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Tatar, Enver; Dikici, Ramazan – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine the efficiency of 4MAT method of instruction in which learning style and cerebral hemispheres are taken into account in teaching the binary operation and its properties in mathematics. The sample of this study comprised 58 ninth grade students in two separate classes in a high school. One of the classes…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 9
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Ozmete, Emine – Education, 2009
This study aimed at determining the interaction between parents and adolescents pertaining to television advertisements as a consumer socialization agent and the effects of advertisements on the purchasing decisions of adolescents. The effects of age and sex were also investigated. The sample included 240 high school students in grades 9, 10 and…
Descriptors: Socialization, Advertising, Purchasing, Adolescents
Telli, Sibel; den Brok, Perry; Cakiroglu, Jale – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2008
This study examined associations between Turkish high school students' perceptions of their teachers' interpersonal behavior and their attitudes toward science and investigated what profiles could be discerned in class perceptions of these teachers. Data were collected with the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI) and the Test of Science…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Profiles, Grade 9
Yoruk, Nuray; Morgil, Inci; Secken, Nilgun – Online Submission, 2009
The leakages in secondary level education brought forward the necessity to restructure the educational system so as to address the social and individual needs and meet the requirements of Turkey; therefore, a "reformation" study became an obligation. The formal education in Turkey starts at the age of 6, when the individual is shaped…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Career Choice, Achievement Tests, Chemistry
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Calik, Muammer; Ayas, Alipasa; Coll, Richard K.; Unal, Suat; Costu, Bayram – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2007
The research presented in this paper consisted of an investigation of the effectiveness of a four-step constructivist-based teaching activity on student understanding of how pressure and temperature influence the dissolution of a gas in a liquid. Some 44 Grade 9 students (18 boys and 26 girls) selected purposively from two school classes in the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Student Attitudes, Teaching Models, Long Term Memory
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Cepni, Salih; Keles, Esra – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2006
In this study, the Turkish students' understanding level of electric circuits consisting of two bulbs and one battery was investigated by using open-ended questions. Two-hundred fifty students, whose ages range from 11 to 22, were chosen from five different groups at primary, secondary and university levels in Trabzon in Turkey. In analyzing…
Descriptors: Energy, Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Grade 5
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Pabuccu, Aybuke; Geban, Omer – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2006
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of conceptual change texts oriented instruction on 9th grade students' understanding of chemical bonding concepts. In this study, the main aim of the preparation of conceptual change texts was to activate students' prior knowledge and misconceptions and to help them to understand the chemical…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Prior Learning, Chemistry, Grade 9
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Bayrak, Bekir; Kanli, Uygar; Kandil Ingeç, Sebnem – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2007
In this study, the research problem was: "Is the computer based physics instruction as effective as laboratory intensive physics instruction with regards to academic success on electric circuits 9th grade students?" For this research of experimental quality the design of pre-test and post-test are applied with an experiment and a control…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Student Attitudes
Bayrak, Bekir; Kanli, Uygar; Ingec, Sebnem Kandil – Online Submission, 2007
In this study, the research problem was: "Is the computer based physics instruction as effective as laboratory intensive physics instruction with regards to academic success on electric circuits 9th grade students?" For this research of experimental quality the design of pre-test and post-test are applied with an experiment and a control…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Physics
Küçüközer, Hüseyin; Kocakülah, Sabri – Online Submission, 2007
The aim of this study is to reveal secondary school students' misconceptions about simple electric circuits and to define whether specific misconceptions peculiar to Turkish students exist within those identified. Data were obtained with a conceptual understanding test for simple electric circuits and semi-structured interviews. Conceptual…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Misconceptions, Electronic Equipment, Semi Structured Interviews
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Sencar, Selen; Eryilmaz, Ali – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
This study was designed to identify and analyze possible factors that mediate the effect of gender on ninth-grade Turkish students' misconceptions concerning electric circuits. A Simple Electric Circuit Concept Test (SECCT), including items with both practical and theoretical contexts, and an Interest-Experience Questionnaire about Electricity…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Gender Differences, Energy, Equipment
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Saka, Arzu; Cerrah, Lale; Akdeniz, Ali Riza; Ayas, Alipasa – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2006
The study was carried out with 175 Turkish students by using drawings at different ages understanding of gene, DNA and chromosome concepts. Students from 8th, 9th, 11th grades and, science and biology student teachers were simply asked to draw the structure of gene, DNA and chromosome in a cell and also to give explanations about these three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Genetics, Grade 8, Grade 9
Engin, Ali Osman – Online Submission, 2006
The subject we research is, "Does the weekly lesson program affect the language learning?". Our aim is to indicate the importance of the weekly lesson program in learning. And the research we made is for understanding the importance of the curriculum on students' successes. We have chosen questionnaire method and prepared a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Second Language Learning, Lesson Plans, Grade 9
Cakiroglu, Jale; Telli, Sibel; Cakiroglu, Erdinc – 2003
The purpose of this study was to examine Turkish high school students' perceptions of learning environment in biology classrooms and to investigate relationships between learning environment and students' attitudes toward biology. Secondly, the study aimed to investigate the differences in students' perceptions of learning environments in biology…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
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Erbas, Ayhan Kursat – Mathematics Educator, 2005
The prediction of students' achievement in algebra in eighth and ninth grades has become a research interest for practical issues of placement. A group of simple, easily accessible variables was used to predict student performance in algebra after completion of eighth grade. The three variables of school type, grade level, and previous year…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Grade 8, Algebra, Foreign Countries
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