The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of 5E learning
cycle on sixth grade students&rsquo / understanding of cell concepts, their attitude
toward science and their scientific epistemological beliefs
In this study the data were collected using &lsquo / Epistemological Belief
Questionnaire&rsquo / developed by Conley, Pintrich, Vekiri and Harrison (2004), the
&lsquo / Cell Concept Test&rsquo / developed by researcher and &lsquo / Science Attitude
Questionnaire&rsquo / developed by Geban, Ertepinar, Yilmaz and Sahbaz (1994). The
instruments were administered as pre-test & / post-test to a total of 160 sixth
grade students in four intact classes of the elementary school which located in
Izmit district of Kocaeli. Two classes were randomly assigned as control and
experimental groups. Experimental groups (n = 80) received 5E learning cycle
instruction and control groups (n = 80) received traditional instruction.
The data were analyzed using multiple analysis of covariances (MANCOVA).
While a statistically significant treatment difference with respect to collective
dependent variables / understanding of cell concept and epistemological beliefs
was found there was no significant difference on attitude toward science.
The results indicated that students in the experimental group who were
engaged in learning cycle instruction demonstrated significantly better
performance over the control group students who were engaged in traditional
instruction in students&rsquo / understanding of cell concepts and epistemological
beliefs.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12608500/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 June 2007 |
| Creators | Kaynar, Devrim |
| Contributors | Cakiroglu, Jale |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for METU campus |
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