Achievement, Attitude and Creativity The purpose of this study is examining the effect of active learning techniques towards students’ academic achievement, attitude and scientific creativity on learning of the unit of ‘systems in our body’ which is part of seventh grade’s science education program.
In the study, the pre-test - post-test control group quasi-experimental design was used. A total of seventy, thirty-six female and thirty-four male, seventh grade students who were registered Cumhuriyet Primary School from Bağcılar district of Istanbul participated in the study. Control and experimental groups were taught issues of Body Systems unit including "Digestive System and Digestive System Health, Urinary System and Urinary System Health, Regulatory System" for four weeks. While control group was taught based on current National Education Curriculum, the experimental group was taught according to active learning techniques including snowball, writing poetry, role-playing, and educational games "What's wrong?". Data were collected through Systems of Body Unit Academic Achievement Test, Science and Technology Attitude Scale, and Scientific Creativity Scale. SPSS 20.00 statistical package program was used to analyze data. Results showed that active learning techniques have been found to be more effective in increasing student academic achievement than existing national training program. However, active learning techniques and the existing national training program hadn’t had any statistical effect on students’ attitudes towards science and technology. Also active learning techniques found to be more effective in enhancing students' scientific creativity than existing national training program.
