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Building Automation and the Contextualization of Information Technology: The Journey of a Midwestern Community College in the U.S.
Author: Grandgenett, Neal
Date: 2018-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Automation,Information Technology,Community Colleges,Two Year College Students,Curriculum Design,Technology Education,School Buildings,Surveys,Focus Groups

The buildings in which people work, live, and spend their leisure time are increasingly embedded with sophisticated information technology (IT). This article describes the approach of Metropolitan Community College (MCC) in Omaha, Nebraska of the United States to provide an occupational context to some of their IT coursework by organizing IT instruction around the context of building automation systems (BAS). This contextualization allows IT students not only to study IT as a standalone discipline but also to study its integrated use within a specific occupational context. The article also describes MCC's focused curriculum design efforts funded by the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education program. These efforts toward BAS-contextualization of the IT curriculum have become a catalyst for systematic contextualization of IT instruction at MCC and support the institution's broader efforts to become a national model in IT instruction and interdisciplinary engagement within the United States. The research-based approach, activities, and outcomes of this project are all described here, as well as the lessons learned by one community college seeking to make their IT program increasingly relevant to their students and the IT workforce of today.
A Study on Somatotype Profiles of the Players in Turkish Bocce National Team
Author: Eler, Nebahat
Date: 2018-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Profiles,Athletes,Team Sports,Foreign Countries,Body Weight,Body Height,Males,Females,Statistical Analysis,Body Composition,Muscular Strength,Measurement,Performance,Physical Characteristics

The aim of this study is to determine the differences between the somatotype profiles and inter-disciplinary somatotype profiles of the Turkish Bocce National Team players. In this study, the mean age of the Turkish Men's Bocce National Team (n-32) was determined as 21,75±2,35 (years), mean height was 177,62 ± 1,03 (cm), mean body weight was 70,75 ± 0,70 (kg), mean Body Mass Index (BMI) was 22,31 ± 1,06 kg/m[superscript 2] , mean body fat percentage was 16,05 ± 1%. The mean age of the Turkish Women's Bocce National Team (n-21) was 21,76 ± 2,12 (years), mean height was 165,33 ± 4,24 (cm), mean body weight 55,14 ± 6,36 (kg), mean BMI was 23,22 ± 1,06 kg/m2 mean body fat percentage was 16,05 ± 1%. The Heath-Carter method was used in determining the somatotype profiles of the players. the The statistical analyses in the study were made by using the SPSS 20.0 package program. Somatotype profile in men was determined endomorphic 3,21 ± 0,33; mesomorph 5,04 ± 1,11; ectomorphic 2,20 ± 0,18 as mesomorphic-endomorphic; in women, endomorphic 3,33 ± 1,42; mesomorph 5,08 ± 0,26; ectomorphic 2,07 ± 0,09 as mesomorphic-endomorphic. In this study, the somatotype profiles of the Turkish Bocce National Team players were determined, and a statistically significant difference was detected between the volo and petanque-raffa disciplines in men and women (p&lt;0,05). It is believed that this difference stems from the physical performance requiring more muscular force in volo discipline than the petanque and raffa disciplines. In this study, the somatotype components are similar in tennis players in volo men group and the archers, judo players and Water polo players of the other groups (Men-women petanque and raffa group, Women volo group).
Contradictory Explorative Assessment. Multimodal Teacher/Student Interaction in Scandinavian Digital Learning Environments
Author: Kjällander, Susanne
Date: 2018-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Student Relationship,Summative Evaluation,Formative Evaluation,Instructional Design,Teaching Methods,Educational Technology,Laptop Computers,Technological Literacy,Foreign Countries,Social Studies,Secondary School Teachers,Secondary School Students,Interviews,Video Technology,Cues,Student Evaluation,Computer Assisted Instruction

Assessment in the much-discussed digital divide in Scandinavian technologically advanced schools, is the study object of this article. Interaction is studied to understand assessment; and to see how assessment can be didactically designed to recognise students' learning. With a multimodal, design theoretical perspective on learning teachers' and students' modes are documented and analysed. Illustrated in the article, is how the subject design aims at an expert level, while formative assessment aims at a novice level leaving students without adequate guidance. Despite this, summative assessment aims at an expert level and is at times contradictory. A concluding suggestion is that assessment in a digital learning environment can be designed exploratory to encompass students' new knowledge and to embrace their multimodal signs of learning, or much of what is learned will be ignored.
Determination of Factors Related to Students&apos; Understandings of Heat, Temperature and Internal Energy Concepts
Author: Gurcay, Deniz
Date: 2018-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Energy,Heat,Scientific Concepts,Logical Thinking,Thinking Skills,Scores,Correlation,High School Students,Cognitive Style,Science Tests,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Rote Learning,Student Attitudes,Prediction,Foreign Countries

The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationships between high school students' learning approaches and logical thinking abilities and their understandings of heat, temperature and internal energy concepts. Learning Approach Questionnaire, Test of Logical Thinking and Three-Tier Heat, Temperature and Internal Energy Test were used as data collection tools in this research. All data collection tools were administered to 120 Anatolian High School students. The data collected through these tools were analyzed using descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression analysis. According to the results of this research, the variable that best predicts high school students' understandings of heat, temperature and internal energy is their logical thinking abilities. Students' logical thinking abilities and their orientations toward meaningful and rote learning predict 41% of the variance of their understanding scores concerning heat, temperature and internal energy. Results of the research indicate the importance of students' logical thinking abilities and their orientations towards meaningful learning on their understandings of heat, temperature and internal energy concepts.
Critical Theory-Based Approaches in Geography Teaching Departments in Turkey
Author: Bilgili, Münür
Date: 2018-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Geography,Foreign Countries,Critical Theory,Geography Instruction,Human Geography,Departments,Undergraduate Study,College Instruction,Universities

The aim of this study is to understand the relationships between critical theory-based approaches and its implementations in geography teaching departments in Turkey. Critical theory dates back to 1930s and has developed over time aiming to deal with institutions, culture and society through critical lens. Currently, critical theory-based research designs and research paradigms inspire a large number of books, articles especially in qualitative researches due to their beneficial outcomes for the vulnerable, the poor and the othered segments of society with which critical researches are mainly concerned. In the study, firstly it was described critical theory and critical research characteristics. Secondly, human geography and critical research relationships covered. Thirdly, human geography courses in geography teaching departments in Turkey explained in connection with critical theory. The relationships between these courses, critical theory and critical research were tried to explore. The study emphasized the importance of critical theory in courses in human geography considering far-reaching effects of critical theory on humanities, social sciences and art studies. Human geography has and should have close connections with other disciplines and sub-disciplines drawing on multiple theories, concepts and approaches.
Electronic Slideshow Presentations in the Higher Education Teaching and Learning Process
Author: Ferreira, Carlos Miguel
Date: 2018-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Visual Aids,Computer Software,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Higher Education,Teaching Methods

The use of electronic slide presentations (ESP), usually through PowerPoint or Prezi software, has become widespread in higher education and is part of the expectations and perceptions of both teachers and students of how a successful and quality class should be. Is this dissemination of ESP use justified by the pedagogical quality fostered in learning? While its use can help focus attention on the content of the subject during classes, there are also limitations in this process, both in the dimension of teaching, by the teacher, and in the dimension of learning, by the student. This paper seeks to provide a contribution to the debate on this topic, and the advantages and limitations in using ESP. It is concluded that there is a need, on the one hand, to define the use of ESP, by assaying their application, as well as, on the other hand, to simultaneously develop other pedagogical ways of teaching, whose articulation can make the student's role more active and pertinent, and enable the feedback to the student on the part of the teacher, so that it may be possible to regulate the teaching and learning process in a timely manner.
Examination of the Views of High School Teachers and Students with Regard to Discipline Perception and Discipline Problems
Author: Sadik, Fatma
Date: 2018-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,Secondary School Teachers,Discipline,Qualitative Research,Comparative Analysis,Semi Structured Interviews,Content Analysis,Phenomenology,Secondary School Students,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Behavior Problems,Self Control

This research is a qualitative study comparatively examining the views of high school teachers and students related to discipline perception and discipline problems. The study has been realized at a vocational school during the 2014/2015 school term. Maximum diversity and criterion sampling methods have been followed for the formation of the study groups with 18 teachers and 16 students. The data collected through semi-structured interview forms has been evaluated by content analysis. As a result of the study, it has been observed that the teachers define discipline as a holistic system, self-control and providing the necessary learning environment, while the students define it as self-control, obeying the rules and respect. The participating teachers, who agreed on the idea that discipline does not mean bullying or passivizing the individuals, described rudeness, lack of interest in the lesson and misbehavior as disciplinary problems. According to the teachers, not fulfilling the responsibilities and rudeness; according to the students, preventing the course from running and not being interested in the course are the most experienced discipline problems at their respective schools. Pursuant to the acquired results, the students differ from the teachers by thinkink that behavior such as not obeying the directives, using hazardous items and harming the environment/objects are the most common problems.
Investigating the Impact of Internet Dependency on Student-Teachers&apos; Loneliness of Adiyaman University
Author: Aytaç, Kürsat Yusuf
Date: 2018-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Internet,Psychological Patterns,Student Teachers,Social Isolation,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires,Student Teacher Attitudes,Gender Differences,Addictive Behavior,Risk,Neurosis,Personality Traits,Regression (Statistics),Reliability,Statistical Analysis

This research was conducted to investigate the effect of internet dependency on student- teachers' loneliness of Admiyaman University. The study also examined the differences in internet dependency and loneliness among students and teachers of Adiyaman University of Turkey. The standard questionnaire of Jung (1996) was used to measure the internet dependency. Also, to measure the sense of loneliness variable, the standard questionnaire of Rosell et al. (1980) was used. The reliability of the questionnaires was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha test, which included: Internet addiction questionnaire 0.91 and loneliness questionnaire 0.86. Questionnaires were distributed among the subjects (172 student-teachers of Adiyaman University). The results showed that internet dependency on student-teachers' loneliness of Adiyaman University had a significant positive effect (beta = 0.898). There was also a significant difference between the dependence on the internet and the feelings of the student- teachers of Adiyaman University of Turkey. Male student- teachers were more dependent on the internet, and female student-teachers also felt more lonely.
Explaining the Impact of Disabled Children&apos;s Engagement with Physical Activity on Their Parents&apos; Smartphone Addiction Levels: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed Methods Research
Author: Gündogdu, Cemal
Date: 2018-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Handheld Devices,Telecommunications,Addictive Behavior,Children,Disabilities,Learner Engagement,Physical Activities,Parents,Mixed Methods Research,Foreign Countries,Special Education,Parent Surveys,Phenomenology,Interviews

In this research, quantitative findings and qualitative follow-up themes were used to quantify, conceptualize and finally try to explain the impact of disabled children's engagement with physical activity on their parents' smartphone addiction levels. An initial phase of quantitative investigation was conducted with 116 parents. Analyses of statistical trends indicated that male parents use smartphones more often than female. Furthermore, quantitizing data towards parents' smartphone addiction showed that parents watching their disabled children during physical activity exhibit more smartphone-addicted behaviors than non-watching parents. Finally, data obtained from quantitative findings revealed that levels of smartphone addiction of parents whose disabled children participated in more than 60 minutes of physical activity were greater than the levels of smartphone addiction of parents whose disabled children participated in 60 minutes of physical activity. With no adequate theoretical explanation for these results, a follow-up explanations phase of qualitative investigation was conducted with 5 parents. Analyses of interview data emerged three themes: (a) Male dominance in smartphone use, (c) parents passive participation in physical activity with or without smartphones and (b) levels of smartphone addiction among parents in terms of duration of their children daily physical activity engagement.
From Mythological Ages to Contemporary Ages: Child Education
Author: Yakar, Halide Gamze Ince
Date: 2018-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Child Development,Asian History,Literature Appreciation,Mythology,Social Problems,Drama,Childrens Literature,Parent Attitudes

Seeking the solution to the problems of contemporary man and approaching the social events through mythology is the other way to use the healing power of literature education. Having served as a guide for people in the past, mythology is the mirror of the past, which indicates the reasons and possible results of the events that have experienced today. The communities, which internalize the information well through myths, can direct their future, as well. In this study, we aim to examine the child education and the social problems that arise as a result of this education through the protagonist of Duca Kocaoglu Deli Dumrul story, his relation with his parents and his life told in one of the twelve texts in the Book of Dede Korkut, which is an epic of Oghuz Turks. To this end, Suphi Altindöken, which had sparked a debate by killing Özgecen Aslan, a university student in Mersin in 2015, and Deli Dumrul, who shows relatively different characteristics from the other protagonists in the Book of Dede Korkut will be compared by their education that they receive from their parents and the environment that they grew up. In this comparison, we have used two tragedia; of Alcestis and of Antigone by Euripides and Sophocles, two playwrights from 5th and 4th centuries B.C. respectively, and used the story of Dumrul and Azrael, published by Murathan Mungan in 2000. In the context of a mythological story from the 12th century and an event from the 21st century, the main elements of child education, especially the parents' attitude, will be included.
Metaphoric Perception of Coach Candidates towards Swimming Discipline: A Qualitative, Cognitive Research
Author: Gündogdu, Cemal
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Aquatic Sports,Athletic Coaches,Figurative Language,Qualitative Research,Undergraduate Students,College Seniors,Physical Education,Semi Structured Interviews,Participant Observation

This research evinces the value of the multidimensional perceptions of the metaphors towards swimming discipline and its relevant certain contexts according to swimming coach candidates. In this article, we used qualitative research paradigm away from positivist approaches to describe and interpret stories and personal experiences of the participants. Fifty-five undergraduate senior students who studied in the department of coaching education in a large South-eastern university were secured homogenously (aged between 21 and 29). Using a semi-structured interview form, data were generated based on six predetermined contexts: swimming, swimming coach, freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. Each context focused participants' metaphor generation processes. As data generation continued, we also intended to be participant-observer to gain epistemological privilege by participating in and experiencing what is going on. Within the predetermined contexts, thematic analysis conducted through a software package of NVivo 11 Plus emerged seventeen conditions (sub-themes). In the portrait gallery of metaphoric perceptions of coach candidates towards swimming discipline, we found variety in the mental images of each context.
Finding Environmental Knowledge in SCUBA-Based Textual Materials
Author: Gündogdu, Cemal
Date: 2018-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Marine Education,Adventure Education,Recreational Activities,Aquatic Sports,Instructional Materials,Guides,Novices,Environmental Education,Knowledge Level,Semantics,Conservation (Environment),Leisure Time,Foreign Countries

As marine environments within the adventure domain are future key-settings for recreational SCUBA diving experience, SCUBA-based textual materials should provide insight into environmental knowledge that is well connected to the novice divers' behaviour and attitude. This research is concerned with a major recreational SCUBA diver manual for novice divers from a position that seeks to explore its focus and scope of environmental knowledge in semantic networks. However, results obtained from thematic analyses of environmental knowledge emerged two sub-themes: marine-based conservation and aquatic life. Analyses of textual data indicated that the manual has groundling statements and notes on environmental knowledge. Furthermore, analyzing manual' environmental documents showed that there is no skill-related knowledge, which attributes to SCUBA divers' environmental behaviour and attitude towards underwater environment.
The Investigation of the Motor Skills of &quot;U&quot; Kategories Soccer Players Who Have Recreative Involvement in Other Sports
Author: Göksu, Ömer Can
Date: 2018-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Team Sports,Age Differences,Physical Activities,Psychomotor Skills,Motor Development,Measurement,Clubs,Foreign Countries,Nonparametric Statistics,Computer Software,Skill Development,Tests,Statistical Analysis

This study was conducted to examine the effects of sports activities other than soccer on 10-15-year-old soccer players' motor skills. The sample included 146 registered soccer players in the U category (U10-U15) of the Turkish Football Federation's Aslantepe, Çeliktepe and Seyrantepe clubs. The players participated in this study on a voluntary basis. The players who participated in the study were divided into two age categories (10-12 and 13-15 years) and two groups, those who only played soccer (OS) and those involved in soccer and other sports (SAO). The study recorded the sociodemographic characteristics of the athletes, the sports they were interested in other than soccer, the weekly time they spent in different sports activities and the number of soccer training sessions they attended each week. The measurements for the study were completed in the first week of the preparation period at the beginning of the soccer season. All the participants were subjected to tests for speed, agility, horizontal jumping, endurance, and the motor tests that measured balance parameters, all of which are important for soccer. The study data were analyzed using SPSS 23.0 software. The study used the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to determine whether the data had normal distributions. The parameters with normal distributions were analyzed using the t-test, while those without normal distributions were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test. The threshold for statistical significance was p&lt;0.05. Analysis of the data showed that there were statistically significant (p&lt;0.05) differences between the motor skills test results of the players in SAO group and those in the OS group. Thus, having children get interested in multiple sports at a young age instead of only one, and including forms of play that feature the fundamental skills of different sports in their training programs will positively contribute to the development of their motor skills and improve their performance.
The Effect of Using Virtual Laboratory on Grade 10 Students&apos; Conceptual Understanding and Their Attitudes towards Physics
Author: Faour, Malak Abou
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Physics,Grade 10,Control Groups,Statistical Analysis,Experimental Groups,Pretests Posttests,Laboratory Equipment,Virtual Classrooms,Laboratories,Secondary School Students,Foreign Countries,Scores,Computer Simulation

This study investigated the effect of using (VL) on grade 10 students' conceptual understanding of the direct current electric circuit and their attitudes towards physics. The research used a quantitative experimental approach. The sample of the study was formed of 50 students of the tenth grade, aged 14 to 16 years old, of an official secondary school in Mount Lebanon. Participants were randomly assigned into two groups of 25 students each. The experimental group was taught using VL, where experimental activities were conducted through Circuit Construction Kit developed by the PhET simulations. However, the control group was taught through interactive demonstrations using real laboratory equipment. Both groups were pre and post-tested by means of two instruments: Determining and Interpreting Resistive Electric current Concepts test (DIRECT) and Physics Attitude Scale? (PAS). The data analysis of the DIRECT test scores showed that, after 10 weeks, the conceptual understanding of the direct current electric circuit had markedly improved in both groups. However, the mean score of the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group. On the other hand, there was no significant difference in students' attitudes towards physics between the two groups.