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    Determination of Candidate Teachers' Social Activity Preferences by Pair-Wise Comparision Scaling Method
    (Assoc Measurement & Evaluation Education & Psychology, 2014) Polat, Betul; Goksel, H. Caglar
    The aim of this study is to determine the candidate teachers' preferences of social activities in accordance with their opinions with the scaling method of pair wise comparison and compare the results according to the universities they graduate, their type of scores in University Entrance Exam and their genders. In the 2012-2013 educational year, the Social Activity Preference Scale, prepared in accordance with this aim, has been conducted to 174 voluntary candidate teachers from the Science Teaching, Primary School Teaching, Turkish Teaching, Social Sciences Teaching, Art Teaching, Music Teaching and Psychological Counseling and Guidance departments of Nigde University Faculty of Education and 201 voluntary candidate teachers from the Science Teaching, Elementary Mathematics Teaching and Turkish Teaching departments of Bulent Ecevit University. As a result of the scaling, it has been determined that there is a consistency between the preferences of the candidate teachers from the two universities. When compared according to the types of University Entrance Exam scores, the preferences of the candidate teachers with the scores of numeric, verbal and equally weighted exams are consistent, while the candidate teachers who are accepted to university according to the scores of talent exam have different preferences of social activities. When compared according to the genders, the preferences of the candidate teachers it has been determined that the most and least preferred social activities of the two genders are the same but the preferences of the other activities are changeable.
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    Investigation of the Effectiveness of the Research Skills Teaching Program
    (Izzet Kara, 2022) Polat, Betul; Kutlu, Omer
    In this study, it was investigated whether the Research Skills Teaching Program (RSTP) prepared for elementary school 4th grade students was effective in imparting the sub-skills required for conducting the research process to students. To this end, pretest-posttest control group design; one of the quasi-experimental designs; was employed. The study was conducted on the students attending two classes of a state elementary school. In the experimental group, the program developed on the basis of the Big Six Research Skills Model was administered, while no such special application was conducted in the control group. In both of the groups, the Research Skills Test was administered as pretest and posttest and Monitoring Tests. The collected data were analyzed by using Independent Samples t-test and Paired Samples t-test. The responses given by the experimental and control group students to each of the open-ended items in the Monitoring Tests were separately examined. It was found that the activities developed within the context of the teaching program had comprehensive effect on the development of the skills needed to direct the research process. When the number of the students giving the most correct answers in the items in the monitoring tests was examined, it was seen that although there are students finding the most correct answers to the items in the experimental group, their levels of using these strategies were not found to be at the desired level and there are students in the control group finding the most correct answers only for four skills.
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    Psychometric Properties of Academic Dishonesty Tendency Scale for Graduate Students and Investigating Academic Dishonesty Tendency Levels with CHAID Analysis
    (Assoc Measurement & Evaluation Education & Psychology, 2022) Ozmercan, Esra Eminoglu; Polat, Betul; Nartgun, Zekeriya
    The number of unethical academic dishonesty behaviours is increasing with each day in higher education. Thus, it is important to determine the level of the behaviour of academic dishonesty in the education system, the tendencies of students to perform this behaviour, and the individuals who have a tendency to show this behaviour in advance. The research has two different aims. The first one is to determine the psychometric properties of the Academic Dishonesty Tendency Scale (ADTS) originally developed for undergraduate students, not for graduate students. The second aim is to investigate the variables that best explain the academic dishonesty tendency levels of the students who continue their graduate education by using the CHAID analysis method. As a result of the analyses, it was determined that the Academic Dishonesty Tendency Scale is also a valid and reliable measurement tool for graduate students. The only significant variable explaining the students' Tendency Towards Cheating was found to be the level of graduate education. It was also determined that the most important variable affecting the dishonesty tendency at studies as homework, project, etc.-common is the level of graduate education. The only significant variable explaining the dishonesty tendency at research and process of write up was found to be the reason for receiving graduate education. The most significant variable explaining the dishonesty tendency towards reference of the students was found to be the level of graduate education. It was determined that the most significant variable explaining the Academic Dishonesty Tendency of the students is the level of graduate education.
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    Transformational Leadership and Innovative Climate: An Examination of the Mediating Effect of Psychological Empowerment
    (ANI YAYINCILIK, 2015) Sagnak, Mesut; Kuruoz, Mehmet; Polat, Betul; Soylu, Ayse
    Problem Statement: The most important characteristic of today's organizations is too much change. The demand of organizations to fulfill objectives within dynamic environmental aspects has required strong leadership. Organizations' accommodation to changes, generating new ideas, adapting these ideas to organizations, and also the individual and intellectual development of employees have revealed the transformational leadership concept. Transformational leaders empower participants independently from supervision and control of leadership; they create an environment free from punishment, so that participants feel themselves as empowered, and this leads to their behaving in an innovative manner. Transformational leaders empower employees and generate a climate that supports innovation. Research about transformational leadership, psychological empowerment, and innovative climate is generally conducted within a business organization, and there are so few studies about these variables within schools. Method: The survey model was used in this study. 303 teachers working in Eskisehir Central Secondary School participated in this research. However, outlier values were examined, and the values of two participants including improper data sets were deleted; therefore, the number of participants was determined to be 301. Three different scales were used in this research. The validity and reliability of the scales were examined. Mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation and stepwise regression analysis techniques were used. Findings: It was found that there was a significant positive relationship between transformational leadership and psychological empowerment. A significant positive relationship was found between psychological empowerment and innovative climate, as well. The stepwise regression analysis showed a significant relationship between transformational leadership and innovative climate. According to the Sobel test results, the relationship between transformational leadership and innovative climate was decreasing but significant (z=2.43, p<0.05). Therefore, it has been determined that psychological empowerment partially mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and innovative climate. Conclusion and Recommendations: Transformational leadership affects innovative climate both directly and indirectly through psychological empowerment. However, research about psychological empowerment in educational organizations and innovation and creativity at schools is very limited. In relation to this study, the effect of the leadership roles of principals, on the level of the psychological empowerment of teachers on their innovative and creative behaviors, can be examined.