THE EFFECT OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TEACHING ON THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TEACHER CANDIDATES’ ACHIEVEMENT IN THE DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUITS TEACHING

In this study, it has been researched the effect of computer assisted teaching on the science and technology teacher candidates’academic achievement in the direct current circuits teaching by compared with traditional teaching methods that are simple expression and question and answer teaching methods. An equal control and experimental group from totally 60 students have been constituted among the students who currently studying at Department of Science Education, Faculty of Education in Kastamonu University, during 2010–2011 academic year of the spring term. An achievement test, about direct current circuit, including 15 questions has been used for the purpose of gathering data. While the control group has been taught direct current circuit subject with traditional teaching methods, the experimantal group has been taught the same subject with computer assisted teaching method for 4 weeks. The achievement test, practised as pre-test to both groups, has been practised as post-test for the purpose of measuring success after the lessons and the datum gathered have been analyzed with “comparative t-test” in SPSS 11 packaged software. In consequence of the analysis, an apparent difference has been determined between the success of experimental group who has been taught with computer assisted teaching method and the control group taught with traditional teaching methods. It has been concluded in the study that computer assisted teaching is more effective in the success of the students than traditional teaching