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The general purpose of this research is to reveal the impact of the puzzle-based learning approach on the attitude of middle school eighth class students towards the English course and the English self-capacity beliefs. The study used a mixed method where both quantitative and qualitative data were used together and a semi-experimental model with a predest-sontest control group was preferred as a experimental pattern. The working group consists of eighth-class students in two branches of a secondary school in Kahramanmaraş or Elbistan district in the 2017–2018 educational year. The research was conducted with two groups, one experimental group and the other control group. While courses in the experimental group are processed according to the puzzle-based learning approach, courses in the control group are processed on the basis of the methods provided by the English lesson curriculum. The study found that the puzzle-based learning approach in which the experiment group applied the students’ attitudes towards the English lesson within the group and between the groups and the English self-capacity beliefs increased in a positive direction. Events carried out in a puzzle-based learning context have been evaluated by students as effective practices. The observations made in the application process in the experimental group have shown that through puzzle-based learning activities students have fun and learned and increased their active participation in the classes.

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