Validation of the Scientific Reasoning Competencies Instrument: Relationships with Epistemological Beliefs and Analytical Thinking

Authors: Mensure Alkis Küçükaydin (ORCID 0000-0003-4410-1279), Elçin Ayaz (ORCID 0000-0003-2488-6777)

Source: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 2025 23(2):343-363.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 21

Descriptors: Science Tests, Cognitive Tests, Scientific Literacy, Thinking Skills, Competence, Scientific Attitudes, Beliefs, Epistemology, 21st Century Skills, Turkish, Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers

Geographic Terms: Turkey

Depictions of Refugees in Children's Picturebooks in Turkey

Authors: Mensure Alkis Küçükaydin (ORCID 0000-0003-4410-1279), Ömer Gökhan Ulum (ORCID 0000-0001-7685-6356), Hakan Ulum (ORCID 0000-0002-1398-6935)

Source: Early Childhood Education Journal. 2024 52(7):1563-1575.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 13

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Refugees, Social Attitudes, Consciousness Raising

Geographic Terms: Turkey

Modelling the Relationships between STEM Learning Attitude, Computational Thinking, and 21st Century Skills in Primary School

Authors: Mensure Alkis Küçükaydin (ORCID 0000-0003-4410-1279), Hakan Çite (ORCID 0000-0002-1224-9570), Hakan Ulum (ORCID 0000-0002-1398-6935)

Source: Education and Information Technologies. 2024 29(13):16641-16659.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 19

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, STEM Education, Student Attitudes, 21st Century Skills, Problem Solving, Algorithms, Computation, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Attitudes, Correlation, Predictor Variables

Geographic Terms: Turkey

Changes in Primary School Teachers' Perceptions of Play

Authors: Mensure Alkis Küçükaydin (ORCID 0000-0003-4410-1279)

Source: Teacher Development. 2024 28(3):365-382.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 18

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Play, Teacher Attitudes, Inclusion, Inservice Teacher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction, Learner Engagement, Cognitive Development

Geographic Terms: Turkey

An Investigation of the Effects of Out-of-School Learning Environments-Based Teaching on Pedagogical Belief Systems and Practices

Authors: Mensure Alkis Küçükaydin, Ersin Çopur (ORCID 0000-0002-7403-9018), Metin Altunkaynak (ORCID 0000-0001-6947-7526), Bekir Yildiz, Mustafa Türkmenoglu, Hakan Ulum (ORCID 0000-0002-1398-6935), Ömer Gökhan Ulum (ORCID 0000-0001-7685-6356)

Source: SAGE Open. 2024 14(1).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 12

Descriptors: After School Programs, Student Centered Learning, Preservice Teachers, Educational Attitudes, Beliefs, Educational Practices, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Theory Practice Relationship, Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries

Geographic Terms: Turkey

Computational Thinking in Primary School: Effects of Student and School Characteristics

Authors: Mensure Alkis Küçükaydin (ORCID 0000-0003-4410-1279), Hakan Çite (ORCID 0000-0002-1224-9570)

Source: Education and Information Technologies. 2024 29(5):5631-5649.

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 19

Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Correlation, Student Characteristics, Tests, Aptitude Tests, Mothers, Educational Attainment, Mathematics, Internet, Scientific Attitudes, Gender Differences, Class Size, Technology Integration, Institutional Characteristics, Computation

Understanding Turkish students' STEM career aspirations, STEM hopes and goals, parental perception, and cultural capital: A path analysis

Authors: Hakan Ulum, Menşure Alkış Küçükaydın

Source: STEM Education, Vol 4, Iss 4, Pp 364-380 (2024)

Subject Terms: cultural capital, hopes and goals in stem, stem career aspirations, parental expectations, Theory and practice of education, LB5-3640, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2767-1925

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Modelling the Relationship between Parents' STEM Awareness and Elementary School Children's STEM Career Interest and Attitudes

Authors: Mensure Alkis Küçükaydin (ORCID 0000-0003-4410-1279), Elçin Ayaz (ORCID 0000-0003-2488-6777)

Source: Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal. 2025 28(1).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Parent Influence, Knowledge Level, STEM Education, Elementary School Students, STEM Careers, Vocational Interests, Student Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries, Scores

Geographic Terms: Turkey

Critical thinking, epistemological beliefs, and the science-pseudoscience distinction among teachers

Authors: Menşure Alkış Küçükaydın, Seher Esen, Hakan Çite, Sümeyra Geçer

Source: Journal of Pedagogical Research, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 1-18 (2023)

Subject Terms: critical thinking disposition, epistemological beliefs, pseudoscience, teachers, Education, Education (General), L7-991

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: https://www.ijopr.com/download/critical-thinking-epistemological-beliefs-and-the-science-pseudoscience-distinction-among-teachers-13208.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2602-3717

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Modeling the Relationship between Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Scientific Habits of Mind, Attitudes towards Socio-scientific Issues and Scientific Literacy

Authors: Menşure Alkiş Küçükaydin

Source: Journal of Science Learning, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 353-362 (2022)

Subject Terms: Theory and practice of education, LB5-3640, Science

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/jslearning/article/view/36916; https://doaj.org/toc/2614-6568

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EFFECT OF A RESEARCH METHODOLOGY COURSE ON PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ RESEARCH ANXIETY AND SELF-EFFICACY

Authors: Mensure Alkis Kucukaydin, Zeynep Şimşir Gökalp

Source: Istraživanja u Pedagogiji, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 557-571 (2021)

Subject Terms: mixed-method, research anxiety, research methods, self-efficacy for research, Education (General), L7-991

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: http://research.rs/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2217-7337_v11_n02_p557.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2217-7337; https://doaj.org/toc/2406-2006

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Concept Teaching in Science Classrooms: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Teachers’ Talk

Authors: Mensure Alkis Kucukaydin

Source: Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 209-226 (2019)

Subject Terms: concept teaching critical discourse analysis teacher speech, Education, Special aspects of education, LC8-6691

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: https://jeseh.net/index.php/jeseh/article/view/204; https://doaj.org/toc/2149-214X

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İlköğretim 3.Sınıf Türkçe Ders Kitapları ve Öğretmen Kılavuz Kitabının Yapılandırmacı Öğrenme Yaklaşımına Uygunluk Düzeyi

Authors: Menşure ALKIŞ KÜÇÜKAYDIN, Adem İŞCAN

Source: Ana Dili Eğitimi Dergisi, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2017)

Subject Terms: Education

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: http://dergipark.gov.tr/aded/issue/27388/268692; https://doaj.org/toc/2147-6020

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An Investigation of Primary School Teachers’ PCK towards Science Subjects Using an Inquiry-Based Approach

Authors: Menşure ALKIŞ KÜÇÜKAYDIN, Şafak ULUÇINAR SAĞIR

Source: International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 87-108 (2016)

Subject Terms: Pedagogical content knowledge inquiry-based approach, primary school teacher, science, teacher competencies, Theory and practice of education, LB5-3640

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: http://iejee.com/index/makale/308/an-investigation-of-primary-school-teachers-pck-towards-science-subjects-using-an-inquiry-based-approach; https://doaj.org/toc/1307-9298

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