The Effect of Using Active Learning Model on Fourth Year Physics Students' Achievement in the Subjects "Teaching Aids" and "Development of Critical Thinking"

Year 2018, Volume: 9 , 79 - 95, 18.08.2018

Mohib Alden Mahmoud Ahmed

Abstract

This research aims at identifying the effect of using Active Learning on
the achievement of 4^th year Physics students in "Teaching
Aids" and "Development of Critical Thinking". To bring about these
aims, two null hypotheses and 5 secondary hypotheses that follow the second
main hypothesis have been set. To validate the hypotheses,  a sample (71) male and female 4^th
year Physics students at the College of Education had been selected and divided
into two main groups, namely the experimental group and the control groups with
(35) and (36) students in both groups respectively. A process of equivalence
was done for both research groups in terms of the variables (Intelligence,
Previous Year Achievement in Physics, Age, and Critical Thinking). The
experimental group was taught according to the Active Learning Model, while the
traditional (ordinary method has been adopted in teaching the control group.The
researcher prepared the basic requirements of the research represented by identifying
the teaching material and the behavioral objectives behind teaching it. Also
lesson plans for teaching both the experimental and the control groups have
been set according to the Model of Active Learning and the Ordinary Method,
side by side with the provision of the teaching aids and laboratory instrument
for applying the experiment.

Keywords

Education development, Education methods, Education methods of physics

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