TEACHER AND STUDENT OPINIONS ABOUT THE GAME DEVELOPED FOR TEACHING "PUSH AND PULL FORCE" SUBJECT

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to determine the opinions of the classroom teachers and the students who played the game about the game named Last Airbender, which was developed for teaching the subject of "Push and Pull Force" in the "Let's Know the Force" unit in the 3rd grade science curriculum. In this study conducted with qualitative research method, phenomenology design was used. In the study, the opinions of classroom teachers working in public schools in various provinces of our country in the 2020-2021 academic year and the students who played the game were taken.  The Last Airbender game was explained to the teachers on the sketch and the gameplay video was shown. Data were obtained from students and teachers through semi-structured interview forms. Nvivo 9.2 program was used to analyze the data. It was concluded that the Last Airbender game was understandable, useful, fun, and effective in teaching the related acquisitions and that the students learned the subject related to the designed game.