Abstract The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of project-based learning
on students‘ academic achievement and attitudes towards English lesson of 9th grade
students. The research was carried out in 2010–2011 education-instruction year in a high
school in Nigde, Turkey. Totally 60 students in two different classes in the 9th grade of
this school participated in the study. The pre- and post-test control group research model
was used in this study. The data obtained in the study were analysed by the computer
programme SPSS 17.0. The arithmetic means and standard deviations were calculated for
each group. In order to test the significance between the groups, the independent samples
t-test was used. The significance level was taken as .05 in the research. The results of the
research showed a significant difference between the attitude scores of the experiment
group and the control group. On the other hand, it was also found out that project-based
learning was more effective in the positive development of the students‘ academic
achievement levels. At the end of the research, it was revealed that the students who were
educated by project-based learning was more successful and had higher attitude levels
towards the lesson than the students who were educated by the instruction based on
student textbooks.
Keywords: project-based learning, academic achievement, attitudes towards
lesson, English lesson
Abstract The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of project-based learningon students‘ academic achievement and attitudes towards English lesson of 9th gradestudents. The research was carried out in 2010–2011 education-instruction year in a highschool in Nigde, Turkey. Totally 60 students in two different classes in the 9th grade ofthis school participated in the study. The pre- and post-test control group research modelwas used in this study. The data obtained in the study were analysed by the computerprogramme SPSS 17.0. The arithmetic means and standard deviations were calculated foreach group. In order to test the significance between the groups, the independent samplest-test was used. The significance level was taken as .05 in the research. The results of theresearch showed a significant difference between the attitude scores of the experimentgroup and the control group. On the other hand, it was also found out that project-basedlearning was more effective in the positive development of the students‘ academicachievement levels. At the end of the research, it was revealed that the students who wereeducated by project-based learning was more successful and had higher attitude levelstowards the lesson than the students who were educated by the instruction based onstudent textbooks.Keywords: project-based learning, academic achievement, attitudes towardslesson, English lesson
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