Author/Authors :
TÜYSÜZ, Cengiz Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Turkey , TATAR, Erdal Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Turkey , KUŞDEMİR, Mesut Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi - Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
EFFECT OF THE PROBLEM BASED LEARNING ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE IN CHEMISTRY
Abstract :
The aim of this study is to investigate the effecs of problem based learning on students’ atitude toward chemistry and on their academic achievement in the unit of “Gases” in the chemistry course.The sample of the study was consisted of 52 tenth year students taking chemistry course from the Atatürk Highschool, Hatay. Treatment of the study was carried out in the second semester of 2008-2009 academic year. In this study, control group pretestposttest experimental design was used. The data was obtained with instruments which include “Achievement Test” related the unit of Gases and “Attitude Test” towards chemistry. The results of this study showed that problem based learning has improved students’ academic achievement and increased students’ attitude levels to chemistry.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Problem Based Learning , Chemistry , Attitude , Achievement
JournalTitle :
Mustafa Kemal University Journal Of Graduate School Of Social Sciences
