בחינת התרומה של שלוש מתכונות של הוראה ולמידה להישגי תלמידים בבית ספר יסודי

.Meaningful learning is characterized by active student-centered involvement The relevant discourse includes much discussion regarding types of learning but does not examine their contribution to student achievement. The purpose of the study described in this article was to examine the contribution of three types of learning to elementary school students' achievements. The study was carried out among 68 fifth-grade students in northern Israel. The students took a pre-test in zoology, then participated in an alternative learning experience – traditional ,learning (teacher-centered, the teacher passing on knowledge to the students) project-based learning (student-centered, the learning products reflect the learning process), and combined learning (combining the first two types). At the end of the study unit in zoology the students took a post-test. The findings show that the students engaged in project-based learning and combined learning (two types of meaningful learning) demonstrated significantly higher achievements .than those engaged in traditional learning The present study demonstrates that it is possible to perceive student ,achievement as an additional way of evaluating teaching and learning models i.e., examining the 'efficiency of the models based on their contribution to student achievement. This encourages the pedagogical staff in schools to examine basic aspects of teaching in different ways (such as constructing a teaching plan that defines ways of achieving the desired results), particularly focusing on the choice .of type of teaching