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Ronna C. Turner Elizabeth A. Keiffer Gregory J. Salamo 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2018,16(8):1455-1478
This study provides psychometric data for the Scholastic Inquiry Observation instrument and 6 years of research data from an inquiry-based professional training program. The rating instrument provides a resource for measuring 16 inquiry-related learning activities based on level of inquiry implementation and level of active student engagement. Observational data at the item level can be useful for inquiry-based professional development programs. Four scale score options are available for inquiry summarization (Inquiry Implementation for Hypothesis Usage; Implementation of Inquiry Communication; Student Engagement in Hypothesis Usage; Student Engagement in Inquiry Communication) and two scales measuring Student Interest and Mastery of Objectives. Comparisons of the types of inquiry most commonly used and those with the highest levels of active participation by middle school students in science and math classrooms are provided. 相似文献
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Shu-Nu Chang Yau-Yuen Yeung May Hung Cheng 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2009,18(5):447-457
Students’ learning interests and attitudes toward science have both been studied for decades. However, the connection between
them with students’ life experiences about science and technology has not been addressed much. The purpose of this study is
to investigate students’ learning interests and life experiences about science and technology, and also their attitudes toward
technology. A total of 942 urban ninth graders in Taiwan were invited to participate in this study. A Likert scale questionnaire,
which was developed from an international project, ROSE, was adapted to collect students’ ideas. The results indicated that
boys showed higher learning interests in sustainability issues and scientific topics than girls. However, girls recalled more
life experiences about science and technology in life than boys. The data also presented high values of Pearson correlation
about learning interests and life experiences related to science and technology, and in the perspective on attitudes towards
technology. Ways to promote girls’ learning interests about science and technology and the implications of teaching and research
are discussed as well. 相似文献
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A Study on Teaching Gases to Prospective Primary Science Teachers Through Problem-Based Learning 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Erdal Senocak Yavuz Taskesenligil Mustafa Sozbilir 《Research in Science Education》2007,37(3):279-290
The aim of this study was to compare the achievement of prospective primary science teachers in a problem-based curriculum
with those in a conventional primary science teacher preparation program with regard to success in learning about gases and
developing positive attitudes towards chemistry. The subjects of the study were 101 first year undergraduate students, who
were in two different classes and who were taught by the same lecturer. One of the classes was randomly selected as the intervention
group in which problem-based learning (PBL) was used, and the other as the control in which conventional teaching methods
were used. The data were obtained through use of the gases diagnostic test (GDT), the chemistry attitude scale (CAS), and
scales specific to students’ evaluation of PBL such as the peer evaluation scale (PES), self evaluation scale (SES), tutor’s
performance evaluation scale (TPES) and students’ evaluation of PBL scale (SEPBLS). Data were analysed using SPSS 10.0 (Statistical
Package for Social Sciences). In order to find out the effect of the intervention (PBL) on students’ learning of gases, independent
sample t-tests and ANCOVA (analysis of co-variance) were used. The results obtained from the study showed that there was a statistically
significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of students’ GDT total mean scores and, their
attitude towards chemistry, as well as PBL has a significant effect on the development of students’ skills such as self-directed
learning, cooperative learning and critical thinking. 相似文献
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The use of peer assessment (PA) as an alternative form of evaluation method is reported to be helpful in learning and is increasingly
being adopted in higher education settings. Through collecting data from 280 university students in Taiwan, a 20-item instrument
was developed to investigate university students’ attitudes toward and perceptions of PA and online PA. Four subscales, Positive
Attitudes, Online Attitudes, Understanding-and-Action, and Negative Attitudes, were extracted and reliabilities were calculated.
Results revealed that participating students held positive attitudes toward the use of PA activities, but they viewed online
PA as a technical tool to facilitate assessment processes, rather than as a learning aid. Male students had more positive
attitudes toward PA than females did, and students with previous PA experiences had less negative attitudes toward PA. A majority
of these students suggested that the PA score should be counted as a small part of the total course grade, and there was an
effect of the perceived importance of PA score on students’ attitudes toward these four subscales. 相似文献
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Chun-Yen Chang 《Research in Science Education》2010,40(2):103-116
This study examined the interrelationship between tenth-grade students’ problem solving ability (PSA) and their domain-specific
knowledge (DSK) as well as reasoning skills (RS) in a secondary school of Taiwan. The PSA test was designed to emphasize students’
divergent-thinking ability (DTA) and convergent-thinking ability (CTA) subscales in the area of Earth science. Two hundred
and sixty tenth graders who were enrolled in six Earth science classes at a public senior high school located in the eastern
region of Taiwan were participants. Major findings are as follows: (a) A significantly positive correlation existed between
students’ PSA and their DSK and RS, approaching large effect sizes; (b) Both students’ DSK and RS significantly explained
the variance of their PSA with large effect sizes; (c) Students’ RS could more significantly explain the variance of their
DTA subscale with medium effect size while DSK might more significantly explain the variance of their CTA, approaching large
effect size. The research suggests that more emphasis should be placed on the reasoning skills when developing students’ divergent-thinking
abilities, while stressing more domain-specific knowledge when students’ convergent-thinking ability is considered. 相似文献
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Chun-Yen Chang Chien-Hua Hsiao Yueh-Hsia Chang 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2011,20(2):136-145
This study investigated students’ learning environment preferences and compared the relative effectiveness of instructional
approaches on students’ learning outcomes in achievement and attitude among 10th grade earth science classes in Taiwan. Data
collection instruments include the Earth Science Classroom Learning Environment Inventory and Earth Science Learning Outcomes
Inventory. The results showed that most students preferred learning in a classroom environment where student-centered and
teacher-centered instructional approaches coexisted over a teacher-centered learning environment. A multivariate analysis
of covariance also revealed that the STBIM students’ cognitive achievement and attitude toward earth science were enhanced
when the learning environment was congruent with their learning environment preference. 相似文献
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Penny Van Deur 《Learning Environments Research》2010,13(2):159-172
Increasingly in elementary schools, there has been a focus on the influence of school-level factors on students’ learning.
The way in which the learning environment is organised in schools and classrooms is likely to influence students’ opportunities
to carry out inquiry. Most studies have focused on the effects of the amount of schooling, rather than effects attributable
to support for inquiry in the school context. This study clarifies aspects of school contexts that support inquiry at the
school level and describes the development of an inventory to assess school contexts. The Primary School Characteristics Inventory
has three components named Motivation for Student Inquiry, Organisational Structures to Support Inquiry and Structures to
Support Inquiry Strategies in School. The instrument was effective for identifying schools with varying levels of support
for inquiry, suggesting that some schools might need to modify the school context if students are to carry out inquiry in
a self-directed way. 相似文献
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Min Liu Lucas Horton Justin Olmanson Paul Toprac 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》2011,59(2):249-265
This study examines middle school students’ learning and motivation as they engaged in a new media enriched problem-based
learning (PBL) environment for middle school science. Using a mixed-method design with both quantitative and qualitative data,
we investigated the effect of a new media environment on sixth graders’ science learning, their motivation, and the relationship
between students’ motivation and their science learning. The analysis of the results showed that: Students significantly increased
their science knowledge from pretest to posttest after using the PBL program, they were motivated and enjoyed the experience,
and a significant positive relationship was found between students’ motivation scores and their science knowledge posttest
scores. Findings were discussed within the research framework. 相似文献
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Choon-Lang Quek Angela F. L. Wong Shanti Divaharan Woon-Chia Liu Jarina Peer Michael D. Williams 《Learning Environments Research》2007,10(3):177-187
Project work (PW) provides one of the pathways for students’ self-inquiry learning and collaboration in Singapore schools.
In this context, PW teachers function as facilitators. This study investigated quantitatively how a group of 270 secondary-school
students (aged 14 years) perceived their seven PW teacher-facilitators’ face-to-face interactions with students based on the
Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI), and whether their perceptions of teacher–student interaction during PW classrooms
were related with their attitudes towards PW learning as a whole. Seven out of eight QTI scales were associated with Enjoyment
of Project Work Lessons and two QTI scales were associated with Attitude to Inquiry in Project Work. The findings are discussed
in terms of how teachers who function as facilitators can translate their interpersonal behaviours into effective teaching
strategies for communicating with students and facilitating students’ learning in PW classrooms. 相似文献
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For learning science, motivational beliefs such as confidence in one's science abilities and liking of science are associated with current and future science achievement, as well as continued interest in science classes and careers. However, there are currently no measures to test young children's motivational beliefs related to science learning. To meet this need, we developed the Puppet Interview Scales of Competence in and Enjoyment of Science (PISCES). We piloted PISCES with 113 kindergarten children in public schools participating in the Scientific Literacy Project (SLP). Factor analysis supported the multidimensional structure of young children's self-related beliefs about learning science. PISCES scales measured Science Liking, Science Competence, and Ease of Science Learning. Correlations among PISCES scales and achievement subtests provided evidence of PISCES's validity. Children's motivational beliefs varied as a function of length of time spent learning science, with competence beliefs associated positively with science experience. There were no gender differences. 相似文献
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Worldwide proliferation of pedagogical innovations creates expanding potential in the field of science education. While some
teachers effectively improve students’ scientific learning, others struggle to achieve desirable student outcomes. This study
explores a Taiwanese science teacher’s ability to effectively enhance her students’ science learning. The authors visited
a Taipei city primary school class taught by an experienced science teacher during a 4-week unit on astronomy, with a total
of eight, 90-minute periods. Research methods employed in this study included video capture of each class as well as reflective
interviews with the instructor, eliciting the teacher’s reflection upon both her pedagogical choices and the perceived results
of these choices. We report that the teacher successfully teaches science by creatively diverging from culturally generated
educational expectations. Although the pedagogical techniques and ideas enumerated in the study are relevant specifically
to Taiwan, creative cultural divergence might be replicated to improve science teaching worldwide. 相似文献
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Alexander Minnaert Monique Boekaerts Cornelis de Brabander Marie-Christine Opdenakker 《Vocations and Learning》2011,4(3):175-190
To prepare students for effective workplace learning, it is necessary to have insight into the contextual characteristics
that affect students’ developing interest. Aiming at students to become selfregulated learners, teachers should act as mindful
coaches, encouraging their students to monitor the quality of collaborative group work. A field study was conducted within
the context of a Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) project fostering self-regulated learning. Students and
teachers made use of an electronic instrument that assessed and visualised students’ experiences of the quality of group learning
over time. 137 vocational students in commerce and business administration participated in a 6 months project requiring to
work in small learning groups. A SEM model, based on self-determination theory, fitted the data quite well. Perceived autonomy,
competence, and social relatedness seemed to be good predictors of students’ situational interest. Qualitative interview data
revealed not only the added value of process-oriented reflection and within-group discussion, but also some shortcomings concerning
the effectiveness of (implementing) CSCL. 相似文献
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Catherine Martin-Dunlop Barry J. Fraser 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2008,6(1):163-190
This study assessed the effectiveness of an innovative science course for improving prospective elementary teachers’ perceptions
of laboratory learning environments and attitudes towards science. The sample consisted of 27 classes with 525 female students
in a large urban university. Changing students’ ideas about science laboratory teaching and learning and creating more positive
attitudes towards science were accomplished by using a guided open-ended approach to investigations, together with instructors
who used cooperative learning groups to create a supportive environment. Ideas and attitudes prior to the course were assessed
using a questionnaire focusing on the students’ previous science laboratory courses, and these were compared to data collected
at the end of the course. Students reported large and statistically significant improvements on all seven scales assessing
the laboratory learning environment and attitudes towards science. The largest gains were observed for Open-Endedness and
Material Environment (with effect sizes of 6.74 and 3.82 standard deviations, respectively). An investigation of attitude-environment
associations revealed numerous positive and statistically significant associations in both univariate and multivariate analyses.
In particular, the level of Instructor Support was the strongest independent predictor of student attitudes at two levels
of analysis. 相似文献
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The purposes of this study were to investigate students’ conceptual learning outcomes and the effect of motivation on students’
conceptual learning outcomes in two different contexts: a Web-based and a classroom-based instruction, which incorporated
the Dual Situation Learning Model (DSLM). Nine classes of Grade eight students (N = 190) were involved in the study; five classes participated in a Web-based context and four classes in a regular classroom-based
context. The topic covered was chemical reaction. Students’ conceptual change outcomes were assessed using eight two-tier
pre/post conceptual tests during the instruction and the reaction rate integrated conceptual test at the end of the instruction.
Students’ motivation data were collected in the beginning and during instruction using the items from the Students’ Motivation
Toward Science Learning (SMTSL) questionnaire. The data were analyzed using ANOVA, ANCOVA, bivariate correlation, and multiple
regression analysis. Findings revealed that students’ motivational factors were correlated significantly with their conceptual
learning outcomes in both Web-based and classroom-based science teaching. In the Web-based context, students’ motivation during
the Web-based learning played a more important role on students’ conceptual learning outcomes than before learning. 相似文献
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MS Ruth Coulson 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):101-105
The attitude towards science of first year early childhood education students was explored using an instrument developed for
the purpose. The instrument comprises four Likert-type scales, biographical items and two open-ended attitude items. The four
scales, characterised as ‘confidence’, ‘enjoyment’, ‘usefulness’ and ‘appropriateness of science for young children’, were
supported by varimax factor analysis and had reliabilities from 0.83 to 0.88. Use of the combined scales as a general ‘attitude
towards science’ scale was supported by principal components analysis; reliability for the combined scale was 0.94. Comments
made in response to the open-ended items supported the validity of the scales. For the student group as a whole, mean scores
on all scales were slightly to moderately positive, with the highest mean being for the ‘science for young children’ scale.
Students who had studied at least one science subject at Year 12 level had significantly higher scores on all scales than
students who had not studied science at senior level.
Australia.Specializations: early childhood science education, biological aspects of child development, conservation biology of gulls. 相似文献
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Development of a questionnaire for assessing students’ perceptions of the teaching and learning environment and its use in quality assurance 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
There are few available instruments that assess students’ perceptions of university teaching and learning environments and
can be used to provide diagnostic feedback, at the degree or program level, on the quality of the environment. This article
describes the development, testing and application, for quality assurance purposes, of a suitable instrument. The final version
of the questionnaire includes scales seeking students’ feedback on nine facets of the teaching and learning environment. There
are also scales seeking students’ perceptions of the influence of the environment on the development of eight generic capabilities.
The 17 scales have been shown to be reliable. Validity has been established by the use of faculty panels to select appropriate
generic capabilities and by testing, by structural equation modelling, of an underlying model of the nurturing of capabilities
by the environment. The questionnaire has proved to be highly diagnostic when used for quality assurance purposes. A case
is given showing how the questionnaire identifies strengths and weaknesses, which can lead to action plans for quality improvement. 相似文献
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Geneviève L. Lavigne Robert J. Vallerand Paule Miquelon 《European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE》2007,22(3):351-369
The purpose of this study was to propose and test a motivational model of persistence in science education. The model posits
that science teachers’ support of students’ autonomy positively influences students’ self-perceptions of autonomy and competence.
These self-perceptions, in turn, have a positive impact on students’ self-determined motivation toward science which leads
to their intentions to pursue science education and eventually work in a scientific domain. This model was tested with high
school students (n=728). Results from univariate analyses of variance and from structural equation modeling analyses (with
LISREL) were found to support the proposed model. In addition, a direct link was obtained between perceptions of competence
and intentions to pursue a science education, indicating that higher levels of perceived competence predicted higher levels
of persistence intentions. The present findings support Self-Determination Theory and open the way to future research from
a motivational approach in this area. 相似文献
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Most studies indicate primary students’ attitudes towards and interest in science decline as they progress into the secondary
years. Longitudinal qualitative research exploring this phenomenon is rare as is research which focuses on the students’ voice
as they cross the interface. In this study multiple qualitative data sources, supported by a ‘science interest’ composite
scale, followed 20 students over 2 years. In contrast to baseline data on their peers these students, in general, maintained
their interest in science. Apart from identifying the teacher’s pedagogical approach and classroom environment as two key
issues in understanding these students’ journeys, the importance of listening to and heeding the students’ voice may be an
even more critical concern in addressing the decline in students’ attitudes and interest in science. 相似文献
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Materials science, which entails the practices of selecting, testing, and characterizing materials, is an important discipline
within the study of matter. This paper examines how third grade students’ materials science performance changes over the course
of instruction based on an engineering design challenge. We conducted a case study of nine students who participated in engineering
design-based science instruction with the goal of constructing a stable, quiet, thermally comfortable model house. The learning
outcome of materials science practices was assessed by clinical interviews conducted before and after the instruction, and
the learning process was assessed by students’ workbooks completed during the instruction. The interviews included two materials
selection tasks for designing a sturdy stepstool and an insulated pet habitat. Results indicate that: (1) students significantly
improved on both materials selection tasks, (2) their gains were significantly positively associated with the degree of completion
of their workbooks, and (3) students who were highly engaged with the workbook’s reflective record-keeping tasks showed the
greatest improvement on the interviews. These findings suggest the important role workbooks can play in facilitating elementary
students’ learning of science through authentic activity such as engineering design. 相似文献