Browsing by Keywords "Students"
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Adolescents’ autonomous functioning and implicit theories of ability as predictors of their school achievement and week-to-week study regulation and well-being
(Academic Press, 2017)Research on students’ motivation has mainly focused on interpersonal differences rather than on the ongoing, intrapersonal dynamics that forge students’ everyday life. In this five-month longitudinal (diary) study, we ... -
Advantage of using Web 2.0 applications in class
(ACM, 2010)In this study the advantage of using Web 2.0 applications in terms of increasing student attention and enthusiasm will be emphasized by presenting the example of community service activities which were supported by the ... -
Assessing prospective chemistry teachers' understanding of gases through qualitative and quantitative analyses of their concept maps
(R S C Publications, 2013-04)The use of concept mapping as a tool to measure the meaningful learning of students is the focus of this study. The study was carried out with 24 last year students (22 years old) from the Department of Chemistry Teaching ... -
Assessment methods and how teachers and students view them in a computer science course at Uppsala University
(ACM, 2010)I have examined concepts of assessments and aimed to see differences between teachers and students opinions. I created a questionnaire and sent it to three groups in CS department at Uppsala University. These groups were ... -
Attitudes of design students toward computer usage in design
(Springer Netherlands, 2006-01)The success of efforts to integrate technology with design education is largely affected by the attitudes of students toward technology. This paper presents the findings of a research on the attitudes of design students ... -
The best way to unblock the pipeline in CS is by getting everyone to code in schools. A debate
(ACM, 2016)Many believe that the push to increase the number of skilled computer scientists must be a multi-pronged approach and be institutionalized at all levels of education. Some federal and local governments are requiring that ... -
Beyond the 'East-West' dichotomy: Global variation in cultural models of selfhood
(American Psychological Association Inc., 2016)Markus and Kitayama's (1991) theory of independent and interdependent self-construals had a major influence on social, personality, and developmental psychology by highlighting the role of culture in psychological processes. ... -
Coaching engineering freshmen at Bilkent University
(Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, 2005)In September 2003, the Faculty of Engineering at Bilkent University created an office to help first year students adapt to university life and start their academic studies effectively. For each of the three Departments of ... -
Cognitive and emotional representations of terror attacks: a cross-cultural exploration
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2007)A questionnaire measuring cognitive and affective representations of terror risk was developed and tested in Turkey and Israel. Participants in the study were university students from the two countries (n = 351). Four ... -
Distance laboratory applications ERRL: A study on radio communication in electronic field
(IEEE, 2008-05)In the last decade, the effect of internet usage in education is gradually increased. When we look from academic perspective, the new technologies provided alternatives for students learning. As distance education becomes ... -
Do computer games enhance learning about conflicts? A cross-national inquiry into proximate and distant scenarios in Global Conflicts
(Pergamon Press, 2015)Interactive conflict resolution and peace education have developed as two major lines of practice to tackle intractable inter-group conflicts. Recently, new media technologies such as social media, computer games, and ... -
The effect of soundscape on the students' perception in the high school environment
(Institute of Noise Control Engineering, 2016)In 2014, ISO 12913-1 standard was established for the conceptual soundscape framework to assess soundscape studies. According to this framework, soundscape process includes the examination of acoustic environment and its ... -
The effect of video tutorials on learning spreadsheets
(ACM, 2010)In this study a video tutorial for spreadsheet use (Excel) will be prepared by two undergraduate students by using a recorder and applied on a group of students to understand how effective this kind of a tutorial is to ... -
Effects of cognitive styles on 2D drafting and design performance in digital media
(Springer Netherlands, 2010)This paper investigates the interactions between design students' cognitive styles, as measured by Riding's Cognitive Styles Analysis, and performance in 2D drafting and design tasks in digital media. An empirical research ... -
Experience using a project-based approach in an introductory programming course
(IEEE, 2000)This paper describes how and why our department chose to integrate a sophisticated visual programming environment (DELPHI) into the introductory programming course (CS101/2) of the first-year undergraduate engineering ... -
How k-12 students search for learning?: analysis of an educational search engine log
(ACM, 2014-07)In this study, we analyze an educational search engine log for shedding light on K-12 students' search behavior in a learning environment. We specially focus on query, session, user and click characteristics and compare ... -
Identification of individuals' emotional response to the indoor soundscape in public study areas via semantic differentiation
(Institute of Noise Control Engineering, 2017)Aims of this research is to identify individuals' emotional response to the sound environment of public study areas. The research has taken place in the public study areas of Bilkent University Campus. These study areas ... -
In their words: Student feedback on an international project collaboration
(ACM, 2010)In this paper, we describe a collaborative course experience between students from universities in the USA and Turkey. Student teams worked together on a software engineering project for a non-profit organization based in ... -
An inquiry into the learning-style and knowledge-building preferences of interior architecture students
(Elsevier, 2016-05)This study explores the learning-style and knowledge-building preferences of interior architecture students using Felder-Soloman's Index of Learning Styles. Considering the learning and knowledge-building skills of students ... -
Keeping the pace in CS-1 through the use of CMS
(ACM, 2009)In this poster, it is aimed to share the experience of using course management systems (CMS) in a CS-1 course. The aim was to focus on the individual needs of students while learning programming. Creating a social online ...
