Effects of Animation Film Use on Earthquake Knowledge Level of 4th Grade Students
Abstract
Today,
use of different teaching models, materials, and tools in education and
teaching process have increased. The main reason for such increase is the
search to make education more quality, easier, more entertaining, and more
permanent. In this sense, animation films are technological products that
contribute learners in visual and audial terms. In this study, what effect does
animation film use has on earthquake knowledge level of 4th grade students was
analysed. The pattern of this study was selected as pre-test/post-test control
group trial model among experimental research models. Participants of this
study were selected among 4th grade students in Fatih Elementary School in
Bünyan District, Kayseri in 2017-2018 academic year. Total of 62 students was included
in the study where 31 students were included in experiment group and 31
students were included in control group. The duration of this study was four
weeks. Pre-test was applied on first week, post-test was applied on last week,
and application was conducted on remaining two weeks. Traditional methods were
applied on the control group and animation films selected by researchers based
on content and subject of class were applied on experiment group. In this study, “Academic Success Test”
developed by researchers was adopted to test the effects of animation film use
on earthquake knowledge level of 4th grade students. As a result, it was determined that
experiment group was more successful than control group in terms of academic
success, and animation film use in earthquake knowledge level of 4th grade
students had positive effects.
Keywords
Social science,earthquake,animation film use,knowledge level
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