Bilen, Kadir Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Turkey , Aydoğdu, Mustafa Gazi Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey

The Effect of a Laboratory Approach Based on Predict- Observation-Explain (POE) Strategy on the Development of Students’ Science Process Skills and Views about Nature of Science

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a laboratory instruction prepared based on “Predict-Observation-Explain” (POE) strategy compared to a verification laboratory approach on the development of pre-service science teachers’ science skill processes and their views of nature of sceince in a general biology laboratory course. The participants of this study consisted of 122 pre-service teachers who took the General Biology Laboratory at the department of science education at Pamukkale University during the fall semester of 2007-2008 academic year. Data was collected through Science Process Skills Test (SPST) and Nature of Science Questionnaire. Results indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between the verification laboratory approach and the laboratory approach based on the POE strategy on the development of students’ science process skills [F(1-120)=10.41, p .05].

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POE Strategy , Science Process Skills , Nature of Science

Gaziantep University Journal Of Social Sciences

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