In order to carry out effective research, Master's degree students are expected to have a good command of the literature. They need to know how to carry out a literature review and how to synthesise the studies found as a result of the review and turn them into an article if desired. As the shortcomings made at this stage will affect the whole…

Exposing children to STEM education from an early age increases their curiosity and interest in STEM careers. Thanks to STEM education, children learn by working like little scientists and putting forward their own scientific products. Based on this approach, the aim of this research is to raise awareness among preschool children about the concept…

In this study, it was investigated whether the Research Skills Teaching Program (RSTP) prepared for elementary school 4th grade students was effective in imparting the sub-skills required for conducting the research process to students. To this end, pretest-posttest control group design; one of the quasi-experimental designs; was employed. The…

The current study investigated the relationship between research anxiety and academic e-dishonesty among preservice teachers. The participants were 558 students, attending teacher education faculties of eight state universities located in different districts of Turkey. Data was collected through "Research Anxiety Scale" and…

The purpose of this study was to explore the co-construction of an action research (AR) experience between a teacher educator and pre-service teachers (PSTs). Participants were six PSTs and a teacher educator who supervised their school placement. The teacher educator introduced the PSTs to, and facilitated them through, the AR process while…

Scientific research is the process of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, evaluating, and reporting data in a planned and systematic way in order to find reliable and valid solutions to problems. Anxiety about scientific research directs the research behavior of the individual and causes feelings such as reluctance to do research, insecurity,…

It is known that oral history studies have a positive effect on students' learning, skills, attitudes, and motivations. In this direction, it has an important place in the context of student-centered constructivist practices in teaching different subjects in social studies courses. Social studies teachers should have sufficient knowledge and…

The aim of the study is to conduct a needs assessment study to determine research productivity needs of doctoral students. A mixed method approach and fully mixed con-current dominant status design is used in the current study. The participants of the study included doctoral students, professors, and deans of (graduate schools) at a university in…

Critical thinking (CT) is a 21st-century skill critical in education and learning. Second language teaching has focused on language form, and there needs to be a shift from form-focused instruction to a function-focused paradigm, where students simultaneously practice language learning and deal with real-world issues in authentic contexts…

In this paper, the author analyzes 89 studies published from 1990 through 2020 that focused on literacy preservice teachers' involvement in action research as part of learning to teach. In doing so, the author provides an example of why critical reflexivity is necessary in qualitative literature review methods. The author relies on a social…

Research has gained a degree of recognition as a skill to develop at tertiary level, and a requirement to get a Bachelor's degree, for higher education is supposed to improve critical thinking, encourage innovation, thereby improving the quality of both teaching and research. Responding to the calls of earlier research to further explore students'…

The aim of this research is to determine the effect of collaborative project activities on gifted students' self-efficacy perceptions and their attitudes towards research inquiry. In the nature of research mixed pattern was conducted. Study group consists of six gifted students. In this research, cooperative project activities designed according…

Despite the restrictions and controversies in Turkey's educational system, the efficacy of the homework assignments on the student's development is indisputable. Besides, what needs to be discussed is what kind of assignments should be given to students, and how they should be evaluated. The aim of this study is to investigate the views of science…

This study aimed to present a project-based STEM activity titled "Let's Build a Mini Farm on Our Schoolyard." The activity was implemented in science and science applications courses during the 2018-2019 academic year with 28 seventh grade students attending a state school in Giresun/Turkey. At the beginning of the study, the students…

This study aims to determine prospective science teachers' levels of designing projects about The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, written in the abbreviation TUBITAK's 2209-A "Support for University Students' Research Projects" and their views on the process. The study was conducted with the participation of 67…