An Investigation of the Effect of Project-Based Learning Approach on Children's Achievement and Attitude in Science

Volume: 3 Number: 2 July 23, 2016
  • Yılmaz Çakıcı
  • Nihal Türkmen
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An Investigation of the Effect of Project-Based Learning Approach on Children's Achievement and Attitude in Science

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The aim of this study is to examine the effect of project-based learning activities on the fifth grade children’s science achievement and their attitudes towards science course for the unit on ‘Sound’, and to compare the effectiveness of project-based learning over more traditional teaching methods. The study was carried out with 44 fifth grade students at a public primary school in the Northwestern part of Turkey, during the spring term of the 2011-2012 academic year. Students were randomly divided into two groups as control group (CG, n=22) and experimental group (EG, n=22). Initially, pre-tests (an achievement test and an attitude scale) were applied to both the CG and EG. Following the four weeks, the EG was taught using the project-based practices, while the CG was taught using more traditional teaching practices. Children in the EG carried out three science projects for the science unit on ‘sound’: Bite and hear, making music with glass bottles, and designing a house with sound insulation. Then, the post-tests were carried out in order to determine the effect of a project-based learning approach on children’s learning. The research findings revealed that children’s science achievement significantly improved with the project-based activities, but their attitudes toward science did not change

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Yılmaz Çakıcı This is me
Trakya University, Faculty of Education, Edirne, Turkey

Nihal Türkmen This is me
Sipahi Primary School, Edirne-Turkey

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July 23, 2016

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July 23, 2016

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Year 2013 Volume: 3 Number: 2

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Çakıcı, Y., & Türkmen, N. (2016). An Investigation of the Effect of Project-Based Learning Approach on Children’s Achievement and Attitude in Science. TOJSAT, 3(2), 9-17. https://izlik.org/JA42LG99ZB
AMA
1.Çakıcı Y, Türkmen N. An Investigation of the Effect of Project-Based Learning Approach on Children’s Achievement and Attitude in Science. TOJSAT. 2016;3(2):9-17. https://izlik.org/JA42LG99ZB
Chicago
Çakıcı, Yılmaz, and Nihal Türkmen. 2016. “An Investigation of the Effect of Project-Based Learning Approach on Children’s Achievement and Attitude in Science”. TOJSAT 3 (2): 9-17. https://izlik.org/JA42LG99ZB.
EndNote
Çakıcı Y, Türkmen N (July 1, 2016) An Investigation of the Effect of Project-Based Learning Approach on Children’s Achievement and Attitude in Science. TOJSAT 3 2 9–17.
IEEE
[1]Y. Çakıcı and N. Türkmen, “An Investigation of the Effect of Project-Based Learning Approach on Children’s Achievement and Attitude in Science”, TOJSAT, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 9–17, July 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA42LG99ZB
ISNAD
Çakıcı, Yılmaz - Türkmen, Nihal. “An Investigation of the Effect of Project-Based Learning Approach on Children’s Achievement and Attitude in Science”. TOJSAT 3/2 (July 1, 2016): 9-17. https://izlik.org/JA42LG99ZB.
JAMA
1.Çakıcı Y, Türkmen N. An Investigation of the Effect of Project-Based Learning Approach on Children’s Achievement and Attitude in Science. TOJSAT. 2016;3:9–17.
MLA
Çakıcı, Yılmaz, and Nihal Türkmen. “An Investigation of the Effect of Project-Based Learning Approach on Children’s Achievement and Attitude in Science”. TOJSAT, vol. 3, no. 2, July 2016, pp. 9-17, https://izlik.org/JA42LG99ZB.
Vancouver
1.Yılmaz Çakıcı, Nihal Türkmen. An Investigation of the Effect of Project-Based Learning Approach on Children’s Achievement and Attitude in Science. TOJSAT [Internet]. 2016 Jul. 1;3(2):9-17. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA42LG99ZB