REFLECTIONS OF AUTHENTIC LEARNING ON STUDENTS'SCIENTIFIC PROCESS SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN MATHEMATICS*

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Research investigates how authentic activities influence the scientific process skills and academic achievement of 7th grade students. A semi-experimental study was conducted in a secondary school in Turkey with 37 students during the 2017–2018 academic year for five weeks. Quantitative outcomes were analyzed statistically using SPSS 20, while qualitative findings used content analysis from interviews, worksheets, and observer notes. Results show significant differences in academic achievement between experimental and control groups, while scientific process skill test scores did not differ statistically; qualitative data indicates stronger skill reflections in the experimental group.

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1. Introduction

1.1. Theoretical framework

1.1.1. Authentic Learning

REFLECTIONS OF AUTHENTIC LEARNING ON STUDENTS'SCIENTIFIC PROCESS SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN MATHEMATICS* Tuba OZKAN, ElıfKILICOGLU Abstract: In this research, the effect of authentic activities on the scientific process skills of 7th grade students was investigated. Research has been studied in a secondary school with 37 students in Turkey. In the research, authentic learning based education was carried out for 5 weeks in the 2017-2018 academic year. In this semi-experimental model, academic achievement and scientific process skills test, interview form, students' worksheets and observer notes were used as data collection tools. The quantitative data obtained were analyzed statistically in SPSS 20 program, and qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis. It was found that the quantitative data and the experimental and control groups differed statistically as a result of the application as an academic achievement, but did not differ according to the scientific process skill test results. With the qualitative data of this research, it was revealed that the students of the experimental group generally reflect the scientific process skills more than the control group students. Keywords: Authentic Learning, Authentic Activity, Scientific Process Skills, Elementary Education, Mathematics Education. 1. Introduction The word authentic can be expressed in terms such as the truth, the real, the original. Authentic learning is an approach that can be explained with these concepts. There are many definitions in the literature about authentic learning (Cholewinski, 2009; Holmes, 2005; Lombardi, 2007; Newmann & Wehlage, 1993; Reeves, Herrington & Oliver, 2002) . When the definitions of these researchers about authentic learning are examined, the keywords of real life, task, activity and evaluation and process are common. It can be stated that the authentic learning method from these keywords is a teaching process consisting of tasks and activities that include real life situations and resulting in evaluation. Authentic learning is a process that starts with authentic tasks and continues with authentic activities and evaluations. Authentic activities are defined as interdisciplinary activities that students can make use of from various sources, which can take days, weeks or months that contribute to collaboration in students and result in real world evaluation (Reeves, Herrington & Oliver, 2002) . Therefore, it is seen that preparing an authentic avtivities is not an easy and one-way process. In this research, the effect of authentic activities on the scientific process skills of 7th grade students was investigated. For this purpose, the answer to the following problem was tried to be sought in the research: What are the effects of the 7th grade ratio-proportion authentic activities on the scientific process skills and acedemic successes of the students? Such a study can present important data to the literature at two points. The first is to examine students' scientific process skills under the mathematics program. As a matter of fact, it is seen that almost all studies on scientific process skills are in science education and these studies were carried out mostly by quantitative methods (eg, Aydınlı, 2007; Sayer, 2018; Turkoz, 2015) . The second is to aim at acquiring scientific process skills in research. Today's education system cares about information as well as methods of obtaining information. The use of the methods of obtaining the information mentioned here can be possible by providing students with scientific process skills (Tan & Temiz, 2003) . Students who acquire scientific process skills develop their problem-solving skills, contribute to their mental development, provide permanence in their learning, and support their scientific literacy. 1.1. Theoretical framework 1.1.1. Authentic Learning. Authentic learning is a learning process in which real world problems are expressed as tasks and effective eval

FAQs

What research question does the study address?

It examines the effects of ratio-proportion authentic activities on 7th grade students’ scientific process skills and academic success.

How was the study conducted and what data were collected?

It used a semi-experimental design for five weeks in 2017–2018, collecting quantitative and qualitative data through achievement/scientific process skill tests, interviews, students’ worksheets, and observer notes.

What were the main findings regarding academic achievement and scientific process skills?

Academic achievement differed statistically between experimental and control groups after the application, but scientific process skill test results did not show a statistically significant difference; qualitatively, the experimental group reflected scientific process skills more.

Oct 15, 2026

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