Samur, Esila; Yalcin, Sema Altun

This research aims to explore the effect of Montessori approach-based STEM activities on preschool pupils' academic self-esteem. The mixed method, which is one of the methods in qualitative and quantitative data are used together in the research. The participants consisted of 63 preschool pupils studying in kindergarten. In the research, the analysis of quantitative data was obtained by statistical methods, and the analysis of qualitative data was obtained by content analysis. As a result of the findings obtained at the end of the research, it was determined that there was a significant difference between the pre-and post-test scores of the academic self-esteem scale. According to the data obtained from the development observation form, the Montessori approach was based on the STEM activities of the preschool pupils; data analysis revealed that there were positive developments in social and emotional development, cognitive development, motor development, language development and self-care skills. According to analysis of the semistructured teacher interview, the preschool pupils in the study have improved problem solving skills; they can use the desired material with the desired feature and quality, and they act in a more balanced and coordinated manner. Their communication with their peers has also improved, they can remember previous information by focusing their attention, and their psychomotor skills have increased.

Kandal, Rueveyda; Bas, Fatih

In this research, it was aimed to investigate the graduate theses with metacognition theme on mathematics education according to their structural properties (publication year, method, study group, data collection tools and data analysis technique) and study topics. 80 graduate theses were reached within the scope of the research. At a result of the descriptive analyses, it was noticed that the number of theses has increased until recent years except from 2009, 2014 and 2017 and the highest number of conducted researches were in 2019. It was determined that generally the quantitative research approach was employed in the studies; accordingly, it was focused on descriptive and experimental studies. It was also found that most of the researches were carried with secondary school students, mostly questionnaires/ open-ended questionnaires/ scales/ tests were applied and mostly t-test, descriptive statistics and correlation tests were used in the analyses process. In addition, it was reached to the conclusion that mainly metacognitive awareness, metacognitive skill/experience and metacognitive learning/self-regulation strategies were studies in terms of the study topic.

Aydogdu, Fatih; Aysu, Burcin; Aral, Neriman; Gursoy, Figen

This research was intended to predict the self-efficacy of mothers, and the psychiatric problems and psychosocial development of childrenaccording to some variables, to determine whether there is a relationship between maternal self-efficacy and children's psychiatric problems and psychosocial development. Mothers with one-three-year-old children and who refered to Family Health Centers in Erzincan, constitute the universe of the research. Also, the sample of the research consists of 128 mothers who applied to four Family Health Centers randomly selected from Family Health Centers located in Erzincan city center. In the study, self-efficacy of mothers were stated with the Self-Efficacy Scale in Parenting Skills, and the determination of children's psychiatric symptom severity and psychosocial development problems with the Social and Emotional Assessment Scale. Correlation and regression analysis were used to evaluate the data. As a result of the research; it was determined that there was a negative and weak relationship between the self-efficacy levels of the mothers and the psychiatric symptom severity levels of the children, and there was a positive and weak relationship between the self-efficacy levels of the mothers and the psychosocial development levels of the children. It was also found that self efficacy was a significant predictor of both children's psychiatric symptoms and psychosocial developments. In addition, only education level was found to be a meaningful predictor of mothers' self-efficacy level.