An Example for The Effect of 5E Model on the Academic Achievement of Students: In The Unit of "Force and Motion"

Abstract

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of 5E model and teaching method and models suggested by course books developed based on Science and Technology teaching program and approved by Ministry of Education on seventh grade students’ academic achievements in the unit “Force and Motion”. The subjects of the study were 57 seventh grade students at a primary school in Erzurum, who were in two different classes and taught by the same teacher at 2011-2012 education year. One of the classes was randomly selected as experimental group (n27) in which students were thought by means of activities which were prepared according to the 5E model, and the other was determined as the control group (n30) in which students were thought by teaching method and models suggested by course books developed based on Science and Technology teaching program and approved by Ministry of Education. The main instruments for obtaining data were the Force and Motion Academic Achievement Test (FMAAT). The study results were analyzed by SPSS. The data obtained on instruments were evaluated by using descriptive statistic, independent samples t test, paired sample t test and effect sizes. As the result of the research revealed that experimental group in which students were thought by means of activities which were prepared according to the 5E model is more successful than control group in which students were thought by teaching in control group was carried out teaching method and models suggested by course books developed based on Science and Technology teaching program and approved by Ministry of Education in the unit “Force and Motion”