scholarly journals Impacts of Serious Games on Middle School Students’ Science Achievement and Attitudes towards Science

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-212
Author(s):  
Emine Sena Toprak Yallıhep ◽  
Hakan Akcay ◽  
Hasan Ozgur Kapici
Keyword(s):  
Serious Games ◽  
Science Achievement ◽  
Attitudes Toward Science ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
School Students ◽  
Instructional Tools ◽  
Attitudes Towards Science ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Students Attitudes

Developing students’ attitudes toward science is an important issue because societies need individuals who can contribute to scientific and technological developments. That’s why using various and different instructional tools in science education may have an impact on students’ attitudes towards science positively. Within this respect, the goal of the study is to investigate the effects of serious games on primary school students’ (fifth-grade) science achievement related to the topic of light and sound, and attitudes towards science. A quasi-experimental research design was used in the study. Fifth-grade students from two different classes were the participants in the current study. The data was gathered by the science achievement test and the attitude scale. The findings revealed that whereas students in the experimental group, who were taught by serious games, developed their attitudes towards science significantly positive, their counterparts did not. There was no significant effect of serious game on students’ achievement. This result showed that serious games as a different instructional tool may have crucial impacts on primary students’ attitudes toward science.

scholarly journals Investigation of Middle School Students’ Attitudes towards Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Determination of the Predictors

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Cennet GÖLOĞLU DEMİR ◽  
Nagihan TANIK ÖNAL ◽  
Nezih ÖNAL
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Science Achievement ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Attitudes Towards Science ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
And Mathematics

The purpose of the current study is to investigate middle school students’ attitudes towards Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and to determine the predictors of these attitudes. The study was designed according to the relational survey model, one of the quantitative research designs. The sample of the study is comprised of 408 middle school sixth, seventh and eighth grade students. The data of the current study were collected by using a STEM-oriented attitude scale. In order to analyse the collected data, independent samples t-test, one-way variance analysis and stepwise multiple regression analysis were used. As a result of these analyses, it was determined that the students’ attitudes towards STEM vary significantly depending on the students’ gender, grade level, participation in in-school and out-of-school social activities, science and mathematics achievement. The most effective three predictors of STEM were found to be science achievement, being a 6th grader and being female. The state of being female was found to be negatively correlated with the prediction of the attitudes towards STEM. As a conclusion of the study, suggestions were made to eliminate gender-based differences in the attitudes towards STEM, to increase STEM activities in upper grades and for career planning.

scholarly journals Comparison of Simulation-Based and Textbook-Based Instructions on Middle School Students’ Achievement, Inquiry Skills and Attitudes

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Aysegul Cayvaz ◽  
Hakan Akcay ◽  
Hasan Ozgur Kapici
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Science Achievement ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
School Students ◽  
Inquiry Skills ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Attitudes Towards Science ◽  
Based Instruction

Simulations, which is a type of educational technology has started to be used widely in classes. Contradictive results show that there is no certain conclusion about the effects of them on students’ domain knowledge, inquiry skills and attitudes towards science. The goal of the study is to compare the impacts of simulation-based and textbook-based instructions on the middle school students’ science achievement, inquiry skills and attitudes towards science. The study was done with 188 middle school students and three science teachers. Whereas 98 of them enrolled in the classes where simulation-based instruction was used, 90 of the participants were from the classes in which textbook-based instruction followed. A quasi-experimental research design was used in the study. The data was gathered by the achievement test, the inquiry skills, and the attitude scale. The findings revealed that simulation-based instruction is significantly efficient in enhancing middle school students’ science achievement and inquiry skills. Yet, it was also reached that both of the instructions have no significant impact on students’ attitudes towards science. Possible reasons behind the results were also discussed.

scholarly journals Determining the Effect of Science Teaching Using Mobile Augmented Reality Application on the Secondary School Students’ Attitudes of toward Science and Technology and Academic Achievement

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
Gonca Kececi ◽  
◽  
Pelin Yildirim ◽  
Fikriye Kirbag Zengin ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Attitudes Toward Science ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Mobile Augmented Reality ◽  
School Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Socioeconomic Levels

In this research, the effects of science education using mobile augmented reality (MAR) application on students’ attitudes toward science, technology, and their academic achievement were determined against two socioeconomic levels. The parallel pattern mixed method was used in the study. The research was carried out with 143 sixth-grade students from two schools with different socioeconomic levels in Turkey. The MAR application was used with the experimental groups. Quantitative data were collected through the “Science and Technology Attitude Scale” and “Systems Achievement Test.” According to the ANCOVA results, it was observed that the MAR application used in the processing of the lessons was effective in improving the academic achievement levels of the students but not in attitudes toward science and technology. Results showed that the socioeconomic situation played an active role on the academic achievement of students but did not play an effective role on science and technology attitudes. The results of this research are important in determining the differences between students at different socioeconomic levels experiencing technology-supported systems.

Zoltán Kodály gives a hand to secondary school students in recorder performance and attitudes toward music in Turkey

2021 ◽  
pp. 025576142110059
Author(s):  
Alican Gülle ◽  
Cenk Akay ◽  
Nezaket Bilge Uzun
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Attitudes Toward Music ◽  
Experimental Group

Kodály-inspired pedagogy enables students to participate effectively in a music course by engaging in active musical interactions with folk songs and melodies. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of Kodály-inspired pedagogy on recorder performance and attitudes toward music of secondary school students. A quasi-experimental design was used in the study. The experimental group was taught using Kodály-inspired pedagogy and the control group using the general music teaching methods for 9 weeks. A two-way mixed-design analysis of variance (ANOVA) and content analysis were used to analyze the data. A Recorder Performance Grading Key, music course attitude scale, and open-ended questions were used to collect the data. Consequently, the findings indicated that Kodály-inspired pedagogy had a significant effect on the students’ recorder performance but the researchers could not find a significant effect on students’ attitudes toward the music course. Moreover, students in the experimental group reported improvement in their recorder performance and attitudes toward music education. The researchers recommended including information about the implementation of Kodály-inspired pedagogy in music teacher textbooks, providing in-service training for teachers to enable them to use Kodály-inspired pedagogy.

Gender and Attitudes toward Computers and Calculators: Their Relationship to Math Performance

1989 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail F. Munger ◽  
Brenda H. Loyd
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Mathematics Performance ◽  
Attitudes Toward Computers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Calculators ◽  
The Relationship

In education, computers and calculators historically have been associated with mathematics and the sciences, and are frequently incorporated into these areas of the curriculum. This may have serious implications for females because of the long history of reported sex differences in achievement and attitudes in mathematics and related disciplines. This study of sixty high school students examines the relationship between mathematics performance and students' attitudes toward technology (computers and calculators), and whether the relationship is similar for males and females. A practice form of the General Educational Development (GED) test was used to measure mathematics performance. Students' attitudes toward computers were assessed by the Computer Attitude Scale, and attitudes toward calculators were assessed by a 4-item measure developed by the authors. In general, students with more positive attitudes toward computers and calculators were found to perform better than students with more negative attitudes.

scholarly journals COMPARISON OF SCHOOL BASED-COOPERATIVE PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (SB-CPBL) AND CONVENTIONAL TEACHING ON STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCIENCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-276
Author(s):  
Wael Musalamani ◽  
Ruhizan Mohammad Yasin ◽  
Kamisah Osman
Keyword(s):  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Conventional Teaching ◽  
Attitudes Towards Science ◽  
8Th Grade ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Equivalent Control ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
8Th Graders

This study examined the effect of the SB-CPBL on Jordanian 8th-grade students’ attitude towards science. A quantitative quasi-experimental design with a non-equivalent control group was employed in this study. 120 8th-graders, divided into two groups, were involved in this study. Two groups (60 students, 30 males, and 30 females) were designated as the experimental group; they used the SB-CPBL module for six weeks, while two groups (60 students, 30 males, and 30 females) were designated as the control group and taught conventionally. The validity and reliability of the measurements used, comprising four sub-scales with 40-items, were already robust. The statistical comparison between the groups showed a significant improvement in the SB-CPBL students’ attitudes towards learning science compared with their conventionally-taught counterparts. The findings also confirmed the insignificant effects of gender vis-à-vis attitudes towards science. The results concluded the effectiveness of SB-CPBL approach in improving students’ attitudes towards science in school settings. Keywords: cooperative learning, cooperative problem-based learning, problem-based learning, students’ attitudes towards science

scholarly journals Attitudes Towards Science: A Study of Gender Differences and Grade Level

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 599-608
Author(s):  
Susilawati*, Nurfina ◽  
Nurfina Aznam ◽  
Paidi Paidi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Attitudes Toward Science ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
School Students ◽  
Students Attitudes

<p style="text-align: justify;">It should be noted that learning outcomes are not students’ only achievement; attitude is also the main output in learning. This research explores students’ attitudes toward science learning based on gender and the grade level of schools in Aceh, Indonesia. The participants are 1,023 students from the sixth grade of primary schools and the eighth grade of secondary schools. The total sample includes 16 schools spread across the province. The data have been collected using TOSRA. By using the Likert scale, this questionnaire is useful for obtaining descriptions of the students’ attitudes and assigning scores for a certain group of participants. Based on gender, the results show females reflect more positive attitudes toward science than male students do. According to the grade level of the schools, the data reflect the equality of students’ attitudes toward science between primary and secondary schools. Nevertheless, when primary school students enter secondary school, the majority of students enjoy learning science less. This fact is meaningful feedback for science teachers. This result supports the scholars seeking ways to avoid the gender gap in learning activities. Pedagogical implications are also discussed.</p>

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