Perceptions of Students on Central System Examinations in Turkey: A Metaphor Analysis Study

dc.contributor.authorBas, Gokhan
dc.contributor.authorKivilcim, Zafer S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T13:31:55Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T13:31:55Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentNiğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research was to investigate students' perceptions regarding the concept of central system examinations held in Turkey through metaphor analysis. In this research, phenomenology research design, which is one of the qualitative research designs, was adopted. The participants of the research were consisted of students (n = 372) studying in 2014-2015 education-instruction year in public science, Anatolian, and vocational and technical Anatolian high schools in the province of Nigde, Turkey. The data of the research were collected using the prompt Central system examinations (LYS, YGS, TEOG, SBS, etc.) are like ... , because ... . The collected data were analysed through content analysis technique. According to the findings of the research, the students participated in the research were seen to produce a total of 243 well-structured metaphors for the concept of central system examinations. The metaphors produced by the students participated in the research were grouped under six conceptual categories as; concept as anxiety / torture / disturbing thing, concept as unfair / unnecessary race, concept as unconventional, irrelevant, variable, or always existing thing, concept as turning point of our lives, concept of selective and determinative of life, and concept as long or a short-term race.
dc.identifier.doi10.14689/issn.2148-2624.1.7c.2s.8m
dc.identifier.endpage667
dc.identifier.issn2148-2624
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage639
dc.identifier.trdizinid329777
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.14689/issn.2148-2624.1.7c.2s.8m
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/329777
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/15121
dc.identifier.volume7
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000468085000008
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isotr
dc.publisherAni Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Qualitative Research in Education-Egitimde Nitel Arastirmalar Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241106
dc.subjectCentral system examinations
dc.subjectmeasurement and assessment
dc.subjectmetaphor
dc.subjectstudent
dc.titlePerceptions of Students on Central System Examinations in Turkey: A Metaphor Analysis Study
dc.typeArticle

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