The EFFECTS of USING CEMETERIES as an EDUCATIONAL STAGE on STUDENTS’ AKADEMIC SUCCES and ATTITUDES in a HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY COURSE
Abstract
The aim of the research is to examine the effects of the attribution of
the "History Science and Human" unit with the cemetery visits in the
9th grade history course over the academic achievement and attitudes of the
students. The study group of research which was carried through in a high
school located in Of district belongs to Trabzon province in 2016-2017 academic
semester constitutes of 66 students at 9th grade (two branches).In the study,
pretest-posttest experimental pattern with control group were used. The
research data were obtained from the academic achievement test and the history
course attitude scale. Prior to the application, History Science and Human Unit
Academic Achievement Test and History Course Attitude Scale were carried out as
a pre-test for both groups. Lessons were carried out in the experimental group
by visiting cemeteries, as for in the control group it was carried out in
accordance with lectures, question-answer and discussion methods and
techniques. The same scales were applied as posttest to the experimental and
control groups after the application. Arithmetic mean, standard deviation,
independent groups t-test were used in the analysis of the data, and
significance level was taken as p <0.5. According to the independent groups
t-test analysis results it seems that if we compare academic achievement scores
of the experimental and control groups, a significant difference was found in
favor of the experimental group. When the attitude scores were assessed, there
was no difference between the groups in terms of pretest scores, and the scores
of the experimental group were found to be significantly higher than the
posttest scores. When experimental and control group's attitude scores were
compared, the posttest scores of the experimental group were seemed to be
significantly higher than the control group's posttest scores.
Keywords
History Teaching,Cemetery Visit,Academic Achievement,Out-School Learning,Attitude
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