A STUDY ON THE IMPACTS OF DIGITAL STORYTELLING ON EFL LEARNERS’ SELF-EFFICACY AND ATTITUDES TOWARD EDUCATION TECHNOLOGIES

This study aimed to investigate whether a digital storytelling (DS)-integrated pedagogy was effective for developing students’ self-efficacy and attitudes toward educational technology. 43 English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) English-major students from the School of Foreign Languages (SFL) at Cumhuriyet University (CU) participated into this study. There were two groups in the study, namely experimental and control groups. The experimental group was exposed to DS-integrated instruction while no intervention was given to the control group. Control group students followed their regular course requirements. Before and after the experiment, both groups were tested by using a survey aiming to determine learners’ self-efficacy beliefs for and attitudes toward the use of technology in education. The quantitative data indicated the exposure to the DS impacted the experimental groups students’ efficacy and attitudes toward educational technology in the positive direction. However, the control group students’ scores did not exhibit a noticeable change. The qualitative data also documented that students heightened their self-efficacy and had a positive stance for the use of technology in their learning as result of participation into this experiment. The resulting information can be helpful for those who are willing to create a teaching environment that meets the needs and expectations of 21st century students.&nbsp

Web Tabanlı Uzaktan Eğitim ile Geleneksel Eğitimin İnternet Programcılığı 2 Dersi Kapsamında Karşılaştırılması

Çalışmada Web Tabanlı Uzaktan Eğitim ile Geleneksel Eğitimin İnternet Programcılığı 2 dersinde karşılaştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla bu iki yöntem İnternet Programcılığı 2 dersinde kullanılarak öğrencilerin akademik başarı düzeyleri ve öğrenilenlerin kalıcılığı incelenmiştir. 70 öğrenciden oluşan çalışma grubu ile yürütülen araştırmada deney ve kontrol grupları 35'er öğrenciden oluşmaktadır. Deney grubu öğrencileri Web Tabanlı Uzaktan Eğitim ortamında, kontrol grubu ise Geleneksel Eğitim ortamında her bir grup 14 hafta öğrenim görmüşlerdir. Çalışmada gruplar ilgili dersteki başarılar, demografik özellikler, bilgisayar ve internet kullanımı bilgi düzeyi bakımından karşılaştırılmıştır. Çalışma sonunda deney grubu öğrencileri ile görüşme yapılmıştır. Nicel verilerin analizinde Betimsel İstatistikler, Bağımsız Gruplar t Testi, ANCOVA, nitel veri analizi için ise betimsel analiz kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonuçları Web Tabanlı Uzaktan Eğitim’in başarıyı artırmada ve kalıcılığı sağlamada Geleneksel Eğitime göre daha başarılı olduğunu göstermektedir. Görüşme sonuçlarına göre ise Web Tabanlı Uzaktan Eğitim ile ilgili olarak öğrenciler pozitif düşüncelere sahiptirler

A COMPARISON OF LİFE SKİLL LEVELS BETWEEN STUDENTS OF EDUCATİON FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF PEDAGOGİCAL FORMATİON: THE CASE OF MUSTAFA KEMAL UNİVERSİTY, TURKEY

In this study, the life skill levels of undergraduate students of Mustafa Kemal University in 2016-2017 academic year were compared to that of students receiving pedagogical formation education in the same term. For this purpose, 75 students receiving pedagogical formation training and 242 undergraduate students, total of 317 students participated in the research. The life skill levels of students were determined by using Life Skills Scale comprising 5 factors, the groups were compared in terms of each factor and total points. Also analysis of gender, age, marital status of parents, the location at which most of the lifespan covered were used as variables to evaluate the change in life skills level, then the groups were compared according to the findings. According to the Descriptional Statistics, ANOVA, Independent Groups t Test results that are evaluated through the obtained data; the “Life Skills”, “Skills of Overcoming Emotions and Stress”, “Emphaty Establishment and Self-awareness Skills”, “Decision-making and Problem solving Skills” “Creative and Critical Thinking Skills” “Communication and Interpersonal Relations Skills” of pedagogical formation students were found to be significantly higher than that of undergraduate students. Besides, it was seen that life skill levels of both groups do not vary with gender, and while the age variable was not functional in the life skill levels of formation students, it was influential in the life skill levels of undergraduate students. The marital status of parents (divorced parents) had significant effect on undergraduate students and no significant effect on pedagogical formation students, the place where most of the lifespan was covered had no significant effect on the life skill levels of both groups of students.  Article visualizations

EFFECT OF BIO FERTILIZER ON MATURE OIL PALM IN NORTH SUMATRA AND RIAU

Chemical fertilizers have routinely been applied at oil palm plantations to maintain soil fertility. Due to the increase of chemical fertilizer prices, some efforts have been done at such as to reduce cost and increase efficiency in chemical fertilizer application at oil palm plantations include the use of bio fertilizer (BF). The objective of experiment was to evaluate the effect of reducing oil palm standard dosage of chemical fertilizers combined with BF on mature oil palm yield. The experiment was carried out in 2002-2003 covering an area of 4367 ha at PTPN IV in North Sumatra and of 515.58 ha at PTPN V in Riau. The planting material was Dura x Pasifera variety and planted in 1980-1995. A randomized block design was used having three fertilizer treatments: (A) 100% chemical fertilizer (normal dosage), (B) 75% chemical fertilizer + BF, and (C) 50% chemical fertilizer + BF. The replications at PTPN IV and V were 11 and 7, respectively. The BF was applied firstly in May 2002. Dosage of BF was 250 g tree-1 yr-1. The BF was given in pockets with four pockets per palm tree. The parameters observed were fresh fruit bunch (FFB) weight, average of bunch weight, and average of bunch number. Results of the experiments showed that palm yield treated with 75% chemical fertilizer + BF and 50% chemical fertilizer + BF were both not significantly different with palm yield treated with 100% chemical fertilizer. The application of 75% chemical fertilizer + BF and 50% chemical fertilizer + BF gave benefit of Rp509,093 and Rp1,231,535 ha-1 yr-1, respectively. Technically, nutrients given as chemical fertilizers using combination of 75% chemical fertilizer + BF are still higher than the nutrients transported into 26 tons palm FFB ha-1 yr-1. Fertilizer treatment combination of 50% chemical fertilizer + BF will technically be safe only for palm yield of <16 tons palm FFB ha-1 yr-1, since nutrients given as fertilizer are still higher than those transported into the palm yield

A Day in the Life of a Turkish Village Woman

She has to wake up before dawn. First of all she prepares the dough for the daily bread which takes at least two hours. In the meantime, she makes the fire and puts the cooker on it for morning soup. She goes down to the barn to take the morning milk from the sheep and cows. Before she goes she wakes up one child to help her by holding the animals head while she milks. After milking she goes quickly to the spring to bring back fresh water, and she distributes portions of water to several places - some for the toilet, some in an earthenware jug for drinking, and some in the long spouted copper kettle near the fire which will be warmed for personal hygiene. She takes the soup away from the fire and puts the milk on the fire to cook for making yogurt. After the milk boils, she starts to cook the bread. She puts the storder in the dough to make it ready to be cooked and wakes her husbands and children. The family enjoys the morning soup together with the fresh breads

The preferences of Turkish university EFL students for instructional activities in relation to their motivation

Ankara : The Department of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Bilkent University, 2009.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2009.Includes bibliographical references leaves 119-125.This study investigates a) the components of motivation that Turkish university EFL students hold, b) their preferences for instructional activities, c) how these two concepts relate to each other, and d) whether the proficiency level affects responses toward motivation and instructional activity types. The study was conducted at Hacettepe University, School of Foreign Languages, with the participation of 343 students from three different proficiency levels (pre-intermediate, intermediate, and upper-intermediate). The data were collected using a 81-item questionnaire related to motivation and instructional activity types. Factor analysis was conducted for the collected data and the factors found formed the basis of the scales used in the subsequent analysis. In the motivation section, nine factors were determined which formed the internal structure of motivation. Among these factors, instrumental motivation, which had the highest median score, was found the most important motivation type in this population. The anxiety factor had the lowest median score. In the instructional activity section, four factors were found. While the communicative focus factor had the highest median score, the traditional approach factor had the lowest score. This study also indicated that there is a relationship between preferences for activity types in relation to students’ motivation. In fact, significant correlations were found between almost all motivation styles and communicative and challenging activities. But, the effect sizes of the correlations were not the same with all activity types in each motivation style. Some of the correlations were much stronger than the others. This result shows that even though there was not a clear-cut difference between students’ preferences for activity types in relation to motivational styles, some activity types were favored more than the others in each motivation style. This finding revealed a variation across the groups and thus confirmed this possible link between motivation and instructional activity types. Additionally, the results in this study indicated that there were large differences in motivation and activity type preferences among different language proficiency levels.Uçar, Sevda BalamanM.S

Effect of Bio Fertilizer on Mature Oil Palm in North Sumatra and Riau

Chemical fertilizers have routinely been applied at oil palm plantations to maintain soil fertility. Due to the increase of chemical fertilizer prices, some efforts have been done at such as to reduce cost and increase efficiency in chemical fertilizer application at oil palm plantations include the use of bio fertilizer (BF). The objective of experiment was to evaluate the effect of reducing oil palm standard dosage of chemical fertilizers combined with BF on mature oil palm yield. The experiment was carried out in 2002-2003 covering an area of 4367 ha at PTPN IV in North Sumatra and of 515.58 ha at PTPN V in Riau. The planting material was Dura x Pasifera variety and planted in 1980-1995. A randomized block design was used having three fertilizer treatments: (A) 100% chemical fertilizer (normal dosage), (B) 75% chemical fertilizer + BF, and (C) 50% chemical fertilizer + BF. The replications at PTPN IV and V were 11 and 7, respectively. The BF was applied firstly in May 2002. Dosage of BF was 250 g tree-1 yr-1. The BF was given in pockets with four pockets per palm tree. The parameters observed were fresh fruit bunch (FFB) weight, average of bunch weight, and average of bunch number. Results of the experiments showed that palm yield treated with 75% chemical fertilizer + BF and 50% chemical fertilizer + BF were both not significantly different with palm yield treated with 100% chemical fertilizer. The application of 75% chemical fertilizer + BF and 50% chemical fertilizer + BF gave benefit of Rp509,093 and Rp1,231,535 ha-1 yr-1, respectively. Technically, nutrients given as chemical fertilizers using combination of 75% chemical fertilizer + BF are still higher than the nutrients transported into 26 tons palm FFB ha-1 yr-1. Fertilizer treatment combination of 50% chemical fertilizer + BF will technically be safe only for palm yield of <16 tons palm FFB ha-1 yr-1, since nutrients given as fertilizer are still higher than those transported into the palm yield

RESEARCHING THE EFFECT OF BLENDED LEARNING MODEL ON THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COURSE SUCCESS, ATTITUDES AND MOTIVATIONS OF 7th CLASS STUDENTS

Bu çalışmada harmanlanmış öğrenme modelinin ilköğretim 7. Sınıf öğrencilerin fen ve teknoloji dersindeki başarılarına, tutumlarına ve motivasyonlarına etkisi incelenmiştir. Veri toplama aracı olarak Fen ve Teknoloji Başarı Testi(BT), Fen ve Teknoloji Motivasyon Ölçeği(FMÖ), Fen ve Teknoloji Tutum Ölçeği(FTÖ) kullanılmıştır. Ön test-son test kontrol gruplu yarı deneysel desen olarak dizayn edilen çalışma 64 öğrenci ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. 8 haftalık çalışma sonucunda harmanlanmış öğrenme ortamında öğrenim gören öğrencilerin fen ve teknoloji dersindeki başarılarının, tutumlarının ve motivasyonlarının kontrol grubundaki öğrencilere göre daha yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca harmanlanmış öğrenme ortamındaki öğrencilerin bu yönteme karşı olumlu görüşe sahip oldukları belirlenmiştir. In this study, the effect of blended learning model on the science and technology course success, attitudes and motivations of 7th class students in first education is dealt. By means of data collecting, science and technology test, science and technology motivation, science and technology attitude scale are used. The study which is designed with the pre-test posttest control group involved semi experimental pattern was realized with 64 students. As a result of 8 weekly studies, in the environment of blended learning environment, the students who are accustomed to the education are observed as more successful in science and technology courses with good attitudes and high motivation than the students in control group in a determination. Moreover, it is observed that the students in the blended learning environment have a positive opinion on this method

Network design and technology management for waste to energy production:An integrated optimization framework under the principles of circular economy

The design of waste to bioenergy supply chains (W-BESC) is critically important for meeting the circular economy (CE) goals, whilst also ensuring environmental sustainability in the planning and operation of energy systems. This study develops a novel optimization methodology to aid sustainable design and planning of W-BESC that comprise multiple technologies as well as multiple product and feedstock types. The methodology identifies the optimum supply chain configuration and plans the logistics operations in a given region to meet the energy demand of specified nodes. A scenario based fuzzy multi objective modelling approach is proposed and utilized to capture the economic and environmental sustainability aspects in the same framework. We test the proposed model using the entire West Midlands (WM) region from the United Kingdom (UK) as a case study. In this scope, a comprehensive regional supply chain is designed to meet the energy and biofertilizer demand of specific nodes considering available waste and crop type biomass in the region. Further analysis is conducted to reveal the impacts of main economic and technological parameters on the supply chain performance indicators