The impact of the use of caricatures in the teaching of science on the educational achievement of fourth graders in Makkah

Abstract

The current study aimed to know the impact of the use of caricatures in teaching science on the academic achievement of the fourth grade primary students in Holy Mecca, in order to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the Semi-experimental curriculum and the experiment has been applied on a sample formed of 50 schoolgirls divided into two groups (25) students for the experimental group, and (25) students for the control group, the experimental group was taught the first and the second chapters of the fourth primary grade science curriculum , using caricatures, while the control group was taught using the traditional way, and the study resulted in: There are differences with statistical significance at the level of(0.05) in dimensional collection between the average of the experimental group degrees (taught using caricatures ) and the average of the control group degrees (taught using the traditional way) of the fourth primary grade science curriculum at the level of remembrance, the level of understanding , and at the application level, attributed to the experimental group. and at the levels of '' remembrance -understanding - application '' combined (total exam mark) , attributed to the benefit of the experimental group. The study recommended the necessity of encouraging science teachers to use caricatures in teaching, and the importance of carrying out similar studies