American Journal of Educational Research

The aim of this study was to investigate the direction of the effect seven jumps learning technique in order to understand the students’ learning autonomy. This study was an explanation research applying causal assosiatif correlation. The participants were 60 students of geography study program who took subject geography learning plan in 2012. The data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using bivariat statistic. The main finding was that seven jumps technique increased students’ learning autonomy with signifancy value (p) = 0.000, where significancy level (α) = 0.005. Analysis on the all participant indicated that p is less than α. It could be concluded that there was a relationship between seven jumps learning techniques and student’s learning autonomy. The results of statistical calculations using Spearman Rank correlation was obtained value of the correlation (ρ) 0.511, it mean that the relationship between learning techniques with independence included seven jumps in good categories.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2013, 1(7), 263-266. DOI: 10.12691/education-1-7-8
Pub. Date: August 13, 2013

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An Analysis of English Learning Barriers of Minority Preparatory Students and its Strategies

by Fuxia Li, Huifang Ma and Lidong Wang

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Our nation is a multi-ethnic nation with 55 minorities, and 53 of them use their native language. Most preparatory students will inevitably be influenced or interfered, more or less, by their native languages, cultures, customs, cognitive and non-cognitive factors. In this essay, we are going to carry out an investigation of English learning barriers of minority preparatory students and a brief discussion of its strategies, aiming to educate them to meet their own needs in preparatory teaching and provide some effective learning approaches for preparatory students.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2013, 1(7), 267-271. DOI: 10.12691/education-1-7-9
Pub. Date: August 23, 2013

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Teaching Methods and Assessment

by Roman Yavich and Alexandra Gerkerova

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Quality assessment of students’ educational activities – one of the key factors of the educational process – fulfils several functions: states the level of educational achievements; gives information about the quality of knowledge and current educational achievements; enables to estimate the amount of the further work, aimed at filling up the gap in knowledge and improving quality factors.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2013, 1(7), 260-262. DOI: 10.12691/education-1-7-7
Pub. Date: August 12, 2013

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Practice Degree of the Managerial Transparency in the Jordanian Private Universities as Viewed by Their Heads of Departments

by Ahmad Badah

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This study aimed to identify extent of the administrative transparency implementation in the Jordanian private universities as viewed by the directors of the academic departments in these universities. To achieve the study aims, a 47-item questionnaire was developed, generally intended to identify the administrative transparency in the private universities. The validity and reliability of the instrument had been duly verified. The study sample consisted of (93) academic departments' directors who were chosen through the random stratified method from the academic departments in the Jordanian private universities during the 2010/2011 academic year. To answer the study questions, the means, standard deviations (SD's), and (ANOVA) analysis of the study sample individuals. The findings of the study indicated that the implementation of the administrative transparency in the Jordanian private universities is carried out to a wide extent. The study findings further showed that there are no statistically significant differences at (α<0.05) significance level in the means of the administrative transparency practicing in the Jordanian private universities that may be ascribed to the (academic rank, years of experience, type of faculty) variables. The study recommended deepening and increasing the awareness of practicing the administrative transparency with the academic cadres at the Jordan higher education institutions. Such awareness could be performed by training these cadres on the transparency practicing concept, and informing them about the experiments of the international universities and the successes they gained as a result of adopting and practicing of such transparency, through developing the values and trends to build an established organizational university culture, in order to stress on the transparency practice with all the university workers. This is essential for the purpose of getting rid of some misused social vals such as favoritism and patronage, which effectively contribute in constraining the transparency practicing, especially when it comes to appoint the administrative and academic cadres, decision making mechanism, and implementation thereof in these universities.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2013, 1(7), 252-259. DOI: 10.12691/education-1-7-6
Pub. Date: August 05, 2013

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Nigerian School Children and Mathematics Phobia: How the Mathematics Teacher Can Help

by Chinyere F. Okafor and Uche S. Anaduaka

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This paper considered the importance of mathematics and why it is of utmost necessity that all Nigerian children acquire mathematical knowledge. It noted with dismay the general negative students’ attitude towards the subject and their consequent poor performance in it especially in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). It then looked at the attributes of a mathematics teacher that can bring about a change in the teaching and learning of mathematics and in the attitude of students towards the subject. It finally considered best practices for mathematics instruction, such practices that can stimulate and sustain students’ interest in mathematics learning.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2013, 1(7), 247-251. DOI: 10.12691/education-1-7-5
Pub. Date: August 12, 2013

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A Statistical Analysis on the CEE (China) Grade Difference between Urban and Rural Candidates

by Wu Cinan

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This paper, based on the Guizhou’s data of recent years, is developed to reveal the difference in competitiveness between urban and rural candidates in the College Entrance Examination (CEE) of China. And Present the difference between urban and rural areas in different CEE subjects .After a complete analysis, which is based on solid data of CEE results, on the distributions and standard deviations of single-subject as well as total grades performed by each candidate category in both Arts and Science, and the correlation coefficients between each subject and the total grades, this paper concludes: Group differences exist in the overall performance; Outstanding differences exist in the grade constructions among different candidate groups, and the urban-rural contrast stands out in specific subjects. This paper also analyzes the corresponding relation of other statistical parameters concerning the CEE grades of both urban and rural candidates, and the relation between regional differences and CEE competitiveness. This paper also shows that if the direction of CEE reform is not taken properly, the candidate groups at a disadvantage in the current CEE system would probably be put in a worse position.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2013, 1(7), 240-246. DOI: 10.12691/education-1-7-4
Pub. Date: August 14, 2013

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Nurturing Graduate Attributes through a First Year Student Experience Which Promotes the Formation of Effective Learning Communities

by Doris Y.P. Leung and David Kember

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Many students enter university with naïve epistemological beliefs and study approaches incompatible with the goals of higher education or the display of attributes such as critical or creative thinking. This study examines whether a first year experience can promote the formation of effective learning communities, which in turn can provide a mechanism for nurturing a range of graduate attributes. The curriculum encompasses initiatives to assimilate students into the university, prompts the adaptation of appropriate university study behaviour, and contains a general education component to broaden the student experience. The impact of the first year experience was examined by collecting quantitative data which measured students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of assimilation, adaptation of study behaviour, the impact of the broadening component, and the nurturing of attributes. The data were analysed with structural equation modelling. A model in which the curriculum elements impacted on the development of graduate attributes showed a good fit to the data. Effective learning communities played a key role both in assimilation into the university community and the adoption of appropriate study behaviours.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2013, 1(7), 230-239. DOI: 10.12691/education-1-7-3
Pub. Date: August 12, 2013

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Importance of Science Education to National Development and Problems Militating Against Its Development

by Aina Jacob Kola

Review Article

This paper focused on the review of science education in Nigeria, its importance to national development and problems militating against its development. The paper viewed insecurity and corruption as major problems of science education development in Nigeria. As way forward the paper suggested life imprisonment for any corrupt individuals; government should invest on agriculture to provide job for people and scholarship for science students among others.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2013, 1(7), 225-229. DOI: 10.12691/education-1-7-2
Pub. Date: July 29, 2013

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Occupational Gender Segregation and Its Determinants, an Analysis of Pakistan Labor Force Market

by Muhammad Irfan, Sofia Anwar, Waqar Akram and Irum Waqar

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This paper explores that there is gender segregation in the Pakistan labor force market. To calculate this segregation data from Pakistan labor force survey 2009-10 has been used and Duncan index technique was used to calculate the segregation index. Researcher considered nine major professions to check the segregation index. After finding the segregation indices this paper finds the determinants of this segregation. This paper examines the impact of age, gender, training, province and education on segregation index. It was found that in the profession of the manager there was higher segregation comparatively. It was also observed that an increase in the educational segregation decreases. It is suggested that education should be improved so that the segregation may be reduced.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2013, 1(7), 221-224. DOI: 10.12691/education-1-7-1
Pub. Date: August 06, 2013

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