EFFECT OF ANALOGY APPROACH ON THE CONCEPTS OF RATES OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE

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dc.contributor.author tsegaye cherinet, Zelalem
dc.contributor.author temesgen, Ayalew Major Advisor Dr
dc.contributor.author bogale, yiheyis Co-Advisor Dr
dc.date.accessioned 2014-11-25T03:45:55Z
dc.date.available 2014-11-25T03:45:55Z
dc.date.issued 2019-11
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/379
dc.description 107 en_US
dc.description.abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of analogical instruction as compared to the lecture approach on concepts of rates of chemical reactions on grade 11 students’ achievement and attitude. A quasi-experimental posttest only control group design setting was utilized, to compare the effectiveness of two teaching methods, with 72 students in the fall semesters of two consecutive academic years. Two existing classrooms students, taught by the same teacher at a government school (Yehibret Fire preparatory school) in Wolliso zone, Oromiya region in Ethiopia, were categorized as a control group (n=35) in 2017/18 and an experimental group (n=37) in 2018/19 academic years. In control group (CG), students were taught in lecture/ usual way of teaching chemistry while the experimental group (EG) students were received the treatment based on the six steps in ‘Teaching With Analogy’ (TWA) model with ‘Focus–Action-Reflection’ (FAR) guide and during the analogical instruction fourteen analogies were used. An equal amount of instruction was given over a period of five weeks (two hours per week, total 10 hours) for both groups and the concepts of rate of reaction involving definition of reaction rate, effects of nature of reactants, surface area, concentration, temperature and catalyst on the rate of reaction have been studied. In both groups, rate of reaction concepts test (RRCT) consisted of 20 two-tier multiple choice questions administered as a post-test after each instruction. A semi-structured interview was also conducted to six EG and six CG students (who selected using stratified sampling technique) to have detail information on their conceptual understanding of rates of reactions, however, six EG students were also interviewed to assess the effect of the analogy approach on students’ attitude towards the concepts of rates of reactions. Only the experimental group students were performed the students’ generated analogy worksheet. The statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 20 software was used to analyze the quantitative data of the study. The independent samples t-test analysis of the posttests scores of both groups and students’ interviews showed that the analogy-based learning was effective means in enhancing students’ achievement and attitude towards the concepts of rate of reaction. Therefore, it can be said that high school chemistry teachers can often use analogical instruction to improve students’ conceptual understanding and attitude towards the concepts of rates of reactions. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Haramaya university en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Haramaya university en_US
dc.subject Lecture/ usual teaching method, Analogy-based instruction, Achievement, Reaction rate, Attitude towards concepts of rates of reactions en_US
dc.title EFFECT OF ANALOGY APPROACH ON THE CONCEPTS OF RATES OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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