Science Education and Perceptions

Students' views of science and scientists have been widely studied. The purpose of this study is to analyze image of scientist from drawn picture of scientists using The Draw-a- Scientist Test (DAST) by 5th grade students and to analyze where this image comes from students’ minds in changing Turkish educational perspe…

• HAKAN TÜRKMEN

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• FAİK ÖZGÜR KARATAŞ

The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of Science–Technology–Society approaches on student attitudes toward science and creativity. Seven Korean Physics teachers (two middle school and five high school) who participated in a 4‐week intensive summer Iowa Chautauqua Professional Development Program at…

• İBRAHİM ERDOĞAN

AbstractScience instruction based on student exploration of socio-scientific issues (SSI) has been presented as a powerful strategy for supporting science learning and the development of scientific literacy. This paper presents an instructional framework for SSI based education. The framework is based on a series of r…

The purpose of this study was to identify biology student teachers’ misconceptions of cell divisions using drawings and interviews. Data were collected from 124 biology student teachers. An analysis of drawings and interviews suggested that biology student teachers have a series of significant problems and misconcepti…

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Abstract There is an increasing awareness of out‐of‐school program value in enhancing student interest and understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This study examined the impact of an out‐of‐school STEM education program on student attitudes toward STEM disciplines and STEM careers.…

• SEDEF CANBAZOĞLU BİLİCİ

The purpose of this study was to examine differences by gender and grade level in primary school students’ attitudes toward science and technology and to explore relationship between students’ attitudes toward science and technology and academic achievement. The participants of the study were 658 primary students. A “…

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education has been an integral part of many countries’ educational policies. In last decade, various practices have been implemented to make STEM areas valuable for 21st century generation. These actions require reconsideration of both pre- and in-service teache…

• FATMA ASLAN TUTAK

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education has been an integral part of many countries’ educational policies. In last decade, various practices have been implemented to make STEM areas valuable for 21st century generation. These actions require reconsideration of both pre- and in-service teache…

• SEVİL AKAYGÜN

Science is taught as a core subject through schools around the world. While the content and subject sequences are more or less similar, every country has developed along different paths as a result of unique cultural and political influences. It is important to study not only the present international science educatio…

This study was performed to determine what content in biology was perceived as difficult for Turkish students to leam and whether gender differences affect students' perceptions.A total of 368 high school students, 184 were boys and 184 were girls, participatedin the study.Descriptive statisties was used to determine…