The Effect of Geometric-Mechanic Games Based Activities on the Spatial Skills of Secondary School Students
The aim of this study is to evaluate the awareness of science – technology – engineering – mathematics (STEM) education teachers of science, mathematics and information technologies’ in secondary schools with different variables. This research is structured with a survey model in which a quantitativ...
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| description | The aim of this study is to evaluate the awareness of science – technology – engineering – mathematics (STEM) education teachers of science, mathematics and information technologies’ in secondary schools with different variables. This research is structured with a survey model in which a quantitative data instrument was used to explore awareness of teachers for STEM education. In this study, the convenience / incidental sampling method among non-random sampling methods was adopted. The sample of the study consisted of 118 science, mathematics and information technologies teachers working in secondary schools in the center of Karaman. The ‘STEM Awareness Scale’ developed by Buyruk and Korkmaz (2016) was used as the data collection tool in this study. The validity and reliability studies were performed again after the scale was applied to the participants. No significant correlation was found between gender, education type and workplace variables and each dimension of the scale that consists of two sub-dimensions, which are positive and negative STEM awareness. However, there were significant differences between type of the graduated faculty, professional seniority variables and the two dimensions of the scale. While there was a significant difference between the teachers who graduated from the education faculty and positive STEM awareness, negative STEM awareness was observed among the teachers with higher professional seniority. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5f3d8173cce04502bd0e7fd49bd45dc32025-08-20T02:13:44ZengSakarya UniversitySakarya University Journal of Education2146-74552017-12-017360061010.19126/suje.34073028The Effect of Geometric-Mechanic Games Based Activities on the Spatial Skills of Secondary School StudentsMelek MasalCeren DemirkayaThe aim of this study is to evaluate the awareness of science – technology – engineering – mathematics (STEM) education teachers of science, mathematics and information technologies’ in secondary schools with different variables. This research is structured with a survey model in which a quantitative data instrument was used to explore awareness of teachers for STEM education. In this study, the convenience / incidental sampling method among non-random sampling methods was adopted. The sample of the study consisted of 118 science, mathematics and information technologies teachers working in secondary schools in the center of Karaman. The ‘STEM Awareness Scale’ developed by Buyruk and Korkmaz (2016) was used as the data collection tool in this study. The validity and reliability studies were performed again after the scale was applied to the participants. No significant correlation was found between gender, education type and workplace variables and each dimension of the scale that consists of two sub-dimensions, which are positive and negative STEM awareness. However, there were significant differences between type of the graduated faculty, professional seniority variables and the two dimensions of the scale. While there was a significant difference between the teachers who graduated from the education faculty and positive STEM awareness, negative STEM awareness was observed among the teachers with higher professional seniority.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/394190uzamsal becerigeometrik-mekanik oyunlargörselleştirmezihinsel döndürmespatial skillgeometric-mechanic gamesvisualizationmental rotation |
| spellingShingle | Melek Masal Ceren Demirkaya The Effect of Geometric-Mechanic Games Based Activities on the Spatial Skills of Secondary School Students Sakarya University Journal of Education uzamsal beceri geometrik-mekanik oyunlar görselleştirme zihinsel döndürme spatial skill geometric-mechanic games visualization mental rotation |
| title | The Effect of Geometric-Mechanic Games Based Activities on the Spatial Skills of Secondary School Students |
| title_full | The Effect of Geometric-Mechanic Games Based Activities on the Spatial Skills of Secondary School Students |
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| title_short | The Effect of Geometric-Mechanic Games Based Activities on the Spatial Skills of Secondary School Students |
| title_sort | effect of geometric mechanic games based activities on the spatial skills of secondary school students |
| topic | uzamsal beceri geometrik-mekanik oyunlar görselleştirme zihinsel döndürme spatial skill geometric-mechanic games visualization mental rotation |
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