Learner-friendly textbooks: Chemistry texts based on a constructivist view of learning

Tasdelen U., KÖSEOĞLU F.

ASIA PACIFIC EDUCATION REVIEW, cilt.9, sa.2, ss.136-147, 2008 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/bf03026494
  • Dergi Adı: ASIA PACIFIC EDUCATION REVIEW
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.136-147
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: science texts, conceptual change texts, inquiry, learning cycles, analogy, CONCEPTUAL CHANGE TEXT, SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS, TRADITIONAL TEXT, ELECTRICITY, KNOWLEDGE, LITERACY, TEACHERS, STUDENTS
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, the use of inquiry methods, learning cycles, a conceptual change model and analogy in creating alternative science texts was discussed. An alternative text on the topic of acids and bases was created by integrating the methods and models discussed in this paper. The alternative text and a sample of a traditional text taken from a textbook, which is still used in Turkish high schools, were given to two groups, totaling 42 pre-service teachers-the alternative text was given to an experimental group and the traditional text to a control group-in an experimental setting and their understandings of acids and bases were compared. In addition, in the second step of the study, the pre-service teachers read both texts and indicated their preferences in terms of interest, understandability and helpfullness.