Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching,Volume 12, Issue 2, Article 11 (Dec., 2011) Öznur KILIÇ and Ünsal UMDU TOPSAKAL The effectiveness of using student and teacher centered analogies on the development of the students’ cognitive and affective skills Previous Contents Next

Sample

The sample of the study consists of 49 students in two 6th grade classes in Turkey. While the circulation system was taught by means of using the teacher centered analogy technique in 6-B class, it was taught by means of using the student centered analogy technique in 6-A class. There were in total 24 students (9 male and 15 female students) in 6-A class and there were in total 25 students (10 male and 15 female students) in 6-B class.