Tarihi Bilimsel Deneylerin Ortaokul Öğrencileri ile Yeniden Yapılmasının Öğrencilerin Akademik Başarılarına ve Kelime İlişkilendirme Düzeylerine Etkisi

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the impact of faithfully reconstructing the experiments in the history of science on the academic success and word association levels of secondary school students. It uses the one-group pretest-posttest weak experimental design, which is one of the mixed experimental designs. It was carried out for six weeks with 13 students in seventh grade in the physics group for the Development of Special Talents in a Science and Art Center located in Istanbul in the 2021-2022 academic year. During the practice, three experiments were performed by the students. Academic Success Test and Word Association Test, formed by the investigators, were applied to the students as a pretest and a posttest. A significant difference was found between the students’ pretest and posttest academic success scores, which was in favor of the posttests. It was seen that new relationships were established between the concepts after the practice.