The impact of the four-pillars strategy on the acquisition of scientific and motivational concepts in third-grade middle students in physics

Abstract

The study aimed to know the strategy of the four pillars in acquiring scientific concepts and motivation for third-grade secondary school students in physics. The researcher chose Al-Warka Secondary School for Boys in Baghdad as an intentional sample for the experiment. The research sample was 50 students from the third-grade secondary school students, divided them into two groups with 25 students for each of the two research groups. The researcher made the two groups equal in the varieties of intelligence and previous academic achievement in science subject in the second grade and the chronological age in months. The researcher prepared a test for acquiring scientific concepts and adopted a measure of motivation. After verifying the validity and reliability of the researcher’s use of the T-test to find out the results, the researcher concluded that the strategy of the four pillars has an active effect on the acquisition of scientific concepts and motivation for the experimental group compared to the control group, and the researcher suggested a number of recommendations and suggestions.