The Effects of Group Rival Teaching Method on the Process Skills of Male Sixth Grade Students in Experimental Science

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1 Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Shahid Rajaei Campus, Urmia Iran.

2 Faculty Member of Urmia University, Department of Educational Sciences, Urmia, Iran.

3 Master of Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University of Urmia

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of group competitive training on the process skills of students in experimental science. The research method is quasi-experimental, usinga pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population consisted of all 2929 sixth-grade male students of the first district of the city of Urmia, 60 of whom were selected by cluster random sampling and divided into two experimental and control groups. They were exchanged at random. In this research, the process skills observation checklist measurement tool with confirmed content validity and reliability coefficient of 0.91 was used; The results of the data analysis showed that there is a significant difference between the mean scores of the students in the two experimental and control groups on the procedural skills and their seven components. Therefore, the teaching method of group competition on procedural skills was positive.

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