The effects of project-based learning on student achievement in vocabulary learning on 6th grade students

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the Traditional Method and Project-Based Learning in the vocabulary achievement of 6th grade students.The study was conducted at Bağyurdu Kazım Dirik Primary School in İzmir/ Kemalpaşa. The participants were 48 students including two classes which have 24 students in each.The study was a quantitative quasi-experimental study, in which a pre-test, post-test control group design was used. Both experimental and control groups studied the same target words. The experimental group learnt the words through projects. Both groups had a test before and after the instruction. The tests before the instruction were graded as pre-tests and those after the instruction as post-tests.After 4 weeks treatment period,each group was given post-test in order to measure their improvement in vocabulary learning. The comparison of the post-test scores of the groups demonstrated that there is a significant difference.This means Project-Based Learning is more effective on 6th grade students? vocabulary achievement.