The effect of the use of digital hologram on academic success and attitude in 4th grade science teaching

The aim of the research is to determine the effect of teaching using digital hologram technology in primary school science lessons on students' academic success, their attitudes towards science and the permanence of knowledge. For this purpose, hologram technology was designed as a course material and used in the 4th grade science lesson "Earth's Crust and Movements of Our Earth". The study group of the research consists of the experimental group and control group students determined by convenient sampling method from the 4th grade students studying in the state school in Haliliye district of Şanlıurfa province. In order to determine the effect of using digital holograms in science teaching on students' academic achievement, attitudes towards science and permanence of knowledge, pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design with matched control group was used in the study, since the groups could not be determined randomly. The implementation process of the research was completed in 13 weeks simultaneously in the experimental and control groups in the 2021-2022 academic year. In order to measure the academic achievement of the students, the academic achievement test and the "Attitudes Towards Science" scale developed for the 4th grade science course "Earth's Crust and Movements of Our Earth" unit, were answered by the students and the data were created. The data obtained in the research were analyzed in the analysis program and interpreted in tables. In line with the findings, it was concluded that the teaching carried out with digital holograms is effective in increasing the academic success of the students, positively increases the attitude towards science and ensures the permanence of the acquired knowledge. Based on the results obtained from the research, it is suggested that digital hologram technology, which enables the creation of three-dimensional images with a high perception of reality, should be included more in the teaching activities and the studies on the subject should be increased in terms of quantity and quality.