The Effect of 5e Teaching Method on Academic Performance in two groups Elementary sixth grade female students with High and Low Emotional Intelligence

This study was conducted to study the effect of 5e teaching method on academic performance in two groups of students with high and low emotional intelligence. In this study, semi-experimental method was used with two experimental groups (high and low emotional intelligence) and two control groups (high and low emotional intelligence). Statistical population of this study consisted of all female students of the sixth grade in Sari, who was studying in 2017-2018 academic year. In this study, cluster sampling method was used to select samples. First, academic performance test was given to 307 students and among these students, 129 students who had low grade in academic performance were selected and emotional intelligence tests were performed for them. Then, 60 students who had received high and low scores in emotional intelligence were selected as a sample of research. 30 students in the experimental groups (15 students in high emotional intelligence group and 15 students in low emotional intelligence group) were trained by 5e teaching method, and 30 students in control groups (15 students in high emotional intelligence group and 15 students in low emotional intelligence group) were trained in the traditional way. Bar-An emotional intelligence questionnaire (1980) and Fam & Taylor academic performance (1999) were used in this study. The results showed that 5e teaching method was effective on academic performance of students with high emotional intelligence while, the results were not significant for the experimental group with low emotional intelligence. Based on the results, it is concluded that emotional intelligence plays a moderator role in terms of relationship between 5e teaching method and academic performance. So, it is recommended to teachers in order to improve the educational performance, consider emotional intelligence when they apply 5e teaching method in the class.