ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Teaching Activities Done by Using Activity Based Posters on the Students&apos; Academic Achievements, Retention Levels in Their Learning
Author: Coskun, Ismail
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Visual Aids,Academic Achievement,Retention (Psychology),Active Learning,Instructional Effectiveness,Instructional Materials,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Pretests Posttests,Achievement Tests,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Grade 9,High School Students,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

The aim of the study is to investigate whether the activity based posters have an effect of on the ninth class students' academic achievements and the retention levels in their learning. The research was carried out with 60 students at one of the state schools in The Central Anatolia Region of Turkey in 2015-2016 academic year. Study--&quot;Celebrities&quot; unit teaching--took 6 weeks in both experimental group and control group. This study was conducted according to the &quot;pre-test-post-test control group model&quot; which is from quantitative research methods. The unit of &quot;Celebrities&quot; Achievement Test was developed by the researcher. These data collection tools were implemented at the beginning and the end of the study. Academic Achievement Test was re-implemented 21 days later after study in order to determine the retention levels in their learning. At the end of the research, it is detected that implementation of the activity based posters in English classes makes statistically significant difference for the benefit of experimental groups on the level of academic success.
Investigation of the Correlation between Belonging Needs of Students Attending University and Well-Being
Author: Karaman, Ömer
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Well Being,College Students,Multiple Regression Analysis,Psychological Needs,Foreign Countries,Student Needs,Group Membership,Sense of Community,Interpersonal Relationship,Statistical Analysis

Belonging is one of the basic psychological needs dealt with by many conceptualists. In different contexts the need to belong may be met at different levels. In this study the affiliation of 276 university students (178 females 64.5%, 98 males 35.5%) to their university was dealt with. The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation between the students' belonging to the university and well-being levels. Students in the research group were aged from 18 to 26 years, with mean age of 20.7 and standard deviation of 1.53. The group included 111 (40.2%) first year students, 95 (34.4%) second year students, 46 (16.7%) third year students and 24 (8.7%) fourth year students. Of students, 16 (5.8%) had poor economic status, 157 (56.9%) had moderate, 94 (34.1%) had good and 9 (3.3%) had very good economic status. The data collection tools of the Belonging to the University Scale and PERMA Profiler were used along with a personal information form. Analysis in the research used the multiple regression analysis and correlation techniques. According to the analysis results, the belonging to the university subdimensions of identification, expectation and motivation had a low level and significant correlation with well-being and these three subdimensions explained 15% of well-being. Additionally, there were significant correlations determined between belonging to the university, well-being, identification, meaning and health variables. In conclusion, as the belonging to the university level increases, it is considered university students' well-being levels will increase.
Perspectives of Teacher Candidates on the Statements Related to Effect of Politics on Lecturers and Educational Administrators&apos; Competence of Ensuring Unity
Author: Demirel, Ihsan Nuri
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Educational Administration,Competence,Administrators,Politics of Education,College Faculty,Elementary Education,Student Surveys,Political Attitudes,Questionnaires,Political Power

This study aims to find out the attitude of teacher candidates of Agri I.Ç. University Faculty of Education who study at the Department of Elementary Turkish Education to the statements related to effect of politics on lecturers and educational administrators' competence of ensuring unity. A-) The statements accepted as effect of politics on lecturers that consisting following statements: Lecturers work without being influenced by dominant politic powers, lecturers don't think the students who have high political activity as superior to the other students, lecturers work without being influenced by the political views of their principals, lecturers work without bestowing privilege on the students who are on the side of local politic powers, lecturers assess the students who don't share the same politic views with them objectively. B-) The statements related to educational administrators' competence of ensuring unity that consisting following statements: Educational administrators don't discriminate between the people who work at their service, educational administrators don't appoint the people with whom they have consensus on the same political views with certain authorities, educational administrators don't favour the unqualified employees who have the same political view with them, educational administrators don't prevent qualified employees who don't have the same political view from getting promotion, educational administrators do everything in their power to make all the employees who have different political view unified. A survey which includes questions related to A-) effect of politics on lecturers and B-) educational administrators' competence of ensuring unity are conducted to determine the attitudes of teacher candidates towards A-) effect of politics on lecturers and B-) educational administrators' competence of ensuring unity. Research sampling consists of 121 teacher candidates of Agri I.Ç. University Faculty of Education who study at the Department of Elementary Turkish Education. According to findings of the research teacher candidates have answered the questions containing information on A-) The Statements Related to Effect of Politics on Lecturers and B-) The Statements Related to Educational Administrators' Competence of Ensuring Unity with variable rates. The findings make it possible to come to that conclusion that teacher candidates have responded to scale which is reliable according to its Cronbach's Alpha value (a = 0.91) in varying ratios as given in Field [5].
A Global Education Application in Turkey: A Product Marketing Activity
Author: Egüz, Sule
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Global Education,Concept Teaching,Social Studies,Grade 6,Learning Activities,Teaching Methods,Units of Study,Qualitative Research

This article describes a &quot;Product Marketing Activity&quot; prepared for teaching one of the concepts in the unit on global education, &quot;Our Country and the World,&quot; which is a part of the 6th grade Social Studies teaching program in Turkey. The objective of the research was to determine the multiple perspectives with which students look at global issues related to the economy and how the proposed activity can influence the development of their skills in using communications technologies. The principal reason for making use of this activity was based on the knowledge of the importance of economic relations in the world and the fact that qualitative discussions with the students showed that this activity was one that the students found most entertaining. It is considered that designing activities for students that are supported by communications technologies may be effective in helping them gain a global perspective.
A New Approach to School Management: Determination of Student Related Risks According to the Internal Control
Author: Sahin, Sevilay
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Strategic Planning,Educational Administration,Administrative Principles,Risk,Risk Assessment,School Safety,Qualitative Research,Principals,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Parent Attitudes,Phenomenology,Interviews,Semi Structured Interviews,Elementary Secondary Education,Foreign Countries

The head department of the Ministry of National Education and affiliated schools have been carrying out strategic planning for the last 10 years in order to make the right decisions and implement them and increase the efficiency of the institution for the purpose of reaching their future goals. In order for strategic planning by schools to be effective, the basis of the identified strategies needs to be realistic and reliable. Nevertheless, it is important in terms of efficient management of schools to pin down any potential threats and bottlenecks that might prevent the achievement of future goals and objectives or identify any sorts of risks that are described as opportunities that facilitate the achievement of these goals and objectives. Internal control, which is a form of management based on strategic plans and risks and which is seen as parts of a whole complementing each other, has been put into effect pursuant to Law No. 5018. The purpose of this study is to carry out situation analyses more effectively and efficiently within the context of strategic planning in schools and to ensure that school principals, teachers, parents, and students are able to determine the risks related to students in order to correctly identify the strengths and weaknesses of schools as well as opportunities and threats using qualitative research methods besides creating a risk pool for schools. According to the findings obtained as a result of the research, the risky situations were reached under these headings: &quot;Technology and internet addiction--Aimlessness, lack of motivation, Academic Procrastination (laziness)--Lack of discipline/Self-discipline problem, Impertinence--Violence, Disrespect, Rudeness--Smoking, alcohol and substance addiction--Suicide--Communication problems.&quot; By taking into account these risks, the risk pool will be created and possible measures will be taken without any further adverse effects, and schools will be better managed.
Effects of Badminton on Physical Developments of Males with Physical Disability
Author: Yüksel, Mehmet Fatih
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Racquet Sports,Physical Development,Males,Physical Disabilities,Foreign Countries,Control Groups,Athletics,Experimental Groups,Assistive Technology,Body Composition

This study was realized in order to determine the features of the male badminton players with physical disability, and to examine the effects of badminton on physical developments of individuals with physical disability. Totally 59 males voluntarily participated in the study, 35 of whom were male badminton players with physical disability (n = 35, average exercise age; 4.9) and the rest were physically handicapped (n = 24) as the control group. Forming the research group, the male badminton players with physical disability, were divided into two groups according to the disability classification of the International Paralympic Committee, SL-3, SL-4, SU-5 (on foot, n = 23), and WH-1, WH-2 (on wheelchairs, n = 12). As for the control groups, physically handicapped individuals (on foot, n = 13, wheelchair, n = 11) of inactive lifestyle were included into the study. In order to determine the physical features of the participants following tests and measurements were applied; stature, weight, BMI, length of upper extremity, arm, fore arm and hand length, arm and forearm circumference, flexibility, balance, modified sit-up, modified abdominal endurance, hand grip strength, plate tapping, and modified push-up tests. Tests and measurements were applied on dominant hand and foot. At the end of the study, it was determined that there was a statistically significant difference in between badminton players on foot with disability (BMI, balance, modified sit-up, and modified push-up values) and players on wheelchair (BMI, forearm circumference, hand grip strength, and modified push-up values), (p&lt;0.05). As a conclusion, it was determined that badminton develops physical features of the individuals with physical disability.
Energy Concept Understanding of High School Students: A Cross-Grade Study
Author: Takaoglu, Zeynep Baskan
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Energy,Scientific Concepts,Comprehension,High School Students,Grade 9,Grade 10,Grade 11,Misconceptions,Foreign Countries,Energy Conservation,Classification,Questionnaires

Energy is a difficult concept to be understood by students of all levels. Thus, the aim of the study is to determine how high school students at different levels perceive the energy and related concepts. In line with this purpose, 173 students in total of which 57 ones of the 9th grade, 94 ones of the 10th grade and 22 ones of the 11th grade participated in the study in which developmental research method of descriptive research design has been conducted. Four open-ended questions about energy and related concepts have been asked to the students in the study. As a result of the study, it is concluded that the students use energy instead of work, power, repulsion and pulling concepts and they consider energy as a feature specific to living creatures and moving situations. The potential and kinetic energy types are most expressed ones. The students frequently give examples from renewable and non-renewable energy types and they classify them accordingly. It is also concluded that they don't have enough information about conservation of energy. It is thought that this misconception among the students emerges because energy and related concepts are taught them disconnected in different lessons of different disciplines and they do not understand preconceptions about energy and related notions. It is considered that the concept networks, concept maps, and conceptual change texts will help to relate energy concepts in students' minds.
Adaptation of Sport Brand Personality Scale to Turkish
Author: Görgüt, Ilyas
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Athletics,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Athletes,Personality Traits,Surveys,Test Construction,Factor Analysis,Adolescents,Adults,Gender Differences,Geographic Location,Educational Attainment,Team Sports,Correlation,Role Models,Statistical Analysis

Validity and reliability of Turkish form of sport brand personality scale, which was developed by Mitsis and Leckie (2016), was presented in this study. Scale was designed to reflect the impact of individuals' favorite athletes on them in other words the strength of the role model factor. In study, participants were tried to reach through an online form on voluntary basis and participants were included into the study in two stages as pilot and main study. After the incorrect and incompletely filled scale forms had been taken out, 107 people were taken for the pilot study and 326 people were taken for the validity and reliability of the study, in total 433 people were taken into account for the statistical procedures. When the educational status of participants were asked in the study; it was stated that, 1 of participants was literate, 2 of participants were primary school, 6 of participants were secondary school, 69 of participants were high school, 300 of participants were university graduate and 55 of participants were undergraduate. When we look at age distribution of the participants, 10.6% of them were in 14-19 age group, 37.4% of them were in 20-25 age group, 20.6% of them were in 26-31 age group, 14.3% of them were in 32-37 age group, 9.5% of them were in 38-43 age group, 5.3% of them were in 44-49 age group, 2.1% of them were in 50-55 age group and 0.2% of them were in 56 age and above group. For the Turkish adaptation of scale, language validity was provided through expert opinion. Validity of scale was assessed with confirmatory factor analysis and reliability of scale was assessed with split-half reliability methods. For the six subscales, it was seen that fit indices were in acceptable level for X[superscript 2] /df, RMSEA, RFI, GFI, AGFI and in perfect level for CFI, NNFI, NFI, IFI. In conclusion, the internal consistency for all scale was 0.95 and for the six subscales respectively were 0.91, 0.86, 0.86, 0.84, 0.77 and 0.90. In conclusion, obtained data by the application of Turkish form of scale showed that adapted scale having six subscales, 19 items and 7 Likert type scoring tool, was a valid and reliable scale.
Effect of Organizational Justice Behaviors on Organizational Silence and Cynicism: A Research on Academics from Schools of Physical Education and Sports
Author: Erdogdu, Murat
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Justice,College Faculty,Physical Education,Athletics,Organizational Culture,Job Performance,Correlation,Structural Equation Models,Foreign Countries,Teacher Attitudes,Statistical Analysis

In this research, it is aimed to examine the effect of organizational justice behaviors on organizational silence and cynicism based on the opinions of academics who serve in Schools of Physical Education and Sports, and Faculties of Sports Sciences. Research group consisted of academics from 22 different universities in Turkey. There are 320 people (245 males and 75 females) in the research group. Organizational justice scale, organizational silence scale, organizational cynicism scale and job performance scale are used as data collecting tools in the study. During the research, a model was tried to be created that reflected the correlation among organizational justice behaviors, organizational silence and cynicism the new model was examined by means of Structural Equation Model via Lisrel 8.7. According to the results, the higher the perception of organizational justice behaviors, the less the organizational cynicism. Moreover, there was a positive significant correlation between organizational silence and organizational cynicism.
Children&apos;s Perceptions of Tests: A Content Analysis
Author: Bulgan, Gokce
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Content Analysis,Student Attitudes,Public Schools,Foreign Countries,Test Anxiety,Academic Achievement,Emotional Response,Learning Experience,Prevention,Intervention,Counseling Services,Teaching Methods,Elementary School Students

Anxiety that students experience during test taking negatively influences their academic achievement. Understanding how students perceive tests and how they feel during test taking could help in taking effective preventive measures. Hence, the current study focused on assessing children's perceptions of tests using content analysis. The sample consisted of 1143 participants (566 females and 570 males) attending 3rd (n = 320), 4th (n = 420), 5th (n = 197), and 6th (n = 206) grade classes in three public schools in Istanbul, Turkey. The findings indicated that three main domains emerged from the data. The domains and the categories under each domain were as follows: evaluation (grades, success vs. failure, learning and development, and intelligence), emotions (excitement, fear and anxiety, happiness, curiosity, mixed feelings, and disappointment), and experiential process (answering questions, studying, difficulty, thinking, having fun, cheating vs. honesty, and silence). Understanding students' experiences with testing early on in their education will give researchers and practitioners the chance to plan effective applications for treatment and prevention, which would influence students' future achievement and experiences. The study findings could also help teachers and school counselors plan more effective teaching and counseling programs that take into account students' anxiety levels during tests.
Determination of Teacher Candidates&apos; Views Concerning V Diagrams Used in General Biology Laboratories
Author: Kayacan, Kadriye
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Content Analysis,Biology,Science Instruction,Science Laboratories,Visual Aids,Teacher Education,Undergraduate Students,Foreign Countries,Case Studies,Science Experiments,Student Attitudes

This study was conducted within the scope of the General Biology Laboratory II course, which was taught in the Science Teaching Department in the Spring semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. The study group consisted of 40 teacher candidates in their second year in the Science Teaching Department at a state university in Konya. The purpose of the study, in which case study design was used, was to determine the views of teacher candidates concerning the V diagrams used in the General Biology Laboratory II course. To this end, experiments were conducted for a period of 10 weeks and reports for the experiments were formed by the teacher candidates in the form of V diagrams. The views of the teacher candidates regarding V diagrams were collected through open-ended questions and analyzed via content analysis.
Competing Discourses about Education and Accountability for ELLs/Bilingual Learners: Dual Language Educators as Agents for Change
Author: Field, Rebecca Freeman
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Change Agents,Bilingual Teachers,Accountability,English Language Learners,Academic Achievement,Teacher Attitudes,Faculty Development,Program Effectiveness,Language Teachers,Bilingual Education Programs,Spanish,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Educational History,Educational Legislation,Federal Legislation,Longitudinal Studies,Program Descriptions

This paper situates the contemporary debate about education and accountability for English language learners/bilingual learners within a sociocultural context and suggests ways that dual language educators and researchers can help move this debate forward. I begin with a brief review of competing discourses about bilingualism and education for diverse learners on the national level in the United States. The paper then provides an insider's perspective on dual language education in three different contexts (Washington, D.C.; Schaumburg, Ill.; Philadelphia, Pa.) at different times (before and after NCLB was passed) to illustrate how these dual language educators hold themselves accountable for student achievement, program effectiveness, and professional learning on the local level. The paper highlights the potential of dual language educators as powerful agents for change.