Effect of science instruction based on Piaget's view of knowledge, skills and attitudes on fifth grade students in Sanandaj City

the purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of Piaget's view of education based on knowledge, skills and attitudes of students in fifth grade science teaching is in Sanandaj City. Research method in this study was a Quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group. The study included all students in primary school in Sanandaj the in academic year of 1390/91, 60 fifth grade girls were selected initially and were divided into 2 groups of 30 students each, one experimental and other control. Samples were selected by multistage random sampling method. The tools used for gathering data in this study consisted of knowledge and skill tests and an empirical science attitude check list. First both the experimental and control groups were pre-tested for academic achievement. Then the experimental group received science instruction based on Piaget,s view while the control group was exposed to a traditional method of teaching both groups were post tested subsequent. For data analysis, descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential analysis of covariance were used. Results showed that students who received instruction through the method based on Piaget's view had better academic achievement than the control group. The results showed that training based on Piaget's view on knowledge, skills and attitudes of students proved more positive.