ERIC Number: EJ1096054
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Publication Date: 2015-Dec
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A School-Based Study on Situational Interest of Investigative Study in Senior Physics
Leung, Yat-yin
Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, v16 n2 Article 9 Dec 2015
This paper reports the findings from the interview data of a research aiming at studying how to trigger students' situational interest in physics and its implications on learning and teaching in the New Senior Secondary (NSS) physics curriculum. 49 students from a boys' school were invited to write one to three learning experiences in physics that they found to be interesting. Five of them with different levels of individual interest were then selected for interview to elaborate on what they had written. The results showed that investigative study (IS) was the most popular means to induce situational interests, in accordance with IS's contextual nature.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Seniors, Student Interests, Science Interests, Physics, Secondary School Science, Science Curriculum, Males, Learning Experience, Interviews, Writing Assignments, Investigations, Self Determination, Qualitative Research, Learning Activities, Learner Engagement, High Stakes Tests, Test Anxiety, Phenomenology, Science Achievement, Outcomes of Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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