July 2014
High school administrators’ perceptions of their technology leadership preparedness
The interaction between schools and technology forges the school leaders to transform their practices to support 21st century paradigm skills. Schools have the complicated mission of incorporating technologies to enhance effective management practices in their schools. A project known as FATIH was launched to enhance the opportunities and to improve technology in schools in Turkey. This project aimed to establish...
July 2014
Effect of hypertextual reading on academic success and comprehension skills
As computer technology developed, hypertexts emerged as an influential environment for developing language skills. This study aims to evaluate a text prepared in a hypertextual environment and its effects on academic success and comprehension skills. In this study, “preliminary test final test control group experimental pattern” was used as the experimental model. The study group is comprised of 61 students...
July 2014
A validation and reliability study of community service activities scale in Turkey: A social evaluation
The purpose of this study is to test the reliability and validity of Community Service Activities Scale (CSAS) developed by Demir, Kaya and TaÅŸdan (2012) with a view to identify perceptions of Faculty of Education students regarding community service activities. The participants of the study are 313 randomly chosen students who attend six different departments in Faculty of Education, Kafkas University. The data were...
July 2014
Elective drama course in Mathematics education: An assessment of pre-service teachers
This study aimed to evaluate a newly introduced elective course “Drama in Mathematics Education” into mathematics education curriculum from the viewpoints of pre-service mathematics teachers. A case study was employed in the study. The study group consisted of 37 pre-service mathematics teachers who were enrolled in a Turkish state university’s faculty of education. The participants’ written...
July 2014
New pedagogical literacy requirement resulting from technological literacy in education
The aim of this study was to determine the recent pedagogical literacy requirements in the technologically supported lessons. In this study, case study which is one of the qualitative research methods was used. The participants of the study included 12 voluntary classroom teachers who were in service in three different private primary schools during the spring term of 2011 to 2012 academic year. Participants stated that...
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