The Effect of Conceptual Change Approach on Students' Ecology Achievement and Attitude towards Biology

Autor/inn/en	Cetin, Gulcan; Ertepinar, Hamide; Geban, Omer
Titel	The Effect of Conceptual Change Approach on Students' Ecology Achievement and Attitude towards Biology
Quelle	In: Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 26 (2004), S.27-32 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1300-5340
Schlagwörter	Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Student Attitudes; Visual Aids; Ecology; Biology; Grade 9; Misconceptions; Teaching Methods; Secondary School Science; High School Students; Conventional Instruction; Concept Formation; Scientific Concepts; Small Group Instruction; Science Instruction; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Anschauungsmaterial; Ökologie; Biologie; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Missverständnis; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	This study investigated the effectiveness of conceptual change texts oriented instruction accompanied by demonstrations in small groups on students' ecology achievement and attitude towards biology. 78 ninth grade students in a public high school participated in this study. While the control group was taught with the traditional method, the experimental group was instructed by the conceptual change approach within small groups in five weeks time period. Conceptual change texts were prepared for remediation of students' misconceptions about ecology. Conceptual change texts were supported with worksheets requiring demonstration tools and visual aids. Independent samples t-test was used to analyze the data. The results revealed that the conceptual change approach oriented instruction made a statistically significant difference between the experimental group and the control group in students' ecology achievement in favor of the experimental group, although there was no statistically significant mean difference between the experimental group and the control group in students' attitude towards biology. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10