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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2017.38.3.239

Influence of Pre-service Science Teachers' Selection of Earth Science I, II in High School and College Major on their Self-perceived Attitude and Academic Achievement in General Earth Science Lecture  

Shim, Hyunjin (Department of Earth Science Education, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Hyonyong (Department of Earth Science Education, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.38, no.3, 2017 , pp. 239-249 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate the influence of pre-service science teachers' selection of earth science I, II in the high school and their college major on their self-perceived attitude and academic achievement in general earth science lecture at university. The participants in the study were 273 who enrolled in the division of science education, college of education and took the general earth science lecture from 2012 to 2015. The data was analyzed with two-way ANOVA by using SPSS 23.0. The results indicated that there was no significant difference of students' attitude and examination difficulty in general earth science lecture between earth science major and other subject major. However, students who took earth science I and/or II in high school showed positive attitude toward the lecture and higher achievement scores than students who didn't take earth science I, II in their high school. The results of the study imply that it is essential to consider students' attitude toward science and achievement in pre-service science teacher education.
Keywords
high school; Earth Science I; Earth Science II; attitude; pre-service teacher;
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