Preferred Actual Learning Environment ''Spaces'' and Earth Science Outcomes in Taiwan
Preferred Actual Learning Environment ''Spaces'' and Earth Science Outcomes in Taiwan
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台湾首选的实际学习环境“空间”和地球科学成果
DOI:
10.1002/sce.20125
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发表时间:
2006
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
J. P. Barufaldi
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作者:
Chun;C. Hsiao;J. P. Barufaldi
This study examines the possibilities of differential impacts on students' earth science learning outcomes between different preferred–actual learning environment spaces by using a newly developed ESCLEI (Earth Science Classroom Learning Environment Instrument). The instrument emphasizes three simultaneously important classroom components: content, method, and assessment with both student-centered and teacher-centered scales embedded. Findings suggest that preferred–actual space (PASmatch) between posttreatment perceptions and pretreatment preferences accounted for a more substantial and statistically significant amount of learning outcomes in terms of students' attitudes toward the subject matter with greater than large effect size, concerning practical significance in the actual earth science classroom. These findings suggest that earth science instruction in the secondary schools should bridge the gap between students' preferred/perceived learning environment with the aim to enhance their learning outcomes. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Sci Ed90:420–433, 2006