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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Evaluating ESL Students’ Creativity in Writing]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Writing as a productive skill isan integral part of the language-learning process.  However, students do not consider writing an easy skill to learn and many ESL teachers certainly consider it a difficult skill to teach.Creative writing normally refers to the production of texts that have an aesthetic rather than a purely informative, instrumental or pragmatic purpose. Creative writing in ESL classes has started developing lately, but only to be incorporated as a supportive skill in teaching writing.Responding to students’ writing is an important issue to discuss when considering teaching creative writing. Response is a process that includes peer review, peer editing and continuous feedback through the stages of creative writing. By providing constructive feedback, the teacherunderstandsa writer’s problems and intentions by making students responsible for finding and analyzing what needs to be improved.      Key words: teaching, writing, creativity, feedback, assessment]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2015]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2783]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1142">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[EVALUATING ESL STUDENTS’ CREATIVITY IN WRITING]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Writing as a productive skill is very important integral part in the language learning process.  However, writing is not considered as an easy skill by the students and it is certainly considered a difficult skill to teach by many ESL teachers. Creative writing normally refers to the production of texts which have an aesthetic rather than a purely informative, instrumental or pragmatic purpose. Creative writing in ESL classes has started developing lately but only to be incorporated as a supportive skill in teaching writing. Responding to students’ writing is an important issue to discuss when considering teaching creative writing. Response is a process that includes peer review, peer editing and continuous feedback through the stages of creative writing. By giving a constructive feedback, the teacher understands writer’s problems and intentions by also making students responsible for finding and analyzing what needs to be improved.      Keywords: teaching, writing, creativity, feedback, assessment,]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3369]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3201">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Evaluating of Total Antioxidant and Total Oxidant Capacities in  Organic and Non-Organic Apples and in the Blood of Their Producers]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In this study there are two aims determined. Initially, the total  antioxidant, and oxidant capacities will be compared in apples which are  produced by using the pesticides including various effective chemicals and the  apples produced in an organic way by using natural animal fertilizers and  commercial organic fertilizers. Secondly, the antioxidant, and oxidant  capacities of the workers’ blood samples who are applying the pesticides, and  the ones who are working in producing the organic apples.  The total antioxidant, and oxidant capacities of the blood samples taken from  30 workers who were applying the pesticides, and 30 workers who were  producing the 30 organic apples at least for 3 years, and of the apples they  produced were analysed.  The total antioxidant and oxidant capacities were measured using direct  measurement kits for spectrophotometry.  As a result of the spectrophotometric analyses, no significant difference  (p&gt;0.05) between the total antioxidant, and oxidant levels of the organic and  non-organic apples was determined. Besides, the antioxidant capacity of the  workers applying the agricultural chemicals in producing the apples showed a  significant decline compared to the workers who were producing the organic  apples (p&lt;0.05). In addition, the oxidant capacity of the workers applying the  agricultural chemicals in producing the apples showed a significant increase  compared to the workers who were producing the organic apples (p&lt;0.05).  These results indicate that pesticide applications do not cause a change in the  total antioxidant, and oxidant capacities of the apples. However, the workers  who are applying the pesticides can be affected negatively by these chemicals,  in the mean of the decreased total antioxidant capacity, and increased total  oxidant capacity.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[330]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2057">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Evaluating the employment probability:  Men and women in comparative perspective  in Attica and Central Macedonia]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This paper investigates unemployment risk and job prospects of males  and females in the two Greece’s most populated regions - Attica  and Central Macedonia - during the implementation of the first  Community Support Framework (1989-1993). Originality lies  in the separate analyses for males and females. The sample is based  on anonymous records (micro-data) of the Labour Force Survey for  both employed and unemployed at Nomenclature of Territorial Units  for Statistics-2 level. Firstly, social and demographic characteristics  increasing the odds of being employed are examined - i.e. age, marital  status, residence, education and training. Secondly, the issue of whether  University graduates have lesser odds of being employed is investigated.  The findings indicate that gender differences in odds of being employed  appear mainly across education levels. Moreover, higher education  attainment increases the odds of being employed particularly for  females. The paper delivers conclusions that can be used for comparative  research among European regions.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-03-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2378]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3238">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Evaluation of a Vehicle Acceleration Behavior through  Decision Tree Learning]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The faster that a motor vehicle can accelerate to a high velocity is crucial to  its performance and handling. The acceleration of the vehicle is important to know  because it tells us how the car handles during merging and evasive maneuvering.  Decision trees are powerful and popular tools for classification and prediction. The  attractiveness of decision trees is due to the fact that, in contrast to neural networks,  decision trees represent rules. Rules can readily be expressed so that humans can  understand them after a brief explanation. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to  develop a systematic method using decision trees of machine learning to evaluate  acceleration behavior of motor vehicles based on the forces acting on the vehicle, i.e.  vehicle dynamics.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[518]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2307">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Evaluation of All Inclusive System with Respect to Sustainable Tourism Principles]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The aim of this study is to analyze the “all inclusive system”, an important marketing strategy of  tourism enterprises, with respect to sustainable tourism principles. Following this purpose, all  related academic studies and literature have been compiled and the subject was analyzed  according to the collected information. Existing research suggests that the notion of sustainable  tourism and the concept of all inclusive system may be far apart from each other in many ways.  The quality of service and consequently guest satisfaction has been negatively affected from all  inclusive system. Another negative aspect found is that the system stimulates unnecessary and  excessive consumption, which is not beneficial both for the enterprise and for sustainability.  Furthermore, since guests make most of their spending within the enterprise using the all  inclusive system, local businesses find it harder to make profit and survive in the competition.  Local community is a key factor in sustainability, so the system contradicts with sustainability in  many ways. Some enterprises on the other hand defend the system since it creates economic  activity somehow, yet they agree on the fact that this system should not be used in urban areas.  Keywords: Tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Enterprises, Tourism Marketing, All  Inclusive System.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1366]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3030">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Evaluation of Critical Thinking Tendencies of Prospective Primary School  and Primary Science Teachers]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This research, aims to assess the critical thinking abilities of  prospective primary school and primary science teachers, was obtained by using  California Critical Thinking Tendency Scale The inventory was applied to 560  randomly selected prospective teachers (ranged from 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year) in  Faculty of Education at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey in 2006 and  analysed using SPSS program. The students who answered entry incorrectly excluded  from the study. Finally, the answers of 480 teacher candidates were taken into  consideration. In the analysis of data t, variance and Tukey’s statistic tests were used.  It was found out that the point of views of teacher candidates from both  departments about the whole inventory were between 31 and 39 (they’re not sure  about critical thinking disposition). On the other hand, a significant difference was  not found between the gender, learning methods and critical thinking dispositions of  teacher candidates. It was also found out that there is a significant difference between  teacher candidates grade levels, their self confidence and their ways of searching for  truth.  Today’s teacher candidates who will become teachers of tomorrows are  expected to improve ‘critical thinking skills’ through education process. Therefore,  the teacher candidates should have critical thinking skills in order to contribute the  development of their countries.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[699]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/828">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Evaluation of e-Business in Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The internet and technologies have produced an amazing impact on the way enterprises carry out organization in Turkey and worldwide. Turkey enterprises are similar to their own global counterparts and have put in heavily to help leveraging the internet and transform their own classic businesses directly into e-businesses in the last 10 years. E-business purchases are generally professing sizeable share of overall IT budgets in many enterprises whether they are generally modest, channel as well as huge. On the other hand, professionals are generally underneath continuous stress to help justify e-business charges along with to ensure most of these purchases keep reducing. Previous investigation on e-business in Turkey dealt with problems on the price connected with e-business uptake along with the usage of the internet to help particular organization functions. Research discussed in this paper is primary and tries to evaluate the worthiness connected with e-business. It is dependent on data compiled, collated along with analyzed from the reactions received from it along with e-business professionals from all over Turkey.  Keywords:	e-business evaluation, e-business drivers, e-business financial success.     ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2605]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/689">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Evaluation of E-Learning and LMS Usage at IBU]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Advances in the domain of information and communication systems have enabled new methods for transfer and acquisition of knowledge to emerge and become popular. E-learning has become an area with substantial investments, both in financial terms and research efforts directed towards optimization of existing education methods and discovery of novel ways to disseminate knowledge through usage of modern technologies. The emphasis is upon the importance of integrated learning paths that vary according to the student, the subject material, the level of competence, and corporate or student preferences. Successful implementation of e-learning requires the same management commitment as other mission-critical organization-wide initiatives. Most of all e-learning needs to be compelling to the audience it targets, offering the learner a resource that is seen as appealing, valuable and productive to their goals and aspirations. A learning management system (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of e-learning education courses or training programs. This project describes the process used to analyze needs and select a LMS. Readers will be provided with information about choosing and evaluating a LMS, and also evaluation of LMS usage at The International Burch University and how it is implemented, lessons learned, and tips for organizations seeking to purchase a LMS in the future.     Keywords:	E-learning, Learning Management System (LMS), Technology, International Burch University (IBU), Implementation, Evaluation.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04-24]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2559]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3028">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Evaluation of Elementary Education 6th Grade Turkish Workbook from  The Point of Constructivist Grammar Teaching]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The skill area of language covers listening/watching, reading, speaking and  writing; the knowledge area covers grammar. Grammar is the set of rules supporting basic  language skills. It is important for students to learn about the rules and knowledge  composing the structure and function of a language so that they can support other skills.  Undoubtedly, the way of functional and permanent grammar teaching is firstly to explain  about the knowledge and rules of language and then to construct them. The presence of  such an understanding in grammar teaching is possible primarily through the presence of a  Turkish Course Teaching Program prepared as based on constructivist approach and the  presence of teaching materials formed parallel to this. It is known that course books as a  teaching material play an important role in having students acquire certain skills. At this  point, it is obvious that there is a need to determine if course books possessing great  importance were prepared in accordance with the constructivist approach. The present  study aimed to evaluate the 6th Grade Turkish Workbook, one of the Turkish teaching  materials and expected to have been prepared in accordance with the constructivist  approach and still in use; it also aimed to determine the extent to which the various  activities in grammar teaching area included in the book meet the requirements of the  constructivist approach]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[453]]></dcterms:extent>
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