A real context problem for consolidating the similarity

Bu çalışma, 5-7 Şubat 2015 tarihleri arasında Atina[Yunanistan]'da gerçekleştirilen 7. World Conference on Educational Sciences'de bildiri olarak sunulmuştur.Constructing a new mathematical structure depends on conceptual understanding and connection with previous constructs. For the purpose of obtaining a new mathematical structure, the process of constructing a concept is defined as abstraction. The weaknesses of new structures that are generated create need their consolidation and so consolidation has been added as a step of the abstraction process. The purpose of this case study is to examine the solving process of a real context problem for consolidating similarity of triangles. The participants are two mathematics education master students. Consequently, it has been determined that participants have similarity knowledge theoretical but in order to consolidate it, they have to encounter more real context problems

In vitro blood flow model with physiological wall shear stress for hemocompatibility testing-An example of coronary stent testing

Hemocompatibility of blood contacting medical devices has to be evaluated before their intended application. To assess hemocompatibility, blood flow models are often used and can either consist of in vivo animal models or in vitro blood flow models. Given the disadvantages of animal models, in vitro blood flow models are an attractive alternative. The in vitro blood flow models available nowadays mostly focus on generating continuous flow instead of generating a pulsatile flow with certain wall shear stress, which has shown to be more relevant in maintaining hemostasis. To address this issue, the authors introduce a blood flow model that is able to generate a pulsatile flow and wall shear stress resembling the physiological situation, which the authors have coined the "Haemobile." The authors have validated the model by performing Doppler flow measurements to calculate velocity profiles and ( wall) shear stress profiles. As an example, the authors evaluated the thrombogenicity of two drug eluting stents, one that was already on the market and one that was still under development. After identifying proper conditions resembling the wall shear stress in coronary arteries, the authors compared the stents with each other and often used reference materials. These experiments resulted in high contrast between hemocompatible and incompatible materials, showing the exceptional testing capabilities of the Haemobile. In conclusion, the authors have developed an in vitro blood flow model which is capable of mimicking physiological conditions of blood flow as close as possible. The model is convenient in use and is able to clearly discriminate between hemocompatible and incompatible materials, making it suitable for evaluating the hemocompatible properties of medical devices. (C) 2016 Author(s)

Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences

The objective of this study is to prove that the basic philosophy teaching on an academic level is compulsory in translation and interpretation departments by taking into account the challenges encountered in the translation of philosophical texts and besides the ways to solving them. At the end of their training, students in translation and interpretation departments cannot be expected to translate or interpret every sort of texts owing to the fact that the translation of every text requires specialized knowledge in different fields. Considering that the undergraduate may not gain an opportunity to be specialized at every field, it is sometimes impossible for him or her to understand the source text wholly and translate it to the target culture. As a natural consequence of what he/she has learnt during his/her training, the translator may compensate his/her lack of knowledge in ordinary texts with finding suitable equivalents in each culture. In other words, the translator can further develop his/her skills in the translation of ordinary texts after she/he has graduated from the department. However, in the translation of text types such philosophical ones encompassing an important part of a culture, both internalization and questioning are required other than finding accurate equivalents in source and target texts. This can only be achieved if students take the basic philosophy education. The fact that each course in translation and interpretation departments is offered by a different field specialist and the philosophy is regarded as an area of specialization make easily understanding of translation challenges encountered particularly in the translation of philosophical texts possible. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of Academic World Education and Research Center

Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences

This study, conducted using a correlational method, determines the relationship between school administrators' decision-making styles and teachers' job satisfaction levels. In total, 483 teachers and 167 administrators from primary schools in Sakarya Province, Turkey, were surveyed. The short form Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and Decision-Making Styles Questionnaire were used. The results show that the job satisfaction levels of teachers and administrators who participated in the survey were high. We conclude that administrators mostly use rational decision-making style, and they rarely use avoidant decision-making style. Regression analysis results showed that teacher job satisfaction levels were predicted significantly by administrators' decision-making styles. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

Professional burnout in general and special education teachers: the role of interpersonal coping strategies

In the present study, the role of interpersonal coping strategies was examined in relation to teachers’ characteristics and burnout factors. Two hundred sixty-nine General and Special Education teachers completed the Teachers’ Interpersonal Competences Test and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Differences in the use of interpersonal coping strategies were noted on teachers’ gender, teaching experience, grade level, experience and training in Special Education. Interpersonal coping strategies predicted most of teachers’ burnout factors according to regression analyses. The importance of developing strategies that enhance interpersonal relationships and reduce conflicts at schools, in order to reduce teachers’ burnout, is discussed. © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group

Social skills for the teaching performance in Chile: perceptions of teachers and principals

The aim has been to explore the meaning of the concept 'social skills' from the perspective of principals and teachers that have a role in educational contexts. Using a descriptive design the technique of natural semantic networks was applied to a convenience sample of 81 subjects of the Araucania region-Chile. The results report that the definition of the concept is formed by: conversational skills, coexistence, empathy and solidarity. It is concluded that the identified skills benefit the generation of appropriate environments for learning and are transformed into a valuable resource to strengthen the training of students (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd

Memory for spatial location in normally developing child athletes and adolescent athletes with organic mild mental retardation

Par cette étude comparative de deux groupes de même âge mental, on vérifie si le rappel de localisation spatiale de différents types de stimuli (images d'objets du monde réel, formes géométriques, images sans sens) est automatique (théorie de Hasher et Zacks, 1979) ou s'il nécessite un effort mental important

Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences

One of the main objects of education is to teach student how to reach the information instead of giving him a pure knowledge. Because one can easily forget any knowledge but the skill of reaching the correct information can be used forever if it is learned once. Extracurricular activities like doing research/homework are really important in terms of teaching these skills. Homeworks/researches enable parents to take part in that process as they are extracurricular activities. Both their children and themselves face with many difficulties during this process. Therefore, this study aims to describe those difficulties faced during the research/homework process by parents who have children in primary schools. This study has been lead according to the phenomenological method among qualitative research techniques. The study group consists of 26 parents whose children are in primary school during 2013-2014 academic year and these parents have been selected with the criterion sampling method which is one of those predictive sampling methods. In order to gather information, some interview questionnaire forms designed and used by the researchers. Acquired data has been evaluated in terms of descriptive analysis. At the end of the research it has been concluded that parents encounter many economical (e.g: not being able to spare time, providing equipment economically etc.) and spiritual difficulties (e.g: boredom, exhaustion, panic, feeling of self-inadequacy etc.) Students, on the other hand, encounter some sensory (e.g: boredom, fatigue), cognitive (e.g: not understanding), physical environmental and physicomotor difficulties. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd

Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences

Irrational beliefs are improper solutions developed by the person himself for his personal problems. They occur in person's mind. These beliefs affect person's life. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of irrational beliefs on academic motivation and academic self-efficacy of students. Independent variable of the study is irrational beliefs. Dependent variables are academic motivation and academic self-efficacy. Survey method was used in the study. The sample of the study consists of 161 second and third year students attending at Sakarya University, Faculty of Education, Department of Computer and Instructional Technologies Education. It was found out that there were no differences between irrational beliefs of students in terms of gender. And we found positive relationship between irrational beliefs and academic motivation, and negative relationship between irrational beliefs and academic self-efficacy of students. At the end of the research some suggestions has been presented on irrational beliefs, academic motivation and academic self-efficacy. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd

Design of an Instrument to Assess Social Skills in Teacher Training Programs

The aim has been to design a tool to assess social skills in initial teacher training students in Chile. Has been design a preliminary instrument to which a content validation was performed by expert judgment and analysis of reliability. The results show an instrument with relevant and consistent dimensions to concept, with reliability alpha = .92. The instrument stay composed with 41 items, divided into 5 dimensions. Its use would favor the evaluation and generation of strategies to strengthen social skills in initial teacher training. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd