Evaluation of Science and Technology Program According to Students' Opinions

Abstract

This study is carried out on 1338 students at the primary schools in central Samsun. 4.,5.,6.,7.,8., grades students' opinions on science and technology courses were asked. The questionnarie technicque was used to obtain data. In addition, the verbal opinions of some students are taken and evaluated. Most of the students state satisfactory in content of the programme but they find it incompetent in application. The students can not use acquired knowledge from the course and they forget the knowledge by finding them useless and their interest in science decrease day by day. Teaching based on examples from the daily life and in daily language ease the learning process. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved