Misganaw Meragiaw and Hintsete Woldedawit ;

• 1:Addis Ababa University
• 2: Ethiopia

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Quality of education in science and students’ achievement are worldwide concerns. For students to develop scientific understanding and competency, they need to gain the way they can store new words in long term memory. Because knowing science vocabulary supports the development of conceptual understandings. Our objectives in this research were to improve our teaching method and to make science education more effective by avoiding root words confusion and enhancing students’ interest in biology. The participants of this research were 20 students and two teachers. To address the problems encountered in the understanding of root words, an action plan was developed and implemented. To evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation, quantitative (achievement tests) and qualitative(questionnaire survey) data were collected and analyzed. The results were determined by analyzing the initial results and the final results. The average result of this study revealed that the initial result was increased by 51%. In conclusion, this action research has three-fold benefits: 1) help to understand new words and remember terms for a long period of time and thereby improve, 2) identify best teaching strategies for promoting student achievement, and 3) recognize, replicate, and disseminate excellence in teaching.

关键词(KeyWords)： Students’ achievement; biology; science vocabulary; root words with Greak origin; first-year undergraduate students

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作者(Authors): Misganaw Meragiaw and Hintsete Woldedawit ;

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