The effectiveness of the learning cells strategy in the achievement of physics and deductive thinking among the third intermediate grade students

Abstract

By analyzing the following null hypothesis, the study intends to determine the efficiency of the learning cells method in developing physics and deduction among the third intermediate-grade students.                                                      

Between the mean scores of the experimental group, which was studied using the learning cells technique, and the mean scores of the control group, which was instructed as usual, there is no difference of statistical significance at (0.05). In the physics deductive thinking test for third-level intermediate students, there is no statistically significant distinction between the median scores of the experimental group, that utilized the learning cells technique, and the average scores of the control group, which studied usually.   

The study includes the first five chapters of the physics textbook for the third intermediate grade, as well as the third intermediate students of the Directorate of Education of Diwaniyah for the academic year (2021–2022). Sixty-two students made up the sample for the third intermediate grade; thirty-two were in the experimental group, which used the learning cells strategy, and thirty-two were in the control group, which studied as usual. The two research groups (experimental and control) were each given various therapies for an array of variables. Each elements is (chronological age in months, intelligence, previous information, and deductive thinking), To accomplish the research's objective, the researchers created 23 strategic study plans for learning cells. They also created a final achievement exam with (40) items after confirming the test's validity and reliability. Also, the researchers created a 25-item test of deductive thinking. The test's reliability and validity were established, and the scale's psychometric properties were computed. The first semester of the school year saw the application of the experiment (2021-2022).  The findings demonstrated that the experimental group, taught using the learning cells strategy, outperformed the control group, which was conducted using the conventional methods of achievement and deductive reasoning, and the null hypothesis was rejected.