Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI EGITIM FAKULTESI DERGISI-HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, sa.42, ss.262-273, 2012 (SSCI)
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of activities designed according to 5E model under the name of daily life chemistry on 9th grade students' attitudes towards daily life chemistry, motivation for chemistry course and skills of relating basic chemistry knowledge regarding Chemical Changes Unit with their daily life. The principal application group of the research have been 145 students at Anatolian High School, High School and Vocational School. In conclusion, it has been found out that the activities designed according to 5E model of which subject is daily life chemistry have important contributions to 9th grade students' skills of using basic chemistry knowledge regarding the topic in Chemical Changes Unit and relating them with their daily life. When chemistry course is correlated with daily life, it has been observed that there has been an increase in students' attitude towards daily life chemistry and motivation for chemistry course. Other findings obtained from Achievement Test and Structured Grid has shown that daily life chemistry activities have enhanced the students' success in Chemical Changes Unit.