4th School Research Articles

Evaluation of middle school 5th and 6th grade information technologies and software course curriculum within the framework of Demirel s analytical curriculum evaluation model

The aim of this study is to evaluate the 5th and 6th grade information technologies and software curriculum within the framework of Demirel's analytical curriculum evaluation model. The research is a qualitative descriptive study. The data of the study were obtained by examining the “middle school 5th and 6th grade information technologies and software course curriculum”, which was updated by the Ministry of National Education (MONE) in 2018, through document analysis. The findings were determined by analyzing the research data with descriptive analysis method in accordance with qualitative research. While determining the findings of the research, the program evaluation scale was used in the context of Demirel's analytical program evaluation model. The program evaluation scale consists of context, objectives, content, process and evaluation criteria. In addition to these criteria, it was discussed whether the program meets the needs and expectations of the society, the interests and needs of the students, the innovations in information and technology, and whether the achievements in the program cover the skills and core values in the program. As a result of the study, through the evaluation of the Information Technologies and Software course curriculum within the framework of DAPDEM, the strengths of the curriculum and the parts that need to be developed were revealed. It is thought that these findings will guide future curriculum development studies.

The Turkish Adaptation Study of the Digital Addiction Scale For Children: A Validity and Reliability Study

Objective: The study was conducted to perform the Turkish validity and reliability study of the Digital Addiction Scale for Children (DASC). Methods: The study was completed with 259 students (primary school 4th grade, secondary school 5th, 6th, and 7th grades). The research data were analyzed by transferring them to Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) 25 and Amos 22.0.0.0 package programs. In the validity and reliability analyses of the scale, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), reliability analysis (Cronbach’s alpha), and test-retest were performed to determine the internal consistency of the factors. Results: The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value was found to be 0.941 as a result of EFA, and the following fit indices were obtained as a result of CFA; χ²/sd: 2.258, (RMSEA): 0.07, Comparative Fit Index (CFI): 0.907, Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR): 0.049. Cronbach's alpha value of the overall 25-item scale was found to be 0.946. As a result of the test-retest, the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) was identified as 0.938 for the overall scale. Conclusion: It was found that the DASC was a valid and reliable measurement tool that could assess the level of digital addiction in Turkish children aged 9-12.

Inheritance and development of traditional sports culture in college physical education in the context of deep learning

Abstract This study focuses on the inheritance of traditional sports culture in physical education in colleges and universities, which is relatively weak in colleges and universities despite its rich connotation and national characteristics. The article adopts the back propagation algorithm in deep learning to shorten the distance between students and traditional sports culture and improve the inheritance effect. The inheritance critical value of traditional sports culture was calculated by exploring the inheritance effect of traditional sports culture from the three dimensions of cognition, emotion, and behavior, and combining the threshold value of information dissemination. The study further analyzed the inheritance value demand of different programs in colleges and universities based on students’ cognition of each traditional sports program. By comparing the inheritance scores of 20 colleges and universities, it reveals the differences in the effectiveness of different types of colleges and universities in the inheritance of traditional sports culture. The results show that students have the highest awareness of dragon boat as an item (0.6519), while the mean variance of betting plus and crossbow shooting are 47.245 and 17.862, respectively, indicating their importance in the inheritance needs of traditional sports programs in colleges and universities. Among the 20 studied universities, the 4th school had the highest classic sports culture inheritance effect score of 0.54. The study’s findings provide valuable data support and strategy suggestions for optimizing and enhancing the inheritance of traditional sports culture in universities.

Variables associated with oral health-related self-efficacy - results of a cross-sectional study.

Oral health-related self-efficacy (OH-SE) is pivotal for oral health and is associated with other oral-health related variables, such as dental fear and anxiety (DF/A) and dental hygiene behaviors (DHB). This study attempts to analyze associations between OH-SE and oral healthrelated variables in a German population to extend previous research by analyzing whether OH-SE can be predicted by these variables, as this might contribute to the development of treatment interventions. OH-SE, DF/A, oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL), self-perceived dental condition, satisfaction with general health, DHB, and socioeconomic status were assessed as a part of the Saxon Longitudinal Study in an adult sample (n = 309, 56.3% female, all Saxon secondary school 8th graders in 1987). The associations of OH-SE with these variables were examined by means of correlation, multiple linear regression analyses, and group comparisons. Significance (p), standardized regression coefficients (β), and effect size (Cohen's d) were calculated. The correlation analyses revealed increased OH-SE to be accompanied by low levels of DF/A, high levels of OHRQoL, high levels of self-perceived dental condition, increased satisfaction with general health and socioeconomic status (all r ≥ 0.142; all p ≤ 0.013). In the regression analysis, OH-SE was mainly predicted by self-perceived dental condition and satisfaction with general health (R2 = 0.157) as well as by daily frequency of toothbrushing, OHRQoL, and socioeconomic status on a trend-level basis. In the group comparisons OH-SE was lower in participants with moderate for manifest DF/A and higher in individuals with higher OHRQoL, better self-perceived dental condition, increased satisfaction with general health, increased daily frequency of toothbrushing, more dental appointments, and above-average socioeconomic status (trend level; all t ≥ 1.57; p ≤ 0.059). In this cross-sectional study, high levels of OH-SE were mainly predicted by general health as well as self-perceived dental condition. It was also associated with decreased DF/A, increased DHB, higher OHRQoL, and higher socioeconomic status. Future research should analyze these associations in longitudinal designs to address whether interventions focusing on adherence to good DHB improve (dental) health and thus OH-SE. This might be a promising approach, particularly in relation to the treatment of DF/A.

Dilbilimsel Temelli Metin Çözümleme Etkinliklerinin Orta Okul Öğrencilerinin Türkçe Dersine Yönelik Tutumlarına Etkisi

The aim of this research is to reveal the effect of linguistics-based text analysis activities on the attitudes of secondary school 7th grade students towards Turkish course. The study was carried out as an action research based on identifying and solving the problem in any part of the teaching processes with micro groups. The study group of the research consists of 17 7th grade students studying in Gümüşhane province, which was determined through critical situation sampling, one of the purposive sampling methods. Attitude scale towards Turkish lesson was used as a data collection tool in the research. Data were collected before and after the implementation of linguistics-based activities prepared for narrative and artistic texts. The analysis of the data was analyzed with the dependent sample t test and Wilcoxon signed ranks test used in the analysis of replicate measurements for the same groups. The results obtained are that linguistics-based text analysis activities have positively changed the attitudes of the students towards the Turkish course.

Food, Nutritional Status and Health Literacy

Abstract Introduction Azores is an autonomous region of Portugal situated in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. As a catchment area of cultural identity, it can be an interesting setting to better understand Health Literacy (HL) personal & community development. Therefore developing ChildRen and ADolescents’ health Literacy (CrAdLiSa) become a local government strategy for all children and adolescents in the region. The aim of this study, is to explore the relationship between several components of adolescents living in Azores, like sustainable life style, focusing food, nutritional status, e.g. water intake (WI), and HL. With this situation diagnosis local authorities aim to develop policies towards HL increment while fighting health disparities. Methods A population (N = 852) cross-sectional study included (n = 515)) children enrolled in the 7th school year 2018/2019 of six schools in Ponta Delgada, Azores. Several indicators like anthropometric data, water intake, HL levels (using the HLS-EU-PT questionnaire) were collected with the CrAdLiSa online self-administered questionnaire. Results The instrument to measure HL (HLS-EU-PT) (Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0,94) allowed to consider that there is an association between HL and WI (p = 0,029), i.e. children with higher levels of HL have greater WI as they have a broader perception of the adequate amount of water needed to be healthy. Discussion These results continue to explore CrAdLiSa study, to better inform with ground base data policy makers regarding HL development.

Determining the Levels of Writing Travel Articles of Secondary School 7th Grade Students

In this study, it was aimed to develop a rubric to determine the travel writing levels of secondary school 7th grade students and to determine the students› travel writing skill levels. The descriptive scanning design of the quantitative model was adopted. It was decided to develop an analytical rubric because it serves to measure the sub-skills of each skill and can be presented as feedback to the students. The rubric consists of three dimensions: layout, spelling, and punctuation, language and expression, and 18 items. It consists of 4 levels 1 (improved), 2 (moderate), 3 (good), and 4 (very good). The study group of the research consists of 114 7th grade students. The students in the study group were asked to write a travel writing text in one class hour and the travel writings were evaluated by two experts using the travel writing rubric. The collected data were analyzed using the descriptive analysis technique. As a result of the research, it was determined that most of the students were at a good level in using titles, including observations and impressions, commenting on the places visited, giving place to their memories about the trip, and making descriptions and coherent writing in their travel writings. In addition, it was determined that the students did not compare the places they visited and the places they lived in their travel writings in terms of place and society, did not give information about the geographical and historical characteristics of the place visited, and did not talk about the traditions and customs of the place visited.

The Effect of Argumentation-Based Teaching on Scientific Process Skills of 7th Grade Students

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of argumentation-based teaching carried out with secondary school 7th grade students on students' scientific process skills. The sample of the study consists of 7th grade students in two different branches studying at a public school in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey in the 2018-2019 academic year. The study was carried out with the participation of 36 students, 18 in the experimental group and 18 in the control group, and lasted approximately 12 weeks. Mixed method was used as the research model in the study. In the quantitative part of the research, the semi-experimental pretest-posttest paired control group design was used, and in the qualitative part, the semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher was used. The “Scientific Process Skills Scale” was applied to the experimental and control groups as a pre-test and post-test. At the end of the process, the scores of the students from the related test were analyzed. As a result of the research, no significant difference was found between the scientific process skill levels of the experimental and control groups.

Anachronic Mistakes in Social Studies Textbooks

The aim of the study is to identify anachronistic errors in social studies textbooks. Document analysis method was used in the research. The obtained data were analysed by “descriptive analysis. The data of the research consisted of the Ministry of National Education (MNE) primary school 4th grade and secondary school 5th, 6th, and 7th grade social studies textbooks in 2021. The relevant textbooks were examined by focusing on the criteria prepared in line with expert opinions. As a result of the research, the following findings were reached: In the course texts, mostly due to the logical errors in the use of place names, anachronistic errors occurred. In the fictional texts, the views of the course book author are included as if they were the discourses of historical characters. Course book authors do not pay attention to time and space; they interpret the past with contemporary perspective, which causes anachronistic errors. There was no finding that could cause anachronistic errors in the "photographs and pictures" in the textbooks; however, it has been concluded that there are anachronistic errors due to the careless use of place names in historical maps.

Educational Comics in Conveying Earthquake Topics

It can be said that natural disasters, which are expressed as the greatest threat to the history of civilization and cause the most damage to human beings among other natural disasters, are earthquakes. It is a fact that as a result of earthquakes, large masses of people were adversely affected materially and morally by this situation. Therefore, effective earthquake education should be given to individuals of all age groups from the first step of education. In this research, it was investigated what kind of perspective the secondary school 7th grade secondary school students have on earthquake education, which will be given through educational comics. The research was carried out on 21 7th grade secondary school students studying in a public secondary school in the city center of Samsun in the fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. The research was carried out by considering the case study technique, which is one of the qualitative methods. The 7th grade middle school students who participated in the research were asked to answer the questions posed through the interview forum, and the answers to the questions were analyzed by subjecting them to content analysis. Using the data obtained in the research, the following conclusions were reached: The most positive aspect of educational comics is their visuality, and the negative aspect is that the font size is small. In addition, it has been concluded that educational comics increase the motivation in the transfer of the subjects, the humor element makes learning fun and allows the concepts to be learned more clearly.

Examinatıon of the relationship between secondary school 7th and 8th grade students' social media attitude and self-esteem

Bu çalışma ile ergenlerin sosyal medyaya yönelik tutumları ile benlik saygısı arasındaki ilişkinin çeşitli değişkenler açısından incelenmesi hedeflenmiştir. Araştırma ilişkisel tarama modelindedir. Araştırmanın katılımcılarını 2019-2020 eğitim öğretim yılında Ankara İlinde M.E.B’ye bağlı devlet ve özel ortaokulların 7. ve 8. sınıflarında öğrenim gören 13-14 yaş arası 207 öğrenci (108’i kız ve 99’u erkek) oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada veri toplama araçları olarak “Genel Bilgi Formu” ile “Sosyal Medya Tutum Ölçeği” ve “Rosenberg Benlik Saygısı Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada öğrencilerin benlik saygılarının yüksek ve sosyal medyaya yönelik tutumlarının olumlu olduğu belirlenmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre öğrencilerin benlik saygısı arttıkça sosyal medya tutumuna yönelik sosyal izolasyon düzeyinin azaldığı, öte yandan öğrencilerin sosyal izolasyon düzeyi azaldıkça sosyal medya tutumunun olumlu yönde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Araştırmaya katılan kız öğrencilerin paylaşım ihtiyacı düzeylerinin erkek öğrencilere göre fazla olduğu ve devlet okulunda öğrenim gören öğrencilerin sosyal izolasyon düzeylerinin özel okulda öğrenim gören öğrencilerden daha yüksek olduğu saptanmıştır. Araştırma bulguları ilgili alanyazın çerçevesinde tartışılarak yorumlanmış ve önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIGITAL LITERACY AND CYBERLOAFING LEVELS OF GIFTED STUDENTS

The purpose of this study is to investigate the levels of cyberloafing and digital literacy that are present among gifted secondary school students and to find the correlation between these two factors. The correlational screening model was used in this study. Participants were 179 secondary school (5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade) students enrolled in Science and Art Centers (SAC), who were identified as gifted in one or more fields. The participant information sheet, the Digital Literacy Scale and the Smartphone Cyberloafing Scale were used for the data collection. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 22 software. The mean scores were determined in order to gain an understanding of the levels of cyberloafing and digital literacy as shown by gifted students. The Pearson correlation test was used to investigate the association between digital literacy levels and cyberloafing levels of gifted students. The results showed that gifted students have high levels of digital literacy and low levels of cyberloafing. Pearson’s correlation test results reveal that there was no significant relationship between gifted students' digital literacy levels and cyberloafing levels (p>.05, r= -.084). It is recommended to explore the factors influencing the cyberloafing levels of gifted students, as well as to analyze the cyberloafing and digital literacy of gifted students with different and larger samples, backed by qualitative studies in various age groups.

Middle and high school girls’ attitude to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics career interest across grade levels and school types

The aim of this study is to examine Kazakh female students’ interest in STEM professions. A convenient sampling method was used to determine the participants from 10 girls’ schools in Almaty city in Kazakhstan. 522 girls from grades 7th to 11th provided answers to the “STEM Career Interest Survey” which was administered online. Collected data was analyzed to see how girls’ STEM carries interest change according to the type of school and grade level, along with locating the correlations between their interests and their end-term marks in each STEM subject. MANOVA analysis showed that girls’ career interests in different STEM subjects are changing for different school levels across types of schools. Through ANOVA analysis we showed that only girls’ math interest significantly changed across school levels. Post-hoc analyses indicated that seventh level students’ interest in math was statistically higher than eighth and ninth level students. For the school type variable, ANOVA analysis showed that only girls’ technology and engineering interests were significantly different across school types. In other words, girls in Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) were significantly more interested in technology and engineering careers than public school girls while for science and mathematics there was no difference between the two types of schools. Additionally, at the 8th and 11th school levels NIS girls have a higher interest in science while at the 10th level public school girls have higher scores. Finally, we detected significant correlations of modest amplitude between girls’ STEM were analyzed rest and their achievement in physics, math, chemistry, and biology. This study will allow supporting teachers and school administrators in their efforts to encourage girls to pursue STEM studies and careers, and we hope it will also help researchers to orient their efforts in providing them with fertile and durable solutions.

Stability and Change in Substance Use Among Swedish Adolescents: A Latent Transition Analysis

Background: Research is needed on how substance use patterns develop over time in the general adolescent population. This knowledge is crucial in calibrating prevention and other interventions. Method: The study concerns use of cigarettes, alcohol, and cannabis in a nationally representative cohort of Swedish adolescents (n = 3999). Two waves (9th and 11th school grade) from the Futura01 study were analyzed using latent transition analysis (LTA) and multinomial regression analysis. Results: Four substance use patterns, were identified, ranging from Non-user, Alcohol experienced, Alcohol User to Co-user of cigarettes, alcohol, and cannabis. Statuses thus conveyed a continuum from no use to more advanced use. Half of the individuals remained in their original status between time-points, and half transitioned, most often one step on the continuum. Alcohol user was the most stable status over time (0.78), and the Non-user status the least (0.36). The probability of remaining in the Alcohol experienced status was 0.57, and 0.45 for the Co-user status. There was a low probability of transitioning from alcohol to cannabis use. Females were more likely to belong to Alcohol experienced and males to Co-user statuses, but these associations weakened over time. Conclusions: The study identified transitions across substance use statuses between time-points. These usually concerned different levels of alcohol use, and not into more advanced substance use that included the illegal substance cannabis. The study corroborates that young Swedes belong to a “sober” generation and usually do not transition from legal into illegal substance use during late adolescence, though with some gender differences.

Psychometric properties of pandemic awareness scale for students aged 8–12: The case of COVID-19

It is very important to show awareness in order to reduce the health risks posed by pandemics. In Turkey, primary and secondary schools, which were kept closed until September 2021 due to COVID-19, were reopened and students were expected to show awareness to avoid contamination. Therefore, it became even more important to reveal the awareness level of these students. In this study, it was aimed to develop a tool that could measure the awareness of the pandemic in general, and the awareness of COVID-19 in particular, of 8–12 year-old students. For this purpose, the data of the study were obtained during the period when primary and secondary schools in Turkey started face-to-face education (15 September 2021–15 October 2021). The data of the study were gathered from 466 primary (3rd and 4th grades) and secondary school (5th, 6th and 7th grades) students studying in different cities (13 cities) of Turkey, districts and villages of these city centers. The data were randomly divided into two equal data sets. Parallel and exploratory factor analysis were performed with the first data set. As a result of analysis, a single factor model with 12-item was obtained that explained approximately 44% of the variances. This model was tested with confirmatory factor analysis using the second data set. As a result of the tests, it was found that the model fitted well (RMSEA = 0.073, SRMR = 0.050, CFI = 0.93, TLI = 0.91 and GFI = 0.93) and a tool Pandemic Awareness Scale (PAS) was reached. In addition, it was seen that the scale showed measurement invariance in terms of gender, and partial measurement invariance according to school type. It was found that the reliability of the scores obtained from the scale was high. With this scale, COVID-19 awareness of students aged 8–12 could be measured, as well as the awareness of the same age group in pandemics with similar characteristics.

Design Research in Learning Loss Recovery Innovation to Prevent Dropout of Jiarawanon-utis 4th School

Design research in learning loss recovery innovation to prevent dropout students of Jiarawanon-utis4th school aims to 1) diagnoses the learning loss of school. 2) Design and develop an innovativeprototype to revive students' learning loss. 3) Analyze the effect of using the innovative model torehabilitate students' learning loss. The research results can be summarized as follows:1) The results of the analysis of students' learning loss found that most of the students were in thepromotion group followed by the recovery group, and risk dropout group respectively. Problemsencountered: Some students had to help their parents with their work. Some students lacked motivationto study online. In addition, teaching and learning were not interesting.2) Learning recession recovery innovation consists of 3 components: (1) Input consisted of learningrecession analysis and analysis of student needs. (2) Process consisted of designing a short-termrehabilitation by providing additional instruction in core subjects before the semester, Long-termrehabilitation design using Thongkwaw planting, Mental health enhancement using music and sports,Coordination of networks and stakeholders, Strengthening teachers' potential through PLC.Monitoring and evaluation. (3) Output was to check the experimental results of implementinginnovation with a reflection.3) The results of rehabilitation of learning recession showed that students had developed moreknowledge, skills and desirable characteristics which teachers and parents reflected from observingstudent behavior, such as being brave and like to answer teacher's questions, increasing homeworkassignments, students liked to come to school, absenteeism decreased, enjoyment of music and sports,no fighting behaviors, which showed increased readiness to study. Parents were satisfied with theimplementation of the learning recession recovery. Moreover, there were no students risk dropout.

VISUALIZATION OF ALGEBRARY IDENTIFICATIONS IN RXRR2 (PLANE) AT SECONDARY LEVEL

It is known that mathematics has an important effect on the development of science and technology. Identities, which are widely used in many branches of science, form the basis of some mathematics courses such as algebra. However, it appears as one of the learning areas of secondary school 7th grade mathematics and is seen as one of the difficult subjects to learn. The fact that there are many and abstract formulas about identities is difficult for students to remember. Therefore, visualization is important in teaching abstract concepts in a meaningful way and in associating concepts with daily life. Visualization is the use of mathematical and geometric symbols, shapes, diagrams, etc. to make something unseen imaginable. It is the drawing or showing of the shape and picture of an abstract concept with the help of pencil and computer. Visualization and visual proof are central to mathematics. The visualization approach is used in mathematics and mathematics education as a tool, not as a goal in the lessons. Identities are seen as one of the learning areas that we encounter in the solution of problems that we encounter in our daily lives and that are difficult to learn. In this direction, the visual proofs of the identities in R2 are shown in detail to the researchers thanks to the visualization approach, so that the algebraic identities can be learned more easily. Although identities are an important learning area in mathematics and algebra lessons, they are thought to be difficult to understand and learn by students. In line with this idea, students have difficulty in understanding identities as the visual models from which identities are obtained are not adequately expressed by the teachers and are not associated with daily life. For this reason, it is suggested by mathematics teachers that as a solution to this problem, visualizing abstract mathematical concepts in lessons or showing algebraic and visual proofs of some theorems may be beneficial. In this study, which was planned as a theoretical study, Within the scope of descriptive scanning model, document analysis technique was used. Visual proofs of basic algebraic identities are shown to researchers in detail by using geometric figures. In line with this purpose, some suggestions have been made to shed light on this issue for interested researchers.

Adaptation of the New Generation Science Standards Questionnaire to Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study

In this study, it was aimed to adapt the “New Generation Science Standards Questionnaire” developed by Campbell, Lee, Longhurst, McKenna, Coster , and Lundgren (2021), into Turkish. The original scale form consists of four main factors and 35 items. Original scale factors: Understanding scientific explanations, generating scientific evidence, reflecting on scientific knowledge, participating productively in science. The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) study group of the research consists of 408 secondary school 7th and 8th grade students, and the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) study group consists of 799 secondary school 7th and 8th grade students. EFA was used to examine the construct validity of the scale, and translation studies were conducted to examine the language validity. As a result of the EFA, a structure consisting of 30 items and 4 factors was obtained. As a result of the confirmatory factor analysis, it was observed that the values of the fit indices were within the acceptable value limits. Finally, Cronbach's Alpha values for the reliability of the scale tool in terms of internal consistency were calculated and it was seen that the Turkish version of the New Generation Science Standards Scale was a valid and reliable measurement tool with adequate psychometric properties.

Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitiminde Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Adalet Değerine İlişkin Bakış Açılarının Karşıtlık Temelinde İncelenmesi

The aim of this study is to investigation the perspectives of secondary school 7th grade students on the value of justice through the principle of versus. In order to achieve this aim, phenomenology research design was used. Data were collected through semi-structured interview form and various documents (poetry and drawing). Participants consisted of 8 students selected from 7th grade students studying at a public secondary school in the 2020-2021 academic year. The data were analyzed in terms of versus coding, which identifiy mutually exclusive, opposite word pairs. According to the students, it has been determined that the unchanging essences/structures of the justice value are “meeting the need for safety”. In this context, it was concluded that the students took refuge in the value of justice as a guarantee of seeing their future safe. Therefore, it can be said that the students think that in the absence of the value of justice may affect fulfilling their safety needs. In addition, according to the students, it was concluded that the value of justice enables to build “social order versus social disorder”. According to the students, the value of justice is described as follows: “Justice is a value consisting of fairness, sovereignty of the state and social unity in order to meet the safety needs of the society. The ultimate aim of ensuring justice; is the construction of social order so that social turmoil does not occur.”

Use of Web 2.0 Tools in Science Education: Examining Middle School Students' Perceptions of Self-regulation

The aim of this research is to examine the effects of web 2.0 tools used in online education on the self-regulation perceptions of secondary school 5th grade students. For this purpose, the Sun, Earth and Moon unit was processed online using web 2.0 tools. The study was implemented in a public secondary school over a period of 6 weeks. The sample of the study consists of 12 students (7 girls, 5 boys) in the 10-11 age group. In the study, mixed research method was used. In the study, the "Perceived Self-Regulation Scale" developed by Arslan Gelişli (2015) was used as a quantitative data collection tool, and the "Semi-structured Telephone Interview on Self-regulation Perceptions" was used as a qualitative data collection tool. SPSS program was used in the analysis of quantitative data, and content analysis method was used in the analysis of qualitative data. As a result of the study, it was seen that online education supported by web 2.0 tools within the scope of the Sun, Earth and Moon unit had a positive effect on students' self-regulation perceptions.