Basak Calık

CUNY Graduate Center | CUNY · Program in Educational Psychology

Statistics as a separate discipline include many rules and principles requiring the memorization of facts and formulas (Lane & Aleksic, 2002), so viewed as dreadful and called as “sadistics” (Forte, 1995). Hence, the fear of statistics become prevalent not only at undergraduate level but also graduate level students experience negative feelings and...

Bireylerin belirli bir amaca yönelik davranışlarını başlatan, yön veren ve bu amaca yönelik davranışlarını sürdürmelerini sağlayan bir güç olarak tanımlanan motivasyonun eksikliği öğrenci davranış problemlerinin nedenleri arasında gösterilmektedir. Bu eksikliğin ortadan kaldırılması sınıfın fiziksel, öğretim ve sosyal düzenlemelerinin nasıl yapılan...

This research investigated the relationship between emotions and receptivity to instructional feedback and their contributions to explaining students’ academic success in higher education contexts. Data were collected from 312 undergraduate students from state universities in Turkiye. Canonical correlation and multiple regression analyses were perf...

The current research investigated the psychometric characteristics of the Turkish adaptation of the Teacher Emotions Scale (TES). Study I included a sample of 164 Turkish middle school teachers, and Study II included a sample of 222 mathematics teachers. The three-emotion factor model was confirmed in both studies with satisfactory reliability esti...

This study aimed to adapt Mathematics Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ-M) to Turkish language and provide evidence for the psychometric characteristics of the instrument. The scale was first translated to the Turkish and back translated to the English. Before finalizing the instrument, cognitive interviews were done with three middle school...

The purpose of this study was to explore how current School Parent Association (PTA) operates based on stakeholder perceptions through an embedded case study. Units of analysis were two public primary schools’ PTA program in a district of Ankara. The data were obtained by semi-structured interviews with teachers, parents, the school administrators....

The purpose of this study was to explore how current School Parent Association (PTA) operates based on stakeholder perceptions through an embedded case study. Units of analysis were two public primary schools’ PTA program in a district of Ankara. The data were obtained by semi-structured interviews with teachers, parents, the school administrators....

This study aimed at reviewing the research in Turkey to understand the current condition on teachers’ questioning. Having examined the studies between 2000-2018 years, 37 studies were found to be eligible to include. Among these studies, 86% of them were in qualitative, 11% of them were in quantitative and 3% of them were in mixed methods scope. To...

This study aimed at reviewing the research in Turkey to understand the current condition on teachers’ questioning. Having examined the studies between 2000-2018 years, 37 studies were found to be eligible to include. Among these studies, 86% of them were in qualitative, 11% of them were in quantitative and 3% of them were in mixed methods scope. To...

Promoting active citizenship is seen as invaluable for educational practices in schools particularly in existing social, political, economic, and cultural context of Turkish society. The present study is part of a European Union project that aimed to help students develop knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to actively participate in democratic...

Promoting active citizenship is seen as invaluable for educational practices in schools particularly in existing social, political, economic, and cultural context of Turkish society. The present study is part of a Euro-pean Union project that aimed to help students develop knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to actively participate in democrati...

In the last century, new thoughts and inventions come to life day by day as a result of knowledge transmission and production which are important elements in people’s lives while teachers’ roles are prominent in this process. They should have some capabilities to be good role models for individuals. This assumption brings some terms and concepts to...

The purpose of this study was to explain the relationship between mathematics achievement emotions, mathematics self-efficacy, and self-regulated learning strategies of middle school students. In addition, mathematics achievement emotions were examined with respect to gender and grade level. Data were collected from 2250 sixth, seventh, and eighth...

This paper scrutinizes giftedness and gifted learners under the implications of multiple intelligence theory with regard to coaching young scientists. It is one of the pluralistic theories toward intelligence while supporting to view individuals as active participants during teaching and learning processes which correspond with the applications of...

Bu çalışmanın amacı yararcılık ve gerçekçilik felsefelerini eğitimin amaçları, öğretmen rolleri, eğitim programları ve değerlendirme gibi alt boyutlar ışığında eğitim sistemimizdeki yapılandırmacı program ve çoktan seçmeli sınavların varlığı gibi somut örnekler üzerinden sorgulayarak sistemdeki felsefi dönüşümlerin ne derece farkında olunduğunu ird...

Many studies related to school-parent partnership (SPP) program support the involvement of parents in school administration. Recently, the SPP policy was changed to involve parents more in the administrative issues of schools. However, there is evidence that this involvement is not at the expected level and quality. Therefore, the aim of this study...

ABTRACT:The paper provides a critical overview about teaching children in regular classrooms, designing and enriching curricula for gifted children and using multiple intelligence theory as teaching mathematics by giving several examples. Teaching mathematics or science to gifted children doesn’t seem easy because every student is different than ea...