Browsing by Subject "IBDP"

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Comparative analysis of biology textbooks with regard to cellular respiration and photosynthesis
(2012) İnanç Gök, Tuğba
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 content, presentation and learning strategies by using content analysis as a research method. Interviews were conducted with five practising biology teachers. Both textbooks follow a general to specific (deductive) order in the topics and have similar features in terms of readability and typography. The assessment strategies of neither textbooks focus on measuring higher order cognitive levels. The differences between the two textbooks are prominent in the content, presence and absence of major themes, number of student-centred activities, real life connections and use of technology. The MEB textbook had more comprehensive content but with many details which were not appropriate for the students‘ level. While the IBDP textbook included all major themes in the two topics, the MEB textbook lacked some important ones. The MEB textbook is richer in terms of student-centred activities, experiments and real life connections. The IBDP textbook is richer in terms of technology. The findings of the content analysis were supported by the ideas of the practising teachers.
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Comparative analysis of mone high school Turkish Literature curriculum and IBDP Language A : Lliterature (Turkish) curriculum
(2016-09) Devrimsel, Derya
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 terms of educational philosophy, general objectives, objectives, content, teaching-learning process, assessment and evaluation. This study uses document analysis and content analysis to identify, highlight and interpret any similarities and differences between the two curricula.
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Perspectives of undergraduate students towards IBDP and MoNE high school education
(2015) Teke, Samet
The study examined the perspectives of undergraduate students who had graduated from high school with both an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) and a Ministry of National Education Program (MoNEP), and those who graduated with MoNEP alone. The researcher conducted a 5-point Likert scale survey of 21 questions with 75 undergraduate students studying at a private university in Ankara. In addition, five undergraduate students were interviewed using a semi-structured interview. The survey results were analyzed with regard to five factors: university preparedness, benefits of the curriculum, overall satisfaction, stress and detriments of the curriculum. To differentiate between IBDP and MoNEP t-tests were conducted. ANOVA was used to differentiate between subject areas. Interview results were summarized for deeper insight of the factors. IBDP graduates had more positive results than MoNEP graduates in preparedness, benefits and satisfaction factors, whereas MoNEP graduates had more positive results in stress and detriment factors.
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Predicting high school students’ academic achievement in international and national programs based on admission examination: a case study from Turkey
(2020-06) Akış, Dinçer
Predicting students’ future academic performance is an important discussion in the world of education that began to gain importance more than fifty years ago. Predictions of academic performance is of paramount importance in selecting the most appropriate students. Schools use admission criterion to select students to attend their programs. In this study, relationships between student’s admission and exit performance were examined in a laboratory high school context. The school uses a two-stage high school admission exam. The first step consists of written tests of Turkish Language, mathematics, science, English and a non-verbal reasoning questionnaire, whereas the second stage includes essay writing in Turkish, and interviews about art, music, English, and Turkish. Students’ exit performance is defined by the following scores: (i) IGCSE results in Turkish, English language, English literature, physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics, (ii) IBDP component results in Turkish, English, physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics, (iii) first stage of Turkish university entrance examination results (iv) high school cumulative grade point average. Results indicated that different components of the admission system predict students’ exit performance criteria differently.