Science Project

Title:                How We Can Improve Educational Methods

Problem:        Laziness has been a huge mistake that has been acquired by lots of students. If you haven’t noticed, lots of people post pictures in Facebook, complaining about how they work in school and not get paid, but instead we students pay to work. Do you know what I think? I think those pictures are practically useless. They are cute, yes, but very useless. Do you really think schools will stop teaching or stop giving out assignments? No way. That is why my mission today is to make studying more fun than studying more like a job for students like us who are actually suppose to be enjoying it.

Hypothesis:   I hypothesize that if educational methods were made more fun and personal to students, then students might just feel like they are a part of these lessons and sooner or later will try to connect to the subject by studying on their own.

Procedure:    Ask ten students to volunteer for this experiment. Divide the group by two, so you will have five here, which will be called Group A, and five there, which will be called Group B. Make separate study sessions for both groups for five days. For Group A, teach in a normal manner, not to hurt teachers, but I mean the more boring type and with text books and stuff like that. For Group B, teach in a more fun and personal manner. This means more jokes, stories, but not too much. Every day, make exercises about the lesson for that day to train Group A and B’s minds. Use the normal test paper and ball pen exercise for both groups. Record the scores on the chart below. At the end of the fifth study sessions, make one final long test, composing all the lessons you have taught the students since the first day. Record the scores on the chart below. Then average the scores by group. If Group A’s averages are higher than Group B’s, then my hypothesis is proven wrong, but if Group B’s is higher, then my hypothesis is proven right.

Table:            

GROUP A	Exercise1	Exercise2	Exercise3	Exercise4	Exercise5	Long Test
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Average

                       

GROUP B	Exercise1	Exercise2	Exercise3	Exercise4	Exercise5	Long Test
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Average

Budget:          (Materials can be found in the school library or in your home)

                        MATERIALS:

·         10 students who are willing to volunteer for five days

·         Educational books

·         Paper for exercises

·         Pencils

·         Ball pen

·         Jokes

·         Games (optional)

·         Creativity

Members:       Bridge Lee (individual)