Environment education: Preparing the computer assisted instructional material at elementary school

The purpose of this study was to prepare the computer-assisted instructional materials based on constructivist learning approach for environmental education in primary education. The computer-assisted instructional materials composed of 13 worksheets, each having more than one activity, had several activities such as experiments, presentation, interactive animations, videos, discussion, texts. All computer-assisted instructional materials are intended to help primary school students learn and construct concepts related to environment actively and easily.Draft version of the computer-assisted instructional materials were reviewed and tested by two researchers. The materials were revised and modified according to the results of these tests. And then a pilot study with 5 primary school science teachers and 15 primary school students was conducted to evaluate the materials. Before pilot study, the teachers and students were given some information about the computer-assisted instructional materials. In the end of this application, the views of the primary school science teachers and the primary school students in İzmir were taken about the materials in terms of practicality, readability, comprehensibility, pacing and ease of use etc. by using a questionnaire. The material was revised again according to the results of this questionnaire and was made ready to use in environment education in the future.Key words: Environmental education, computer-assisted instructional material, material development.