Intelligence and Mind Games in Concept Teaching in Social Studies

In the Social Studies lesson, the impacts of using intelligence and mind games on academic achievement and students' attitudes towards Social Studies lesson were examined for the teaching of the concepts in the 6th grade Effective Citizenship Learning Area. In the study, semi-experimental patte...

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Published in:Participatory Educational Research 2020-12, Vol.7 (3), p.139-160
Main Authors: ÇAĞIR, Sibel, ORUÇ, Şahin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Citizenship Education
Concept Teaching
Educational Games
Eğitim Bilimleri
Foreign Countries
Grade 6
Intelligence
Middle School Students
Pretests Posttests
Social Studies
Student Attitudes
Teaching Methods
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Summary:In the Social Studies lesson, the impacts of using intelligence and mind games on academic achievement and students' attitudes towards Social Studies lesson were examined for the teaching of the concepts in the 6th grade Effective Citizenship Learning Area. In the study, semi-experimental pattern with pre-test-post-test, experimental-control group was studied. In the research, teaching the concepts with intelligence and mind games prepared by the researchers was carried out with the experimental group. On the other hand, the control group was taught in line with the activities in the current curriculum. As a result of the t-test analysis of the pre-post-application scores of attitude in the control and experimental group, it was observed that there was a significant difference in favor of the post-test both in control group (t = -2.955, p
ISSN:2148-6123
DOI:10.17275/per.20.39.7.3