Determining the effect of the use of model on some variables in the teaching of the simple machines unit

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of model-based science teaching on students' critical visual reading, their attitudes towards science, and their academic achievement. In this study, a quantitative research method was used and a pretest-posttest control group model, one of the semi-experimental designs, was used. The study group of the research consists of 62 eighth grade secondary school students in three different schools in a small-scale province of Eastern Anatolia in the 2022-2023 academic year. In the study, simple machines included in the 8th grade units of science lesson were selected. The data in the research; It consists of data collected by "Simple Machines Academic Achievement Test", "Attitude Scale Towards Science" And "Critical Visual Reading Scale". Academic Achievement Test, Attitude Towards Science Scale and Critical Visual Reading Scale were administered to both groups as pretest and posttest. In the study, while model-based teaching was carried out in the experimental group, the lessons were taught with the teaching methods and strategies envisaged in the Science Education Program of the Ministry of National Education in the control group. The data obtained in the study were analyzed using a statistical package program. In the analysis, it was seen that there was a significant difference in favor of the experimental group in the academic achievement test, the attitude test towards science and the critical visual reading test in model-based science teaching. It was seen that the results obtained were parallel to each other with the results of similar studies in the literature.