Determination of the Anxiety Levels of Postgraduate Students who are Receiving Digital Scenario Supported Education towards Scientific Research

espanolEn este estudio, se busco determinar la ansiedad de los estudiantes de posgrado que reciben educacion basada en escenarios digitales hacia la investigacion cientifica. La investigacion fue un estudio cuantitativo y el experimento y grupo de control fueron disenados de acuerdo con el pre-test y el modelo de investigacion post-prueba. En ambos grupos, los cursos se llevaron a cabo en forma de aprendizaje mixto (educacion a distancia y cara a cara) a traves del sistema NEU-DEC (Near East University). El grupode experimentos tambien fue apoyado por escenarios digitales. Los materiales del curso se compartieron en el sistema con cada grupo creado en la seccion especial. Los cursos de educacion a distancia se llevaron a cabo de forma sincrona y asincronica: era posible con el plugin del aula virtual Big Blue Button cuando era sincrono; Cuando era asincrono, era posible con la repeticion de los cursos que se registran en el sistema cuando se solicitaba y tambien con el panel de chat. En ambos grupos, habia 40 estudiantes de postgrado de los programas afiliados a los institutos de la Universidad del Cercano Oriente. Como resultado de la prueba de exito aplicada como un pre-test antes del estudio, los grupos fueron asignados con la homogeneidad como el grupo de prueba con el ultimo numero siendo el numero impar de acuerdo a los numeros de la escuela en terminos de logro y genero. Se utilizo una escala de ansiedad para la investigacion cientifica para recolectar los datos requeridos con el permiso necesario. Los datos obtenidos se analizaron mediante tecnicas de analisis apropiadas. Los hallazgos obtenidos de esta investigacion revelaron que, al final de la aplicacion, disminuyeron los niveles de ansiedad de los estudiantes, tanto en el grupo experimental como en el grupo control. Aunque no hubo diferencias estadisticamente significativas entre los grupos, se determino que el nivel medio de ansiedad del grupo experimental soportado por escenarios digitales disminuyo mas que los del grupo control. De acuerdo con este resultado, se puede decir que la educacion dada con escenarios digitales tuvo un efecto positivo de reducir las ansiedades de los estudiantes acerca de la investigacion EnglishIn this study, it was aimed to determine the anxiety of postgraduate students who are receiving digital scenario supported education towards scientific research. The research was a quantitative study and the experiment and control group were designed according to the pre-test and post-test research model. In both groups, the courses were carried out in the form of blended learning (distance education and face to face) via the NEU-DEC (Near East University – Distance Education Centre) system. The experiment group was also supported by digital scenarios. The course materials were shared on the system with each group created in the special section. The distance education courses were carried out synchronously and asynchronously: it was possible with the Big Blue Button virtual classroom plugin when it was synchronous; when it was asynchronous, it was possible with the repetition of the courses that are recorded on the system when requested and also with the chat panel. In both groups, there were 40 postgraduate students from the programmes affiliated to institutes in Near East University. As a result of the success test applied as a pre-test before the study, the groups were assigned with the homogeneity as the test group with the last number being the odd number according to the school numbers in terms of achievement and gender. An anxiety scale for scientific research for collecting the required data was used with the necessary permission. The obtained data were analysed by appropriate analysis techniques. Findings obtained from this research revealed that, at the end of the application, the students’ -both in experiment and control group- levels of anxiety related to scientific research decreased. Although there was no statistically significant difference between the groups, it was determined that the average level of anxiety of the experimental group supported by digital scenarios decreased more than the ones in the control group. According to this result, it can be said that the education given with digital scenarios had a positive effect of reducing students' anxieties about research