Investigation of Kyrgyz Learners’ Engagement in Online Courses

Gülşat MUHAMETJANOVA | Azat AKMATBEKOVA

This study aimed to investigate Kyrgyz learners' engagement in online courses. In this respect, the Student Engagement Scale and appropriate open-ended questions were employed in order to obtain data from learners. The sample covers 400 undergraduate learners studying at Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University. The study has a mixed research design, hence both quantitative and qualitative approaches were employed. The results of the study revealed that behavioral engagement has a significant effect on learner achievement. The study also demonstrated that the engagement of Kyrgyz learners in online cou ...More

A Panel Study of the Impact of R&D on Financial Performance: Evidence from an Emerging Market

Mahmut ERDOĞAN | Adilya YAMALTDİNOVA

In recent years, innovation and R&D activities have been one of the most important factors affecting the growth strategies of the companies and their financial performance. However, it is the fundamental elements of sustainable economic growth, innovative activities have strategic decision-making characteristics due to their effects on efficiency and market value. The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of R&D expenditures on the financial performance of 62 production companies listed in Borsa Istanbul in the period of 2008-2017 by using panel data methods. We used return on assets ...More

Analysis of Article Methodologies on Financial Statements’ Transparency Between the Years 2000 and 2016

Bilal SOLAK

Accounting scandals that took place in the last quarter of the twentieth century such as the one at ENRON and PARMALAT prove the importance of transparency and objectivity for the presentation of financial statements. Accounting researchers all over Turkey and other countries have started to publish more studies using different kinds of methodologies on providing transparency for the financial statements due to the scandals. Published work by accounting scientists is extraordinarily crucial both for accounting theory and shaping accounting applications. In this research, article methodologies ...More

Effect of delamination size, location and boundary conditions on the behavior of a laminated glass plate

Ebru DURAL

Laminated glass is made by combining glass layers with polyvinyl butyral (PVB) or a different adhesive with the help of heat and pressure. Its popularity is increasing in the building industry as a protective material. However, despite the popularity of laminated glass as a structural material, delamination is recognized as a highly undesirable problem inducing major damage to laminated glass. The effect of boundary conditions on the delamination strength of laminated glass is observed in this study. It is concluded that the location and size of delamination have a considerable effect in deter ...More

E-Government Development in the Central Asian States: Best Practices, Challenges and Lessons Learned

Ulan BRİMKULOV | Kasım BARIKTABASOV

Many states of the world are developing e-government to raise operating efficiency, better service delivery to citizens, and reduce corruption. But successful development of e-government depends on many factors, such as the level of economic development, the development level of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure, the ICT literacy of citizens, legal framework, political leadership etc. This chapter attempts to confirm this statement using the example of the Central Asian states. The chapter also describes best practices, main challenges and obstacles, and lesson ...More

Entropic organizational climate (EOC): Development and validation of new scale = Энтропийный организационный климат: разработка и валидизация новой шкалы

Mustafa Fedai ÇAVUŞ

Entropy, which is an element of the system approach evaluating organizations as a system, refers to the deterioration tendency. Purpose. This study aimed to develop a new scale in order to evaluate the negative climate in organizations. Method. The study was carried out in two stages. In the first study, the construct validity of the scale (N 412) was revealed by exploratory factor analysis and, also convergent and discriminant analysis in the banking sector. The second study was carried out in the teacher sample (N 224) and analysed for confirmatory factor analysis and predictive validity of ...More

Innovative technologies in educational process of teaching computer graphics

Zamirgül KAZAKBAYEVA

The purpose of this article is to show the importance of the application and use innovative technologies in educational process. This article considers the problems of teaching 2D- and 3D-computer graphics technologies in the higher educational institutions. Support of independent works of students for project creation. The paper also presents personal original video tutorials developed in the Kyrgyz-Turkish University Manas and shares the experience of video lessons creation. However, one of the main problems at secondary schools and higher educational institutions is the lack of video lesson ...More

The moderator role of negative environment perceptions in the effect of achievement motivation on work values in entrepreneurship

Ömer Lütfi ANTALYALI

Tourism, promotion and international public relations

Erkan AKGÖZ

University Learners’ Motivation and Experiences Using Virtual Laboratories in a Physics Course

Azat AKMATBEKOVA | Gülşat MUHAMETJANOVA

It is becoming necessary to examine learners’ use of and experiences with virtual laboratories. Learners’ interest and motivation to use virtual laboratories are important factors for the success of these platforms. This study was conducted to analyze Kyrgyz learners’ use of virtual laboratories in a physics course at the university level. The study was performed in the 2019–2020 spring term at a state university in Kyrgyzstan. The study took a quantitative approach, with 376 Kyrgyz learner participants studying at the undergraduate level. The participants were divided into three groups: the f ...More

Artificial Neural Network Model for Evaluating Parameters of Reflection-Asymmetric Samples From Reference-Plane-Invariant Measurements

Mehmet ERTUĞRUL

A technique based on artificial neural network (ANN) is proposed to extract the electromagnetic properties of reflection-asymmetric samples from reference-plane-invariant (RPI) scattering parameter measurements. It first determines reference plane transformation distances and then extracts the material properties. The number of neurons in the hidden layer of the ANN model was evaluated subject to accuracy and time constraints. We examined the conformity of the dataset of the ANN model and the required time for the training process by considering different numbers of neurons in the selected hid ...More

Understanding digital diplomacy through Ukraine-Russia events: The truth behind events in Ukraine and donbass

Niyazi AYHAN | Tolkun Bekturgan Kızı

Digital diplomacy is a form of new public diplomacy that uses the internet, new information and communication technologies, and social media as a means to strengthen diplomatic relations. The main differences from classical public diplomacy are greater access to information, more interaction between people and organizations, and greater transparency. Diplomacy is radically transforming in front of our eyes. In the face of new challenges, its structure and methods are changing, and new directions are emerging. The chapter analyzes new opportunities and technologies for use by the diplomatic dep ...More