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Karakaya, Ismail – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The aim of this study is to determine the items in Science and Technology and Mathematics subtests of 6th, 7th, and 8th grades in the 2009 LDE, which was performed to select the students for the secondary schools, exhibited item bias with regard to student gender. Mantel-Haenszel (MH) method was used in order to determine the differential item…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Yilmaz, Harun – School Psychology International, 2011
This study explored Turkish students' experience of cyberbullying and their use of social networking tools. A total of 756 7th-grade students participated from eight different middle schools in Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey. A 15-item questionnaire was used in a classroom environment to collect data. Results revealed that male students were…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Prevention, Foreign Countries, Bullying
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Leblebicioglu, Gulsen; Metin, Duygu; Yardimci, Esra; Cetin, Pinar Seda – Science Education International, 2011
A number of studies have already investigated children's stereotypical images of scientists as being male, old, bald, wearing eyeglasses, working in laboratories, and so forth. There have also been some interventions to impose more realistic images of scientists. In this study, a science camp was conducted in Turkey with a team of scientists…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Student Attitudes, Scientific Principles, Laboratories
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Ilkörücü Göçmençelebi, Sirin; Özkan, Muhlis; Bayram, Nuran – Online Submission, 2012
This study examines the variables which help direct students to a deep learning approach to science lessons, with the aim of guiding programmers and teachers in primary education. The sample was composed of a total of 164 primary school students. The Learning Approaches to Science Scale developed by Ünal (2005) for Science and Technology lessons…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Scientific Attitudes
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Aytan, Talat; Guney, Nail; Gun, Mesut – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
Primary Turkish lesson curriculum aims to educate individuals who can use Turkish and the abilities of speaking, writing, listening and reading efficiently; who can express feelings, ideas and dreams; who are sensitive to national values and who has the consciousness of language and the top level conscious abilities such as classification,…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Creative Thinking, Creative Teaching, Grade 7
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Unlu, Zeynep Koyunlu; Dokme, Ibilge – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the combination of both analogy-based simulation and laboratory activities as a teaching tool was more effective than utilizing them separately in teaching the concepts of simple electricity. The quasi-experimental design that involved 66 seventh grade students from urban Turkish elementary…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Elementary School Students, Quasiexperimental Design
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Atencio, Matthew; Koca, Canan – Gender and Education, 2011
This paper analyses the construction of masculinities in Turkish physical education through Carrie Paechter's conceptualisation of gendered communities of practice. According to Paechter, educational communities of practice operate as sites of gendered activity. Membership within these communities contributes to the construction of a gendered…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Team Sports, Educational Environment, Males
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Coban, Gul Unal; Akpinar, Ercan; Kucukcankurtaran, Evren; Yildiz, Eylem; Ergin, Omer – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2011
Environmental problems grow gradually and their effects are felt in various ways such as shortage of potable water. Among the various solutions offered to solve these problems, there is one standing which has the potential of encapsulating all the solutions in, that is "water education". Therefore, the aim of this study is to present the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Water, Student Attitudes, Grade 6
Gucluer, Efe; Kesercioglu, Teoman – Online Submission, 2012
The aim of this study is examining the effect of the using scientific literacy development activities on students' achievement. The study was carried out in a primary school in Buca Izmir for 2010-2011 academic years. System of our body was chosen as a study topic in our search which took 6 weeks. Pre-post test semi experimental control model was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Class Activities, Science Instruction
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Gurbuz, Ramazan – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2010
The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the effects of activity-based and traditional instructions on students' conceptual development of certain probability concepts. The study was conducted using a pretest-posttest control group design with 80 seventh graders. A developed "Conceptual Development Test" comprising 12…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Pretests Posttests, Grade 7, Probability
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Kirikkaya, Esma Bulus; Iseri, Sebnem; Vurkaya, Gurbet – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2010
Visual elements that used in lessons are necessary because they make learning more permanent. Also the visuals that used in evaluation part of the lesson should decrease the anxiety of students and provide them with correct evaluation. The board games among the visuals which can be used in evaluation part are quite effective for getting feedback…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Astronomy, Grade 7, Educational Games
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Isiksal, Mine; Cakiroglu, Erdinc – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate prospective mathematics teachers' knowledge of common conceptions and misconceptions that sixth and seventh grade students had about multiplication of fractions. In addition, prospective teachers' knowledge of the sources of these misconceptions and strategies they knew to overcome these misconceptions…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Interviews, Memorization, Grade 7
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Sargin, Nurten – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
Each innovation brings along many risks. One of the risks related with the Internet use is Internet addiction. The aim of this study is to examine Internet addiction in adolescence in terms of gender, Internet access at home and grades. The research design used was survey method. The study population consisted of second stage students attending…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Internet, Grade 6, Grade 7
Mertens, Steven B., Ed; Anfara, Vincent A., Ed.; Roney, Kathleen, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2009
Studies like the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) have compared the performance of U.S. middle grade students (i.e., eighth graders) to those in other countries. In relation to middle grade schools, 20 countries outperformed the United States in mathematics and nine countries scored above the U.S. in science. The intent of…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, International Education, Comparative Education, Educational Research
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Kayali, Hulya – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2009
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of near-to-far principle and other factors effective on students' achievement on learning and teaching the subjects of Marmara and Aegean Regions in the 7th Grade Social Studies course at the primary education schools. For this purpose, total of 208 (92 female and 116 male) 7th grade students,…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Achievement Tests, Measures (Individuals), Grade 7
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