NATURE OF SCIENCE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING AT PRIMARY SCHOOL BASED ON SYMMETRY AND THE SEARCH OF INVARIANTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 207-219
Author(s):  
Simone Brasili ◽  
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Riccardo Piergallini ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Sequence ◽  
Learning Path ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Fitting In

The project is situated in the field of teaching physics, generally speaking, science education. It aims at studying the interplay between physics and mathematics, introducing an interdisciplinary approach based on the modern concept of symmetry or sameness within change (i.e., invariance). The interdisciplinary methods integrate the process skills common to discovery-based science and problem-based mathematics, typically of Nature of Science (NoS) modelling. We designed a teaching-learning sequence(TLS) and implemented it in an Italian primary school on a sample group (N = 96). Research conforms to pre-and post-test design with a control group. The resulting data were examined through a mixed method. We assess the effectiveness of the TLS by analysing the learning changes in the level of pupils’ knowledge of symmetry. The findings show that the pupils were in the regime of competence for grasping the changed view of symmetry. It also provides ideas that the concepts of symmetry and invariance will allow building the architecture of more extensive scientific knowledge. The study of transformations and invariants facilitates the acquisition of cognitive procedures fitting in many domains, modelling and generalization processes. This research contribution brings important suggestions for designs of successive steps in the learning path on symmetry.

scholarly journals A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR EVALUATING PUPILS’ COGNITIVE PATH ABOUT SYMMETRY AT PRIMARY SCHOOL

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Brasili ◽  
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Riccardo Piergallini
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
School Level ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
Learning Sequence ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning Path ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Teaching Learning

The fundamental role of symmetry has to be more closely enhanced in the interplay between mathematics and physics to foster the teaching of the Nature of Science. In our presentation, we explore the positive effect of introducing the modern concept of symmetry viewed as “sameness within change”. A teaching-learning sequence (TLS) was conducted to test the challenges of an interdisciplinary approach based on symmetry and invariance in the educational context, namely at the primary school level. In the design of this sequence, solving the game of closing special cardboard boxes provides a fundamental role. The study evaluates how the specific teaching action makes the modern concept of symmetry in principle appropriate for primary school students through manipulative games. We investigate the students’ cognitive paths about symmetry during the sequence by analysing pre- and post-sequence questionnaires. The questionnaire comprises four questions with dichotomous choice, items text, narrative text, and open justification. It is structured mainly in three domains devoted to cognitive, affective, and psychomotor dimensions. The analysis is composed of a mixed method approach. The investigations incorporate qualitative data with Text Analytics and Natural Language Processing (NLP) statistics to identify and extract information from pupils’ written reflections. Our study also explores whether the emotion experienced by students plays a role in the TLS. Results show that educational activities induce the increasing knowledge and skills of students. In particular, most students interpreted the lessons as experiences rich in stimuli and insights on symmetry and mathematics in general. The findings also bring important suggestions and contents of reflection that teachers can consider for exploiting the potential learning path on symmetry and invariance.

How to Relate Research on Students' Views and Teacher Education About Inquiry With Dissemination Activities

2019 ◽  
pp. 82-98
Author(s):  
Italo Testa ◽  
Silvia Galano ◽  
Alessandro Zappia ◽  
Giuliana Capasso ◽  
Luigi Antonio Smaldone
Keyword(s):  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Learning Sequence ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Italian Science ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Development Course ◽  
Curriculum Reforms

Inquiry-based science education (IBSE) has been acknowledged as central in many curriculum reforms since mid-nineties. In this chapter, the authors aim to investigate the way IBSE was implemented by Italian science secondary school teachers in the context of the Chain Reaction Project. Thirty teachers attended a professional development course aimed at familiarizing them with IBSE principles. Then, the teachers implemented in their classrooms a teaching-learning sequence (TLS) for at least 5 hours. About 900 students were involved in the activities. Effectiveness of the TLS was measured by administering a pre- and post-implementation questionnaire about Nature of Science. Findings suggest that TLS inquiry aspects have been only partially adopted by the teachers. Moreover, they found that students that obtained the lowest score in the post-test questionnaire were taught by the teachers that mostly transformed the proposed TLSs. The data suggest the need to develop specific training courses to support teachers in the implementation of new methodologies as IBSE.

scholarly journals Pelatihan Teknik Asertivitas untuk Meningkatkan Self-Esteem Korban Bullying

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Amalia Hana Firdausi ◽  
Maria Goretti Adiyanti
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Bullying Victims ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Quasi Experiment

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of assertiveness techniquestraining to improve bullying victims’ self-esteem. This study was a quasi experiment withuntreated control group with pre-test and double post-test design. The data werecollected by using adaptation instrument of Peer Interactions in Primary School (PIPS)Questionnaire, assertiveness scale, and self-esteem scale. The subjects were 18 students in4 th -5 th grade who are indicated as bullying victims and have self-esteem scores categorizedin low to moderate levels (8 students in experimental group and 10 students in controlgroup). The result of the Mann Whitney U test showed that there was no difference inself-esteem scores between the experimental and control group during the pretest (p >0.05). After being treated, the differences in self-esteem scores were significant with Z = -3.113; p = 0.002 (p < 0,01) between the experimental group and control group, in which themean score of self-esteem in the experimental group was higher than the control group

scholarly journals KESAN PENGGUNAAN PETA PEMIKIRAN TERHADAP PENGAJARAN PENULISAN KARANGAN MURID TAHUN LIMA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
NORLIZA ABDULLAH ◽  
ZULKIFLI OSMAN ◽  
ABDUL MUNIR ISMAIL
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
Thinking Maps ◽  
School Students ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
Post Test

Kajian lalu menunjukkan kebolehan mengarang karangan dalam kalangan murid sekolah rendah adalah rendah. Oleh hal yang demikian, kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengkaji kesan penggunaan peta pemikiran terhadap tahap penulisan karangan Bahasa Melayu dalam kalangan murid tahun lima. Penyelidik menggunakan kaedah eksperimen kuasi melibatkan satu sampel kajian yang terdiri daripada 64 murid sekolah rendah yang dibahagikan sama rata kepada satu kumpulan perlakuan dan satu kumpulan kawalan. Para murid dalam kumpulan pertama menggunakan peta pemikiran dalam pengajaran karangan, sementara kumpulan kedua menggunakan kaedah tradisional. Ujian pra dan ujian pasca digunakan untuk mendapatkan data yang dianalisis dengan Statistical Package For Social Science (SPSS) versi 21. Bagi kumpulan perlakuan, analisis data menunjukkan skor pasca ujian min murid adalah lebih tinggi dari skor pra ujian min mereka, sekali gus menunjukkan mereka memperoleh peningkatan dalam penulisan karangan dari segi kandungan dan pengolahan idea. Dapatan yang sama juga menunjukkan skor pasca ujian min murid dalam kumpulan perlakuan adalah lebih tinggi dari min skor yang sama bagi mereka dalam kumpulan kawalan, sekali gus menunjukkan kumpulan perlakuan adalah lebih berprestasi daripada kumpulan kawalan. Dapatan kajian ini mempunyai implikasi dalam amalan pengajaran semasa. Guru mata pelajaran Bahasa Melayu boleh menggunakan peta pemikiran sebagai satu alat pengajaran bagi membantu murid sekolah rendah belajar menulis karangan dengan lebih berkesan.   Studies have shown that students’ essay writing abilities of primary school students are low. As such, this study was carried out to examine the extent of the effects of using thinking maps on the teaching of Malay language essay writing among Year Five students. In this study, the researchers used a quasi-experimental method involving a study sample consisting of 64 primary school students were divided equally into a treatment group and a control group. The former used thinking maps in essay writing learning, while the latter used a traditional method. A pre-test and a post-test were used to obtain the data, which were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21. For the treatment group, the analysis of data showed students’ mean post-test scores were significantly higher than their mean pre-test scores, indicating they made significant improvements in essay writing in terms of content and ideation. The same analysis also showed students’ mean post-test scores in the treatment group were significantly higher than those of the control group, indicating the former outperformed the latter. These findings have a practical implication for the current teaching practice. Malay language teachers can use thinking maps as a teaching tool to help primary school students effectively learn to write essays.

scholarly journals PENGARUH METODE PRAKTIKUM BERBANTUAN FLASH TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR SISWA PADA MATERI HIDROKARBON DI KELAS XI IPA SMA MUHAMMADIYAH PONTIANAK

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Salmauwati Salmauwati ◽  
Muhamad Agus Wibowo ◽  
Dedeh Kurniasih
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Lecture Method ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
And Control ◽  
Positive Effect

ABSTRACTThis study was initiated by the students’ low learning outcomes on Chemistry subject and the teachers’ preference in using lecture method in teaching learning process.This study aimed at 1) finding out the differences of students’ learning outcomes between the use of flash media-assisted practical method and lecture method on hydrocarbon class at grade XI MIA of SMA Muhammadiyah I Pontianak. Using quasi experimental design and Control Group Posttes Design, this study employed the students of grade XI MIA 2 as the samples of experiment group, andthe students of grade XI MIA 2 as the samples of control group. The data collection techniques used were measurement and observation. While the instruments employed were observation sheet and essay. TheU-Mann Whitneytest revealed that the post test score of 0,0140< 0,05 Ho was rejected, while the Ha one was accepted. It means that there was correlation of students’ learning outcomes between the experiment and the control groups. In addition, the effect size result was 1,086 > 0,8 and considered high which indicated the positive effect of flash media-assisted practical method in enhancing students’ learning achievement.Keywords: flash, learning outcomes, hydrocarbon, practical method

scholarly journals Information and Communication Technology in Teaching and Learning: Perspectives on E-Learning at Higher Education Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 4084-4086
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Experimental Group

Technology can be a powerful tool for transforming learning. To be a successful teacher one should be learner always and should have the mind to comprehend and design new methodologies in their transaction process. ELearning courseware is an effective model of teaching and learning framework that can enhance academic achievement of students. In this research, E-Learning courseware is developed for B.Ed curriculum and the effectiveness of E-Learning courseware is studied on academic achievement of Prospective teachers studying B.Ed course. 80 students studying B.Ed. course are selected as sample by convenient sampling method. 40 of which are assigned in the experimental group and 40 in the control group. Experimental Group is subjected to E-Learning courseware and the Control group is subjected to Conventional method of teaching, Pre-test – Post Test non-equivalent groups design is used for the study. Achievement test developed and validated by the researcher is administered to measure the academic achievement of the prospective teachers as pre-test and post-test. Effectiveness of E-Learning courseware is studied on academic achievement of Prospective teachers studying B.Ed course. In the analysis of data, t-test and descriptive analysis were used. Results showed that there is significant effect of ELearning courseware in enhancing the academic achievement of Prospective Teachers. This research opens new avenues in teaching learning process which can empower students.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study between the Use of Role Play and Discussion Method in Teaching Speaking Ability

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-241
Author(s):  
Syafrizal Syafrizal ◽  
John Pahamzah
Keyword(s):  
Role Play ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Method Show

The study aims to investigate if role play and discussion methods can improve students’ speaking skills significantly. The researcher also attempts to investigate whether role play or discussion method that better enhancing the students’ speaking performance after the teaching-learning process conducted. To achieve these aims, the quasi-experimental research design is employed. The data were gathered from 60 students of twelfth grade in one of the vocational high schools in Pandeglang, Banten. Students from two classes were taken randomly and divided into experimental and control groups. Some instruments like pre-test - post-test were employed to collect the data. At the end of the study, many advantages were found to improve the students’ speaking skill including vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation aspect. Both groups indicated to experience improvement, but the experimental group showed more advanced enhancement indicated by their achieving to reach the ‘good’ category in speaking. While none of the students from the control group could get that. Conclusively, students taught by the discussion method show more improvement with 19.93 as their mean score. While students by role-play method have 13.73 as their mean score. It is significantly different from both methods indicated by the significance value score of 0.14 which is less than 0.05. Hence, the discussion method is more effective than the role-play method in improving students’ speaking ability. For that reason, it is recommended for teachers to use discussion method to improve students’ speaking comprehension.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF HYPERTEXT-BASED HISTORY TEACHING METHOD TOWARDS THE INCREASE OF HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Muhamad Arif
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Method ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
History Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Equivalent Control ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study was aimed at gaining a comprehensive overview of the influence of hypertext-based history teaching method towards the increase of historical concept understanding. The method used in the study was experimental method, i.e. through non – equivalent control group design (pre-test and post-test). Some points were concluded from the data collected within the study. First, the implemented hypertext-based history teaching model had affected learning activities to focus more on mental activities (thinking process). The whole teaching learning activities benefitted the students a wide chance to study, observe, compose, deliver the questions, answer them, consider others’ view, discuss questions by relating them with textual concepts, and make conclusion together. Second, the hypertext-based history teaching model test showed was proved to that the influence the increase of historical concept mastery was increased by n gain of 0.5 at the experimental class, 0.4 at the control class, with significance value of 0.00 and α = 0.05

scholarly journals MOODLE platform as a didactic support for the English language skills improvement

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1.2) ◽  
pp. 358-371
Author(s):  
Noemi Mercedes Remache Carrillo ◽  
Sandra Paulina Porras Pumalema ◽  
Diana Carolina Campaña Días ◽  
Mónica Alexandra Garcés Villacrés
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Intervention Phase ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
English Language Skills

Introduction: higher education has experienced a number of changes in the teaching field due to the current situation. In this context, e-learning through educational platforms has taken on great value in the teaching-learning process. Objective: to apply an educational intervention through the Moodle platform to consolidate the skills of the English language in the students of the industrial maintenance career of the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo during the special period April-September 2020. Methodology: this investigation was carried out in the context of mandatory teleworking due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This mixed research had a descriptive approach with a quasi-experimental focus. To achieve the main goal, 70 students from the third semester took an active part in it who were divided into two study groups: the control group and the experimental group, with 35 students respectively. Before the intervention phase, information was collected through a survey which yielded important general data related to their socio-demographic information and self-perception of their level of English. At the same time, a pre-test of knowledge of the language was taken from the students which was based on the Cambridge PET exam. With this exam, data were obtained for the development of the intervention plan that was implemented throughout the semester. Results: after the intervention phase, the students took a post-test and the corresponding means could be compared. They obtained 9.20 for the control group and 11.99 for the experimental group as final scores. Conclusion: it is concluded that the Moodle Platform is a valuable didactic support to improve English language skills.

scholarly journals PENGARUH MODEL PEMBELAJARAN NATURE OF SCIENCE BERBANTUAN MEDIA VIDEO TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR IPA SISWA KELAS V

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Kadek Santika Wira Utama ◽  
Desak Putu Parmiti ◽  
I Gusti Ngurah Japa
Keyword(s):  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Post Test

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh model pembelajaran berorientasi nature of science berbantuan media video terhadap hasil belajar IPA siswa kelas V SD di Gugus I Erangga Kecamatan Mendoyo Tahun Pelajaran 2017/2018. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian semu (quasi eksperimen),denganrancangan non-equivalent post-test only control group design. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh kelas V SD di Gugus I Erlangga Kecamatan Mendoyo. Sampel penelitian ini adalah kelas V SDN 1 MendoyoDauhTukad dan SDN 1 Pohsanten.  Sampel ditentukan menggunakan teknik random sampling. Data hasil belajar dikumpulkan menggunakan tes pilihan ganda. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan teknik analisis statistik deskriptif dan analisis statistik inferensial (uji-t). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh model pembelajaran berorientasi nature of science berbantuan media video terhadap hasil belajar IPA siswa kelas V SD di Gugus I Erangga Kecamatan Mendoyo Tahun Pelajaran 2017/2018. Hal ini ditunjukkan oleh thitung (2,168) >ttabel (2,008). Selanjutnya, rata-rata (mean) kelompok eksperimen (19,83) lebih besar daripada rata-rata (mean) kelompok kontrol (18,65). Dengan demikian, model pembelajaran kelompok siswa yang dibelajarkan menggunakan model pembelajaran berorientasi Nature of Science berbantuan media video berpengaruh positif terhadap hasil belajar IPA siswa kelas V SD di Gugus I Erlangga Kecamatan Mendoyo. Berdasarkan hal tersebut, guru di sekolah sangat disarankan untuk menggunakan model pembelajaran berorientasi Nature of Science.

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