This study has aimed to examine effectiveness of the peer instruction on
sixth grade students&rsquo / science achievement, attitudes concerning current electricity
and retention rates of what has already learnt about current electricity as compared
to the conventional instruction. The study was conducted during 2005-2006 spring
semester with 121 students from the four classes of two elementary schools in the
central Yenimahalle district of Ankara. Current Electricity Achievement Test
(CEAT) and Attitude toward Current Electricity Scale (ATCES) were
administered as pretest to all groups in order to determine students&rsquo / level of prior
knowledge and level of interest toward the subject before the treatment,
respectively. Then, treatment started in experimental group. It continued three
weeks throughout the current electricity subject. While experimental group
implementing the peer instruction, control group continued with their
conventional lecturing. Immediately after three weeks, students both in control
and experimental groups were post tested with the same test and scale. Moreover, three months after the post tests, delayed post test on the CEAT was also
administered to both experimental and control groups.
The data obtained from the administration of tests and scales were analyzed
by the statistical techniques of MANCOVA / follow up ANCOVA&rsquo / s and repeated
measure ANCOVA. Results of the statistical analysis indicated that the peer
instruction has significantly greater effect on students&rsquo / science achievement and
retention rates as compared to the conventional instruction. However, the
statistical analysis failed to show a significant difference between the attitudes of
students instructed by the peer instruction and the conventional instruction.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608912/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2007 |
| Creators | Sencar Tokgoz, Selen |
| Contributors | Eryilmaz, Ali |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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