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Yildiz, Ezgi Pelin; Alkan, Ayse; Çengel, Metin – Educational Research and Reviews, 2021
The aim of this study is to examine the views of students at different education levels on the concept of distance education through metaphors. In this study, the phenomenological design was used in accordance with the nature of qualitative research. The participants of the study, for whom the ethical rules were taken into account, consisted of 63…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Figurative Language, Distance Education, COVID-19
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Altintas, Esra – Educational Research and Reviews, 2018
The purpose of this study is get opinions of students on the subject of mathematics. It is thought that determining the meaning of mathematics in students' minds, the things that students associate mathematics with and the things that come to their minds when you say mathematics is vital. In this way, it is thought that it can be possible to take…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, Departments, Mathematical Concepts
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Selanik-Ay, Tugba – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
In this study, a learning area in social studies curriculum called "Groups, institutions and social organizations" was used. It can be seen that an important role for teachers in a social studies programme is to benefit from non-governmental organizations. The aim of this study is to investigate primary school teacher candidates' social…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Preservice Teachers, Nongovernmental Organizations, Foreign Countries
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Dundar, Hakan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
The purpose of the research was to reveal elementary 8th grade students' opinions concerning democracy with the aid of metaphors. The students were asked to produce metaphors about the concept of democracy. 140 students from 3 public schools in Ankara (Turkey) participated in the research. 55% of the students were females and 45% were males. The…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Democracy
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Arikan, Elif Esra; Unal, Hasan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The aim of this study is to investigate the metaphors images of gifted students about mathematics. The sample of the study consists of 82 gifted students, which are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 graders, from Istanbul. Data were collected by asking students to complete the sentence: "Mathematics is as …, because…". In the study content analysis was…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Figurative Language, Student Attitudes, Grade 2
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Dogru, Mustafa; Sarac, Esra – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The purpose of this study is to reveal the metaphors of primary school students (n = 362) relating to the concept of global warming. Data collected by completing the expression of "global warming is like..., because..." of the students were analysed by use of qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques. According to findings of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Environmental Education, Data Collection, Figurative Language