أثر دورة التعلم في اكتساب طلاب الصف التاسع الأساسي بقطاع غزة للمفاهيم العلمية و تنمية مهارات تفكيرهم العلمي

Abstract EN

The main purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of (5 E’s) learning cycle on 9th graders acquisition of scientific concepts and developing their scientific thinking skills in Gaza strip.

Study sample consisted of (175) 9th graders, were randomly assigned as one experimental group (86) students, and control group (89) students.The two groups were taught a chemistry unit which was chemical reaction.

Two tools were used which are : the achievement test and scientific thinking test .

The results revealed that (5E’s) learning cycle strategy caused significant differences between the experimental and control groups from low and high achievement students , in favor of the experimental group, and also revealed that there were significant differences between high achievement students from the two groups in favor of the experimental group in scientific thinking test .

However, there were no significant differences between low achievement students from the two groups in the scientific thinking test .Results also revealed that there was strong significant correlation between achievement and scientific thinking.

(0.82) for the experimental group, whereas a medium correlation (0.55) for the control group.

In the light of the study results some recommendations were proposed.