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Does mother tongue education support development of environmental literacy in Turkey? An analysis of Turkish course booksYusuf Uyar & Ferhat Ensar
pp. 1-8 | DOI: 10.12973/ijese.2015.285a | Article Number: ijese.2016.001
Abstract Development of environmental literacy needs an interdisciplinary effort. Especially language classes, with environment related texts, have potential to support environmental literacy. In this research it is aimed to analyze the Turkish language course books in terms of components of environmental literacy. To this end, four Turkish course books being taught between 5th and 8th grades were selected. As a qualitative inquiry technique content analysis was used. Three types of main components of environmental literacy (knowledge, affect, and behavior) and their sub-components determined. It was found that the most cited environmental literacy component was knowledge. Others were relatively less emphasized. Results showed that Turkish course books with environment related texts have potential to support development of environmental literacy. Keywords: Environmental literacy, Turkish language education, course books References Benzer, E. (2010) Proje Tabanlı Öğrenme Yaklaşımıyla Hazırlanan Çevre Eğitimi Dersinin Fen Bilgisi Öğretmen Adaylarının Çevre Okuryazarlığına Etkisi. İstanbul: Marmara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü İlköğretim Ana Bilim Dalı Fen Bilgisi Öğretmenliği Bilim Dalı Yayımlanmamış Doktora Tezi. Cervetti, G. N., Pearson, D. P., Bravo, M. A., &Barber, J. (2006). Reading and writing in the service of inquiry-based science. In R. Douglas, M. P. Klentschy,K. Worth,& W. Binder (Eds).Linking science & literacy in the K-8 classroom, (pp. 221-244). Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association Press. Dorn, L. J., &Soffos, C. (2005). Teaching for deep comprehension: A reading workshop approach. Portland: Stenhouse Publishers. Erdoğan, M., Coşkun, E., &Uşak, M. (2011). Developing children’s environmental literacy through literature: An analysis of 100 basic literary works. Egitim Arastirmalari-Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 42, 45-62. Erdoğan, M., Kostova, Z., &Marcinkowski (2009).Components of environmental literacy in elementary science education curriculum in Bulgaria and Turkey. Eurasia Journal Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 5(1), 15-26. Gates, V. P., Duke N. K.,&Martineau, J A. (2007). Learning to read and write genre-specific text: Roles of authentic experience and explicit teaching. Reading ResearchQuarterly, 42 (1), 8-45. Guthrie, J. T., McRae, A., &Klauda, S. L. (2007). Contributions of Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction to knowledge about interventions for motivations in reading. Educational Psychologist, 42, 237 - 250. Hsu, S. J. (1997). An assessment of environmental literacy and analysis of predictors of responsible environmental behavior held by secondary teachers in Hualien country of Taiwan. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. (Ohio State University) (UMI Number: 9731641). Hunt, P. (1994).An introduction to children’sliterature. Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress. MoNE (2006).İlköğretim Türkçe dersi öğretim program ve kılavuzu (6-8. Sınıflar)[Elementary Turkish language curriculum and its guide (6th-8th grades)]. Ankara:MoNE) MoNE (2009). İlköğretim Türkçe dersi öğretim program ve kılavuzu (1-5. Sınıflar)[Elementary Turkish language curriculum and its guide (1st-5th grades)]. Ankara:MoNE. MoNE (2015).Türkçedersi(1-8. sınıflar) öğretim program [Turkish language (1st-8th grades)].curriculum Ankara:MoNE. Napoli, M. (2011). Going green: Empowering readers to change the environment. Kappa Delta Pi Record, 47(2), 76-79. O’Brien, S.R.M. (2007). Indications of environmental literacy: Using a new survey instrument to measure awareness, knowledge, and attitudes of universityaged students. Iowa State University, Master Thesis, Ames, Iowa. Özbay, M. (2002).Kültür aktarımı açısından Türkçeöğretimi, Türk Dili, (602), 112-120. Popp, M. S. (2005).Teaching language and literature in elementary classrooms. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Ramos, A. M., & Ramos, R. (2011). Ecoliteracy through imagery: A close reading of two wordless Picture books. Children’s Literature in Education42(4), 325–339 Roth, C.E. (1992). Environmental literacy: Its roots, evolution and directions in the 1990s. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED348235). Sallabaş, E. (2013).Analysis of narrative texts in secondary school textbooks in terms of values education. Educational Research and Reviews, 8(8), 361-366. Uyar, Y. (2007) Türkçe öğretiminde kültür aktarımı ve kültürel kimlik geliştirme. Unpublished M Ed. Thesis, Ankara: Gazi University. Wigfield, A., Guthrie, J. T., Tonks, S., &Perencevich, K. C. (2004). Children’s motivation for reading: Domain specificity and instructional influences. The Journal of Educational Research.97 (6), 299-309 |
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High School Students’ Understanding of Acid-Base Concepts: An Ongoing Challenge for TeachersMuhd Ibrahim Muhamad Damanhuri, David F. Treagust , Mihye Won & A. L. Chandrasegaran
pp. 9-27 | DOI: 10.12973/ijese.2015.284a | Article Number: ijese.2016.002
Abstract Using a quantitative case study design, the Acids-Bases Chemistry Achievement Test (ABCAT) was developed to evaluate the extent to which students in Malaysian secondary schools achieved the intended curriculum on acid-base concepts. Responses were obtained from 260 Form 5 (Grade 11) students from five schools to initially create the two-tier multiple-choice items. After pilot testing, the final version of the ABCAT consisting of 19 items, 10 multiple-choice items and nine two-tier multiple-choice items, was administered to 304 students in Form 4 (Grade 10) from seven secondary schools when 12 alternative conceptions were identified by at least 10% of the students. Of these alternative conceptions, three were displayed by less than 15% of students. The two-tier multiple-choice items had a slightly higher internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s alpha) of 0.54 than the multiple-choices items with a value of 0.42. The data from the study suggest that the ABCAT has shown the extent to which the teaching has reduced the incidence of students’ scientifically inappropriate understandings; for example, in nine of the 19 items, no alternative conceptions were displayed by the students. Keywords: acid-base concepts; diagnostic assessments; multiple-choice and two-tier multiple-choice items References Adams, W. K., & Wieman, C. E. (2011). Development and validation of instruments to measure learning of expert-like thinking. International Journal of Science Education 33(9), 1289-1312. Airasian, P. W., & Miranda, H. (2002). The role of assessment in the revised taxonomy. Theory Into Practice, 4, 249-254. Anderson, L. W. (2003). Classroom assessment: Enhancing the quality of teacher decision making. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Artdej, R., Ratanaroutai, T., Coll, R. K., & Thongpanchang, T. (2010). Thai Grade 11 students’ alternative conceptions for acid–base chemistry. Research in Science and Technological Education, 28(2), 167-183. Bell, B., & Cowie, B. (2001). The characteristics of formative assessment in science education. Science Education, 85(5), 536-553. Brislin, R. W. (1970). Back-translation for cross-cultural research. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1(3), 185-216. Burns, J. R. (1982). An evaluation of 6th. and 7th. form chemistry in terms of the needs of the students and the community. Report to the Department of Education, Wellington, New Zealand. Chandrasegaran, A. L., Treagust, D. F., & Mocerino, M. (2007). The development of a two-tier multiple-choice diagnostic instrument for evaluating secondary school students’ ability to describe and explain chemical reactions using multiple levels of representation. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 8(3), 293-307. Chandrasegaran, A. L., Treagust, D. F., & Mocerino, M. (2008). An evaluation of a teaching intervention to promote students’ ability to use multiple levels of representation when describing and explaining chemical reactions. Research in Science Education, 38(2), 237-248. Chairam, S., Somsook, E., & Coll, R. K. (2009). Enhancing Thai students' learning of chemical kinetics. Research in Science & Technological Education 27(1), 95-115. Chiu, M-H. (2004). An investigation of exploring mental models and causes of secondary school students' misconceptions in acids-bases, particle theory, and chemical equilibrium. Annual report to the National Science Council in Taiwan. Taiwan: National Science Council. Chiu, M-H. (2007). A national survey of students’ conceptions of chemistry in Taiwan. International Journal of Science Education, 29(4), 421-454. Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioural sciences (2nd. ed.). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2011). 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School Science and Mathematics, 91, 172-176. Haslam F. and Treagust D. F. (1987) Diagnosing secondary students’ misconceptions of photosynthesis and respiration in plants using a two-tier multiple choice instrument, Journal of Biological Education. 21, 203-211. Huang, W. C. (2004). The types and causes of misconceptions of elementary students on acids–bases. Annual Report to the National Science Council in Taiwan (in Chinese). Taiwan: National Science Council. Kala, N., Yaman, F., & Ayas, A. (2013). The effectiveness of Predict-Observe-Explain technique in probing students’ understanding about acid-base chemistry: A case for the concepts of pH, pOH and strength. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 11(1), 555-574. Krathwohl, D. R. (2010). A revision of Bloom's taxonomy: An overview. Theory into Practice 41(4), 212-218. Nakhleh, M. B., & Krajcik, J. S. (1993). A protocol analysis of the influence of technology on students’ actions, verbal commentary, and thought processes during the performance of acid-base titrations. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 30, 1149-1168. Popham, W. J. (1995). Classroom assessment: What teachers need to know. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon. Rahayu, S., Treagust, D. F., Chandrasegaran, A. L., Kita, M, & Ibnu, S. (2011). Assessment of electrochemical concepts: A comparative study involving senior-high school students in Indonesia and Japan. Research in Science &Technological Education, 29(2), 169-188. Sheppard, K. (2006). High school students’ understanding of titrations and related acid-base phenomena. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 7(1), 32-45. Tamir, P. 1990. Justifying the selection of answers in multiple choice items. International Journal of Science Education 12(5), 563-573. Tan, D. K-C. & Treagust, D. F. (1999). Evaluating students’ understanding of chemical bonding. 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Understanding Scientific Texts: From Structure to Process and General CultureFerhat Ensar & Muhammed Eyyüp Sallabaş
pp. 29-34 | DOI: 10.12973/ijese.2016.287a | Article Number: ijese.2016.003
Abstract In this study, the historical development of experimental research on learning processes from scientific texts has been introduced. Then a detailed analysis of the main contributions of cognitive science has been provided and the theoretical developments that are considered to have had a major role in the comprehension and understanding of scientific texts have been dwelled on. Our premise is to determine how development in understanding the basics of the comprehension of scientific text has been achieved and indicate the best way to continue research in the fields in which there has been less development. For this reason, types of theoretical developments required in order to make progress within the framework of learning processes from scientific texts have been included in this analysis. Thus, a contribution will be made in terms of better interpretation of the scientific texts used in environmental and science education. 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