مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Effect of Brainstorming Technique on Instructing Geographical Concepts (Erzurum Sample)

Abstract :

The aim of the study is to analyze the success and effectiveness of Brainstorming technique compared to traditional teaching styles while instructing geographical concepts. Pretest-posttest control group design was used in study.The sampling of the study was formed from the continuing students in two different sections of a high school in Erzurum. 60 students were selected from two sections of 10th grade students. On of the included sections is chosen as test group and the other is chosen as control group. For the test group, the chapter “Population in the Earth and the Qualifications of Population” was thought with Brainstorming teaching technique however fort he control group the same chapter was thought with traditional teaching styles. t-test and ANOVA tests were used to measure the scores that both groups gained from pretest, posttest and permanency test. The measures of this analiysis concludes that Brainstorming technique is more effective than the traditional teaching styles as the permancy in the group which was thought with Brainstorming teaching technique test group was more when compared to the group that is thought with traditional teaching styles control group.