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http://dx.doi.org/10.5012/jkcs.2011.55.4.703

The Effect of STS Modules Reflected Ansan's Local Characteristics for Chemistry I  

Gil, Hye-Jeong (Kojan High School)
Kim, Hyun-Kyung (Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation)
Choi, Byung-Soon (Department of Chemistry Education, Korea National University of Education)
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Journal of the Korean Chemical Society / v.55, no.4, 2011 , pp. 703-714 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of STS modules reflecting Ansan's geological characteristics in Chemistry I on high school students' science related attitudes and preference for STS lessons. The subjects were 10th grade students from K High School in Ansan and comprised 71 students in the experiment group and 78 students in the control group from 2 classes each. Pretest-posttest control group design was employed for the purpose of research. Four STS modules with lesson plans and teaching materials with themes of water, air, and energy, all of which are closely related to high school Chemistry I were developed and applied to the experiment group. The science related attitudes and preference for STS lessons were then examined in pre- and post-tests. The science related attitudes of the experiment group were significantly high in three out of five domains compared to the control group who was taught traditionally. The preference for STS lessons of the experiment group were highly positive in all five areas and were particularly high in the area of 'relation to society'. Such results imply that in order to make effective high school Chemistry I curriculum units related to STS, emphasized by both the 7th National Curriculum and the Revised 7th National Curriculum, it is necessary to use episodes reflecting local characteristics in which students show greater interest and active participation.
Keywords
STS module; Lake siwha; Science-related attitudes; Preference for STS lessons;
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