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This study is a correlational research that aims to define the relationship between parental involvement, parental expectations and elementary school students’ academic success. The research was conducted in …… province and in defining the sample of the study, it was aimed to ensure the diversity of socioeconomic level and sociocultural status. Totally, 420 parents have voluntarily participated in the research after the purpose of the study explained to them. The data was gathered with the Scale for School and Family Involvement in Elementary Schools, subscale of parents developed by Sheldon and Epstein’s (2007) which has been adapted into Turkish by Oğuz (2012). While there was only one dependent variable of the study (academic success), there are six independent variables (parents’ educational status, household income, parents’ gender, child’s gender, parental involvement, parental expectation). Within the research, independent samples t-test and Chi-square independence test were used. Moreover, logistic regression analysis was performed in order to define the power of predictability of the variables. Results showed that, there are not significantly statistical relations between academic success and parents’ gender, children’s gender, parental involvement at school. On the other hand, it has been concluded that parents’ educational status, household income, parental expectation and parental involvement at home are significantly correlated with children’s academic success. It was seen that the most important predictor of a child’s academic success is parental expectations. Based on the results, recommendations were developed for parents, schools and researchers.

In Turkey, the term “Treasury” refers to the sum of state’s cash assets and non-cash assets, namely, real assets. Although only the government’s cash sources are considered as treasury, non-cash sources in the form of real properties are actually one of the most important sources of finance in the state.

İnfertilite, çiftlerin %10-15‟inde görülmektedir. İnfertilite sadece ilgili çiftleri etkileyen bir sağlık problemi olmayıp; psikolojik, sosyal ve finansal etkileriyle çiftlerin mikro ve makro çevresini de etkilemektedir. Akupunktur vücutta belli noktalara iğne batırmak suretiyle uygulanan ve birçok hastalıkta kullanılan tamamlayıcı bir tedavi modalitesidir. Akupunkturun kullanıldığı hastalıklar arasında infertilite de yer almaktadır. Özellikle in vitro fertilizasyon tedavisiyle birlikte kullanımı giderek yaygınlaşmaktadır. Bu yazıda infertilite tedavisinde akupunkturun yeri tartışılacaktır.