EFFECTS OF CARTOONS ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDES IN BIOLOGY TEACHING (ENDOCRINE SYSTEM)

Year 2013, Volume: 21 Issue: 3, 931 - 944, 15.07.2016

Esra ÖZAY Köse

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine effect of cartoons as a teaching tool towards student’s achievement and attitudes about endocrine system and biology. This study was applied to students that include 28 students in control group and 28 students in experimental group in secondary school in Erzurum. In the research, mixed research design which consists of interview form with open ended questions and quasi-experimental non-equivalent pretest- posttest control group was used. An achievement test, attitude test and interviews were used to investigate the impact of using cartoons as a teaching tool on student learning in teaching of endocrine system. The findings of this study show that students’ knowledge and understanding and attitude of biology was positively changed on the unit of endocrine system with the use of cartoons.

Keywords

Cartoon-based teaching, Conventional teaching, Achievement, Attitude, Endocrine system

KARİKATÜRLERİN BİYOLOJİ ÖĞRETİMİNDE ÖĞRENCİ BAŞARILARINA VE TUTUMLARINA ETKİLERİ(ENDOKRİN SİSTEM)

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, endokrin sistem hakkında öğrencilerin başarıları ve biyolojiye karşı tutumlarına bir öğretim aracı olarak karikatürlerin etkisini araştırmaktır. Araştırma Erzurum il merkezinde bulunan bir lisede 28 deney 28 kontrol gurubunu oluşturan öğrencilere uygulanmıştır. Araştırmada, öntest-sontest kontrol gruplu yarı deneysel ve açık uçlu sorulu içeren görüşme formunu içeren birleştirilmiş araştırma modeli kullanılmıştır. Karikatürün etkisini ölçmek için endokrin sistem ile ilgili bir başarı testi, biyolojiye karşı tutum ölçeği ve nitel görüşmeler kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonuçları göstermiştir ki; karikatürlerin kullanılmasının endokrin sistemle ilgili öğretim başarısının ve biyolojiye karşı tutumun artırılmasında etkili olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır.

Keywords

Karikatür destekli öğretim, Geleneksel öğretim, Öğrencinin akademik başarısı, Tutum, Endokrin sistemi.

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