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Cyclical sequence of five metaconceptual activities externalising, monitoring, and evaluating civic concepts

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Description

The intervention organized instruction as a non-linear, cyclical sequence of five activities: analyzing concepts and their features, extracting hidden concepts from Atatürk's sayings via group posters, concept mapping with a law-making simulation, concept cartoons with concept cards, and interviews with family members. The article states: "Metaconceptual teaching activities such as poster preparation, journaling, concept maps, concept cartoons, and cards were used." Each activity was paired with group and class discussions and journal writing, and the tools were used "sequentially and cyclically to ensure continuous metacognitive engagement." Activities were mapped onto the three metaconceptual processes, e.g., cartoons maximising evaluation through cognitive conflict and role-based discussion.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Same teacher across branches; consultation with language, subject, and education specialists and the class teacher during design and implementation

Constraints

  • "The activities were limited to the time periods specified in the curriculum (four weeks)"

Target Learners

  • 7th-grade students in a public school in Ankara, Türkiye

Learning Goals

  • Understanding republic, democracy, and the state of law
  • Activating metaconceptual awareness, monitoring, and evaluation

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Osman Sabancı, Nejla Yürük. (2026). Effect of metaconceptual processes on 7th-grade students’ understanding of the concepts of republic, democracy, and the state of law. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-026-09805-3
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type design
id five-activity-metaconceptual-sequence
title Cyclical sequence of five metaconceptual activities externalising, monitoring, and evaluating civic concepts
description The intervention organized instruction as a non-linear, cyclical sequence of five activities: analyzing concepts and their features, extracting hidden concepts from Atatürk's sayings via group posters, concept mapping...
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