Academia Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi

Yazarlar: Ali ÇETİN

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Anahtar Kelimeler:5E learning cycle,Computer simulations,Technology use,Physics education

Özet: The aim of this paper is to help physics teachers while preparing their lesson with 5E learning cycle and simulations. 5E learning cycle includes five phases; engagement, exploration, explanation, elaboration and evaluation. A physics lesson designed with these phases was constructed for static electricity subject of 10th grade students. Simulations have potentials to improve students’ comprehension of abstract concepts and have opportunities to vary initial values in experiments. Phet simulations which were constructed by Colorado University was used in explanation and elaboration phases of learning cycle. In the introduction part of the paper, the use of technology in classes, computer simulations and the learning cycle are discussed, and then in the implementation part how to apply the learning cycle for static electricity concept was explained. In the conclusion, the other literature examples of learning cycle and simulations were mentioned. In addition to these, some recommendations for physics teachers were made

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