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This article reports on an empirical exploration of the relations and strengths among Turkish grades 9-11 students' (n = 209) personal epistemologies (justification of knowledge, certainty of knowledge, source of knowledge, development of knowledge), self-regulated learning (extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, rehearsal, elaboration, organization, critical thinking, metacognitive self-regulation), and achievement in physics (course grades). Established instruments were used to collect data on these students' beliefs about knowledge and components of self-regulated learning (SRL) such as goal orientations (extrinsic and intrinsic motivation) and learning strategies, critical thinking, and metacognitive regulation. Results from structural equation modeling revealed that students' personal epistemologies directly influenced their motivation (extrinsic and intrinsic goal orientations), rehearsal and organization strategies, and metacognitive self-regulation to learn physics. Furthermore, students' personal epistemologies indirectly (mediated through motivation beliefs) influenced rehearsal, elaboration and organization strategies, critical thinking, and metacognitive self-regulation to learn physics. Students' ideas about knowledge and knowing about the source and development of knowledge significantly contributed to students' self-regulatory skills and physics course grade. Implications and future directions are discussed.

As the conditionally accepted students enroll in the graduate courses, not having met the English proficiency requirement in their program yet creates a vulnerable state of mind for them. This phenomenological study explores the anxiety state of the conditionally admitted international students at a US higher institution. Six science and engineering graduate students who have not yet met the English proficiency requirement participated in one-on-one and semistructural interviews. Findings indicate that the students were at high risk of anxiety and depression, and less motivated than their peers because of the ongoing fear of being unsuccessful if they do not receive the required TOEFL score, or its equivalent, in the given time. The study findings help explore the severity of the anxiety and the depression the international students experience as they continue working to succeed in their career. Future implications and directions were discussed.

Derste teknoloji kullanımı, teknolojiye yönelik eğilim, fen bilimleri öğretmen adayları, karma yöntem Özet Bu çalışma, fen bilimleri öğretmeni adaylarının derste teknoloji kullanımına yönelik eğilimlerini ortaya çıkarmayı amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma, karma yöntem desenlerinden yakınsak karma desen ile yürütülmüştür. Nicel verilerin toplandığı çalışma grubunu fen bilgisi öğretmenliği programında okuyan 88 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Nicel veri toplama aracı olarak Derste Teknoloji Kullanımına Yönelik Eğilim Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Bu ölçek, 2 boyutlu 16 maddeden oluşan bir ölçme aracıdır. Nitel verilerin toplandığı çalışma grubunu ise nicel araştırmaya katılmayan öğretmen adayları arasından seçilen 11 kişi (1. sınıf 6 kişi; 4. sınıf 5 kişi) oluşturmaktadır. Nitel verilerin toplanması, öğretmen adaylarının teknolojiyi derste kullanmaya yönelik görüşlerini ortaya çıkartmayı amaçlayan yarıyapılandırılmış görüşme ile yapılmıştır. Elde edilen nicel bulgulara göre öğretmen adaylarının derste teknoloji kullanmaya yönelik duyuşsal eğilimleri davranışsal eğilimlere göre daha yüksek olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Yine hem nicel bulgular hem de nitel bulgular, 4. sınıf öğretmen adaylarının derste teknoloji kullanmaya yönelik eğilimlerinin 1. sınıflara göre daha yüksek olduğunu göstermektedir.

Recently, researchers have begun associating personal epistemology with self-regulated learning. Therefore, in the literature there is a need to examine what degree the studies have supported the relationship between the two. The purpose of this meta-analysis is two folds: a) to compute the mean effect size for the relations between personal epistemology and selfregulated learning and b) to examine the influence of moderator variables including age, gender, culture, and subject area on the mean effect size. It analyzes the result of forty-five studies conducted various countries and disciplines. A small but significant mean effect size emerged (r=.24 [SE=.012] under fixed effects model, and r=.22 [SE=.026] under random effects model). Although the effect of age on the relationship is not statistically significant, moderator analyses revealed statistically significant effects of the culture, gender, and subject area inferred from the reviewed studies on the relationship. The results highlight the need for further research into how gender, culture and subject area influence students' personal epistemology and self-regulated learning