User-generated contents (UGC) such as online reviews are inherently incomplete since we do not capture the opinions of users who do not write a review. These silent users may have systematically different online experiences than those who speak up. These differences can be driven by users‟ differing sentiments towards their online experiences as well as their disposition to generate UGC. Indisc...

Intertextuality is an important academic writing ability when using others’ ideas efficiently and is tanta- mount to failing in the fulfillment of the research part of MA programs if improperly utilized. This study was thus intended to delve into university teachers’ judgment of what they may count as proper or im- proper intertextuality and the reas...

By definition, a social attitude is a behaviour pattern, anticipatory set or tendency, predisposition to specific adjustment to designated social situations, or, more simply, a conditioned response to social stimuli. Terminological usage differs, but students who have concerned themselves with attitudes apparently agree that they are acquired out of social experience and provide the individual ...

Bu çalışmada, öğrenme amaçlı yazma uygulamalarının ilköğretim dördüncü sınıf öğrencilerinin yazmaya yönelik tutumların ve “Madde Değişim” ünitesindeki akademik başarılarına etkisinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada yarı deneysel desen kullanılmıştır. İlköğretim seviyesinde dört şube alınarak bu şubelerden ikisi deney grubunu diğer ise kontrol oluşturacak şekilde rastgele atama yapılmışt...