The Effect of Enriched Learning Environments on the Conceptual Understanding of Students: "The Erosion and Landslide"

Autor/inn/en	Çoruhlu, Tülay Senel; Bilgin, Arzu Kirman; Nas, Sibel Er
Titel	The Effect of Enriched Learning Environments on the Conceptual Understanding of Students: "The Erosion and Landslide"
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Training Studies, 4 (2016) 10, S.248-260 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2324-805X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Elementary School Students; Grade 5; Enrichment; Enrichment Activities; Learning Processes; Quasiexperimental Design; Primary Education; Semi Structured Interviews; Soil Science; Scientific Concepts; Freehand Drawing; Tests; Environmental Education; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Constructivism (Learning); Pretests Posttests; Nonparametric Statistics; Statistical Analysis; Concept Formation; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Bereicherung; Bereicherungsprogramm; Learning process; Lernprozess; Primarbereich; Bodenkunde; Drawing; Zeichnen; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Statistische Analyse; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Türkei
Abstract	The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of enriched learning environments which have been developed in the framework of the "erosion and landslide" concepts on the conceptual understanding of students. A quasi-experimental method has been used in this research. The sample consists of 40 students. 5th grade students (aged 11-12) selected from a primary school in the province of Trabzon in Turkey. To collect data, the researchers used concept test, interview consisting of semi-structured questions and drawing test. When the post test results are examined, a significant difference is identified in favour of the experiment group (U=128,00, p<0.05). However, the fact that students were not able to reflect this result to their drawings is striking. In the post drawings made on the concepts of erosion and landslide, the number of students who did not make any drawings in the experiment and control groups is quite high. This result can be stem from student's operational periods. 5th graders are in the process of transition from the concrete operational period to the abstract operational period. They had problems to reflect their thinkings to drawings. Ready-made pictures were utilized in the poster assignment used in this research. A poster activity which includes the drawings of students can be carried out in a future research. (As Provided).
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