Açık uçlu deney fizik laboratuvarı deney günlükleri fen bilgisi öğretmenliği lisans öğrencileri
Depending on their purpose, experiments can be classified into three main groups: closed-ended experiments, open-ended experiments and hypothesis testing experiments. In open-ended experiments, the student is given only the tools-equipment and the purpose of the experiment. The stages of the experiment, establishment of the experimental set-up, data collection, interpretation and elicitation of the results are completely left to the student’s discretion. In the current study, it is aimed to determine the science teacher education undergraduate students’ opinions about open-ended experiments through experiment diaries. The study was conducted with the participation of 40 second-year students attending the department of science teaching. Open-ended experiments were performed by the students about the topic of geometric optic for 6 weeks. After each experiment, the students were asked to express their opinions about the stages of preparation and implementation of the experiment via their experiment diaries. At the end of the application, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 7 students. The data were categorized through qualitative analysis and frequency values were obtained. The findings of the study revealed that the students did not experience difficulties in understanding the theory of the experiment; yet, they had some problems in the establishment of the experimental set-up for the experiment they had designed, in the implementation and particularly in collecting data.
Open-ended experiment physics laboratory experiment diaries science teacher education undergraduate students
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 15, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 8 Issue: 3 |
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