An Activity Example Concerning Learning of Elements and Periodic Table

Autor/in	Kara, Filiz
Titel	An Activity Example Concerning Learning of Elements and Periodic Table
Quelle	In: Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 9 (2019) 2, S.67-83 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kara, Filiz)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2146-5711
Schlagwörter	Science Activities; Science Instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Student Attitudes; Chemistry; Middle School Students; Grade 8; Public Schools; Foreign Countries; Student Projects; Science Achievement; Group Dynamics; Cooperative Learning; Competition; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Unterrichtserfolg; Schülerverhalten; Chemie; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Ausland; Schulprojekt; Gruppendynamik; Kooperatives Lernen; Wettkampf; Türkei
Abstract	This study aims to introduce the "Activity of Elements" that was designed by the researcher and to investigate the effect of this activity on student performance about elements and periodic table. The research was carried out with 15 students in the 8th grade. The activity consists of two stages: project preparation and competition. In this article, the activity steps were explained, its effectiveness on the students' success was evaluated and the students' opinions about the activity were examined. It was determined that the students' performance increased on recognizing the groups and periods in the periodic table, and learning the names, symbols, atomic numbers, usage areas and place of the first 18 elements and commonly used elements in the periodic table. Moreover, the students expressed that they enjoyed the lesson and learned in fun during the activity and they stated that the most enjoyable stage was the competition stage. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01