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Cetin-Dindar, Ayla; Geban, Omer – Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 5E learning cycle model oriented instruction (LCMI) on 11th-grade students' conceptual understanding of acids and bases concepts and student motivation to learn chemistry. The study, which lasted for 7 weeks, involved two groups: An experimental group (LCMI) and a control group (the…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Thinking Skills
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Kingir, Sevgi; Geban, Omer; Gunel, Murat – Research in Science Education, 2013
This study investigated the effect of the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) approach on grade 9 students' understanding of chemical change and mixture concepts. Four intact classes taught by two chemistry teachers from a Turkish public high school were selected for the study; one class was assigned as the treatment group, and the other class was…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Writing (Composition), Heuristics, Statistical Analysis
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Kingir, Sevgi; Geban, Omer; Gunel, Murat – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012
This study investigates the effects of the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH), known as an argumentation-based science inquiry approach, on Grade 9 students' performance on a post-test in relation to their academic achievement levels. Four intact classes taught by 2 chemistry teachers from a Turkish public high school were selected for the study; one…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Chemistry, Heuristics
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Cetin, Pinar Seda; Kaya, Ebru; Geban, Omer – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of conceptual change oriented instruction (CCOI) over traditionally designed chemistry instruction (TDCI) on overcoming 10th grade students' misconceptions on gases concepts. In addition, the effect of gender difference on students' understanding of gases concepts was investigated. The…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Chemistry, Grade 10
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Yilmaz, Serkan; Eryilmaz, Ali; Geban, Omer – School Science and Mathematics, 2006
The effects of bridging analogies teaching strategy and gender on Turkish high school students' misconceptions in mechanics were investigated. After a pilot study with 67 students in a nearby high school, the researchers' administered the revised Mechanics Misconception Test to 119 high school students as a pretest. Students in the experimental…
Descriptors: High School Students, Teaching Methods, Experimental Groups, Misconceptions
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Sungur, Semra; Tekkaya, Ceren; Geban, Omer – Journal of Biological Education, 2006
In this study, the effect of problem-based learning on students' academic achievement and performance skills in a unit on the human excretory system was investigated. Sixty-one 10th grade students, from two full classes instructed by the same biology teacher, were involved in the study. Classes were randomly assigned as either the experimental or…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Academic Achievement, Problem Based Learning
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Ozkan, Ozlem; Tekkaya, Ceren; Geban, Omer – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2004
In this study, the effect of conceptual-change-texts-oriented instruction to seventh-grade students' understanding of ecological concepts was investigated. Using information collected through interviews and related literature, the Ecology Concept Test was developed and administered to 58 elementary students in two classes of an elementary school…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Pretests Posttests, Conventional Instruction, Control Groups
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Canpolat, Nurtac; Pinarbasi, Tacettin; Bayrakceken, Samih; Geban, Omer – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2006
This study investigates the effect of a conceptual change approach over traditional instruction on students' understanding of chemical equilibrium concepts (e.g. dynamic nature of equilibrium, definition of equilibrium constant, heterogeneous equilibrium, qualitative interpreting of equilibrium constant, changing the reaction conditions). This…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses