The effectiveness of employing the applications of 3D printing technology in developing concepts and scientific thinking among students with learning difficulties in the intermediate stage in Madinah

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Department of Educational Technologies, Faculty of Education, Taibah University, Medina.

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The current study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of employing 3D printing technology (using two different patterns to produce 3D models, which are real-sized models versus miniature models) in developing cognitive achievement and learning concepts related to 3D printing technology and scientific thinking among middle school students with learning difficulties in Medina. The study sample size was fifty (50) students divided equally into two experimental groups. The study used the quasi-experimental method, and the study tools consisted of a cognitive achievement test and a measure of scientific thinking. The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level (α=0.05) between the mean scores of the study sample members in the post-test in the proposed unit of the study and the scale of scientific thinking, which is due to the 3D printing technology used for life-size models.

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