Research in the field of education plays a pivotal role in developing evidence-based practices in teaching and improving the quality of education. However, research conducted in recent years has ...highlighted the unwillingness of teachers to benefit from scientific studies. This study set out to assess whether Research Evidence-Based Practices in Science Teaching (EBPST) influences the teaching practices of student teachers and their attitudes towards education research. Mixed methods research design was used in this study. The study was conducted through Quasi-experimental methods and focus group interviews. The data were collected with the "Teachers Attitude Scale towards Educational Research (TASTER)" and focus group interviews. Participants of the study included 106 third-year undergraduate student teachers. The experimental group applied EBPST during their teaching, while the control group applied existing traditional teaching at primary schools. The Quantitative findings showed that student teachers in the experimental group had significantly increased positive attitudes towards educational research when compared with student teachers in the control group. In addition, qualitative findings revealed that several factors negatively and positively influence the understanding and use of educational research for student teachers on the applicability of EBPST. Considering the results of this study, student teachers' EBPST effect on improving their attitudes, understanding, and the use of educational research in teaching.
Research results demonstrate that there is a gap between educational research and practice. Turkey is not an exception in this case. This study aims to examine to what extent and how educational ...research and resources are being followed,understood and used in classroom practices by science teachers in Turkey. A sample of 968 science teachers working at junior high schools in Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey was surveyed. The data were collected through a questionnaire consisting of multiple-choice and open-ended questions. The results indicate that the most common sources of information used by teachers to follow educational research are "internet"; "radio", "television" and "newspapers"; "scientific magazine journals"; and "educational books" respectively. In contrast, the least followed sources of information used by teachers are "educational symposiums, conferences and workshops", and" educational scientific journals" and "dissertations." 18.7% of science teachers stated that they could understand scientific educational research. Science teachers' level of applying the educational research results into practice was found as 5.7%.
In this study, it was aimed to investigate the factors affecting students' science achievement according to student science teachers. The survey model which is one of the quantitative research ...methods was used. The sample was consisted of total 606 student science teachers from four state universities in Turkey. The data were obtained by using the Questionnaire of Factors Affecting Students' Science Achievement (QFASSA). The data were analyzed by using the descriptive analyzing technique. The factors affecting students' science achievement were analyzed under five dimensions. The result of the study shows that the most important factors affecting student science achievement according to student science teachers are the items in the dimensions of teacher and curriculum. The results also indicates that the most important predictor of science achievement is "teaching the topics in a way that may arouse the students' curiosity" in the teacher dimension of QFASSA.
The purpose of this study is to identify the kindergarten students' levels of understanding some science concepts (LUSSC) and scientific inquiry processes (SIP) and compare their LUSSC and SIP in ...terms of some demographic variables. Also, another purpose of this study is to identify the predictive power of those demographic variables over the kindergarten students' LUSSC and SIP. This study was conducted according to quantitative research design. The study group consisted of 335 kindergarten students from 20 different rural and urban schools. In the study, the scale for "Turkish Kindergarten Students' Understandings of Scientific Concepts and Scientific Inquiry Processes" was used. According to some variables (such as mother's education level and family structure), there was a statistically significant difference between students' mean scores for LUSSC and between students' mean scores for SIP. Within the scope of this study, it was found that among the predictor variables (age, family's income level, and number of brother/sister) were significant predictors for LUSSC, and number of brother/sister was a significant predictor for SIP.
One of the factors influencing teachers’ and pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs is the use of innovations and research in education (scientific articles, thesis, and new teaching materials). ...This study aims to examine to what extent pre-service science teachers follow the innovations in the field of education and use these innovations in their profession. Secondly, how the innovations in the field of education effect teachers’ science teaching self-efficacy beliefs is examined. Survey method which is one of the quantitative research approaches was used in this study. The sample group of the study consisted of 563 pre-service science teachers enrolled in the Department of Science Teacher Training in the Faculty of Education at six universities in different regions of Turkey. The data in the study were collected using the “Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument (STEBI)” developed by Riggs and Enochs (1990) and “Scale of Following and Using the Innovations in the Field of Education” (SFUIFE) developed by the researchers of this study. The data were analyzed both descriptively and predictively using SPSS. The results of the study showed that the primary resources (search engines such as google, web pages for course materials etc.) have been used and followed less than the secondary resources (conferences, symposiums, panels, workshops, thesis, and scientific articles etc.) by pre-service science teachers. In addition, it was found that following and using social media tools, thesis and scientific articles increase pre-service science teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs of science teaching.
Ovim istraživanjem pokušat će se odrediti stavovi budućih učitelja vezani uz procjenu učinkovitosti primjene WebQuesta i Wikija pripremljenih za nastavu opće kemije. Također se nastoje otkriti učinci ...njihove primjene na razinu motivacije budućih učitelja za učenje kemije. S tom svrhom koristili smo se mješovitom metodologijom istraživanja. Podaci su dobiveni koristeći se intervjuima u fokus grupama i upitnikom 'Chemistry Motivation Questionnaire'. Uzorak ispitanika sastojao se od 11 budućih učitelja s dva sveučilišta. Promatrala se učestalost prijavljivanja na WebQust i Wiki sustave putem Moodle sustava za upravljanje učenjem/poučavanjem. Rezultati kvalitativne analize pokazali su da je primjena oba sustava imala kognitivni doprinos za buduće učitelje te je potaknula njihov interes na osjećajnoj razini. Što se kvantitativnih rezultata tiče, oni su u ovome istraživanju ukazali na to da budući učitelji imaju pozitivne stavove prema korištenju WebQuest ili Wiki sustava u nastavi, a da njihova motivacija za učenje kemije nije porasla. Pozitivan, značajan odnos, iako na niskoj razini, uočen je kod usporedbe motivacije budućih učitelja za učenje kemije i njihove učestalosti prijavljivanja u Wiki sustav.
AbstractThis study aims to determine pre-service elementary teachers’ views with regard to evaluating the effectiveness of WebQuest and Wiki activities prepared for general chemistry courses. It also ...aims to detect the effects of these activities on pre-service elementary teachers’ levels of motivation to learn chemistry. For this aim, we used a mixed method research design. Data were gathered using focus group interviews and the ‘Chemistry Motivation Questionnaire’. The sample of the study consisted of 111 pre-service elementary teachers from two different universities. The frequency of the pre-service teachers’ logging into WebQuest and Wiki activities of the Moodle Learning Management Systems were monitored. The qualitative result of the study shows that both systems made cognitive contributions to pre-service teachers and attracted their interest at the sensory level. As for the quantitative analysis, the results of our study indicate that pre-service teachers had positive views toward using WebQuest or Wiki activities in courses, whereas their motivation to learn chemistry did not increase. A positive, significant relationship but at a low level was observed between pre-service teachers’ motivation to learn chemistry and the frequency of logging into Wiki activities. Key words: Chemistry Course; Moodle; Motivation; WebQuest; Wiki.---SažetakOvim istraživanjem pokušat će se odrediti stavovi budućih učitelja vezani uz procjenu učinkovitosti primjene WebQuesta i Wikija pripremljenih za nastavu opće kemije. Također se nastoje otkriti učinci njihove primjene na razinu motivacije budućih učitelja za učenje kemije. S tom svrhom koristili smo se mješovitom metodologijom istraživanja. Podaci su dobiveni koristeći se intervjuima u fokus grupama i upitnikom 'Chemistry Motivation Questionnaire'. Uzorak ispitanika sastojao se od 11 budućih učitelja s dva sveučilišta. Promatrala se učestalost prijavljivanja na WebQust i Wiki sustave putem Moodle sustava za upravljanje učenjem/poučavanjem. Rezultati kvalitativne analize pokazali su da je primjena oba sustava imala kognitivni doprinos za buduće učitelje te je potaknula njihov interes na osjećajnoj razini. Što se kvantitativnih rezultata tiče, oni su u ovome istraživanju ukazali na to da budući učitelji imaju pozitivne stavove prema korištenju WebQuest ili Wiki sustava u nastavi, a da njihova motivacija za učenje kemije nije porasla. Pozitivan, značajan odnos, iako na niskoj razini, uočen je kod usporedbe motivacije budućih učitelja za učenje kemije i njihove učestalosti prijavljivanja u Wiki sustav. Ključne riječi: nastava kemije; Moodle; motivacija; WebQuest; Wiki.
This study reports on the attitudes of science and technology teachers' towards educational research that were investigated and analyzed with respect to certain demographic variables. The survey ...method was utilized as the research design. The study group consisted of 918 science and technology teachers working in middle schools in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The data were collected using the Likert scale; "Teachers Attitude Scale towards Educational Research (TASTER)". The sub-scales of TASTER included the necessity of educational research, the value of educational research and applicability of educational research. The results of the study showed that female teachers have more positive attitudes towards the applicability of educational research to classroom practice. Valuing educational research and necessity of educational research increases with the number of years of teaching experience. Teachers who graduate from faculties other than education believe in the necessity of educational research more than teachers from education faculties. Furthermore, when compared with the views of teachers working in rural areas those teachers employed in urban areas consider educational research to be more necessary, and teachers with Master's degrees believe in the applicability of educational research more than teachers with graduate degrees.
Compiling a list of references is often an obstacle in completing a scientific work, which then presents applications that can help with this problem. Mendeley software is one of the many ...applications that is very helpful in compiling a list of citations in a scientific work. It is a very popular application or software with millions of users in academic circles. The large number of students who do not know and understand this application has encouraged Mendeley application training activities for MSIB student participants at the Papua Central Statistics Agency. This activity aims to improve the ability of MSIB participating students in compiling a list of references or references in writing written work. The activity was attended by 28 students from various study programs from various universities throughout Indonesia. This training activity was carried out over 2 days and used lecture, discussion and practice methods. From the results of the activity evaluation through reviewing written work using the Mendeley application, it shows that all participants were able to write written works using the Mendeley application as a reference manager. On the first day the percentage of participants' ability when operating the application was only 36%, then after training on the second day the percentage increased to 100% or all participants were able to understand the use of the Mendeley application due to direct practice in using the application, thereby providing participants with an understanding of both theory, practice and discussions held during the training.
One of the most necessary teaching competencies for science teachers concerns their self-efficacy belief. It is also necessary for teachers to benefit from educational research in order to develop ...their science teaching efficacy beliefs. However, studies are restricted. This study aims to analyze the attitudes of pre-service science teachers towards educational research and their science teaching efficacy beliefs, and the relationship between the two variables according to some demographical (academic achievement, gender, and the type of high school they attended). The study was conducted according to the survey research design. Sample of the study includes 517 pre-service science teachers (final year students) at five different universities in Turkey. ‘Teachers Attitude Scale towards Educational Research TASTER’ and ‘Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument STEBI’ were used as data collection tools. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 18.0. Analysis of the data has revealed that there is a relationship between the attitudes of the pre-service science teachers towards educational research and their science teaching efficacy belief.
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