The Effects of Differentiated Curriculum with Blended Learning Method On Gifted Students’ Critical Thinking Abilities
Abstract
The present study aims to evaluate the effects of differentiated curriculum with blended learning method on gifted students’ critical thinking abilities. For this aim, we developed a unit plan about state of matter for 10th grades. This differentiated unit took into account the special academic needs of the gifted learners and used blended learning methods.
in this study, pre-and post-test were used as part of experimental design. The study was conducted with a total number of 34 gifted 10th grades students who enrolled in a charity high school in Istanbul.17 of these students were assigned to experimental group and 17 of them were assigned to a waiting list control group. While the differentiated curriculum with blended learning in chemistry was administered to the experimental group, the regular curriculum without any differentiation was administered to the control group.
Raven Matris Test and Cornell Critical Thinking Test X were used in order to collect the data. These tests were administered as pre- and posttest to all students in the experimental and control groups. The data was analyzed by using appropriate program and t-Test was used as part of analysis. According to the findings of the study, it has been observed that differentiated curriculum with blended learning method increases critical thinking abilities of the gifted students.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Studies on Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Çiğdem Nilüfer Umar
OKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye
Zerrin Ayvaz Reis
İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye
Publication Date
June 30, 2017
Submission Date
March 7, 2017
Acceptance Date
July 25, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 2 Number: 1