期刊名称：International Journal of Eurasia Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2146-1961
出版年度：2018
卷号：34
页码：1-13
出版社：Avrasya Değerler Eğitimi Derneği
摘要：The aim of this study is to determine the mental models of the secondary school students about
the basic astronomy concepts of the Sun, Earth, Moon (SEM) System. For this purpose, seven openended
questions developed by the researcher in order to reveal their mental models and were
applied to the secondary school students after the necessary corrections were made by the three
science educators. The sample of the study consisted of 198 students (50 fifth grade, 50 sixth
grades, 50 seventh grades, 48 eighth grades) studying in two secondary schools in Ağrı city center.
The data obtained from the study were analyzed and using the mental model determination
process proposed by Vosniadou and Brewer (1992, 1994). It has been tried to determine mental
models of students separalely for each grade level. Findings from the research data revealed that
students were “primitive” in 5th grade, had a “synthesis model” in 6th grade, “primitive and
synthesis models” were in balanced level in 7th grade. In the 8th grade, most of the students had
a synthesis model but the number of students at the scientific level was more than the other
classes.
