Story telling: research and action to improve 6<sup>th</sup> grade students’ views about certain aspects of nature of science

Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 16, Issue 1, Article 10 (Jun., 2015)
Feray KAHRAMAN and Faik Özgür KARATAŞ
Story telling: research and action to improve 6^th grade students’ views about certain aspects of nature of science

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Story telling: research and action to improve 6^th grade students’ views about certain aspects of nature of science

Feray KAHRAMAN

Akçaabat Akpınar Ortaokulu, 61300, Trabzon, TURKEY

E-mail: feraykahramanktu@gmail.com

Faik Özgür KARATAŞ

Karadeniz Technical University, Fatih Faculty of Education, Department of Secondary Science and Mathematics Education, 61300, Trabzon, TURKEY

E-mail: fokaratas@ktu.edu.tr

Received 26 Apr., 2015
Revised 18 Jun., 2015

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Methodology

Results and Discussion

Conclusions and Implications

References

Abstract

This study is a four-week section of ongoing attempts that aim to improve 6^th grade students' understandings of the nature of science. The study was carried out in a sixth grade science and technology class at a rural middle school with 15 students on the basis of action research methodology. During the study, four different stories based on the history of science were read and narrated in the class, along with regular class activities, for eight class hours. The teacher kept journals for every class and conducted semi-structured interviews with the students. The data collected from these sources were examined by employing descriptive analysis. It was found that both the breadth and depth of the students’ conceptions of the tentative nature of science were improved after four weeks of action research-based instruction.

Keywords: action research, history of science, nature of science, story