ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Views of the Teachers about the Mind Mapping Technique in the Elementary Life Science and Social Studies Lessons Based on the Constructivist Method
Author: Seyihoglu, Aysegul
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Primary Education,Elementary School Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Biological Sciences,Social Studies,Teaching Methods,Constructivism (Learning),Cognitive Mapping,Data Collection,Interviews,Content Analysis

The purpose of this study is to reveal the opinions of teachers on using the mind mapping technique in Life Science and Social Studies lessons. The participants of the study are 20 primary education teachers. In this study, a semi-structured interview technique was used. For content analysis, the themes and codes were defined, based on the views of the teachers. According to the findings, the teachers had lack of proficiency in the parts of the lesson which was lectured by using the constructivist approach and it was seen for this reason that the teachers used only the introduction and evaluation steps in applying the mind mapping technique to the parts of the lessons. Teachers think that it would be more appropriate using the mind mapping technique to oral lessons. While expressing the factors that are providing permanence in students' acquisition and increasing the success in the exams among the advantages of this technique, the possible troubles about time limitation can be expressed among the disadvantages. (Contains 7 tables.)
A Reliability and Validity Study of the Defining Issues Test: The Relationship of Age, Education, Gender and Parental Education with Moral Development
Author: Cesur, Sevim
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Tests,Moral Development,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Parent Background,Educational Attainment,Test Reliability,Test Validity,College Students

The aim of the study is twofold: First and main aim was to develop a valid and reliable Turkish version of the DIT which is one of the most important instruments in the psychology and education research; second is to explore the relationships between moral development and age, gender, education, and parental education. The study group consists of 584 volunteer participants from three universities. As an instrument of the present study, developed and validated Turkish version of the DIT which is &quot;Degerleri Belirleme Testi (DBT)&quot; was used. Three schemas, personal interests, maintaining norms, and post conventional, were obtained from the instrument. For three schemas obtained from the DIT, the values of Cronbach's alpha and test-retest correlation coefficients change in the range of 0.53 to 0.60. Face and content validity of the DIT were also provided. The relationships between moral development and other selected variables (age, education, gender, and parental education) were presented in the findings section. (Contains 2 tables.)
An Early Natural Auditory-Oral Intervention Approach for Children with Hearing Loss: A Qualitative Study
Author: Turan, Zerrin
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Language Usage,Mothers,Interaction,Listening Skills,Foreign Countries,Disabilities,Hearing Impairments,Early Intervention,Program Effectiveness,Case Studies,Observation,Teacher Characteristics,Qualitative Research,Infants

This study aims to examine the session goals and their realization during the session flow for a child with a hearing loss and his mother in an early intervention program. The study was designed as a case study. Video recordings of the intervention sessions, reflective journals, session plans, and the plan evaluations were used to collect and analyze the data. Findings indicate that session goals focused on the mother-child interaction, the use of language learning opportunities during the interaction, improving the mother's play skills, improving the child's listening skills, and behavior management of the child. Daily routines, observations during the sessions and theoretical background of the teacher seem to be important factors while establishing the session goals. (Contains 2 tables.)
The Effectiveness of a Secondary Teacher Education Graduate Program According to Administrators, Faculty Members and Students
Author: Unver, Gulsen
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Motivation,Program Effectiveness,College Faculty,Department Heads,Preservice Teacher Education,Secondary Education,Graduate Study,Qualitative Research,Interviews,Knowledge Base for Teaching,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Educational Innovation,Educational Change,Higher Education,Foreign Countries,Administrator Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes

The purpose of this case study is to examine the effectiveness of a Secondary Teacher Education Graduate Program. We collected qualitative data through interviews with two graduate school directors, five department heads, 58 faculty members and five students at Ege University. We conducted a descriptive analysis technique on the data. According to the results, there are many problems concerning the program such as high quotas of students, unsatisfactory selection of students, lack of motivation for the program and the courses both among the students and the faculty members, insufficiency of the faculty members in the areas of knowledge and pedagogy, inefficiencies in the management of the courses (especially of the practical courses), lack of specific institutions and persons responsible for the program. Furthermore, the program does not reflect the innovations in teaching and the changes in secondary education. The participants mainly suggested administrative solutions for the program.
The Examination of Reliability According to Classical Test and Generalizability on a Job Performance Scale
Author: Yelboga, Atilla
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Test Theory,Generalizability Theory,Job Performance,Measures (Individuals),Reliability

In this research, the classical test theory and generalizability theory analyses were carried out with the data obtained by a job performance scale for the years 2005 and 2006. The reliability coefficients obtained (estimated) from the classical test theory and generalizability theory analyses were compared. In classical test theory, test retest and Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient, Kendall's concordance coefficient for interrater reliability; in generalizability theory, G and Phi coefficients with multivariate model were computed and the consistency of these coefficients were examined. As the result of the research, it is seen that for the same measurement condition, the reliability coefficients obtained from the classical test theory and from the multivariate model of generalizability theory generated harmonious results.
Fifth-Grade Turkish Elementary School Students' Listening and Reading Comprehension Levels with Regard to Text Types
Author: Yildirim, Kasim
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary School Students,Reading Comprehension,Listening Comprehension,Predictor Variables,Grade 5,Foreign Countries,Reading Achievement,Reader Text Relationship,Tests,Comparative Analysis,Academic Achievement

The aim of this study was to examine fifth grade elementary school students' listening and reading comprehension levels with regard to text types. This study was conducted on 180 fifth grade elementary school students in Sincan-Ankara in the spring semester of the academic year 2008-2009. The comprehension test was administered to students. The results revealed that the students comprehended the narrative text better when they heard it read by the instructor versus when they read text independently. However, it was concluded that there was no significant difference in comprehension expository texts between students who read the text those for whom the text was narrated. Moreover, the achievement of Turkish class was a predictor variable in reading and listening comprehension of students.
The Effects of a Premarital Relationship Enrichment Program on Relationship Satisfaction
Author: Yilmaz, Tugba
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Enrichment Activities,Marriage,Intimacy,Interpersonal Relationship,Satisfaction,Comparative Analysis,Program Effectiveness,Mental Health,Foreign Countries

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of a premarital relationship enrichment program on relationship satisfaction among couples. The experimental and control groups were totally composed of 20 individuals. In order to test whether there are any significant differences between the scores of pre-test and post-test within the control and experimental groups, Mann-Whitney U test and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used. It was found that this premarital relationship enrichment program had positive effects on relationship satisfaction. Premarital relationship development program can be included in the preventive studies in mental health organizations. By cooperating with local government, it can be provided that couples who apply for marriage benefit from &quot;Marriage Preparation Education.&quot;
Attitudes of Employees of Provincial Directorates of National Education and School Administrators towards Strategic Planning
Author: Altinkurt, Yahya
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis,Sampling,Administrator Attitudes,Employee Attitudes,Attitude Measures,Behavior Rating Scales,Organizational Development,Trust (Psychology),Statistical Surveys,Productivity,Efficiency,Resistance (Psychology)

The aim of the study is to determine the attitudes of employees of Provincial Directorates of National Education and school administrators towards strategic planning. The research was designed as a survey model study. The population of the research consisted of employees of Provincial Directorate of National Education of Kutahya and school administrators in Kutahya city center. In the research, sampling method was not used as the aim was to reach the entire population. However, the analyses were done on the sample since the data could not be collected from the entire population. In the study, 176 participants (81 employees of Provincial Directorate of National Education, 95 school administrators) were contacted. Data were collected by the &quot;Strategic Planning Attitude Scale&quot;. The Scale is composed of five dimensions as organizational development, distrust, productivity, efficiency, and resistance. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, one way analysis of variance, &quot;Kruskal Wallis H Test&quot;, Mann Whitney U test and Pearson correlation analysis were used. According to the findings obtained from the study, it was determined that the employees of Provincial Directorate of National Education of Kutahya and the school administrators generally had positive attitudes towards strategic planning. However, a considerable number of the participants had negative attitudes such as distrust and resistance. The views of the participants varied according to position and period of service in certain dimensions. There were significant correlations between the dimensions of the &quot;Strategic Planning Attitude Scale.&quot; The findings of the study show that the main reason for distrust and resistance of employees towards strategic planning is lack of information. In this context, studies to resolve lack of information particularly of employees of Provincial Directorates of National Education are suggested. (Contains 4 tables.)
The Sampling Issues in Quantitative Research
Author: Delice, Ali
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Statistical Analysis,Sampling,Sample Size,Effect Size,Research Design,Reliability,Masters Theses,Mathematics Education,Educational Research,Foreign Countries

A concern for generalization dominates quantitative research. For generalizability and repeatability, identification of sample size is essential. The present study investigates 90 qualitative master's theses submitted for the Primary and Secondary School Science and Mathematics Education Departments, Mathematic Education Discipline in 10 universities in Turkey between 1996 and 2007, in terms of &quot;Population and Sample&quot; using document analysis. Coding is used to analyze the data and results are presented by using descriptive statistics. Most of the theses were found to include a few lines of information on population and sample, and a few presented the characteristics of the sample in detailed tables, though without any information on the selection criteria were given. Randomization in random sampling, which is frequently used, was usually limited to unbiased assignment of two classes out of four within a school. No attention was paid to the appropriateness of the sample size and to the analysis techniques employed. Effect size was calculated in only one dissertation, but was not taken into account in the identification of the sample size. Normality tests also indicated some challenges. The effects of sample size on reliability assessment were not taken into account. (Contains 7 footnotes and 8 tables.)
The Attitudes of Teachers towards 2005 Academic Year Primary Education Program
Author: Dogan, Suleyman
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Program Evaluation,Sampling,Program Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Attitude Measures,Elementary School Teachers,Foreign Countries,Change Strategies,Educational Change,Program Effectiveness,Educational Assessment,Educational Indicators

This study is considered to be significant in objectively analyzing the negative-positive effects of the program during the process of learning, teacher's acquaintance to the new program in a closer way and acquiring a positive perspective of the program. This study has been conducted in order to discover the effects of 2005-2006 academic year primary education program on cognitive-emotional-psychomotor acquisitions, and expectations of the students in learning process. The sampling of the research consisted of 836 teachers (Women: 438, Men: 397) of state and private primary education institutions selected by random sampling method in Istanbul in 2008-2009 academic year. Research data were collected by &quot;the Scale of Teachers' Attitude towards New Primary Education Program&quot; consisted of 27 questions developed by the researcher. This study aims objectively at designating the negative-positive effects of the program during the process of learning. Moreover, perceptions and attitudes of primary education teachers towards the 2005 academic year primary education program are studied ; the relationship between the previous and the new program is tried to be designated; and the differences and limitations of the new program are also discovered. Hence, the study aims at contributing to the concerned officials and researchers. The attitudes of the teachers towards the new educational program do not show significant differences in respect to gender, experiences, educational levels and state of graduation. However, there is a significant difference of their perspectives about new educational program in respect to their marital status and the institutions they work at. The results of the study were compared and discussed with several former program evaluation examples. (Contains 10 tables.)
The Effects of Brain-Based Learning on the Academic Achievement of Students with Different Learning Styles
Author: Duman, Bilal
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Research Design,Cognitive Style,Academic Achievement,Social Sciences,Experiential Learning,Achievement Tests,Brain,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Universities,Investigations,Learning Strategies,Pretests Posttests,Questionnaires,Teacher Education,Comparative Analysis

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effects of Brain-based learning (BBL) on the academic achievement of students with different learning styles. The study group consists of students from the department of Social Sciences Teacher Education in the Faculty of Education at Mugla University (N=68). In the study, a pre-test-post-test experimental design was used. Data were collected by using academic achievement tests and the Kolb's Experiential Learning Style questionnaire. The findings of the study revealed that the BBL approach used in the experimental group was more effective in increasing student achievement than the traditional approach used in the control group. However, no significant difference was observed among the achievement levels of the experimental group students with different learning styles. (Contains 6 tables and 2 figures.)
The Effects of an Emotional Education Program on the Emotional Skills of Six-Year-Old Children Attending Preschool
Author: Saltali, Neslihan Durmosoglu
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Comparative Analysis,Emotional Development,Program Development,Program Effectiveness,Preschool Children,Turkish,Foreign Countries,Pretests Posttests

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of an Emotional Education Program, which is based on the PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategy) developed by Domitrovich, Greenberg, Cortes and Kusche, on six year old children's emotional skills (identification of emotions, understanding emotions and expression of emotions). In this study, pre-test post-test control group design was used. The sample group of the study consists of 64 students, including 32 in the experimental group and 32 in the control group studying in two public schools of the Konya Provincial Directorate of National Education. Data were collected by the Assessment of Children's Emotion Skills (ACES) which was developed by Shultz and Izard and adopted into Turkish by Durmusoglu Saltali, Deniz, Celikoz, and Ari. In order to analyze the data, dependent and independent groups t-tests were used. Results show that the Emotional Teaching Program increased children's emotional skills at a significant level and have permanent effects on children's emotional skills. (Contains 5 tables.)
Personality and Coping among Turkish College Students: A Canonical Correlation Analysis
Author: Eksi, Halil
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Personality Traits,Coping,College Students,Multivariate Analysis,Foreign Countries

The discussion about whether coping strategies are determined by stable characteristics of the individual, such as personality or they are determined by situation-specific variables, such as cognitive appraisals regarding stressful situation is still in agenda. Thus, the relationship between coping and personality traits was examined with 237 students (53.2 % male; mean age = 22.22 years old) who were enrolled in classes at Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey. The participants responded to the Ways of Coping with Stress Scale (WCSS) and the NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). The canonical correlation analysis showed that those who were high in conscientiousness tend to use more self-confident, optimistic, and turning to religion coping strategies whereas those who were high in extraversion were more likely to use self-confident and seeking of social support strategies in stressful situations. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
The Evaluation of High School Geography 9 and High School Geography 11 Text Books with Some Formulas of Readability
Author: Gecit, Yilmaz
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cloze Procedure,Sentences,Readability,Textbooks,Geography,Foreign Countries,Pollution,Grade 11,Grade 9,Grammar,Turkish,Geography Instruction

The purpose of this study is to evaluate readability of 9th and 11th grade geography text-books currently used in schools. As known, one of the most fundamental features in a text-book is the readability of the text by students. In addition, it is also very important that the fluency and suitability of books match age level. In this study, the CLOZE and FOG tests were used to test the readability of geography textbooks. While the CLOZE test and FLESH formula give information largely on the level of readability of books, the FOG and SMOG formulas are being used to determine the suitability of books for age level of students. However, these tests and formulae have been developed in accordance with the grammar structure of English on the basis of lengths of syllables, words, and sentences. Thus, the Turkish application may show some anomalies. In this study, previously adopted and translated to Turkish version of the original tests and formula were applied. As conclusion, this study shows that the readability of the 9th and 11th grade geography books in Turkey is very low with respect to the CLOSE test, in medium strength with respect to the FLESH test. With respect to the FOG and SMOG tests, texts in the books are not suitable for age level of students.
Examining Pre-School Education Teacher Candidates' Content Knowledge and Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Author: Inan, Hatice Zeynep
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Qualitative Research,Science Process Skills,Grade 4,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Knowledge Base for Teaching,Preservice Teacher Education,Preservice Teachers,Foreign Countries,Early Childhood Education,Case Studies,Class Activities,Questionnaires,Knowledge Level,Teacher Competency Testing

One of the requirements of the twenty-first century is raising a child who is an explorer and who can solve problems rather than being able to memorize facts. One of the indispensible foundations of exploring and problem-solving is having scientific process skills and being able to use them effectively. In order to raise little scientists with a researcher soul and research skills, teachers should be qualified as well. They should know &quot;how&quot; to give their students &quot;what&quot; about scientific process skills. It is aimed in this study first to check content knowledge of teacher candidates on scientific process skills and then to analyze their pedagogical content knowledge on the subject. 31 female and 2 male, total 33 teacher candidates in Dumlupinar University Pre-School Teaching Department participated in the study. In the study, in which qualitative research methods are used, 4th grade teacher candidates participated in. Research findings and suggestions for further research are discussed at the end.