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Çelik, Eyüp; Çalik, Merve – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
The research aims to examine the relationships between sensation seeking and positive and negative experience, emotional autonomy, and coping strategies in adolescents. The study group consisted of 371 adolescents who attended middle and high schools; the ages ranged from 11 to 17. 55.7 % of participants were female (N=137), and 44.3% were male…
Descriptors: Correlation, Coping, Personal Autonomy, Prediction
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Üztemur, Servet; Dinç, Erkan – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Temporary school lockdowns and physical distancing practices due to the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the risk of problematic social media use (PSU) in students who need to socialize. The effect of PSU on students' academic commitment and the mechanisms that moderate this effect spark interest in researchers. For this reason, the present study…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Self Control, Gender Differences, Social Media
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Atalay, Elif; Ekinci Celikpazu, Esra – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2022
In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between middle school students' academic risk-taking behaviours and writing anxiety. This relational survey type research was carried out in the 2020-2021 academic year. The sample of the study consists of 493 middle school students in a city in Turkey. The data of the study were obtained…
Descriptors: Risk, Student Behavior, Anxiety, Writing (Composition)
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Üztemur, Servet – Journal of International Social Studies, 2020
This paper aims to investigate the mediation role of fear of negative evaluation (FNE) in the relationship between perceived autonomy support (PAS) and academic risk-taking (ART) in the context of social studies courses. A total of 339 middle school students from Turkey participated in the study. Data were collected through the Learning Climate…
Descriptors: Fear, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation, Personal Autonomy
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Özcan, Erkan; Balim, Ali Günay – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
Aim of this research is to examine the effect of the use of the socio-scientific argumentation method on students' entrepreneurial perceptions in the middle school science course. In the study, quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest control group, as one of the quantitative research, was used. Experiment and control groups were formed…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Persuasive Discourse, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
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Varisoglu, Behice; Çelikpazui, Esra Ekinci – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2019
The aim of this study is to find out academic risk-taking levels among secondary school students in Turkish lesson and determine if there is a relationship between their success in that lesson and risk levels. The study was carried out with blended method which combines qualitative and quantitative research patterns. Study data were collected from…
Descriptors: Risk, Middle School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Deveci, Isa; Aydin, Furkan – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between fifth to eighth grade students' tendencies toward academic risk-taking and their attitudes to science. A total of 680 students participated in this study which used a relational survey model. The "Science Attitude Scale" and "Academic Risk-taking Scale" scales…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Scientific Attitudes, Risk
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Genel, Abdulkadir; Topçu, Mustafa Sami – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2016
Background: Despite a growing body of research and curriculum reforms including socioscientific issues (SSI) across the world, how preservice science teachers (PST) or in-service science teachers can teach SSI in science classrooms needs further inquiry. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the abilities of PSTs to teach SSI in middle…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Teaching Methods, Middle School Teachers
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Sahin, Nurettin; Ekli, Emel – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
The present study investigates awareness, factual knowledge, opinions, and risk perceptions of students from Turkish middle schools with regard to nanotechnology in a very general sense. The study was carried out among 1,396 middle school 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. The students' perceptions of and opinions about nanotechnology were elicited…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Technology, Risk