June 2014

Teacher and student thoughts on effectiveness of cooperative learning in geography teaching

The aim of this study was to determine teachers and students’ opinions on the effectiveness of cooperative learning. This study conducted in Ä°stanbul Lycee and it had a qualitative research design.The participant of the study assigned randomly among ninth grade students who were studying in Ä°stanbul Lycee in the year of 2012 to 2013. Among 180 ninth grade students the researchers chose 15 male and 15 female...

Author(s): Metin KuÅŸ, Erkan Filiz  and Sertel Altun

June 2014

Investigation the relationship between goal orientation and parenting styles among sample of Jordanian university students

The primary purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between goal orientation and parenting styles. Participants of the study completed 650 goal orientation and parenting styles questionnaires. Means, standard deviations, regression and correlation analysis were used for data in establishing the dependence of the two variables. Results indicate that there is a significant positive correlation between...

Author(s): Ahmad M. Mahasneh

June 2014

Construct validity of success/failure attribution scale among turkish university students

The aims of this study is to examine the construct validity of the success / failure attribution scale by using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, to assess the internal reliability of the scales and  to determine the sub-dimensions of the scales by performing structural equation modeling. In the study, success and failure attributions scale are discussed as two separate scales and analyzed separately....

Author(s): Hale SUCUOÄžLU 

June 2014

High school students' metaphorical perceptions of environment

This study examines high school students' metaphorical perceptions in relation to the concept of environment. The study employs the phenomenological research design. The participants were 112 students studying at two different high schools in Ankara. As the data gathering tool, a survey form developed by the researcher was used in the study. The form contains two sections. The first section is a personal information...

Author(s): Osman Çimen