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6th grade students' perceptions of blogs in an English class
(Bilkent University, 2012)This study uses mixed-methods research to investigate how a grade 6 English class in Turkey responds to the use of blogs. It explored students' perceptions of and attitudes towards using a class, community, and student ... -
An action research into a hands-on solar energy activity, adapted to enhance students’ understanding of selected physics concepts and to advance their awareness of renewable energy
(Bilkent University, 2017-07)The present study uses action research to investigate how a hands-on solar energy activity that highlights selected physics concepts could be used to enhance participants’ understanding of physics concepts as well as their ... -
An analysis of research in english for academic purposes
(Bilkent University, 2016-10)This study reports written content analysis results of published research in the field of English for Academic Purposes. The research questions of this study are: What are the most common journal article types published ... -
An analysis of student perceptions and teacher intentions of blended learning in Computer and Instructional Technology Teacher Education Program
(Bilkent University, 2011)One of the key concerns of teacher education is to facilitate the development of the teaching talents of pre-service teachers with scaling technologies and pedagogy of the 21st Century. Teacher educators also need to ... -
Ankara ilinde Uluslararası Bakalorya Diploma Programı'na dâhil olan ve olmayan on ikinci sınıf öğrencilerinin okuma alışkanlıkları ve okumaya yönelik tutumları
(Bilkent University, 2013-05)This study aims to examine the reading habits and attitudes towards reading of all twelfth grade students in the schools offering International Baccalaureate Diploma Program according to being an IBDP student, gender and ... -
Application of the Rasch rating scale model with mathematics anxiety rating scale-short version (MARS-SV)
(Bilkent University, 2012)This study aimed to explore the relationship between students’ mathematics anxiety and their mathematics achievement by applying the Rasch Rating Scale Model to investigate whether mathematics anxiety is debilitative or ... -
Art in the middle school mathematics classroom : a case study exploring its effect on motivation
(Bilkent University, 2013)The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore and understand how the use of art-based mathematical activities affected motivation of grade 7 mathematics students in Turkey. Activities were used in one lesson a ... -
Assessing international mindedness in staff at an IB PYP school in Erbil
(Bilkent University, 2017-03)This action research explored using an assessment tool to assess international mindedness with the multi-cultural and multi-lingual staff of one International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) school in Northern ... -
Attitudes, beliefs and challenges of Turkish mathematics teachers while teaching mathematics in a second language
(Bilkent University, 2018-06)Some high schools in Turkey provide medium of instruction in English. Mathematics, science and social science courses are taught in English in these schools. This study explored attitudes, beliefs and challenges of high ... -
Biology teachers’ perceptions about field trips and their pre-service preparation
(Bilkent University, 2018-09)Recent studies have shown that although being aware of the considerable supplementary benefits of field trips for biology lessons in high school, biology teachers complain about difficulties when planning and implementing ... -
C-Stream: A coroutine-based elastic stream processing engine
(Bilkent University, 2015)Stream processing is a computational paradigm for on-the-fly processing of live data. This paradigm lends itself to implementations that can provide high throughput and low latency, by taking advantage of various forms ... -
A case study exploring the intercultural sensitivity levels of native English and native Turkish language instructors teaching at universities in Turkey and the U.S.A. respectively
(Bilkent University, 2019-02)This case-study explores Intercultural Sensitivity (IS) levels of three American English language teachers in Turkey and three Turkish instructors of Turkish in the USA before, during and after a yearlong sojourn in order ... -
A case study on primary school students' perceptions about their use of language learning and reading strategies and strategy training
(Bilkent University, 2011)This study looks at the language learning and reading comprehension strategies of students in 3rd – 8 th grades. The study takes place at Bilkent Laboratory and International School, which is a bilingual school in ... -
Community service learning in international context: a cross-case analysis
(Bilkent University, 2016-06)Although there are a number of private-schools that implement service-learning activities within the framework of their international curricula, service-learning is a relatively new concept in public schools in Turkey. The ... -
Comparative analysis of biology textbooks with regard to cellular respiration and photosynthesis
(Bilkent University, 2012)The topics of cellular respiration and photosynthesis in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and Ministry of National Education (MEB) biology textbooks were analysed and compared with regard to ... -
A comparative analysis of ecology units in the biology textbooks of secondary school programs
(Bilkent University, 2013)The purpose of this study was analyze and compare ecology units in four Ministry of National Education (Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı, MEB) biology textbooks, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) biology textbook ... -
Comparative analysis of mone high school Turkish Literature curriculum and IBDP Language A : Lliterature (Turkish) curriculum
(Bilkent University, 2016-10)This research study comparatively analyses and compares the Secondary Turkish Literature curriculum for 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grades and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Language A: Literature curricula in ... -
A comparative analysis of national and international English language curricula for high schools in Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2014)This research study comparatively analyses five national and international high school English language curricula implemented in Turkey. These curricula are the Turkish Ministry of National Education (MONE) High School ... -
A comparative analysis of quadratics in mathematics textbooks from Turkey, Singapore, and the international baccalaureate diploma programme
(Bilkent University, 2012)The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the chapters on quadratics in three mathematics textbooks selected from Turkey, Singapore, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) in terms of ... -
A comparative analysis of two English language textbooks written for academic and general purposes
(Bilkent University, 2019-05)The purpose of this study to investigate the possible distinct characteristics of two English language textbooks: one written for English for general purposes (EGP) and one written for English for academic purposes (EAP) ...