Fostering Primary School Students' Understanding of Cells and Other Related Concepts with Interactive Computer Animation Instruction Accompanied by Teacher and Student-Prepared Concept Maps

Autor/inn/en	Akpinar, Ercan; Ergin, Omer
Titel	Fostering Primary School Students' Understanding of Cells and Other Related Concepts with Interactive Computer Animation Instruction Accompanied by Teacher and Student-Prepared Concept Maps
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 9 (2008) 1, Artikel 10 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1609-4913
Schlagwörter	Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Animation; Concept Mapping; Computer Graphics; Test Results; Student Attitudes; Achievement Tests; Biology; Elementary School Science; Elementary School Students; Scientific Concepts; Computer Uses in Education; Conventional Instruction; Science Achievement; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Concept Map; Computergrafik; Schülerverhalten; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Biologie; Computernutzung; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of instruction (application) including interactive computer animation accompanied by teacher and student-prepared concept maps on primary students' biology achievement during instruction, as well as revealing attitudes towards science as a school subject. A quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test control group design was used in this study. The experimental group had 31 students and the control group had 34 students. The experimental group received instruction including interactive computer animation accompanied by teacher- and student-prepared concept maps, while the control group received traditional instruction. A biology achievement test and an attitude scale toward science were used as data collection instruments. The present study indicates that the experimental group had significantly higher scores than the control group in the biology achievement test (regarding cells and other related concepts). Regarding students' attitudes toward science as a school subject, there was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the pre- and post-test results. However there was a statistically significant difference between the gain scores of the control group and the experimental group in favor of the experimental group. (Contains 1 figure and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10