Examining Grade 5 students’ capability of analytical thinking in learning about heat conduction through Predict – Observe – Explain (POE) strategy

Abstract

The paper aimed to examine Grade 5 students’ capability of analytical thinking in learning about heat conduction of the Materials Unit through Predict – Observe – Explain (POE) strategy. Participants included 40 Grade 5 students in Khon Kaen University Demonstration Primary School (Modindaeng). Methodology regarded classroom action research. The POE heat conduction teaching was provided in the Material unit for 6 periods. Tools for interpretation included participant observation, students’ tasks, and informal interview. The findings revealed that students’ reasons provided some aspects of analytical thinking but the majority of students could not show all three aspects of analytical thinking – analytics for important issues, relation, and rational. The majority of students could mention about analytical thinking in dimension of rational but they could not clarify theories related to rational.