Using 5E inquiry based teaching to improve experimental design ability for middle school students

Yin Hua

Learning

5E inquiry-based teaching

experimental design ability

middle school student

Curriculum and Instruction

The objectives of this study were 1) to using 5E inquiry-based teaching to
improve the experimental design ability for middle school students and 2) to
compare students' experimental design ability, before and after the implementation is 5E inquiry-based teaching. The simple group of this study consisted of 30 samples from the first year at Beichen Middle School in Weifang. The research tools included
1) lesson plans and 2) experimental design ability assessment. The assessment
questions were designed to assessment four sub-variables in the dependent variable, including the assessment questions were designed to assessment three sub-variables in the dependent variable, including specify the purpose of an experiment ability, state the relationship of variables ability, describe the experimental procedure ability, express the expected results of an experiment ability. The data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation and t-test for dependent sample.
The results revealed the followings:
1. By using 5E inquiry-based teaching and observing students' learning behaviors, it is found that students have improved in clarifying the purpose of the experiment, explaining the relationship of variables, describing the experimental process, express the expected results of the experiment, and the ability of experimental design.
2. Comparing of experimental design ability of students before and after learning with the 5E inquiry-based teaching, it was found that after learning was higher than before learning by statistically significant at the .01 level. This was consistent with the research hypothesis.

Keywords: 5E inquiry-based teaching, experimental design ability,
middle school student

Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University. Office of Academic Resources and Information Technology

Phatchareephorn Bangkhow

Phenporn Thongkamsuk

2023

2024-10-28

2024-10-28

2024-10-28

thesis

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TH 373.236 H574U 2023

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Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University

Master of Education

Master's degree

Curriculum and Instruction

Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University