Examine Middle School Students' Constructivist Environment Perceptions in Turkey: School Location and Class Size

Autor/inn/en	Yigit, Nevzat; Alpaslan, Muhammet Mustafa; Cinemre, Yasin; Balcin, Bilal
Titel	Examine Middle School Students' Constructivist Environment Perceptions in Turkey: School Location and Class Size
Quelle	14 (2017) 1, S.23-34 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1304-6020
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Constructivism (Learning); Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; School Location; Class Size; Educational Environment; Rural Schools; Urban Schools; Science Instruction; Cooperative Learning; Relevance (Education); Correlation; Multivariate Analysis; Comparative Analysis; Factor Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Fragebogen; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Schulgelände; Klassengröße; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Urban area; Urban areas; Stadtregion; Stadt; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Kooperatives Lernen; Relevance; Relevanz; Korrelation; Multivariate Analyse; Faktorenanalyse; Statistische Analyse; Türkei
Abstract	This study aims to examine the middle school students' perceptions of the classroom learning environment in the science course in Turkey in terms of school location and class size. In the study the Assessing of Constructivist Learning Environment (ACLE) questionnaire was utilized to map students' perceptions of the classroom learning environment. The sample included 1882 students from Grades 6-8 randomly selected twenty schools in a northern province in Turkey. Data analysis revealed that there were significant differences between the perceptions of students from rural/urban schools and small/large classes. More specifically, students in small classes and rural schools reported their classroom learning environments more positively than those who were in large classes and urban schools in dimensions of thought provoking, collaboration, life relevance, concurrent learning and assessment, and bringing different viewpoints. Implications and future directions were discussed. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01