{"title":"Developing Computational Thinking Scale for Primary School Students and Examining Students' Thinking Levels According to Different Variables","authors":"Ergun Yildirim, Çelebi Uluyol","doi":"10.53850/joltida.1176173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53850/joltida.1176173","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, it was aimed to develop the computational thinking scale for primary school students and to examine the computational thinking levels of primary school students according to different variables (grade level, daily computer use time). The study was carried out in accordance with the general survey model, which is one of the descriptive research types. The study group of the research consisted of students studying in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades of primary schools in Ankara Gölbaşı district in the second term of the 2021-2022 academic year. The data were analyzed with the SPSS 21 package program. As a result of the study, a one-dimensional Computational Thinking Scale, whose validity and reliability was tested, was developed. The scale consists of 17 items and is in 3-point Likert type. The internal consistency coefficient of the scale was found to be Cronbach Alpha .92. The developed scale was applied to primary school students in the next stage. As a result of the study, it was found that the computational thinking levels of primary school students differed significantly according to the grade level. On the other hand, it was observed that the students' computational thinking levels differed significantly according to the time spent in front of the computer daily, and the mean of the students' computational thinking scale increased as the daily computer use time increased.","PeriodicalId":429163,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124840112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Vocabulary Teaching Approach in Turkish Curriculum on Turkish Textbooks and Use of Technology in Vocabulary Teaching","authors":"Filiz Mete, Berra Ali̇başi̇ç, Beyza Köksal","doi":"10.53850/joltida.1179069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53850/joltida.1179069","url":null,"abstract":"Knowing a word means knowing its pronunciation, spelling, concept area, and meaning layers. Vocabulary is never an area that can be learned completely by individuals; rather it is a field that expands and deepens throughout life. Vocabulary teaching requires much more than just looking up words in a dictionary or using them in a sentence. Vocabulary is formed either by coincidence through indirect exposure to words or by deliberate and planned acquisition of certain words with vocabulary learning strategies. In this respect, the materials and lesson plans for teaching vocabulary should be prepared to enable the individual to comprehend words with multiple meanings and to use them effectively. Because the vocabulary of an individual will directly have an impact on effective use of four basic skills of the language (listening, reading, speaking, and writing). In this study, the approach of the Turkish curriculum and Turkish textbooks to vocabulary teaching is examined and the areas of utilisation of web 2.0 tools in vocabulary teaching are exemplified within the scope of technological development. This research is a qualitative study using the data which were collected through document analysis. Data collection sources are Turkish course curricula and secondary school Turkish textbooks. Results of the study show that, there is a conflict between the curriculum and the textbook in terms of vocabulary teaching; the vocabulary teaching activities are monotonous and are predominantly associated with the reading skill which is just one of the four basic language skills; Turkish textbooks lack addressing to related technological tools. Moreover, the planning of vocabulary teaching in the Turkish curriculum is not clear enough. In this context, the present study introduces various web 2.0 tools for the interest of curriculum developers, textbook authors, and Turkish teachers to effectively teach vocabulary.","PeriodicalId":429163,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130226334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mehmet Fatih Pekyürek, Hatice Yıldız Durak, Mustafa Saritepeci, Yıldız ÖZAYDIN AYDOĞDU, Eda AKDOĞDU YILDIZ
{"title":"Examining the Usability of e-Content in Different Forms for Increasing Digital Parenting Competencies","authors":"Mehmet Fatih Pekyürek, Hatice Yıldız Durak, Mustafa Saritepeci, Yıldız ÖZAYDIN AYDOĞDU, Eda AKDOĞDU YILDIZ","doi":"10.53850/joltida.1118809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53850/joltida.1118809","url":null,"abstract":"A usability test during the development of learning material can reduce many usability problems. This can increase the quality and efficiency of the material. In future studies, design principles that can guide e-content development can be established. More efficient learning material can be created by developing e-contents in the context of these design principles. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the usability of e-contents developed to increase parents’ digital parenting competencies and awareness. In this study, a usability test was created for online content. Materials for video and visual aided written material usability were designed and used for this study, including an online content usability questionnaire. Field experts’ opinions were taken and usability tests were conducted with real users. These usability tests were developed by Alexander (2013). This study follows usability principles to determine the usability of various online videos and visually supported materials to increase parents’ digital parenting competencies and awareness. Usability test results were revealed through descriptive statistics. This research helps parents better understand the possibilities, potentials, and limitations in designing educational online content on digital parenting. On the other hand, this usability test has the potential to detect the usability of educational videos in different fields.","PeriodicalId":429163,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123134353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examination of Digital Game Addiction Levels of Adolescent Mainstreaming Students","authors":"Tuğba Sivrikaya, Müzeyyen Eldeniz Çetin","doi":"10.53850/joltida.1084792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53850/joltida.1084792","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to examine the digital game addiction levels of mainstreaming student adolescents in terms of various variables. 157 mainstreaming student adolescents between the ages of 12-18 who attend secondary school, Anatolian High School, Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, and Vocational Education Center in Düzce province participated in the research. Data were collected using the Demographic Data Form and the Digital Game Addiction Scale (DGAS-7) in the study, which is designed with the descriptive scanning model. As a result of the research, the digital game addiction levels of mainstreaming students among adolescents were found to be low in general. While there was no significant difference between digital game addiction levels of mainstreaming student adolescents according to age, type of disability, and degree of disability, there was a significant difference according to gender and type of school attended. Suggestions for further research and applications are included.","PeriodicalId":429163,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121130083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IMPACT OF AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN HEALTH EDUCATION","authors":"Jamila Ji̇bri̇l, H. Cakır","doi":"10.53850/joltida.1076286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53850/joltida.1076286","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to present a synthesis of the studies on mobile augmented reality in health education with a critical approach and to develop suggestions for future researchers. The use of mobile augmented reality technology has improved in teaching and teaching methods recently, several scientific articles and researchers have shown how this new technology has a positive impact on education and improving learning and teaching methods, as well as a positive effect on students. This study aims to investigate the effect of the use of augmented reality in health education on students' performance by presenting an application and measuring students' perspectives on the use of this technology and its use as an educational tool in teaching-learning for this purpose, an Anatomy application based on anatomy lesson was designed with Unity 3d platform, blender and after effect and they were asked to experience the augmented reality application prepared following their 150 Health Services Vocational department experiences. The results of the research show that students respond positively to the use of technology and (76%) believe that the use of technology in the learning-teaching process will increase their performance, and (79%) it is recommended use AR applications as an educational tool in the classroom. They also stated that universities and higher education institutions should pay more attention to the information acquisition dimensions of this technology","PeriodicalId":429163,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131552908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LEARNERS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS DUAL-CODING IN ADAPTIVE HYPERMEDIA ENVIRONMENTS: LISTENING TEXTS, KEYWORDS AND VISUALS","authors":"Vehbi Türel","doi":"10.53850/joltida.1083583","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53850/joltida.1083583","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, 56 participants’ (N= 56) perceptions towards dual coding in design of audio-only listening texts (i.e. re-provision of the same audio-only listening texts in the form of audio-only listening texts + keywords or supplementary contextual visuals + keywords at non-initial phases of the while listening stage) in a hypermedia listening application for foreign language learning (FLL) were investigated. The study also investigated whether there were any differences between the participants’ perceptions in terms of gender, age, job and FLL period. The study was both quantitative and qualitative in nature. The results of the study were analysed with SPSS (i.e. Mean, Std. Deviation, Independent Samples t Test, ANOVA, Pearson Correlation test, Chi-square). The results revealed that the language learners (LLs) were overwhelmingly in favour of the use of the dual coding in design audio-only listening texts (i.e. re-provision of the same audio-only listening texts in the form of audio-only listening texts + keywords or supplementary contextual visuals + keywords at non-initial phases of while listening stage) in a hypermedia listening application for FLL. The majority of the LLs believed that not only did such a design benefit them in different ways, but it also contributed to the enhancement of their learning. The participants also felt that such a design could and should have been further improved. Moreover, the results revealed that there were significant differences between the participants’ perceptions towards the re-provision of the same audio-only listening texts with keywords, and (supplementary contextual) visuals + keywords.","PeriodicalId":429163,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132618810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Novel Approach to Identify Difficult Words in English to Promote Vocabulary Acquisition of Children Dually Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Hearing Loss","authors":"Ebru Efeoglu, Ayşe Tuna","doi":"10.53850/joltida.1078232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53850/joltida.1078232","url":null,"abstract":"Usage of complex words causes significant problems not only in reading but in writing as well and eventually leads to poor academic achievement of students, poorer particularly for hearing impaired children. The dual diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and hearing impairment pose additional challenges mainly due to the difficulties that come with making accurate decisions. Hence, parents must be provided with the information about the signs and symptoms of ASD and deafness or partial hearing loss, as well as appropriate intervention strategies. Although different learning activities can be used to enlarge such children’s vocabulary, if the presented words are difficult to learn, it will be very hard to realize this. Identifying difficult words and replacing them with simple ones both make the readability of a text easier and help such children enhance their vocabulary knowledge in a shorter period of time. Therefore, in this study we propose a classification approach that identifies difficult words among a given set of words in English. The lexical and semantic features of the words in the dataset were extracted based on the language rules specific to hearing impaired children. In the classification approach, five popular classification algorithms were used and the algorithms' performance in identifying difficult words was evaluated using various performance metrics. As the results show, the K-Nearest Neighbors algorithm is the most suitable algorithm for identifying difficult words in English for the target group.","PeriodicalId":429163,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age","volume":"86 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114059704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE ‘VIRTUAL’ INTERNATIONALISATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO FOSTER GLOCAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT","authors":"B. Sertyesilisik, Egemen Sertyesilisik","doi":"10.53850/joltida.1075392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53850/joltida.1075392","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The COVID-19 pandemic challenged the higher education institution’s face-to-face education. Higher education institutions have overcome this challenge through enhanced virtual education which has provided further opportunities to the higher education institutions. One of these opportunities is the ‘virtual’ internationalisation of higher education which enables higher education institutions to reach more students globally. \u0000Purposes: This paper aims to investigate the ‘virtual’ internationalisation of higher education’s role in glocal sustainable development and how to enhance its use to support glocal sustainability and sustainable development. \u0000Methodology/Approach: The aim of this paper is achieved based on an in-depth literature review. \u0000Findings: This paper highlights effective, strategic and successful ‘virtual’ internationalisation of higher education’s role in competitiveness of higher education institutions. This paper highlights political economy of the ‘virtual’ internationalisation of higher education and provides recommendations and key success factors for the ‘virtual’ internationalisation of higher education to enhance glocal sustainable development and sustainability. This paper emphasises importance of considering the ‘virtual’ internationalisation of higher education in countries’ sustainable development plans, strategies and policies. \u0000Discussion: Effective and strategic ‘virtual’ internationalisation of higher education’s can support higher education institutions’ competitive advantage globally. They can support higher education institutions’ success in getting intelligent students from all over the world. This can further contribute to their competitiveness. Furthermore, this can enable them to employ, in these ‘virtual’ internationalisation of higher education programmes, globally competitive and competent academic staff from all over the world. This paper can be useful to academics, policy-makers and researchers in the relevant field.","PeriodicalId":429163,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122563431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Application of Personalized Adaptive Learning Systems in Calculus I Course","authors":"Ozlem Cakir","doi":"10.53850/joltida.1116403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53850/joltida.1116403","url":null,"abstract":"Since Personalized Instruction increases the motivation, interest, performance and attitude of the student, it is aimed to develop an instructional management system that can be adapted to the individual, taking into account the prior knowledge level of the person who provides the personalization of all instructional materials. \u0000The project is basically an interdisciplinary system and product development study covering the fields of educational technology and computer engineering. The research, which was planned as a research and development study, was generally planned in accordance with action research methodologies. Considered within the scope of \"Information Access and Management Systems\", a learning management system that can be adapted to the individual has been developed with this project. In the system, a database has been created in which students are better introduced. An adaptation of the mathematics course was made as an example given by Arizona State University.","PeriodicalId":429163,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age","volume":"15 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122593489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Opinions of High School Students About Distance Education in Pandemic Process","authors":"Ebru Yılmaz İnce, Nurcihan Kabul, A. Kabul","doi":"10.53850/joltida.1035262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53850/joltida.1035262","url":null,"abstract":"During the pandemic process, education and training have continued with distance education in public and private schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education since 13 March 2020. The aim of this study is to determine the knowledge and opinion of students about distance education in high school during the pandemic process. A total of 251 students, 70 of whom were male and 181 were female, answered the questionnaire from high school in the fall term of 2020-2021. The high school was chosen due to the fact that it is a project and a boarding school and there are students from different settlements. Volunteering was taken as a basis in determining the participants. According to the research results, it was revealed that slightly more than half of the participants had a computer and non-telephone internet connection at home. Also, it has been determined that the participants' computer and internet facilities affect their views on distance education. When the participants compared formal education with distance education, it was determined that they think formal education is more efficient.","PeriodicalId":429163,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age","volume":"133 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122242822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}