The effect of chemistry laboratories on improving learning and students' interest in chemistry

Experimenting is one of the ways to learn the general principles and results of science, which can make students think, discuss, draw conclusions, and ultimately make learning desirable. Helping students understand many topics of chemistry textbooks ensures sufficient attention and intelligent implementation of the guidelines of each experiment to learn topics even more deeply. The present research was conducted with the aim of exploring the ways of increasing students' interest and learning in chemistry by conducting chemistry experiments during the academic year of 1402-1403. The statistical population of the research was selected from among 24 female students of the twelfth grade of the experimental field of Mahbobeh Danesh school in Ashtian, Iran. This research was investigated with the action research method and using individual findings, observation, interviews with experts, study of scientific sources, and researcher made questionnaire among twelfth grade students. The findings indicate that conducting chemistry experiments while teaching chemistry led to more learning in the 12th chemistry lesson and increased students' interest in chemistry. It also caused an increase in their motivation and consolidation of the 12th chemistry content in students’ minds.