The effects of the open structured and traditionally structured classroom on curiosity level and self-concept level of fifth grade students

Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-34)The problem of this study was to determine the\ud effect of the open structured classroom on the curiosity\ud level and self-concept level of 5th grade students. The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of 5th grade students taught in the openstructured\ud classroom with the performance of 5th grade\ud students who were taught in the traditionally structured\ud classroom. The basic hypotheses of this study are as follows:\ud 1.The students who are taught in the open structured\ud classroom will produce significantly higher results\ud on tests for curiosity than those students who are taught\ud in the traditionally structured classroom.\ud 2. The students who are taught under the open-structured\ud classroom will score significantly higher\ud on a self-concept test than students who are taught\ud under traditionally structured classroom