The Effect of Using Jigsaw Strategy in Teaching Science on the Acquisition of Scientific Concepts Among the Fourth Graders of Bani Kinana Directorate of Education

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the effect of using Jigsaw strategy in teaching science on the acquisition of scientific concepts among the fourth graders of Bani Kinana Directorate of Education compared to the traditional way. The study sample consisted of 70 male and female students, divided into two groups: experimental and control where the students of the experimental group studied through the Jigsaw strategy and the students of the control group studied the same units in the traditional way.An achievement test was developed in the mentioned units of science to measure the extent of the acquisition of scientific concepts, which had sufficient validity and reliability. The test was applied on the study sample and the appropriate statistical analyses were conducted. The results indicated that there were statistically significant differences at the significance level (0.05) for the variable of the group in the post measurement as the value of (F) was (18.366) by a statistical significance of (0.000), and the differences were in favor of the experimental group and that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of (0.05) for the variable of gender. The researcher recommended the adoption of the teaching method by using the Jigsaw strategy in teaching science because of its effect on the acquisition of scientific concepts.

Keywords: (Jigsaw strategy, scientific concepts, fourth grade).