Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 12, Issue 1, Article 6 (Jun., 2011) Özlem ATEŞ and Ali ERYILMAZ Effectiveness of hands-on and minds-on activities on students’ achievement and attitudes towards physics Previous Contents Next

Appendix I

Appendix I: Observation checklist for the lessons of experimental and control groups

		always	frequently		sometimes		never		no activity
1.	Students obey the procedure
2.	Students can follow the activities easily
3.	Students seem to enjoy the lesson
4.	Students get the information by doing the activities
5.	There is a student-student interaction during the lesson
6.	Teacher acts as a guide
7.	Teacher answers questions with short explanations
8.	Teacher has the primary role in delivering the content
9.	Information is given based on textbook
10.	Activity consist easy to obtain, inexpensive materials
		individually		in pairs		in groups of three		no activity
11.	Students do the activity…….
		0-15 minutes		15-30 minutes		30-40 minutes		no activity
12.	Students are actively engaged in activity during……in a class hour