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Hirça, Necati – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2015
Although science experiments are the basis of teaching science process skills (SPS), it has been observed that a large number of prospective primary teachers (PPTs), by virtue of their background, feel anxious about doing science experiments. To overcome this problem, a proposal was suggested for primary school teachers (PSTs) to teach science and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Constructivism (Learning), Science Process Skills
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Ozmen, Haluk; Demircioglu, Gokhan; Burhan, Yasemin; Naseriazar, Akbar; Demircioglu, Hulya – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2012
The aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of an intervention based on a series of laboratory activities enhanced with concept cartoons. The purpose of the intervention was to enhance students' understanding of acid-base chemistry for eight grade students' from two classes in a Turkish primary school. A pretest-posttest non-equivalent…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Chemistry, Intervention, Cartoons
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Karsli, Fethiye; Sahin, Cigdem – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2009
The purpose of this study is to develop a worksheet about the factors affecting solubility, which could be useful for the prospective science teachers (PST) to remind and regain their science process skills (SPS). The pilot study of the WS was carried out with 32 first grade PST during the 2007-2008 academic year in the education department at…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Action Research, Science Experiments