The effect of cooperative learning method including self and peer assessment applications on student's success, attitude and metacognitive skills in primary 4th grade science and technology lesson

The purpose of the research is, examining the effect of correlative teaching including self and peer assessment joint with Science and Technology lesson topics, on students? academic success, attitudes and metacognitive skills. The research is a half-experimental research based on pre-test and post-test models with a research control group. During 2010-2011 academic year groups were selected by random sampling among the 4. grade classes of public elementary schools located in İzmir and one of the groups has been appointed as the experimental group and the other as the control group. The research was carried out with 67 students including in the experimental group is 31 students and control group is 36 students. The experimental group was given lessons with learning together, jigsaw method, group research and students teams success groups techniques showing the correlative learning method which includes the self and peer assessments whereas in the control group was instructed with the Ministry of Education had prepared on the basis of the existing programs. In this research, as data collection tools, success test, attitude and metacognitive awareness scales and self and peer assessment control lists are used. In the research was used covariance analysis and pearson product moment correlation coefficient techniques in order to seek answers to sub problems. As a result of the research, the experimental group students' achievement, attitudes and metacognitive awareness levels were found to be significantly higher than the control group. In addition, in the experimental group, self and peer assessment scores that applied at the end of the sessions, the students calculated the correlations between achievement and metacognitive awareness scores increased significantly in recent sessions has been observed towards deeper. At the end of the research, many advices are brought up. It?s expected that this research helps the upcoming studies in this area, teachers, experts and other researchers.