The effect of teaching the 7th grade force and energy unit according to the ASSURE instructional design model on students' academic achievement and information and technology literacy

Science and technology are developing and changing every day. This development affects every field. When examining the structure of developed countries, it is seen that they are advanced in science and technology. The way to progress in these areas is through education. One of the aims of the Science course is to help individuals adapt to this changing and developing world in the best way possible. In this regard, the Science course aims to cultivate individuals who can address technological changes, think critically, possess 21st-century skills, produce solutions to problems, consider individual differences, and have research and inquiry capabilities. One of the models that can serve this purpose is the ASSURE instructional design model. The main aim of this research is to examine the effects of teaching the 'Force and Energy' unit of the 7th-grade Science course using the ASSURE model on students' academic achievement and information and technology literacy, as well as to gather students' opinions. The study employed a single-group pretest-posttest experimental design, which is one of the quantitative research methods. The sample of the study consisted of 20 students studying in the 7th grade at a public school. To measure the students' academic achievement, the 'Document Form on the Concepts of the Force and Energy Unit' was used, and to measure their information and technology literacy, the 'Information and Technology Literacy Skills Assessment Rubric' was administered as both pretest and posttest. To gather students' opinions, the 'Opinions on the ASSURE Model Form' was used. The results obtained from the analysis of the data showed that the teaching process conducted using the ASSURE model significantly improved the students' academic achievement and information and technology literacy and that the students expressed positive opinions about the teaching process conducted using the ASSURE model. When examining the positive opinions of the students, reasons such as the ASSURE instructional design model being fun, including different methods and techniques, being engaging, and having a concretizing effect stand out.