The Effect of Station Technique on Academic Success, Attitude, and Retention in Turkish Language Teaching

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of the station technique, used in the Turkish class of the 6th grade in an elementary school, on the students' academic success and on their attitudes towards the Turkish class, 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 study group comprised 35 students in total, of which 18 students were in the experimental group and 17 were in the control group. The station technique was implemented in the experimental group and the current programme was used in the control group. The Achievement Test, developed by the researcher and the Attitude Scale Related to the Turkish Class (ASRTC), developed by Acat (2000) were used in order to collect data in the research. An experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group was preferred in the research. The data obtained from the research was analyzed using the SPSS 22 packet program and statistical methods. The results of the study indicated that using a station technique in the Turkish class positively affected the academic achievement and the retention scores of the experimental group. In a comparison of the posttest and retention scores of the experimental and control groups, the research showed that the experimental group students were more successful. The study has also shown that the attitude scores of both the experimental group students, using the station technique, as well as the control group students, using the current programme, have increased positively. In terms of the comparison between the attitude scores of the students in the experimental group and the students in the control group, the research indicated that the scores of the students in the experimental group were higher.

Keywords: Turkish language teaching, Station technique, Cooperative learning, Academic success, Attitude.