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The aim of this study is to analyze the effects of game-based applications in secondary education through the mixed-meta method. For this purpose, a total of 13 quantitative and qualitative studies conducted between the years 2004 and 2019 and accessed from different databases were analyzed. In the quantitative (meta-analysis) dimension of the study, the effect of game-based applications on academic achievement in secondary education was examined while the effect of these activities on social-affective and academic field in the qualitative (meta-thematic analysis) one. The meta-analyses were made with the CMA and MetaWin programs and it was determined that game-based applications contributed positively to academic success. The data obtained in the meta-thematic analysis process were analyzed with content analysis using the Maxqda program. In the analysis, it was determined that gamebased applications support students' active participation, enable them to have meaningful and permanent learning experiences, and therefore increase their academic success. In addition students' social and emotional developments were affected positively. In this context, it is predicted that presenting the effects of game-based applications in secondary education through the mixed-meta method will benefit the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the aim was to develop "Scale for the Attitudes towards Risky Play at Early Childhood (SATRPEC) - Teacher Form" for early childhood educators. For this purpose, 381 preschool teachers were included in the study among in-service preschool teachers working in nursery schools or kindergartens located in Afyonkarahisar/Turkey in 2019-2020 academic year. In order to develop SATRPEC-TF, a pool consisting of 44 items with five-point Likert type was initially created. The form containing the items was presented to the opinions of eleven experts, five academicians who are experts in preschool education and child development, a measurement and evaluation specialist, and five teachers, and the scale was finalized according to the views of the experts. SPSS and AMOS programs were used in the analysis of the data, confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis and internal consistency coefficient were determined for the entire scale and sub-dimensions. The values obtained as a result of the analyzes showed that the scale was reliable and had acceptable psychometric properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to determine the opinions of teachers working in first classrooms about the game and physical activities course. In the research the qualitative research pattern has been used. 44 first grade teachers in total working at Karakoçan and Kovancılar districts of Elazığ have participated in the research. In the research, data are gathered by using a questionnaire form constituted of open ended questions. In the questionnaire, questions related to the game and physical activities course have been established around the categories of "advantages of game and physical activities course", "opinions about the school books prepared for these course", "activities applied in game and physical activities course", "assessment and evaluation instruments used this course", "problems encountered in the game and physical activities course", and "proposed solutions to the problems". Descriptive analysis method has been used in the data analysis. According to the findings obtained, the teachers have stated that the advantages of the game and physical activities course are not suitable to the development of the students; that the school book of this course is not suitable with the level of the students; that they are rather using balancing movements as activity and that they are using the observation form in assessment and evaluation, that they are experiencing problems due to lack of equipment. Based on the findings coming out as a result of the research, recommendations such as; appropriate preparation of the school book of game and physical activities course in accordance with the levels of students would be useful, the provision of equipment to be used in game and physical activities course in schools, in service training directed to the curriculum of game and physical activities course for teachers have been put forward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]