Promoting Students' Interest and Motivation towards Science Learning: The Role of Personal Needs and Motivation Orientations

Autor/inn/en	Loukomies, Anni; Pnevmatikos, Dimitris; Lavonen, Jari; Spyrtou, Anna; Byman, Reijo; Kariotoglou, Petros; Juuti, Kalle
Titel	Promoting Students' Interest and Motivation towards Science Learning: The Role of Personal Needs and Motivation Orientations
Quelle	In: Research in Science Education, 43 (2013) 6, S.2517-2539 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0157-244X
DOI	10.1007/s11165-013-9370-1
Schlagwörter	Student Interests; Student Motivation; Science Interests; Secondary School Students; Secondary School Science; Student Needs; Science Education; Science Instruction; Questionnaires; Educational Theories; Psychological Needs; Learning Modules; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Finland; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studieninteresse; Schulische Motivation; Sekundarschüler; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Fragebogen; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Learning module; Lernmodul; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Finnland; Griechenland
Abstract	This study aimed to design a teaching sequence for science education that enabled lower secondary school students to enhance their motivation towards science. Further, it looked to examine the way the designed teaching sequence affected students with different motivational profiles. Industry site visits, with embodied theory-based motivational features were included as part of the designed teaching sequence. The sequence was implemented in Finland and Greece with 54 participants, 27 from each country. Quantitative data was collected using the Evaluation of Science Inquiry Activities Questionnaire, based on the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory but did not map the expected outcomes. Interviews, however, showed that students with different motivational profiles found aspects within the module that met their psychological needs as explained by Self-Determination Theory. The results offer a perspective to adolescents' psychological needs along with some insights into how students mediate the way they value an activity in the context of science education. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10