We live together in society that is composed of individuals who have normal development and individuals who have some developmental delays or disabilities. Therefore, it is important to know and understand what disability is and how it affects the lives of the family members individually also a mother and family as whole. O&#039 / Connor (2002) indicates that being a parent of a child who has a developmental delay is a challenge for the parents. This qualitative, mother-focused study examines the experiences of a mother who is rearing multi-disabled children consisting of mental disabilities, a hearing impairment and physical disabilities / and the effects of having more than one child with multi-disability on mother&rsquo / s psychological well-being. Another objective of the study is to explore how a mother copes with this issue in a family setting and the kind of coping strategies the mother uses to manage the difficulties. Case study design was conducted with the mother of multi-disabled children. Qualitative in-depth interviews are conducted with the mother, and information was gathered in the areas of daily stress, coping, family reactions and well-being. Family Systems Theory provides the theoretical framework of the study. The experience, reaction and communication of the mother with both her disabled children and other family members are examined with the light of the family systems theory in order to understand the interrelation among the family members.

It has become a great concern about how children may be affected and how teachers should use computers in their classroom activities effectively with the increased role of computers in early childhood

The purpose of the study was to investigate secondary school students&rsquo / performance on proof and attitude towards proof in geometry. The research was conducted on 367 10th grade students. The numbers of subjects were 94, 96, 90 and 87 from General High Schools (GHS), Anatolian High Schools (AHS), Science High Schools (SHS) and Private High Schools (PHS) respectively. The number of girls and boys were 142 and 225 respectively. To obtain the data of this study, the following measuring instruments were utilized: 1.Proof Performance in Geometry Test (PPGT) / 2.Proof Attitude Scale in Geometry (PASG). They were developed by researchers. The results indicated that: 1.There were statistically significant differences among the mean scores of students enrolled in different school types with respect to performance on proof in geometry / 2.There was no statistically significant difference between the mean scores of boys and girls with respect to performance on proof and attitude towards proof in geometry / 3.There were no statistically significant differences among the mean scores of students enrolled in different school types with respect to attitude towards proof in geometry / 4.There was statistically significant correlation between secondary school students&rsquo / performances on proof and attitude towards proof in geometry / 5.While students in SHS got the highest scores from each question, students in GHS got the lowest scores / 6. While most students in SHS perceived themselves as successful in geometry, most students in GHS perceived themselves unsuccessful.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of internal and external focus feedback and their preference on skill learning at age of 12-13 years. Internal focus feedback related with body movements, whereas external focus feedbacks related with movement effects. As a task &ldquo / tennis&rdquo / service in volleyball was used for both acquisition and retention measurements. The subjects (N=78) were randomly assigned to three groups which were internal focus feedback group (IFF), external focus feedback group (EFF) and preference groups (PF). To promote learning three practice days and to assess learning one retention day was applied. Also, during these days, both technique of the skill and targeting was tried to measure. In technique measure the IFF group performed better than EFF group in acquisition and retention phases. PF group had similar scores with IFF group in acquisition phase whereas it did not show better performance than IFF group in retention phase. PF group performed better than EFF group in both phases. In product measure, significant differences between attentional focus feedback groups in acquisition and retention phases. This study indicated that for young children with limited amount of knowledge about a skill internal focus feedback is more appropriate compared to external focus feedback in terms of retention. Being able to choose among internal and external focus of attention also seems to make a difference in retention performance of novice children indicating that active participation on the learning variables is an important concept.