SECONDARY STUDENTS’ OPINIONS ABOUT SOUND PROPAGATION
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The aim of this study is to investigate the misconception in “Sound Propagation” topic, within the direction of students’ opinions that can be occurred by using different teaching methods all together. The study includes activities based on 5E learning model, conceptual change texts, study sheet supported by analogies, and computer-assisted teaching materials. The sample of this qualitative study is made up of 8 students at 5th grade from a secondary school in Trabzon. Semi-constructed interview is used as data collection tool. Data collected after the analysis of interview are transferred to the reader without any deterioration in meaning. It is found out that, using different methods all together in “Sound Propagation” topic is more effective and misconceptions are removed at the end of the study.
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