Objective: Viral infections are known to be a risk factor for neonatal hearing loss. COVID-19 infection has been reported to affect hearing test results in one small sample sized study. We aimed to investigate the incidence the risk of neonatal hearing loss in infants of mothers who had COVID-19 infection during pregnancy, regarding their trimesters, by evaluating the neonatal hearing screening results. Design: In this retrospective case-control study, neonatal hearing test results of 458 women with a history of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy were compared with 339 women who gave birth before the pandemic. Data of pregnant women who attended the COVID-19 outpatient clinic of the emergency service of a tertiary pandemic hospital and who had confirmed infection with a reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test were determined from the hospital’s records and their neonatal hearing screening results were analyzed from the national database. Neonates born before <34 weeks, and with reported risk factors in the database such as congenital anomaly or known TORCH infection during pregnancy were excluded. The screening tests, Automated Auditory Brainstem Response or Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emission (TEOAE), were used for screening, and patients who failed the first screening were reevaluated at least 2 weeks apart with a second screening. Results: The incidence of failed second screening was 1.3% in the COVID-19 group and 2.9% in controls, and no significant difference was observed between the two groups according to the final screening results on the second test. Among the 458 mothers, 8 were infected in first trimester, 126 in second trimester, 127 in third trimester but did not deliver within 15 days after infection and 197 were positive at birth. Six neonates in the infected group failed the second screening (3 [2.4%] in the second trimester, 1 [0.8%] third trimester, and 2 [1.0%] positive at birth). Conclusions: COVID-19 infection during pregnancy was not found to be a risk factor for hearing loss, according to the newborn hearing screening results.

Distance education has become widespread since the schools are physically closed due to COVID-19 pandemic. This study concentrates on determining attitudes of teachers towards distance mathematics education and examining their views based on some variables. Participants of the study consists of 189 teachers who voluntarily participated to the study, are selected via maximum variation sampling method, are working in primary, secondary and high school levels in provinces of Mugla and Kocaeli, and who teach Mathematics via distance education platforms. This study relies on mixed-method research where data collection was done with distance education attitude scale and view form, both prepared and applied online. Data from distance education attitude scale was analyzed quantitatively and data from view form was analyzed with descriptive analysis method. The result of the study demonstrated that attitudes of teachers towards distance mathematics education were indecisive but in negative direction. While attitudes of teachers towards distance mathematics education were found to differ significantly based on some variables like age, occupational experience, type of school, level of education and foreknowledge towards distance education, they did not differ significantly for gender and duration of internet use. Moreover, teacher also remarked positively towards sustainability and repetitive nature of the courses while they commented negatively on technical problems and structure of some courses may not fit in distance education.

The information revolution has shaped a new generation. Our study focused on the relation between the social networks that benefit from the opportunities arising from information technologies and the communication behaviors of Generation 2000 university students. According to the findings of this research, in Turkey, university students’ use of mobile Internet and social networks is increasing and becoming widespread when compared to that observed in the previous years. For both Generation 2000 and others in Turkey, Facebook is the preferred network. In contrast to the expectations, our study showed that members of Generation 2000 in Turkey do not exhibit difficulty in using electronic communication. These technologies prevent face-to-face communication, determine social networks to a certain degree, and remove the above-mentioned contradiction. We found that Generation 2000 in Turkey is aware of information technology and the possible negative effects of electronic social networks. Finally, we noted that Generation 2000 in Turkey is addicted neither to the Internet nor to electronic social networks.

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Deniz turizmi, dünyada olduğu gibi Türkiye'de de hızla büyüyen bir sektördür. Turizm faaliyetlerine katılan her iki turistten biri seyahatlerini deniz kenarlarındaki destinasyonlarda gerçekleştirmektedir. Türkiye'de deniz turizmi, turizm çeşitleri içinde önemli bir yer tutmaktadır. Türkiye'nin turizm gelirlerinin yaklaşık olarak %20'si deniz turizminden oluşmaktadır. Deniz turizmi istatistiklerine bakıldığında, Akdeniz, Ege ve Marmara Bölgelerinin hem deniz turizmi çeşitliliği hem de deniz turizmi gelirlerinde önemli bir paya sahip olduğu; ancak Karadeniz Bölgesi'nde deniz turizm çeşitliliğinin ve faaliyetlerinin az olduğu, buna bağlı olarak da deniz turizmi gelirlerinin çok düşük olduğu görülmektedir. Oysa Karadeniz Bölgesi; doğal güzellikleri, kıyı alanlarının bakirliği, tarihi ve sosyal dokusunun zenginliği ile önemli bir potansiyeline sahiptir. Bu araştırmanın amacı; Zonguldak ili Karadeniz Ereğli ilçesinin deniz turizmi potansiyelini ve deniz turizmi türlerini ortaya koymak, deniz turizminin gelişimini engelleyen sorunları tespit etmek ve bu sorunlara yönelik çözüm önerileri geliştirmektir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda ilçenin deniz turizmiyle ilgili olan kurumları, ticaret ve sanayi odası, iş adamlarının oluşturduğu sivil toplum kuruluşları, deniz acente işletmeleri, su sporları eğitmeni ve denizcilik alanında uzman akademisyenlerden oluşan 12 katılımcı ile 1-25 Aralık 2019 tarihleri arasında yüz yüze ve elektronik posta aracılığıyla görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Görüşmeler betimsel analiz yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir.

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<p>Graduate students are faced with some difficulties in determining statistical methods to be used in their assignments and researches and this leads to anxiety in them. In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationships between statistical anxiety and metacognitive awareness levels of graduate students studying in the field of mathematics education and to compare these levels in terms of some variables. The research study group consists of 101 students studying at the master's and doctorate levels in the department of mathematics education and participated in the research voluntarily. As a data collection tool in the research, Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Metacognitive Awareness Scale (MCAS) were used. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and Correlation Coefficient were used. According to the research results, it was determined that there is a negative and moderately significant relationship between statistical anxiety and metacognitive awareness levels of graduate students studying in the field of mathematics education. As a result of the analyzes, it was observed that the statistical anxiety and metacognitive awareness of the students were high, the statistical anxiety and metacognitive awareness levels differed statistically according to the variables of graduate education level and stage of graduate education, but did not differ significantly according to the variables of gender and taking statistics course. </p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0984/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

The aim of this study is to examine the mediating effect of academic resentment in mathematics on the relationship between the psychological resilience of secondary school students and the academic achievement of mathematics courses. In the study, the relational screening model was used from quantitative research models. The study group consists of a total of 140 students, 65 girls, and 75 boys, who are studying in the 6th and 7th grades of secondary schools in the İzmit district of Kocaeli province in the 2022-2023 academic year. The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), Academic Resilience Scale in Mathematics and grade point averages of mathematics courses were used as data collection tools. The data were analyzed with SPSS 27 statistical analysis program and the added Process patch. As a result of the research, it was determined that there were positive significant relationships between psychological resilience and academic resilience, psychological resilience and academic achievement, and academic resilience and academic achievement variables. In addition, it was concluded that mathematics had a mediating effect on the relationship between psychological resilience and academic achievement.