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Derginin Adı:
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International Journal of Environmental and Science Education
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Cilt:
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2012/7
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Sayı:
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2
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Makale Başlık:
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Investigating student attitudes and achievements in an environmental place-based inquiry in secondary classrooms
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Makale Eklenme Tarihi:
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6.02.2015
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Okunma Sayısı:
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2
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Makale Özeti:
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Student attitudes toward science and content achievements were examined in three secondary
Biology I classrooms using an environmentally place-based curriculum as well as a traditional
curriculum. Student attitudes were measured using Likert-scale science attitude
surveys administered at the beginning of the school year and once again following completion
of weeklong ecology curricula. Content achievements were assessed on a pre- and
post-test as well as an end-of-unit test. The quantitative results show some attitude
measures are correlated with ability-group tracking, and that little change in science attitudes
occurred during the course of the study for the three groups. Results also indicate that
overall test scores on an end-of-unit test were not significantly different between the inquiry-based
and traditional curricula. Qualitative analysis of the pre- and post-tests show
growth in ecology knowledge for all three classrooms, with the Inquiry-Based Academic
Class achieving the greatest gains. The results warrant an exploration of curricula that use
place-based inquiry as a teaching tool and learning goal by educators interested in student
content achievements and keeping science attitudes from decreasing while fostering critical
thinking skills.
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