The Efficacy of a Unit prepared according to the Project- based learning approach in the development of Self-Regulation skills and Environmental attitudes to the primary stage students

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Lecturer, Curricula and Methods of Teaching Science - Faculty of Education - Ain Shams University

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The current research aimed to recognize the efficacy of “a unit prepared according to the Project- based learning approach in the development of Self-regulation skills and Environmental attitudes” to the primary stage students.The research problem stated as “Weakness of self-regulation skills and environmental attitudes to the primary students in Egypt schools”. To handle this problem, an enrichment unit entitled “The Environmental pollution and Depletion of natural resources” prepared according to the project- based problem approach principals. The research tools were prepared; these research tools represented in the student hands on and teacher guide, self- regulation questionnaire and the environmental attitudes questionnaire. The research group selected. It consisted of (25) students from one of the Egyptian schools. The research tools were administered upon the research group. The results revealed that there is a statistically significant difference at the level of (0.01) between the mean scores of students in the pre- and post-results of some of the self- regulation questionnaire dimensions, while other dimensions were at the level of (0.05). In addition to a statistically significant difference at the level of (0.01) between the mean scores of students in the pre- and post-results of environmental attitudes questionnaire parts except the “Environmental pollution” dimension in the second part. The research recommended reconsidering the preparation of science curricula according to project- based learning principals and methods in order to monitor student learning providing ongoing feedback that used by teachers to improve their teaching and to increase the student’s achievement, their skills in the scientific inquiry, attitudes and their self- regulation skills.

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