Mental computation helps children understand how numbers work, how to make decisions about procedures, and how to create different strategies to solve math problems. Although researchers agree on the importance of mental computation skills, they debate how to help students develop these skills. The present study explored the existing literature in order to identify key points that are related to studentsÕ use of different mental calculation strategies in a variety of settings and their conceptual understanding of those strategies.
Cyberloafing behaviors in education refer to students' behaviors of using technology (e.g., smartphones, laptops, and the Internet) for non-academic purposes during classes. Although there exist many studies on employees' cyberloafing tendency/behaviors, such studies are pretty limited in the field of education. Thus, the main goal of the current study is to investigate undergraduate students' cyberloafing behaviors in terms of instructor and student-related issues. In this qualitative study, the participants consisted of 228 undergraduate students in a state university. The participants were provided with open ended questions related to their possible cyberloafing behaviors. Content analysis was used for data analysis. The results were categorized under four themes: teacher related cyberloafing behaviors, suggestions for minimizing teacher-related cyberloafing behaviors, student related cyberloafing behaviors, suggestions for minimizing student-related cyberloafing behaviors. The results show instructors' communication styles and their teaching preferences lead students to cyberloafing behaviors. Furthermore, students' personal issues and lack of motivation resulted in misbehavior.
ÖZBu çalışmanın amacı yükseköğrenimde öğrencilerin siberaylaklık yapma sebeplerini "öğrenci" ve "öğretmen (ders hocası)" kapsamında incelemektir. Nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden faydalanılan bu araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, 2015-2016 eğitim-öğretim yılı güz döneminde bir devlet üniversitesinde okumakta olan 228 sınıf öğretmeni adayı oluşturmaktadır. Katılımcılara yöneltilen açık uçlu sorular sonucunda elde edilen veriler içerik analizi yöntemi ile değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular dört ana başlık altında irdelenmiştir: öğretenden kaynaklı siberaylaklık davranışları, öğretenden kaynaklı siberaylaklık davranışlarını minimize etmek için öneriler, öğrenenden kaynaklı siberaylaklık davranışları ve öğrenenden kaynaklı siberaylaklık davranışlarını minimize etmek için öneriler. Elde edilen veriler doğrultusunda katılımcılar öğretim elemanının iletişim becerilerinden ve seçtikleri öğretim yöntem ve tekniklerinin kendilerini siberaylaklık davranışına yönlendirdiğini ifade etmiştir. Ayrıca kendi kişisel sorunlarının ve motivasyon düşüklüklerinin de benzer sonuç doğurduğunu söylemiştir.Anahtar Sözcükler: Öğretmen-öğrenci, siberaylaklık, öğretmen adayı, yükseköğretim.
The purpose of this critical analysis was to investigate the young children's sense of numerical magnitudes and the important attributes of classrooms where children in kindergarten and first grade are exposed to mathematics. This study aimed to offer guidelines that will assist teachers as they teach mathematics to children between the ages of five and seven.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.