Activities based on science standards for the next generation

Ezz El-Din, Dr. Sahar Mohamed Youssef

doi:10.21608/mktm.2018.113744

Activities based on science standards for the next generation "NGSS" to develop scientific and engineering practices, critical thinking and scientific tendencies in science among elementary school students in Saudi Arabia

Document Type : Researches for promotion to assistant professor and professor degrees

Author

Dr. Sahar Mohamed Youssef Ezz El-Din

Lecturer of Curricula and Methods of Teaching Science - Faculty of Education - University of Benha * And the Faculty of Education - Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

10.21608/mktm.2018.113744

Abstract

The present study aimed to use activities based on Next Generation Science Standards” NGSS” to develop scientific and engineering practices, critical thinking in science and scientific interest among female primary school students in Saudi Arabia.The study used the one group pre test post test experimental design, including 20 students in primary sixth grade. The study provided the basis for the proposed activities and applied the scientific and engineering practices test, critical thinking in science test, and the scientific interest scale.
The results indicated that there were significant differences at the level (α = 0.05) between the mean scores of the experimental group in the pre post test of the scientific and engineering practices in favor of post test, there were statistically significant differences at the level (α = 0.05) between the mean scores of the experimental group in the pre post test of critical thinking in science test in favor of post test, and there were statistically significant differences at the level (α = 0.05) between the mean scores of the experimental group in the pre post test of scientific interest scale in favor of the post test, also found posstive correlation between the scientific and engineering practices and of scientific interest.The results were discussed and the study presented recommendations and suggestions depending on the results.

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