Burcu Bostanci- Master of Science
- Research Assistant at Middle East Technical University
Burcu Bostanci
- Master of Science
- Research Assistant at Middle East Technical University
PhD student and research assistant in the Science Education program at Middle East Technical University
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Introduction
Currently, I am a student in the doctoral program of Science Education and a research assistant at Middle East Technical University. I am specifically interested in environmental education, socioscientific and informal reasoning, socioscientific issues (SSI), and SSI-related issues, including interdisciplinary science issues and philosophical issues in education, such as the nature of science, philosophy of science, and epistemology in scientific research.
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This study aimed to examine middle school students’ epistemological beliefs, argumentation quality in genetically modified organisms (GMO), and their relationship. A correlational research approach was used. The Epistemological Beliefs Questionnaire (EBQ) was used to obtain students' scores concerning epistemological beliefs. Students’ argumentatio...
The present study examines middle school students' use of and rhetorical references to inscriptions in genetically modified organisms (GMO). A descriptive research approach was adopted. GMO Task (Xiao, 2015) was used with a more extended argumentation process to reveal students' uses of different inscription types in arguments, counterarguments, an...
The main purpose of this study was to reveal middle school students' argumentation quality, use of inscriptions, and sources of knowledge regarding genetically modified organisms (GMO). It also aimed to identify predictors of students' argumentation quality based on their epistemological beliefs and use of sources of knowledge about GMO. The study...
This study aims to explore the impact of experiences on preservice science teachers' self-efficacy in teaching science concepts in the context of socioscientific issues (SSI). The research employed a mixed-method design, where qualitative data were collected to supplement quantitative findings. The SSI-related self-efficacy beliefs scale and semi-s...
