The Effect of Diary Use on Social Studies Course Achievement of Middle School Students

Authors : Tuğba Sarıtekin, Hilmi Demirkaya

Pages : 95-108

Doi:10.35235/uicd.1403547

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Publication Date : 2024-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In the study, the effect of social studies diary activities applied to seventh grade middle school students on students\' social studies achievement was examined. In the research, which was carried out as a quantitative method, static group pretest-posttest design was used from quasi-experimental designs. The study group consisted of 60 middle school seventh grade students. Data were collected with the Social Studies Achievement Test. Descriptive statistics, independent groups t-test and dependent groups t-test statistics were used to analyze the quantitative data. There was no significant difference between the mean pretest achievement scores of the experimental group and the control group. There was also no significant difference between the posttest scores of the experimental and control groups. However, when the experimental and control groups were analyzed within themselves, it was found that there was a significant difference between the pretest and posttest achievement scores of both groups. It was concluded that the posttest achievement scores of the experimental group differed according to gender, whereas the posttest scores of the control group did not differ according to gender.
Keywords : Sosyal bilgiler, ortaokul, sosyal bilgiler ders günlükleri, başarı