The Effect of Instruction With Augmented Reality Astronomy Cards On 7th Grade Students’ Attitudes Towards Astronomy and Academic Achievement
Say, Fuat Serkan
In this study, it was tried to investigate the effect of the augmented reality cards on teaching. For this purpose, the effect of the reality cards designed for astronomy subjects on students' attitudes towards astronomy, the effect on academic achievement and the opinions of students about reality cards were evaluated. Mixed method was used as research method in the study which quantitative and qualitative data were collected together. The study group consisted of 53 students studying in the seventh grade of a state school located in Erdemli district of Mersin province. Within this scope, a branch in the school was defined as experimental group including 26 students, and another branch as control group including 27 students. During the "Solar System and Beyond" unit, the subject was taugh...
Investigation of Primary-School Teachers' Attitudes towards Educational Game According to Different Variables
Say, Fuat Serkan
Educational games are included in student-centered practices in the contemporary education system, which are suitable for the purpose of raising students who know themselves and love to research and learn. Educational games enable children to develop their cognitive, social and psycho-motor skills by being inspired by activities that are different from traditional learning environments and that they love to do in their daily lives. As well as being instructive, it is important that the learning activities to be developed are interesting and entertaining. Teachers who design and implement the activities also play an important role at this point. The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes of classroom teachers towards educational game according to the variables of gender, place of wor...
The Effect Of The Computer Game Developed For The 7th Grade Science Lesson, On Student’s Self-Efficacy Toward Science
Say, Fuat Serkan
Human being starts learning about life via games. Therefore games have always maintained their importance and have always been interesting since the beginning of the human life. Games are being moved from streets to virtual platforms today as information Technologies are considerably progressing. And because of that, computer games are one of the entertainments for people today, especially for the children of school age. Analysing the literature, we find the computer games to have many positive effects on children’s performance at school. In this research, the effect of the computer game developed for the 7th grade science lesson, on student’s selfefficacy toward science is studied. Quasi-experimental design is used as the quantitative research method. The study group consists of 444 7th g...
A Computer Game Implementatıon: Indıvıdually Or In A Group
Say, Fuat Serkan
In this research, the effect of playing a computer game individually or in a group on students’ academic achievements was investigated. In addition, it was determined that whether students gender significantly differ or not according to playing the computer game individually or in a group. In this study, among the experimental research designs, Solomon research model was used. In the study carried out in the first semester of 2014-2015 academic year at a public school, a total of 90 students took part as 2 experimental (n=45) – 2 control groups (n=45). A science computer game that was played on the internet. Students in experimental groups played the science game as three people in groups in addition to science lessons. Students in control gorups played the game on computer individually. T...
The Effect of Education Thematıc Films on Classroom Teacher Candidates’ Motivation to Teach and Attitudes Towards Teaching Profession
Onbaşılı, Ümit İzgi | Say, Fuat Serkan
It is thought that the use of education thematic films in teacher education and the teacher-student relations in films will be an example for teacher candidates, therefore it can affect the attitudes towards the profession and the motivation of teaching. In this context; the aim of the research is to examine the effect of education thematic films on classroom teacher candidates’ motivation to teach and attitudes towards teaching profession. An explanatory design model has been used in the research that one of the mixed method designs. Explanatory design; requires qualitative data for the purpose of supporting, explaining and interpreting quantitative data (Patton, 2002). Research was conducted with 3rd year students; In the spring semester of the 2016-2017 academic year, Mersin University ...
Examining the Primary-School Teachers’ Motivation Levels during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Say, Fuat Serkan
The purpose of this research is to investigate the primary-school teachers’ motivation levels towards the profession during the COVID-19 pandemic. In accordance with this purpose, the professional motivations of primary school teachers have been examined according to the variables of gender, years of professional seniority, grade level taught and the number of students attending the course in the distance education. The study group of the research consists of 258 primary-school teachers working in Erdemli district of Mersin province. The study was carried out by using the survey method one of which is a quantitative research method and the data have been collected through the Personral Information Form developed by the researchers amd the “Primary School Teacher Motivation Scale” developed...
From The Perspective Of Preservice Teachers, The Accomplishment Levels Of Primary School Teachers' Effective Teacher Attitudes In Science Lessons
Say, Fuat Serkan
The aim of this study is to determine to what extent the Primary School Teachers can accomplish the effective teacher attitudes in science lessons. In this context, the observations of 83 primary school preservice teachers, who studied teaching practice course, have been used. In order to determine the accomplishment levels of primary school teachers’ effective teacher attitudes in science lessons, the preservice teachers have been asked to observe the primary school teachers in the schools they attend for the practice lessons and the accomplishment levels of science education teacher’seffective teacher attitudes has been determined via an observation form including 25 questions in total. Descriptive- survey research has been used in the study and the data have been analyzed through freque...