Effects of 5E Learning-Cycle Model on Science Academic Achievements, Science Process Skill and Scientific Attitude of Elementary School Students

5E 순환학습이 초등학생의 과학 학업 성취도와 탐구 능력 및 과학적 태도에 미치는 효과

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of academic achievements, science process skill and scientific attitude. The subjects of this study were 68 fourth-grade elementary school students who were 33 students for the 5E learning cycle instruction and 35 students for traditional instruction. The control group was taught with traditional teaching method, while the experimental group was taught 'the change to the volume of material due to heat' unit of 4th grade with the developed learning cycle model. The results were as fellows: First, the learning cycle instruction is more effective for understanding of a concept related to the change to the volume of material due to heat. Second, the learning cycle model seems more effective for the expansion of both scientific inquiry ability and scientific attitude.