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Download full textTekin, Nurcan; Aslan, Oktay; Keles, Özgül – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2023
Socioscientific issues (SSIs) have a scientific basis, have a dilemma in their nature and are often discussed under political and social influences. Teachers perceive SSIs as a difficult subject to teach. This project was carried out to guide teachers in overcoming this difficulty and to enable them to include practices that they can adapt more…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Science Teachers, Science and Society, Faculty Development
Özdemir, Ercan – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2022
The present study investigates the understanding of the equals sign among middle school students. The study data were gathered from a total of 433 middle school students (111 in the fifth grade, 106 in the sixth grade, 95 in the seventh grade and 121 in the eighth grade) using a ten-item equals sign test developed by the researcher. The study…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Symbols (Mathematics), Concept Formation
Saldiraner, Mehmet; Gizir, Siddika – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
This qualitative study is aimed at examining middle school principals' opinions on the factors associated with bullying in their schools, the strategies that principals take to tackle bullying in their schools, and the issues that they are faced while dealing with bullying their schools. The study group was consisted of 20 voluntary middle school…
Descriptors: Bullying, Middle Schools, Content Analysis, Principals
Kurt, Uluhan; Tas, Yasemin – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2018
This study aimed to investigate relationships between Turkish middle school students' perceptions of parental involvement, students' basic psychological needs, and their engagement in science. Parental involvement was addressed with four dimensions: parents' educational aspiration, parental communication, parents' participation, and parental…
Descriptors: Correlation, Parent Participation, Psychological Needs, Learner Engagement
Direct linkBütüner, Suphi Önder; Filiz, Mehmet – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2017
The aim of this research was to investigate high achievers' erroneous answers and misconceptions on the angle concept. The participants consisted of 233 grade 6 students drawn from eight classes in two well-established elementary schools of Trabzon, Turkey. All the participants were considered to be current achievers in mathematics, graded 4 or 5…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Grade 6, Misconceptions, Foreign Countries
Sener, Nilay; Tas, Erol – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
The purpose of this study is to prepare a multiple-choice achievement test with high reliability and validity for the "Let's Solve the Puzzle of Our Body" unit. For this purpose, a multiple choice achievement test consisting of 46 items was applied to 178 fifth grade students in total. As a result of the test and material analysis…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Grade 5, Science Instruction, Biology
Dibek, Munevver Ilgun; Yavuz, Hatice C.; Tavsancil, Ezel; Yalcin, Seher – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
The purpose of the present study was twofold: first to adapt the Relationship and Motivation (REMO) scale addressing role of peers and teachers in students' motivations into Turkish culture, and second to determine whether there were any differences between girls and boys regarding the scores obtained from this scale. To achieve these aims, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Relationship, Student Motivation, Factor Analysis
Dündar, Sefa; Temel, Hasan; Gündüz, Nazan – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2016
The identification of talented students accurately at an early age and the adaptation of the education provided to the students depending on their abilities are of great importance for the future of the countries. In this regard, this study aims to develop a mathematical ability test for the identification of the mathematical abilities of students…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Mathematics Education, Creative Thinking, Academic Achievement
Kizkapan, Oktay; Bektas, Oktay – International Journal of Instruction, 2017
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a significant effect of project based learning approach on seventh grade students' academic achievement in the structure and properties of matter. In the study, according to the characteristics of quantitative research methods, pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental design was…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Student Projects
Sözen, Merve; Bolat, Mualla – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study is to develop an achievement test which includes the basic concepts about the subject of sound and its properties in middle school science lessons and which at the same time aims to reveal the alternative concepts that the students already have. During the process of the development of the test, studies in the field and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Science Education, Acoustics, Test Construction
Duran, Meltem; Dökme, Ilbilge – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of an activity set developed according to the inquiry-based learning (IBL) approach in the unit "Particulate Structure of Matter" on students' critical-thinking skills in science and technology courses. The study was conducted with 90 students from the 6th grade attending four, 6th…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
Zhang, Jinbao, Ed.; Yang, Junfeng, Ed.; Chang, Maiga, Ed.; Chang, Tingwen, Ed. – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2016
Intended to promote the innovative use of technology in education and promote educational advances all over the world, this volume brings together 16 best-practice cases on technology-enhanced educational innovations. Experts from Turkey, Tunisia, Cyprus, Italy, Malaysia, China, India and Finland have contributed to these cases, highlighting the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Best Practices, Educational Innovation, Technology Uses in Education
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the 13th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2016), October 28-30, 2016, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by the University of Mannheim, Germany, and endorsed by the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Technological Advancement
