Abstract | الملخص

This study aimed to identify the impact of using controversial issues in teaching Biology subject on achievement of the ninth basic grade students in Jordan. And to achieve this objective, the researcher prepared the tools of the study which consisted of an achievement test and an educational unit designed according to the controversial issues approach and these tools of the study were applied after their validity and reliability had been asserted. The population of the study, which consisted of all the ninth -grade students in Allan Secondary school for boys at As-Salt city in the first semester for the academic year 2013-2014, was 98 male students. While the sample of the study, which consisted of 12 students, was selected by the simple random method and divided into groups; experimental and control. The results of the study showed that there were statically significant differences at the level of significance (a≤0.05) in the ninth grade students’ immediate and long-term achievement in biology subject attributed to the use of the controversial issues in teaching. And in of the results, the researcher presented some recommendations.

Authors | المؤلفون

Abdullah Salem Al Zou’bi

Keywords | الكلمات الدالة

Controversial Issues, Biology, Achievement.

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