Needs analysis of responsibility curriculum for primary school students
October 2016
Responsibility is among the most basic concepts that are expected to be taught at early ages and directly affect our personal and social life. Although, it is regarded as a value with its affective dimension; responsibility, a fundamental skill that we should learn formally or informally, starts with the children's introduction to their immediate environment and continues with their school life. In this process, all...
Comparison of the physical education and sports school students’ multiple intelligence areas according to demographic features
October 2016
The aim of this study is to compare the multiple intelligence areas of a group of physical education and sports students according to their demographic features. In the study, “Multiple Intelligence Scale”, consisting of 27 items, whose Turkish validity and reliability study have been done by Babacan (2012) and which is originally owned by McClellan and Conti (2008) has been used as the data collection...
Examining the values of students in the physical education and sport departments
October 2016
In this study, the values of students in the physical education and sport departments were examined according to their gender, age, grade, and departments. The questionnaire method was used in the study. As the data collection tool, the Portrait Values Questionnaire was applied. The study group consisted of a total of 389 students 126 of whom were female, and 263 were male; and selected from 4 different universities...
Challenging segregational practices in a Spanish secondary school: Results from an ethnographic research
October 2016
This article presents partial results of a multi-sited ethnographic study about the role of multiple literacies in young people’s learning in and outside school. In one of the five participant secondary schools, fourth grade students were segregated in groups according to their special needs. We start with a critical review on segregated and inclusive education. Subsequently, we describe our ethnographic research...
The development effectiveness management model for sub-district secondary school
October 2016
The purposes of this research were to study the factors of effectiveness management model for sub-district secondary school, to investigate current situations and desirable situations of effectiveness management model for sub-district secondary school, to develop the effectiveness management model for sub-district secondary school and to study the effects of effectiveness management model for sub-district secondary...
Elementary school leaders’ perceptions of their roles in managing school curriculum: A case study
September 2016
The implementation of the Malaysian National Education Blueprint in 2012 has expanded headmasters’ responsibilities and roles in managing schools. The goal is to stabilize and strengthen the primary school education system, which brings tremendous pressure to bear on the headmasters charged with managing schools, especially in managing the school curriculum. This article explores the roles of elementary...
Pupils’ error on the concept of reversibility in solving arithmetic problems
September 2016
The fact that there is no much study on reversibility is one of reason this study was conducted. Others, the importance of reversibility is also being researcher’s motivation for focusing pupils’ reversibility. On the other hand, the concern on pupils’ reversibility is a major concern. The objective of this research is to identify errors done by the pupils in solving arithmetic problems related to...
Effect of most-to-least prompting procedure on dressing skill of students with Autism
September 2016
Dressing skill is one of the necessary self-care skills that is taught to individuals with autism in order for them to be able to live independently. Typically, developing individuals can acquire dressing skill on their own; however, children with autism have difficulties in learning such skill without systematic teaching. Thus, teaching dressing skill should be one of the basic aims of educational service. To this end,...
The use of engineering design concept for computer programming course: A model of blended learning environment
September 2016
The aim of this research is to develop a learning model which blends factors from learning environment and engineering design concept for learning in computer programming course. The usage of the model was also analyzed. This study presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of the model. The research methodology is divided into three phases, they are: reviewing related literatures and surveying needs and...
Factors hindering the deployment of female teachers to headship positions in public primary schools in Nambale Sub-County, Kenya
September 2016
Worldwide, women representation in management and leadership positions is marginal. Despite immense academic advancement by women, few of them do advance to management positions. In Kenya, women make up a critical portion of human resource base. However, they are grossly underrepresented at leadership positions. This situation is reflected in school leadership positions as well, including headship of schools. Unless the...
Determınatıon of the footballers’ anger expressıon styles ın terms of some varıable at dıfferent unverstıes and hıgh schools ın Turkey
September 2016
This research aims at revealing whether or not footballers’ anger expression styles show an alteration in terms of different variables. The descriptive method which is one of the quantitative research methods was adopted as the research model. Research group consists of 154 footballers who play in 8 teams from 12 teams in fifth-group in the regional amateur league. “Personal Information Form” which was...
Development and validity testing of belief measurement model in Buddhism for junior high school students at Chiang Rai Buddhist Scripture School: An application for Multitrait-Multimethod analysis
September 2016
The purposes of this study were to develop a model to measure the belief in Buddhism of junior high school students at Chiang Rai Buddhist Scripture School, and to determine construct validity of the model for measuring the belief in Buddhism by using Multitrait-Multimethod analysis. The samples were 590 junior high school students at Buddhist Scripture School who selected using the multi-stage random sampling....
Application of context input process and product model in curriculum evaluation: Case study of a call centre
September 2016
The goal of this research which was carried out in reputable dedicated call centres within the Turkish telecommunication sector aims is to evaluate competence-based curriculums designed by means of internal funding through Stufflebeam’s context, input, process, product (CIPP) model. In the research, a general scanning pattern in the scope of descriptive research is used. The data collection instrument consists of...
Primary school teachers’ perceptions about character education
September 2016
The aim of this study is to determine the perceptions of primary school teachers about character education. In this descriptive study, data were collected by using a survey questionnaire which required descriptive analysis. Based on the findings, it was revealed that primary school teachers (n=60) defined the character education as moral values necessary to be taught to individuals and behaviors for their personality...
Investigating the opinions of physical education teacher candidates on the school experience course
September 2016
The purpose of this study is to examine the opinions of physical education teacher candidates on the school experience course. The qualitative case study design was adopted for this study. The research group was composed of 67 teacher candidates. A semi-structured questionnaire was used in the study. The collected questionnaires were analyzed with Content Analysis Method. The concepts were evaluated in four main themes....
Attitude scale towards web-based examination system (MOODLE) - Validity and reliability study
September 2016
Today, the spread of Internet use has accelerated the development of educational technologies and increased the quality of education by encouraging teachers’ cooperation and participation. As a result, examinations executed via the Internet have become common, and a number of universities have started using distant education management system. Eventually, today, more people have a chance to take education....
The explanatory and predictive relationship pattern between university students’ goal orientation behaviours and their academic achievement
September 2016
The purpose of this study is to determine the explanatory and predictive relationship pattern between university students’ goal orientation behaviours and their academic achievement. The study group consisted of 259 university students. A ‘2x2 Achievement Goal Orientations Scale’ was used to determine the students’ goal orientation behaviours. The average grades that the students got during a...
The effect of brightness of lamps teaching based on the 5E model on students’ academic achievement and attitudes
September 2016
The purpose of this research was to examine and compare the effect of teaching the brightness of lamps, which is a topic for grade 11 physics lesson, on student achievement and attitude according to the 5E model belonging to the constructivist learning theory and the traditional teaching method. The research was conducted on 62 11th grade students in Ä°dil High School during the spring semester of 2009/2010 academic...
Comparative analysis of teacher trainee students’ e-learning technology (ELT) readiness towards promoting global curriculum best practice
September 2016
This study compares teacher trainee students (TTSs), electronic learning technology (ELT) readiness, competence as well as their constraints to ELT readiness using 373 University education students’ from Botswana and Nigeria that are randomly selected. Data was descriptively analysed based on the research objectives and hypotheses using mean analysis, frequency counts, independent t-test and Pearson correlation...
A study of global citizenship levels of Turkish university students according to different variables (youth camp leaders sample)
September 2016
The aim of this study was to investigate different variables of university students’ (Youth Camp Leaders) global citizenship levels from different universities, who participated in the youth camp leadership meeting organized in March 2016, by the Turkish Ministry of Youth and Sports. The present research is a descriptive study based on the survey model. The study group consisted of a total of 408 participants...
The construction of deductive warrant derived from inductive warrant in preservice-teacher mathematical argumentations
September 2016
This study discusses the construction of deductive warrant derived from inductive warrant in mathematical argumentations expressed by pre-service teacher. In completing a mathematics task, a problem solver needs argumentation to determine, reveal, and support a reasonable solution. A mathematical argumentation can be analyzed by Toulmin scheme consisting of data, claim, warrant, backing, refutation and qualifier. This...
Status of biology laboratory and practical activities in some selected secondary and preparatory schools of Borena zone, South Ethiopia
September 2016
Science laboratory is a very important resource input for teaching science. Learning science is enhanced and the understanding level is improved when students are engaged in science laboratory for practical experiments. The current study aimed to assess the status of Biology laboratory and practical activities in some selected secondary and Preparatory schools of Borena Zone. A random sampling technique was employed to...
Intercultural sensitivity levels of Turkish pre-service foreign language teachers: Examples from education faculties of two universities in Turkey
September 2016
The aim of this study is to determine whether intercultural sensitivity levels vary among foreign language teacher candidates in terms of variables such as target language, year of study (grade), and gender in both intra and inters programs. Research sample consists of 1,049 Turkish freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior foreign language teacher candidates who are studying German, English and French Languages at two...
The development desire of Non-English major teachers in small rural primary schools in Thailand: Participatory action research
August 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore some problems and desires of developing self-confidence in teaching English of non-English major teachers in rural small primary schools in Thailand with participatory action research. This study also aims to develop teacher’s confidence in teaching English, enhance communicative competence and to assess effectiveness of teaching English of non-English major teachers in the...
An analysis of social, literary and technological sources used by classroom teachers in social studies courses
August 2016
In this study, social, literary and technological sources used by classroom teachers in social studies courses are analyzed in terms of frequency. The study employs mixed methods research and is designed following the convergent parallel design. In the qualitative part of the study, phenomenological method was used and in the quantitative dimension, scanning model was used. The participants of the study were 305...
Analyzing the dissertations about differentiated instruction in terms of their contents in Turkey
August 2016
This study aims to analyze the dissertations about differentiated instruction in terms of their contents in Turkey. The data of the study was collected from Council of Higher Education National Thesis Center database. The dissertations were searched without any year limitation. As a result of searching, 19 dissertations were found. The data obtained from the thesis was analyzed with content analysis. The dissertations...
Variance difference between maximum likelihood estimation method and expected A posteriori estimation method viewed from number of test items
August 2016
The aim of this study is to determine variance difference between maximum likelihood and expected A posteriori estimation methods viewed from number of test items of aptitude test. The variance presents an accuracy generated by both maximum likelihood and Bayes estimation methods. The test consists of three subtests, each with 40 multiple-choice items of 5 alternatives. The total items are 102 and 3159 respondents which...
Enhancing argumentative writing skill through contextual teaching and learning
August 2016
This study aims to describe the influence of contextual learning model and critical thinking ability toward argumentative writing skill on university students. The population of the research was 147 university students, and 52 university students were used as sample with multi stage sampling. The results of the research indicate that; group of contextual learning model has more significant influence than group of...
The shifting of students' epistemological belief about mathematics in polytechnic
August 2016
The research aims to figure out students' epistemological belief shift about mathematics after having attended a lecture in a Polytechnic. In addition, it also aims to find out the relationship between their beliefs and mathematics performance. The study applied mix method with explanatory sequential design approach by conducting first study quantitatively and further study qualitatively. The sample consists of 223...
Content analysis of memory and memory-related research studies on children with hearing loss
August 2016
Memory plays a profound role in explaining language development, academic learning, and learning disabilities. Even though there is a large body of research on language development, literacy skills, other academic skills, and intellectual characteristics of children with hearing loss, there is no holistic study on their memory processes. Accordingly, the aim of this study is to examine memory-related research on...
Relationship between philosophical preferences of classroom teachers and their teaching styles
August 2016
The purpose of this study is to examine the philosophical preferences of classroom teachers, their teaching styles and the relationship between the two variables. Participants are 301 volunteered classroom teachers who teach at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th classes in primary schools. To collect the data, philosophical preferences assessment form which was developed by Wiles and Bondi (2007) and adapted to Turkish by...
Using Bursa folk songs for voice training in departments of music education in Turkey
August 2016
The training of a music teacher’s voice, via the examples in his own culture can contribute to getting better results in music education. Therefore, it is believed that transition to Contemporary Turkish Music and then to universal music from our traditional music may be much easier. Accordingly, the use of national resources in voice training is seen to be quite important. In this context, Bursa Folk...
The awareness and educational status on oral health of elite athletes: A cross-sectional study with cluster analysis
August 2016
In this cross-sectional survey, this study aimed to determine the factors associated with oral health of elite athletes and to determine the clustering tendency of the variables by dendrogram, and to determine the relationship between predefined clusters and see how these clusters can converge. A total of 97 elite (that is, top-level performing) male handball players aged 18 to 29 years participated in the study. Two...
What makes a mathematical task interesting?
August 2016
The study addresses the question of what makes a mathematical task interesting to the 9th year students. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 15 students of purposive selection of the 9th year. The students were asked to recall a task they found interesting and engaging during the past three years. An analysis of the tasks was made with respect to the context, cognitive demand, and task structure, while...
A research on future mathematics teachers’ instructional explanations: The case of Algebra
August 2016
In this study, explanations of future mathematics teachers about algebra were analysed according to the levels of understanding used by Kinach (2002). The participants for the study were 101 teacher candidates attending the final semester of a teacher training program. For data collection, a form containing four scenario-type items were administered to the participants. In addition, interviews were carried out on six...
Students’ thinking process in solving combination problems considered from assimilation and accommodation framework
August 2016
This study aims to explain the thinking process of students in solving combination problems considered from assimilation and accommodation frameworks. This research used a case study approach by classifying students into three categories of capabilities namely high, medium and low capabilities. From each of the ability categories, one student was chosen as a research subject. The results of this research showed that the...
Science teacher trainees’ microteaching experiences: A focus group study
August 2016
Microteaching is widely used in many countries to prepare trainees for the complexity of the actual classroom environment but has limited use in Turkey. The main objective of this action research was to evaluate and increase in the effectiveness of microteaching, and determine the contribution of microteaching to trainees from their own perspectives through their reflections on their own experiences. Semi-structured...
Elaborating the purpose and content of professional development plan for preschool teachers
August 2016
Professional development of educators, especially in preschool years has been neglected in Iran. The purpose of this study was to investigate the viewpoints of experts and teachers about the purposes and content of the professional development plan for preschool teachers. This research is a descriptive-analytic study conducted through both qualitative and quantitative methods. The statistical population included...
Physical education teacher’s attitudes towards philosophy of education and technology
August 2016
The current study was carried out to find out the attitudes of physical education teachers towards educational philosophy and technology, and to determine the relationship between the philosophy of education that they adopt and their attitudes toward technology. With this aim, the study was conducted on 22 female and 69 male physical education teachers. As a research method, scanning method was employed. In order to...
A semiotic analysis on the utilization of historical thinking skills in pre-school period
August 2016
This study was performed to determine how pre-school children fictionalize the past by using their imagination skills in the process of historical thinking. The participants were 14 children who attended pre-school. The data for the study were collected through the pictures drawn by the children and through the interviews made with them about these pictures. The obtained data were resolved in compliance with the...
Using narrative to investigate language skills of children who are deaf and with hard of hearing
August 2016
The study group consisted of 30 children with cochlear implants (CI) and 30 children with normal hearing (NH), whose ages were 4 years and 7 years 11 months. Turkish Test of Early Language Development (TEDIL) was used to assess the language skills of the children. Language samples were gathered by using Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument (ENNI). The study results indicated that the sum of receptive, expressive and...
The relationship among creative (Mis) fit, college culture, creative and academic self-efficacy
August 2016
Although person-environment fit (PEF) has been extensively studied in organizational psychology and business literature, its application to educational context has been limited. The current study used PEF framework in terms of creativity within the context of higher education. The nature of relationship between person-environment fit, college culture, creative and academic self-efficacy has been investigated. Analyses...
Effects of Sound painting applications on performance
August 2016
Today, some of the important dilemmas of music education are that performers are too dependent on the notes in a written musical score and they are not being so able to improvise. Stage phobia, lack of motivation and problematic of perception regarding today’s modern music are additional problems facing musicians. This research aims at revealing the effects of performer’s works of Soundpainting, which is a...
Vocabulary developing strategies applied to individuals with hearing impairments
August 2016
The general purpose of this research was to investigate the strategies utilized for vocabulary development of ten individuals (first year college students) in Graphic Art Department, School for The Handicapped, Anadolu University with hearing impairment. The reflective and cyclical data were consisted of videotape recordings of the actual lessons, audiotape recordings of the meeting of the validity committee, lesson...
A multi-year study of teaching an online computer literacy course in a medical university: A lesson learnt
August 2016
In this research, we aim to understand the effectiveness of adopting educational technologies in a computer literacy course to students in a medical university. The course was organized with three core components: Open Education Resources (OER) reading, a book club, and online game competition. These components were delivered by a learning management system (LMS). Participating records of LMS and survey results are...
The relation between prospective teachers’ and their parents’ learning styles
August 2016
The aim of this study is to investigate the relation between the learning styles of teacher candidates and those of their parents. Relational survey method has been employed to conduct the study. The target group contains 211 novice teachers studying at different teacher training departments of a Turkish university. The Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Inventory and Kolb Learning Style Inventory have been...
The examination of the views of primary school teachers and pre-service primary teachers on European Union citizenship from the point of different variables
August 2016
The aim of this study is to determine the view of primary school teachers and pre-service primary teachers on European Union citizenship. This study is a descriptive and quantitative research in survey methodology. The data of the research was collected from 207 primary school teachers teaching in 22 primary school in the city center of Kırşehir and 282 pre-service primary teachers studying in Department of Primary...
Investigating the primary school teachers’ perspectives on the use of education platforms in teaching
August 2016
Technology plays an important role in educational activities in Turkey. This is largely because of the Faith Project, which was recently introduced into the country. The Fatih Project is a project of Turkish government which seeks to integrate computer technology into the country’s public education system. Education Informatics Network is one of the sub projects of the Faith Project which makes many free websites...
Measurement equivalence of teachers’ sense of efficacy scale using latent growth methods
August 2016
This study is based on the application of latent growth modeling, which is one of structural equation models on real data. Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES), which was previously adapted into Turkish was administered to 200 preservice teachers at different time intervals for three times and study data was collected. Measurement equivalence of TSES was analyzed over this data using second-order latent growth...
The difficulties that the undergraduate students face about inner product space
July 2016
In this qualitative research, we studied difficulties that undergraduate students face while learning the concept of inner product space. Participants were 35 first-year mathematics students from Yildiz Technical University in the 2011 and 2012 academic years. We asked participants to solve 5 inner product space questions. Data were jointly analyzed by researchers. After evaluating the results, we grouped...
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