Effectiveness of Activities based on 5E Model of Constructivist Approach on Tenth-Grade Students� Understanding of Covalent and Ionic Compounds

DR. UZMA SIDDIQUI

Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2016

Effectiveness of Activities based on 5E Model of Constructivist Approach on Tenth-Grade Students� Understanding of Covalent and Ionic Compounds

Dr. Uzma Siddiqui

Abstract :

 This paper investigated the effects of teaching one of the most fundamental concepts of Chemistry ‘Covalent and Ionic Compounds’ using Traditional Instruction (TI) and 5E Model of Constructivist Approach (MCA) on students’ achievement in Chemistry. A total of 60 tenth-grade students participated in this pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental study. Control Group (n = 30) was taught by TI, whereas the two Experimental Groups EG (n = 30) was subjected to MCA. An analysis of covariance on Chemistry achievement posttest scores with students’ pretest scores as the covariate showed that MCA was more effective in enhancing the students’ achievement in Chemistry than TI. It is, therefore, suggested 5E model is a good supplementary method of teaching Chemistry.