INVESTIGATION OF STATUS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHING STUDENTS AS REGARDS INSTALLING AND FIGURING OUT ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS

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This study is carried out to present students’ problems which are about electric circuit experiments and are faced during the experiments process in Science and Technology Laboratory Course. The problems are associated with setting up simple electric circuits, figuring out and using circuit elements (resistances in series, parallel and mixed connection). Researchers used special case method because the method provides utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methods in this study. Firstly, “Attitude Scale towards Physics Laboratory (ASPL)” was utilized to describe students’ attitudes for laboratory. Another data collection instrument-checklist which was developed by researchers was reviewed with experts for its content validity. Furthermore, formed on expert opinion open-ended interview form was used in this research. Results are showed that students attitudes toward laboratory are positive ( x =3.82) “agreed” level. Students were asked their reasons for encounter problems and researchers created 6 problem groups based on their answers. This 6 groups was determined; 1st problem of electric fi eld knowledge, 2nd problem of recognizing the laboratory equipment’s and using them effi ciently, 3rd problem of not having enough opportunity to practice, 4th problems of interest and concern against to electric experiments, 5th problem of not thinking three-dimensional in circuit diagrams, 6th problem of lack of figuring out an established circuit.

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Science laboratory , electric circuit , science teaching

Journal Of Educational Sciences

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Journal Of Educational Sciences