THE DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS' LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPTS AND GEOGRAPHICAL MISCONCEPTIONS IN SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON IN 6TH GRADES

Concepts play an important role in effective and meaningful learning. In our country, It has taken an important place to the teaching and learning of concept in the elementary social studies education program that restructured on the basis of the constructivist approach from 2004. The misconceptions...

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Autores principales:	Nevzat GÜMÜŞ, Görkem AVCI
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Publicado:	Fırat University 2019
Materias:	geographic concepts social studies education misconceptions concept understanding level Social Sciences H Social sciences (General) H1-99
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b76a5ce481f447c8b3051cd7e0719a192021-11-24T09:20:50ZTHE DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS' LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPTS AND GEOGRAPHICAL MISCONCEPTIONS IN SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON IN 6TH GRADES2148-416310.9761/JASSS3493https://doaj.org/article/b76a5ce481f447c8b3051cd7e0719a192019-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jasstudies.com/index.jsp?mod=tammetin&makaleadi=365991620_13-Nevzat.pdf&key=27920https://doaj.org/toc/2148-4163Concepts play an important role in effective and meaningful learning. In our country, It has taken an important place to the teaching and learning of concept in the elementary social studies education program that restructured on the basis of the constructivist approach from 2004. The misconceptions is one of the most important problems encountered in the teaching and learning of concept in social sciences lesson. The aim of this study is to identify and reveal the misconceptions that the students have, determine sixth grade students' levels of understanding geopraphical concepts in social sciences lesson. The sample of the study were 346 sixth grade students from four different primary schools in 2013-2014 school year in İzmir province, 170 of the students were girls, 176 were boys. A questionnaire including thirtyseven questions was developed with an aim to mesure the students’ misconceptions and understanding levels of the selected geographic concepts. In the study, it was given place to questions that are open ended, filing the blanks multiple chocies and required drawing. The answers of students obtained form 23 questions developed in the study were analysed by using correct perception, limited perception, misperception and unanswered categories. According to schools in different educational region, gender, educational status and occupational status of parents whether or not there is a significant difference in students’ perceptions of geographical concepts is interpreted by using Anova test. As a result, the study revealed that the students did not have enough level of understandings about the investigated concepts, and had many misconceptions. In the light of the research findings the suggestions were given to researchers, educator and curriculum development specialists.Nevzat GÜMÜŞGörkem AVCIFırat Universityarticlegeographic conceptssocial studies educationmisconceptionsconceptunderstanding levelSocial SciencesHSocial sciences (General)H1-99DEENFRTRJournal of Academic Social Science Studies , Vol 9, Iss 47, Pp 191-206 (2019)
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spellingShingle	geographic concepts social studies education misconceptions concept understanding level Social Sciences H Social sciences (General) H1-99 Nevzat GÜMÜŞ Görkem AVCI THE DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS' LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPTS AND GEOGRAPHICAL MISCONCEPTIONS IN SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON IN 6TH GRADES
description	Concepts play an important role in effective and meaningful learning. In our country, It has taken an important place to the teaching and learning of concept in the elementary social studies education program that restructured on the basis of the constructivist approach from 2004. The misconceptions is one of the most important problems encountered in the teaching and learning of concept in social sciences lesson. The aim of this study is to identify and reveal the misconceptions that the students have, determine sixth grade students' levels of understanding geopraphical concepts in social sciences lesson. The sample of the study were 346 sixth grade students from four different primary schools in 2013-2014 school year in İzmir province, 170 of the students were girls, 176 were boys. A questionnaire including thirtyseven questions was developed with an aim to mesure the students’ misconceptions and understanding levels of the selected geographic concepts. In the study, it was given place to questions that are open ended, filing the blanks multiple chocies and required drawing. The answers of students obtained form 23 questions developed in the study were analysed by using correct perception, limited perception, misperception and unanswered categories. According to schools in different educational region, gender, educational status and occupational status of parents whether or not there is a significant difference in students’ perceptions of geographical concepts is interpreted by using Anova test. As a result, the study revealed that the students did not have enough level of understandings about the investigated concepts, and had many misconceptions. In the light of the research findings the suggestions were given to researchers, educator and curriculum development specialists.
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title	THE DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS' LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPTS AND GEOGRAPHICAL MISCONCEPTIONS IN SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON IN 6TH GRADES
title_short	THE DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS' LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPTS AND GEOGRAPHICAL MISCONCEPTIONS IN SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON IN 6TH GRADES
title_full	THE DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS' LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPTS AND GEOGRAPHICAL MISCONCEPTIONS IN SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON IN 6TH GRADES
title_fullStr	THE DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS' LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPTS AND GEOGRAPHICAL MISCONCEPTIONS IN SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON IN 6TH GRADES
title_full_unstemmed	THE DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS' LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPTS AND GEOGRAPHICAL MISCONCEPTIONS IN SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON IN 6TH GRADES
title_sort	determination of students' levels of understanding geographical concepts and geographical misconceptions in social studies lesson in 6th grades
publisher	Fırat University
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THE DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS' LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPTS AND GEOGRAPHICAL MISCONCEPTIONS IN SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON IN 6TH GRADES

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