BAYRAK, Beyza KARADENİZ Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey , BAYRAM, Hale Marmara Üniversitesi - Atatürk Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey

THE EFFECT OF PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN A WEB ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES

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This study aims to design a learning environment supported with problem-based learning in a web-environment, with the purpose of providing a more meaningful and permanent learning experience for the students, and to examine the effects of this learning environment on students’ academic achievement and, it is aimed to carry out students’ learning styles and discuss the correlation between learning style and student’ success in science and technology. The study uses a pretest posttest control group experimental design. A total of 56 eighth grade students attending a public primary education school in Istanbul, Turkey participated in the study. Grasha Riechmann Learning Style Inventory and ‘‘The Acid Base Success Test’’ was applied to determine in order their learning styles and academic achievement. Frequency, percent distribution, t_test and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze data. As a result it was found that nearly half of the students have collaborative learning style, It was also found that students’ learning styles are efficient on academic achievement.

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Web Environment , Problem Based Learning , Learning Style , Academic Achievement

Mustafa Kemal University Journal Of Graduate School Of Social Sciences

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