ORTAOKUL YEDİNCİ SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNE “HÜCRE VE BÖLÜNMELER” ÜNİTESİ KAPSAMINDA OYUNLARIN TASARLANMASI

Abstract

In this research, it is aimed to design and implement the words and concepts describing the subject in the units of "Cell and Divisions", which is the subject of science biology in the seventh grade, with intelligence games and educational digital games, to ensure the repetition and permanence of the unit, and to scientifically reveal its effect on biology teaching in an experimental sense. . For this purpose, the concepts in the unit were chosen. Games suitable for this unit have been determined. The games were designed by working on the selected games. Finally, the effectiveness of the designed games was investigated. The study group of the research consisted of 60 seventh grade students. At the end of the unit, the students were informed about the games created. During the first lesson, the intelligence games were distributed and the students were asked to answer. In the second lesson hour, the educational digital game designed was played. The number of students who can do all the intelligence games is high. The number of students who can successfully reach the result in the educational digital game is 54 (77.1%). In addition, six students, corresponding to 10% of the students using the educational digital game, and their course teachers were interviewed. The answers taken from the interview were evaluated using the Miles and Huberman consensus coefficient by using content analysis by quoting directly. According to the answers given in the student interviews, the reliability coefficient of the study was 83% and 100% in the teacher interview. As a result; It has been seen that the research is reliable, the number of students who do all the intelligence games is high, and 77.1% of the students can play educational digital games. In addition, it was observed that students and teachers liked the games. Keywords: Cells and Divisions, Academic Achievement, Game Design, Educational Digital Game, Case Study, Semi-structured Interview.