Abstract:

In this study, the relative importance of the topics of the chemistry course for the 9th grade of the secondary education and their teaching methods for an effective chemistry course have been determined by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique. The AHP model of the research have been composed based on the topics in the chemistry course for the 9th grade and pair wise comparison matrix have been determined according to teachers’ view. As a result of the study, relative importance of the topics of the chemistry course as per percentage are compounds (47.8 %), chemical changes (26.5 %), chemical mixture (13.6 %), the development of chemistry (6.3 %), chemistry in our lives (5.8 %). The relative percentages of the teaching methods are narrative (32 %), demonstration (24.9 %), laboratory (18.9 %), question and answer (15.2 %), project work (9 %)

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