The researcher tried to find out the similarities as well as the differences between Discovery Teaching Model(DTM) and Hypothesis-Testing Model(HTM) in light of their philosophy, aims and assumptions, supporting psychology, the procedures used in the ...
The researcher tried to find out the similarities as well as the differences between Discovery Teaching Model(DTM) and Hypothesis-Testing Model(HTM) in light of their philosophy, aims and assumptions, supporting psychology, the procedures used in the classroom teaching, social system, and support system. With this theoretical analyses and comparisons of the teaching models, the researcher investigated the effectiveness of the models by the classroom applications. For the classroom applications, four classes were sampled from two elementary schools. The design of research was nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The intervention for the experimental groups were 12 weeks. The results of the classroom application were analysed in light of students concepts, science inquiry skills, attitudes towards science. As the result of theoretical analyses, the models were basically similar in emphasizing pupils` meaningful learning; however, they were different in their aims, procedure of classroom teaching, social system, and support system. The results of the classroom application showed that DTM was effective in the development of science concepts, the scientific methods, and attitudes towards science. HTM was effective for improving in science process skills.