Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsTowards the Decline and fall of Radical and Educational Constructivism (Mark I)James Carifio, Rocco J. PerlaProblem statement: In 1974, McKeachie published a brief article in The Educational Researcher called, "The Decline and Fall of the Laws of Learning". Approach: This article was primarily about the decline and fall of the behaviorist laws of learning and radical behaviorism, both of which were never quite the same in psychology or education after this article as before it … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 1 Jan 2010 · 8,070 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAutomated Evaluation of Short Answers Using Text Similarity for the Portuguese LanguageSilvério Sirotheau, Joao C.A. dos Santos, Eloi L. Favero, Simone N. de FreitasAlong with the development of distance education, emerges the demand for virtual environments as the automated evaluation studies of essays that has already produced promising results. However, when dealing with short answers, replicating the decisions of a human grader is still a challenge, as the portability of essay evaluation techniques to short answers has not produced results with the same … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 11 · 21 Nov 2019 · 6,899 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIntegration of Anti-Corruption Education in School's ActivitiesKokom Komalasari, Didin SaripudinThe eradication of corruption is a long process, not only through law mechanism but also establishing new philosophy in form of seeding the logical reasoning and new values of free-corruption through formal education. By education, the character of anti-corruption will be created such as cultivating honesty, hard working, bravery, responsibility, independence, simplicity, justice and tolerance values. The article will describe … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 6 · 28 Jul 2015 · 9,267 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBioethics Principles in the Teaching of Climate ChangeRavichandran Moorthy, Er Ah Choy, Sivapalan Selvadurai, Novel LyndonProblem statement: Bioethics is the philosophical study of the ethical controversies about humans and his environment. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, philosophy, theology and climate change. The objective of this study is to examine the impact of using bioethics resources as teaching tool in the teaching … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 10 · 20 Aug 2011 · 7,669 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractVedas and the Development of Arithmetic and AlgebraGurudeo Anand TularamProblem statement: Algebra developed in three stages: rhetorical or prose algebra, syncopated or abbreviated algebra and symbolic algebra-known as “school algebra”. School algebra developed rather early in India and the literature now suggests that the first civilization to develop symbolic algebra was the Vedic Indians. Approach: Philosophical ideas of the time influenced the development of the decimal system and arithmetic … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2010 · 8,263 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffects of Students' Beliefs on Mathematics and Achievement of University Students: Regression Analysis ApproachVelo Suthar, Rohani Ahmad TarmiziProblem statement: At present, after almost more than 20-decades, Malaysia can boast of a solid national philosophy of education, despite tremendous struggles and hopes. The professional learning opportunities are necessary to enhance, support and sustain student's mathematics achievement. Approach: Empirical evidence had shown that student's belief in mathematics is crucial in meeting career aspiration. In addition mathematical beliefs are closely … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 8,016 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordLearning Trajectories of Primary Student Teachers; a Cross-Cultural ComparisonPaul Gardner, Chris RixLife history methodology was used to compare the life and educational trajectories of six primary student teachers in England with their counterparts at a Malawian Teacher Training College. A semi structured interview schedule was used to elicit the students’ childhood memories including experiences of school, significant people in their lives, interactions with their teachers and influential factors in deciding to … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 18 Feb 2012 · 8,504 accessesView PDFCite