- (19), 2000
THE CURRENT SITUATION OF OUR SCIENCE LABS IN TERMS OF EQUIPMENT IN OUR LYCEES
Yrd. Doç. Dr. Galip AKAYDIN, Arş. Gör. M. Hakan GüLER & Hatice MÜLAYIMIn
this
study
was
the
situation
of
laboraıory
ıools
and
materials
in
Lycee
biology
laboratories
investiga-
ted.
The
success
of
practical
studies
in
biology
teaching
is
closely
related
to
the
capability
of
bioloıı;y
laboratories
in
this
manner.
A
questionnaire
was
applied
10
biology
teac-
hers
in
selected
Lycees
in
Ankara
in
order
10
the
determine
the
situation.
Accordinıı;
10
the
results
obtained.
Lycee
bi-
ology
laboratories
were
in
the
maımer
of
laboratory
ıools
and
chemicals
medium
or
good
but
in
the
manner
of
equip-
ments
and
models
insufticient.
Keywords: Lycee Biology Teaching, Biology Laboratory, Laboratory Tools and Materials
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Ali Rıza AKDENİZ, Uğraş BEKT AŞ & Nevzat YİĞİThe
aim
of
this
study
is
to
determine
basic
physics
concepts
which
can
not
be
understood
by
students
at
8th
)!;fade
levd.
A
test
was
developed
and
based
on
two
pilol
studies
was
implemented
to
320
students
from
eiı$t
different
elementary
scbools.
In
the
second
part
of
the
study,
informal
interviews
were
undertaken
with
LO
stu-
dents.
in
the
last
part
of
the
study.
results
and
recommen-
dations
were
~iven
after
the
collected
data
was
analysed.
Some
of
the
important
results
are
as
follows:
Abaut
70
%
of
8th
~ade
students
can
not
understand
electrical
concepts
in
science
book.
The
reason
of
this
result
may
come
from
tbe
teachin~
methods,
course
books
and
deficiency
of
stu-
dents'
dialo~ues
with
teachers.
This
level
is
40
%
for
ma~-
netic
concepts.
This
level
was
found
hiı$er
than
electrical concepts.
This
can
be
explained
that
there
are
many
examp-
les
of
subjects
in
students'
daily
life.
Many
recommendati-
ons
are
made
for
improvinJ!
the
students'
level
of
unders-
tanding
and
su~ıı;estions
are
ıı;iven
for
future
studies.
It's
re-
commended
to
be
developed
new
strate~ies
and
materials.
Keywords: Electric and magnetic, Concepts, 8th Grade students, Understanding level
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Prof. Dr. Meziyet ARI , Doç. Dr. Elif ÜSTÜN & Doç. Dr. Berrin AKMANThis
study
aims
at
the
evaIuation
of
cognitive
development
for
6-8
years
old
ehildren
from
different
socio-economie
status.
The
sample
spaee
of
the
study
consists
51
children
in
the
age
group
6,
43
children
in
the
age
group
7
and
the
49
children
in
the
age
group
8
(a
total
of
143
children)
In
this
study,
the
cognitive
development
of
children
was
evaluated
with
the
Mc
Carthy
Seales
of
Children
Abilities.
According
to
the
findings
obtained
from
this
research,
it
turned
out
that
significant
differenees
were
found
between
socio-economic
status
and
cognitive
development.
We
also
observed
that
significant
differenees
were
found
between
sexes
and
cognitive
development
at
6
years
age
group
but
on
the
other
hand
no
significant
differences
were
found
at
7
and
8
years
age
group.
Keywords: Cognitive development, preschool children, primary school children
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Assoc Prof. Dr. Aylanur ATAKLIData
of
the
study
were
collected
through
use
of
survey
questionnaire
administered
to
434
classroom
teachers.
In
the
study,
the
following
questions
are
answered.
What
is
the
reading
habit
Ievel
of
the
classroom
teachers?
What
are
the
subjects
they
read
both
in-
profession
and
others?
Which
subjeets
they
prefer
to
be
included
in
their
professional
publications?
What
are
their
views
on
professional
publications?
What
are
their
expectations
from
the
Ministry
of
National
Education
regarding
professional
publications?
Is
there
any
relation
between
their
gender,
experience,
socio-economic
status
of
the
school
and
the
responses
of
the
classroom
teachers
involved?
To
analyse,
chi-square
test
was
employed.
Some
of
the
findings
are
as
follows:
Classroom
teachers
can
not
read
the
professional
publications
frequently.
They
mostly
read
new
s
magazines,
bibliographic
novels,
and
HÜITiyet
which
is
a
daily
newspaper.
They
not
easily
accress
to
professional
publications.
The
impact
of
the
socio-
economic
status
of
the
school
on
the
responses
of
the
classroom
teachers
is
significaııt
on
most
of
the
questionnaire
items.
However,
ne
ith
er
gender
nor
experience
Jo
have
such
a
significant
impact.
Keywords: Teacher, reading, book, magazine, profession publication, newspaper
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Dr. Cemil AYDOĞDUThe
purpose
of
this
study.
is
to
investigate
the
influence
of
experimentally
supponed
traditional
che-
mical
education
program
on
the
performance
of
2
nd
year
high
school
chemistry
class
students.
Two
groups
of
stu-
dents
have
taken
pan
in
this
research,
one
group
has
follo-
wed
a
chemistry
program
enriched
with
experiments
in
ad-
dition
to
the
ir
normal
in-
class
education.
Second
group
has
fallowed
a
chemistry
program
supported
by
practical
prob-
lem
solving
activities.
The
research
topies
selected
are
the
effects
of
temperature,
catalyst
and
concentration
on
rates
of
chemieal
reactions.
The
performances
of
the
two
groups
have
been
comparatively
evau!ated
by
t-test
analysis
and
the
group
of
students
who
follov
the
experimentally
sup-
ported
chemistry
education
program
have
been
found
to
be
more
successful.
Keywords: Science Education. Chemistry Education. Demonstration experiments in Chemistry Education
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Dr. Serap BUYURGANhis
study
is
concerned
with
the
opinions
of
instructors
of
Fine
Arts
Departments
both
in
Hacettepe
and
Gazi
L;niversities
on
the
success
levels
of
Anatolian
Fi-
ne
Arts
Hıgh
Schools
graduates
at
universities.
The
data
have
been
obtained
through
poll,
interviews
and
the
results
have
been
assessed.
The
result
of
the
study
has
revealed
that
many
students
have
nut
been
as
successful
as
was
ex-
pected
from
them
their
interests
were
dispersed
and
their
lacked
creative
thought
in
universities,
even
though
they
had
a
certain
amount
of
background
knowledge
in
their
fi-
eld
before
starting
universities.
Ways
to
determine
the
re-
asons
of
their
unsuccessfulness
and
to
overcome
these
problems
should
be
investigated.
Af
ter
having
completed
the
study
done
for
this
aim,
suggestions
have
been
made
to
related
institutions
on
high
school
s
education
programmes
and
lessons.
Keywords: The success levels of Anatolian Fine Arts High Schools graduates, the opinions of university instructor
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Arş. Gör. Özlem Sıla ÇAKIR, Yrd. Doç. Dr. Tuğba ŞAHİN & Öğr. Gör. Baki ŞAHİNThe
purpose
of
this
study
is
to
investigate
effects
of
some
variables
(Science
grade,
social
science
grade,
gender,
socio-economic
status)
on
students'
attitudes
toward
science
and
science
self-concept
in
the
6th
grade
students.
The
study
is
designed
as
a
survey
type
in
which
6
ı
ı
students
from
8
different
city
in
Turkey
parıicipated.
Personal
information
form,
seience
achievement
test,
sci-
ence
self-eoncept,
students'
attitudes
toward
seience
were
adminestered
in
order
to
colleet
data.
Stepwise
regression
anaiyses
were
used
in
analysing
the
data.
Results
of
the
study
show
that
science
grades
are
most
important
predic-
tor
of
science
self-concept
In
addition,
science
self-concept
is
a
significant
predictor
of
students'
attitudes
toward
scien-
ce.
Keywords: science self-concept, attitudes toward science, science education
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Assist. Prof. Dr. Mehmet ÇELİK This study investigates the need 1evels of
students regarding linguistic skills studying at the English
Langauge Department at Hacettepe University. The skills
that are investigated are grammar, vocabulary, listening,
speaking. pronunciation, writing, and reading. A study of
the needs in these skills areas becomes important and
meaningful given the new curriculum designed by the
Higher Education CounciL, which drastically reduces the
amount of time spared earlier for the teaching of these
skills. The study identifies areas of reduction in the
syllabus, and examines data obtained from students
through a questionnaire drawing conclusions by comparing
what the new curriculum promises and what students need.
What the new curriculum appears to have done is that it has
greatly reduced the time allocated for the learning of
linguistic skills which students need most such as speaking,
pronunciation, listening and vocabulary.
Keywords: teaehing of English , needs analysis, leaminK ollinguistie skills. eurrieulum design, student improvement.
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Yrd. Doç.Dr. Serap DEMİRİZ & Doç. Dr.Çağlayan DİNÇERThis research has been done to examine
pre-school children's self-help skills according to mother's
working status. The sampling of the research was done
randomly from 514 mothers, 298 of them working, 2]6 of
them non working of middle sodo economic ]eve] in Ankara
in Turkey who has 5-6 years old children. Data was
gathered from the questionnaire developed by researchers
by using self-help related parts of " The Test of Seattle",
"Portage Check List", and "Denver II Developmental Screening
Test" which was tested before being used by the
mothers. In the findings of the research, it has been found
that there is a meaningfu] statistical difference between
mother's working status and children's behaviours to gain
self-help skill levels such as eating, (un)dressing, cleanliness,
toilet, tidiness, avoiding danger. Through the se findings,
it was found that self-help total score of working
mothers' children was higher than the total score of the
children of non working mothers.
Keywords: SeırheLp skiLLs,Pre-schooL chi/dren, Mo/- her 's working statUS
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Ş.Şule ERÇETİN & Doç.Dr. A.Gülsün BASKANVision is an important dimension in
leadership characteristics of university administrators for
the leamer-centered university of the 21st century. This
important dimension expresses a two-phased process, the
development of personal and orJ!;anizationalvisions. Our
knowledJ!;e about the extent of university administrator's
vision at present is insuffident. in this study, the personal
and orJ!;anizational phases of the vision development
process was performed. The data were collected from 449
deans in Turkish universities.The evaluations of the deans
about their proficiencies, self-development field s,
leadership styles, professional values and faculties were
determined. The evaluations of the deans about the
strenJ!;ths,weaknesses, climate and the faculties in their
ideals were also determined. The orJ!;anizationalvisions of
the deans are consistent with their own personal visions.
Therefore, the developed visions for the faculties of the
future are elear and liJ!;ht.The deans with visions have a
very important potential to sustain the leamer-centered
universities of the 21st century.
Keywords: Leadership, vision, personal and or/{anizaıional vision, vision development,deans.
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Prof. Dr. Yaşar ERSOYn
this
paper,
we
elucidate
the
achievement
of
a
group
of
Turkish
students
aged
i
1-13
year
old
in
the
Mathematical
Potential
Test
(MPT)
which
was
developed
İn
the
Kassel
Project
by
Profs
Blum
and
Burghers.
The
MPT
has
been
applied
to
more
than
500
students
enrolled
various
junior
high
school
s
(Primary
school:
grade
!evel
6,
7,
and
8)
in
Ankara
and
other
cities
in
1995-96/97
school
year.
Among
others,
the
scores
of
the
Turkish
students
in
the
MPT
are
compared
with
those
in
the
DK
and
Germany.
The
MPT
average
score
of
this
group
of
students
from
the
schools
of
repute
in
Turkey
is
relatively
higher
than
that
of
both
groups
of
students
in
the
same
age
in
the
DK
and
Germany.
Keywords: Mathematical potential test, Kassel Project, Pupil achievement, Comparison of students' score
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ömer GEBAN & Gülsüm BAYIRThe
research
reported
in
this
study
was
designed
to
identify
and
characıerıze
students'
conceptıons
abour
chemıcal
change
and
to
ınvestigate
the
effectiveness
of
conceptual
change
text
instructian
over
ıraditionally
desıgned
chemıstry
instructıon
on
9thgrade
students
understanding
of
chemical
change.
In
this
study
ı
o
tenth
grade
students
were
interviewed
to
expiore
the
students'
concepts
of
chemical
change.
There
were
two
groups
in
the
study.
The
experimental
group
was
instructed
by
conceptual
change
texts
through
teacher
lecture
while
the
control
group
was
instructed
by
traditionally
designed
chemistry
instruction.
Both
groups
took
20
multiple
choice
items
achievement
test
at
the
end
of
the
treatment.
Independent
t-test
statistics
was
used
to
detect
the
differences
between
the
groups
on
achievement
in
chemistry.
The
results
show
that
the
experimental
group
had
a
significantly
higher
scores
with
respect
to
achievement
than
the
control
group.
Keywords: Chemical Change. Conceptual Change Text, Misconceptions
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Yrd. Doç. Dr. Hayrettin KÖROĞLU, Yrd. Doç. Dr. Neşe BAŞER & Öğr. Gör. Güneş YAVUZEducation
Faculties,
known
as
institutions
that
educate
teachers.
have
shown
changes
since
establish-
ment
of
the
Republic.
Requirements
for
changing
the
prog-
ram
me
s
were
frequently
discussed
since
then.
Re-construc-
tion
of
the
Education
Faculties
was
started
in
1996
which
was
followed
by
acreditation
affairs.
In
this
respect.
school
experience
and
field
education
affairs
are
given
ımporıan-
ce.
Convenience
of
this
practice;
its
contribution
for
prepa-
ration
of
teachers
to
profession
and
determination
of
prob-
lems
in
practise
are
considered
very
imporıant.
The
profile
of
a
qualified
person
is
also
changing
while
the
2000's
are
being
entered.
Qualified
persons
are
educated
by
teachers,
therefore
all
stages
of
educating
teachers
should
be
moni-
tored
carefully.
In
this
study,
the
feedback
and
school
ex-
perience
received
from
students
and
teachers
and
the
opini-
ons
of
faculty
that
worked
at
field
education
have
been
eva-
luated,
the
problems
met
have
been
determined
and
sug-
gestions
for
future
have
been
put
forward.
Such
studies
are
to
be
performed
at
every
field.
We
believe
that
monitoring
mathematics
teachers
and
prodaiming
the
results
will
cont-
ribute
the
general
evaluation
of
this
practise.
Keywords: Training, Mathematic Educatian, Educatian faculties
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Prof. Dr. İnci MORGİL, Doç. Dr. Ayhan YILMAZ, Yrd. Doç. Dr. Nilgün SEÇKEN & Arş. Gör. Seçil ERÖKTEN150
volunteer
students
were
chosen
from
3
dershanes
operating
during
the
1998-1999
school
year
in
Istanbul,
ızmir
and
Trabzon.
The
students'
science,
ınathmatics,
social
and
Turkisch
class
trial
examination
results
and
the
results
of
the
Private
Specialized
School
(Dersha-
ne)
and
Confederation's
ÖSS-D
examination
were
statisti-
cally
evaluated.
The
students'
correct,
incorrect,
blank
and
invalid
answers
to
questions
on
each
group's
trial
exaınina-
tion
and
ÖSS-D
exaıninations
questions
were
deterınined
and
percentages
for
each
class
were
caleulated.
it
was
ob-
served
that
the
achievement
of
the
students
was
increased
in
the
second
öSS
practice
Examination
in
relation
to
the-
ir
fırst
tahing
of
the
exaınination.
The
average
of
the
Ders-
hane's
science,
mathematic,
social
and
Turkisch
exaınina-
tion
marks
were
taken.
in
order
to
deterınine
whether
or
not
there
was
a
linear
relation
between
the
students'
trial
exa-
mination
and
the
öSS-D
examination
results,
regression
analysis
was
done
and
Pearson
Correlation
coefficient
was
looked
at.
The
significant-F
value
and
standard
waste-stan-
dard
were
used
from
assumed
values
graphic.
As
a
result
of
our
fındings,
a
linear
relation
between
was
observed
betwe-
en
the
ÖSS
trial
examinations
results
at
the
three
dershane-
,
s
and
the
Private
Dershaneler
Confederation'
s
ÖSS-D
exa-
mination
results.
was
found
between
the
two
different
exa-
minations.
Keywords: ÖSS practice Examination, ÖSS-D Examination, Student Achievement, Regression Analyses
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Doç. Dr. Yaşar ÖZBAY & Öğr. Gör. Mustafa ŞAHİNThe
purpose
of
the
study
is
to
develop
an
instrument
to
measure
intraclassroom
empathic
attitudes
of
teachers.
291
high
school
students
were
recruited
for
the
studyand
the
students'
perceptions
ofteachers'
emphatic
at-
titudes
were
surveyed.
After
some
work
on
face
validity,
the
emphasis
was
given
to
construct
validity
with
Factor
Analysis.
Af
ter
the
completion
of
the
investigation
of
fac-
toriability,
the
initial
variability
resulted
in
four
factor
solu-
tion
with
total
items
of
43.
These
factors
were
interpreted
as
Emphatic
Understandig,
Positive
Regard,
Subjeetive
Perceiving,
and
Authencity
explaining
the
total
variance
of
54.13.
Cronbach
Alpha
values
(a)
were
computed
for
total
and
subscores
ranging
between
.69
and
.91.
Abbreviated
as
IEAS,
the
scale
was
found
to
be
appropriate
for
valid
and
reliable
measures
of
perceived
intraclassroom
emphatic
at-
titudes
of
teachers.
Keywords: Empathy, Empathic Claassroom, Atmosphere, Humanistic Education
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Dr. Hasan ÖZDERhe
purpose
of
this
study
was
to
determine
the
effects
of
cooperative
mastery
learning
method
and
each
of
its
components
on
mathematics
achievements.The
research
study
has
been
carried
out
on
four
groups:
coope-
rative
learning
(experimental
group
1),
mastery
learning
(experimental
group
2
),
cooperative
mastery
learning
(ex-
perimental
group
3)
and
a
control
group
with
no
mastery
and
no
cooperative
strategies.
The
research
findings
can
be
summarized
as
follows:
The
achievement
of
the
low
ability
students
in
the
second
and
third
experimental
groups
was
significantly
higher
than
that
of
the
control
group
at
the!e-
vel
of
totalleaming.
In
addition,
among
the
high,
medium
and
low
ability
students
in
the
experimental
groups
1
and
3
and
also
in
the
control
group
there
were
significant
diffe-
rences
in
the
total
scores.
But
there
were
no
significant
dif-
ferences
among
the
high,
medium
and
low
ability
students
in
the
experimental
group
2.
Keywords: Cooperative learning, mastery learning, cooperative mastery learning
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Dr. Ahmet İlhan ŞENHow
to
teach
quantum
physics
as
part
of
the
modern
physics
in
secondary
schools
has
been
discus-
sed
for
a
long
time
in
Germany.
The
results
of
these
discus-
sions
are
expected
to
be
very
helpful
for
researches
started
recently
in
Turkey,
Important
suggestions
made
on
teac-
hing
quantum
physics
have
been
discussed
in
this
work,
The
results
are
giving
an
idea
about
the
quantum
physics
lessons
in
physics
education
literature
in
German.
Keywords: Science education. modern physics in secondary schools, quantum physics lessons in Germany
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Yrd. Doç. Dr. Songül TÜMKAYABurnout
is
a
popular
expression
used
for
the
reduction
of
psychological
and
physical
energy
that
comes
out
af
ter
the
process
of
a
chronic
stress
related
with
work
.
For
this
reason,
it
is
really
important
in
literature.
In
this
study,
a
scale
of
academic
burnout
is
improved
to
be
used
of
finding
out
the
burnout
on
instructors
and
presen-
ted
the
diagnosis
about
validity
and
reliability
of
this
scale.
To
determine
the
validity
of
the
scale,
structure
validity,
factor
analysis
and
similar
scale
validity
have
been
esti-
mating.
The
internal
consistency
coefficient
and
testiretest
rel
iability.
Keywords: Academic burnout scale, burnout
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Behiye UBUZ & Burcu KIRKPINARThis
research
presents
a
brief
survey
of
literature
on
the
use
of
examples
and
generic
examples
in
concept
formation,
and
the
observation
of
these
theoretical
ideas
in
a
number
of
exam
papers.
Explanatory
insight
is
given
to
c1arify
the
situations
in
the
exam
papers.
By
focusing
on
the
students'
answers
and
the
definition
given
on
generic
example
definition,
mainly
two
suggestions
arise
for
the
usage
of
generic
examples.
Firstly,
the
sequence
of
the
exemplification
may
be
in
the
order
of
all
the
generic
examples
first
and
then
the
practising
examples.
Secondly,
while
chosing
the
examples
the
non-parallel
principle
can
be
taken
into
consideration
besides
the
parallel
principle.
Keywords: Example, generic examples, practising examples, abstraction, generalisation, clarification
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Gül ÜNAL, Prof. Dr. Ali TATLI & Dr. Ali ERYILMAZhe
purpose
of
this
study
was
to
find
out
how
pre-service
and
in-service
science
teachers'
perceptions
differ
on
the
characteristics
of
good
science
teachers.
In
order
to
obtain
this
information,
29
pre-service
science
teachers
who
are
senior
students
studying
science
teaching
in
English
and
29
in-service
science
teachers
who
are
science
teachers
in
Anatolian
and
Private
high
schools
in
central
Ankara
were
given
a
questionnaire
about
good
science
teachers'
characteristics.
The
questionnaire
has
50
questions
and
established
over
six
categories
that
are
teachers'
classroom
behavior
and
relationships,
teaching
and
other
experiences,
school
and
community
relations,
confidence
on
subject
matter,
professional
activities,
and
bilingualism.
For
analyzing
the
data,
mean
and
standard
deviation
and
frequency
analysis
of
each
category
were
used.
The
results
indicated
that
in-service
science
teachers'
perceptions
were
significantly
different
than
pre-service
science
teachers'
perceptions
about
all
categories
except
confidence
on
subject
matter.
Keywords: Good science teachers' characteristics, pre- service teachers, in-service teachers
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Semra ÜNALStress
is
considered
to
be
an
important
problem
among
teachers.
Teachers
in
the
schools
perform
their
jobs
in
various
environments.
Therefore
the
psychological
problems
of
teachers
caused
by
work
conditions,
their
perception
of
work
environment
and
how
they
cope
with
the
se
problem
s
differ.
The
purpose
of
this
research
is
to
determine
the
stress
of
vocational
high
school
teachers
caused
by
the
works
done
in
two
different
environments
(shops
and
classrooms)
and
the
behaviors
shown
to
cope
with
this
stress.
The
research
includes
138
teachers
instructing
vocational
comses
conducted
in
shops
and
87
teachers
instructing
their
comses
in
classrooms.
A
survey
is
constructed
to
collect
data.
The
survey
is
formed
in
three
sections.
In
the
first
section
there
are
questions
conceming
the
demographic
data,
in
the
second
section
there
are
questions
conceming
the
psychological
stress
indications
and
in
the
third
section
there
are
questions
conceming
the
behaviors
coping
with
the
stress.
The
data
collected
is
analysed
by
using
frequency,
percent
average,
standard
deviation,
t-Test
and
analysis
of
variance.
The
data
obtained
from
the
research
is
analysed
and
evaIuated.
The
ways
that
could
decrease
the
stress
of
teachers
are
proposed.
Keywords: Job stress, Vocational High School, Teacher instructing in a shop
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Yrd. Doç. Dr. Mehmet YEŞİLTAŞ & Yrd. Doç. Dr. Yüksel ÖZTÜRKhis
paper
aims
to
examine
the
applicabi-
lity
of
teaching
performance
evaiuation
system
in
the
Tur-
kish
state
universities,
which
is
widely
used
in
many
uni-
versities
of
developed
countries.
To
do
that
a
questionnaire
was
developed
and
applied
to
Dean
of
faculties
of
four
uni-
versities
in
Ankara.
Two
groups
of
data
were
obtained
by
using
this
questionnaire,
First
group
is
about
whether
or
not
there
is
a
this
kind
of
system
in
the
Turkish
state
universi-
ties
of
Turkeyand
if
there
is
how
this
system
is
practised.
Second
group
is
about
the
opinions
of
Dean
of
faculties
re-
garding
the
applicability
of
this
system
in
the
Turkish
state
universities.
As
a
result
of
the
analysis
of
data,
main
fin-
dings
can
be
summarised
as:
first,
this
system
has
not
been
practised
in
the
Turkish
state
universities
widely;
and
se-
cond
this
system
should
be
practised
in
the
Turkish
state
universities.
Keywords: Teaching,performance evaluation, lecturer, state university, Turkish
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Yasemin YİĞİT, Yrd. Doç. Dr. Soner YILDIRIM & Doç. Dr. M.Yaşar ÖZDENThe
purpose
of
this
study
is
to
develop
a
Web
based
Internet
tutorial
in
order
to
guide
through
learning
the
Internet
and
to
test
the
efficiency
of
this
tuto-
rial
according
to
various
aspects.
According
to
this
aim,
special
emphasis
is
given
to
the
design,
novelty
and
content
topies
and
visual
examples
were
putted
into
the
tutorial.
This
study
is
based
on
only
quantitative
results.
For
getting
quantitative
results,
we
obtained
the
comments
of
30
faculty
members
from
Computer
Education
and
Instructi-
onal
Technologies
Education
or
similar
departments
at
different
universities
in
Turkey.
As
a
result,
the
faculty
members
had
agreed
on
adding
more
visual
examples
to
tutorial
may
result
in
a
mare
efficient
tutorial.
Keywords: Web based tutorial, Internet
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Res. Ast. Nejla YÜRÜK, Assist. Prof. Dr. Tuğba ŞAHİN (YANPAR) & Arzu İ. BOZKURThis
study
compared
the
effectiveness
of
inductive
(part-to-whole)
and
deductive
(whole-to-part)
content
sequences
on
students'
chemistry
achievement,
attitude
toward
chemistry
and
academic
self-concept.
62
freshman
students
from
a
general
chemistry
course
pal1icipated
in
this
study.
The
course
units
were
structure
of
atom
and
periodic
table,
chemical
bonding,
intermolecular
attractions
and
properties
of
liquids
and
solids,
and
matter
(stoichiometry).
Each
group
studied
the
same
course
content
with
reverse
order.
The
data
were
analyzed
with
MANCOV
A.
As
a
result
of
the
analyses,
it
was
found
that
students
exposed
to
inductive
content
scquence
achieved
better
than
students
exposed
to
deductive
content
sequence
on
essay
type
test
when
the
ir
science
process
skills,
attitudes
toward
chemistry
and
academic
self-concepts
before
the
treatment,
and
pre-
achievement
were
statistically
controlled.
However,
there
was
found
no
significant
difference
on
their
auitudes
toward
chemistry,
academic
self-concepts,
short
answer
test
achievement
and
multiple
choice
test
achievement
after
the
treatment
when
the
above
stated
confounding
variables
are
statistically
controlled.
Keywords: ınductive and deductive content sequence, chemistry achievement, attitude, academic self-concept
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Adnan BAKİTo
use
the
computer
as
a
tool
for
modeling,
conjecturing,
analyzing
and
generalizing
can
enable
stu-
dents
to
learn
conceptually
and
meaningfully
in
mathema-
tics,
besides
using
it
as
a
calculator.
As
we
know
that
mat-
hematical
concepts
are
abstract
that
one
needs
highly
cog-
nitive
achievements
to
assimiiate
them.
The
most
of
these
concepts
can
be
redefined
and
simulated
by
means
of
the
computer
technology.
Through
this
way
many
mathemati-
cal
concepts
electronically
can
become
concrete
and
elear
for
students
to
understand.
This
study
describes
and
shows
how
mathematicallearning
can
occur
through
two
different
ways
within
a
computer-b
as
ed
mathematical
environment.
The
first
is
the
learning
of
mathemati,cs
through
program-
ming
and
the
second
is
the
learning
of
mathematics
through
exploration.
Keywords: Computer-based mathematics teaching; Software packages
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İsmail ERTONThis
paper
aims
to
focus
on
the
contributions
of
Discourse
Analysis
to
Language
Teaching.
Most
of
the
research
to
date
has
concerned
with
discourse
analysis
as
an
alternatiye
avenue
for
discerning
language
cognition
process.
In
this
paper
the
concem
will
be
on
how
functional
characteristics
of
sentential
elements
(interrogatives
will
be
taken
as
an
example)
act
as
cu
es
to
hearers
in
different
contexts,
to
facilitate
the
integration
of
on-line
information.
In
addition,
discourse
analysis
is
a
methodological
tool,
which
easily
lends
itself
to
the
investigation
of
the
functional
properties
of
talk,
developmental
process
as
weıı
as
discrimination
by
identifying
social
attitudes
and
ideologies
responsible
for
observed
linguistic
patterns.
Most
of
the
teachers
have
a
tendency
to
teach
language
in
isolation
with
its
use.
As
a
result,
the
context
lacks
and
when
it
is
time
to
practise
the
things
they
have
learned
in
rea!
life
sİtuations
the
students
fail
to
use
the language
and
find
it
difficult
to
recognise
the
function
of
the
utterance
guided
by
the
speaker.
Keywords: Discourse analysis. pragmatics, speech acts, function, context, syllabus, structuralism, methodology
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Doç. Dr. Fitnat KAPTAN & Arş. Gör. Hünkar KORKMAZThe
purpose
of
this
paper
is
to
identify
a
useful
definition
of
portfolio
assessment,
the
essential
characteristics
of
portfolio
assessment
in
science
teac-
hing
and
to
evaluate
ıts
general
effectiveness.
The
study
is
intended
to
provide
answers
to
the
following
questi-
ons:
What
is
the
portfolio
assessment?
What
are
the
principal
characteristics
of
portfolio
assessment?
How
mu
st
been
portfolio
assessment
in
elemantary
schools
organized
in
terms
of
science
teaching?
How
effective
has
the
portfoHo
assessment
been
in
achieving
in
sci-
ence
educations'
objectives?
Keywords: Science Teaching, Portfolio Assessment
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nilgün METİNEducators
and
families
think
that
normal
children
in
integrated
c1assrooms
would
be
negatively
effected
in
such
integrated
settings.
Studies
in
this
subject,
however.
emphasize
that
normal
children
get
developmental
gains
from
appIications
of
integration
as
weB
as
handicapped
children.
This
artic1e
tries
to
deal
with
such
subjects
as
the
interaction
between
normal
and
handicapped
children
and
attitudes
of
normal
children
to
their
handicapped
peers
in
the
integrated
settings,
and
the
effects
of
ilitegration
applications
on
normal
children.
Keywords: Integration programs, normal children, interaction, attitudes, influences
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Arş. Gör. Gürcü KOÇhe
aim
of
the
study
is
to
introduce
Active
Learning
Approach
and
to
offer
teachers
the
necessary
to-
ols
to
promote
students'
active
leaming.
In
this
strategy,
students
do
not
leam
mu
ch
just
by
sitting
in
classes
liste-
ning
to
teachers.
They
must
talk
about
what
theyare
lear-
ning,
write
about
it,
relate
it
to
past
experiences,
apply
it
to
the
ir
daily
lives.
Students
are
encouraged
to
engage
in
the
process
of
building
and
testing
their
own
mental
models.
Active
Leaming
includes
practical
teaching
strategies
that
can
use
in
every
course
and
class,
and
makes
possible
for
students
meaningful
and
lifelong
leaming.
Keywords: Active Learning, Active Learning Strategies, Curriculum Development, Student-Centered Curriculum, Cooperative Learning, Classroom Environment
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