Abstract:

This study aims to determine the impact of the use of reverse face class practices (TYSU) in the 7th grade mirrors and light cooling unit on the students’ mental risk-taking skills and to take the student’s views about these practices. According to this purpose, the research was carried out with 43 seventh-class students studying in a state high school located in the centre of Kastamonu Province in the 2017-2018 educational year. The randomly identified experimental group includes 21 students and 22 students in the control group. In the research, the karma research design, in which quantitative and qualitative data are used together, was preferred. In order to determine the impact of teaching supported by TYSU on the students' mental risk-taking skills, a semi-experimental model with a pre-test-on-test-control group has been used from the experimental models. Also, half-configured interviews were held with six students from the experimental group only on these applications. Students in the experimental group are taught the relevant unit subjects with the events designed by TYSU, while students in the control group are taught the same unit subjects according to the 2013 Science Course Teaching Program. The research used the data collection tools; the Mental Risk Assumption Scale (ZRAÖ) and the Half-Structured Conversation (YYG). The study found that there was no statistically significant difference between the students in the experimental group and the students in the control group in terms of their mental risk-taking skills in the final test score average. However, the ability of students in the experimental group to take mental risk has been found that the final test score average is higher than the student score average in the control group. Students also pointed out that they love to practice in semi-configured interviews, that their interest in lessons increased and that their lessons were fun. To emphasize the importance of using TYSU in the course of science, research is recommended to be conducted to the different units of this course.

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