Gazete Haberlerinin Biyoloji Eğitiminde Kullanımı

The purpose of this research was to study the effect of newspapers’ using as an alternative educational
tool in biology teaching. Pre-posttest experimental design with control group was utilized. The experimental
group was taught by using newspaper and the control group was taught by traditional method. Two classes of
11. grades from Ilıca Yavuz Sultan Selim Anadolu secondary school in Erzurum joined to this study. The effect
of newspapers’ using on achievement of students was measured by using a success test; include 36 questions
about greenhouse effect, by using pre-post test. As a result, newspapers were found to be more efficient in
increasing the students’ success in biology teaching than that of traditional methods.