Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 9, Issue 1, Article 4 (June, 2008) Hilal AKTAMIŞ & Ömer ERGIN The effect of scientific process skills education on students’ scientific creativity, science attitudes and academic achievements Contents Next

The effect of scientific process skills education on students’ scientific creativity, science attitudes and academic achievements

 

Hilal AKTAMIS¹ and Ömer ERGIN²

¹University of Adnan Menderes
Faculty of Education, Science Education Department
Kepez/AYDIN, TURKEY

²University of Dokuz Eylül

Email: hilalaktamis@gmail.com

Received 23 Apr., 2008
Revised 24 Jun., 2008

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Contents

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Aim
• Method
• Data Collection Tools
  • “Combination of Force and Motion-the Energy” Chapter Achievement Scale
  • The Attitude Scale Towards Science Course
  • Scientific Creativity (SC) Scale
  • Preparation of the Worksheets Used at the Application
  • Performing The Application
• Analysis of Data
• Findings and Comments
  • First sub-problem
  • Second sub-problem
  • Third sub-problem
• Conclusion and Discussion
• Suggestions
• References
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of teaching scientific process skills education to students to promote their scientific creativity, attitudes towards science, and achievements in science. The research includes a pre-test post-test research model with a control group. The subjects of the research consist of 40 students reading at 7th grade of an elementary school existing in Buca District of Izmir Province, Turkey. The data collection tools for the research include the “Combination of Force and Motion- the Energy” Chapter Achievement Scale the Science Attitude Scale and the Scientific Creativity Scale. (Hu & Adey, 2002).

As a result of the research, it was determined that the scientific process skills education increased the students’ achievements and scientific creativities, however, no meaningful progress was made on their attitudes towards science when compared to the teacher-centered method.

Key words: scientific process skills, scientific creativity, science attitude