المشكلات التي تواجه طلاب الصف السادس بدولة الكويت في تعلم مادة العلوم من وجهة نظر المعلمين و الطلاب في منطقة مبارك الكبير

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This research aims to identify the difficulties of science learning among sixth grade students as determined and estimated by science teachers and stuents.

To achieve the aims of this research, the researcher depends on the analysis descriptive approach.

It identifies the percentages of the difficulty aspects included in questionnaires For this purpose, the researcher designed two templates of questionnaires.

First questionnaire consists of 20 items regarding the difficulties of science learning from students' perspective Second questionnaire consists of 22 items regarding impediments of science learning from teachers’ perspective.

The validity and reliability of questionnaires were established.

A random sample of 24 science teachers and 295 sixth grade students was used in Mubarak Al-kabeer area.

The study was conducted in the second semester of the academic year 2018-20l9.The findings reveal that there are no significant differences in the responses of students in different schools about the difficulties of science learning listed in the questionnaires such as the required topics quannty that forms a common difficulty for the student and the teacher in the same time , and some topics that needs longer time more than the given time in the lesson plans to explain and simplify them for the students.

In light of the findings of the research were presented a number of recommendations and proposals, including: the need for attention to quantity and quality of academic content, where suitable for students in the sixth grade level and the specificity of the stage they are going through, the need to use teaching methods, activities and teaching aids, and to train in-service teachers on modern trends in science education