Doğal Açık Alanlarda Uygulanan Sorgulama Temelli Etkinliklerin Çocukların Geometrik ve Uzamsal Düşünme Becerilerine Etkisi
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2017Yazar
Korkmaz, Halil İbrahim
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In this study, implementation of inquiry-based activities in natural outdoors and
classroom settings were investigated. The main research questions were “Do
inquiry-based activities implemented in natural outdoors and implemented in
classroom settings have effects on children’s geometric (shape, area, symmetry)
and spatial thinking skills (spatial orientation, spatial visualization)” and “Are
Geometric and Spatial Thinking Skills Test (GEOST-ST) and Geometric and Spatial
Thinking Skills Observation Form (GEOST-OF) valid and reliable measures?”. A
Total of 32 pre-school age children attending 3 different pre-schools and their
teachers (3), participated this study. Homogenous Sampling which is one of
purposeful sampling methods was used to select the participants. The study was a
quasi-experimental research and Nonequivalent Control Group Design was used. A
program module, Inquiry-Based Activities Module (IBAM) was developed to support
children’s acquisition of geometric and spatial thinking skills by the researcher to be
implemented in natural outdoors and classroom settings. GEOST-ST and GEOSTOF were used as data collection tools. Split-Plot ANOVA was performed to analyze
the data obtained by using GEOST-ST and Kruskall-Wallis Test for the data
obtained by using GEOST-OF, considering the assumptions of parametric tests.
According to the results of this study; the effect of inquiry-based activities
implemented in natural outdoors and implemented in classroom settings on
children’s geometric thinking skills is statistically significant, but not for spatial
thinking skills. On the other hand, GEOST-ST and GEOST-OF are valid and reliable
measures. The other result of the study was inquiry-based activities implemented in
natural outdoors are much more effective to support children’s acquisition of
geometric thinking, shape, area and spatial visualization skills, than inquiry-based
activities or non-inquiry-based activities implemented in classroom settings.
According to the results of this study, inquiry-based mathematics activities intended
to be implemented in natural outdoors, may be a useful tool to support 48 to 66-
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month-old children’s acquisition of geometric and spatial thinking skills. In this
regard, teacher training programs should offer courses intended to promote inquiry
skills and to promote teacher candidates’ abilities to create appropriate learning
opportunities for inquiry-based learning, and abilities to develop, plan and implement
appropriate inquiry-based activities. In-service trainings intended to promote
teachers’ knowledge and skills related to inquiry-based learning and to extend
teachers’ knowledge about the effects of natural outdoors on children’s learning and
development, should be provided to in-service teachers. Society should be made
aware of the importance and benefits of natural outdoors on children’s learning and
development and people who have prejudices against natural outdoors should be
provided educational opportunities about positive outcomes of natural outdoors.