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Publication Date: 2015-Jun
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The Effects of Project Based Learning on Undergraduate Students' Achievement and Self-Efficacy Beliefs towards Science Teaching
Bilgin, Ibrahim; Karakuyu, Yunus; Ay, Yusuf
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, v11 n3 p469-477 Jun 2015
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the Project-Based Learning (PBL) method on undergraduate students' achievement and its association with these students' self-efficacy beliefs about science teaching and pinions about PBL. The sample of the study consisted of two randomly chosen classes from a set of seven classes enrolled in the Science Teaching Course in a Primary School Education Department of a State University in Turkey. The randomly assigned treatment group (n =33) was instructed based on a PBL method. The control group (n = 33) was instructed through the use of a traditional teaching (TT) method. The Science and Technology Teaching Achievement Test (STTAT) and self-efficacy belief scale (SEBS) were used as pre- and post-test measures. The results showed that students in the treatment group produced better performance on the Post- SEBS and the Post-STTAT. The students in the treatment group expressed mostly positive opinions about the use of the Project-Based Learning method.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Student Projects, Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Science Instruction, Teacher Education, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Pretests Posttests, Quasiexperimental Design, Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Interviews, Statistical Distributions, Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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