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Direct linkEymur, Gülüzar; Geban, Ömer – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cooperative learning based on conceptual change approach instruction on ninth-grade students' understanding in chemical bonding concepts compared to traditional instruction. Seventy-two ninth-grade students from two intact chemistry classes taught by the same teacher in a public high…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, Cooperative Learning, Chemistry
Download full textErgin, Serap – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
In this study, the effect of group work and traditional method on 9th grade students' misconceptions about Newton Laws was investigated. The study was conducted in three classes in an Anatolian Vocational High School in Ankara/Turkey in the second term of the 2014-2015 academic year. Two of these classes were chosen as the experimental group and…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Grade 9, Scientific Principles, High School Students
Tas, Erol; Gülen, Salih; Öner, Zeynep; Özyürek, Cengiz – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2015
The purpose of this study is to research the effects of traditional and web-assisted conceptual change texts for the subject of water chemistry on the success, conceptual errors and permanent learning of students. A total of 37 8th graders in a secondary school of Samsun participated in this study which had a random experimental design with…
Descriptors: Water, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Grade 8
Çetin, Gülcan; Ertepinar, Hamide; Geban, Ömer – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the conceptual change text based instruction on ninth grade students' understanding of ecological concepts, and attitudes toward biology and environment. Participants were 82 ninth grade students in a public high school in the Northwestern Turkey. A treatment was employed over a five-week…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Biology, Science Instruction
Akbas, Yavuz; Gencturk, Ebru – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of teaching based on conceptual change overcome misconceptions of 9th grade high school students about the subject of air pressure. The sampling of the study was formed with two classes of 9th grade students from a general high school in the city-center of Trabzon. A quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Concept Mapping, Research Design, Test Results
Akkuzu, Nalan; Akcay, Husamettin – Online Submission, 2011
This study describes the analogical models and narratives used to introduce and teach Grade 9 chemical covalent compounds which are relatively abstract and difficult for students. We explained each model's development during the lessons and analyzed understanding students derived from these learning materials. In this context, achievement,…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Student Attitudes, Achievement Tests
Koparan, Timur; Yildiz, Cemalettin; Kögce, Davut; Güven, Bülent – Online Submission, 2010
This study investigates the effect of materials developed based on conceptual change approach on 9th grade students'achievement in the subject of fractions. With this aim, a worksheet, conceptual change text and a two-stage performance test on the subject of fractions were developed. Quasi-experimental research model was used in the study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 9, Mathematics Achievement
Acar, Burcin; Tarhan, Leman – Research in Science Education, 2008
The present study focused on investigating the effectiveness of instruction via newly developed teaching materials based on cooperative learning when compared to a traditional approach, on ninth grade students' understanding of metallic bonding. Fifty-seven ninth grade science students from two science classes in the same high school participated…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Cooperative Learning, Chemistry
Cetin, Gulcan; Ertepinar, Hamide; Geban, Omer – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2004
This study investigated the effectiveness of conceptual change texts oriented instruction accompanied by demonstrations in small groups on students' ecology achievement and attitude towards biology. 78 ninth grade students in a public high school participated in this study. While the control group was taught with the traditional method, the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Student Attitudes, Visual Aids
