ERIC Number: EJ1027619
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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"Primärerfahrung" with Living Animals in Contrast to Educational Videos: A Comparative Intervention Study
Klingenberg, Konstantin
Journal of Biological Education, v48 n2 p105-112 2014
"Primärerfahrung" (PE) describes direct contact with learning objects; in biological education with plants or animals in particular. Visualising these objects using videos, books, etc, can be classified as "Sekundärerfahrung" (SE) because the information is not presented in the "original" way. In this intervention study, a teaching unit was conducted with living invertebrates (PE treatment, n = 35) and educational videos of these animals displayed on laptops (SE treatment, n = 29) to ensure identical instructional settings in group work. Affective dimensions (interests, attitudes, learning climate) and cognitive dimensions (declarative and conceptual knowledge) were recorded with validated items in pre-, post- and follow-up tests. Compared with the SE treatment, the PE treatment achieved knowledge at a significantly higher level (d = 0.30) and showed more significant changes in almost all attitude dimensions. The results are discussed with consideration to general implications for biological education.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Biology, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction, Animals, Video Technology, Intervention, Units of Study, Teaching Methods, Student Interests, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Knowledge Level, Pretests Posttests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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