Effects of Conceptual Change Text Based Instruction on Ecology, Attitudes toward Biology and Environment

Autor/inn/en	Çetin, Gülcan; Ertepinar, Hamide; Geban, Ömer
Titel	Effects of Conceptual Change Text Based Instruction on Ecology, Attitudes toward Biology and Environment
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Reviews, 10 (2015) 3, S.259-273 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1990-3839
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; High School Students; Biology; Science Instruction; Scientific Concepts; Ecology; Student Attitudes; Quasiexperimental Design; Teaching Methods; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Interviews; Observation; Comprehension; Comparative Analysis; Statistical Significance; Environment; Concept Formation; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Misconceptions; Pretests Posttests; Grade 9; Multivariate Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Ökologie; Schülerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Beobachtung; Verstehen; Verständnis; Umwelt; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Missverständnis; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Multivariate Analyse; Türkei
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the conceptual change text based instruction on ninth grade students' understanding of ecological concepts, and attitudes toward biology and environment. Participants were 82 ninth grade students in a public high school in the Northwestern Turkey. A treatment was employed over a five-week period with quasi-experimental design. While two classes were called control group, two classes were called experimental group. Each teacher had one control group and one experimental group. Two teaching methods were used and randomly assigned to one class of each teacher. While the control group received traditional instruction, the experimental group received conceptual change texts based instruction. Ecology Concepts Test, Attitude Scale towards Biology and Attitude Scale towards Environment were administered to the participants as pre- and post-tests. Data of interview and observation were also collected to support the study results. The results showed that the effect of the conceptual change texts based instruction was better than the traditional instruction on understanding of ecological concepts. However, there was no statistically significant effect of the treatment on the participants' attitudes toward biology and environment. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01