A Mixed-Design Study on Development of Spatial Perception Skills in Life Science Course

Autor/inn/en	Ütkür Güllühan, Nur; Emral, Tugçe
Titel	A Mixed-Design Study on Development of Spatial Perception Skills in Life Science Course
Quelle	In: Review of International Geographical Education, 11 (2021) 1, S.168-187 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ütkür Güllühan, Nur) ORCID (Emral, Tugçe)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2146-0353
Schlagwörter	Geography Instruction; Grade 3; Elementary School Students; Pretests Posttests; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Case Studies; Spatial Ability; Skill Development; Public Schools; Attitude Measures; Textbooks; Biological Sciences; Scores; Teaching Methods; Student Attitudes; Science Instruction; Turkey (Istanbul) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Abwasserbiologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerverhalten; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
Abstract	This study aimed to examine how instruction of geography subjects in primary school third-grade Life Studies course with several methods affects students' attitudes toward this course and their spatial perception skills. To that end, the study was designed with exploratory sequential mixed methods approach. Two third-grade classes at a public school on the European side of Istanbul province were randomly assigned as experimental and control groups. After the Life Science Attitude Scale and the open-ended perception questionnaire were administered to the both groups as pretests, their readiness were found to be similar. The groups were given a education that included geography subjects and aimed to improve spatial perception skills for eight hours. In the experimental group, the education involved the instruction of geography subjects in Life Science course by using methods such as case study, drama, and question-answer whereas it involved the instruction of the same geography subjects with the methods included in the textbook in the control group. Later, the scale and questionnaire were read ministered as posttests. The quantitative data of the study were analyzed with Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks tests, and the qualitative data were subjected to the content analysis which was made using codes, categories, and themes. Consequently, Life Science Attitude Scale scores of the experimental group were found to be significantly higher than the control group. Moreover, as shown by results of the open-ended perception questionnaire, the experimental group had a better grasp of the concepts about spatial perception skills compared to the control group. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01