EFFECT OF SUBJECT JIGSAW AND READING WRITING PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF 7TH GRADE SCIENCE STUDENTS' ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF MATTER.

Autor: AKKUS, Adem, DOYMUS, Kemal
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Zdroj: Acta Didactica Napocensia; 2022, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p92-104, 13p
Abstrakt: In this article a recently developed method, Reading Writing and Presentation (RWP) was introduced and compared with Subject Jigsaw Method (JG) and Control Group (CG). CG studied with present curriculum which was designed with respect to constructivism and issued by National Ministry of Education. Research was carried out with 7th grade elementary school students. Number of students included in RWP group was 22, in JG were 27 and in CG were 20. Thus, total number of the students enrolled in the study was 69. Research design was semiexperimental design with pre-test and post-test. Before the study all the students were given a pretest. Pre-test results revealed that JG group had statistically significant academic achievement over CG. After implementing the study, students were given post-test and, both RWP and JG group had statistically better achievement than CG. Also JG had better statistical achievement than RWP. Students also were given a technique view form. Results revealed that RWP is a useful method in developing social and cognitive skills. It is also concluded by the study that constructivist designed curriculums supported with cooperative learning method increase academic achievement and students gain positive social skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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