Anasınıfına Devam Eden Çocuklara Verilen Yaratıcı Drama Eğitiminin Çocukların İşitsel Muhakeme ve İşlem Becerilerine Etkisinin İncelenmesi

This study aims at investigating the effects of creative drama education on auditory reasoning and processing skills of children attending nursery classes. Pretest-posttest control group experimental design was used in the study. The research sample consisted of a total of 30 children, of whom 15 were in the experimental group and 15 were in the control group. After the administration of the pretest, the children in the experimental group were given Creative Drama education for 12 weeks in sessions of 45 minutes twice a week. “Auditory Reasoning and Processing Skills Test”, which was developed by Gardner (1993) and adapted by Erbay (2009) to Turkish children aged 6, was used as the data collection tool. The data obtained were analyzed by using SPSS 15.00. Research findings indicated that creative drama education improved children’s auditory reasoning and processing skills and that this improvement was permanent. Although improvement was also observed in the skills of the control group children, it was concluded that this improvement was statistically insignificant.Bu araştırma, anasınıfına devam eden çocukların işitsel muhakeme ve işlem becerilerine yaratıcı drama eğitiminin etkisini incelemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmada öntest-sontest kontrol gruplu deneysel desen kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini 15 deneme ve 15 kontrol grubu olmak üzere toplam 30 çocuk oluşturmuştur. Deneme grubundaki çocuklara öntest uygulamalarından sonra 12 hafta boyunca ve haftada 2 gün 45’er dakikalık etkinlikler halinde yaratıcı drama eğitimi verilmiştir. Veri toplama aracı olarak Gardner (1993) tarafından geliştirilen, Erbay (2009) tarafından 6 yaş Türk çocuklarına uyarlaması yapılan “İşitsel Muhakeme ve İşlem Becerileri Testi” kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler SPSS 15.00 kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma bulguları, yaratıcı drama eğitiminin çocukların işitsel muhakeme ve işlem becerilerini geliştirdiğini ve bu gelişimin kalıcı olduğunu göstermiştir. Kontrol grubundaki çocukların becerilerinde de gelişme gözlenirken, bu gelişmenin istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olmadığı sonucu ortaya çıkmıştır

Do the school adaptation levels of preschoolers vary according to their relationship with their teachers?

In this study, the differentiation status of preschool children's adaptation to school according to their relationship with teachers was examined. The study participants consisted of 326 children aged 60-72 months and 21 preschool teachers in different preschool educational institutions affiliated to the Provincial Directorate of National Education in Konya, Turkey. The School Adaptation Teacher Assessment Scale and Teacher-Student Relationship Scale were utilized to collect the research data. In the evaluation of the research data, firstly, teacher-child relationship scores were divided into groups for cluster analysis: conflictual/non-conflictual, dependent/ independent, and close/distant teacher-child relationship. The data gathered were analyzed using the independent-samples t-test. The results of the study revealed that the level of school adaptation of the children who had close, non-conflictual, and independent relationships with their teachers differed significantly from that of children who had distant, conflictual, and dependent relationships with their teachers. Positive teacher-child relationships reflected positively on the level of the child's school adaptation level. Teachers should establish close relationships with children in order to facilitate their adaptation to the school in the preschool period

The effectiveness of creative drama education on the teaching of social communication skills in mainstreamed students

AbstractThe present study was conducted in order to evaluate the effectiveness of creative drama education on teaching the social communication skills of greeting, joining the group and initiating a conversation in preschool level disabled students integrated into mainstream education. A six-year-old hearing impaired female student attending the nursery class of a primary school administered by the Provincial Directorate of National Education in the Province of Konya was included in the study. The “Social Communication Skills Evaluation Observation Form”, which was developed by the researchers, was used as the data collection tool As the result of the study, it was found that creative drama education had a significant positive effect on the social communication skills of the subject

The Effects of Some Variables Relating to Mothers on Children’S Creative Thinking

DergiPark: 326474trakyasobedIn this research, the effects of the education level of the mother’s behaviors against to their children and the education level of the mothers and the mother’s behaviors againist to their children on the level of children’s creative thoughtBu araştırmada, annelerin eğitim düzeylerinin çocuklarına karşı tutum ve davranışlarına olan etkileri ile annelerin eğitim düzeylerinin ve çocuklarına karşı davranışlarının çocukların yaratıcı düşünme düzeylerine etkileri incelenmişti

A comparative study on exergetic performance assessment for drying of broccoli florets in three different drying systems

This article deals with the exergy analysis and evaluation of broccoli in three different drying systems. The effects of drying air temperature on the exergy destruction, exergy efficiency, and exergetic improvement potential of the drying process were investigated. The exergy destruction rate for the drying chamber increased with the rise in the drying air temperature at 1.5 m/s, both in the tray and the heat pump dryer. The highest exergy efficiency value was obtained as 90.86% in the fluid bed dryer in comparison to the other two drying systems and the improvement potential rate was the highest in the heat pump dryer during drying of broccoli at the drying air temperature of 45°C and the drying air velocity of 1.0 m/s. © 2010 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

The knowledge and attitudes of breast self-examination and mammography in a group of women in a rural area in western Turkey

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer appears to be a disease of both the developing and developed worlds. Among Turkish women, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. The aims of this cross-sectional study were to determine levels of knowledge about breast cancer and to evaluate health beliefs concerning the model that promotes breast self- examination (BSE) and mammography in a group of women aged 20–64 in a rural area of western Turkey. METHODS: 244 women were recruited by means of cluster sampling in this study. The questionnaire consisted of sociodemographic variables, a risk factors and signs of breast cancer form and the adapted version of Champion's Health Belief Model Scale (CHBMS). Bivariate correlation analysis, Chi square test, Mann-Whitney U test and logistic regression analysis were performed throughout the data analysis. RESULTS: The mean age of the women was 37.7 ± 13.7. 49.2% of women were primary school graduates, 67.6% were married. Although 76.6% of the women in this study reported that they had heard or read about breast cancer, our study revealed that only 56.1% of them had sufficient knowledge of breast cancer, half of whom had acquired the information from health professionals. Level of breast cancer knowledge was the only variable significantly associated with the BSE and mammography practice (p = 0.011, p = 0.007). BSE performers among the study group were more likely to be women who exhibited higher confidence and perceived greater benefits from BSE practice, and those who perceived fewer barriers to BSE performance and possessed knowledge of breast cancer. CONCLUSION: By using the CHBMS constructs for assessment, primary health care providers can more easily understand the beliefs that influence women's BSE and mammography practice

Turkish Validation of Social Emotional Well-Being and Resilience Scale (PERIK)

The purpose of the study was to examine the validity and reliability of Social Emotional Well Being and Resilience Scale (PERIK) to measure so-cial-emotional well-being and resilience in Turkish preschool children. Two independent samples of four to six year children were used. Sample 1 served as the calibration sample to explore the most appropriate structure of the PERIK-T (227 children). Sample 2 served as the validation sample (227 children). A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to test the stability of the original factor structure of the six-factor PERIK. Concluding that 36 item PERIK did not fit the data obtained from Turkish sample, an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted to further explore the factor structure of the PERIK that better represented the sample data. The results of EFA suggested a six-factor 30 item solution. This 30 item model was subsequently cross-validated with the second sample (n= 227). The results of the second CFA showed a good fit to the data. Scale scores showed a relatively high internal consistency and item-total correlations ranging from .47 to .76. To provide evidence for criterion-related validity of the PERIK, reported differences or relations in terms of gender and age are referenced

Optimization of Drying of Olive Leaves in a Pilot-Scale Heat Pump Dryer

WOS: 000263703200011Recently, the interest in olive leaf has increased due to its high phenolic content. It has a high potential for industrial exploitation in food industry and the main process in olive leaf treatment is drying. Drying affects the product quality and is an energy-intensive process, so the use of heat pumps in drying processes that have low operating cost has attracted the attention of the investigators. In this study, response surface methodology was used to optimize operating conditions of drying of olive leaves in a pilot-scale heat pump conveyor dryer. The independent variables were air temperature, air velocity, and process time, and the responses were total phenolic content and antioxidant activity loss, final moisture content, and exergetic efficiency. Optimum operating conditions were found to be temperature of 53.43C, air velocity of 0.64 m/s, process time of 288.32min. At this optimum point, total phenolic content loss, total antioxidant activity loss, final moisture content, and exergetic efficiency were found to be 9.77%, 44.25%, 6.0% (w.b.), and 69.55%, respectively.Ege University Scientific ResearchEge University [2007/MUH/30]; Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK)This study is a part of the M. Sc. thesis The Investigation of Modeling, Optimization, and Exergetic Analysis of Drying of Olive Leaves and is supported by Ege University Scientific Research Project no. 2007/MUH/30. The heat pump conveyor dryer system used in this study was designed and constructed under the scope of the project Design, Test and Performance Evaluation of a Gas Engine-Driven Solar-Assisted Band Conveyor Heat Pump Drying System ( Project no: 106M482) supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)

The effect of mobile and information technologies on the language development design of preschool children: a meta-analysis and meta-synthesis study

This study aims to reveal the effect of mobile and information technologies (IT) supported education on the language development design of children, in different cultures in the preschool period, using the methods of meta-analysis and meta-synthesis. Fifteen (15) studies were examined in the meta-synthesis and 22 reviews in the meta-analysis. The studies reviewed in the meta-synthesis were subjected to content analysis, and codes were grouped under six themes. Taking into account the effect sizes reported in the experimental studies in the meta- analysis, the total effect size was calculated by using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis. The analysis revealed that mobile and IT supported education had a high positive effect on the language development of preschool children in different cultures