Relative Effectiveness of Direct Instruction vs. Active Learning in the Teaching of Science

International audience; This study compares two controversial pedagogy [5], [6], [8], [11]: direct instruction and active learning. As “performance” still used by teacher and institution as assessment indicator we have went measuring it in this research. Then, we question on effectiveness of two learning methods on acquisition of scientific knowledge. Direct instruction and active learning are there same impact in teaching of sciences? Must we choose between these two methods or use both? Scientific knowledge is it single assessment indicator?Results of this work would show that direct instruction mobilizes especially memory strategy even though active learning mobilizes more conceptual str…