THE EFFECT OF DEMONSTRATION METHOD IN TEACHING SCIENCE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL
Abstract
- This aims to study the effect of demonstration method in teaching science at the middle school level. This study used the quasi experimental research with nonequivalent control group design. One basic education high school and one basic education middle school were randomly selected from Mogok Township. Furthermore, simple random sampling method was used to select two intact classes from each selected school that were used for the experimental and control groups respectively. The sample consisted of (188) Grade Eight students in the academic year of 2019-2020. The instrument was the science achievement pretest and posttest developed by the researcher. The posttest was piloted in one basic education high school in Mogok involving (50) Grade Eight students. The reliability of the posttest was computed using Kuder-Richardson Formula 20 (KR-20). The value of reliability coefficient was (0.79) which meets the criteria of reliability. The independent samples t-test was used to analyze the data obtained from the pretest and posttest. The pretest results showed that the students of both groups from each selected school were equal in terms of their prior knowledge at the start of the study. The students in the experimental groups were taught with demonstration method while the control groups were taught with conventional teaching method. According to the posttest results, it was found that students taught with demonstration method did better than those taught with conventional teaching method. According to the findings of this research, it was recommended that teachers should adopt the use of demonstration method in teaching science at the middle school level in order to enhance students’ performance.
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Year
- 2021
Author
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Sandar Nyein
Subject
- Educational Methodology
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)