Web 2.0 Tools for Increasing Secondary School Students' Access to Science Courses

Year 2022, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 191 - 221, 30.10.2022

Hacer Efe , Hatice Turan , Ünsal Umdu Topsakal

https://doi.org/10.53047/josse.1180398

Abstract

Bu çalışmada çevrimiçi eğitimde Web 2.0 araçları kullanımının ortaokul öğrencilerinin fen bilimleri dersinde “Canlılarda Üreme, Büyüme ve Gelişme” ünitesindeki erişilerine etkisi incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemini 7. sınıfta öğrenim gören 14 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmaya katılacak öğrencilerin seçiminde kolay ulaşılabilir örneklem metodu kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada dersler mevcut öğretim programına uygun bir şekilde çevrimiçi ortamda web 2.0 araçları kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışma toplamda 6 hafta sürmüştür ve öğrencilere “Microsoft Teams” platformunda her hafta farklı bir Web 2.0 aracı uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın modeli nicel ve nitel yöntemlerin bir arada olduğu karma modeldir. Bu doğrultuda araştırmada nicel veri toplama aracı olarak Aygün ve Şimşekli (2019) tarafından geliştirilen “Canlılarda Üreme, Büyüme ve Gelişme Ünitesi Başarı Testi”, nitel veri toplama aracı olarak ise “Canlılarda Üreme, Büyüme ve Gelişme Ünitesi Çalışma Kağıdı” kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen nicel verilerin analizinde SPSS programı, nitel verilerin analizinde ise içerik analizi uygulanmıştır. Çalışmanın sonucunda web 2.0 araçları ile desteklenen çevrimiçi eğitim uygulamalarının öğrencilerin “Canlılarda Üreme, Büyüme ve Gelişme” ünitesindeki erişilerini olumlu yönde etkilediğine ulaşılmıştır. Çalışmada öğrencilerin uygulama sonrası uygulama öncesine göre belirgin bir farkla daha fazla, doğru kod ve frekans çıktısı verdikleri, ünite kavramlarını birbirleri ile doğru bir şekilde ilişkilendirdiklerine ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca öğrencilerin üniteye ait alt başlıklarda uygulama öncesi kavram yanılgılarına sahip oldukları fakat uygulama sonrası kavram yanılgılarının büyük ölçüde giderildiği görülmüştür.

Keywords

Web 2.0 araçları, erişi, fen eğitimi, ortaokul öğrencileri

Web 2.0 Tools for Increasing Secondary School Students' Access to Science Courses

Abstract

In this study, the effect of the use of Web 2.0 tools in online education on the achievement of secondary school students in the unit "Reproduction, Growth and Development in Living Things" was examined. The sample of the research consists of 14 students studying in the 7th grade. In the study, the lessons were carried out in accordance with the current curriculum, using web 2.0 tools in an online environment. The study lasted for 6 weeks in total and a different Web 2.0 tool was applied to the students every week on the “Microsoft Teams” platform. The model of the research is a mixed model in which quantitative and qualitative methods are combined. In this direction, the "Reproduction, Growth and Development Unit Achievement Test in Living Things" was used as a quantitative data collection tool, and the "Reproduction, Growth and Development Unit Worksheet in Living Things" was used as a qualitative data collection tool. SPSS program was used in the analysis of the quantitative data, and content analysis was used in the analysis of the qualitative data. As a result of the study, it has been found that online education applications supported by web 2.0 tools have a positive effect on students' achievement in the unit "Reproduction, Growth and Development in Living Things". In the study, it was found that the students gave more correct code and frequency outputs with a significant difference after the application, and that they correctly associated the unit concepts with each other.

Keywords

Web 2.0 tools, reach, science education, secondary school students

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