The effect of react strategy on the academic achievement of the 6th grade students and exami̇nati̇on of their opinions

This research was conducted to determine the effect of the REACT strategy on the academic achievement of 6th grade students in the teaching of the Force and Motion unit and to determine the students' views on this strategy. The research was carried out with 6th grade students studying in a secondary school in Siirt in the 2021-2022 academic year. The study group of the research consists of 40 students, 20 of which are in the experimental group and 20 are in the control group. During the implementation process, the lessons were taught with the REACT strategy in the experimental group, and the lessons in the control group were taught with the traditional method. The achievements of the Force and Motion unit are explained within the scope of a four-hour program for 4 weeks. Mixed research method, in which quantitative and qualitative methods are used together, was used in the research. A quasi-experimental design with pre-test post-test control group, which is one of the quantitative research methods, was used. Phenomenology design was used as a qualitative research method. As quantitative data collection tools in the study, in which the pretest posttest control group model, which is one of the quasi-experimental methods, will be used; Force and Movement Achievement Test was used. Qualitative data of the study were collected with a semi-structured opinion form. The data obtained with the created academic achievement test were analyzed in computer environment with the help of SPSS 21.0 program. The semi-structured interview form created was analyzed with the content analysis method and the obtained data were interpreted. It was determined that there was no significant difference between the experimental and control group students according to the results of the academic achievement test before the application, but there was a significant difference between the students in the experimental and control group according to the results of the academic achievement test performed at the end of the application. In addition, it was determined that the students' views towards the strategy applied showed a positive tendency.