INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION WITH PUZZLE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON THE FIFTH GRADERS’ LEARNING ATTITUDES

This study aimed to investigate the effect of puzzles on the fifth graders’ learning attitudes. Fifth graders showing normal developmental characteristics from a randomly selected elementary school were included in the study. Two classes from the selected elementary school were selected using random sampling and one of them was assigned as the control while the latter was named as the experimental group. A total number of 48 volunteered children (24 in the control and 24 in the experimental) showing normal developmental characteristics consisted the study group. “Demographical Data Form” and “Learning Attitudes Scale” developed by Unal-Coban and Ergin (2008) were used in the study. Data were analyzed using independent samples t test and two way ANOVA test both of which are parametric tests. According to the findings derived from the Learning Attitudes Scale pretest-posttest mean scores of the students both in the control and the experimental group, it was found out that the implementation with puzzles was effectual (η2=0.575, p .000) in the learning attitudes of the children