The effect of problem-based learning on life skills in seventh grade students

oleh: Zahra karimian, Keyvan Salehi, Reza Firozjah Najania, Ali Moghadamzadeh

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: University of Tehran 2019-04-01

Deskripsi

Life skills are personal and social skills that kids and teenagers have to learn them so they can act effective and properly about themselves and other people and the whole community. The aim of present study was studying the effect of problem-based learning on life skills in seventh grade female students. For this purpose, the pre-test and post-test control group was used.24 eligible seventh grade female students were selected through sampling and they placed in two experimental and control group by random (each group contains of 12 students).data were collected by using standard questionnaire life skills. (Saatchi et al.1389). Problem-based learning was done in 8 sessions and every session was about 2 hours. The sessions were weekly and were done on the experimental group. For analyzing the data multivariate covariance was used. The results showed that problem-based learning is effective on life skills such as self-awareness, human relations; inter personal communication, problem solving and decision making, health and mental health, partnership and cooperation, and creative thinking. According to the results of study, problem-based learning can be a useful method for teenagers to deal with their problems in life