MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS’ MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT ASTRONOMY CONCEPTS AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARDS ASTRONOMY

Download

Ayşe YILDIZ TEZER :Master Thesis.pdf

Date

2022-2-10

Author

Yıldız Tezer, Ayşe

Metadata

Show full item record

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Item Usage Stats

857
views

807
downloads

In this study, 6th and 7th grade middle school students’ misconceptions about astronomy concepts and their attitudes towards astronomy were investigated. Moreover, the relationships between students’ misconceptions about astronomy concepts and their attitudes towards astronomy and differences in gender, grade level, interest in astronomy, and future occupation in terms of misconceptions about astronomy concepts and attitudes towards astronomy were investigated. The sample consisted of 360 6th grade and 348 7th grade students. A demographic questionnaire, the Misconceptions Test About Astronomy Concepts (MTAC), and the Attitude Astronomy Scale (AAS) were used to collect data. The students’ misconceptions about astronomy concepts were assessed using Microsoft Excel. MANOVA and correlational analysis were also conducted to analyse the data. The analysis revealed that both 6th and 7th grade students had the same misconceptions. The correlational analysis revealed that for 6th grade and 7th grade students, there were positive correlations between their attitudes towards astronomy and misconceptions about astronomy concepts. In terms of attitudes towards astronomy, there was no significant difference between 6th and 7th grade students for all sub-factors. MANOVA analysis revealed that being interested was a considerable difference between male and female students. There was a significant impact of interest in astronomy and future occupation on all sub-factors of AAS. For 6th and 7th grade students, MANOVA analysis revealed a significant gender difference only for the 6th grade students’ misconceptions score. For both 6th and 7th grade students, there was a significant difference in their interest in astronomy in terms of correct response scores, but for misconception scores, the significant difference was observed for only 7th grade students. For future occupation, the significant difference was only found in 7th grade students’ correct response scores.

Subject Keywords

Misconceptions, Astronomy, Education, Science

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11511/96732

Collections

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

Suggestions

OpenMETU
Core

Exploring representation of nature of science aspects in science textbooks Yamak, Yeliz; Çakıroğlu, Jale; Department of Elementary Science and Mathematics Education (2009) The aim of this study was to examine middle school science textbooks according to some criteria in terms of nature of science (NOS). A total of three middle school science textbooks in 6th, 7th and 8th grade and two biology units were analyzed in each textbook. In the 6th grade science textbooks, “Reproduction, Development and Growth in Living Beings”and “Systems in Our Body” units, in the 7th grade science textbook, “Systems in Our Body” and “Human and Environment” units, in the 8th grade science textbook,...
High school students' beliefs about mathematics and the teaching of mathematics Mert, Özge; Bulut, Safure; Department of Secondary Science and Mathematics Education (2004) The purpose of the study was to investigate the high school students' beliefs about mathematics and the teaching of mathematics. The study was conducted in Ankara with 425 tenth-grade students enrolled to general, Anatolian, foreign language and vocational high schools. Two measuring instruments were utilized: 1.Beliefs about Mathematics Scale (BaMS); 2.Beliefs about the Teaching of Mathematics Scale (BTMS). The validity and reliability of these scales were tested. The design of the present research is a ca...
Investigating the Relationships Among Elementary School Students Epistemological Beliefs Metacognition and Constructivist Science Learning Environment TOPÇU, MUSTAFA SAMİ; Yılmaz Tüzün, Özgül (Informa UK Limited, 2010-03-01) The research questions addressed in this study were: what types of epistemological beliefs do elementary students have; what types of metacognition do elementary students have; and what are the relationships among students’ perceived characteristics of constructivist learning environment, metacognition, and epistemological beliefs. A total of 626 students enrolled in sixth, seventh, and eight grades of nine elementaryPUBLIC schools located in Ankara, Turkey constituted the participants of this study. Constr...
Communicating Science to Impact Learning? A Phenomenological Inquiry into 4th and 5th Graders' Perceptions of Science Information Sources Burakgazi, Sevinc Gelmez; Yıldırım, Ali; Feinstein, Noah Weeth (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016-04-01) Rooted in science education and science communication studies, this study examines 4th and 5th grade students' perceptions of science information sources (SIS) and their use in communicating science to students. It combines situated learning theory with uses and gratifications theory in a qualitative phenomenological analysis. Data were gathered through classroom observations and interviews in four Turkish elementary schools. Focus group interviews with 47 students and individual interviews with 17 teachers...
Middle School Students' Knowledge of History of Mathematics and Their Attitudes and Beliefs towards Using History in School Mathematics Alpaslan, Mustafa; Işıksal Bostan, Mine (2016-01-01) In this study, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students' knowledge of history of mathematics and their attitudes and beliefs towards the use of history of mathematics in school mathematics were investigated according to gender and grade level. Moreover, a possible statistical relationship was investigated between the addressed knowledge and attitudes and beliefs. Data was collected through Knowledge of History of Mathematics Test and Attitudes and Beliefs toward using History of Mathematics in School Mathematics Qu...

Citation Formats

A. Yıldız Tezer, “MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS’ MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT ASTRONOMY CONCEPTS AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARDS ASTRONOMY,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.