Abstract
Metacognition is the process of thinking about thinking. This is a process of developing self-awareness and self-assessment. Students with good metacognitive skills have flexibility in their learning skills. They have many strategies to best handle the information they need to interact with. The present study was conducted to compare the 5E instructional model and problem solving model for developing metacognitive skills in learning science at secondary school level. Objectives of the study included comparing the effect of 5E instructional model, problem solving model and traditional instructional model for developing metacognitive skills among secondary school students and finding the gender difference on developing metacognitive skills using 5E instructional model, problem solving model and traditional instructional model. True Experimental design was used for the study. All the secondary school students of class IX of District Rawalpindi formed the population of the study. Three sections of class IX of Govt. Boys High School Tehsil Kahuta and three sections of Govt. Girls High School Tehsil Kahuta were selected as sample for this study. The sample size consisted 180 students (90 boys and 90 girls). The duration of experiment was limited to eight weeks. There were four experimental and two control groups to conduct the experiment. Experimental groups were taught units of General Science through 5E instructional model and problem solving model while control groups were taught through traditional instructional model. Data were collected before and after experiment. Analysis of data was carried out, using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), t-test, mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data obtained from the subjects. The results indicated that both the 5E instructional model and problem solving model yielded better results in developing metacognitive skills among students. While, no difference was witnessed in the metacognition skills of male and female students. It is recommended to train the teachers to use the 5E instructional model and problem solving model.
Rafia Tahira, Dr. Shamsa Aziz, Prof. Dr. N. B. Jumani. (2020) Developing Metacognitive Skills among Secondary School Students using Instructional Models: An Experimental Study, Al-Qalam, Volume 25, Issue 1.
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