ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Examining the Relationship between University Students&apos; Social Media Addiction and Goal Commitment
Author: Çelebi, Murat
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Media,Addictive Behavior,Goal Orientation,Undergraduate Students,Graduate Students,Gender Differences

This study aims to examine the relationship between university students' goal commitment and social media addiction. The participants consist of undergraduate and graduate students studying in the 2019-2020 period. Total of 697 university students, including 406 (58.2%) women and 291 (41.8%) men were joined in the study. The online questionnaire used in the study consisted of 3 sections and 20 questions. The personal information form, the goal commitment scale with 5 items, which were developed by Klein et al. (2001), and a social media addiction scale consisting of 7 items developed by Günüç (2009) were used. The scale has a 5-point Likert type scale structure. The internal consistency of the goal commitment scale is 0.74. The coefficient of the scale (Cronbach's Alpha) is 0.85. According to the results, there was a significant difference between the participants' goal commitment (F (3-693) = 2.618; p &gt; 0.05) and age variable scores between the ages of 21-23 and those between the ages of 24-26 in favor of the participants between the ages of 24-26 (p &lt; 0.05). There was a significant difference between the social media addiction (F (4-692) = 3.985; p &gt; 0.05) scores of the participants and their monthly income levels. According to the results of the analysis, the significance was seen between those who had 6500 TL and above, and those who had 0 to 1500 TL. There was no statistically significant difference between the participants' social media scores and goal commitment scores (p &gt; 0.05). It was seen that there was a statistically negative relationship between social media addiction and goal commitment. In other words, as the level of social media addiction increased, students' commitment to their goals decreased.
Father-Child Play in a Public Playground: Roles Exhibited by Fathers during Their Play with Children
Author: Ünlü-Çetin, Senil
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Parent Child Relationship,Fathers,Play,Playgrounds,Parent Role,Parent Participation,Foreign Countries,Psychological Needs,Behavior

Presently, fathers spend more time with their children when compared with the fathers of previous ages and play compromises the majority of the father-child shared time. Few researches that investigated the roles of fathers during their play with children made use of (1) home-based or laboratory-based observations with pre-determined play materials and (2) conducted Western cultures. These two characteristics of previous studies have led to this study, which is conducted in Turkey, a country that is relatively collectivistic and based on observations of father-child play in a public playground which is a natural play-setting. Nine (9) different father-child dads were observed in a public playground for approximately 30 min. The researcher was the main observer during this process. The findings revealed seven different role categories, three of which were newly found in the current study. These seven categories were merged under two different themes. The discussion of findings which centered on the ides of father-child play were influenced by the culture and the context that it occurs.
Investigation of Life Satisfaction and Interpersonal Problem-Solving Skills of High School Students According to Their Sports Status
Author: Öztürk, Fatih
Date: 2020-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Life Satisfaction,Interpersonal Competence,Problem Solving,High School Students,Student Participation,Athletics,Responsibility,Persistence,Self Esteem,Gender Differences,Age Differences,Instructional Program Divisions,Parent Background,Educational Attainment,Family Income,Foreign Countries

The aim of this work is to examine the life satisfaction and problem solving skills of high school students according to their sports status. Life satisfaction and problem-solving inventories were applied to 1100 voluntary students from 37 high schools selected from the 128 high school population in Turkey's Kocaeli province by cluster sampling method. Since the data showed normal distribution when analyzed in SPSS 21 package program, the parametric test of Independent Sample T test was used to compare binary groups and One Way Anova test was used to compare multiple groups. Significance level was accepted as 0.05. When the data were analyzed, it was seen that being insistent and unwilling to take responsibility approaches in problem-solving and life satisfaction increased in males and in those who do sports; pessimistic and insistent approaches to problems increased as age and grade level increased and constructive approach to problems and life satisfaction increased as parental education level increased. It is seen that the interpersonal problem-solving skills and life satisfaction perceptions of students increase significantly with regular participation in sports. In this respect, it is suggested that sports opportunities in schools should be increased and participation should be encouraged.
Foreign Language Anxiety of Adolescent Students
Author: Tuncel, Filiz
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Anxiety,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Communication (Thought Transfer),Likert Scales,Measures (Individuals),Secondary School Students,Grade 7,Gender Differences,Age Differences,Validity,Reliability,Scores,Instructional Program Divisions,Foreign Countries

Anxiety has been a problem to many foreign language students and educators for many years. Studies on the anxiety of students regarding foreign languages have been conducted by educators, foreign language teachers, education experts and researchers. Thus, foreign language anxiety has become the focus of language learning. In the research, attempts have been made to reveal the effect of gender, class levels, and ages of adolescents on the anxiety felt in foreign language classes. Descriptive survey model has been used in this research. Research sample consist of eighty-one (81) students aged 13-15, in the 7th and 8th grade at Adana/Seyhan Mehmet Akif Secondary School, and in the 2016-2017 academic year. The &quot;Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale&quot; prepared and developed through a validity and reliability research, has been used for these randomly selected students. The arithmetic mean, standard deviation, corrected mean and standard error values of scores obtained from Foreign Language Class Anxiety Scale have been calculated. Independent groups t-test and one-way variance analysis have been applied to determine if differences are significant or not. According to the result obtained, it has been determined that there is significant difference in the support of female students from the point of gender factor in foreign language anxiety during adolescence. However, there is no significant difference in grade level and age factors. Considering gender, grade level, and age factors, increasing the number of foreign language anxiety research at all levels has been suggested.
Investigating the Relationship between Ethical Values and Career Awareness of Igdir University Sports Science Students
Author: Dinç, Ahmet
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Moral Values,Ethics,Career Choice,Career Readiness,Career Development,Self Efficacy,College Students,Athletics,Physical Education,Foreign Countries,Income

This study aims to analyze the relationship between ethical values and career awareness of the sports science students of Igdir University. A descriptive method was used in the research. The research group of the study consisted of two hundred and thirty­-two (232) (104 females and 128 male) students studying at Igdir University School of Physical Education. The ethical status scale and the career awareness scale were applied to collect the study data. The ethical status scale and career awareness scale is a 5-point Likert type scale. SPSS 22.0 packaged program was employed in the analysis of the data. The skewness and kurtosis values were examined to find out whether the data had a normal distribution, and from the results, the data had a normal distribution. In the data analysis, the descriptive statistical analysis and one-way analysis of variance revealed that a difference existed between more than two groups, while the independent-sample T-test revealed that a difference existed between the two groups used. From the research findings, no statistically significant difference was observed between the variables as a result of comparing the dependent variables of sports science students according to gender and active sports variables. At the end of the one-way analysis of variance, a statistically significant difference was observed in the dimensions of professional development, professional readiness, professional awareness, and professional self-confidence.
Analysis of University Students&apos; Opinions on the COVID-19 Process and the Distance Education Method Applied in This Process: The Sample of Mus Alparslan University
Author: Arici, Bayram
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,COVID-19,Pandemics,Distance Education,Online Courses,Educational Technology,Higher Education,College Students,Student Attitudes,Stress Variables,Mental Health,Interpersonal Relationship,Economic Factors,Program Effectiveness,Access to Computers,Homework,Instructional Materials,Teacher Student Relationship,World Problems,Anxiety,Health Behavior

The coronavirus disease, which began to spread from China to the world starting from December 2019, has also negatively affected Turkey and has caused deaths of more than six thousand Turkish citizens until now. The virus has affected the social life in many aspects, and educational institutions conducted their courses using electronic and technological facilities such as online applications with distance education method in the second semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. During this process, courses were conducted using distance education method at Mus Alparslan University as well. This research is conducted in order to reveal university students' opinions on distance education, which is connected with the COVID-19 process, and to offer solutions to the problems encountered during this process. In the research, the opinions of Mus Alparslan University students are collected by means of semi-structured interview forms, and obtained data is analyzed with qualitative data analysis methods. 322 students studying in different departments took part in the study. In the study, it is found that the coronavirus process negatively affects university students. The students participating in the study describes this process as a hard and distressing process and a process that requires precautions. In addition, students state that economic and psychological problems as well as the socialization problem have increased within their families, and that their relations with friends are badly affected by the process. Students point out that courses conducted using distance education method in this process are sufficient, that technological insufficiencies hinder this education and that too much homework are given to them. They also express their desire that live online courses and exams should be conducted. Students think that materials used in courses in the COVID-19 process are sufficient (68.63%) and say that they have no difficulty in communicating with course lecturers (71.74%).
Washback Effect of Higher Education Institution Exam--Foreign Language Test on University Candidates&apos; Attitudes
Author: Kutlu, Mahmut Oguz
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Language Tests,Second Languages,College Bound Students,Student Attitudes,College Entrance Examinations,Foreign Countries,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Language Skills,Social Life

Higher Education Institution--Foreign Language Test is one of the most important examination in Turkey, taken by the high school students yearly that are seeking admission into bachelor of foreign language programs in universities. Students are awarded ELT, ELL or Interpreting and Translation degrees after graduating from these departments. Thus, this study aims to reveal the attitudes of university candidates' towards Foreign Language test. Forty-two (42) participants volunteered for this study and the required data were gathered by means of open ended questionnaires and analyzed using content analysis technique. During the research, the first questionnaire was designed to have knowledge about the participants' general ideas about Foreign Language Test, while the second questionnaire was conducted to reveal the factors affecting the participants' attitudes towards Foreign Language Test. The results shed light on the fact that participants have negative attitudes towards Foreign Language Test. Besides, the findings revealed that there is need for improvements with respect to content, style and reliability, and validity of the examination for it to be more positive and practical for the candidates.
The Analysis of Preschool Children&apos;s Inversion Skills
Author: Güven, Yildiz
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preschool Children,Mathematics Skills,Arithmetic,Problem Solving,Foreign Countries,Gender Differences,Age Differences,Parent Background,Private Schools,Public Schools

This study aimed to examine the inversion skills of preschool children. Within the framework of the main objective of this study, the differentiation of children's inversion skills was analyzed according to various variables (age, gender, school type, mother's and father's education level). The study group consisted of a total of 80 children (40 girls, 40 boys) of 53-76-month-old (average 67.5 months), attending a public and a private preschool in Istanbul. 29 of the children were 53-66-month-old and 51 of them were 67-76-month-old. Data were collected by using &quot;Personal Information Form&quot; and &quot;Inversion Skills Scale&quot;. The scale developed for this study was found to have 2 sub-scales (inversion with concrete objects and inversion in verbal problems). As a result of further analyzes, the measuring tool was decided to be valid and reliable. According to the results of the study, the gender and age variables did not have any significant difference in children's inversion skills, whereas a significant difference was found in the verbal problems subdimension in favor of children attending private school. In addition, the findings indicated significant differences in overall and verbal problems sub-dimension of children's inversion skills in favor of the children whose mothers have bachelor degree and above. Additionally, a significant difference was found in working with concrete objects and verbal problems sub-dimensions and inversion skills total point, in favor of the children whose fathers have bachelor degree or above.
Instructor-Oriented Cultural Course Materials in Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language
Author: Çelik, Halit
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Turkish,Instructional Materials,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Cultural Awareness,Vocabulary Development,Language Teachers,Media Selection,Textbooks

Materials are important parts of the language teaching process; and developing these materials are of the important subjects of teaching Turkish as a foreign language. Although there are certain criteria for the development of course materials, the teachers, who would use these materials, should also be a part of this process. Both the process of teaching Turkish as a foreign language and the use of these materials should be instructor-oriented. Each teacher-oriented material would ensure that the teaching process in the classroom is more efficient and more effective. In this study, the principles of material development were mentioned and the elements of making these materials instructor-oriented in cultural terms were emphasized. The effective use of course materials depends on the fact that the materials are instructor-oriented and based on culture. The main purpose of this study is to discuss the importance of teacher-oriented cultural course materials in the process of teaching Turkish as a foreign language and to emphasize the necessity to establish research and development centers for developing instructor-oriented course materials.
Computational Thinking Skills, Programming Self-Efficacies and Programming Attitudes of the Students
Author: Günbatar, Mustafa Serkan
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Thinking Skills,Self Efficacy,Programming,Computer Science Education,Middle School Students,Student Attitudes,Computer Attitudes,Skill Development,Predictor Variables,Public Schools,Foreign Countries

The purpose of this research is to examine Computational Thinking (CT) skills, Computer Programming Self-Efficacy (CPSE), and Computer Programming Attitude (CPA) of middle school students who took the Information Technologies &amp; Software (IT&amp;S) courses and those who did not, and make various analyses according to the relationships between these variables. It is a correlational study and participants are 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th-grade middle school students. Computational Thinking Levels Scale, Computer Programming Self-Efficacy Scale, and Educational Computer Games Assisted Learning Coding Attitude Scale were used as data collection tools. Multivariable regression analysis and Multivariate Analysis of Variance were performed as statistical technics. As a result of the analysis, it was found that CPA and CPSE variables are significant predictors for CT skills. Both students who took IT&amp;S course and those who did not take have moderate CPSE levels. But students who took IT&amp;S course have a statistically significantly higher CPSE scores. In addition, it was observed that both those who took IT&amp;S course and those who did not have moderate CPA and did not differ statistically, and students who took IT&amp;S course had a high level of CT, while those who did not take the course were moderate and statistically different. It was also found that students who took IT&amp;S courses made cumulative progress in terms of CPSE, CPA and CT variables compared to those who did not. The obtained results are discussed within the framework of middle school IT&amp;S course curriculum held in Turkey in 2018.
Secondary Computer Science Teachers&apos; Pedagogical Needs
Author: Sadik, Olgun
Date: 2020-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Secondary School Teachers,Computer Science Education,Student Centered Learning,Teaching Methods,Teamwork,Scaffolding (Teaching Technique),Student Attitudes,Mathematical Concepts,Misconceptions,Reading Instruction,Mathematics Instruction,Transfer of Training,Programming,Error Correction,Coding,Interaction,Cooperation,Student Interests,Mathematics Skills,Reading Skills,Student Needs

The purpose of this study is to identify secondary computer science (CS) teachers' pedagogical needs in the United States. Participants were selected from secondary teachers who were teaching CS courses or content in a school setting (public, private, or charter) or an after-school program during the time of data collection. This is a qualitative study using CS teachers' discussions in the Computer Science Teachers Association's (CSTA) email listserv, responses to open-ended questions in a questionnaire, and discussions in follow-up interviews. Content analysis, thematic analysis and constant comparative method of qualitative data analysis were used to analyze the data. The most common pedagogical need expressed was learning student-centered strategies for teaching CS and guiding students' understanding with the use of scaffolding and team-management strategies in CS classes. Furthermore, addressing students' beliefs in CS and their preconceptions in math and reading were important factors influencing teaching CS effectively in secondary schools.
The Evaluation of Students&apos; Perceptions of Philosophy of Art
Author: Süzen, Hatice Nilüfer
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Student Evaluation,Aesthetics,College Students,Foreign Countries,Art Activities

Philosophy of Art is one of the elective courses taught in the Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Art Education. It is closely related to the course of introduction to art concepts, psychology of art, and art theory and art criticism. This course can be more effective when students have the opportunity to actively participate and traditional methodologies are abandoned. In this study, a phenomenological approach which is one of the qualitative research approaches was employed. The sample of the study consisted of 10 students studying in the department of Art Education, Faculty of Fine Arts at Usak University. The study data was collected through semi-structured interviewing method. Further, a descriptive analysis method was used to analyze and interpret the data. As a result of the study, it was concluded that senior art education students had a general knowledge of the philosophy of art; they practiced the philosophy of art in their artistic creation, or attempted to consider the philosophy of art as a discipline. Consequentially, it was suggested that many-sided development of senior art education students should be ensured; they should be equipped with knowledge in the context of the course of philosophy of art. Additionally, intensive trainings in two semesters should be organized and developed including different faculty members.
An Investigation of Instructor Opinions on the Use of Literary Texts in Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language: The Case of Suruç Temporary Refuge Center
Author: Kiymaz, Mustafa Said
Date: 2020-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,Language Teachers,Turkish,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Instructional Effectiveness,Refugees,Language Skills,Acculturation,Vocabulary Development,Reading Habits,Foreign Countries,Children,Literature

The aim of the present study is to acquire data through instructor opinions on the benefits of using literary texts for teaching Turkish as a foreign language. In this respect, a semi-structured interview form was prepared and applied to 50 Turkish instructors working at the Suruç Temporary Refuge Center in Sanliurfa, Turkey, within the scope of the project &quot;Supporting the Integration of Children to Turkish Education System (PICTES)&quot;. The opinions of 50 instructors were examined and it was determined that using literary texts in teaching Turkish as a foreign language contributed to teaching Turkish, improved language skills and provided cultural transfer. The present paper provided several suggestions based on these findings.