IMPROVING EMPIRICAL COMPETENCE FOR STUDENTS
IN HIGH SCHOOL IN VIETNAM
Authors: Pham Thi Huong *, Pham Nhu Quynh
Vinh University Journal of Sciences
: Vol. 52, No. 1B/2023 : 51-60
Publishing year: 3/2023
Improving experimental competence for students is an essential
mission in general education nowadays, helping students initially
establish scientific research capacity and is a part of cognitive
capacity of scientific knowledge, especially in the study of natural
sciences such as biology, physics and chemistry. In this article,
theoretical and practical research methods have been used in
combination with pedagogical experiment on 85 students, of which
43 students and control over 42 tenth grade students at a high school
in Vietnam. The data processed by SPSS 20.0 software shows that
using empirical exercises in teaching will significantly improve the
students’ experimental competence. The level of students'
experimental capacity increased in the experimental class compared
to the control class, the results before and after the experiment of the
experimental class also changed positively. The initial research
result indicates the role of empirical exercises in enhancing the
experimental capacity of students, the study also suggested the
process of using experimental exercises in teaching to improve
students’ experimental capacity. The findings of the research could
be important in proposing solutions to improve the academic
performance of students in high schools, not only in the area of
teaching biology but also extending into other subjects
Experimental competence; experimental exercises; high school students; Vietnam.