THE EFFECT OF AUGMENTED REALITY SUPPORTED INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES ON GIFTED STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS ASTRONOMY

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2023-8-23

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AKTAŞ, AYŞENUR

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This study aims to investigate the impact of Augmented Reality (AR) supported instructional activities on the attitudes of gifted students towards astronomy. For this reason, a mixed method study was conducted to examine the changes in the attitudes of students in a public Science and Art Center, which serves gifted learners, towards astronomy after using AR-supported instructional astronomy activities. For the qualitative part, one demographic and one perception survey consisting of 10 open-ended questions were given at the end of the science lesson to understand if AR-supported astronomy activities had an effect on the attitudes of students towards astronomy. The quantitative part was based on a pre-test and post-test design, including a survey with 25 Likert scale items to determine whether the adoption of AR applications shifted the perspectives of gifted students on astronomy. A total of 20 secondary school students participated in the study and were engaged in AR activities for two hours a week for a period of two weeks. The quantitative data were analyzed with paired sample t-tests, and thematic analysis was utilized for qualitative data. According to the findings, AR activities utilized during the astronomy courses had a positive effect on the attitude towards astronomy of gifted secondary school students. The qualitative data revealed that this was because of visualization, hands-on learning, learning by having fun, cooperative learning, concretizing abstract concepts and integrated technology-supported education methods.

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Augmented Reality, Gifted Students, Astronomy, Science Education

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/106021

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis