Summary


EXAMINATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' VIEWS ON EDUCATIONAL WEB SUPPORTED APPLICATIONS USED IN SCIENCE COURSES

The aim of this study is to examine the views of secondary school students on educational web-supported applications used in science courses. The study group of the research consists of 52 (n5 .grade = 6, n6 .grade = 21, n7 .grade = 18, n8 .grade = 7) secondary school students who continue their education in a private secondary school in the central district of Ankara province in the 2023-2024 academic year. The research was conducted using a phenomenological design, which is one of the qualitative research methods. The data were collected through a demographic characteristics questionnaire and a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers. The data obtained from the research were analysed using content analysis. The data were analysed using MAXQDA software. According to the findings obtained from the research, secondary school students stated that the use of web applications in the science course contributed most to fast learning (22), retention of learning experience (19) and learning new information (10). Regarding the positive aspects of these applications, they mostly stated that the science course became fun (19), easy expression (6) and unlimited repetition (4). Regarding the negative aspects of these applications in science lesson, they stated that the most common problems were lack of games (11), boring (4), advertisement problem (4), time consuming (4), not suitable for the level (4) and accessibility (4). They stated that these applications affected the students in a good way by being in the form of games (23), arousing curiosity (4) and reinforcement (4). Secondary school students stated that these applications did not motivate them in the science lesson mostly with being a little / not motivated at all (10), with their own motivation (6) and with the motivation of the teachers (2). In the code cloud made for the answers of the middle school students, it is seen that the middle school students mostly used the code of making the science course fun in relation to the science course of web-supported applications.



Keywords

Web applications, Science, secondary school students.



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