Attitudes toward Plants: Comparing the Impact of Instruction through Writing & through a Botanical Garden Trip

Autor/inn/en	Iri, Funda Gül; Çil, Emine
Titel	Attitudes toward Plants: Comparing the Impact of Instruction through Writing & through a Botanical Garden Trip
Quelle	In: American Biology Teacher, 82 (2020) 4, S.218-226 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-7685
Schlagwörter	Plants (Botany); Gardening; Positive Attitudes; Student Interests; Elementary School Students; Grade 6; Preadolescents; Picture Books; Writing (Composition); Field Trips; Instructional Effectiveness; Urban Environment; Forestry; Student Centered Learning; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflanze; Gartenarbeit; Studieninteresse; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Schreibübung; Exkursion; Unterrichtserfolg; Stadtökologie; Forstwissenschaft; Waldwirtschaft; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	We designed and implemented two instructional approaches to plant education, with the intention of supporting positive attitudes toward plants among sixth-grade students (11-13 years old). In one instructional approach, students prepared a book about plants that have interesting characteristics. In the other approach, students visited a botanical garden. The purpose of the study was to compare the effects of these approaches on students' attitudes toward plants. A matched-pairs experimental design was used in the research. A total of 56 students (28 in each group) participated in the study. Data were gathered by using the Plant Attitude Questionnaire. This instrument consisted of 28 items using a five-point Likert scale and included four dimensions of attitudes toward plants: importance, urban trees, interest, and utilization. Our results indicate that instruction via writing a book about plants with interesting characteristics is a good way to support students' positive attitudes toward plants; this approach was especially effective in the dimensions of interest and utilization. The botanical garden trip was also effective, though in a more limited way, in supporting students' positive attitudes toward plants; this approach was most effective in the dimension of urban trees. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01