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                                                                <journal-id>ijocis</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2146-3638</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2619-9068</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Eğitim Programları ve Öğretim Derneği</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31704/ijocis.1520252</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Higher Education Studies (Other)</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Yükseköğretim Çalışmaları (Diğer)</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Examining Undergraduate Students&#039; Inquiry Skills and Determining Predictors</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Lisans Öğrencilerinin Sorgulama Becerilerinin İncelenmesi ve Yordayıcılarının Belirlenmesi</trans-title>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6280-5467</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Demir</surname>
                                    <given-names>Engin</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>BANDIRMA ONYEDİ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20241230">
                    <day>12</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2024</year>
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                                        <volume>14</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>171</fpage>
                                        <lpage>194</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20240722">
                        <day>07</day>
                        <month>22</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20241226">
                        <day>12</day>
                        <month>26</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2011, International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2011</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>The Developing students&#039; research skills not only increases their academic success but also equips them with essential abilities to interact with society and meet challenges in life. This study aims to investigate the inquiry skills of undergraduate students and identify the factors influencing these skills. Employing a relational research design, a quantitative approach was employed, with a sample comprising 554 undergraduate students. Data were gathered through the administration of the &quot;Inquiry Skills Scale.&quot; Statistical analyses including independent t tests, one-way analysis of variance, and stepwise multiple regression were conducted. Results revealed that participating students demonstrated a high level of inquiry skills. Moreover, those who perceived themselves as academically successful exhibited higher inquiry skills compared to their less successful counterparts. Students not considering post graduate education showed lower inquiry skills than those aiming for it or undecided students. The primary predictors of students&#039; inquiry skills were identified as their perception of academic success, followed by their perception of partial success, and their level of willingness in their chosen departments. Based on these findings, it is recommended that targeted interventions be implemented, both within the classroom and through extracurricular activities, to support students with lower levels of questioning skills.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Öğrencilerin araştırma becerilerini geliştirmek, yalnızca akademik başarılarını arttırmakla kalmaz, aynı zamanda onları toplumla etkileşimde bulunmak ve yaşamdaki zorluklarla başa çıkmak için gerekli becerilerle donatır. Bu çalışmanın amacı lisans öğrencilerinin sorgulama becerilerini araştırmak ve bu becerilere etki eden faktörleri belirlemektir. İlişkisel bir araştırma tasarımı kullanılarak, 554 lisans öğrencisinden oluşan bir örneklemle niceliksel bir yaklaşım kullanılmıştır. Veriler “Sorgulama Becerileri Ölçeği”nin uygulanmasıyla toplanmıştır. Bağımsız t testleri, tek yönlü varyans analizi ve çoklu regresyonu içeren istatistiksel analizler yapılmıştır. Sonuçlar, katılan öğrencilerin yüksek düzeyde sorgulama becerileri sergilediklerini ortaya çıkarmıştır. Dahası, kendilerini akademik açıdan başarılı olarak algılayanlar, daha az başarılı olanlara kıyasla daha yüksek sorgulama becerileri sergilemişlerdir. Lisansüstü eğitimi düşünmeyen öğrenciler, bunu hedefleyenlere veya kararsız öğrencilere göre daha düşük sorgulama becerileri göstermişlerdir. Çalışmada, algılanan akademik başarı algısı, başarılı veya kısmen başarılı olma değişkenlerinin,  sorgulama becerilerinin bir yordayıcısı olduğu belirlenmiştir. Çalışma ayrıca, bölümlerine kısmen isteyerek seçme ile sorgulama becerileri arasında düşük düzeyde ve negatif bir ilişki olduğunu ve bölümlerini kısmen isteyerek seçmenin sorgulama becerilerinin bir yordayıcısı olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Bu bulgulara dayanarak, sorgulama becerileri düşük olan öğrencileri desteklemek için hem sınıf içinde hem de ders dışı etkinlikler yoluyla hedefe yönelik müdahalelerin uygulanması önerilmektedir.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Inquiry Skills</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  higher order thinking skills</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  undurgraduate students</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  higher education</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>sorgulama becerileri</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  düşünme becerileri</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  üniversite öğrencileri</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  yükseköğretim</kwd>
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