The Effect of Looping Technique on the Students

Abstract

Looping technique is a teaching method that refers to an educator working with the same class for several years. Looping technique has been many years due to its’ benefits on sense of belonging, development of social and academical skills. The aim of this review study is to evaluate and analyze the studies that examined the effect of the looping method on the students. For this purpose, systematic review method was used to gather articles. The keywords determined within the scope of the study were scanned in ProQuest, Google scholar, ERIC and Semantic Scholar databases, and articles published between 2000-2020 were accepted to the study. As a result of the scanning process a total of 16 studies were reviewed. Within the scope of this study, studies on the effect of looping technique on the students were examined in six main areas: (a) the years of publication, (b) the methodology (c) research instruments, (d) grade levels of the studies (e) the countries of studies conducted, and (f) types of the studies. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the most preferred measurement methodology was the quantitative design, and the most used measurement tool was revealed to be tests. Also, it is found that the studies related to the literature were mainly conducted in years 2007 and 2009. It has also been revealed that studies related to the literature mainly consists of theses. To add more, studies related to the topic were mainly conducted in United States of America (USA) and China, while the highest number of studies were revealed to be conducted in USA. Studies conducted with 2,3,4, 5th and 8th grade students were found to be predominate. In addition to these results, literature review of these studies revealed that the looping technique has many benefits for students especially in social, cognitive and academic areas.

Keywords

• looping
• looping education
• looping technique

Eğitimde “Looping” Tekniğinin Öğrencilere Etkisi Üzerine Bir İnceleme

Abstract

Looping tekniği, bir eğitimcinin aynı sınıf ile birkaç sene boyunca çalışmasını ifade eden bir öğretim yöntemidir. Öğrencilerde okula aidiyet, sosyalleşme becerilerinde gelişme ve akademik becerilerin gelişmesi gibi alanlarda fayda sağladığı ifade edilen Looping eğitimi, uzun yıllardır kullanılmakta olan bir teknik olarak literatürde belirtilmiştir. Bu derleme çalışmasının amacı, Looping yönteminin öğrenciler üzerine etkisini incelemiş olan araştırmaların bir araya getirilmesi olarak belirlenmiştir. Makalelerin bir araya getirilmesi için sistematik derleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Sistematik derleme, literatüre ilişkin çalışmaların seçilip eleştirel olarak değerlendirilmesi, bu çalışmalardan veri toplanması ve analiz edilmesini ifade eden bir araştırma yöntemi olarak tanımlanmıştır. Derleme kapsamında belirlenen anahtar kelimeler ProQuest, Google Scholar, ERIC ve Semantic Scholar veri tabanlarında taranmış, 2000-2020 yılları arasında yayınlanan makaleler kabul edilmiştir. Derleme sürecinde belirlenen kriterlere uygun olarak 16 adet çalışma incelenmesine karar verilmiştir. İncelenen araştırmalar (a)yayınlanma yılları, (b) kullanılan ölçme metodolojisi, (c) kullanılan ölçme araçları ve (d) çalışmaların yürütüldüğü okul kademesi (e)çalışmanın yürütüldüğü ülke ve (f) çalışmanın türü olmak üzere altı temel alanda incelenmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda en sık tercih edilmiş olan ölçme metodolojisinin nicel desen, en fazla kullanılan ölçme aracının başarı testleri olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Literatürdeki çalışmalar yayınlanma yıllarına göre ele alındığında 2007 ve 2009 yıllarında yapılmış olan çalışmaların ağırlıkta olduğu bulunmuştur. Derlenen çalışmalar türleri bakımından sınıflandırıldıklarında, alana ilişkin tez çalışmalarının ağırlıkta olduğu bulunmuştur. İlgili konuda çalışma yapan ülkeler Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (ABD) ve Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti olduğu görülmüştür, en çok çalışma yapan ülke ABD olarak belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca ilişkili alanyazında en çok çalışmanın 2,3,4 ve 5.sınıf ve 8.sınıf öğrencileriyle yapılmış olduğu belirlenmiştir. Looping tekniğinin, öğrencilere sosyal, bilişsel ve akademik alanlarda birçok yararı olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır.

Keywords

• looping
• looping eğitimi
• looping tekniği

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