Description:
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of active learning approach in science teaching on cognitive level of student achievement and determine the ideas of students about active learning approach. •Is there a difference in the sixth grade science course students’ cognitive level of achievement between an experimental group, for which active learning approach is applied, and a control group, for which a teacher centered traditional teaching approach is applied? •Is there a difference in the sixth grade science course students’ cognitive level of achievement between an experimental group, for which active learning approach is applied, and a control group, for which teacher centered traditional teaching approach is applied in terms of gender?•What are the opinons of the experimental group about active learning based activities?