The Evaluation of the Effect of a Newly Designed Computer Game on 7th Grade Students’ Motivation Towards Science and Aggression
Say, Fuat Serkan
In this study, it is aimed to design a computer game for the 7th grade Science lesson and evaluate the effect of the computer game on students’ motivation and aggression. The quasi-experimental method has been selected as a quantitative method of research. The study group of the research is comprised of 444 7th grade students in total studying in 7 different schools chosen from each region of Turkey. In this context, while there is no interference in one of the two 7th grade classrooms from each school, the other is sustained with a computer game as an additional material to the teaching process. The application proceeded through 2014-2015 academic year. Motivation towards Science and aggression scale have been applied to all groups three times; at the beginning of the first term, at the b...
Examining the Primary-School Teachers’ Motivation Levels during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Say, Fuat Serkan
The purpose of this research is to investigate the primary-school teachers’ motivation levels towards the profession during the COVID-19 pandemic. In accordance with this purpose, the professional motivations of primary school teachers have been examined according to the variables of gender, years of professional seniority, grade level taught and the number of students attending the course in the distance education. The study group of the research consists of 258 primary-school teachers working in Erdemli district of Mersin province. The study was carried out by using the survey method one of which is a quantitative research method and the data have been collected through the Personral Information Form developed by the researchers amd the “Primary School Teacher Motivation Scale” developed...