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Pelin Yildirim; Gonca Keçeci; Fikriye Kirbag Zengin – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2024
This study aims to develop a knowledge test to assess secondary school students' awareness of scientists. After determining the topics that the questions in the test would measure, 50 multiple-choice questions were prepared and presented to six experts in the field. Following the experts' feedback, the number of questions in the test was reduced…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Student Evaluation, Test Construction, Scientists
Sule Eguz – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2024
Art and artistic activities that play a significant role in the lives of both children and adults are an important requirement for all individuals. Cultures develop, expand, and enrich through artistic activities, which are important for the development of visual literacy, especially in social studies. The present study aims to determine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Middle School Students, Art Activities
Özpinar, Ilknur; Arslan, Selahattin – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2023
The need for improving and evaluating students' cognitive skills, including problem-solving, has been highlighted in both the mathematics education literature and the curricula worldwide. The objective of this study was to assess the problem-solving skills of lower secondary school students using a teacher-based evaluation method, taking into…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Problem Solving, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Teachers
Nurcan Keles; Mary Nyaema – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2023
The goal of the study was to compare how visual representations were integrated into the contents of the U.S. and Turkish textbooks used in life science. Data was collected from 6th, 7th, and 8th grade middle school topics common to both countries. Content analysis was used to analyse visual representations in textbooks. The visual representations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Biological Sciences, Middle Schools
Ozgul Mutluer; Sertel Altun – Online Submission, 2023
The aim of the study was to examine the effect of the educational practice including growth-mindset strategies on the self-efficacy, self-regulation, academic achievement and mind development scores of 8th grade students who are continuing their secondary education in Turkey. In order to examine the effect of the use of growth-mindset strategies…
Descriptors: Self Concept Measures, Self Efficacy, Self Management, Learning Strategies
Sinnett, Didem Ünlü, Jr.; Akçay, Hakan – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
The aim of this study is to examine how the nature of science dimensions are represented in the secondary school 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade science textbooks of the last twenty years. It is also within the scope of the research to investigate how these dimensions in the textbooks changed during the twenty years. The document analysis method was…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Secondary School Science, Grade 5
Leyla Kalkan; Gülten Genç – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2023
In the academic year 2017-2018, the Ministry of National Education in Türkiye launched intensive English as a foreign language program specifically designed for fifth-grade students in middle school. This study, employing a quantitative research design methodology, aims to assess the program's effectiveness from the perspective of fifth-grade…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 5, English (Second Language)
Çarkit, Cafer – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2020
In this research, audiobook listening experiences of 8th grade students are discussed. In this context, the effect of audiobooks on students' attitudes towards listening is determined and their opinions on audiobooks are evaluated. In the study, action research design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The prepared action plan…
Descriptors: Audio Books, Grade 8, Learning Experience, Student Attitudes
Karalar, Halit; Alpaslan, Muhammet Mustafa – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2021
The aim of this study was to assess the domain-general CT skills of 8th grade students in Turkey. In the study, first, the domain-general CT scale was adapted to Turkish, and then relations of the CT skills with gender, computer possession, internet access, and programming experience were examined. This survey research was conducted with the 284…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Computation
Aytaç Onur Demirtas; Kerim Gundogdu – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2024
This embedded-single case study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the 8th-grade music curriculum through the lens of Eisner's Educational Connoisseurship and Criticism Model. An initial survey involving 146 music teachers was conducted to determine the middle school grade-level music curriculum for evaluation. Subsequently, 15 music teachers, six…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Music Education, Grade 8, Instructional Effectiveness
Akcay, Hakan; Kapici, Hasan Ozgur; Akcay, Behiye – Participatory Educational Research, 2020
Textbooks are one of the primary sources for students to obtain knowledge, so they should present accurate knowledge through textual and visual representations. The goal of the current study is to examine the representations in middle school science textbooks based on the diagram coding scheme to find out a general picture of how representations…
Descriptors: Science Education, Textbooks, Textbook Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Ozkan, Gulbin; Umdu Topsakal, Unsal – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2021
This study aims at analyzing the learning outcomes of the 2018 science education curricula in Turkey according to science process skills. Learning outcomes are statements that describe what a learner will know, understand, and/or be able to do after completing a learning process. Learning outcomes were evaluated using document analysis which is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Science Curriculum, Outcomes of Education
Yazici, Tuba; Tasgin, Adnan – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
The study aimed to evaluate the 8th grade mathematics curriculum in Turkey, which was revised in 2016-2017 school year, and implemented from 2017-2018 school year on. In the study the Eisner's educational connoisseurship and criticism model was utilized. The participants of the study comprised 15 secondary school mathematics teachers selected by…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Mathematics Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change
Bulunuz, Nermin; Bulunuz, Mizrap; Karagöz, Funda; Tavsanli, Ömer Faruk – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2016
The present study has two aims. Firstly, it aims to determine eighth grade students' conceptual understanding of floating and sinking through formative assessment probes. Secondly, it aims to determine whether or not there is a significant difference between students' performance in formative assessment probes and their achievement in the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Academic Achievement, Standardized Tests, Science Tests
Bulunuz, Nermin; Bulunuz, Mizrap; Karagoz, Funda; Tavsanli, Omer Faruk – Online Submission, 2016
The present study has two aims. Firstly, it aims to determine eighth grade students' conceptual understanding of floating and sinking through formative assessment probes. Secondly, it aims to determine whether or not there is a significant difference between students' performance in formative assessment probes and their achievement in the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Academic Achievement, Standardized Tests, Science Tests