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The Content Analysis of Phd Theses Completed in the Field of Curriculum and Instruction (1974-2009)
(Turkish Education Assoc, 2013) Bikmaz, Fatma Hazir; Aksoy, Erdem; Aksoy, Erdem; Tatar, Ozden; Altinyuzuk, Canan Atak; Yabancı Diller Bölümü
The purpose of this study is to analyze the PhD theses completed in the field of Curriculum and Instruction (C&I) with regard to various variables. For this, all 358 doctoral dissertations completed in Turkey in the field of C&I until 2009 are analyzed. By using the content analysis, PhD theses were analyzed according to some variables such as the subject of the theses, university, and the design of the studies. It was observed that the PhD studies in the field of C&I frequently include theses based on the effects of teaching and learning approaches, methods and techniques, teacher education and practices, and curriculum evaluation studies follow these. It was also found that there was an increase in the number of dissertations. Besides, the experimental and descriptive researches are almost equally preferred more frequently and the usage of mixed method was increased dramatically in the last ten years.
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Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence by the Means of Telecollaboration
(Springer, 2020) Erten, Ismail Hakki; Toscu, Saliha
This paper presents the results of an eight-week quasi-experimental study of English as a foreign language (EFL) learners at the tertiary level in Turkey. The purpose of the study was to reveal the extent to which EFL learners' intercultural communicative competence (ICC) was enhanced as a result of communication with native and non-native speakers of English with the means of a/synchronous communication tools as compared with the instruction given in a real classroom setting. The data were gathered using a variety of distinct means that entailed questionnaires administered before and after the treatment, weekly reflection papers to explore the participants' thoughts about experience, and semi-structured interviews held after the treatment. All the data were analysed with the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17.0 and Maximum Analysis of Qualitative Data (MAXQDA 10) software. The findings evidenced that telecollaboration had a positive impact on the participants' intercultural communicative competence. The study explicates the benefit of telecollaboration for developing learners' ICC over classroom instruction and underpins the necessity of integration of telecollaboration into language learning programs for educators, planners and institutions.
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Exploring Classroom Interaction in Online Education
(Springer, 2023) Toscu, Saliha
This present study explores the nature and extent of classroom interaction in online English as a foreign language (EFL) classes at the university level. Based on an exploratory research design, the study involved the analysis of recordings of seven visits to online EFL classes given by different instructors with approximately 30 language learners in each class. The data were analyzed by using the Communicative Oriented Language Teaching (COLT) observation sheets. Findings provided an understanding of the interaction patterns in the online classes, by showing that there was more teacher-student interaction in online classes compared to student-student interaction, and the classes involved more sustained teacher speech, whereas the students' speech mostly encompassed ultra-minimal utterance patterns. Also, the findings showed that group work activities fell behind individual activities in online classes. In addition, the online classes observed in the present study were found to be instruction-focused, and discipline issues reflected on the language used by the teachers were found to be at a minimum level. Besides, the study presented a detailed analysis of teacher and student verbal interaction by unveiling that rather than form-related incorporations, message-related incorporations were common in the observed classes and the teachers commented on the students' utterances and expanded what they said mostly. The study brings some implications for teachers, curriculum planners, and administrators by providing insights regarding classroom interaction in online EFL classes.
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An Investigation of the Gender Differences in Creative Thinking Abilities Among 8th and 11th Grade Students
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2015) Bart, William M.; Hokanson, Brad; Sahin, Iclal; Abdelsamea, Mohammed Abdelhady
This study investigated the gender differences in creative thinking subtests between males and females among 8th and 11th grade students. A suburban independent public school district in Minnesota provided student responses to the Torrance Creative Thinking Test (TTCT) Figural Form A. The sample included 996 8th and 748 11th grades students. One-way ANOVAs were used to analyze the differences between males and females in the two study samples. Results of the study revealed that there were statistically significant differences on the majority of the subtests between males and females in favor of the females among both the 8th and 11th grade students. However, there were no statistically significant differences in the fluency subtest between males and females among the 8th grade students. The results also revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in the fluency and originality subtests between males and females among the 11th grade students. Educational implications and suggestions for future work were presented. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Levels of Organizational Alienation of Private and Public High School Teachers
(Turkish Education Assoc, 2011) Eryilmaz, Arzu; Eryılmaz, Arzu; Burgaz, Berrin; Yabancı Diller Bölümü
The concept of organizational alienation reflects a feeling of disappointment with career expectations and professional development as well as the disappointment over the inability to fullfill professional norms (Aiken & Hage, 1966). The aims and objectives of this study were to investigate the organizational alienation perception levels of public and private high school teachers in the central districts of Ankara, Turkey. It also aimed to determine the differences between teachers' perceptions of alienation levels in terms of some independent variables. The survey instrument factors were determined by Seeman (1959) as (I) powerlessness, (2) meaninglessness, (3) normlessness, (4) social-isolation and (5) self isolation. The participants of the study (362) were administered "The Scale of Organizational Alienation", developed by the researcher on the basis of the scales and researches obtained from the relevant literature. As a result of the study, teachers' perceptions of organizational alienation were determined at a moderate level (2.04). Finally, the highest percentages of organizational alieantion factors were identified as; "normlessness and powerlessness" whereas the lowest mean scores of organizational alienation were determined as "meaninglessness and social isolation".
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Opinions of English Instructors and Preperatory School Students on the Use and Instruction of Language Learning Strategies
(T.C. Milli Egitim Bakanligi, 2021) Senemoğlu, N.; Özmat, D.
The aim of this study is to determine the use of foreign language learning strategies according to the university preparatory school students and the instruction level in teaching process according to the English instructors. Data was derived through the Language Learning Strategies Scale (LLSS) developed (2011) by the researchers. Study participants included 769 university preparatory school students and 120 English instructors in Ankara. According to the results of this study, students use affective strategies most frequently and mnemonic devices least frequently. English instructors teach mnemonic devices least frequently. They use affective and organization strategies mostly.There are significant relations between the students’ reported use of language learning strategies and instructors’ reported teaching of language learning strategies. © 2021. All Rights Reserved
A Review of Research on Telecollaboration in English as a Foreign and Second Language Learning Contexts
(IGI Global, 2023) Toscu, S.
This review intends to classify features, research purposes, methodologies, impacts, and limitations concerning telecollaboration in English as a foreign and second language education. The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis (PRISMA) method was utilized for the review. The main conclusions drawn from the analysis of the results showed that telecollaboration projects primarily involved bicultural groups of participants, the majority of the studies were conducted with the participation of language users at the tertiary level, the scope of research in most of the studies was based on the investigation of cultural awareness and the development of intercultural communicative competence, the methodology sections of the studies mostly involved qualitative research methods, the communication mode between/among the participants was asynchronous in most of the research, and telecollaboration projects present various benefits in EFL and ESL settings. © 2023, IGI Global. All rights reserved.

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