The Measurement of the Transfer and Retention Abilities of Junior High School Students in Performing the Scientific Processes of Observation and Comparison.

Autor/in	Tomera, Audrey N.
Titel	The Measurement of the Transfer and Retention Abilities of Junior High School Students in Performing the Scientific Processes of Observation and Comparison.
Quelle	(1972), (110 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Southern Illinois University...
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Doctoral Dissertations; Educational Research; Junior High School Students; Learning; Learning Processes; Retention (Psychology); Science Education; Transfer of Training + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Lernen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Merkfähigkeit; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung
Abstract	Investigated were two problems in science education, the retention and positive lateral transfer of the scientific processes of observation and comparison. Data for this study were collected from two junior high school settings, urban and rural. A total sample of 172 seventh- and eighth-grade students were instructed in the skills of observation and comparison using three-dimensional science objects. Samples were randomly assigned to two- or four-week training groups, review or no review treatments, and the instructional vehicles. The Scientific Observation and Comparison Skill Test--Twig or Algae Forms were used to measure achievement. Data were analyzed using the multilinear regression approach. Retention data were treated descriptively using the mean percent of retention from post- to delayed posttesting. Standard deviations and Pearson Product Moment correlations were also reported. Results of the study indicated that the skills are phenomenally retained over all time periods tested. There was no significant difference between samples receiving two and four weeks of instruction or between samples receiving the review treatment and those not receiving it. Mean percent of retention of transfer in all groups was extremely high. (Author/EB)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01