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Tural Dincer, Guner; Akdeniz, Ali Riza – Online Submission, 2008
Background: It is known that success of a student is affected by the skills of motivation, time management. Studies have showed that there is positive relationship between academic achievement and study skills of a student. Purpose: It is thought that study skills of learners should be defined to be more successful on teaching-learning process.…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Time Management, Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals)
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Walters, JoDee; Bozkurt, Neval – Language Teaching Research, 2009
Vocabulary notebooks are frequently advocated as a way for students to take control of their vocabulary learning (Fowle, 2002), with the added benefit of improvements in vocabulary learning (Schmitt and Schmitt, 1995; Laufer and Nation, 1999). The study described in this article attempts to lend empirical support to these claims, by investigating…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Writing (Composition), Personal Autonomy, Vocabulary Development
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Erten, Ismail Hakki – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
This study seeks to explain prevalent gender differences in academic achievement of 84 third-year students enrolled in a pre-service ELT (English Language Teaching) teacher training department. The study collected both qualitative and quantitative data through semi-structured interviews from a sample of 38 students. A content analysis of the data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Analysis, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries
Silman, Fatos; Gundogdu, Kerim – Online Submission, 2007
The aim of this study is to examine the perceptions of the classroom teachers on the computer use in the TRNC schools. A questionnaire was applied to 84 classroom teachers in 5 schools in Nicosia, the capital city of the TRNC. The answers to the first part of the questionnaire with five subsections were analysed. Descriptive statistics were used…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Measures (Individuals), Teacher Attitudes
Kadioglu, Cansel; Uzuntiryaki, Esen – Online Submission, 2008
This study aimed to investigate the contribution of motivational factors to 10th grade students' achievement in gases and chemical reactions in chemistry. Three hundred fifty nine 10th grade students participated in the study. The Gases and Chemical Reactions Achievement Test and the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire were…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Achievement Tests
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Karadeniz, Sirin; Büyüköztürk, Sener; Akgün, Özcan Erkan; Çakmak, Ebru Kiliç; Demirel, Funda – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2008
This study gives results of the first phase of the 12-18 year old Turkish students' norm study of The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ), which developed by Pintrich, Smith, Garcia & McKeachie (1993). The scale was administrated to 1114 students from 3 primary schools and 3 high schools in Ankara in Turkish language,…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Student Motivation, Questionnaires, Factor Analysis
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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Koyalan, Aylin – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
Learner autonomy has been an important issue in English Language Teaching since the 1960s. In language teaching it is of vital importance, since learning can only occur if the learners are willing to learn. So, the students have to realize that their role in the process of learning is crucial. Students have different needs, styles of learning and…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Cultural Traits, Learning Strategies, Personal Autonomy
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Tuzun, Hakan; Yilmaz-Soylu, Meryem; Karakus, Turkan; Inal, Yavuz; Kizilkaya, Gonca – Computers & Education, 2009
The implementation of a computer game for learning about geography by primary school students is the focus of this article. Researchers designed and developed a three-dimensional educational computer game. Twenty four students in fourth and fifth grades in a private school in Ankara, Turkey learnt about world continents and countries through this…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Achievement Tests
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Baslanti, Ugur – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2008
This study extends the work of Baslanti and McCoach (2006), which aimed to identify the characteristics of gifted underachievers at the university level and the reasons for their underachievement using the School Attitude Assessment Survey-Revised (SAAS-R). In this study, underachievement refers to a discrepancy between outstanding achievement…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, College Students, Student Attitudes, Attitude Measures
Seven, Mehmet Ali; Engin, Ali Osman – Online Submission, 2007
This research presents and discusses the importance and effects of using visual and audio materials in foreign language teaching. Everybody who studies on the subject of using materials in foreign language teaching can find out something in the study. It is our sincere hope that this research informs its users. If it does, than it will have made a…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Audiovisual Aids, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Yilmaz, Ali – Education, 2009
Self-efficacy is one of the important concepts of the social cognitive theory, and can be defined as individual's perception of his or her own capabilities for organizing and successfully executing the courses of action required to attain designated types of performance. Teachers with high self-efficacy perception can contribute to creation of a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Self Efficacy, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries
Ozoglu, Murat – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine and identify support service needs and preferences of distance learners studying at the Turkish Open Education System (OES). In order to fulfill this purpose, views and perceptions of OES students on importance and accessibility of student support services at the OES were investigated through a mixed-method…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Counseling Services, Open Universities, Employment Level
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Sahin, Yasar Guneri; Balta, Sabah – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
This study is a presentation of the usage of distance education technologies in a bid to support face to face education of tourist guide candidates during the training tour. The laws require tourist guide candidates to successfully complete their internship tour and get a certificate. Since the time in this internship period is limited and there…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Synchronous Communication, Program Effectiveness
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Yumusak, Necmettin; Sungur, Semra; Cakiroglu, Jale – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
This study aimed at investigating the contribution of motivational beliefs, cognitive, and metacognitive strategy use to Turkish high school students' achievement in biology. In order to investigate the specified purpose of the study, 519 tenth-grade students were administered the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (Pintrich, Smith,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Biology, Multiple Regression Analysis, Goal Orientation
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