Effects of hands-on, activity-based science and a supportive instructional environment on at-risk sixth-grade students' attitude[s] toward science, achievement in science, goal orientation, and cognitive engagement in science
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Anne-Courtney Seigler Miller (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Ernest W. Lee
Abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effects of hands-on, activity-based science instruction in a supportive instructional environment on at-risk, sixth-grade students' attitude toward science, achievement in science, goal orientation, and cognitive engagement in science. The sample was comprised of 204 sixth-grade students of whom 60 were identified as being at-risk. The students were in eight science classes taught by four teachers at one middle school. Each science class had both at-risk and not at-risk students in the class. Since no comparison group was available, and in order to establish differences between at-risk and not at-risk students, and in order to show that this approach would not be detrimental to the not at-risk students, data on all students in the classes were included. A pretest-posttest design was used with each student serving as his or her own control. The study lasted for the second nine-week quarter of the school year. Staff development services were provided to the teachers who participated in the study, in order to provide materials, strategies, and training in the use of hands-on, activity-based science and in developing supportive instructional environments in the science classroom. No significant differences in the students' attitude toward science were found.
Effects of hands-on, activity-based science and a supportive instructional environment on at-risk sixth-grade students' attitude[s] toward science, achievement in science, goal orientation, and cognitive engagement in science
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1990
- Subjects
- Science $x Study and teaching
- Students $x Attitudes
- Classroom environment