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                                                                                    <journal-title>Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">1305-2020</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                    <trans-title>Comparison of Students’ Answers to Context-Based and Traditional Questions on the Topic of Light Across Gender</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>Öğrencilerin Işık Konusundaki Bağlam Temelli Sorular ile Geleneksel Soruları Cevaplama Düzeylerinin Cinsiyete Göre Karşılaştırılması</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6003-4056</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Sak</surname>
                                    <given-names>Merve</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>KOCAELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3727-7516</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kaltakçı Gürel</surname>
                                    <given-names>Derya</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>KOCAELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20181129">
                    <day>11</day>
                    <month>29</month>
                    <year>2018</year>
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                                        <volume>15</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>672</fpage>
                                        <lpage>697</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20180327">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>27</month>
                        <year>2018</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20180615">
                        <day>06</day>
                        <month>15</month>
                        <year>2018</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2004, Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2004</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                            <p>In this casualcomparative research study, it was aimed to compare the 6th, 7th and 8th grade elementaryschool students’ answers to context-based and traditional questions on thetopic of light across gender. Therefore, Light Achievement Tests (LATs) weredeveloped for each grade level in accordance with 6th, 7th and 8th gradecurriculum objectives. Each LAT consists of 20 multiple-choicequestions; 10 are Context-Based Questions (CBQ) and 10 are traditionalquestions that are equivalent to the CBQ in terms of targeted objectives andcognitive level. The current study was carried out with 869 students (431 female and 438 male) in Izmitdistrict of Kocaeli and the data were analyzed through MANCOVA test in SPSS23.0 program. LATs’ cronbach alpha reliability coefficients were found 0.794for the 6th grade, 0.785 for the 7th grade and 0.824 for the 8th grade level. Accordingto MANCOVA results, there was no statistically significant difference betweenmale and female students’ LAT total scores, CBQ scores and traditional questionscores in the 6th (Wilks’ λ=0.987, F(2,290)=1.966,p=0.142), 7th (Wilks’ λ=0.991, F(2,278)=1.257, p=0.286) and&amp;nbsp; 8th (Wilks’ λ =0.995,F(2,288)=0.732, p=0.482) grade levels. The findings were interpreted andrecommendations were made to teachers, researchers, curriculum developers andrelated institutions.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Bu nedensel karşılaştırmalı araştırma çalışmasında,ortaokul 6., 7. ve 8. sınıf öğrencilerinin ışık konusundaki bağlam temellisorular ve geleneksel soruları çözebilme düzeylerinin cinsiyete görekarşılaştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Bu nedenle 6., 7. ve 8. sınıf kazanımlarınauygun olarak her sınıf seviyesi için Işık Başarı Testleri (IBT)geliştirilmiştir. IBT’ler 10 bağlam temelli soru (BTS) ve BTS’lere kazanım vebilişsel düzey olarak denk 10 geleneksel soru olmak üzere 20 çoktan seçmeli sorudanoluşmaktadır. Uygulama, Kocaeli’nin İzmit ilçesinde 869 öğrenciyle (431 kız ve438 erkek) gerçekleştirilmiş ve veriler SPSS 23.0 programı kullanılarak MANCOVAtesti ile analiz edilmiştir. 6. sınıf için IBT Cronbach alfa güvenirlikkatsayısı 0.794, 7. sınıf IBT için 0.785, 8. sınıf IBT için 0.824 olarakbulunmuştur. MANCOVA testi sonuçlarına göre 6. sınıf (Wilks’ λ=0.987, F(2,290)=1.966, p=0.142), 7. sınıf (Wilks’ λ=0.991, F(2,278)=1.257, p=0.286)ve 8. sınıf seviyelerinde (Wilks’ λ=0.995, F(2,288)=0.732,p=0.482) IBT toplam puan, BTS puan vegeleneksel soru puanlarında kız ve erkek öğrenciler arasında anlamlı bir farkbulunamamıştır. Elde edilen bulgular yorumlanarak öğretmenlere,araştırmacılara, müfredat geliştiricilere ve ilgili kurumlara çeşitliönerilerde bulunulmuştur.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Fen eğitimi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  bağlam temelli sorular</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  cinsiyet</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  ışık</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Science education</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  context-based questions</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  gender</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  light</kwd>
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