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Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal – Vol. 8, No. 8
Publication Date: August 25, 2021
DOI:10.14738/assrj.88.10672. Nguyen, N., & Bui, T. (2021). Applying 5E Teaching Model in Recognizing Regular Polygons and Rotations With the Help of Geogebra
Software. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 8(8). 380-399.
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Applying 5E Teaching Model in Recognizing Regular Polygons
and Rotations With the Help of Geogebra Software
Ngoc-Giang Nguyen
Faculty of Economic Mathematics
Banking University Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7560-7972
Thi-Giang Bui
Pho Thong Nang Khieu The Thao Olympic School
Neigborhood 6, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City
ABSTRACT
The 5E teaching model is a teaching model that gives students positive motivation.
The 5E teaching model was proposed by Rodger W. Bybee and colleagues while
working in the educational organization "Research on the curriculum framework
for biology" in Colorado, the USA in 1987. The model is built based on the
constructivist theory of learning, knowledge is formed through the experience and
practice of learners. 5E stands for 5 words: Engagement - Exploration - Explanation
- Elaboration - Evaluation, representing the five steps of the 5E teaching process.
Our study aims to apply the 5E teaching model in regular polygon recognition and
rotation with the help of GeoGebra software. With the theoretical research method
and the experimental method for 102 students, including 52 students in the
experimental class and 50 students in the control class, the study has shown that
students who learn according to the 5E teaching model have better results than
students who do not study this model. In addition, the research results also show
that the 5E teaching model with the support of GeoGebra software in teaching
regular polygon and rotation recognition has many advantages, developing
learners' capacity and quality. Learners show much more interest and excitement
than traditional teaching. Students develop their self-study and self-discovery
abilities. The findings from the research results applying the 5E model are of great
significance to teaching today.
Keywords: 5E cycle, GeoGebra softwarem rotation, Perspective, Model.
INTRODUCTION
The 5E teaching model was proposed by Rodger W. Bybee and colleagues while working in the
educational organization "Research on the curriculum framework for biology" in Colorado, the
USA in 1987. The model is built based on the constructivist theory of learning, knowledge is
formed through the experience and practice of learners. The 5E teaching model is also the
successor and development from the previous educational models of Herbart (1901), John
Dewey (1930), Heiss et al (1950), and AtKin & Karplus (1962). In 2006, Bybee and colleagues
launched the study "The BSCS 5E Instructional Model: Origins and Effectiveness". The work
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further clarifies the process, specific instructions on teaching under the 5E model and evaluates
the effectiveness of this teaching model in schools (Atkins & Karplus, 1962; Bybee et al., 2006).
In the study "Effect of 5E Learning Model on Academic Achievement, Attitude and Science
Process Skills: Meta-analysis Study" (2017), author Nevin Kozcu Cakır confirmed that the 5E
teaching model is effective up to students' academic achievement, attitudes, and skills in doing
science tests compared with traditional methods. One of the originators of the 5E teaching
model is Rodger W. Bybee. According to Bybee, this teaching model aims to increase students'
practical ability and he believes that the basic foundation of the 5E teaching model is based on
constructivism. The research results are methodically and meticulously tested in some primary
schools in Turkey (Cakir, 2017).
In Vietnam, there are also many studies on the 5E teaching model. In the article "Applying 5E
model in teaching science through exploring lesson plan design" (2016) by Vu Thi Minh Nguyet,
she affirmed that planning is an important part of teaching. If there is a well-planned plan, it
will give us an effective lesson. Applying the 5E model of the discovery teaching method is a
way to clearly plan the activities of teachers and students to help science lessons achieve high
efficiency. The author has designed a science lesson plan with the topic of matter through the
lesson: "The effect of heat on matter" and experimented in a junior high school. The results
show that students are interested in carrying out experimental activities, working in groups,
and collecting information (Nguyet, 2016).
Through the above observations, we find that the 5E teaching model has great effects in
teaching, especially in discovery activities. This teaching model helps students experience and
create knowledge for themselves (Giang, 2016). Therefore, students will remember for a long
time and clearly understand the nature of the problem being learned. In this article, we focus
on answering the following four questions:
1. What is the view of teaching according to the 5E cycle?
2. Advantages and limitations of teaching according to the 5E cycle?
3. Teaching process according to the 5E cycle with the support of GeoGebra software.
4. An illustrative example of applying the 5E model in recognizing regular polygons and
rotations with the help of GeoGebra software.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Perspectives on the 5E teaching model
Currently, the 5E teaching model is applied by many countries and proved to be effective in
practice. The 5E teaching model was researched and released by Rodger W. Bybee and
colleagues in 1987.
According to Rodger W. Bybee et al. (2006), the 5E teaching model includes the following
stages: Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, Evaluation (Bybee et al., 2006;
Bybee, 2009). Each stage has an important function that contributes to effective teaching and
helps students form better understandings of science and technology knowledge, attitudes, and
skills. The stages of the 5E model are applied at many levels in the design of materials and
curricula. The 5E model can be used in a one-lesson sequence (Bybee, 2014; Bybee, 2015).
Murat Tezer (2017) states that the model is called 5E because each stage begins with the letter
"E" corresponding to Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, Evaluation. At the