The effect of Merle-Tenson and Klosmayr educational models on the acquisition of scientific concepts in science for fourth graders of primary school.

Abstract

The current research aims to know the effect of Merle Tenson - and Clausmayer educational models on the acquisition of concepts by primary school students in the science subject for the fourth grade of primary school. The researcher adopted the experimental method with partial control for two experimental groups and a control group. The researcher chose Al-Faraged Primary School for Girls located in Baghdad - Al-Rusafa Third.The sample of the research was 92 students, with 30 students in the first experimental group who studied according to the Merle Tenson model, 31 students in the second experimental group who studied according to the Clausmeier model, 31 students in the control group that studied in the traditional way. The researcher was statistically rewarded in some variables, including (parents' academic achievement and intelligence test).The researcher formulated 40 behavioral objectives for the subjects studied during the experiment. As for the research tool, the researcher prepared a test of acquiring scientific concepts, as the number of its paragraphs reached (40) paragraphs of a type of multiple choice in light of the acquisition of the three basic elements of the concept, namely (definition - discrimination - application). Experiment with the three research groups. The research resulted in a set of results, including the superiority of the two experimental groups using the Merle Tenson and Clausemyr educational models over the control group that studied the same subject in the traditional way. In light of the results, the researcher made a number of conclusions, recommendations and suggestions.