Journal Name:
- Journal of Educational and Instructional Studies in the World
Abstract (2. Language):
The objective of this study was to find out the changes in pre-service Mathematics and Science
teachers’ achievements about the subjects of basic astronomy as a result of their teaching program,
to compare these changes in terms of departments. For this purpose, the study was conducted with
pre-service elementary school Mathematics and Science teachers studying their first and fourth years
in the education faculty of a university chosen from the Black Sea region of Turkey. “Astronomy
Achievement Test” which had 32 questions and which was tested for validity and reliability was used
as data collection tool. T-test was used for the data analysis of independent samples in order to find
out whether pre-service teachers’ levels of achievement about the subjects of basic astronomy
differed in terms of their department and their year of study. As a result of data analysis, although
pre-service Mathematics and Science teachers started their undergraduate education at the same level
in terms of basic astronomy, statistically significant difference was found in the achievements of preservice
Science teachers while no significant difference was found in pre-service Mathematics
teachers. Thus, it was thought that it would be useful to add astronomy lesson to elementary school
Mathematic teaching department curriculum and to increase the hours of 2-hour long astronomy
lesson in the curriculum of Science teaching department. In addition, conducting various experimental
studies to examine the efficiency of these was recommended to improve astronomy achievement of
pre-service teachers.
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