulbasah Kamil, Fatan Hamamah YahayaProblem statement: The problem of students’s proficiency in English in the Malaysian primary schools is still debatable. Approach: Unless the problem of students' proficiency is solved at the primary school level, it will fossilize and contribute toward students' anxiety in the language at the secondary and tertiary levels. Results: This research study looked into English needs of the indigenous or … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 8,077 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLearning Outcomes of Project-Based and Inquiry-Based Learning ActivitiesMookdaporn Panasan, Prasart NuangchalermProblem statement: Organization of science learning activities is appnecessary to rely on various methods of organization of learning and to be appropriate to learners. Organization of project-based learning activities and inquiry-based learning activities are teaching methods which can help students understand scientific knowledge. It would be more efficient. This study aimed to compare learning achievement, science process skills and analytical … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 10,456 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLearning outcomes between Socioscientific Issues-Based Learning and Conventional Learning ActivitiesPiyaluk Wongsri, Prasart NuangchalermProblem statement: Socioscientific issues-based learning activity is essential for scientific reasoning skills and it could be used for analyzing problems be applied to each situation for more successful and suitable. The purposes of this research aimed to compare learning achievement, analytical thinking and moral reasoning of seventh grade students who were organized between socioscientific issues-based learning and conventional learning activities. … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 8,061 accessesView PDFCite