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Title: | A Comparison of Different Conceptual Change Pedagogies Employed Within the Topic of "Sound Propagation" | Contributor(s): | Calik, Muammer (author); Okur, Murat (author); Taylor, Neil (author) | Publication Date: | 2011 | DOI: | 10.1007/s10956-010-9266-z | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9530 | Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to compare different conceptual change methods within a topic on 'sound propagation'. The study was conducted with 80 grade 5 students (aged 11-12 year old) drawn from four cohort classes in an elementary school on the north coast of Black Sea Region in Turkey. While one class was assigned as a control group, the others formed experimental groups (one with a conceptual change text, one with analogies presented as computer animations and one with a combination of conceptual change text, analogies and computer animations). A questionnaire with 10 two-tier questions was administered as a pretest a week before the teaching intervention, and the same test was re-administered immediately after the intervention as a post-test. The questionnaire was also employed as a delayed post-test 3 weeks after the teaching intervention. The experimental groups performed significantly better in the post-test that the control group (p < 0.05). Within the experimental groups, the group exposed to a combination of the conceptual change text, analogies and computer animations performed best on the post-test and the delayed post-test (p < 0.05). Overall the study indicated that the intervention that employed the entire suite of conceptual change pedagogies produced the best learning outcomes. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Science Education and Technology, 20(6), p. 729-742 | Publisher: | Springer Netherlands | Place of Publication: | Netherlands | ISSN: | 1573-1839 1059-0145 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy 130106 Secondary Education |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930203 Teaching and Instruction Technologies | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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