مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Influence of Puzzles in the Teaching of History of Revolution and Kemalism to Eight Graders

Abstract :

This study is intended; to design activities onhow puzzle technique can be used in teaching History of Revolution and Kemalism in the Unit of “Kemalism” in 8th graders in elementary schools; to describe these activities; and to investigate whether these activities are functional to raise the level of concept learning in children or not. With this aim, students in the experiment group were taught by using puzzles and those in the control group were taught using lecture technique. In this descriptive and experimental MA study, we attempted to demonstrate the use of puzzle technique in teaching History of Revolution and Kemalism on the one hand and we tried to find an answer to the question “Is there a significant difference between the learning levels of experiment and control groups?” on the other hand. In this study 8th grade students of the unit on ‘Kemalism’, in the History of the Revolution and Kemalism course, were assessed in respect to their ability to remember and the degree of success which was obtained through employing the puzzle teaching technique, with the aim of establishing how this method of teaching affects the students’ attitude towards the lesson on the Republic of Turkey, History of the Revolution and Kemalism. The ‘Achievement Test’ (pre-test) and (post-test), and the ‘Attitude Scale’ were utilized.