Abstract
<p class="apa">The study aims to investigate the effect of using constructivist learning model in teaching science, especially in the subject of light: its nature, mirrors, lens, and properties, on the achievement of eighth-grade students and their scientific thinking.</p><p class="apa">The study sample consisted of (136) male and female 8<sup>th</sup> graders were chosen from two basic schools in Tafila in the scholastic year 2015/2016. The four-class sample was divided into two groups (controlled &amp; experimental).</p><p class="apa">For achieving the study aims, the researcher prepared lesson plans using constructivist learning model, achievement test and scientific thinking test, which validity and reliability were checked.</p><p class="apa">To answer the questions of the study, means, SD, ANOVA and ANCOVA were used to determine the differences in means of the groups of the study.</p><p class="apa">The results show that there is statistically significant difference at (α= 0.05) for the effect of the constructivist Learning model on the achievement and scientific thinking in favor of experimental group, and there is no statistically significant difference at (α= 0.05) for the constructivist Learning model on the achievement and scientific thinking attributed to gender, and there is no statistically significant difference at (α= 0.05) for the dual interaction between teaching method and gender on the achievement and scientific thinking.</p><p class="apa">In the light of the study results, the researcher presented a number of recommendations including: extra attention should be given to employ constructivist learning model within science courses, and conducting further studies about the effect of the constructivist Learning model on various learning outcomes.</p>
Highlights
And locally educational field has witnessed many projects and programs aimed at reforming science education
This initiative was adopted by National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) in 1990; the above project represents an initiative to rebuild the science curriculum depending on the notion that the various natural science subjects share a lot of topics and scientific processes
The 2061 project provided by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in order to improve science education, that project was based on several principles, namely:
Summary
And locally educational field has witnessed many projects and programs aimed at reforming science education Some projects such as: Coordination, Sequence and Scope C & SS appeared in the United States. National Science Education Standards (NSES) have been developed in the United States, which is the oldest and most prominent building educational standards projects on a global scale and its history is linked to the efforts of the education development and educational reform movement that has cast a shadow on the various fields of education and education system, and on the various aspects of the American society (Zaitoon, 2014)
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