THE EFFECT OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING ON SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATES’ LEARNING OF ELECTRICITY, ATTITUDE TOWARDS PHYSICS AND SCIENTIFIC PROCESS SKILLS
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In the study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of project based learning on the first year science undergraduates’ attitudes towards physics, electricity achievement, and development of scientific process skills. In these quasi-experimental nonequivalent groups pretest-posttest design study, the sample consisted of total of 90 first year science undergraduates (prospective teacher
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In the study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of project based learning on the first year science undergraduates’ attitudes towards physics, electricity achievement, and development of scientific process skills. In these quasi-experimental nonequivalent groups pretest-posttest design study, the sample consisted of total of 90 first year science undergraduates (prospective teacher
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