Development of Scientific Concepts on Forces and Laws of Motion for Grade 10th Students by Predict-Observation-Explain (POE) Learning Management: Classroom Action Theory

Abstract

This research is a part of a thesis on the development of scientific concepts on forces and laws of motion for Grade 10th Students by Predict-Observation-Explain (POE) Learning Management based on classroom action research. The objectives were to study the scientific concepts development process by Predict-Observation-Explain (POE) Learning Management and to compare scientific concepts on forces and laws of motion for Grade 10th Students between before and after receiving by Predict-Observation-Explain (POE) learning management. The target group was 29 students of 4/1 classroom who were Special Science-Math Program of large schools in Mueang District, Songkhla. The instruments consisted of: 1) 5 lesson plans by Predict-Observation-Explain (POE) Learning Management and 2) the scientific concept test on forces and laws of motion. The statistics used were 1) Mean and standard deviation 2) Percentage and 3) Wilcoxson Signed Rank Test.
The results showed that the Predict-Observation-Explain (POE) Learning Management was able to develop scientific concepts on forces and laws of motion. The predict stage had questions or situations that are challenging and interesting. The observation stage had experimentation and students search for knowledge to connect the results of the experiment with the theory, and the explain stage teacher shared the summary and exchanged ideas with the students. Comparing the results from the before and after scientific concepts test sheet, it was found that the science concepts scores of students after studying were statically higher than before at .05 level significance.