Abstract
<p>In this study, the effectivity of jigsaw method, one of the cooperative learning models, on teaching the concepts related to sense organs and their functions to four-five year-old children in nursery class was analyzed. The study is in the semi-experimental design consisting of experimental and control groups and pretest and posttest. The sample of this study consists of 38 children from the nursery class of Ministry of National Education in Ağrı city center, in 2015-2016 academic years. Two groups determined randomly have been formed. These are: Jigsaw Group (JG, N=20) and Control Group (CG, N=18). In the direction of the goals of this study, a data collection tool has been developed by the researcher to collect data. The test prepared by the researcher to determine the knowledge levels of the students about organs like ear, tongue, eye and skin and senses like hearing, smelling, tasting, seeing and sensing has been used. As a result of the obtained data, it has been determined that cooperative learning model is more effective in teaching the sense organs subject to the children compared to the traditional teaching method.</p>
Highlights
According to recent transnational evaluation results in the field of education (PISA, 2000-2015), our country should place more importance on education
The preschool period in which our basic knowledge, skills and habits are formed is necessary for the individuals in the beginning of their lives to be more successful in their future grades (Aktas, 2009; Tugrul, 2005)
The children in the preschool period in which their curiosity towards the world they live in starts to increase and their desire to get new information is quite intensive get new information by making investigation and they try to relate the cause and effect relationship by underlying the configuration of each new information with the information they’ve got (Kandır & Orçan, 2010)
Summary
According to recent transnational evaluation results in the field of education (PISA, 2000-2015), our country should place more importance on education. The preschool period in which our basic knowledge, skills and habits are formed is necessary for the individuals in the beginning of their lives to be more successful in their future grades (Aktas, 2009; Tugrul, 2005). This education process which is the first years of the life is quite important for the development and education of the child. When an individual is mostly active and open to learning is the first 3-6 years of his/her life In this period, the individual has quite much energy and his/her perception level about what happens around is at its most (Küçükturan, 2003). The children in the preschool period should be given a good education to increase our country’s education level
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