Abstract:

Philosophy of modern teaching approach in learning environments is different from traditional approaches. This approach is based on the students to be active in class. This research was carried out to determine the effect of the ethnobotanic activities supported science and technology lesson to students’ academic success and retention. Research was conducted with the seventh grade primary school students who randomly selected in Rize province in 2011-2012 academic year. In this research, the pretest-posttest experimental design was used. Data analysis performed by the mean, standard deviation and p significance values in addition to t-test technique are also taken into account and the results are interpreted. The findings of the study indicated that the ethnobotanic activities are more effective than traditional methods on 7th grade students’ academic performance and learning permanence. Retention of the information learned in the experimental group during process has been higher than the control group

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