The Investigation of Chemistry Questions Asked in Free Boarding and Scholarship Examination for High School Level in the Context of Algorithmic and Conceptual Question Type

• Main Authors: Ayşegül DERMAN, Kadriye KAYACAN, Nuriye KOÇAK
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gaziantep University 2016-06-01
• Series: Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
• Subjects: Kimya öğretimi; Algoritmik soru; Kavramsal soru; Problem çözme; Kimya öğretim programı; Ölçme ve değerlendirme; chemistry teaching; algorithmic question; conceptual question; problem solving; chemistry curriculum; measurement and evaluation
• Online Access: http://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24218/256740?publisher=gantep

To conduct of the education programs, the most important resource is considered that textbooks but in national assesment tests, chemistry questions prepared according to chemistry curriculum they may be considered reflections of curriculum. The purpose of this study is to review the 140 chemistry questions “algoritmic or conceptual”, asked in “Free Boarding and Scholarship Examination”for 9,10,11 classes between 1998 and 2015 years. The study is a descriptive study. In data analysis, within the scope of the document analysis, qualitative research method was used. Crosstabs and Kappa statistic was used. The findings of this study revealed that the questions asked in “Free Boarding and Scholarship Examination”are 80% conceptual, 20% algorithmic in total. The distribution of question types according to the years indicates that most of questions are consisted of conceptual question types. By the findings are associated with the relevant literature and national chemistry curriculum, inferences and implications for conceptual chemistry teaching and learning have been made