Author/Authors :
ÜNAL ÇOBAN, Gül Buca Eğitim Fakültesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Turkey , ERGİN, Ömer Buca Eğitim Fakültesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
VIEW OF THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE’S EXISTENCEDOMAIN THROUGH MODEL BASED INSTRUCTION
Abstract :
In this study the effects of science and technlogy course carried by model based activities onstudents’ views about the existance domain of scientific knowlegde were examined. The studywas conducted by 7th graders with experimental and contol groups in a primary school inone of the central towns of Izmir for about six weeks. While the courses in experimental groupwas conducted by modelling, the courses in the control group was conducted according to thecurrent scinece and technology curriculum. The scale for existance domanin of scientificknowledge was given to both groups besides interviweing five students from each groupbefore and after the instruction. At the end of the reserach, it was found that there is not asignificantly difference between two groups quantitavely despite the improvement of theexperimental group qualitatively.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Model based teaching , science education , scientific knowldege (epistemology) , existance domain of scientific knowledge (ontology)
JournalTitle :
Journal Of Turkish Educational Sciences
