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The research was conducted in a period of three weeks with the participation of 7th grade science lesson students. Web-based concept maps and structured grids were used in teaching subjects of the "Human and Environment Interaction" unit. The objective of this study is to determine the effect of students' conceptual learning on their environmental awareness. This study used quasi-experimental design, which is one of the experimental research methods. Two different classes were assigned randomly as the experimental and control group. While the web-assisted concept teaching materials were used in the experimental group, they were not used in the control group. In order to determine students' awareness of environmental problems, environmental awareness attitude inventory was applied as pre-test and post-test. The inventory has items which measure students' attitudes about environmental problems besides local environmental problems. Reliability cronbach alpha coefficient of the inventory, which has a total of 34 items, is ,774. The data obtained were analyzed with independent groups t test, by using "SPSS 17" program. Data analysis showed that students' environmental awareness attitudes were significantly different in favor of experimental group students. The results of our study show that activities that support students' conceptual learning influence students' environmental awareness positively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The primary objective of this study is to research the effects of web based concept maps and structured grids prepared for the unit of human and environment, which is in the curriculum of primary school 7th grade science and technology lesson, on students' concepts and misconceptions. The sample of this study which was conducted with quasi-experimental research approach consisted of 64 students in two different classes of a primary school in Samsun (Control:32, Experimental:32). In the control group, classic structured grids and concept maps were used in addition to traditional teaching approach. In the experimental group, web-based structured grids and concept maps were used. Three stage concept achievement test, which was a reliable and valid test developed by the researchers, was conducted on both groups as pre-test and post-test. Independent t test was applied on the data obtained from concept diagnosis test with the help of SPSS 21 package program. At the end of the study, a difference was found in concept achievement in favor of the experimental group. In addition to this, the decrease in misconceptions was found to be higher in the experimental group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]