12Oct 2017

ATTENTION DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES LEARNING PRODUCTS.*

  • Bozok University, Faculty of Education, Department of Turkish and Social Sciences Education, Yozgat/Turkey.
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Using activities and materials which have been prepared specifically to develop attention related to Geography has been examined by attention level, academic success and permanent learning of fifth grade students in this study. The research has been carried out with 86 students as part of the experimental group who have been employed impartially from fifth grade students at secondary schools in Yozgat City, Central Province. Activities and materials related to the development of attention skills were prepared for fifth grade students and pre-test/post-test with experiment-control group and experimental design with monitoring measurement aiming at measuring the effectiveness of the application was used. The results of the research show that academic success and permanent learning are affected in a positive manner by increasing the attention level of education which is supported by attention strengthening activities and materials.

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[Nazike Karagozoglu. (2017); ATTENTION DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES LEARNING PRODUCTS.* Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Oct). 465-477] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Nazike Karagözo?lu
Bozok Universty

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5551      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5551

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