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Taliha Keles – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2024
The aim of the study is to reveal the concurrent validity of the Central Examination of Secondary Education Institutions (OKMS). For this purpose, the relationship between the OKMS subtest raw scores of the students who took the exam and the 8th-grade year-end achievement scores of the courses within the scope of the exam was analyzed by canonical…
Descriptors: Correlation, Grade 8, Secondary School Students, Test Validity
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Ozer, Omer; Badem, Nebahat – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2022
This study examines the impact of EFL learners' learning experiences in a virtual classroom on their academic motivation and achievement. It also explores students' reasons for changes in their motivations and their perspectives on learning a foreign language online. The study used the explanatory, sequential mixed-methods design. A total of 144…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Yüksel, H. Gülru; Mercanoglu, H. Güldem; Yilmaz, M. Betül – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Growing research suggests that digital flashcards may facilitate students' technical vocabulary learning efforts. The primary purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to compare the effect of digital flashcards (DFs) and wordlists on learning technical vocabulary as well as to explore students' perceptions regarding the use of DFs. Using…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Language Tests, Vocabulary Development, Comparative Analysis
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Atas, Ufuk – TESL-EJ, 2018
This paper presents an empirical study that investigates the role of vocabulary knowledge in listening comprehension with 33 advanced Turkish learners of English as a foreign language. The Vocabulary Levels Test (Schmitt, Schmitt & Clapham, 2001) is used to measure the vocabulary knowledge of the participants and a standardized listening test…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension
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Ivrendi, Asiye – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2016
Number sense and self-regulation are considered foundational skills for later school learning. This study aimed to investigate the predictive power of kindergarten children's number sense and self-regulation scores on their mathematics and Turkish language examination scores in the 5th and 6th grades. The participants in this study were 5th grade…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Number Concepts, Self Control
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Etel, Evren; Yagmurlu, Bilge – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2015
This study had two aims. The first aim was to measure mental state understanding in institution-reared children by using a theory of mind (ToM) scale, and to examine the role of cultural context in sequencing of ToM acquisition. The other aim was to investigate ToM in relation to social competence and executive function (EF). Due to its pronounced…
Descriptors: Residential Institutions, Executive Function, Interpersonal Competence, Regression (Statistics)
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Ünaldi, Ihsan – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
Although self-assessment of foreign language skills is not a new topic, it has not yet been widely explored in the Turkish English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. The current study investigates the potential of self-assessment of foreign language skills in determining proficiency levels of Turkish learners of EFL: 239 learners participated in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Seker, Meral – Language Teaching Research, 2016
Studies show that incorporating self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies into foreign language teaching encourages the development of autonomous learners. However, interviews with teachers (n = 51) indicate that they mostly do not consider SRL in classroom practices. The present study attempts to highlight the significance of SRL in language…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes