The effects of activities based on role-play on ninth grade students' achievement and attitudes towards simple electric circuits

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Küçüker, Yadikar(Tunçer)

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This study intented to investigate the effects of activities based on role-play on ninth grade students̕ achievement and attitudes at simple electric circuits. In this study, Physics Achievement Test was developed to evaluate students̕ achievement on simple electric circuits and role-play activities about simple electric circuits were prepared. In addition, Physics Attitude Scale was administered to explore students̕ attitude towards physics. The present study was conducted at one of the high schools in Acipayam during 2003-2004 Spring Semester with a total number of 104 (51 female and 53 male) 9th students from four classes of two physics teachers. One class of each physics teacher was assigned as experimental and instructed by role-play activities on the other hand the other classes of each physics teacher was as control group and instructed by traditional method. The teachers were trained for how to implement role-play activities in the class before the study began. Physics Attitude Scale and Physics Achievement Tests were applied twice as a pre-test and after a three-week treatment period as a post-test to both groups to assess and compare the effectiveness of two different types of teaching; role-play versus traditional teaching method. Data were collected utilizing Physics Achievement Test and Physics Attitude Scale. Data of this study were analyzed utilizing descriptive and inferential statistics. The scores of the post-tests were analyzed by statistical techniques of Multivariate Analyses of Covariance (MANCOVA). Experimental group compared to control group tended to favor a significant difference in the achievement. However the statistical analysis failed to show any significant differences between the experimental and control groups̕ attitude towards physics at simple electric circuits.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605375/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/14445

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Y. Küçüker, “The effects of activities based on role-play on ninth grade students’ achievement and attitudes towards simple electric circuits,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2004.