Anatolian High School Students Research Articles

Metaphoric Perceptions of Anatolian High School and Vocational High School Students towards School

This study aims to reveal the perceptions of Anatolian High School and Vocational High School students towards their schools using metaphors. For this purpose, the following questions were sought. What are the metaphoric perceptions of Anatolian High School and Vocational High School students towards their schools? How are metaphorical perceptions of Anatolian high school and Vocational High School students’ schools conceptualized? What are the likes and dislikes of Anatolian and Vocational High School students about their schools? In this research, maximum diversity sampling was employed to reflect the views of students from different sampling areas and purposeful sampling methods. The study group consisted of students from an Anatolian High School and a Vocational High School in Ankara in the 2016-2017 academic year. The research was conducted with a total of two hundred students, one hundred from each high school. It was found that the students in both groups perceived the school with supervision and rules.

Validity and Reliability of the Future Decent Work Scale with Turkish Vocational and Technical High School Students

The working conditions of individuals in their workplaces must have human conditions. The characteristics that should be in a decent job are listed as safe working conditions, sufficient free time and rest hours, organizational values that complement family and social values, adequate compensation and access to health services. The aim of this research is to study the validity and reliability of the Future Decent Work Scale on Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School students which measures individuals' perceptions of decent work that they can obtain in the future. Within the scope of the validity and reliability studies of the scale, data were collected from 545 Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School students. In order to test the construct validity of the scale, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used and criterion-related validity was examined. Cronbach Alpha and McDonald's Omega coefficients were calculated for reliability studies. As a result of CFA, it was concluded that the goodness of fit indices of the scale indicated good (GFI=.93, AGFI=.90) and acceptable (χ2/df=3.943, RMSEA=.074, SRMR=.069, CFI=.85) level of fit indices. The Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient was calculated as .77 for the scale. These results show that the scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool on Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School students.

Investigation of the Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Sleep Quality of Secondary School Students

This study aims to examine the relationship between physical activity levels and students’ sleep quality at the secondary school level. A total of 334 students, 176 female, and 158 male students, studying in Elazığ province participated in the study. The "Physical Activity Scale for Adolescents" and the "Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index" were used as data collection tools. In the analysis of the data, the independent-sample T-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation analysis were used. In the examination of physical activity level and sleep quality in terms of the gender variable, the physical activity level and sleep quality of male students were found to be significantly better than the physical activity level and sleep quality of female students. In the examination of physical activity and sleep quality in terms of the school type variable, it was found that the physical activity levels and sleep quality of Sports High School students were significantly higher than those of Anatolian High School and Science High School students. A medium-level significant relationship was found in examining the relationship between physical activity level and sleep quality scale scores (r=-0.478, p=0.000). It has been determined that increasing the level of physical activity increases sleep quality. After all; a medium-level significant relationship was found between the physical activity level and sleep quality of the students studying at the secondary education level.Keywords: Physical Activity, Secondary Education, Sleep Quality, Student

A Research on Presenteeism in Students Who Attend Bilsem and Project Schools

The aim of this research is to investigate presenteeism levels of high school students who attend science and art centers and project schools in Bursa. The research is a descriptive research designed in survey model. A quantitative research methods was used. Personal Information Form prepared by the researchers and Presenteeism Scale for Students were used as data collection tools in the study. 705 high school students who attend BILSEM and project schools in Bursa participated in the research. In the study, it was found that students' level of presenteeism did not differ statistically according to gender and attendance at BILSEM, but differed according to grade level and school type. It has been observed that science high school students focus more on the school academically than Anatolian high school students, they feel included in the school environment not only physically but in every sense when they are at school, they feel high sense of belonging to their school, they are better than the Anatolian high school students in focusing on the lesson, managing their stress and completing their homework. It is suggested that an in-depth examination together with different variables for other research studies, to reveal the presenteeism levels of students especially who have passed certain academic processes, exams and tests and who are considered more successful than other students, will be guided for future studies.

Cyberbullying, Digital Footprint, and Cyber Security Awareness Levels of Secondary School Students

The aim of this study is to examine the digital footprint awareness of students while surfing on cyberbullying, cyber security and social networks with demographic data such as class, school, gender, internet usage level. This research was carried out using a descriptive survey model. The study group of the research consisted of 467 volunteer students studying at Anatolian and vocational high schools in Çorum. Research data were collected using the Digital Footprint Awareness Scale for Secondary School Students, Personal Cyber Security Scale, and Cyberbullying Scales for High School Students. The obtained data were analyzed using arithmetic mean, standard deviation, ANOVA, MANOVA, and logistic regression analysis. Because of this research, vocational high school students exhibit more cyberbullying behavior than Anatolian high school students, female students exhibit less cyberbullying behavior than male students, cyberbullying behavior increases as the time spent on the internet increases, and there is no difference according to classes. When the cyber security levels are examined, it is seen that there is no difference according to gender, internet usage level, and classes, but it differs according to the type of school and the Anatolian high school students have higher cyber security levels than the vocational high school students.

Lise öğrencilerinin tarihi mekâna yönelik tutumlarının incelenmesi

With the aim to identify the attitudes of high school students towards historical places, this study was carried out with 551 high school students in the 9th, 10th, and 11th grades of Science, Anatolian, and Social Sciences high schools in Yüreğir, Sarıçam, and Seyhan (the central districts of Adana) who volunteered to participate. In the study, the Attitude Scale toward Historical Places developed by Akça Berk and Gültekin (2019) was used to identify the attitudes of high school students toward historical places. The students’ levels of "valuing historical places”, “curiosity towards/special interest in historical places”, “indifference to historical places”, and “awareness of historical places" were reviewed by considering variables such as gender, class, school type, parents' educational status, and the person who accompanied them during their visit to the museum. In the analysis of the resulting data, the Mann–Whitney U test was used for paired comparisons to examine the differences between the groups regarding variables, and the Kruskal–Wallis test was used to compare more than two groups. The results show that there is no difference in attitudes between male and female students towards historical places. In terms of school type, the attitudes of Anatolian High School students toward historical places are more negative than those of the students of Science and Social Sciences High Schools. In terms of school grade, the most positive attitude is observed in the 11th-grade students, whereas the most negative attitude is observed in the 9th-grade students. The educational status of parents does not make a difference in the attitudes of students toward historical places. The results show that students not visiting the museum accompanied by a teacher, family, or school have a more positive attitude than those visiting the museum accompanied by their teacher, family, or school.

Öğrencilerin İngilizce Başarıları ile Öz Düzenleme ve Bireysel Yenilikçilik Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

In this study, the relationship between the Anatolian High School students’ self-regulation and personal innovativeness levels, and their success in learning English has been analyzed. Concerning the research of the learning process with prior arrangement, preliminary test - final test control grouped pattern of the experimental method has been used. As for the research of their personal innovativeness levels, scanning method has been used. Students’ success in the English class and their attitude towards the English class form the independent variables of the research. And the independent variable, the influence of which is searched for over those dependent variables, is the activities which were prepared by the researcher, using as base the learning process with self-regulation. The practice was carried out through the first term of the academic year, 2019-2020, together with the Gürlek Nakipoğlu High School’s 94 12th grade (final year) students. For the research of the learning process with self-regulation, three data collecting instruments have been used, which are English Readiness Test, English Achievement Test and English Attitude Test. The data used for the research of personal innovativeness levels were obtained through a questionnaire and a presonal innovatiness scale, developed by the researcher. At the end of the English class, which had been arranged accordingly with the learning process with prior arrangement, such findings were obtained: After the practice, it is clearly seen that the student’s success is considerably high, depending on the learning process with self-regulation in English learning. Moreover, as a result of researching their personal innovativeness levels, such findings have been reached: There is a meaningful correlation in positive direction, at medium level, between the students’ personal innovativeness levels and their success in learning English. In accordance with the findings derived from the research, several the implementers. Key words: Self-regulation, Cognitive Strategies, Personal Innovativeness, Innovativeness Categories

ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE AND EMOTION REGULATION IN ADOLESCENTS AGED BETWEEN 15-17

Psychological resilience situation gained importance associated with psychological science began to examine people's strengths along their weaknesses. It is claimed that psychological resilience plays an active role in people's emotions and in the interpretation of these emotions in the mind. For this reason, analysis of the relationship between psychological resilience and emotion regulation in adolescents aged between 15-17 is the main purpose of this study. Psychological Resilience Scale (PRS) and Emotion Regulation Scale (ERS) were used to collect the data of the study. The study was planned on all active students which are registered in Vocational High Schools and Anatolian High Schools in Bursa province. The sample of the study consists of 904 volunteer participants from Vocational and Anatolian High School students. According to the results of the study, psychological resilience and emotion regulation skills of adolescents differ according to socio-demographic variables. According to the findings of the regression analysis, it was determined that the increase in the skills of emotion regulation affected 14% of the increase in psychological resilience. In addition, it was determined that 22% of the variance in emotion regulation skills was explained by the sub-factors which affect their psychological resilience.

Examination Of Vocational And Technical Anatolian High School Students Percepti

Examination Of Vocational And Technical Anatolian High School Students Percepti

How Familial Cultural Capital Affects High-School Students’ Future Expectations: Two Cases of Anatolian High Schools in Istanbul

This study focuses on how Anatolian high school students anticipate their future considering upcoming university placement examinations and relatedly prospective career paths. Theoretical framework rests on Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital and Annette Lareau & Elliot B. Weininger’s (2003) elaboration of the concept as familial cultural capital. Lareau & Weininger expand/relocate the concept of cultural capital, considering parental involvement in children’s flourishing of new skills, managing time effectively, and communicative skills such as confronting authority figures with a more entitled and self-directed way at educational settings. Lareau & Weininger attribute these tendencies to advantaged middle-class families. In another study, Annette Lareau (2003) also coins the term concerted cultivation. The term exemplifies upper-middle class families’ parenting style, their close interest in their children’s curricular and extra-curricular activities. Considering differences between middle-class and working-class home environments, Lareau discusses working-class families’ distinct parental world from their kids and middle-class families’ negotiation-based interaction between family members, which encourages children’s entitlement and self-direction at other interactions. In this study, I suggest considering another aspect of parental involvement in children’s education which represents a normative framing about future expectations amongst students coming from lower social class backgrounds. Additionally, I discuss how, despite their social class background, mothers play an influential role in children’s education confirming traditional reproduction roles. I present excerpts from a qualitative study, consisting of interviews and field notes from short ethnographic observations. I discuss a crucial difference between students coming from advantageous families and those that come from lower class families, regarding in-depth information about prospective careers, their extracurricular skills, and disadvantaged students’ adoption of guaranteed career paths.

LİSE BAĞLAMINDA İNGİLİZCENİN YABANCI DİL OLARAK ÖĞRETİLDİĞİ DERSLERDE KULLANILAN DİL ÖĞRENME STRATEJİLERİ VE CİNSİYETİN ROLÜ

The current research aimed to reveal the language learning strategies (LLS) used by Anatolian high school students and examine whether gender has a role in their strategy preferences and frequency of using them.
 One hundred fifty-six participants were randomly selected as the participants (100 females and 56 males). The participants learning English as a foreign language were chosen randomly from different grades of Siirt Atatürk Anatolian High School (9th, 10th and 11th).
 The study data were collected through the questionnaire developed by Oxford (1990) to discover the language learning strategies used in the language learning continuum. Descriptive statistics were computed to determine the language strategies used in a high school context and discover if gender has a role in adapting the strategies. 
 In light of the current research findings, the researcher found out that the female learners used language learning strategies more frequently than the male participants. While the most favoured strategies were social language learning strategies, and the effective strategies were the least preferred.

Öğrencilerin Kitap Okuma Tutumları ile Kitap Okumanın DKAB Öğretim Programındaki Değerlere Etkisi Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Bu araştırma, öğrencilerin kitap okuma tutumları ile kitap okuma tutumlarının değerlere etkisine yönelik görüşleri arasındaki ilişkiyi tespit etmeye yöneliktir. Araştırmada öğrencilerin hem kitap okuma tutumlarının ne düzeyde olduğu incelenmiş hem de Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti’nde (KKTC) 4-12. sınıfları arasında okutulan Din Kültürü ve Ahlak Bilgisi Dersi (DKAB) öğretim programında öğretilmesi hedeflenen değerlerin, öğrencilerin kitap okuma tutumlarından ne düzeyde etkilendiği araştırılmıştır. Özellikle araştırmada kitap okuma tutumlarının öğrencilerin “adalet, duyarlılık, dayanışma, merhamet, nezaket, dürüstlük, sabır, sevgi, saygı, sorumluluk ve yardımlaşma” değerleri üzerinde bıraktığı etkiler ele alınmıştır. Bu değerlerin araştırmaya konu olmasının sebebi, KKTC DKAB programında öğretilmesi hedeflenen başlıca değerler olmalarıdır. Ayrıca araştırmada seçilen değerlerle Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Millî Eğitim Bakanlığının 2017 yılında belirlediği on kök değer (adâlet, dostluk, dürüstlük, öz denetim, sabır, saygı, sevgi, sorumluluk, vatanseverlik, yardımseverlik) karşılaştırıldığında, her iki grubun büyük oranda örtüştüğü görülmektedir. Araştırma 2020 yılında, KKTC’de bulunan 53 ortaokul ve liseden amaçlı örnekleme yöntemlerinden maksimum çeşitlilik yöntemiyle seçilen 11 okul ve bu okullarda okuyan 464 öğrenci ile yapılmıştır. Örneklem olarak seçilen okullar, KKTC’nin demografik yapısını yansıtacak şekilde her bölgeden ve her okul türünden seçilen resmi/özel okullardan oluşmaktadır. Nicel araştırma yöntemiyle yapılan araştırmada, öğrencilerin kitap okumaya ilişkin tutumlarını belirlemek amacıyla Sarar-Kuzu ve Doğan tarafından geliştirilen “Kitap Okuma Tutum Ölçeği” ile kitap okuma tutumunun değerlere etkisini ölçmek amacıyla araştırmacı tarafından geliştirilen “Kitap Okumanın Değerlere Etkisi Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre; öğrencilerin %15,9’unun hiç kitap okumayan, %51,2’sinin az kitap okuyan özelliğinde olmalarına rağmen kitap okumanın “kişisel/toplumsal gelişimlerine katkı sağlama” faktöründe yüksek düzeyde, “ilgi/sevgi duyma” ile “önemli/değerli bulma” faktörlerinde orta düzeyde tutuma sahip oldukları tespit edilmiştir. Öğrencilerin kitap okumanın değerlere etkisine yönelik görüşleri ise yüksek düzeydedir. Kadın öğrencilerin kitap okuma tutumlarının erkek öğrencilere göre daha yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Öğrencilerin kitap okumanın değerlere etkisine yönelik görüşleri ise cinsiyet değişkenine göre farklılık göstermemektedir. Tüm öğrencilerin bu konudaki tutumları yüksek düzeydedir. Okul türü değişkenine göre veriler analiz edildiğinde kitap okumanın “kişisel/toplumsal gelişime katkısı” ve kitap okumayı “önemli/değerli bulma” faktörlerinde ve kitap okumanın değerlere etkisi ölçeğinde, Anadolu Lisesi, İlahiyat Koleji ve Kolej öğrencilerinin diğer öğrencilerden daha yüksek puan verdikleri tespit edilmiştir. Özellikle akademik başarı ile kitap okuma arasındaki pozitif ilişkinin bunun sebebi olduğu söylenebilir. Kitap okumaya “ilgi/sevgi duyma” faktöründe İlahiyat Koleji öğrencilerinin diğer okullardaki öğrencilerden daha yüksek bir tutuma sahip oldukları tespit edilmiştir. Okuldaki kitap okuma etkinliklerinin, yarışmaların ve kütüphaneye erişimin kolay olmasının İlahiyat Koleji öğrencilerinin kitaba ilgi ve sevgi duymalarında rol oynadığı söylenebilir. Ayrıca “sınıf seviyesi, yılda okudukları kitap sayısı, evinde çalışma odası/kitaplık/kitap köşesine sahip olma, okul kütüphanesinden kitap alma, okul dışında kütüphaneye gitme, ders kitabı dışında kitap satın alma ve dijital kitap/dergi okuma” şeklindeki diğer değişkenlerin de gruplar arasında farklılığa sebep olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Öğrencilerin kitap okuma tutumları ile kitap okumanın değerlere etkisine yönelik görüşleri arasında pozitif ve anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Buna göre öğrencilerin kitap okuma tutumları arttıkça kitap okumanın değerleri etkilediğine yönelik görüşlerinin de arttığını söylemek mümkündür. Bu sonuçlara göre öğrencilerin yaşlarına uygun olarak seçilecek kitaplarla milli-manevi değerler kazandırılabilir. Okullarda düzenlenecek kitap okuma projeleri, yarışmalar ve etkinliklerle kitap okuma tutumları arttırılabilir ve milli-manevi değerlerin öğretilmesi sağlanabilir. Ayrıca kitap okumanın hangi değerleri, nasıl etkilediğini ortaya koymak için nitel araştırmalar yapılabilir.

Difficulties Encountered by High School Students in Mathematics

<p style="text-align:justify">The aim of this study is to identify whether high school students encounter any difficulties in mathematics and reveal the reasons for such difficulties. The participants of the study, which was a descriptive case study based on qualitative understanding, were a total of 164 students, including 85 students from Anatolian High Schools and 79 students from Science High Schools. Approximately 11% of the participants said they had no difficulties in math, whereas 99% of the students from Anatolian High Schools and 78% of the students from Science High Schools said they had difficulties in mathematic. Their thoughts about the reasons for such difficulties were analyzed by content analysis method considering the type of high school they attended. The findings obtained revealed that the difficulties encountered by the participants in mathematics were teacher-, content- and student-based. Anatolian High School students stated that they intensely faced teacher-based difficulties, whereas Science High School students stated that they faced content-based difficulties. It's expected that the results of this study may contribute to studies to be conducted to increase student success in mathematics education and provide ideas for further studies.</p>

DETERMINING THE CAUSES OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS OF TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT GERMAN COURSES THROUGH METAPHORS ACCORDING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL TYPE VARIABLE

Compulsory second foreign language phenomenon has emerged in Turkey in the near term. German was made compulsory as the second foreign language in Anatolian high schools in the academic year 2012-2013. As with the first foreign language teaching, there are also problems with the second foreign language teaching. The revealing of the problems in teaching German as a second foreign language from the perspective of the students, in line with the experiences of the students will provide concrete data. In this context, the aim of this study is to determine in Turkey the causes of positive and negative perceptions of high school students about German course through metaphors according to the high school type variable. To achieve this goal, the phenomenology method, one of the qualitative research approaches, was used. The research group of this study consists of 308 students studying in different high school types in Mugla province in the second semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. The data of this study were obtained from five types of schools: Social sciences, science high school, Anatolia, vocational and technical, private high school. While the most negative categories developed regarding the German course are seen in the social sciences high school; positive categories, on the other hand, were mostly developed in Tourism High School. The perception of Ataturk vocational and Technical Anatolian High School students, which is one of the five schools in which data are obtained, differs compared to other schools. As this school is a Tourism vocational high school, students studying in this school think that, unlike the other four high schools, German lessons are a necessary lesson and this language must be learned. On the other hand, four high school students stated that this lesson was not necessary and that there would be no loss for them. When a general evaluation based on the data obtained is made, the reasons for the negative perceptions of the students about the German course are, it can be said that it depends on the structure of the language, student-centered, teacher competence centered, exam system centered, and national language policy centered. Article visualizations:

Substance Abuse Protection Self-Efficacy of Students from Two Different Types of High Schools and Related Factors

AbstractAim: This study aims to investigate self-efficacy and the related factors of students enrolled in two different types of high schools regarding protection from substance abuse.Materials and Methods: This study was conducted with 170 volunteer students enrolled in an Anatolian High School in city center and a Technical High School in district in the academic year 2018-2019. Data were collected using a sociodemographic characteristic form and Self-Efficacy Scale for Protection from Substance Abuse. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16.0 software, percentage, chi-square, t-test and Anova test for independent groups. Results: The mean age of the participants was 15.2±0.85. Of them, 58.8% were female and 55.3% were enrolled in Anatolian High School, 11.8% both smoked and used alcohol. There was a significant relationship between the mean score on the Self-Efficacy Scale for Protection from Substance Abuse and gender, residence, mother’s education background, income level, type of high school, alcohol and smoking habits (p<.05). Substance abuse protection self-efficacy levels of the Technical High School students were lower than that of the Anatolian High School students. Conclusion: At risk students of substance abuse were male, those with lower income, those living in districts and villages, the Technical High School students, smokers and alcohol users. The high-risk groups should be diagnosed early and be aware of the risk. Early intervention measures should be taken for high-risk groups. These high-risk groups in schools should be closely monitored and, if necessary, collaborated with the family.

Determining the Effects of Science Festivals on Students' Science Classes and their Attitudes towards Project Assignments

Bu çalışmada, bilim şenlikleri ile öğrencilerin fen derslerine yönelik olumlu tutum geliştirmelerini sağlamak ve bilim şenliğinde aktif görev alan öğrencilerin proje ödevleri haakındaki görüşlerini almak amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma 2016-2017 eğitim öğretim yılı 2. döneminde Erzurum ili Horasan ilçesinde bulunan Horasan Anadolu Lisesi’ndeki öğrencilere uygulanmıştır. Fen derslerindeki tutumların değişimini ölçmek için tek grup ilk test son test desen, bilim şenliğinde aktif görev öğrencilerin proje ödevleri hakkındaki görüşlerini almak için ise durum çalışması yapılmıştır. Bulgular incelendiğinde bilim şenlikleri ile öğrencilerin fen derslerine yönelik tutumlarının olumlu yönde arttığı görülmüştür. Ayrıca fen derslerinden proje ödevi alan öğrencilerin proje ödevlerini bilim şenliği şeklinde sunmaya sıcak baktıkları ve daha hevesli oldukları görülmüştür. Bilim şenliklerinin öğrencilerin fen derslerine ve proje ödevlerine yönelik tutum düzeyleri üzerindeki olumlu etkisi göz önüne alındığında, ülkemizdeki okullarda bilim şenlikleri gibi etkinliklerin yaygınlaştırılması ve öğrencilerin bu tür etkinliklere katılımlarının teşvik edilmesinin yararlı olacağı düşünülmektedir.

Identifying the Students’ Needs for Guidance at Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School

The purpose of this study is to identify the needs of vocational and technical Anatolian high school students for guidance. A mixed research methodology is employed in this descriptive study. With the guidance needs analysis survey, quantitative data was collected about the needs of students for guidance from a total of 2228 participants including 1437 students, 304 teachers and 487 parents. The qualitative data in the research were collected from school counsellors employed in vocational and technical high schools, from the heads of guidance services employed in guidance research centres, from psychological guidance and counselling specialists working in the Ministry of National Education, from psychological counsellors representing Turkish Psychological Counselling and Guidance Association and those engaged by educational unions. The research revealed findings that the students need intensive guidance on topics such as identification of future career goals, learning effective studying methods, self-knowledge of interests and abilities, knowledge of professions and their basic requirements, focusing attention during lessons, protection from addiction, knowledge of developmental features of adolescence, university admission exams and opportunities for higher education. Furthermore, it was revealed that the guidance needs of the students were not met sufficiently, they needed services in all areas of personal-social, educational and career guidance, female students needed guidance services more than male students, and students felt more need of guidance services at higher grades. In line with the results of the study, further recommendations are presented to provide for the guidance needs of students.

Lise öğrencilerinin İngilizce öğrenmede medya ve bilgi teknolojisi araçlarının kullanımına yönelik tutumları ve akademik öz-yeterlik algıları

The present study aims to examine the relationship between high school students’ academic self-efficacy perceptions and their attitudes towards the use of media and information technology tools in learning English as well as the effects of gender and grade level on these variables. To this end, 249 Anatolian High School students in Istanbul from different grade levels took the Attitude Scale for the Use of Media and Information Technology Tools in Learning English (Güven, 2015) and the Academic Self Efficacy Scale (Kandemir , 2010). Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were carried out to analyze the quantitative data. The results showed that female students feel academically more self-efficient although no difference emerged between males and females in terms of their attitudes towards ICT and media tools in learning English. An incremental pattern was also observed in that students from the higher grade levels have more positive attitudes and feel more self-efficacious than students in the lower grades. In addition, correlational analyses showed that the students with a positive attitude towards ICT and media tools in learning English have higher academic self- efficacy levels. Likewise, the students with negative attitudes towards ICT and media tools had lower academic self-efficacy ratings.

STEM Career Preferences of the Anatolian High School Students from Different Socioeconomic Levels

The purpose of this study is to reveal the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) career preferences in university of the students at different socioeconomic levels studying in Anatolian high schools and the relation between their socioeconomic levels and preferences. The research is performed with 886 students studying in Anatolian high schools in Kayseri province in the second term of the 2016-2017 academic year. The data is gathered via a form with demographic information and university career preferences of the students. The socioeconomic levels of the students are determined and their university career preferences are coded as STEM career field or non-STEM career field. In the analysis of the data, the SPSS 22 program is utilized. In the analysis of the data, frequency, percentage, and chi-square analysis are used. In the research, a significant relation is found between the socioeconomic levels of the students and whether their university career preferences are within the STEM field or not.

The Interaction Between Concentration of Heavy Metal-Trace Elements and Non-Smoking Status of Adolescents in Sinop (Turkey).

This study was experimentally conducted between 2017 and 2018 in order to determine the interactions of heavy metals and non-smoking status of adolescents in Sinop Province (Turkey). In this regard, the students of Sarı Saltuk Anatolian High School students in Sinop Province were examined. The research data was obtained using a questionnaire, including questions about sociodemographic characteristics and smoking status of the adolescences. Afterwards, 0.5 g of hair samples from 40 female students who accepted to participate to the research was collected and analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MSMS), and the obtained data were evaluated using SPSS (version 22.0) statistical program. At the end of the study, the Mg, Cr, Co, and Zn elements of the non-smoking girls were found to be slightly higher than the normal range of hair, and the high concentration of Cd element was related to the contamination by passive smoking. Besides, it was determined that the elements which showed the highest positive correlation in hair samples taken from the children of smokers were Ca/Cd, Al/Fe, Mg/Cr, Na/Fe, Al/Cd, and Al/Na, respectively. As the nursing approach, it is thought that trainings aiming to prevent smoking and quitting smoking are extremely important.