Prospective teachers’ views about creating websites for social studies teaching in distance education

The present study aims to investigate prospective teachers’ views about creating websites for social studies teaching in distance education. To this end, the study employed the case study method, one of the qualitative research methods. The study group consisted of prospective social studies and classroom teachers studying in the 2019-2020 academic year at the Faculty of Education of a state university located in the Black Sea Region. The study was conducted in two phases: the first phase was carried out with 112 prospective teachers and the second with 12. Data were collected by means of structured and semi-structured interviews and were analyzed by content analysis. Data analysis revealed that websites were a part of the learning-teaching process, that it was important to use websites as educational tools, that websites enabled technology to be integrated into education, that websites enabled the inclusion of up-to-date content for effective teaching of social studies, and that websites provided students with easy access to knowledge through fun learning environments. Based on the results, it can be recommended that the creation and use of websites for the social studies course should be promoted among both working and prospective teachers and that social studies lessons can be taught more effectively with personal educational websites that contain up-to-date, fun, and interactive teaching materials

Multi-objective Optimization Framework for Trade-Off Among Pedestrian Delays and Vehicular Emissions at Signal-Controlled Intersections

Traffic congestion has several adverse effects on urban traffic networks. Increased travel times of vehicles, with the addition of excessive greenhouse emissions, can be listed as harmful effects. To address these issues, transportation engineers aim to reduce private car usage, reduce travel times through different control strategies, and mitigate harmful effects on urban networks. In this study, we introduce an innovative approach to optimizing traffic signal control settings. This methodology takes into account both pedestrian delays and vehicular emissions. Non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II and Multiobjective Artificial Bee Colony algorithms are adopted to solve the multi-objective optimization problem. The vehicular emissions are modeled through the MOVES3 emission model and integrated into the utilized microsimulation environment. Initially, the proposed framework is tested on a hypothetical test network, followed by a real-world case study. Results indicate a significant improvement in pedestrian delays and lower emissions

Prospective teachers' views about creating websites for social studies teaching in distance education

The present study aims to investigate prospective teachers' views about creating websites for social studies teaching in distance education. To this end, the study employed the case study method, one of the qualitative research methods. The study group consisted of prospective social studies and classroom teachers studying in the 2019-2020 academic year at the Faculty of Education of a state university located in the Black Sea Region. The study was conducted in two phases: the first phase was carried out with 112 prospective teachers and the second with 12. Data were collected by means of structured and semi-structured interviews and were analyzed by content analysis. Data analysis revealed that websites were a part of the learning-teaching process, that it was important to use websites as educational tools, that websites enabled technology to be integrated into education, that websites enabled the inclusion of up-to-date content for effective teaching of social studies, and that websites provided students with easy access to knowledge through fun learning environments. Based on the results, it can be recommended that the creation and use of websites for the social studies course should be promoted among both working and prospective teachers and that social studies lessons can be taught more effectively with personal educational websites that contain up-to-date, fun, and interactive teaching materials. Keywords: Distance education, website, social studies teaching, prospective teacher

Examination of the skills in the curriculum for social studies course within the scope of the activities included in the 7th grade social studies course book

Bu araştırmanın amacı sosyal bilgiler dersi öğretim programındaki beceriler ile 7. sınıf sosyal bilgiler ders kitabındaki etkinliklerin uyumunun incelenmesidir. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden doküman incelemesi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı tarafından hazırlanan sosyal bilgiler dersi öğretim programı ile 7. sınıf sosyal bilgiler ders kitabından toplanmıştır. Veri toplama araçları, amaçlı örnekleme yöntemlerinden ölçüt örneklemeye göre seçilmiştir. Veriler betimsel analiz ile çözümlenmiştir. Bulgularda, ders kitabındaki her bir etkinlik, öğrenme alanları kapsamında incelenerek, her biri beceri ve alt boyutları karşılayacak şekilde ayrıntılı olarak verilmiş ve sonuçlar belirtilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre, sosyal bilgiler öğretim programında yer alan becerilerin 7. sınıf sosyal bilgiler ders kitabındaki etkinliklere yansımasının dengesiz olduğu, hatta bazı beceri ve alt boyutlara ilişkin etkinliklerin ise hiç yer almadığı tespit edilmiştir. Bu doğrultuda, ders kitabındaki her bir öğrenme alanında, öğretim programında kazandırılması amaçlanan becerilere uygun ve dengeli dağılım gözetilerek etkinliklere yer verilmesi gerektiği önerilmektedir. Ayrıca öğretim programında, becerilere yönelik açıklamalara, alt boyutlara yer verilebilir ve araştırma, ders kitaplarındaki uygulama bölümleri için daha geniş kapsamlı incelenebilir.The aim of this research is to examine the conformance of the skills in the curriculum for social studies course to the activities included in the 7thgrade social studies course book. In the research, document review that is of the qualitative research methods has been used. Research data have been gathered fromthe social studies course curriculum and the 7thgrade social studies course book approved by the Ministry of National Education. Data collection instruments have been selected according to the criterion sampling which is one of the purposeful sampling methods.Data have been analyzed by means of descriptive analysis. In the findings, each activity in the course book, by having been examined within the scope of learning domains, has been presented in detail so as to regard the skill and sub-dimensions, andrelevant results have been stated.As obtained on the results, it has been detected that the reflection of the skills included in the social studies course curriculum on the activities taking place in the 7thgrade social studies course book is unbalanced; and even, the activities for some skills and sub-dimensions are not involved in, at all. Accordingly, it is proposed that the activities must be included in each learning domain in the course book, by payingregard to the distribution to be proper and well-balanced in terms of the skills aimed to be gained within the curriculum. Furthermore, the explanations for the skills and sub-dimensions can be included in the curriculum, and the research can also be investigated as in a broader scope for the practice parts in the course books

Sosyal bilgiler dersi öğretim programındaki becerilerin 7. sınıf sosyal bilgiler ders kitabında yer alan etkinlikler kapsamında incelenmesi

Bu araştırmanın amacı sosyal bilgiler dersi öğretim programındaki becerilerin 7. sınıf sosyal bilgiler ders kitabında yer alan etkinlikler kapsamında incelenmesidir. Araştırmada doküman incelemesi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma verileri sosyal bilgiler dersi öğretim programı ile 7. sınıf sosyal bilgiler ders kitabından toplanmıştır. Bu kapsamda 7. sınıf sosyal bilgiler ders kitabının seçilmesinin nedeni, öğrenilenlerin pekiştirileceği etkinliklerin yer aldığı bölümün doğrudan belirtilmiş olmasıdır. Veriler içerik analizi ile çözümlenmiştir. Verilerin analizi devam etmekte olup, araştırma sonucunda sosyal bilgiler dersi öğretim programında kazandırılması amaçlanan becerilerin, 7. sınıf sosyal bilgiler ders kitabında yer alan etkinlikler ile kazandırılma durumları ortaya konarak tartışılacaktır. Bu araştırmanın öğretim programı ve ders kitabı hazırlayanlar ile sosyal bilgiler eğitimiyle ilgili araştırmalara katkı sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir

Dördüncü ventrikülde yerleşik olmayan ventriküler şant kateteri

Ventriküloperitonal şant bozukluğu, hidrosefali yönetimi sonrasının istenmeyen bir sonucu olabilir. Sistemin proksimal uç bozukluğu, distal katetere kıyasla nadiren görülür. Burada doğumda hidrosefali teşhisi konulduktan sonra ventriküloperitonal şant sistem tedavisi almış fakat operasyodan 6 ay sonra şant disfonksiyonu gelişen 6 aylık bir yenidoğanın durumu sunulmuşturVentriculoperitonal shunt dysfunction can be a displeasing result after management of hydrocephalus. Proksimal tip malfunction of the system is rarely seen compared with distal catheter. Here we report a 6-month-old infant who was treated with ventriculoperitonal shunt system after the diagnosis of hydrocephalus at birth and presented with shunt dysfunction 6 months after the operatio

A Methodology to Consider Explicitly Emissions in Dynamic User Equilibrium Assignment

This work presents a methodology to obtain Dynamic User Equilibrium (DUE) over a road network considering the exhausted gas effect of motorized traffic. On purpose, three emission models are integrated to the traffic simulator AIMSUN, and an entire modeling structure is proposed. The proposed methodology is tested on both a hypothetical test network and a real-world network in Istanbul, Turkey. With the use of dynamic traffic assignment components of AIMSUN, emissions are incorporated into dynamic cost functions. Furthermore, link travel times are considered in the dynamic cost functions in conjunction with emissions. The DUE condition is converged according to dynamic cost functions. Results with the employment of different emission models on a real road network are compared and discussed

SUMO User Conference 2019

SUMO2019:Editor's Preface This volume contains the papers presented at the SUMO Conference 2019 Simulating Connected Urban Mobility. The conference was held in Berlin from 13-15 May 2019. The goal of the conference was to present new results in the field of mobility simulation and modelling using traffic tools and data which are open available.There were 32 submissions. Each submission was reviewed by at least 2 program committee members. The committee decided to accept 22 papers. Traffic simulations have a high value for traffic research studies. New traffic strategies can be tested and evaluated in advance with little costs. For realistic simulation results a complex traffic simulation framework is needed. One microscopic traffic simulation for this purpose is the open source tool Eclipse SUMO (Simulation of open mobility) which is available since 2001. SUMO provides a wide range of transport planning and modelling applications. The major topic of the 7th SUMO conference is the simulation of connected vehicles. This volume contains articles about simulator coupling, connected and automated Vehicles. Furthermore, the journal includes also papers about new algorithms for traffic light systems and new applications for the simulation of other traffic modes or reinforcement learning strategies. We would like to thank EasyChair for the conference support and its helpfull conference management tool. Laura Bieker-Walz Melanie Weber Robert Hilbrich Michael Behrisch July 24, 2019 Berli