The effect of group discussion teaching on students' reasoning ability in solving physics problems

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AHMADI GH.A.; SABERI M.; AHMADI F.

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Journal: Technology of Education Journal Year:2020 | Volume:14 | Issue:4 (56) Page(s): 901-913

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The effect of group discussion teaching on students' reasoning ability in solving physics problems

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AHMADI GH.A. | SABERI M. | AHMADI F. | Issue Writer Certificate

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DiscussionQ1

Group DiscussionsQ1

Physical ReasoningQ1

Inference ArgumentQ1

Inductive ReasoningQ1

Abstract

Nowadays, teaching basic sciences is of special importance, and this issue requires teachers to be taught new instructional methods that make them learn these subjects better. Numerous studies have shown that increasing scientific reasoning leads to success in learning content knowledge. Therefore, instead of considering several physics training courses to learn content knowledge, special teaching methods such as reasoning can be created in students so that they can learn more spontaneously and keep pace with the development of science and technology. The relationship between teaching methods and the development of scientific reasoning has been extensively studied and it has been shown that active teaching methods enhance the abilities of scientific reasoning. Group Discussion teaching is one of the methods of inclusive education that uses this method; that is learners actively participate in Discussions and they are given the opportunity to share their opinions and experiences with others. This article examines the effect of discourse-based education through group Discussions on students' ability to reason scientifically in physics. Methods: This research is a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test study with a control group. The statistical population is all 10th grade female students of the second year of high-schools in Isfahan in the 2017-2018 academic years. The sample of this research was selected by multistage cluster sampling method. A researcher-made test with reliability of. 76 was used to assess students' ability to reason scientifically in physics. Using the opinion of experienced professors in the field of physics education the content validyt of the scale was verified. Each question was designed as four options and students were asked to write their reason in a descriptive way to select the desired option to further examine their type of argument. To score, Miyazaki (2000) model was used, which includes four different levels of reasoning in mathematics. In this study, the total score of each student is considered as the level of her Physical Reasoning ability. Since the answers to the questions were asked descriptively, to reduce the effect of teachers’ judgment, Cronbach's alpha for interrater reliability was used and found to be. 82. Findings: In the descriptive statistics section, the studied variables were analyzed using statistical index tables, mean and standard deviation, and in the inferential statistics section, the research hypotheses were analyzed using analysis of covariance and Pearson correlation coefficient. The results showed that the ability of Physical Reasoning and inferential reasoning of students in the experimental group were higher than the control group, but teaching through group Discussions did not change the level of Inductive Reasoning of students. Conclusion: According to the findings, there is a significant and inverse relationship between the ability of both deductive reasoning and Inductive Reasoning in both experimental and control groups, meaning that by increasing the ability of Inductive Reasoning, students use less Inductive Reasoning to answer questions. Therefore, teaching through group Discussion has been able to have a positive effect on students' reasoning ability in answering physics questions.

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AHMADI, GH.A., SABERI, M., & AHMADI, F.. (2020). The effect of group discussion teaching on students' reasoning ability in solving physics problems. JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY OF EDUCATION (JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION), 14(4 (56) ), 901-913. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/378692/en

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AHMADI GH.A., SABERI M., AHMADI F.. The effect of group discussion teaching on students' reasoning ability in solving physics problems. JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY OF EDUCATION (JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION)[Internet]. 2020;14(4 (56) ):901-913. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/378692/en

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GH.A. AHMADI, M. SABERI, and F. AHMADI, “The effect of group discussion teaching on students' reasoning ability in solving physics problems,” JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY OF EDUCATION (JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION), vol. 14, no. 4 (56) , pp. 901–913, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/378692/en

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