May 2014

Social studies teachers’ viewpoints of the social studies lesson “sample of Turkey and Afghanistan”

This study was conducted to reveal the perceptions of history, geography and social studies teachers giving the social studies lesson at primary schools in Turkey and Afghanistan towards the social studies lesson. The working group of the study involves history, geography and social studies teachers rendering service in Tokat and Kayseri provinces of Turkey and Cevizcan and Sar-ı Pul provinces of Afghanistan in the...

Author(s): Ömer Faruk Sönmez

May 2014

The effects of reciprocal teaching and direct instruction approaches on knowledge map (k-map) generation skill

The primary purpose of the present study is to investigate whether reciprocal teaching approach or direct instruction approach is more effective in the teaching of k-map generation skill. Secondary purpose of the study is to determine which of the k-map generation principles are more challenging for students to apply. The results of the study revealed that the students learning k-map generation skill through reciprocal...

Author(s): Ä°zzet Görgen

May 2014

The effects of peer teaching on the university students’ achievements in cognitive, affective, psychomotor domains and game performances in volleyball courses

This study is related to one of the teaching models, peer teaching which is used in physical education courses. The fundamental feature of peer teaching is defined “to structure a learning environment in which some students assume and carry out many of the key operations of instruction to assist other students in the learning process”. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of peer teaching on the...

Author(s): AyÅŸe DilÅŸad MirzeoÄŸlu

May 2014

The effects of a problem based learning approach on students’ attitude levels: A meta-analysis

This research aimed to examine the effect of a problem-based learning approach in comparison to traditional learning approaches. In this context, the question “What is the effect size of problem-based learning on students' attitudes?” was tried to be answered. Among 190 studies made in national and international field between the years 2006 to 2013, 19 theses and 6 articles, in which pre-test and...

Author(s): Veli Batdı