European Journal of Contemporary Education

204-214

Authors: Marina Drushlyak

The article describes the results of use of tools "Trace" and "Locus" in dynamic mathematics software. Examples of solutions of stereometric locus problems to construct static traces in software GeoGebra5.0, Cabri3D and plane geometry problems to construct both static traces and traces that are perceived as independent dynamic objects in software MathKit and GeoGebra are given. Attention is focuses on the differences of the actions of these tools. Author notes the possibility of forming a logical and constructive thinking with their use.

228-238

Authors: Vladlen K. Ignatovich, Svetlana S. Ignatovich

The article contains the substantiation of socio-cultural problems of the readiness of students to design the individualized educational route as a new kind of educational activity. The concept of socialization of the baseline scenario is considered as a socio-cultural context of this activity. The article shows the features of individual educational route designed for students with a particular scenario of socialization. The general characteristics of these activities are given to define the internal position of the entity.

253-264

Authors: B. Ece Şahin, Neslihan Dostoğlu

Physical qualifications of group rooms are highly important in terms of child development during preschool education. First of all, the required space should be provided in order to create ideal conditions in a group room. The standards of the required space for a child in group rooms vary among countries. It is stated that in Turkey minimum 1.5 m2 space per child in group rooms is enough. This paper studies whether this standard rate, which is stated as insufficient according to various studies, is seen enough by the users; hence, 30 children and their teachers from three different kindergartens were interviewed. It is seen that the standards in Turkey which are considered as sufficient are actually not enough according to the comments of children and teachers. The purpose of this study is to present an example constructed on the idea that the standards should be defined according to the experiences of users, so to be able to reach the right solutions which meet the needs of users.

273-280

Authors: Umer Shehzad, Zeeshan Fareed, Bushra Zulfiqar, Farrukh Shahzad, Hafiz Shahid Latif

Intellectual capital is a concept that is achieving researcher’s attention day by day. The main purpose of this research study is to explore the role and relationship of intellectual capital and its three components on the performance and efficient working of universities in Pakistan. Education sector especially universities were selected because it plays a critical role for the development and growth of knowledge intensive sector. So in this research study 3 components of intellectual capital such as human capital, structural capital and relational capital were taken as independent variables and institution’s performance is taken as dependent variable. In this research study a structured questionnaire is adopted from the past research studies and 800 responses have been collected from various public and private university students in Pakistan. Reliability analysis is conducted to check the reliability of constructs and Pearson’s correlation is applied to explore the relationship of three components of IC on institution performance. Results indicate that all the three components show a significant relationship with performance but among the three components, the relation of human capital is more prominent.