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Kalender, Ilker; Berberoglu, Giray – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
In this study, a hypothesised model with latent variables such as socio-economic status, students' perception of success and interest in different subject matter areas, out-of-school activities, and classroom teaching learning activities in relation to science achievement of the students was tested via linear structural modelling. The data come…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Student Attitudes
Kögce, Davut; Yildiz, Cemalettin; Aydin, Mehmet; Altundag, Ridvan – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this study is to determine and compare how the attitudes towards mathematics of second grade students in elementary school changes according to some variables. This study was carried out by using survey method. As data collection tool, Mathematics Attitude Questionnaire (MAQ) which consists of 37 items each with five response…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, Attitude Measures
Altundag, Ridvan; Yildiz, Cemalettin; Kögce, Davut; Aydin, Mehmet – Online Submission, 2009
This study aims to reveal the mathematics teachers' views about the 8th grade Mathematics Textbook (MTB) prepared according to the New Primary Education Mathematics Curriculum (NPEMC) which took effect in the 2005-2006 education period for the first time. The study uses a case study method. Convenience sampling was used in order to obtain more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers
Balogun, Joseph; Abiona, Titilayo; Lukobo-Durrell, Mainza; Adefuye, Adedeji; Amosun, Seyi; Frantz, Jose; Yakut, Yavuz – Health Education Journal, 2011
Objective: This comparative study evaluated the readability and test-retest reliability of a questionnaire designed to assess the attitudes, beliefs behaviours and sources of information about HIV/AIDS among young adults recruited from universities in the United States of America (USA), Turkey and South Africa. Design/Setting: The instrument was…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Test Reliability, Difficulty Level, Young Adults
Erberber, Ebru – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Turkey is expected to be a full member of the European Union (EU) by 2013. In the course of its integration into the EU, Turkey has been simultaneously facing access, quality, and equity issues in education. Over the past decade, substantial progress has been made on increasing the access. However, improving the country's low level of education…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Akengin, Hamza – Education, 2008
Developed communities make the children's right education a major part of the primary education, relating it with the human rights education. There are two sides with respect to the children's rights: the children themselves and their family and the school that have rights and interests in them and that determine the radius of action of children…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Grade 8, Early Adolescents, Citizenship Education
Sahin, Cigdem; Ipek, Hava; Ayas, Alipasa – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2008
In this article we investigated 4th, 6th, and 8th grade students' misconceptions about light, sight, vision, source of light and examined students' conceptual development of these concepts at different grade levels. Data collection was done using five two-tiered test questions with one open-ended question, an interview about concepts and a drawing…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Vision, Concept Formation, Grade 8
Shen, C.; Tam, H. P. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
Using 3 waves of the TIMSS data, this study investigates the relationship between 8th-graders' mathematics and science achievement and their self-perceptions on these 2 subjects. For within-country data, there is generally a positive relationship between students' achievement and the following 3 measures of their self-perception: how much they…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Academic Standards, Correlation, Mathematics Achievement
Kaya, Osman Nafiz – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2008
The purpose of this study is to present the whole process step-by-step of how a science lesson can be planned and implemented based on Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory. First, it provides the potential of the MI theory for science teaching and learning. Then an MI science lesson that was developed based on a modified model in the literature and…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Cognitive Structures, Science Teachers, Grade 8
Gizir, Cem Ali; Aydin, Gul – Professional School Counseling, 2009
This article examines the potential individual characteristics and environmental protective factors that promote academic resilience among impoverished eighth-grade students in Turkey. Study results revealed that home high expectations, school caring relationships and high expectations, and peer caring relationships were the prominent external…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Student Characteristics, Poverty, Academic Aspiration
Agbuga, Bulent; Xiang, Ping – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2008
Guided by the trichotomous achievement goal framework, the current study examined mastery, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals and their relations to self-reported persistence/effort among Turkish students in secondary physical education. Two hundred twenty-nine students in grades 8 and 11 completed questionnaires assessing their…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Persistence, Achievement Need, Questionnaires
Ekici, Fatma; Ekici, Erhan; Aydin, Fatih – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2007
In this study, the effectiveness of concept cartoons in diagnosing and overcoming students' misconceptions related to photosynthesis subject was examined. Firstly, the literature has been thoroughly examined and misconceptions about photosynthesis subject have been listed and then grouped. Concept cartoons related to these groups have been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Grade 8
Ersen Yanik, Asli – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2008
This study aims to investigate how the teachers who have different background characteristics perceive the goals and content of the English language curriculum implemented at the 6th, 7th and 8th grades of public primary schools. The study was conducted during the 2004-2005 school year with 368 English teachers selected from the seven regions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, English (Second Language), Teacher Attitudes
Cenkseven Onder, Fulya; Yurtal, Filiz – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2008
The present study investigated the family characteristics of bullies, victims, and positively behaving adolescents. The study was conducted in three elementary schools in Adana central province with students who were attending 6th-7th, and 8th grades. A who-is-who form prepared by the researchers was used for the determination of the family…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Problem Solving, Adolescents, Program Effectiveness
Dogru-Atay, Pinar; Tekkaya, Ceren – Journal of Experimental Education, 2008
The authors investigated the comparative effect of the learning cycle and expository instruction on 8th-grade students' achievement in genetics. They adopted the nonequivalent control group design as a type of quasiexperimental design. The experimental group (N = 104) received learning cycle instruction, and the control group (N = 109) received…
Descriptors: Genetics, Logical Thinking, Learning Processes, Science Instruction