Yabancı Diller Yüksekokulu

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    A Study of 8th Graders’ Perceptions of Socio-Cultural Perspective of Creativity by Using Information Technology Tools in realisation of Homework Goals
    (The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2011) Öngün, Erdem; Altas, Dilek; Demirağ, Aşkin
    The study aims at evaluating the perceptions of 8(th) graders towards the use of information technologies ranging from the internet and multimedia tools in socio-cultural perspective of creativity while they are doing their homework in the light of the National Education Ministry's regulation related to elementary and secondary school students' extra-curricular activities. The population of the research that was realised by data collected through survey method consists of 8(th) grade students in elementary and secondary schools in Istanbul. Randomly chosen 435 students from five schools in Istanbul make the sample of the research. In terms of students' perceptions results of the study show that regardless of gender students enjoy discovering and exploiting online and offline resources through problem solving skills especially when they have the opportunity to do this on their own which also shows that they think they feel more confident mobile and creative in cyber but socio-cultural reality.
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    Young learners' objectives related to multimedia use and homework completion
    (Grupo Communicar Ediciones, 2015) Öngün, Erdem; Demirağ, Aşkin
    Individuals of all ages are inevitably affected by today's technology. The main purpose of this study is to explore the objectives of 8th grade students related to the utilization of multimedia instruments ranging from personal computers to the Internet use while they are doing their homework. Specifically it tries to find out whether there is a significant relationship between «for what purposes 8th graders use multimedia tools» and «which personal traits are reinforced while doing homework with multimedia tools?» where gender differences were also taken into consideration in the analysis of the related items in the questionnaire form. The population of the study is made up of 435 students who were randomly selected from five secondary schools in the city of Istanbul Turkey. As a data collection method a questionnaire form with a set of related research questions was used. Findings from the study show that 8th graders in their use of multimedia platforms are provided with a more interactive and independent learning environment where they can find more learning aids while accomplishing their homework objectives. Gender-based evidence from the study shows that digitally male students are more active and they exploit the fun side of homework more compared to their female counterparts.