Browsing by Author "Inel, D"

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    Researching of Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Problem Solving Skills
    Inel, D; Evrekli, E; Türkmen, L
    The present study aims to investigate pre-service teachers' problem-solving skills and to examine their problem solving skills in terms of their gender, grade levels, and the high schools they graduated from. To this aim, the problem solving skills scale was administered to 256 pre-service elementary school teachers studying in a mid-sized university in Turkey. The results of an analysis on the obtained data demonstrated that the pre-service teachers have generally good levels of problem solving skills. Furthermore, the study also found that the pre-service teachers did not significantly differ in their problem solving skills according to their genders and high school diplomas; yet, females had higher problem solving skills than males. The study also examined the pre-service teachers' problem solving skills in terms of their grade levels and found a significant difference in favor of the freshmen. The results suggest that the study will contribute to the literature in determining and improving pre-service teachers' problem solving skills and may serve as a guide for further studies in this field.
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    Turkey's position in terms of classroom teacher activities according to the PISA 2006 results in comparison to other countries
    Balim, AG; Denis, H; Evrekli, E; Inel, D
    The research aimed to reveal the frequency of particular situations experienced in learning science subjects at schools by the students in Finland, Hong Kong, Canada, the three highest-performing countries in science according to the PISA 2006 results, and Turkey, ranking the 44(th) in the same survey, as well as to assess their science performance. The data concerning the questionnaire with five items were evaluated by examining the percent values and the mean science performances. The data analysis demonstrated that Turkey had shortcomings in conduction of experiments in lessons and explanation of how subjects are adapted to different events and situations, when compared to Finland, Hong Kong and Canada. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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    Development of a scoring system to assess mind maps
    Evrekli, E; Inel, D; Balim, AG
    The present study deals with the use of mind maps as an assessment tools. In the study, the mind maps prepared for the special teaching methods course by 30 pre-service teachers studying in the Department of Science Teacher Training of a university in Turkey in academic year 2008-2009 were assessed by using a scoring system to assess mind maps for pre-service science teachers. To ensure the reliability of the scoring system, the mind maps prepared by the pre-service teachers for the special teaching methods course were assessed by two expert raters and the assessment was repeated one week later. The reliability process for the scoring system was calculated by using inter- and intra-rater reliability values, intra-cluster correlation analysis, and variance analysis. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.