Levels of Science and Classroom Teaching Students' Ability to Relate Chemistry Knowledge on Heat and Temperature with Events in Daily Life

Abstract

A descriptive study was conducted with 13 4th grade elementary science education students and 40 4th grade primary school education students at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Ereğli Faculty of Education, to examine the level of students' ability to associate chemistry knowledge on heat and temperature topic with daily events.Students were asked to solve 6 open-ended questions about the concepts of heat, temperature, boiling and phase change. Each question is a case, that we may encounter frequently in daily life. Students proposed an explanation for each case. Results of the research revealed the level of associating chemistry knowledge with daily life events of science and classroom teacher students was close to each other and was not at a sufficient level.