Fen Bilgisi Öğretmen Adaylarının Bazı Fen Kavramlarını Anlamaları Üzerine Bilimsel Düşünme Yeteneklerinin ve Örnek Olay Temelli Öğrenme Laboratuvar Uygulamalarının Etkisi

Çalışmanın amacı, Fen Bilgisi öğretmen adaylarının bazı kimya konularını anlamalarına örnek olay temelli laboratuvar öğretiminin geleneksel laboratuvar öğretimi üzerine etkisinin incelenmesidir. Çalışmadaki katılımcılar bir eğitim fakültesinin iki etkileşimli sınıfından 37 birinci sınıf fen bilgisi öğretmen adayından oluşmaktadır. Her bir öğretim yöntemi tesadüfi seçilerek bir sınıfa atanmıştır. Deney grubundaki uygulamalar, gündelik yaşamdan olayların küçük grup formatında sunularak; kontrol grubundaki uygulamalar ise, konu anlatımı ve tartışma yapılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda kimya kavramlarının anlaşılması bakımından deney ve kontrol grubu arasında anlamlı bir farklılık bulunmamıştır. Ancak, bilimsel düşünme yeteneklerine ilişkin somut, soyut ve soyut sonrası dönemlerindekilerin kimya konularını anlamaları arasında soyut düşünenler lehine anlamlı farklılıklar bulunmuştur. Ek olarak, Fen Bilgisi öğretmen adaylarının bilimsel düşünme seviyeleri örnek olay temelli öğrenme ve geleneksel laboratuvar öğretiminden aynı ölçüde etkilenmiştir.

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örnek olay temelli öğrenme laboratuvarı, geleneksel laboratuvar, bilimsel düşünme yeteneği, fen bilgisi öğretmen adayları

Effect of Case-Based Learning Laboratory Instruction and Scientific Reasoning Ability on Science Preservice Teachers’ Understanding of Some Science Concepts

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of case-based learning laboratory (CBLL) over traditional laboratory (TL) instruction on freshman science preservice teachers’ (SPTs’) understanding of some chemistry topics. The participants in this study consisted of 37 freshman SPTs from two intact classes of a rural educational faculty with the same instructor. Each teaching method was randomly assigned to one class. In the experimental group, life cases were presented in a small group format; in the control group, lecturing and discussion was carried out. The results showed that there was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups with respect to their understanding of these chemistry concepts. However, regarding scientific reasoning ability (SRA) level, there were significant differences among the understanding of these chemistry topics by concrete, formal, and post-formal reasoners, in favor of formal reasoners. In addition, SPTs’ SRA levels were affected equally in CBLL and TL.

Keywords:

case-based learning laboratory, traditional laboratory, scientific reasoning ability, science preservice teachers,

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