Asking Questions Like Educational Experts: Automatically Generating Question-Answer Pairs on Real-World Examination Data

Generating high quality question-answer pairs is a hard but meaningful task. Although previous works have achieved great results on answer-aware question generation, it is difficult to apply them into practical application in the education field. This paper for the first time addresses the question-answer pair generation task on the real-world examination data, and proposes a new unified framework on RACE. To capture the important information of the input passage we first automatically generate (rather than extracting) keyphrases, thus this task is reduced to keyphrase-question-answer triplet joint generation. Accordingly, we propose a multi-agent communication model to generate and optimize the question and keyphrases iteratively, and then apply the generated question and keyphrases to guide the generation of answers. To establish a solid benchmark, we build our model on the strong generative pre-training model. Experimental results show that our model makes great breakthroughs in the question-answer pair generation task. Moreover, we make a comprehensive analysis on our model, suggesting new directions for this challenging task.

EDUCATIONAL DATA MINING

تنقيب المعلومات التعليمي : هو عملية تحويل المعلومات الخام القادمة من الأنظمة التعليمية الى معلومات مفيدة يمكن استخدامها من قبل مطورين الأنظمة التعليمية والطلاب والمعلمين و حتى الباحثين في مجال التعليم نظم هذا البحث على فصلين : 1 -التعرف على منهجيات الDM المستخدمة في المجال التعليمي و التحدث عن بعض التطبيقات باستخدام هذه المنهجيات. 2 -التحدث بشكل مفصل عن مشكلة التنبؤ بأداء الطلاب و عرض بعض الطرق الكلاسيكية المستخدمة لحل هذه المشكلة ثم عرض النموذج المقترح باستخدام أنظمة التوصية.

Educational needs of diabetic patients Type 2 in Tishreen Hospital in Latakia

introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a global epidemic and a leading cause for increasing mortality and morbidity. Although prevention and care policies exist, diabetes continues to be a global public health problem with serious consequences. Aim: To assess the educational needs on diabetes among patients, level of knowledge and patient specific characteristics that are associated with this knowledge. Method: A descriptive study was conducted among 50 patients who entered Tishreen university between May 2017 and December 2017. Questionnaire on different domains of diabetes such as general knowledge, complications, treatment, life style, symptoms and prevention. Each statement was given a score of one if it was answered correctly and zero for a wrong answer. Out of a total score, a score of seventy percent and above was considered good knowledge , between thirty percent and seventy considered moderate, less than thirty considered poor knowledge . Results: more than half, were > 50 years (54%), (54%) were males, 46% were female. Most of educational needs were: regarding of insulin, its kinds, sides effects, methods of prevention of diabetic foot and care it. The level of knowledge of diabetes was moderate 63%. Recommendation: Awareness regarding all the aspects of diabetes mellitus needs to be increased for better control of the disease and its complications. Future studies about effect of education program on improvement of knowledge and self care, especially about the diabetic foot.

The Level of Practicing Educational Competencies among Students in Practical Education from their Perspectives in the Light of Some Variables (A field study for fourth year students- a teacher of class- at the Faculty of Education in Tartous University)

This research aimed to measure the degree of the practicing of educational competencies by the students of the fourth year - the teacher of the first cycle of basic education- in the course of practical education, and to investigate the impact of sex, and secondary certificate on this degree. To achieve that, the researcher used the descriptive approach, and prepared a questionnaire for the educational competencies containing (42) sections divided into three axes (planning, implementation and evaluation), as it was ascertained validity and reliability, and distributed to a sample of (102) students of the fourth year (the teacher of the first cycle of basic education) at the faculty of education in Tartuos university. The results showed that the research sample practice the educational competencies in a high degree, and that male students engage in the educational competencies equally exercised by the female students, and the results also showed the absence of statistically significant differences in practices of educational competencies among students due to the variable of Secondary Certificate. The researcher suggested the designing and implementing training programs for the development of evaluation adequacy among students in the faculties of education.

Degree of availability of educational technology skills among the members of the teaching staff at Damascus University

The research know the degree of possession of educational technology skills of faculty members at the University of Damascus; and the role of a variable both sex, and competence of the academic university, and the number of years of experience in the possession of educational technology skills.

The Degree of Kindergartens' Principals' Application of the Educational Accountability and its Relation to The Level of Job Satisfaction from The Point of Teacher's View A Field Study at Kindergartens in Jableh

This research aims at determining the degree of application of kindergarten principals in Jableh city of the Educational accountability and its relation with the level of job satisfaction from the point of teachers view, and studying whether there is a statistic relationship between the degree of application of kindergarten principals in Jableh city of the Educational accountability and the level of job satisfaction from the point of teachers view. In order to achieve the goals of this research, a questionnaire was built and distributed over (80) kindergarten teachers through Jableh city. There were received (79) questionnaires back of the total number distributed. According to the received questionnaires and depending on suitable statistics methods. The following results were concluded: 1- The degree of application of kindergarten principals in Jableh city of the Educational accountability is medium from the point of teacher's view. 2- The level of job satisfaction for kindergarten principals in Jableh city is medium from the point of teacher's view. 3- - There is a good positive relationship of a statistic indication of (a=0.05) between the degree of application of kindergarten principals in Jableh city of the Educational accountability and the level of job satisfaction from the point of teacher's view. The research recommends: 1- The necessity of the directorate of education to hold training courses and seminars for the kindergarten principals how to apply the educational accountability in the kindergarten, and how to raise the level of job satisfaction among the kindergarten staff. 2- Encouraging the kindergarten staff by the kindergarten principals to plan recreational programs and hold concerts from time to time in order to develop social ties among them. 3- The principals are keen to give the teachers financial incentives to achieve their job and thus be a catalyst for more work and giving.

The barriers of Educational Directive in Al Hassaka City from their point of themselves

This study aimed at investigation the problems of educational directive in Al Hassaka City in terms of some variables:( sexacademic rank – experiences ). The study population consisted of (65) mentors at educational directorate and they are the sample of the study . The questionnaire consisted of (41) clauses and (3) domains: Administrative _education _material.

The reality of the use of educational techniques and laboratory devices in secondary vocational schools in Lattakia Governorate

The purpose of this research is to know the reality of the use of educational techniques and laboratory devices in secondary vocational schools in Lattakia Governorate, The research adopted descriptive analytical method through a questionnaire consisting of (50) words distributed on four axes, has been verified the validity and stability through appropriate statistical methods, And then applied to the study sample which consisted of (127) teachers, assistant teachers and vocational teachers in a number of vocational secondary schools in Lattakia Governorate during the second semester of the academic year (2016-2017), The most important findings of the research: -The degree of ownership of the competencies of the use of educational techniques and laboratory devices in vocational schools and the degree of use of these techniques and devices medium. -The degree of obstacles to the use of educational techniques and laboratory devices in vocational schools and the degree of requirements for the development of this use is high. - There were no statistically significant differences in the identification of the reality of the use of educational techniques and lab equipment in secondary vocational schools in Lattakia Governorate according to the variables of the place of study and the job title. - There were statistically significant differences in the possession of competencies in the use of educational techniques and laboratory devices in vocational schools and the use of these techniques and devices according to the variable training courses for those who followed one or more courses. There were no differences regarding the obstacles of using educational techniques and laboratory equipment in vocational schools. The research concluded with a set of proposals aimed at developing the use of educational techniques and laboratory equipment in vocational secondary schools in Lattakia Governorate.

The Degree of using educational technology innovations in the teaching curricula by the second cycle of basic education teachers )A field study in the schools of the second cycle of basic education in the province of Damascus)

The present study aimed to identify the degree of use of the second episode of Teachers of basic education for innovations in teaching technology education curricula , and know the impact of each of the variables ( academic qualifications , teaching experience , competence ) in determining their point of view. Was used to identify targeted at teachers second episode as a tool to verify the research hypotheses , has sample consisted of ( 280 ) and school teacher were randomized from the research community represented by all teachers of the second episode in the schools affiliated to the Directorate of Education in the city of Damascus, where he was selected teachers ( 26) School in the city of Damascus and the percentage of representation (12%).

The effectiveness of the model generative learning of the achievement in science among students basic third grade

The aim of the research is to identify the effectiveness of an teaching program based on the model of generative learning in development of educational achievement of students in the third grade in Damascos. The research was based on the experimental method, where the five-lesson teaching program was applied to a sample of third-grade students in science. And the application of a study achievement test of twenty questions in the science. The number of the sample of the research(70) students and students, divided into two groups, an experimental group consisting of(35) students and students, from the school Samh bin Malek learned according to the model of generative learning and the birth of a group of(35) students and students from the school of Mohammad Alashmar learned according to the followed methods.