In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iran Educational Psychology Association

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The purpose of this study was to investigate The Effect of the learning cycle model based on exploratoy learning method on Grade four Students’ Achievement and Attitudes Towards Science Course. This research was a quasi - experimental study with non - equivalent groups, which includes pre and post - test design with the control group. A total of 34 fourth grade students from two different classes (Experimental N=19 and Control N=15( was involved in the study of Kermanshah city. they were selected through multi - stage clustered sampling. The group which was assigned as experimental group was instructed through learning cycle model whereas the other group was traditionally instructed. This experimental study lasted seven weeks. To determine the effectiveness of learning cycle model over traditional instruction, an achievement test about sciences which consisted of 20 items was administered as pre-test and post - test to students both in the experimental and control groups. too an attitude scale toward sciences developed by Akpınar et al (2009), was applied. For the statistical analysis, Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used. The results showed that students who were instructed through learning cycle model were achieved higher score than the ones which were instructed through the traditional method. There was also a The findings in this study showed that students in the experimental group developed more positive attitude towards science after the treatment.

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