Abstract

In this study, informing 6th grade students on the subject of colour was taught using traditional and computer assisted education methods. Colour information was taught by the researcher for 5 weeks in order to specify the influence of both methods on students. The test, which was prepared at the beginning of the study and at the end of five-week programme, was given to the students, and pre-test and last-test results were reported. The permanence of the training has been determined by applying the same test again to the students two months later.  According to the results of the research, it is determined that colour knowledge? (= 41.33) of the students receiving computer-assisted education is higher (t = 3.518; p<0.05) than the students receiving traditional education (= 35.70) and that this same high score is maintained in the retention test applied two months later. The scores of the retention of education by computer assisted and traditional methods are respectively (= 39.15) and (= 32.40), the difference between the scores of the groups is found to be statistically significant.

Key words: Colour information, traditional education, computer assisted education, retention test.