The Effect of project based learning oriented instruction on students’ understanding of human circulatory system concepts and attitude toward biology /

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Cömert, Gülsüm Gül
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The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of project based learning oriented instruction (PBLOI) on 11th grade students’ achievement in human circulatory system concepts and their attitudes toward biology as a school subject when compared to traditional designed biology instruction (TDBI). Seventy two 11th grade students from two classes in a public high school in Ankara participated in this study in the second semester of 2008-2009. These classes were randomly assigned as control and experimental groups. In the experimental group PBLOI was used while in the control group TDBI was used. Human Circulatory System Achievement Test and Attitude Scale toward Biology were given to the control and experimental groups as pre-tests and post-tests in order to assess students’ achievement in human circulatory system and their attitudes toward biology, respectively. In addition, Science Process Skills Test was administered to both groups at the beginning of the study in order to assess students’ science process skills. In order to test the hypotheses of the study, Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) and Two-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used. The results show that PBLOI caused a significantly better acquisition of scientific concepts related to human circulatory system than TDBI. However, there was no significant effect of PBLOI on students’ attitudes toward biology. In addition, there was no significant effect of gender on both students’ achievement in human circulatory system and their attitudes toward biology.
Project method in teaching., Biology, Human biology, Cardiovascular system, Science
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/23587
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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G. G. Cömert, “The Effect of project based learning oriented instruction on students’ understanding of human circulatory system concepts and attitude toward biology /,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2014.
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