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Simsek, Mertkan – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2022
Considering the large volume of PISA data, it is expected that data mining will often be assisted in making PISA data more meaningful. Studies show that different dimensions of ICT may reveal different relationships for mathematics achievement. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the success of the decision tree classification algorithms in…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
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Aksu, Nursah; Aksu, Gökhan; Saracaloglu, Seda – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2022
The purpose of this study is to predict the mathematical literacy levels of the students participating in the research through the data obtained from PISA 2015 exam organized by OECD using data mining and to determine the variables that affect mathematics literacy. For this purpose, students' mathematics literacy levels and the variables that…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
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Aksu, Gökhan; Dogan, Nuri – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2019
The purpose of this study is to compare decision trees obtained by data mining algorithms used in various areas in recent years according to different criteria. In the study, similar and different aspects of the decision trees obtained by different methods for classifying the students as successful and unsuccessful in terms of science literacy…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Support Systems, Visual Aids, College Students
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Agirdag, Orhan; Yazici, Zeliha; Sierens, Sven – Comparative Education, 2015
In this study, a historical and international analysis of early childhood education in Turkey is made. More specifically, we explore the trend in pre-school enrolment, compare Turkey's enrolment rate with other countries, study whether access to pre-school is related to social class and gender, and investigate the impact of pre-school attendance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Early Childhood Education
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Güzeller, Cem Oktay; Eser, Mehmet Taha; Aksu, Gökhan – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2016
This study attempts to determine the factors affecting the mathematics achievement of students in Turkey based on data from the Programme for International Student Assessment 2012 and the correct classification ratio of the established model. The study used mathematics achievement as a dependent variable while sex, having a study room, preparation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Secondary School Students, Grade 10
Kiray, S. Ahmet; Gok, Bilge; Bozkir, A. Selman – Online Submission, 2015
The purpose of this article is to identify the order of significance of the variables that affect science and mathematics achievement in middle school students. For this aim, the study deals with the relationship between science and math in terms of different angles using the perspectives of multiple causes-single effect and of multiple…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Information Retrieval, Data Analysis
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Kiray, S. Ahmet; Gok, Bilge; Bozkir, A. Selman – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2015
The purpose of this article is to identify the order of significance of the variables that affect science and mathematics achievement in middle school students. For this aim, the study deals with the relationship between science and math in terms of different angles using the perspectives of multiple causes-single effect and of multiple…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Information Retrieval, Data Analysis, Middle School Students
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Yalçin, Seher; Tavsancil, Ezel – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
This research aimed to determine the relative efficiency of the types of school common to three administrations of the PISA (2003-2006-2009) by comparing their results, along with the activities that are to be performed for inefficient school types and changes in the efficiency value of the school types by year. The comparative analysis was based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, School Effectiveness, Efficiency
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Simsek, Cengiz – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
Due to the frequent change in expectations from education/learning, youth, the educational system's most dynamic participants, are experiencing low-level motivation in education and learning, because of growth and psychological characteristics or sociological, economic, and other reasons. This negative process is pushing program-developers,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Psychological Characteristics, Motivation, Foreign Countries
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education