The Effect of Common Knowledge Construction Model on Seventh Graders Students’ Conceptual Understanding Related Electrical Energy Unit

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of science teaching based upon the Common Knowledge Con-struction Model (CKCM) on the conceptual understanding of 7th graders. The study was conducted with totally 42 7th graders, 22 of whom were included in the experiment group and 20 of whom were in the control group in 2016-2017 academic year. The electrical energy unit in the curriculum of 7th graders was selected in the study and it was conducted based on semi-experimental method. The Electrical Energy Unit Conceptual Understanding Test (EEUCUT) was used as the data collection tool. The data gathered in the study were analyzed via SPSS package program. A meaningful difference was revealed in favor of the post-test results between the pre-test and post-test results of the EEUCUT from the students in the experiment group where the les-sons were taught according to CKCM. It is recommended that research should be conducted to use the model in dif-ferent subjects of the science course in order to clarify the effect of CKCM on conceptual understanding of students.

Keywords

• Ortak bilgi yapılandırma modeli, kavramsal anlama, elektrik enerjisi, fen öğretimi