The Effectiveness of Fermi Problem-Based Learning on Improving Communication Skills among United Arab Emirates Cycle Two Students

Adwan Mohammad Hasan Bani-Hamad, Mouza Al-Kalbani
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Communication skills are necessary for students to empower them in facing new global challenges. Thus, this study employed Fermi Problem-based Learning to improve communication skills in teaching Science among the Cycle Two students in United Arab Emirates. It also examined the effectiveness of this strategy between grade 7 and grade 8 students. This study used quasi-experiment design. The instrument for research was pre and post-test using Communication Skills which was prepared by the researcher. The participants purposively selected according to a certain criterion, then divided for the experimental group, consisting of 15 grade seven and eight students, from Ramah Primary and Secondary School, they were taught Science units using the Fermi Problem-Solving method for 6-weeks, Whereas the control group consisted of 15 grade seven and eight students who were taught the same science units using traditional methods. The data were analysed using the Two Way ANCOVA to determine the effectiveness of the strategy on improving their communication skills and to determine the variation in the effectiveness of the strategy between grade 7 and grade 8 students.  The findings revealed the effectiveness of the Fermi problem based learning strategy in developing the communication skills in teaching Science among the United Arab Emirates Cycle Two students. The findings also demonstrated that there were no significant differences in the effectiveness of the strategy amongst grade 7 and grade 8 students. Thus, Fermi Problem-Based learning is considered an effective strategy in teaching Science and in improving students’ communication skills and suitable for all Cycle Two students. In addition, this strategy can help teachers to integrate Fermi Problem-Solving into their teaching practice in order to achieve the objective of teaching science in the 21st century.
基于费米问题的学习对提高阿联酋第二周期学生沟通技巧的有效性
沟通技巧是学生面对新的全球挑战所必需的。因此,本研究采用费米问题为基础的学习来提高阿拉伯联合酋长国第二周期学生在科学教学中的沟通技巧。研究还考察了该策略在七年级和八年级学生中的有效性。本研究采用准实验设计。研究的工具是使用由研究者准备的沟通技巧进行前测和后测。参与者根据一定的标准有目的地选择,然后分为实验组,由15名七年级和八年级的学生组成,来自拉玛小学和中学,他们使用费米问题解决方法教授科学单元,为期6周,而对照组由15名七年级和八年级的学生组成,他们使用传统方法教授相同的科学单元。使用双向ANCOVA对数据进行分析,以确定策略在提高他们的沟通技巧方面的有效性,并确定策略在七年级和八年级学生之间的有效性差异。研究结果揭示了基于费米问题的学习策略在发展阿拉伯联合酋长国第二周期学生科学教学中的沟通技巧方面的有效性。研究结果还表明,七年级和八年级学生在策略的有效性上没有显著差异。因此,费米基于问题的学习被认为是科学教学和提高学生沟通技巧的有效策略,适合所有周期二的学生。此外,该策略可以帮助教师将费米问题解决融入教学实践,以实现21世纪科学教学的目标。
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