The effect of live modeling on achievement and acquisition of some behavioral patterns among special education students in science

The aim of the current research is to identify the effect of live modeling as an educational method on achievement and the acquisition of some behavioral patterns among special education students in the subject of science. Three null hypotheses were formulated: the first (there is no statistically significant difference at the significance level (0.05) between the average scores of students in the experimental group taught by live modeling and the average scores of students in the control group taught by the traditional method in achieving the subject of science among special education students). The second (there is no statistically significant difference at the significance level (0.05) between the average scores of students in the experimental group taught by live modeling and the average scores of students in the control group taught by the traditional method in acquiring the behavioral pattern of assistance and cooperation among special education students). The third (there is no statistically significant difference at the significance level (0.05) between the average scores of students in the experimental group taught by live modeling and the average scores of students in the control group taught by the traditional method in acquiring the behavioral pattern of self-reliance among special education students).

The experimental approach was used، and the research sample consisted of (23) students from the second grade of primary school / special education، with two experimental groups of (12) students and a control group of (11) students. Equivalence was carried out on the two groups through some variables. As for the research tools، an achievement test was built in the subject of science through the test map، and two scales to measure the behavior of assistance، cooperation and self-reliance.

The apparent validity of the study tools and reliability were extracted using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The reliability of the achievement test was (0.83)، the reliability of the assistance and cooperation scale was (0.86)، and the reliability of the self-reliance scale was (0.88). The difficulty and distinction of the paragraphs of the achievement test were calculated on a survey sample. The experiment was applied and the statistical operations were carried out using the statistical package. The researcher concluded that the students of the experimental group who studied the subject using the live modeling method were superior to the students of the control group who studied using the traditional method in achievement in the subject of science، and that they acquired a pattern of behavior of assistance، cooperation and self-reliance more than the students of the group، and through the results of the study، the researcher made a number of recommendations and suggestions.