Journal of Inquiry Based Activities

An Activity to Improve Creative Thinking Skill: Take Out One, Add One

Halil Bolat — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In this study, it is aimed to present an activity to develop students' creative thinking skills. To that end, ‘Take Out One-Add One Activity’ has been implemented. The activity has been applied to six gifted and talented students attending the Individual Talent Recognition Program at the Science and Art Center. In the first stage of the activity, students have been given visuals showing the change of headphones over the years. Students were provided to see the change and development in the headphones. Then, a pencil has been chosen as an object to use in the activity. An activity form has been handed out to the students. Students have been asked to remove a tool or feature from the pen and add a new tool or feature. Written opinion form has been used to determine the opinions of the students about the activity. The observations of the supervisor teacher have also been taken into account. Content analysis has been performed on the obtained data. The reliability among encoders was determined as .85. At the end of the activity, it has been concluded that the students liked the activity and that the activity contributed to the development of creative thinking skills.

Differentiated Science Instruction in the Metaverse with Gifted Students: Let’s Visit Kaz Mountains National Park!

Yunus Emre Avcu, Yavuz Yaman — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A differentiated science activity was created for gifted students. The focus is on Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG-15) for life on land, enhancing engagement, self-regulated learning skills, and scientific creativity in gifted students. The activity spanned eight lesson hours, with tasks encouraging observation, inquiry, and creative thinking. Evaluation included achievement, process, and product forms, along with teacher observations and student feedback. Differentiating the learning environment and process through the utilization of Metaverse and immersive virtual reality technologies is crucial as it affords gifted students the chance to explore novel strategies in differentiated science education. In this particular context, three 3D scenes were created and imported into the Imedu Metaverse platform. Students used laptops to view 3D scenes at three separate occasions. During their visits, they examined living and non-living components of the forest ecosystem, including natural life and environmental conditions. Students experienced immersion with Oculus Quest 2 VR headsets. Following this encounter, they participated in querying procedures. Before and after utilizing applications within the Metaverse, efforts were made to enhance awareness of SDG-15 and foster scientific creativity.

4MAT Teaching Model Activity Designed to Be Compatible with the Whole Brain Model

Ali Şahin, Ali Bozkurt — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In this study, the design, implementation and evaluation processes of the 4MAT teaching model activity, which is designed in accordance with the holistic brain model for teaching the graphic representation of data at the 8th grade level and making the appropriate transformations between these representations, are presented in this study. The implementation of the event took place in two village secondary school in the central district of a province in the south of Turkey in the 2021-2022 academic year. The activity was applied to 42 eighth grade students in two separate classes. A student opinion form was created by the researcher to see how the activity was perceived by the students. Content analysis was carried out in the light of the data obtained from the applied student opinion form. At the end of the research, it was seen that the students stated positive statements about the activity such as realizing permanent learning, prompting thinking, finding original ideas, giving various examples, and providing fun and understandable At the end of the research, students commented on the activity as providing permanent learning, encouraging thinking, allowing original ideas to be found, and providing fun and understandable learning by giving various examples.

Mathematics of Justice

Esra Yıldız, Ersin Güleş — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The aim of the study is to evaluate the value of equity, one of the 10 core values in the mathematics lesson curriculum, in the context of an exemplary activity in classroom practice and student interviews, where it is integrated with mathematical lesson achievements. The case study model was used in the study. The sample of the study is 8 students in the 7th grade in the educational year 2018-2019. The event and semi-structured student interview form prepared in relation to the value of Justice in the study was used as a data collection tool. The data obtained after the implementation of the activity were solved using the method of content analysis. Students noted that they felt it necessary to undertake value-based activities in mathematics lessons to understand the importance of justice values and increase public awareness of the subject of justice. According to the findings of the study, in order to increase students' awareness of values, it is recommended to plan, implement and discuss in-class activities in which students can explain their perceptions of value according to the mathematical problem situation and actively participate in the process.

Example of a Socio-Scientific Issue: Nuclear Energy

Zübeyde Çiçek, Murat Genç — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose of this study, the aim is to prepare a lesson plan that will guide the teaching of socio-scientific issues and the acquisition of twenty-first century skills. For this purpose, a lesson plan lasting four lesson hours was designed and presented in detail. Three different activities were designed and implemented for the lesson plan. The first activity is the Nuclear Energy Panel Event to explain nuclear energy. The second activity is the 6 Thinking Hats Technique and Different Perspectives on Nuclear Energy Activity, which allows to address the issue of nuclear energy from every angle. The third activity is the Let's Create Dilemma Cards Activity with Canva, in which a nuclear energy poster was designed to help understand the positive and negative aspects of nuclear energy. Aspects that are liked, disliked and wanted to be changed in the implemented activities; It was determined by the activity evaluation form applied to the students. According to the findings obtained from the activity evaluation form, students generally expressed positive opinions about the activities implemented. It is thought that the designed and implemented lesson plan will be an exemplary socio-scientific lesson plan for teachers and teacher candidates.