Influence of “Newspaper in Education for Children” on Sixth Grade Elementary School Students’ Attitudes toward Science Learning

• Main Authors: Yun-Fei Wang, 王芸芾
• Other Authors: Ching-San Lai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20917492059631360022

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 自然科學教育學系碩士班 === 97 === The purpose of this study is to probe into school children’s newspaper reading with the “Survey of Newspaper Reading”. It designed “newspaper in education for children” and explored sixth-grade elementary school children’s attitudes toward “newspaper in education for children”, science reading and science.The subjects were 33 students taught by the researcher in an elementary school in Taoyuan County. The study was mainly based on quantitative approach and supported by qualitative method. The research tools included the “Scale of Attitudes toward Newspaper in Education for Children”, “Scale of Attitudes toward Science Reading” and “Scale of Attitudes toward Science”. Pretest and posttest were conducted before and after the instruction. The data were analyzed with statistical methods, including paired t-test, and average frequency. The researcher also adopted learning sheets, experimental learning sheets, questionnaires, interviews, live recording and instructional journals to analyze the results. The research findings are as follows: 1. Before the implementation of “newspaper in education for children”, the school children are passive in reading science articles. 2. Attitudes toward newspaper in education for children: the scores of experimental group were higher in posttest than in pretest, and it reached significant difference. After further analysis on the sub-scales (“personal reading”, “science DIY” and “group discussion”), significant difference was observed. 3. Attitudes toward science reading: the scores of experimental group were higher than in posttest than in pretest, and it reached significant difference. The researcher further analyzed the sub-scales (“attitudes toward reading of science article on newspaper”, “reading of science article on newspaper” and “reading value of science article on newspaper”), and found significant difference. 4. Attitudes toward science: the scores of experimental group were higher in posttest than in pretest, and it reached significant difference. The researcher further analyzed the sub-scales (“attitudes toward science learning”, “attitudes toward the importance of science”, “attitudes toward scientific activities”), and found significant difference. 5. In the process of “newspaper in education for children”, the researcher enhance teaching professionalism through teaching reflection.