WATER SCIENTISTS AT MOGAN LAKE: EFFECTIVENESS OF CREATIVE DRAMA AND CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH BASED SCIENCE EDUCATION
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purpose of this study is to present the effectiveness of educations of Water
Scientists at Mogan Lake Project, supported by TÜBİTAK (The Scientific And
Technological Research Council Of Turkey) and to examine the attitudes of
students toward science. The study was conducted on 63 fourth grade students in
2016- 2017 school year, in different public schools in Ankara. The study used
mixed method research design. Quantitative data were obtained using an
achievement test consisting of 15 multiple choice questions and an Attitude
Toward Science Scale while qualitative data were obtained through open-ended
questions. All statistical analyses for quantitative data were performed
through SPSS v.20.0. Qualitative data were analysed using content analysis
procedure. According to the results of The Wilcoxon signed-rank test children
got significantly higher scores on achivement test and attitudes toward science
scale. Content analysis results supported the quantitative data in that after
the Project activities children reported their desire to be a scientist, to
make scientific research and believed the necessity of science more.
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