The effect of the cube model on developing physics exploration among first-year middle school students

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the effect of the cube model in developing physical exploration among first-year intermediate students. Their sample consisted of (80) students from the first intermediate year who were intentionally selected from Sama Al-Hadbaa Boys’ Middle School in the city of Mosul for the academic year (2019-2020). After that, the researchers divided it into two groups of equal numbers, the first experimental, studied according to the cube model, and the second, control, studied according to the usual method. The researchers rewarded the sample students in a number of variables: intelligence, physical survey (pre-test), and science subject grade for the sixth grade of primary school. To achieve the goal of the research and test its hypothesis, the researchers relied on the physical survey scale prepared by Al-Taie (2016)." This tool was characterized by validity, reliability, and psychometric properties. The researchers then assigned the subject teacher at the school to carry out the research experiment in the first course. After completing the experiment, the researchers applied the tool post-hoc and analyzed the data statistically using a t-test for two independent samples. The results indicated that: “There is a statistically significant difference at the level of (0.05) between the averages of development of the physics survey among students in the experimental and control groups, in favor of the experimental group.” At the end of the experiment, the two researchers came up with a number of conclusions and recommendations, as well as suggestions for future research.