Umm Al-Qura University
Dr. Halah Saeed A.B.ALamodi1
1Associate Professor of Curriculum and Teaching Method Faculty of Education, Umm Al Qura University, [email protected]
Volume: 13 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 92-142 | https://doi.org/10.54940/ep60899978 | September 2021 | PDF
Received: 3 March 2018 | Accepted: 1 August 2018
Abstract:
The study aimed to identify the effectiveness of scientific stations in teaching science on academic achievement, and on the development of self-efficacy and visual thinking in the unit of "human body organs" among the second grade female students in Makkah. To achieve this, the researcher followed the experimental approach with semi-experimental design based on the experimental and control independent groups. The research was conducted on a sample of (58) second grade female students in the second semester of (1437-1438). The experimental group consisted of 30 female students and the control group (28) female Students, The scientific stations were used to teach the experimental group and the usual way to teach the control group, In order to carry on the experiment, a teacher manual was prepared to teach the "human body organs" unit according to the scientific stations, and an activity booklet was prepared for the student, In order to achieve the research hypotheses, an educational achievement test was prepared at the level of memory, understanding and application and a visual thinking test which included dimensions of "visual reading, visual distinction, visual analysis, interpretation, conclusion "and the academic self-efficacy scale which included the following dimensions:" Determination, perseverance, self-confidence, academic aspect, emotional aspect an a social aspect ", And the research tools were applied on both groups pre and post, and the results showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of 0,05 between the average scores of the experimental and control groups in the post-application academic achievement test as a whole and at each level , and the visual thinking test as a whole and its different dimensions and the academic self-efficacy scale and its various dimensions, in favor of the experimental group and a statistically significant correlation between achievement, visual thinking and academic self-efficacy and The study recommended employing scientific stations to improve science learning and conducting other studies concerned with employing scientific stations for different educational stages and in different branches of science.
Keywords:
Scientific Stations - Academic Achievement - Visual Thinking - Academic Self-efficacy
How to cite this paper:
ALamodi, H (2021). The Effectiveness of Scientific Stations in Teaching Science on Academic Achievement and on the Development of Visual Thinking and Academic Self-efficacy among Second Grade female Students in Makkah, Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Educational and Psychological Sciences, Vol (13), No (3)
