Browsing by Author "Cetin, Nihal Menzi"

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A Bibliographic Mapping Study: Concepts and Their Relationships in Information Literacy Before and After Covid 19 Pandemic
(Springer international Publishing Ag, 2024) Akkoyunlu, Buket; Cetin, Nihal Menzi; 09.01. Ortak Dersler Bölümü; 09. Rektörlük; 01. Çankaya Üniversitesi
The aim of the study was to reveal the Information Literacy (IL) concept and relationship between the concept of IL before and after the pandemic. Also, common keywords were examined. The period between 2016-11-01 and 2019-12-31 was considered as pre-pandemic, and between 2020-01-01 - 2022-11-26 as post-pandemic, in both groups. Trend analysis on the information literacy pre- and post-pandemic period was performed by VOSviewer software and in-app algorithms thereby visualizing Web of Science database on the related concept. The co-occurrence analysis of the keywords of articles conducted to reveal common concepts and the most associated concepts. After the bibliographic analysis of common keywords of the sample articles, 25 most common concepts before and after the pandemic were obtained and visualized. Some distinctive concepts before the pandemic were library instruction, collaboration, and students, while fake news, misinformation, and social media were observed in the post-pandemic period. Occurrences of the concepts in both periods were discussed within the scope of the related literature.
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Integrating Scientific Communication Into Middle School Lessons: a Curriculum Design Research
(Springer, 2020) Akkoyunlu, Buket; Cetin, Nihal Menzi; 8539; 09.01. Ortak Dersler Bölümü; 09. Rektörlük; 01. Çankaya Üniversitesi
In this study, a Scientific Communication Curriculum (SCC) was designed for middle school students and teachers to equip them with scientific communication (SC) skills, and the skills included in the SCC were integrated into the middle school lessons. Within the framework of the Curriculum Design Research (CDR), designing the Scientific Communication Curriculum (SCC) and integrating into the lessons were conducted by two cycles and each cycle consisted of four stages; analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation. In the first cycle, SCC was developed and implemented for the evaluating the effectiveness of the SCC in terms of teaching scientific communication skills to the students with the help of Information Technology (IT) course teacher. In the second cycle, the scientific communication skills were integrated into the lessons in collaboration with the teachers and the School Librarian (SL). As a part of the design process, the Teacher Training Program (TTP) was organized to equip all middle school teachers with scientific communication skills and to help them how to teach and how to integrate the SC skills. Furthermore the TTP served as a professional development component of the CDR framework. Based on the quasi-experimental study results and also opinions of the students and the IT teacher towards the first implementation stage, it was concluded that the SCC was effective in equipping students with scientific communication skills. Regarding the findings from the second cycle, the integration process was satisfying for the teachers and the SL. Teachers found the TTP helpful for their professional development. According to views of the teachers and the SL on the integration process was a positive and useful step for them. The results of this study were addressed and discussed under the headings of design principles, curriculum components, and professional development that are components of the CDR model.
Investigating Information Seeking Process Using Think-Aloud Protocol of Students Living in Rural Areas
(Springer international Publishing Ag, 2022) Akkoyunlu, Buket; Cetin, Nihal Menzi; 8539; 09.01. Ortak Dersler Bölümü; 09. Rektörlük; 01. Çankaya Üniversitesi
In this study, we investigated how students in a rural secondary school searched for online information for their school assignments, and we employed the think-aloud protocol to reveal students' information seeking processes. In this study, three students were given three search tasks that were similar to their school assignments and they were asked to search the web for the tasks. To obtain data from each student's web search, we used screen-capture software and collected audio and video records. Recordings were subsequently transcribed and analyzed. Results showed that while the students completed the easy and medium-level search tasks to a great extent, they had difficulty in completing the difficult task. In addition, students performed the tasks with various steps and durations. Emotions such as hesitation, satisfaction, frustration and anxiety were observed in the students while they were performing the tasks. The results were also discussed in terms of the characteristics of the information seeking process.
A Study on How To Equip Students With Scientific Communication Skills
(Springer international Publishing Ag, 2018) Akkoyunlu, Buket; Cetin, Nihal Menzi; 8539; 09.01. Ortak Dersler Bölümü; 09. Rektörlük; 01. Çankaya Üniversitesi
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of scientific communication (SC) curriculum on blog writing skills of sixth-grade students, and opinions of the students and teachers about the curriculum. Through the curriculum, it was aimed to teach students the ability to access and evaluate information, organize information and share it by writing a blog. Students were given three different writing assignments and were asked to share them in their blogs. The first assignment was given for adapting to the writing process. The second and third assignments were assessed to determine the effect of SC curriculum on blog writing skills. At the end of the process, teachers and students were asked about their opinions on SC curriculum and blog writing. Study results revealed that SC curriculum had positive effects on research and writing skills development of the students, and showed that the curriculum was supportive in reaching the course-specific goals.