Effect of Web Assisted Education Supported by Six Thinking Hats on Students' Academic Achievement in Science and Technology Classes
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| Title: | Effect of Web Assisted Education Supported by Six Thinking Hats on Students' Academic Achievement in Science and Technology Classes |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ercan, Orhan, Bilen, Kadir |
| Source: | European Journal of Educational Research. 2014 3(1):9-23. |
| Availability: | Eurasian Society of Educational Research Association. Ataturk District 70.Str. No:15 Gaziantep, Turkey 27260. Tel: +90-342-2116792; Fax: +90-342-2116677; e-mail: editor@eu-jer.com; Web site: http://www.eu-jer.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Grade 7 Junior High Schools Middle Schools Elementary Education Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement, Science Education, Mathematics Education, Pretests Posttests, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Comparative Analysis, Computer Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Grade 7, Secondary School Students, Statistical Analysis, Gender Differences, Access to Computers, Parents, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Demography, Student Characteristics, Predictor Variables |
| Geographic Terms: | Turkey (Istanbul) |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Computer Attitude Scale |
| ISSN: | 2165-8714 |
| Abstract: | Advances in computer technologies and adoption of related methods and techniques in education have developed parallel to each other. This study focuses on the need to utilize more than one teaching method and technique in education rather than focusing on a single teaching method. By using the pre-test post-test and control group semi-experimental research model, this study examined the effects of the web-assisted education method supported by six thinking hats technique on student achievement, on students' attitudes towards science and their attitudes towards the use of computers in science classes. The working group of the study was composed of 7th graders in a state secondary school in the 2013-2014 academic year. A working group consists of two randomly selected classes assigned as the experimental and control groups. The working group comprised of 50 students with 25 experimental and 25 control group students. Paired samples t-test, independent samples t-test and ANOVA techniques were used in analyzing the data collected via data collection tools to compare the experimental and control groups. The results showed that web-assisted education materials prepared with the use of the six thinking hats technique increased student attitudes towards science and computers. Students' attitudes towards computers were similar based on the variables of owning a computer and gender. Paternal education levels had no significant effects on student attitudes towards computers and their academic achievement. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 45 |
| Entry Date: | 2016 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1086030 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Advances in computer technologies and adoption of related methods and techniques in education have developed parallel to each other. This study focuses on the need to utilize more than one teaching method and technique in education rather than focusing on a single teaching method. By using the pre-test post-test and control group semi-experimental research model, this study examined the effects of the web-assisted education method supported by six thinking hats technique on student achievement, on students' attitudes towards science and their attitudes towards the use of computers in science classes. The working group of the study was composed of 7th graders in a state secondary school in the 2013-2014 academic year. A working group consists of two randomly selected classes assigned as the experimental and control groups. The working group comprised of 50 students with 25 experimental and 25 control group students. Paired samples t-test, independent samples t-test and ANOVA techniques were used in analyzing the data collected via data collection tools to compare the experimental and control groups. The results showed that web-assisted education materials prepared with the use of the six thinking hats technique increased student attitudes towards science and computers. Students' attitudes towards computers were similar based on the variables of owning a computer and gender. Paternal education levels had no significant effects on student attitudes towards computers and their academic achievement. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-8714 |
