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Research in Social Sciences and Technology 

 

EDITORIAL 

Dear colleagues and readers,  

It is my pleasure to share with you the May 2017 issue (2/1) of Research in Social 

Sciences and Technology (RESSAT). I strongly believe once again that you will have a 

chance to meet with invaluable studies in this issue. I hope you will enjoy reading and 

learning about the latest studies from different parts of the world. In this issue, you will meet 

three new distinguished studies.  

The studies that we think will contribute to the social sciences literature are as follow:  

The first one is that studied by Mehmet F. Yigit as titled “Value Priorities of Public and 

Private University Students”. The author of this study examined whether there is a statistically 

significant difference between value priorities of public and private university students in 

Turkey and whether their values differ. The results showed that private university students 

show greater tendency towards universalism, power, tradition, conformity, and hedonism 

compared to the public university students. 

Second, you will meet a study researched by Malia Hoffmann entitled “An 

Exploratory Study: Mobile Device Use for Academics” This study focused on how 

undergraduate students and higher education instructors at two universities used mobile 

devices in and outside of the class for academic purposes. Hoffman found that students use 

their devices in class to read, reference, or search materials while faculty using their devices 

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Last, a comparative research is conducted by Evrim Erbilgin entitled “A Comparison 

of The Mathematical Processes Embedded in The Content Standards of Turkey and 

Singapore”. This study compares Turkey’s and Singapore’s mathematics content standards in 

terms of the highligthed mathematical processes and finds that the two countries reflected 

mathematical processes differently in their content standards. 

 I would like to thank everyone and express my special appreciation to the people who 

contributed to make this issue ready for you. I especially would like to thank all authors and 

reviewers for their contribution to RESSAT. I hope you will both enjoy and be challenged by 

the articles in this issue of RESSAT. I also look forward to seeing your contribution to the 

development of RESSAT in the future. 

Sincerely, 

Bulent TARMAN, (Ph.D) 

Editor-in-Chief, RESSAT 

www.ressat.org  

 

http://www.ressat.org/