Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of cooperative learning on the
academic achievement and the views of the secondary school students about
Nanotechnology subject. Also, the effect of socio-demographic characteristics and the
participation in an activity about Nanotechnology were investigated. The study was
conducted with tenth grade students (N=127) studying at an Anatolian High School
in İzmir. Pre-test and post-test quasi-experimental design with control group was
applied in the study. Cooperative learning method supported by game cards in
experimental group and expository teaching strategy in control group were applied.
The data of the study were collected via personal information form, academic
achievement test about nanotechnology, structured opinion form, and semistructured
interviews. Considering the results of the study, there was a significant
difference in favor of the experimental group according to the post-test academic
achievement scores of the control and experimental group students (p<.05). From the
interview results; the experimental group students had better positive opinions than
the control group, and also the control group students had negative attitudes such as
lack of practice, boring and ineffectiveness of the course.
