Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI EGITIM FAKULTESI DERGISI-HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, cilt.32, sa.2, ss.427-450, 2017 (ESCI)
This research aims to improve students' modeling abilities via provide them opportunity of constructing, testing, using and revising their own models, and develop their views about nature of science. For this purpose, Concurrent - Triangulation Design was used as mixed method. Study was done with 114 seventh grade students and three science teachers from three different public schools. To enhance students modeling abilities, Modeling Based Science Education Program was designed based on Electricity in Our Life unit form Science Education Curriculum. The Modeling Based Science Education Program consist of constructing mental, expressed and consensus models in context of electrostatics and electric current topics. In this research qualitative and quantitative data were obtained concurrently. As quantitative data, Views of Nature of Science Test (BILTEST) was used as pre and posttests. As quantitative data, participant observations, document reviews and interviews were used. According to quantitative analyses, there is meaningful difference between pre and post test scores of views of nature of science test of experimental and control groups (F-1,F-111 = 9,747, p = ,002 , pi(2) = 0,483). Additionally, qualitative data obtained from students and teachers shows that, Modeling Based Science Education Program enables to meaningful permanent learning, student engagement and enhance students' views of nature of science. This results shows that, modeling based science education program can be an effective method to develop students' views of nature of science.