Siirt Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

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The purpose of this study is to determine the views of the students studying in the 6th grade of a secondary school about the stages and implementation of 7E model based on constructivist learning theory. The research was carried out with 24 students studying in the 6th grade of a secondary school, an association of Ministry of Education in the 2nd term of 2011-2012 education year “Electricity in our life” unit was taught to the students participating in the research group by using the materials which were developed according to 7E learning model. The research continued 3 weeks and the after the implementations, interviews were conducted with total 6 students chosen among the participants of the study about the stages and implementation of 7E learning model. Out of these 6 students who were chosen for the interview, the level of two of them was above the research group’s average level, the level of two of them was the same as the research group’s average level, and the level of two was below the research group’s average level. The interview consists of total 8 questions and 7 of these questions are for the stages of 7E learning model and one of the questions aims at learning the views of the students about 7E learning model. As a result of the interviews carried out with the students, it was determined that courses taught by the teachers according to 7E model made more contributions to the student learning and students developed positive views towards 7E learning model. On the other hand, it was revealed that negative views came into existence about the lack of time at some stages during the implementation of 7E learning model. As a result of the study, suggestions were made considering the fact that the model implemented would be both more effective and light the way and make contributions to the similar studies to be conducted in the future.