Understanding the Role of Self-Efficacy in Sports Performance: A Longitudinal Study

The primary goal of this research project is to evaluate the influence of self-efficacy in athletic performance. This longitudinal study gives primary research data analysis to identify the research study employed useful research questions connected to self-efficacy and sports performance. This question is dependent on whether it is open-ended or closed-ended. The research study employed SPSS software for this aim, and the outcomes were useful. The descriptive statistic analysis, one-way ANOVA test analysis, variance component analysis, chi-square analysis, and the initial main test between de ...Более

Investigating Classroom Teaching Competencies of Pre service Elementary Mathematics Teachers

Murat GÖKALP

The study has sought answers to two major questions: What is the current situation in Elementary Mathematics Education programs at Faculty of Education in terms of classroom teaching competencies? To what extent do pre service teachers acquire these competencies? The research was conducted on 202 senior pre service teachers studying at the Department of Elementary Mathematics Education at a State University in Turkey during the 2012-2013 academic years. An observation form developed by the researcher was used to collect data about the pre service teachers' classroom competencies. Data were ana ...Более

Integrating Technology Into Instruction at a Public University in Kyrgyzstan: Barriers and Enablers

Gülşat MUHAMETJANOVA

The purpose of this study was to determine enablers and barriers to the technology integration into education based on the example of the situation at the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University as reported by students and instructors. The study employed the mixed-methods research design, combining data obtained from 477 student and 57 instructor questionnaires supplemented by interviews with 11 students and 9 instructors. The study revealed that although technology is being used at the universities all over the country, there still exists the lack of both hardware and software laboratories and the in ...Более

The school-to-work transition, overeducation and wages of youth in Kyrgyzstan

Kamalbek KARIMŞAKOV | Burulça SULAYMANOVA

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, it analyses the relationship between educational level, the school-to-work transition period for youth and positions which suffer from an education-job mismatch in Kyrgyzstan; and second, it investigates the effect of the education-job mismatch on the wages of youth in Kyrgyzstan. Design/methodology/approach The study uses the International Labor Organization 2013 data from the school-to-work transition survey for Kyrgyzstan. The Kaplan-Meier failure analysis is employed to demonstrate the relationship between school-to-work transition and m ...Более

Learning management system implementation: a case study in the Kyrgyz Republic

Cumagül Nurakun Kızı | Rita İSMAİLOVA

In this paper, the determinants of the intention to use online learning management system (LMS) among students in one of universities in the Kyrgyz Republic were studied, using quantitative and qualitative analysis. A total of 541 responses from students, enrolled in online courses during the fall and spring semesters 2016–2017, were used to examine students attitude toward online education. In addition, interviews with six instructors were conducted. Results showed that success of students in e-courses depend on year of education and the academic major of students. Factors, defined in the sco ...Более

Invariable Values in Changing World: Students' Attitudes toward Business Ethics in Turkic Republics = Değişen Dünyada Değişmeyen Değerler: Türk Cumhuriyetlerinde Üniversite Öğrencilerinin İş Etiğine Yönelik Tutumları

Seyil NAJİMUDİNOVA | Azamat MAKSUDUNOV

In recent years, corporate social responsibility and business ethics issues are one of the outstanding topics for business in their efforts to attain respectable niche and growth. In spite of the rapid changes in business world and different cultural backgrounds, it is extremely important to keep on business ethics as a field of training, teaching and research. In this regard, this study aims to reveal attitudes of Business students as future entrepreneurs and managers toward business ethics in Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan case. For this purpose, an AT-BEQ questionnaire form w ...Более

USSR Socio-Political Education System and Activities of Association Down with Illiteracy in Kyrgyzstan = Kırgızistan’da SSCB Sosyo-Politik Eğitim Sistemi ve Kahrolsun Cehalet Derneği’nin Faaliyetleri (1924-1927)

Yavuz Ercan GÜL

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the political education activities and the activities of the Association of "Down with Illiteracy" of the Soviet Union in Kyrgyzstan between 1924-1927. In accordance with this technique, firstly, by obtaining the necessary permissions from the Kyrgyzstan State Archive Directorate ((SIC)Gamma Alpha), the documents related to education were collected and interpreted on the basis of the literature. The first decade of the Soviet Union was a period when Soviet ideologists played an active role in shaping Soviet philosophy. Education and policy were combin ...Более

Longitudinal study of Kyrgyz students’ general physics course performance in paper-based versus online–based tests

Azat AKMATBEKOVA | Gülşat MUHAMETJANOVA

This study was conducted to examine students' performance in paper-based and online-based tests. In the context of the study, students' performances were considered in the General Physics course between 2014 and 2015 and 2018-2019 academic years. The participants of this study are 417 students of Engineering and Science faculties at a public university of Kyrgyz Republic. Students' achievement scores in paper-based and online-based tests were obtained and appropriate statistical analysis methods were employed. According to the results, students' demographic data (i.e. gender, faculty and major ...Более

Preparing social pedagogues to use regional components in the education/rearing process in comprehensive schools (using the example of Zhezkazgan-Ulytau region)

Nurbübü ASİPOVA

Kazakhstani higher education reforms are focused on changing and reframing the content of education and the primary forms and methods of teaching. The authors consider the education of social pedagogues in academic, language, and sociocultural environments. This research is aimed at introducing a regional component to the education/rearing process in comprehensive schools (using the example of Zhezkazgan-Ulytau region). This issue is solved by developing and implementing a regional component in the content of the education/rearing process that reflects regional specifics and actualizes sociocu ...Более