EVALUATION OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING PROCESS IN A GEOGRAPHY LESSON ACCORDING TO STUDENTS’ REFLECTIVE THINKING SKILLS PROJE TABANLI RET M SüREC N N RENC LER N CO RAFYA DERS NDEK YANSITICI Dü üNME YETENEKLER NE G RE DE ERLEND R LMES

Reflective Thinking in Geography Education has recently been taken into account. This study is proposed to be a sample for the forthcoming researches. The purpose of the study is to examine the reflective thinking skills of the students according to the expressions over the evaluation notes that they took towards the process after the Project Based Learning Process in Geography Lesson on climate. The study is an example of a case study that take place in qualitative research strategies. The universe of the study is the 9th grade students at Ke i ren Rauf Denkta High School in Ankara. Twenty four students who participated in the PBL process in Geography Lesson in class 9/B are the sample of the study. The Evaluation Notebook that was written by the students after the process was examined by document analysing technique. The expressions of students were analyzed descriptively. As a result, students expressed themselves mostly descriptively about PBL process. The students who expressed themselves in a critical manner are less than the descriptive ones. The study was completed with various suggestions about improving students’ reflective thinking and expressing skills. Co rafya e itiminde yans t c dü ünmenin ele al nmas yenidir. Bu yüzden bu al man n daha sonra yap lacak ara t rmalara rnek olaca dü ünülmektedir. al man n amac ; Co rafya dersi iklim konusunda ya anan Proje tabanl renme (PT ) süreci sonras nda rencilerin sürece y nelik tutmu olduklar de erlendirme defterindeki ifadelerine g re yans t c dü ünme yeteneklerini incelemektir. al ma nitel ara t rma stratejileri i erisinde yer alan bir durum al mas d r. al man n evrenini Ankara ili Ke i ren il esi Rauf Denkta Lisesi 9. s n f rencileri olu turmaktad r. rneklemini ise bu okuldaki Co rafya dersinde PT sürecine kat lan 9/B s n f nda renim g ren 24 rencidir. rencilerin süre sonras nda yazm olduklar de erlendirme defteri doküman inceleme tekni i ile de erlendirilmi tir. renci ifadeleri betimsel olarak analiz edilmi tir. Sonu olarak renciler, PT süreciyle ilgili yans t c dü üncelerini daha ok tan mlay c bi imde ifade etmi lerdir. Dü üncelerini ele tirel ifade eden renciler ise tan mlay c ya g re daha azd r. al ma rencilerin yans t c dü ünme ve ifade edebilme yeteneklerinin geli tirilmesine y nelik e itli nerilerle tamamlanm t r.