The Effect of the P5BL Model on the Development of Scientific Thinking Skills and Academic Perseverance in Physics among Firstgrade Secondary School Students

Abstract

The current study aims to identify the effect of the P5BL model on developing scientific thinking skills and academic perseverance in physics among first-grade secondary school students. It used the experimental approach with a quasi-experimental design for the two groups: experimental and control. The research sample consisted of (45) secondary school students in Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: (23) students in the experimental group and (22) students in the control group. It used the following tools: Scientific Thinking Skills Test in States of Matter Unit. These skills include observation, interpretation, measurement, conclusion, prediction, classification, formulating hypotheses, and experimentation. It also used an Academic Perseverance Scale. It includes three dimensions: insistence on achieving goals, and assuming responsibility for learning, and academic ambition. The scale statement (24) were formulated on a three-step scale: often, sometimes, and rarely. The study found a statistically significant effect of the P5BL model on developing
scientific thinking skills in physics and academic perseverance among first-grade secondary school students. It concluded that the P5BL model plays an important role in developing students’ scientific thinking and academic perseverance. The study ended with a set of recommendations.