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QR codes are discussed in the literature as an element that adds value to teaching and learning. However, despite the emphasis put on their potential benefits in the literature, studies on the adoption and use of QR codes in educational settings are very limited. Thus, the opinions of students (24 students), pre-service teachers (6 preservice science teachers) and teachers (5 science teachers, 5 branch teachers) about the games designed with QR codes were investigated in the current study. The study was carried out in a public school located in the city of Denizli in the first term of the 2022-2023 academic year. The case study design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. The data were collected through written documents and analyzed by using the content analysis method. In the study, 6 different games created with QR codes were designed to address the objectives given at the end of the 6th grade unit "Solar System and Planets". In order to play the games, student groups were formed by their teachers to be heterogeneous within the group and homogeneous among the groups.A total of 6 different stations were created where student groups could play the games and arrangements were made to allow student groups to play every game at these stations. While the students were playing the games, pre-service science teachers who came to the school for the course of teaching practice, all the science teachers working at the school and teachers from different branches watched the students. After the games were played, opinions were obtained from the students, pre-service science teachers, science and other branch teachers about the games designed with QR codes and the use of QR codes in education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The description of the current place of traditional games and traditional children's games in the educational system is considered important for the assessments of researchers and educational administrators. This study was prepared to examine the place of traditional games / traditional children's games in the preschool education program and elementary, middle school, High school physical education and sports education Curriculum. The research aimed to evaluate the results obtained by examining the education and training programs with the field article. The literature was reviewed in the research, and the document analysis method was used. National and international databases were used to collect data. The data on traditional games/traditional children's games were obtained within the classrooms 2013 Preschool Education Program, the 2018 Physical Education and Game Lesson Curriculum (1-4. Classes), the 2018 Physical Education and Sports Course Curriculum (5-8. Classes), and the 2018 High School Physical Education and Sports Course Curriculum (9-12). The keywords: "Traditional", "Game", "Child and game", "Traditional game", and "Traditional children's games" were scanned and the relevant results were evaluated. As a result of the study, it was concluded that out of the total 435 achievements included in these programs, only 8 achievements include traditional games/traditional children's games. It is recommended that traditional games and traditional children's games that offer mental, physical, social and emotional gains be given more space in educational programs for educational planners and educational administrators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today, one of the basic problems against mobile games is the effect of violent games that is played on aggressive behavior. Digital games, which are defined as a popular activity, have become a broad industry in today's world. Violent posters, images, film industries, websites are the components of this popular industry. It is known that there are different understandings among researches and researchers about violence. As an example of these differences and researches, while Bandura defines aggression as behaviors that have consequences such as injuring an individual or damaging their property; according to Lorenz aggression is not a bad act, on the contrary, Lorenz argues that aggression is a necessary fact for life. Apart from descriptive differences, studies have proven that there are differences according to conducted researches. In a study on gender and use of digital games, it was found that, on average, girls spend less time playing digital games than boys. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship among violent digital games and aggression and violence. In addition to this, it is also aimed to bring clarity to this issue by both descriptively and by evaluating and comparing the studies. This article has been prepared as literature review and compilation. While preparing this study, scientific books, thesis, journals and articles have been used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of word games on primary school 4th grade students' vocabulary. The quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test control group was used as the model of the research. The study group of the research consists of 30 4th grade students studying at two Primary School in Van province, Edremit district in the fall semester of the 2021-2022 academic year. The “Vocabulary Scale” developed by Wesche and Paribakht (1996) and adapted into Turkish by Ġlter (2015) was used as a data collection tool in the research. Percentage, frequency, mean, eta-square effect size correlation coefficient, Shapiro-Wilk test and T-Test were used in the analysis of the research data. As a result of the research, it was concluded that there was a significant difference in favor of the experimental group between the vocabulary post-test scores of the experimental group, which was taught vocabulary with word games, and the control group students, who were educated according to the primary school 4th grade Turkish curriculum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the study is to conduct validity and reliability studies by developing the Parent Form of Computer Games Attitude Scale. In this study, there were two different study groups. The first study group consists of 421 parents, applied exploratory factor analysis. The second group consists of 297 parents, applied confirmatory factor analysis. The analysis resulted two factor structures consisting of 6 items which have factor loadings between 0.38 and 0.64. This structure explained 54.7% of the total variance. The first factor was named as negative attitude, while the second factor was named as positive attitude. According to the results of confirmatory factor analysis, the model fits with the factors. The internal consistency of the first dimension is .85 and the internal consistency of the second dimension is .81. The scale retested after 3 weeks from the first test. The results of test retest reliability indicated that there are positive correlations between two results of negative attitude (r = .74) and there are positive correlations between two results of positive attitudes (r = .76). These results showed that this scale is a reliable and valid measurement instrument. In addition, it has be en examined that whether dimensions of the scale differentiate according to gender, age and education level. The results showed that fathers have higher positive attitudes than mothers; parents who are older than 40 have higher positive attitudes than parents whose ages are under 40. There is no significant difference in computer game attitudes in accordance with other variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Communication is mostly imprisoned in a technical area between the message coder and elucidator. Whereas communication is a sophisticated structure which embraces all human life. While making decisions in any topic or communicating with another person, we do not acknowledge all of the factors that affect the process. This is why, making sense of every decision-making process is not possible due to it may vary according to where, when and differences or changes in situations. In this very sense, science of communication is required to discover and research new areas in deep background of this sophisticated process. Dreaming is also a part of this process. We tell them to others, think about them, and effected by them. Daily life contains many of likely stories of dreams. However, analyzing dreams is in the field of psychiatry and psychology. This study is focused on dream's place and importance in communication sense on human interpretation system. If communication is a practice of making sense, dreams will have a big contribution to it doubtlessly. Trying to understand dream as a language, and evaluating the mind's playful side in communication perspective are important for making a new relation between human and communication. This study is excepted as the beginner of dream concept to transfer to communication field of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Art is a way of self impression. One of the most important functions of art, is relieving of individual. Art in general meaning and drawing in limited meaning, are ways for self expression and being discharge for children. Also plays carry similar specialties for children and shows similar specialties with art. Aim of this study is to expose similarities between art and play, criticize the necessity of art as a play in children's development and discuss that what drawing can express for a child. It has been applied to literature search that is a kind of survey method. According to obtained data from the study; art as a play improves the child's creativity, provides psychological relief, improvement of personality by pretending elders, supports him to live the sense of liberty, helps for express of him/her self and improves the imagination. Consequently, art as a play and drawing as a branch of art, have importance in many ways in improvement of child. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]