دور الأنشطة العلمية في تحسين اتجاه تلاميذ المرحلة الابتدائية نحوها و أثرها على التحصيل في مادة العلوم بالمملكة العربية السعودية

الملخص EN

The aim of the current research is to know the role of scientific activities in improving the attitude of primary school students towards it and its impact on achievement in science in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The quasi-experimental method was used to suit the nature of the study.

The research tool included a measure of attitudes towards scientific activities, in addition to an achievement test in science.

The research sample included (60) students from the sixth grade of primary school for the academic year (2020-2021) in the second semester at Al-Furqan Private Primary School in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and the sample was divided into two groups: An experimental group, numbering (30) students who studied using scientific activities, and a control group whose number was (30) students studied according to the traditional method.

The following results were reached: There is a statistically significant difference at the significance level (0.05) between the mean scores of the post achievement test for sixth graders of primary school who studied using scientific activities (experimental group), and sixth graders who studied in the traditional way (control group).

The use of scientific activities leads to raising the level of achievement of sixth-grade students in science.

There is a statistically significant difference between the responses of the experimental group and the control group on the scale of trends towards scientific activities in favour of the experimental group.

Some recommendations were presented, including: The necessity of paying attention to the use of scientific activities as an entry point for teaching science, at all educational levels.