Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Tezin Türü: Doktora
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2008
Tezin Dili: İngilizce
Öğrenci: Mine Gökçe Şahin
Danışman: ÖMER GEBAN
Özet:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of modeling instruction over traditionally designed physics instruction on students’ understanding of projectile motion concepts and their attitudes towards physics. In addition, the effects of gender difference on their understanding of projectile motion concepts and attitudes towards physics were explored. Furthermore, students’ views on the nature of science were searched. The subjects of this study included 88 tenth grade students of four classes instructed by two teachers in a private high school. One of two classes of each teacher was randomly assigned to experimental group and other classes formed control group. The modeling instruction was applied in the experimental group to teach the topic of projectile motion, it was taught with traditionally designed physics instruction in control group. Projectile Motion Concept Test, Attitude Scale towards Physics, Science Process Skill Test, and Views on Science-Technology-Society test were administered to both groups. In addition, student interviews and classroom observations were conducted. The hypotheses of the research were tested by using ANCOVA and two-way ANOVA. The results revealed that the mean score of experimental group students’ on both concept test and attitude scale was significantly higher than the mean score of control group students. Furthermore, gender was not a significant factor affecting the concept acquisition related to projectile motion and students’ attitudes towards physics. However, science process skill was determined as a strong predictor in conceptual understanding. Lastly, experimental group students had more realistic views on some basic tenets of nature of science.