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The aim of this study is to examine teaching environments that prepared and performed by pre-service science teachers in order to determine characteristics of these environments and conformity of these environments with referred to argument driven inquiry. In this context, micro teaching practices performed by the participants were observed and recorded for 10 weeks. Data obtained from 31 followed groups were examined with content analysis. According to results of the analysis, it can be said that all of the groups defined the concepts and partially made statements to reveal relationships between the concepts, while evaluation between concepts could rarely be made by means of activities that allow reaching a common judgment. Considering the teaching environments referred to argument driven inquiry, it can be suggested that revealing the relationships between concepts and performing the evaluation process is more appropriate than making definitions of the concepts. Also it was found that throughout univocal-descriptive dialogues often took place in practices. In addition, it was found that triadic dialogues which based on initiate-respond-evaluate/feedback [IRE/IRF] often were used during practice, pre-service teachers finished the chain at that point not asking follow-up questions for eliciting in-depth knowledge.

The purpose of this study was, in line with the views of the students & teacher, to examine Environmental Education Modular Curriculum (EEMC) developed to give environmental education with a specific content. In the study, the case study method was used. The research sample was determined with the purposeful sampling method & made up of 23 7th grade students (12 male & 11 female) attending a secondary school in the city of Gümüshane. During the application of EEMC in 11 weeks, the data were collected with Semi-Structured Interviews (SSI), Environmental Activities Evaluation Questionnaire (EAEQ), Environmental Education Self-evaluation Form (EESF) & the Constructive Learning Environment Questionnaire (CLEQ). The research data were analyzed with content analysis & frequencies, & the related categories & themes were formed. In the study, it was found that EEMC not only included a content which met the students' needs & which allowed them to produce solutions to environmental problems but also had the quality of a dynamic modular curriculum.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of "Environmental Chemistry" elective course via Technology-Embedded Scientific Inquiry (TESI) model on senior science student teachers' (SSSTs) self-perceptions of fluency with innovative technologies (InT) and scientific inquiry abilities. The study was conducted with 117 SSSTs (68 females and 49 males--aged 21-23 years) enrolled in the "Environmental Chemistry" elective course in spring semester of 2011-2012 academic year in a Turkish University. Within a simple (causal) experimental design, Innovative Technology Fluency Survey and the SSSTs' environmental research papers were employed to collect data. The results indicate that the "Environmental Chemistry" elective course via the TESI model improved the SSSTs' self-perceptions of fluency with InT and the scientific inquiry abilities. In light of the results, it is recommended that an undergraduate course for improving the SSSTs' higher-order scientific inquiry abilities and preparing academically papers should be devised and added into the science teacher-training programmes.

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of "environmental chemistry" elective course via Technology-Embedded Scientific Inquiry (TESI) model on senior science student teachers' (SSSTs) conceptions of environmental chemistry concepts/issues, attitudes toward chemistry, and technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) levels. Within one group pre-test--post-test design, the study was conducted with 117 SSSTs (68 females and 49 males--aged 21-23 years) enrolled in an "environmental chemistry" elective course in the spring semester of 2011-2012 academic-years. Instruments for data collection comprised of Environmental Chemistry Conceptual Understanding Questionnaire, TPACK survey, and Chemistry Attitudes and Experiences Questionnaire. Significant increases in the SSSTs' conceptions of environmental chemistry concepts/issues, attitudes toward chemistry, and TPACK levels are attributed to the SSSTs learning how to use the innovative technologies in the contexts of the "environmental chemistry" elective course and teaching practicum. The study implies that the TESI model may serve a useful purpose in experimental science courses that use the innovative technologies. However, to generalize feasibility of the TESI model, it should be evaluated with SSSTs in diverse learning contexts.

Students' abstract reasoning abilities can differ from one society to another. Students' profiles play significant roles in these differences. The aim of the study is to determine the relationship between middle school students' cognitive development levels and their profiles (age, gender, and science achievement) using the Science Cognitive Development Test (SCDT) in Turkey. The subjects (N = 445) were drawn from 7th and 8th grade students at private and public middle schools in five cities. While significant relationships were not found between students' cognitive developments and their genders and ages, a relationship was found with science achievement.

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This study aims at determining and comparing the genetic literacy levels of prospective teachers who study at different programs. The sample of the study consists of totally 162 prospective teachers studying at science teaching, biology, classroom teaching, and preschool teaching. "Genetics Literacy" survey was used as a data gathering tool for the research in which screening model was used. The point averages that prospective students got from the genetics literacy survey were investigated with ANOVA test and it was found out that there was a significant difference only between the points of prospective teachers who study at biology and science teaching. The difference between the prospective teachers' average points that they got from the subfactors of the survey was analyzed with MANOVA test according to the programs that they study. It was determined that although there are significant differences between genetic material, transmission, expression of genes, and society sub-factors, there wasn't found any significant difference between evolution and gene regulation factors. Considering the research results, the features of basic conceptions on genetics, their relations within each other and genetics importance for living being should be presented to prospective teachers in associated with current issues. By this way, efficiency of learning can be increased as well as the students' increasing interest towards genetics subjects in teaching-learning environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study examines the effectiveness of handbook preparation as a method in the self-directed learning process of student teachers in teaching endocrine glands, and increasing their levels of knowledge. Thirty student teachers were selected from a biology department. A pencil and paper test and a clinical interview procedure were used to collect data. The test had two open-ended questions investigating the knowledge level of the sample about endocrine glands and the basic concepts of the subject. The interview was conducted to search the effectiveness of the handbook preparation process on self-directed learning of the student teachers. The results revealed that the student teachers had very limited knowledge and also had misconceptions related to the endocrine topic. The handbook preparation method was very helpful for the student teachers to overcome their misconceptions about the subject and to increase their knowledge level. It was suggested that handbook preparation may be helpful for teaching other biology topics as a self-directed learning tool. However, it should be considered that the student teachers had heterogeneity with respect to skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to develop a standard scale which will determine visual literacy levels of preservice teachers according to their perceptions. A survey study research methodology was used and a scale was conducted with 216 senior preservice teachers selected in Education Faculty in 2010-2011 spring semester. Principal component analysis was used to construct validity of the scale. The scale consisted of 25 items and Cronbach's Alpha was calculated as .82. The developed scale loaded on five factors and these factors accounted for 54,88% of total variance. Data gathered were presented in tables. The averages of the answers given by preservice teachers in response to the questions relating visual learning proficiencies being high indicate that most of the preservice teachers have high levels of visual learning and literacy. Preservice teachers prefer newspapers most among the written communication means, followed by computer and television. Homework and research purposes were among the first two reasons for using the computer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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An introduction to the Journal of Turkish Science Education is presented in which the editor announces the journal's quarterly publication, presents the articles in different research domain in science education, and thanks all the reviewers in selecting the well-qualified papers for the issue.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one by Nor Aishah Buang, Lilia Halin and T. Subahan Mohd Meerah on entrepreneurial science thinking steps that can be used as a learning model, one by Şule Bayraktar on pre-service primary teachers' ideas on how lunar phases occur within 154 year primary students teachers and one by Esra Bilal and Mustafa on the effects of hybrid approach on student success and attitude towards physics.