The Effect of Active Learning Approach on Student Achievement in Secondary School 5th Grade English Course

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the active learning approach on student achievement in the learning outcomes of the ‘My Town’ unit in the fifth-grade English course in a secondary school. The research was organized according to a quasi-experimental design with experimental and control groups. The experimental (n=34) and the control group (n=31) were chosen by a group matching method among 11 fifth-grade classes in a secondary school in the Elazığ province of Turkey in the fall semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. In the data collection process of the study, a semi-structured interview form and an achievement test was formed considering the fifth-grade English course learning outcomes according to the Ministry of National Education (MONE, 2016). The data collected from interviews were analyzed by a descriptive analysis method. In order to determine whether there is a significant difference between the experimental and the control groups and to examine the effect of active learning on permanence, an independent group t-test was used. As a result of the study, it was found that active learning activities contributed to the students in the experimental group in the learning outcomes of the ‘My Town’ unit of the fifth-grade English course.

Aktif Öğrenme Yaklaşımının Ortaokul 5. Sınıf İngilizce Dersinde Öğrenci Başarısına Etkisi

Bu çalışmanın amacı aktif öğrenme yaklaşımının ortaokul 5. sınıf İngilizce dersi “my town” ünitesi kazanımlarında öğrenci başarısına etkisinin belirlenmesidir. Araştırma deney ve kontrol gruplu yarı deneysel desene göre düzenlenmiştir. Deney (n=34) ve kontrol (n=31) grupları 2016-2017 eğitim öğretim yılı güz döneminde Türkiye Elazığ iline bağlı bir ortaokulda grup eşleştirme yöntemi ile 11 adet 5. sınıf şubesi arasından seçilmiştir. Çalışmada veri toplama aracı olarak, yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu ve Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı (2016) 5. sınıflar İngilizce dersi öğretim programı kazanımları dikkate alınarak hazırlanan bir başarı testi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada, görüşmelerden elde edilen veriler betimsel analiz yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Deney ve kontrol grupları arasında anlamlı bir fark olup olmadığını tespit etmek veaktif öğrenmenin kalıcılığa etkisini incelemek için bağımsız gruplar t-testi kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonucunda, aktif öğrenme etkinliklerinin 5. sınıf İngilizce dersi ‘My Town’ ünitesi kazanımlarında deney grubundaki öğrencilere katkı sağladığı tespit edilmiştir.,

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