Student Interest Generated During an Inquiry Skills Lesson

Autor/in	Palmer, David H.
Titel	Student Interest Generated During an Inquiry Skills Lesson
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 46 (2009) 2, S.147-165 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4308
DOI	10.1002/tea.20263
Schlagwörter	Physical Activities; Student Interests; Grade 9; Classrooms; Inquiry; Student Motivation; Science Instruction; Secondary School Science; High School Students; Learning Activities; Foreign Countries; Demonstrations (Educational); Science Experiments; Reports; Science Process Skills; Teaching Methods; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studieninteresse; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Classroom; Klassenraum; Schulische Motivation; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Lernaktivität; Ausland; Demonstrationsexperiment; Demonstrationsmodell; Demonstrationsunterricht; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Australien
Abstract	"Situational interest" is a short-term form of motivation which occurs when a specific situation stimulates the focused attention of students (e.g., a spectacular science demonstration could arouse transient interest amongst nearly all the students in a class, even those who are not normally interested in science). However, there have been very few studies of situational interest and its potential to motivate students in science classrooms. The purpose of this project was to investigate situational interest and its sources. Small groups of grade 9 students participated in a science lesson which focused on inquiry skills, and data were obtained on their interest levels and sources of interest. The results indicated that interest arousal was substantial but did fluctuate throughout the lesson, according to the types of activities in which students were involved. The main source of interest was novelty, although choice, physical activity, and social involvement were also implicated. (Contains 4 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10