THE EFFECT OF GROUP GUIDANCE ACTIVITIES IN INAPPROPRIATE STUDENT BEHAVIORS

The purpose of this study is to research how to solve inappropriate student behaviors that class teachers’ encounter, using Group Guidance Activities. This study is an action research. Experimental method is used while doing it. Study group consist of 31 3rd year primary school students. Evaluation tool of this study consists 39 items. Evaluation tool is created based on Likert scale. At the end of this research, it was found that Group Guidance Activities had positive and meaningful impact on students’ inappropriate behaviors.  Article visualizations

NEED FOR RECLAIMING INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

The aim of this study was to identify preservice teachers’ opinions regarding instructional design. In order to achieve this goal interviews with the sophomore students, who finished instructional design course, was conducted. Afterwards, interviews were transcribed, categorized and analyzed. Majority of the preservice teachers claimed that instructional design models were not applicable to classroom settings in real life. They also emphasized that technology integration did not included instructional design and there was excessive concentration on technology; and instructional design dimension was overlooked. Participants claimed that Robert Gagne’s approach was the most appropriate instructional design approach in classroom settings. They believe the theorist after Gagne was not very successful and instructional design lost its effectiveness. They underlined that the field required new theorists.   Article visualizations

AN INVESTIGATION FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' SELF PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION

The aim of the study is to examine the self-perceptions of university students about social media addiction who are aged between 18 and 21 and up. In the research, the social media addiction scale was employed in order to determine students' self-perceptions. The scale was administered to 180 students. Of the participant students in the research, 25% described themselves as individuals experiencing problems in Social media addiction. On the other hand, it was determined that the factors of age, gender and socioeconomic level create no significant differences in students' self-perceptions, l indicate the predicting leadership style with organizational health.  Article visualizations

COMPARISON OF VIDEO CONFERENCE AND FACE TO FACE MENTORING SERVICES ON ADVISEES’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

The aim of the research is to compare the impacts of mentoring services, delivered face to face and video conference on advisees’ academic achievements. Mentoring services, made up with two different instruments, were administered to a group of advisees, composed of 32 university students. In the research, the multiple-choice achievement test, which consisted of thirty, 5-point Likert items, was utilized in order to determine advisees’ academic achievements.  Article visualizations

A CONVERSATION ON INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN WITH ROBERT GAGNÉ AND DAVID MERRILL NO:1

The purpose of the study is to bring in the first part of diachronic conversation on instructional design with Robert Gagné and David Merrill to transcripts. This conversation was hosted by Utah State University, in the United States of America, in July 10, 1989. Throughout the history of instructional design, these two scientists are considered as the pioneers of the field and in these sessions, they summarize and compare their studies. In the first session, Gagné and Merrill represent their theories from their own perspectives. Links to the other parts:A CONVERSATION ON INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN WITH ROBERT GAGNÉ AND DAVID MERRILL NO:2A CONVERSATION ON INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN WITH ROBERT GAGNÉ AND DAVID MERRILL NO:3  Article visualizations

Development of Social Media Addiction Test (SMAT17)

The aim of this study was to develop a test for assessing individuals’ social media addiction; and conducting a reliability and validity study of this scale. Sample for this study was composed of 285 college students between the ages of 18 and 25. Reliability coefficients Cronbach’s alpha value was .94 and Spearman Brown value was .91 for our sample. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted to assess construct validity, and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to assess the validity of the resulted factor structure. 17 items was grouped under 4 factors. Reliability and validity analysis results were in the expected ranges