Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

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The purpose of this study is to identify the effect on the students of the station technique implementation used in the Turkish class of the 6th grade in an elementary school, and to make observations about the implementation and to reveal views of the teacher and the students about the practice. The research was carried out with the participation of the 6th grade students at Süleyman Demirel Middle School in Sivas city center during the 2015-2016 Fall Semester. The research was carried out with 18 students in experimental group which used of the station technique in Turkish language teaching. For collecting the data in research used student and teacher interview and observation forms prepared by researcher. The qualitative data obtained from the interviews and observations were analyzed by using the NVIVO 10 program. In the research, five themes related to the implementation of the station technique were identified. These themes included: how to implement the station technique, the emotional situation related the implementation, the benefits/contributions of the station technique implementation, the problematic situations during the implementation, and the wish to reuse the station technique. In a results of the research, the students found the station technique to be useful in general terms and expressed positive views about its practice. It has been determined that all of the students want to be used again of the station technique in Turkish lessons as well as some students want to use it in other courses. Another result obtained is that the implementation of the station technique has positive effects on the students in terms of cognitive, lesson view and social relations of the students. In line with the results, the research suggests that teachers should implement the station technique more often in Turkish classes, as well as at various education levels and grades. It is thought to contribute to the field the implementation of the station technique in Turkish lessons and other lessons. It has been stated that should be given necessary information about the technique to the teachers in order to obtain the utmost benefit from the implementation of the station technique and the characteristics of contemporary teaching methods, and techniques should be taken into consideration while establishing physical learning environments in schools. In the Faculty of Education, teacher candidates are should be provided opportunities for learning by practicing methods / techniques which prepared in accordance with the constructivist approach and got positive results.