The effects of 7e learning cycle with polyas problem solving techniques on scientific concepts, problem solving abilities, and attitude towards physics of eleventh grade students
Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to compare scientific concepts, problem solving abilities, and attitude towards physics of eleventh grade students after using 7E learning cycle with Polyas problem solving techniques with before using that and to compare scientific concepts of eleventh grade students after using 7E learning cycle with Polyas problem solving techniques with the 70 percent criteria. The participants were 32 eleventh grade students who studied in the second semester of 2016 academic year from Piboonbumpen Demonstration School, Burapha University using cluster random sampling. The research instruments were 1) 7E learning cycle with Polyas problem solving techniques lesson plans, 2) scientific concepts test, 3) problem solving abilities test, and 4) attitude towards physics scale. The data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, paired sample t-test, and one sample t-test.
The results were summarized as follows: 1) the posttest scores of scientific concepts, problem solving abilities, and attitude towards physics of eleventh grade students after learning with the 7E learning cycle with Polyas problem solving techniques were statistically significant better than the pretest scores .05 level. 2) the posttest scores of scientific concepts of eleventh grade students after learning with the 7E learning cycle with Polyas problem solving techniques were statistically significant better than the requirement criteria at .05 level.