THE EFFECT OF GEMS PROGRAM ON THE BASIC SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS AND ATTITUDES OF 6TH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE FORCE AND MOTION UNIT
THE EFFECT OF GEMS PROGRAM ON THE BASIC SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS AND ATTITUDES OF 6TH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE FORCE AND MOTION UNIT

Summary/Abstract: THE AIM OF THIS STUDY IS TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF GEMS GREAT EXPLORATION IN MATH AND SCIENCE (GEMS) SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAM ON STUDENTS’ BASIC SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS AND ATTITUDES IN THE 6TH GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL “FORCE AND MOTION” UNIT THE EFFECTS OF THE PROGRAM AND TO GET THEIR OPINIONS. THE SAMPLE OF THE STUDY WAS A GROUP CONSISTING OF 80 6TH GRADE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, ONE EXPERIMENTAL (N = 40) AND ONE CONTROL (N = 40) GROUP. IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE LEVELS OF STUDENTS’ BASIC SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS AND ATTITUDES, BASIC SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS SCALE FOR “FORCE AND MOTION” (BSPST) SCIENCE COURSE ATTITUDE SCALE (SCAS) WERE APPLIED TO BOTH GROUPS AS A PRE AND POST-TEST. WHEN THE BSPST POST-TEST SCORES OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUP STUDENTS WERE COMPARED ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE DATA COLLECTION TOOLS, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE BASIC SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS LEVELS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP STUDENTS IMPROVED MORE. ACCORDING TO SCAS RESULTS; WHEN THE POST- TEST ATTITUDE SCORES OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS WERE EXAMINED AFTER THE APPLICATION, THE ATTITUDES OF THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP STUDENTS TOWARDS THE ACTIVITIES DONE IN THE SCIENCE COURSE WERE MORE POSITIVE IN THE 1-MONTH PERIOD FROM THE PRE-TEST TO THE LAST TEST THANKS TO THE GEMS ACTIVITIES.

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