Abstract:

Comparative relational screening method was used in this study, in which complementary assessment tools were used to measure the 7th grade students’ success in the unit entitled “The Granular Structure of Matter”. The study was carried out with 23 participants, 7th grade students studying in Hamamözü in Amasya. The tools prepared for this study included achievement tests, diagnostic branched trees, structured grids and knowledge maps. At the end of the unit, the participants were asked to create concept maps about the concepts they had learned throughout the unit, and then these concept maps were evaluated. The differences in students’ scores achieved for various assessment tools were analyzed and it was found that there was a significant difference among all the assessment tools except for knowledge maps and concept maps. It was seen that the students were less successful in diagnostic branched trees compared to the others. Finally, some suggestions for educators were made.

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