Papers by Gulsen Leblebicioglu
Journal of Studies in Education, 2011
This study explored the effectiveness of a science camp on children's views of the tentative natu... more This study explored the effectiveness of a science camp on children's views of the tentative nature of scientific knowledge. The method used to do so was a synthesized methodology of explicit reflective guided-inquiry, and several explicit Nature of Science (NOS) activities. The participants were 24 children who were at the 6 th and 7 th grades. VNOS D questionnaire was applied at the beginning and end of the science camp. All of the children were also interviewed in order to validate the questionnaire and enrich the data. The qualitative data were analyzed by using interpretive analysis. The results showed that more children accepted the tentativeness of scientific knowledge at the end of the camp. The children's ideas about tentativeness of scientific knowledge in dinosaurs and meteorology domains were largely affected by the context of the questions especially at the beginning of the science camp.
Science Education …, 2011
A number of studies have already investigated children's stereotypical images of scientists as be... more A number of studies have already investigated children's stereotypical images of scientists as being male, old, bald, wearing eyeglasses, working in laboratories, and so forth. There have also been some interventions to impose more realistic images of scientists. In this study, a science camp was conducted in Turkey with a team of scientists consisting of elementary science education researchers. They interacted with the children throughout the camp both formally and informally. Twenty-four 6th and 7th grade students participated to the science camp. The science camp was conducted near a forest and big lake, and lasted ten days in July, 2008. The main goal of the science camp program was to introduce the nature of science and scientists. In one session of the science camp, the children's images of scientists were made explicit through analysis and discussion of their drawings of a scientist, and challenged by introducing them to three nonstereotypical scientists. The camp team consisting of scientists worked and stayed with the children throughout the science camp. Thus, they interacted with the children in formal and informal ways. The change in the children's images of scientists was researched by applying the Draw a Scientist Test (DAST) as pre-and post-test. Additionally, all the children were interviewed about their drawings. The only stereotypical images found in the pre-test were being male and slightly older. However, almost equal numbers of male and female scientists were drawn in the posttest, and most of them were middle aged or young. Other stereotypical images of scientists emerged less in the pre-test and decreased in the posttest. In conclusion, the science camp helped the children to realize the human nature of scientists.
TED EĞİTİM VE BİLİM, 2015
Asia Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Jun 1, 2011
... explaining the working of the world. A similar study was performed by Doğan Bora (2005) with ... more ... explaining the working of the world. A similar study was performed by Doğan Bora (2005) with 10th grade students and their teachers. ... search all of them, we would do more inquiry. (Buket) As it was evident from the two quotes, children were more familiar with searching ...
Journal of Studies in Education, 2011
This study explored the effectiveness of a science camp on children's views of the tentative natu... more This study explored the effectiveness of a science camp on children's views of the tentative nature of scientific knowledge. The method used to do so was a synthesized methodology of explicit reflective guided-inquiry, and several explicit Nature of Science (NOS) activities. The participants were 24 children who were at the 6 th and 7 th grades. VNOS D questionnaire was applied at the beginning and end of the science camp. All of the children were also interviewed in order to validate the questionnaire and enrich the data. The qualitative data were analyzed by using interpretive analysis. The results showed that more children accepted the tentativeness of scientific knowledge at the end of the camp. The children's ideas about tentativeness of scientific knowledge in dinosaurs and meteorology domains were largely affected by the context of the questions especially at the beginning of the science camp.
Science Education …, 2011
A number of studies have already investigated children's stereotypical images of scientists as be... more A number of studies have already investigated children's stereotypical images of scientists as being male, old, bald, wearing eyeglasses, working in laboratories, and so forth. There have also been some interventions to impose more realistic images of scientists. In this study, a science camp was conducted in Turkey with a team of scientists consisting of elementary science education researchers. They interacted with the children throughout the camp both formally and informally. Twenty-four 6th and 7th grade students participated to the science camp. The science camp was conducted near a forest and big lake, and lasted ten days in July, 2008. The main goal of the science camp program was to introduce the nature of science and scientists. In one session of the science camp, the children's images of scientists were made explicit through analysis and discussion of their drawings of a scientist, and challenged by introducing them to three nonstereotypical scientists. The camp team consisting of scientists worked and stayed with the children throughout the science camp. Thus, they interacted with the children in formal and informal ways. The change in the children's images of scientists was researched by applying the Draw a Scientist Test (DAST) as pre-and post-test. Additionally, all the children were interviewed about their drawings. The only stereotypical images found in the pre-test were being male and slightly older. However, almost equal numbers of male and female scientists were drawn in the posttest, and most of them were middle aged or young. Other stereotypical images of scientists emerged less in the pre-test and decreased in the posttest. In conclusion, the science camp helped the children to realize the human nature of scientists.
This research study was conducted in Indiana University in the fall semester of 1998-99 academic-... more This research study was conducted in Indiana University in the fall semester of 1998-99 academic-years. The aim of the study was to analyze the affect of using telecommunication technologies on pre-service teachers' attitudes toward computers and their attitudes toward communicating on computers. The telecommunication technologies integrated were Alta Vista Forum and Tapped In. Alta Vista Forum is an electronic conferencing
Synthetic Metals, 1996
A theoretical investigation of the electronic structures of the oligomers of thiophene (T) and th... more A theoretical investigation of the electronic structures of the oligomers of thiophene (T) and their derivatives, namely, 2-methylthiophene (2MT), 3-methylthiophene (3MT), 2-cyanothiophene (2CT) and 3-cyanothiophene (3CT), are presented. The most stable forms of the monomer, dimer, trimer and tetramers are obtained by the semi-empirical quantum mechanical methodology using AM1 parametrization. All possible binding sites are investigated in order to understand
Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
... Peer Assessment of Elementary Science Teaching Skills Gulsen Bagci Kilic & Mehtap Cakan S... more ... Peer Assessment of Elementary Science Teaching Skills Gulsen Bagci Kilic & Mehtap Cakan School of Education, Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14280 Bolu, Turkey. Published online: 21 November 2006 ... Page 10. 100 KILIC & CAKAN ... Total 7 24 3 34 20.6% 70.6% 8.8% 100.0% ...
International Journal of Science Education, 2003
... Moreover, unlike English, relative clauses precede the verb. ... AULT, CR (1985). Concept map... more ... Moreover, unlike English, relative clauses precede the verb. ... AULT, CR (1985). Concept mapping as a study strategy in earth science. Journal of College Science Teaching, 15, 3844. BAGCI KILIC, G. (2001). Kavram haritalari ve Türkçe (Concept maps and Turkish). ...
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2008
... A Generalizability Theory analysis is often conducted in two stages (Shavelson & Webb... more ... A Generalizability Theory analysis is often conducted in two stages (Shavelson & Webb 199130. Shavelson, RJ and Webb, NM 1991. ... Method. This study used the data from BagciKilic and Cakan (20061. Bagci Kilic, G. and Cakan, M. 2006. ...
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2006
... DOI: 10.1080/02602930600760843 Gulsen Bagci Kilic a * & Mehtap Cakan a pages 639-654.... more ... DOI: 10.1080/02602930600760843 Gulsen Bagci Kilic a * & Mehtap Cakan a pages 639-654. ... The application of Individual Weighting Factors affected 17 (32%) of 53 students' grades. Seven students received a higher grade and 10 students received a lower grade. ...
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