Analysis of Middle School Students' Views and Impressions about a Science Center

Autor/inn/en	Zeren Özer, Dilek; Güngör, Sema Nur
Titel	Analysis of Middle School Students' Views and Impressions about a Science Center
Quelle	In: Journal of Turkish Science Education, 14 (2017) 4, S.108-125 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Middle School Students; Elementary School Students; Science Education; Science Teaching Centers; Informal Education; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	This study aims to evaluate middle school students' views about science centers as out-of-school learning environments. The study surveyed 195 5th-, 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-grade students attending Hatice Salih Primary School and Ahmet Cabuk Middle School in Province Bursa. It used a qualitative cross-sectional and longitudinal research design. For the purpose of the research, middle school students were helped to use the experimental setups at Bursa Science and Technology Center in company with instructors. Later, the students were asked to report their views and impressions about the science center through the "Science Center Opinion Survey". Students' views and impressions were compared based on grade levels. Accordingly, the participating students of all grade levels reported that they would like to come back to the science center, liked activities and experimental setups at the center, and found them fun and educative. However, the study found that a vast majority of the students of all grade levels, similarly, had difficulty in identifying science concepts that the experimental setups are related to. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Turkish Science Education. e-mail: editortused@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.tused.org/index.php/tused/home
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01