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Problem-based Learning (PDÖ), one of the teaching methods the student actively participates in the educational process and learns by research, gives them the ability to cope with the problems they may face in real life by enabling students to produce diverse solutions in the problem-solving process. The aim of this study is to study the problem-based learning method in the example of the Light Unit in Primary 7. The objective of the class is to determine the student’s scientific process skills, scientific attitudes and impact on academic achievements. The research was carried out by designs according to the semi-experimental model of the front and final-test control group. The work group is made up of a total of 82 seventh-class students who are studying in two different branches in the Tekirdağ district of Çorlu at the Ataturk High School in the 2013-2014 academic year. One branch was randomly assigned as a experimental group and the other as a control group. In the experimental group, the Light Unit is carried out using the problem-based learning method, while in the control group, the 7th class Science curriculum is processed using the problem-based learning method. The application phase of the study lasted 5 weeks and a total of 20 hours. In research data collection tools have been used as the scientific process assessment test, the scientific attitude scale and the academic success test as the first and last-test. The T-Test was performed where the Mann-Whitney U test was not performed. According to the obtained data, the problem-based learning method has been shown to have a positive impact on the students’ scientific process skills and academic achievements. There was no statistically significant difference between experiment and control groups.

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