Abstract

• The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of buzz group technique in teaching science at middle school level. The design adopted in this study was quasi experimental design. Basic Education High School and Post Primary School, Mogok were randomly selected from Mogok Township by using random sampling technique. The participants in this study were 166 Grade Eight students from the selected schools. Two intact classes were randomly selected and assigned to two groups as experimental and control groups. The instruments in this study were pretest and posttest questions. According to pretest results, the students in both groups were equivalent in general science knowledge. The students in the experimental group were taught with buzz group technique while the control group was taught with conventional teaching method. The independent samples t-test was used to find the effectiveness of buzz group technique in achievements of students between groups. According to the results, there were a significant difference between the group of students who were taught by buzz group technique and those who were taught by conventional method. Therefore, the research findings showed that buzz group technique contributed higher achievement in science learning of all students than the use of conventional teaching methods.