Effects of collaborative writing on attitudes of learners towards writing at Anadolu University Preparatory School

Ankara : The Department of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, the Institute of Economics and Social Sciences, Bilkent University, 2001.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2001.Includes bibliographical references leaves77-80.Writing is generally thought to be a difficult, boring, and complex job as a skill to be taught and learned. These properties of writing might result in learners’ having negative attitudes towards writing. The purpose of this study was applying collaborative writing at Anadolu University Preparatory School (AUPS) to see the effects of it on learners’ attitudes towards writing. This study was done to find the answers to these questions: 1) What are the effects of collaborative writing on students’ attitudes towards writing? 2) Does “level” have a significant role on change of learners’ attitudes? I had null hypotheses including that collaboration in writing does not have any positive effect on attitudes of learners towards writing and proficiency levels do not have a significant role in terms of attitudes towards writing. The participants were 61 upper-intermediate and advanced level students at AUPS whose ages were from 17 to 21. Participants were male and female. Two questionnaires were used in the study. Each questionnaire was given twice. The firstquestionnaire, which included question items about general attitudes towards writing was given before the first collaborative writing workshop as the pre-treatment questionnaire. The second, which had question items about attitudes towards collaborative writing was administered after the first collaborative writing workshop. The second questionnaire was given once more after the fourth collaborative writing workshop and the first questionnaire was administered as post-treatment at the end of the study. The whole data collection procedure lasted one month. Data were analyzed by t-test and correlation. T-test was used to see the significance of difference between the first and the fourth questionnaires; and also between the second and the third questionnaires. Correlation was used within the first and the fourth questionnaires to see the relationship between the attitudes towards writing in general and towards collaborative writing according to the responses to the question items about both types available in those two questionnaires. The results showed that before treatment the students at AUPS had negative attitudes towards writing and that they had not tried collaborative writing before. The results also indicated that negative attitudes towards writing turned into positive ones after the collaborative writing workshops. In addition the study results indicated that the positive change in attitudes is related to the collaborative writing. Another result of this study is that there is no significant difference between the two proficiency levels; upper-intermediate and advanced.Gökçe, İlkayM.S

Stepping up to Global Challenges (SGC): Empowering Students across the World

Stepping up to Global Challenges (SGC) aimed to provide students with opportunities for language practice through task-based learning activities and the use of digital platforms for interaction. Marketing students at the Polytechnic of Viseu, Portugal, collaborated with peers from Poland and Turkey, choosing an image on entrepreneurship and posting it on the SGC Facebook page to solicit comments from their own and other groups. This was one of the tasks assigned during the 2nd semester of 2019/20, under the constraints of COVID-19. We analyzed the students' choices, main difficulties, and motivation to persist in learning and improving their skills to share knowledge with (inter)national peersinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Project-based foreign language teaching: using video in the co-construction of marketing students' knowledge

No âmbito do projeto ‘Stepping up to Global Challenges (SGC) 2: Learning English while Fighting the Outbreak of Covid-19’ foram desenvolvidas várias atividades com alunos do 1º ano do curso de licenciatura em Marketing do Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, em Portugal. O projeto resulta de uma colaboração internacional com alunos do ensino superior de Radom, na Polónia, teve a duração de um semestre letivo e o seu principal objetivo foi o de dotar os alunos da licenciatura em Marketing de ferramentas linguísticas que permitam melhorar o seu desempenho profissional uma vez no mercado de trabalho. Uma das atividades solicitadas foi a elaboração de um vídeo. Cada grupo de alunos selecionou uma empresa portuguesa/polaca/turca e recolheu informação acerca da mesma. Os tópicos abordados foram vários, quais os produtos que comercializa, qual a sua vantagem competitiva, entre outros, sendo que o foco central foi dado às estratégias que estas empresas adotaram para fazer face à pandemia que assola o mundo. Posteriormente, cada grupo elaborou um vídeo com a informação recolhida. Uma das principais conclusões do estudo foi a de que o recurso à aprendizagem por projeto fazendo uso das novas tecnologias torna a aprendizagem mais motivadora e que esta cooperação quebrou fronteiras.Within the scope of the ‘Stepping up to Global Challenges (SGC) 2: Learning English while Fighting the Outbreak of Covid-19’ project, several activities were developed with 1st year students of the Marketing degree course at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, in Portugal. The project results from an international collaboration with higher education students from Radom, Poland, lasted for one academic semester and its main objective was to provide college students of Marketing with linguistic tools to improve their professional performance once in the job market. One of the activities requested was the making of a video. Each group of students selected a Portuguese/Polish/Turkish company and collected information about it. The topics covered were several, what products or services it markets, what its competitive advantage is, among other issues, but the focus was on the strategies they used to handle this pandemic we are all facing. Subsequently, each group produced a video with the information collected. The main conclusion of the study was that the use of project-based teaching methodology combined with new technologies makes learning more motivating and meaningful, and that this cooperation has broken boundaries.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Outcomes of high-risk breast lesions diagnosed using image-guided core needle biopsy: results from a multicenter retrospective study

PURPOSEThe clinical management of high-risk lesions using image-guided biopsy is challenging. This study aimed to evaluate the rates at which such lesions were upgraded to malignancy and identify possible predictive factors for upgrading high-risk lesions.METHODSThis retrospective multicenter analysis included 1.343 patients diagnosed with high-risk lesions using an image-guided core needle or vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB). Only patients managed using an excisional biopsy or with at least one year of documented radiological follow-up were included. For each, the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) category, number of samples, needle thickness, and lesion size were correlated with malignancy upgrade rates in different histologic subtypes. Pearson’s chi-squared test, the Fisher–Freeman–Halton test, and Fisher’s exact test were used for the statistical analyses.RESULTSThe overall upgrade rate was 20.6%, with the highest rates in the subtypes of intraductal papilloma (IP) with atypia (44.7%; 55/123), followed by atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) (38.4%; 144/375), lobular neoplasia (LN) (12.7%; 7/55), papilloma without atypia (9.4%; 58/611), flat epithelial atypia (FEA) (8.7%; 10/114), and radial scars (RSs) (4.6%; 3/65). There was a significant relationship between the upgrade rate and BI-RADS category, number of samples, and lesion size Lesion size was the most predictive factor for an upgrade in all subtypes.CONCLUSIONADH and atypical IP showed considerable upgrade rates to malignancy, requiring surgical excision. The LN, IP without atypia, pure FEA, and RS subtypes showed lower malignancy rates when the BI-RADS category was lower and in smaller lesions that had been adequately sampled using VAB. After being discussed in a multidisciplinary meeting, these cases could be managed with follow-up instead of excision

Üniversitelerdeki LGBTİ+ Öğrencilerin Eğitim Yaşamlarında Karşılaştıkları Sorunlara ve Beklentilerine İlişkin Görüşleri

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye’deki çeşitli üniversitelerde LGBTİ+ öğrencilere ulaşılıp, yaşadıklarısorunların ve beklentilerinin saptanmasına çalışılmıştır. Bu sorunlar ve beklentiler irdelenirken,üniversitelerde öğrenim gören LGBTİ+ öğrencilerin okulda ve okul çevresinde kimliklerini gizlemegereği duyup duymadıkları; önyargısız biçimde arkadaşlık kurabilip kuramadıkları ve arkadaşlıklardatepkilerle karşılaşıp karşılaşmadıkları; zorbalığa maruz kalıp kalmadıkları ve zorbalığın detayları;eğitim yaşantılarında karşılaştıkları baskıların bu bireylerin üzerinde bıraktıkları etkiler; bu bireylerinkarşılaştıkları sorunlara karşı tepkileri ve LGBTİ+ öğrencileri olarak yaşadıkları sorunlara ilişkinçözüm beklentileri alt problemler dahilinde ele alınmıştır. Araştırmada nitel araştırma desenikullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın evreni bilinmemektedir. Araştırmada kartopu örneklem yoluyla hedefgruba ulaşılmıştır. Evrenin bilinmemesi nedeniyle, kartopu örneklem yoluyla ulaşılabilmiş olanüniversitelerde öğrenim gören LGBTİ+ öğrencilerin hangi gruba dahil oldukları çalışmatamamlandığında netleştirilebilmiştir. 12 gey, 6 lezbiyen, 2 biseksüel, 3 transseksüel olmak üzeretoplam 23 LGBTİ+ üniversite öğrencisiyle görüşme yapılmıştır. LGBTİ+ üniversite öğrencilerinineğitim yaşantıları ve beklentileri üzerine altı adet alt problemden yola çıkılarak yarı yapılandırılmışyedi adet görüşme sorusu ve her bir sorunun altında sondaj sorular katılımcılara yöneltilmiştir.Görüşme soruları öncelikle uzman görüşüne sunulmuş, düzeltilerle birlikte üç LGBTİ+ öğrenci ilepilot uygulaması yapılarak yeniden düzenlenmiştir. Pilot uygulamaya dahil edilen öğrenciler asılçalışmada yer almamışlardır. Araştırma sonuçları öğrencilerin eğitimde yaşadıkları sorunları ve çözümönerilerini ortaya çıkarmıştır.&nbsp;</p

Experiences of University Students Having LGBT Identities in Turkey

This study aims to explore the educational, social and individual experiences and expectationsof lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students at various universities in Turkey. Thestudy evaluated whether LGBT students try to conceal their identities; have difficulties makingfriends without prejudices; suffer negative reactions from friends and are exposed to bullying.Additionally, the effects of these problems on them and their actions to solve those problemshave been examined within the scope of sub-problems of the study. A qualitative researchdesign is used in the study, in which the data were gathered through a semi-structuredinterview format from 23 LGBT students. Participants in the study were recruited through thesnowball sampling method. In this method, one or a few participants are initial ones, and theyare asked to recommend some other participants to join the study (Parker et al, 2019). Theresults showed that even in the 21st century, LGBT students experience serious problems, andare looking forward to practical solutions and responses being made to address theirexpectations.</p