March 2011
Determining energy saving behavior and energy awareness of secondary school students according to socio-demographic characteristics
The aim of this study was to determine energy saving behavior and energy awareness of secondary school students and the effects of socio-demographic characteristics (gender, residential area and grade level) on energy saving and energy awareness. The research is a survey model with an approach that aims to describe the current status. A total of 400 6th, 7th and 8th grade students were included in the study....
March 2011
Application of e-portfolio system to enhance teacher professional development
This study focuses on the meaning, applications and future development of e-teaching portfolios as an attempt to highlight the important role it plays in the “post-modern teaching practice mode”. For the purpose of...
March 2011
Examining the effects of flexible online exams on students’ engagement in e-learning
Online assessments are essential parts of online learning. There are some debates on quality of online assessments. Nevertheless the study considered online exams as an instructional activity and aimed to examine the effects of online exams on students’ engagements related to course goals. The study was conducted on two cases, which are asynchronous online Bachelor’s Degree Completion programs....
March 2011
Evaluation of instructors and students’ reaction to undesired classroom behaviours from a professional perspective
Nowadays, it is seen that student behaviours that disturb the learning environment have come up as crucial problems in education and training applications and they set learning backward. This research aims to define the opinions of instructors and students on...
March 2011
Geography teaching and metacognition
The concept of metacognition has been considered in recent years in the field of education and as a concept that is worked on. Metacognition is the awareness one has about his/her thinking process and how he/she is able to control these processes. Metacognition strategies are the sequential processes individuals use to learn how to control themselves and to reach a goal. They significantly help the...
March 2011
An investigation of social skills in children with different perfectionism levels
March 2011
Misconceptions of high school students related to the conceptions of absolutism and constitutionalism in history courses
The goal of this study is to analyze the 10th grade high school students’ misconceptions related to the sense of ruling in the Ottoman State during the absolutist and constitutional periods and to investigate the causes of these misconceptions. The data were collected through eight open-ended questions related to the concepts of absolutism and constitutionalism in the Ottoman History lesson. Descriptive...
March 2011
The perceived discrepancy between the teaching of Christian religious education and inculcation of moral values amongst secondary schools students in Kisumu East district, Kenya
Previous research and document evidence obtainable in popular media has consistently reported that Kenyan students’ moral standing and general conduct in the wider society does not reflect acquisition and practice of values learnt through the teaching or...
March 2011
Do science and technology teachers and pre-service primary teachers have different thoughts about concept maps in science and technology lessons?
The purpose of this study is to determine the thoughts of primary science and technology teachers, primary class teachers, pre-service primary class teachers and pre-service primary science and technology teachers’ about concept maps. This scale applied the use of basic and random method on the chosen 125 4th and 5th grade primary class teachers who had science and technology courses and...
March 2011
The investigation of academicians’ learning styles in school of physical education and sports in Turkey
This study was carried out with the purpose of determining the academicians’ learning styles in school of physical education and sports and whether there was a relationship between their learning styles and gender, age, appellation and the department they worked or not. In the study survey method that was used. The sample of the study consisted of 206 academicians who were working in public Schools of...
March 2011
Geography teachers’ views on the assessment and evaluation instruments and methods used in the renewed geography curriculum
The aim of this study is to reveal the teachers’ views regarding the recommended instruments and methods of measuring assessment in Geography Course Curriculum that has been in practice in Turkey since 2005. In the qualitatively planned research, the data has been analysed from the discussions of 10 different geography teachers, 4 of them females, and from the analysis of the assignments of the...
March 2011
Perceived difficulty in integrating educational objectives within the Mathematics classroom: A comparison of beginner and experienced teachers
Differences in the perception of the difficulty level of integrating specific educational objectives into Mathematics teaching between beginner and experienced secondary school Mathematics teachers was examined. One hundred and seventeen Mathematics teachers from State Secondary Schools in Anambra, Nigeria were included in the investigation. A descriptive survey instrument was...
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