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Balim, Ali Günay – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2013
This study aims at identifying the effects of the mind-mapping technique upon students' perceptions of inquiry-learning skills, academic achievement, and retention of knowledge. The study was carried out in the Science and Technology course. A quasi-experimental research design with a pre-test and post-test control group, which was selected from…
Descriptors: Science Education, Environmental Education, Inquiry, Elementary School Students
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Avci, Rasit; Gucray, Songul Sonay – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2010
The purpose of this study is to (a) investigate the families of violent and nonviolent adolescents in terms of family functioning, trait anger and anger expression, and (b) compare incidence of psychological problems, alcohol usage and delinquent behaviors. The sample consisted of families of both violent (n = 54) and nonviolent adolescents (n =…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Drinking, Adolescents, Psychological Patterns
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Sohtorik, Yasemin; McWilliams, Nancy – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2011
Twelve Turkish immigrants were interviewed in a hypothesis-generating, qualitative investigation of their immigration experiences and mental health needs. Findings suggest high levels of psychological distress associated with homesickness, lack of English proficiency, problematic immigration status, difficulty adjusting to a new culture, and…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Financial Problems, Mental Health, Adolescents
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Erdogan, Mehmet – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
The purpose of the study was to assess the effects of ecology-based nature education program on elementary school students' environmental knowledge, environmental affect, and responsible environmental behavior. A total number of 64 elementary school students including 26 females and 38 males who participated in summer natural education organized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Environmental Education, Ecology
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Wasti, S. Arzu; Can, Ozge – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
Employees' commitment to their organization is increasingly recognized as comprising of different bases (affect-, obligation-, or cost-based) and different foci (e.g., supervisor, coworkers). Two studies investigated affective and normative commitment to the organization, supervisor and coworkers in the Turkish context. The results of Study 1…
Descriptors: Employees, Supervisors, Employee Attitudes, Behavior Standards
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Oguz-Duran, Nagihan – Education, 2010
Considering the coping effect and health connections of diary-keeping behaviour, the purpose of the present study was to investigate diary-keeping in relation to happiness and gender among Turkish teacher trainees. A sample of 417 teacher trainees between the ages of 18 and 29 was surveyed. Happiness was considered as consisting of positive and…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Females, Males, Gender Differences
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Copur, Zeynep; Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya – Journal of Family Issues, 2010
Changing perceptions of childlessness have been documented in the United States, but little is known about perceptions in developing countries undergoing rapid social changes and globalization, including Turkey. This project uses a survey and hypothetical vignettes about childless couples and parents to assess university students' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Family Income, Females, Childlessness
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Aslan, A. Esra; Sevincler-Togan, Seyhan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2009
An individual's activities are closely related with his/her communication abilities. One's awareness of his feelings and needs and to what extend he can control such feelings are the key factors which effect communication abilities. Webster (1996) defines anger as, "a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Statistical Data, Psychological Patterns, Stress Management
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Bulut, Cagri; Culha, Osman – International Journal of Training and Development, 2010
This empirical study investigated the impact of organizational training on employee commitment focusing on employees' emotional and affective responses towards their organization. Organizational training is conceptualized within a multidimensional framework consisting of motivation for training, access to training, benefits from training and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Exchange Theory, Human Resources, Organizational Development
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Diken, Ibrahim H. – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
Turkish mothers' self-efficacy beliefs and their interactional behaviors with their children with language delays are described and explored. Participants included 19 mother-child dyads. Mothers' interaction with their children with language delays was videotaped for 30 minutes in a free-play context. Regarding mothers' interactional behaviors,…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Delayed Speech, Mothers, Self Efficacy
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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
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Bumen, Nilay T. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2007
Multiple-intelligence (MI) theory was developed by Dr. Howard Gardner, and it defines intelligence through a spectrum of content areas, including verbal-linguistic, mathematical-logical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical-rhythmic, and naturalistic. The application of MI theory has been found to lead to…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Multiple Intelligences, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Olaniran, Bolanle A., Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2010
E-learning has become a significant aspect of training and education in the worldwide information economy as an attempt to create and facilitate a competent global work force. "Cases on Successful E-Learning Practices in the Developed and Developing World: Methods for the Global Information Economy" provides eclectic accounts of case…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Operations Research, Distance Education
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Cikrikci-Demirtash, R. Nukhet – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2005
The study presented in this article was conducted to determine psychometric features of scales for Turkish students by adapting the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales (PALS) developed by Midgley and others (2000) to the Turkish language in order to measure personal and classroom goal orientations. The scales were developed to test…
Descriptors: Family Life, Student Motivation, Psychometrics, Foreign Countries
Yildiran, Guzver; Aydin, Emin – Online Submission, 2005
Motivation for learning is important for positive learning outcomes as well as for measured achievement levels. When students come to our classes, they bring with them learning histories in which we as individual teachers, most likely, did not have an input. Our students do not only bring with them different levels of prerequisite leanings but…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mastery Learning, Cooperative Learning, Competition
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