An Investigation of Students' Academic Development, Views, and Feelings through Journals

Autor/inn/en	Erduran Avci, Dilek; Karaca, Dilek
Titel	An Investigation of Students' Academic Development, Views, and Feelings through Journals
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 8 (2012) 3, S.177-188 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Scientific Concepts; Grade 7; Science Curriculum; Grade 6; Journal Writing; Scoring Rubrics; Student Journals; Elementary School Students; Foreign Countries; Science Instruction; Science Education; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen; Studentenzeitung; Ausland; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Türkei
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate upper primary school students' academic development in science courses and to evaluate their views and feelings about self-learning processes through journals. Students in 6th and 7th grade wrote journals twice a week for nine weeks. We evaluated the journals weekly according to the Science Journal Rubric (SCR), and individually observed students' academic developments. Subsequently, we also evaluated the journals by focusing on expressions in which students revealed their views and feelings about learning processes, excluding scientific concepts. We grouped the expressions containing views and/or feelings about the learning process into five categories. These categories were classmates, teacher, self-expressions, courses, and journals. The results supported the assertion that journals contain information not only about students' academic development but also about their personal and affective sides. (Contains 7 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10