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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2011.31.4.505

Effects of Science Club Activity on Science-Related Attitudes of Female Elementary School Students  

Shin, Ae-Kyung (Jeju National University)
Jang, Chi-Hoon (Saeseogwi Elementary School)
Hyun, Dong-Geol (Jeju National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.31, no.4, 2011 , pp. 505-512 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate how extracurricular science club activities affect sciencerelated attitudes of female elementary school students. The experimental group was organised with thirty female elementary school students selected from a school in a small city and two schools in a town at Jeju special selfgoverning province. The students were encouraged to participate in a variety of scientific experiences and inquiry activities for ten months. The control group consisted of another thirty girl students chosen from the same schools. The pre-test and post-test on science-related attitudes were administered to both the experimental and control groups. The result of this study shows that meaningful changes have been observed in science-related attitudes of the experimental group, whereas the control group reveals no meaningful changes. Science-related attitudes have been analyzed in three categories such as cognition, interests, scientific attitude. The experimental group shows meaningful changes in all of the three categories, while the control group shows no change in any category. When the female students from small city and those from the town were separated, the result shows that the latter shows more positive changes in science-related attitudes through science club activities than the former.
Keywords
science-related attitudes of girl students; effects of science club activities; science club activities in elementary school;
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