The Effect of Flipped Classroom Model Applıcation on Academic Achievements and Attitudes of Secondary School Sixth-Grade Students Towards Social Studies Courses

Abstract

With the development of technology in ourage, rapid change and development is observed in thefield of information technology. Thischange is alsoobserved in the field of educational Technologiesand beside this new teaching model sareemerged. One of them is the Flipped Classroom model. This teaching model is defined as a model that provides the opportunity to learn the theoretical information at home and practice it at school via homework. The flipped classroom model is integrated with the technology. The students can study as they want in terms of time duration or rate instead of just listening. They can view courses on their mobile devices when ever they want. This research examines‘whether the application of flipped classroom model have an effect on the secondary sixth grade students’ academic success in ‘Culture and Heritage’ unit’and‘what is their attitudes to wards social studies lessons? Qualita tivere search approach isused in the research. The method of the research is quasi-Test design with pretest-posttest control groups. The application was carried out in 5 week sand 20 lesson hours. The study group of there search consists of 25 students who are chosen viasimplerandom sampling method. The data collection tools of there search are academic achievement test and attitude scale. The dependent sample t-test and Mann Whitney U Test were used in quantitive ananalysis. According to the findings of the study, the students academic achievement in social studies lesson in creased significantly compared to the pre-test post-test results. There is no significant different cebet weenth e students' attitudes towards social studies lesson.