Learning Environment, Attitudes and Achievement among Middle-school Science Students Using Inquiry-based Laboratory Activities |
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| Authors: | Stephen J Wolf Barry J Fraser |
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| Institution: | (1) Science and Mathematics Education Centre, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U 1987, Perth, 6845, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This study compared inquiry and non-inquiry laboratory teaching in terms of students’ perceptions of the classroom learning
environment, attitudes toward science, and achievement among middle-school physical science students. Learning environment
and attitude scales were found to be valid and related to each other for a sample of 1,434 students in 71 classes. For a subsample
of 165 students in 8 classes, inquiry instruction promoted more student cohesiveness than non-inquiry instruction (effect
size of one-third of a standard deviation), and inquiry-based laboratory activities were found to be differentially effective
for male and female students. |
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| Keywords: | Attitudes Achievement Inquiry Laboratory teaching Learning environment Middle schooling |
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