Effects of creative drama based life skills training on the life skills level of 5-6 years old children

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the creative drama based life skills training on the life skills levels of 5-6-year-old preschool children. In this study, quasi-experimental research design with pretest-posttest and follow-up test control group was adopted. The study group of the research consisted of children aged between 60-72 months (5-6 years old) in the kindergarten of a private school affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in Alanya district of Antalya province. Two groups were formed; an experimental group and a control group. “Early Childhood Life Skills Scale” was administered to the children both in the experimental group and in the control group before the implementation. After the pre-test, the "Creative Drama Based Life Skills Curriculum" designed by the researcher was used in the experimental group for 12 weeks, 2 sessions a week and a total of 24 sessions. The children in the control group, on the other hand, continued their regular training program with their teachers. Following the end of the implementation, the same scale reapplied to the children in the experimental and control groups. The scale was reapplied to the children in the experimental group in order to monitor the permanence of the curriculum, 3 weeks after the end of the implementation. The data were analyzed via the SPSS program after obtaining all the data. The normality of the data was determined by the kurtosis-skewness analysis. After reaching the information that the data were normally distributed, the analyzes were completed by using the t-Test for dependent groups and t-Test for independent groups from parametric tests. According to the findings obtained from the study, no statistically significant difference was found between the life skills levels of the experimental and control groups in the "Early Childhood Life Skills Scale" pre-test results. When the post-Test results applied to both groups at the end of a 12-week study period with the children in the experimental group were examined, a statistically significant difference was found in favor of the experimental group. According to the results of the follow-up test applied to the experimental group 3 weeks after the end of the implementation, no significant difference was observed in the life skills levels of the children and it was concluded that the effects of the curriculum were permanent

International Students' Views on Local Culture: Turkish Experience

The number of international students in Turkey has steadily increased in recent years. As they come from different geographical locations, their successful adaptation to a medium-sized country in-between three continents is of great interest. This study was conducted to investigate international students’ perceptions of their Turkish experience. After an interview with 9 international students, a 46-item questionnaire was developed and given to 421 students; of these, 319 students from 61 countries returned complete forms. Responses were generally positive, although some difficulties according to gender, religion or age were reported. Another 12 students’ written comments were compared with quantitative data. Implications are suggested as well as directions for further research

Incidental foreign language vocabulary acquisition from social network games

It is widely known that young people use social networks not only for sharing and communication purposes but also as means of entertainment and pleasure by playing various online games. Furthermore, there is a common belief among pedagogues that spending valuable amount of time on social networks to play online games can lead to negative academic, personal and social outcomes. However, the findings of this study based on survey conducted with 248 high school students reveal that social network games can also have pedagogical benefits. The results of this research have shown that students can incidentally learn an important number of foreign language words from popular online games on social networks.

How Do Students Feel about Graded Readers?

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Sporadik İzole Fokomeli

Konjenital ekstremite anomalilerinin intrauterin dönemde ultrasonografi ile erken tespiti gerekli danışmanlığın verilebilmesi açısın- dan önemlidir. Bu makalede sporadik fokomeli olduğu düşünülen postmortem muayene sonuçlarıyla da bu tanı ile uyumlu olduğu görülen bir olgunun sunulması amaçlanmıştır. 20 yaşında, primigravid, kendisinin ve eşinin soygeçmişinde bilinen konjenital ano- mali öyküsü saptanmayan olgunun 22. gebelik haftasındaki obstetrik ultrasonografisinde fetal ekstremite anomalileri izlendi. Tanıyı doğrulayan postmortem radyolojik ve genetik incelemeler yapıldı. Eşlik eden ek malformasyon saptanmadı. Düşük materyalinden yapılan kromozom analizinde herhangi bir sayısal veya gross yapısal kromozom anomalisi gözlenmedi. Patolojik ultrasonografik ve sitogenetik bulgular ile tanı konulan iskelet anomalilerinin postnatal olarak da doğrulanması ailelere verilecek genetik danışma ve olası diğer gebelikler için uygun izlem olanakları sağlayacaktı

Free Voluntary Reading

Doubtless to say, the contribution of reading skill to first and second language acquisition is enormous. From one‟s speaking and writing we can more or less conclude how much s/he has read. We can list the characteristics of good readers as follows: rich vocabulary knowledge advanced reading comprehension, accurate grammar usage, broad general knowledge, correct spelling and punctuation, writing ability, and so on. If reading is so powerful, why cannot we promote reading books in our society, particularly among young people? The fact that we are imposed to read books which we think are necessary or compulsory rather than the ones which we would like to read voluntarily, is the main reason why many of us are not able to develop a life-time reading habit. Since compulsory books, such as teacher-selected books are outside one‟s interest; they are destined to be forgotten sometime, or they suffer form shallow reading, or they are mostly returned to their place on the shelf after browsing the initial pages. However, if people of all ages, especially children would read self-selected books they enjoy, they would be surprised to notice the great change inside them. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to revitalize free voluntary reading by referring to Krashen‟s well-known hypotheses. Also, it aims to revive the reader‟s belief in free voluntary reading with theoretical and practical example

A Causal Relationship between Turkish EFL Students’ Academic Achievement and Borrowed Library Books

A large body of research since 1990 indicates a positive relationship between various library services and students’ academic achievement. This present study has been conducted to revitalize the important role of libraries and books necessary for the success of many students, irrespective of their age. Therefore, this quantitative study investigates the possible relationship between Turkish students’ academic achievement mean (GPA) and number of books borrowed from a university library during their undergraduate study at a private university. Based on ANOVA, Scheffe Test, and Spearman Correlation, the analysis of 478 academic achievement records of English Language Teaching (ELT) graduates reported a statistically significant correlation between number of borrowed library books and students’ academic achievement mean: the more books one borrowed, the higher was the academic achievemen

A Preliminary Investigation on Feasible in Black Sea of Baited Shrimp Traps

Bu araştırmada karides avcılığında küçük boyutlu yemli tuzakların kullanılabilirliği ve av verimi ile tür kompozisyonu ele alınmıştır. Midye ile yemlenen tuzaklar 4, 18, 24, 48 ve 72 saat denizde bırakılmış, toplam 10 denemede başta Palaemon elegans ve Palaemon adspersus türü karidesler olmak üzere, horozbina (Salaria pavo), kaya balığı (Gobius sp.) ve lapina (Labrus sp.) türlerinden oluşan 375 adet birey yakalanmıştır. Tuzağın suda kalma süresi açısından en fazla ürün 72 saatte elde edilmiş ancak 18 saatten uzun sürelerde hedef olmayan türler giderek artan oranda tuzaklara girmeye başlamıştır. Av miktarı ile denizde kalma süresi arasında y = 33,766Ln(x) - 37,769 (R = 0,97) şeklinde kuvvetli bir ilişki bulunmuştur. Diğer yandan denizde kalma süresine göre birim zamandaki av miktarının ilk dört saatte hızla arttığı, sonraki 4 saatte artışın yavaşladığı ve 8. saatten sonra ise yavaşça azaldığı belirlenmiştir. Avcılığın karlılığı bakımından denizde kalma süresinin 24 saatle sınırlandırılması gerektiği ve bazı ekonomik türlerin ticari avcılığında algarna gibi doğaya zarar veren avcılık yöntemlerine alternatif olarak özel olarak düzenlenmiş daha büyük tuzakların kullanılması ile daha korumacı bir avcılık yapılabileceği sonucuna varılmıştır.In this study were investigated species composition, catch efficiency of fishing gear and feasible of small dimension baited traps on shrimp fishery. Traps baited by mussel were soaked times 4, 18, 24, 48 and 72h, forming priority shrimp species, Palaemon elegans and Palaemon adspersus with fish species, Salaria pavo, Gobius sp. and Labrus sp. in total 10 experiments were caught 375 individuals. Point of view soak time of traps could be most catch efficiency to 72 h but enter rate of none target species into traps were gradually raised at times more 18 h. Between catch proportion and soak time found strong relationship y = 33,766Ln(x) – 37,769 (R = 0,97). Otherwise catch per unit of effort (CPUE) quickly increasing at first 4h, at subsequent 4 h slowly down and after 8 th h gradually decreasing determined as to soak time. Line of thought profitable of fishery soak time should limited 24 h and as alternative fishery methods to damage nature as dredge was concluded further protective fishery feasibility with using of specials arranged more great traps at commercial fishery of same economical specie

Comparison View Point of Fish Behaviour and Catch Efficiency of Two Different S Bait S on Bottom Longline

Bu çalışmada dip paraketasında istavrit (Trachurus trachurus) ve hamsi (Engraulis encrasicolus) olmak üzere iki farklı yem kullanılmasının balık davranışları ve av aracının av verimi üzerindeki etkisi ele alınmıştır. Çalışmada toplam 6 av operasyonu yapılmış ve kaya (Gobius sp.), mezgit (Merlangius merlangus euxinus), vatoz (Rajaclavata), gelincik (Gaidropsarus mediterraneus) ve pisi (Platichthys flesus) türlerinden oluşan toplam 162 adet balık yakalanmıştır. Toplam avın % 64'ü istavrit yemi ile yakalanırken % 36'sı hamsi ile yakalanmıştır. Yem tipine göre operasyon başına düşen av miktarları arasında yapılan "t" testi sonucunda farkın önemli ( p < 0 . 0 5 ) olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca yakalanan türler içerisinde vatoz balığının yem olarak hamsiyi tercih ettiği, diğer türlerde ise istavrit yeminin daha verimli olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar kullanılan yem ve yakalanan türlerin özellikleri dikkate alınarak davranış ve av verimi açısından tartışılmıştır.In this study, Effecton fish behaviour And comparison view point of catch efficiency used of two different type baits that horse mackerel ((Trachurus trachurus) and anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) on bottom logline were investigated. In the study, Six operations were done and total 162 fishes including goby (Gobius sp.), whiting ((Merlangius merlangus euxinus), thornback ray ((Rajaclavata), ling (Gaidropsarus mediterraneus) and plaice (Platichthys flesus) were caught. While 64% of total catch were caught with Horse mackerel bait , 36% were caught with anchovy. According to results “t” test between catch amount for each operation was significant (p<0. 05). Besides thorn back ray prefer as bait anchovy, more effect of horse mackerel bait for other species were determined. Results were discussion about behaviour and catch efficiency take in to consideration used bait type and caught species characteristic