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Osman Birgin; Elif Seval Peker – Educational Studies, 2024
The aim of this study was to examine the number sense performance of 8th-grade Turkish students. In this study, the students' performances on number sense were also examined in terms of gender, school location, parents' education level, maths achievement, perceived student satisfaction with the maths teacher, perceived importance of maths and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Academic Achievement, Parent Background
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Sakçak, Adem; Arslan, Yaser; Polat, Soner – Educational Studies, 2023
This study aims to reveal the causes and consequences of school principals' favouritism behaviours based on teachers' perceptions, and definitions about favouritism behaviour within schools. A descriptive phenomenological design was applied. Data were gathered via face-to-face interviews conducted with 15 public middle school teachers in Turkey.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Behavior, Power Structure
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Dökmecioglu, Bircan; Tas, Yasemin; Yerdelen, Sündüs – Educational Studies, 2022
This study investigated the mediator role of metacognitive self-regulation strategies in the relationship between students' perceptions of constructivist learning environments and critical thinking dispositions in science. The data were collected through self-report questionnaires from 678 Turkish seventh-grade students. Path analysis showed that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
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Uzuntiryaki-Kondakci, Esen; Kirbulut, Zubeyde Demet; Sarici, Esra; Oktay, Ozlem – Educational Studies, 2022
This study aimed at testing a model in which teacher emotions predict teacher efficacy via emotion regulation. A total of 336 public middle school science teachers participated in the study. Data were collected through the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, the Emotional Control Scale, and the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale. Structural…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Psychological Patterns, Science Teachers, Self Efficacy
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Sökmen, Yavuz – Educational Studies, 2021
This study investigated middle school students' behavioural, emotional, cognitive, and agentic engagement in science in relation to self-efficacy and learning environment variables. Learning environment variables addressed in the study were shared control, student negotiation, promoting mutual respect, and teacher feedback. Participants of the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Educational Environment, Learner Engagement, Middle School Students
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Kablan, Zeynel; Ugur, Sevinç Süzer – Educational Studies, 2021
This study aims to investigate the relationship between learning styles and the efficacy of routine and non-routine problem solving. It also compares these relationships with respect to routine and non-routine problem types. The study sample consisted of 356 eighth-grade students in four different schools. In this study, correlational and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cognitive Style, Predictor Variables, Correlation
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Tas, Yasemin; Subasi, Münevver; Yerdelen, Sündüs – Educational Studies, 2019
This study aimed to investigate the relationships among the middle school students' perceptions of science teacher support, students' motivation and students' engagement in learning science. Student motivation was addressed with task value and academic self-concept while student engagement included aspects of agentic, behavioural, emotional and…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Middle School Students, Learner Engagement, Correlation