From the Editors

Dear ColleaguesIt is an honour for us to welcome you as Editors of Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences which has accepted publications indexed in qualified databases since 2006. Also our major aim is to increase the quality of the journal day by day. We are ready to publish the new studies of Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences which has 5 full length articles written by authors from USA, Turkey, Cyprus.The aim of this issue is to give the researchers an opportunity to share their academic studies. First of all, I would like to thank all who have contributed to this issue. There are different focuses. For example, Senar Temel explored the level of perceived problem solving skills of prospective teachers and the relations between these skills and their scientific epistemological beliefs. On the other hand, Ahmet Arnavut and Fezile Özdamlı, investigate the articles about technology-assisted collaborative learning published in Science Direct database between the years of 2010 and 2014. According to the results of the studies obtained from Science Direct database, there are many research related with technology-assisted collaborative learning. Also, Emine Gozcu and Cagda Kıvanc Caganaga aim to find out how games are important and effective when used in EFL classrooms. Two different kinds of qualitative research methods; semi-structured interviews and observation were conducted in this study. In addition to these, Senol Sen was aimed to determine the metacognitive skill levels and motivation of preservice chemistry teachers and to investigate the effect of different metacognitive skill levels on their motivation. The study was conducted during 2014-2015 spring semester. In this research, survey method was used to reveal the effect of different metacognitive skill levels on motivation. Finally Isıl Koc and Robert E. Yager aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which preservice teachers held alternative conceptions in elementary science concepts. Eighty-six preservice elementary teachers participated in this study. I would like to express my thanks to all authors preferring Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences to make their articles published, all reviewers working seriously in the process of publishing, and also quest editors supporting us in this process.Best regards,Editor-in-ChiefProf. Dr. Huseyin UzunboyluExecutive EditorAssoc. Prof. Dr. Cigdem Hursen