The Effect of Station Teaching on the Achievement of Prospective Science Teachers in the Course of Science Teaching Laboratory Practices II

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of station teaching on the achievement of the prospective science teachers in the Course of Science Teaching Laboratory Practices II. This study was conducted in a quasi-experimental design and it was carried out with 58 third year students studying in the Science Teaching Program of the Faculty of Education of a state university in the spring term of 2018-2019 academic year. Experimental and control groups were formed and station technique activities prepared by the researchers were applied in the experimental group and the instruction based on the confirmatory laboratory approach was applied in the control group. There were 28 students in the experimental group and 30 students in the control group. As the data collection tool, Science Teaching Laboratory Applications Achievement Test (STLAAT), which was developed by Kircicek and Yuksel (2018), was used. Quantitative analysis method was used in the analysis of the data and the data was analysed using the package program of SPSS 22. There was a statistically significant difference between STLAAT pre and post-test mean scores in favour of post-test in terms of the science laboratory achievements of the students in the course taught with the station technique. There was a statistically significant difference between the achievement pre and post-test mean scores in terms of the science laboratory achievements of the students in the course taught with confirmatory laboratory approach. A statistically significant difference was found between the pre and post-test mean scores in terms of the science laboratory achievements of the students in the course taught with the station technique and the post test mean scores of the students taught with confirmatory laboratory approach.

Keywords

Science teacher, station technique, science teaching laboratory applications II, confirmatory laboratory approach, achievement test.