Jale ÇAKIROĞLU, Kudret ÖZKAL, Ceren TEKKAYA

Investigating 8th grade students' perceptions of constructivist science learning environment

Bu çalışmada, sekizinci sınıf öğrencilerinin mevcut ve tercih ettikleri yapılandırıcı fen öğrenme ortamı hakkındaki algıları incelenmiştir. Veriler, 1152 sekizinci sınıf öğrencisinden Yapılandırıcı Öğrenme Ortamı Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Bu ölçek, “mevcut” ve “tercih edilen” öğrenme ortamını değerlendiren iki bölümden oluşmaktadır. Ölçeğin mevcut öğrenme ortamı bölümü, sınıflardaki şu anki fen bilgisi öğrenme ortamının yapılandırıcı öğrenme yaklaşımını ne kadar yansıttığını ölçerken, tercih edilen öğrenme ortamı bölümü ise öğrencilerin tercih ettikleri öğrenme ortamını ölçmektedir. Sonuçlar, ölçeğin her alt boyutu için tercih edilen yapılandırıcı öğrenme ortamı algılarının mevcut öğrenme ortamı algılarına göre daha yüksek değerlerde olduğunu göstermiştir (p

Sekizinci sınıf öğrencilerinin yapılandırıcı fen öğrenme ortamı hakkındaki algılarının incelenmesi

The present study investigated 8th grade students’ perceptions of actual and preferred constructivist science learning environments. Data were collected from 1152 students attending public elementary schools in Ankara using the Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES). The CLES consists of two forms which are “Actual” and “Preferred”. While actual form assesses the current learning environment of the classroom and the preferred form assesses the students’ preferences about the learning environment. Results showed that students’ scores on the preferred form were significantly higher than those of the actual form on each scale (p

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