Abstract:

The aim of this research, is to determine the effect of jigsaw method and current history teaching programs methods on the academic success of the students in the 9th grade history lesson. Semi-experimental design with pretest-posttest control group was applied. The working group is composed of 88 students studying at 9th grade in the district of Of belongs Trabzon in 2013-2014 academic year. Experimental and control groups were selected by random sampling. In the study, "History Lesson Attitude Scale" was applied both group as pretest and posttest. Datas’ analysis was done by independent samples t-test and paired samples t-test. The results of the research show that both method significantly increase the academic achievement of the students. However, it is seen that the pre-test-post test score difference of the experimental group is higher than the control group's pre-test-post test score difference.