The effectiveness of using student and teacher centered analogies on the development of the students’ cognitive and affective skills

The research is organized according to the experimental design with two test groups (Karasar, 2006). Two groups were formed by means of impartial assignment in order to examine the effectiveness of the student centered and teacher centered analogy techniques. In the research, “a subject success test about sixth grade circulation system”, “a survey consisting of 15 open-ended questions about sixth grade circulation system” and attitude toward science course scale are given as a pre- and post-test at the end of the experimental process.

The illustrated analogy technique is used in the groups. In both classes, the course teaching is carried out by one of the researchers in accordance with the course plans which were prepared by means of taking the opinion of the Science and Technology teachers. The study was continued for 14 course hours in total (3.5 weeks, per week 4 course hours).