Abstract
<p style="text-align:justify">Advances in computer technologies and adoption of related methods and techniques in education have developed parallel to each other. This study focuses on the need to utilize more than one teaching method and technique in education rather than focusing on a single teaching method. By using the pre-test post-test and control group semi-experimental researchmodel, this study examined the effects of the web-assisted education method supported by six thinking hats technique on student achievement, on students’ attitudes towards science and their attitudes towards the use of computers in science classes. The working group of the study was composed of 7th graders in a state secondary school in the 2013-2014 academic year. A working group consists of two randomly selected classes assigned as the experimental and control groups. The working group comprised of 50 students with 25 experimental and 25 control group students. Paired samples t-test, independent samples t-test and ANOVA techniques were used in analyzing the data collected via data collection tools to compare the experimental and control groups. The results showed that web-assisted education materials prepared with the use of the six thinking hats technique increased student attitudes towards science and computers. Students’ attitudes towards computers were similar based on the variables of owning a computer and gender. Paternal education levels had no significant effects on student attitudes towards computers and their academic achievement.</p>
Highlights
It is crucial to support effective learning and to sustain student interest in science lessons
The current study aims to determine whether web-assisted education materials prepared with the use of the six thinking hats technique affects student achievement in science classes
This study investigated the effects of web-assisted education material involving the use of the six thinking hats technique on students’ academic achievement, attitudes towards science and attitudes towards computers in Science and Technology classes
Summary
Ercan & Bilen activities by using features of the internet. the web does not have the power to develop student learning on its own. The six thinking hats technique provides individuals with specific thought patterns and allows them to observe events from different angles. Karadag, Sarıtas and Erginer (2009) implemented the six thinking hats technique on nursing students and stated that the technique improved students’ critical thinking skills, allowed for sharing of different ideas and views and ensured making more objective decisions as a result of observing negative and positive aspects of events. Different methods and techniques based on the constructivist approach should be used in Science and Technology classes to provide students with various thinking skills. The current study aims to determine whether web-assisted education materials prepared with the use of the six thinking hats technique affects student achievement in science classes
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