Ali ÇETİN [1]
The aim of this study is to identify daily life topics that can be used during context-based learning, and to classify these topics according to grade levels and gender. Qualitative research method was used in the study. Descriptive analysis such as content analysis, percentage and frequency analysis were used in data analysis. The information is grouped into categories according to certain criteria and the frequency of occurrence in numerical, percentage and proportion is revealed. 94 students attending the 9th, 10th and 11th grades of a school within the borders of Ankara province participated in the study and they were asked to prepare a poster on physics related to daily life. The collected posters were classified according to subject titles, grade levels and gender, and subcategories were created. Using the numbers of posters prepared in each sub-category, students' interest in this sub-title was revealed. Eight topics (mechanics, electricity, flying objects, astronomy and space, sky, modern physics, optics, waves) emerged in the subcategory created by using the titles. According to the subcategory created by using grade levels, it was revealed that 9th grade students were most interested in the sky, and 10th grade students were most interested in astronomy and space. In the classification made according to gender, it was revealed that only male students in the 9th grade chose the subject of flying objects, boys were more interested in mechanics, astronomy and space than girls, and girls were more interested in waves than boys.
