| Summary: | 碩士 === 朝陽科技大學 === 環境工程與管理系碩士班 === 101 === The present study sought to explore the effects of implementing research teaching activities that apply the STS teaching of solar power hydroponics on the cognitions and attitudes of elementary school second graders towards energy. The research tool used in this study was the self-produced “questionnaire on lower graders’ cognitions and attitudes towards energy in elementary school,” which was applied with second-grade students at an elementary school in Dali District, Taichung City. The experimental group consisted of 14 males and 15 females (a total of 29 students) from the class the researcher is currently teaching, while the control group consisted of 13 males and 16 females (a total of 29 students). The experimental group took eight weeks of classes applying application of STS teaching Model by solar power hydroponics, while the control group took general classes. The students were also instructed on energy-related knowledge and tested using the “questionnaire on lower graders’ cognitions and attitudes towards energy in elementary school” before and after the classes to obtain their learning outcomes. Descriptive statistics and a paired-sample t-test were used to determine whether there was a significant difference in the students’ cognitions and attitudes towards energy before and after education.
The research results are summarized as shown below:
1. A significant improvement was shown in the energy-related knowledge of students from both the experimental group and control group after the instruction, but the overall grades of the experimental group and control group were not much different.
2. After implementation of the teaching activity, students from the experimental group showed better performance in terms of their attitudes towards energy than the control group, with the difference reaching significance. This indicates that STS teaching does indeed inspire students to be concerned about their own environment and cultivates students to develop the responsibility for citizenship behavior.
Suggestions are proposed based on these research results to serve as a reference for administrative units and teachers when implementing STS teaching Model and for follow-up research in the future.
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