Türkiye'deki 4, 6 ve 8. Sınıf İlköğretim Öğrencilerinin Epistemolojik İnançları

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı 4, 6 ve 8. sınıf ilköğretim öğrencilerinin epistemolojik inançlarını belirleme ve bu inançların sınıf düzeyine ve cinsiyete göre nasıl değiştiğinin araştırılmasıdır. Çalışmanın örneklemini 427 ilköğretim öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Veri toplamak için Epistemolojik İnançlar Anketi kullanılmıştır. Sınıf düzeyinin ve cinsiyetin epistemolojik inançlara etkisini değerlendirmek için iki yönlü çok değişkenli varyans analizi yapılmıştır. Öğrencilerin epistemolojik inançlarına sınıf düzeyinin etkisi hakkında önceki araştırma bulgularından farklı olarak öğrencilerin sınıf düzeyleri arttıkça bilginin oluşumu ve gerekçelendirilmesi konusuna ait inançlarının daha az gelişmiş olduğu bulunmuştur. Ayrıca kız öğrencilerinin bilginin kaynağı, değişmezliği ve gerekçelendirilmesi hakkındaki inançlarının erkek öğrencilere göre daha gelişmiş olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• epistemolojik inançlar, ilköğretim öğrencileri, cinsiyet

4th, 6th, and 8th Grade Turkish Elementary Students’ Epistemological Beliefs

Abstract

The purposes of the study were to investigate 4th, 6th, and 8th grade elementary students’ epistemological beliefs and how these beliefs change with grade level and gender. The sample of the research included 427 elementary students. Epistemological belief questionnaire (EBQ) was used to collect data. To evaluate the effect of both year and gender on students’ epistemological beliefs, two-way MANOVA was conducted. Results showed that different from the previous research findings about the effect of grade level on students’ epistemological beliefs, in this study found those students’ beliefs became less sophisticated with respect to development and justification of knowledge as they progress through elementary education program. Moreover, female students were found to have sophisticated beliefs about justification, and source/certainty of knowledge.

Keywords

• epistemological beliefs,elementary students,gender

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