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ERIC Number: EJ1052698
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Apr
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1387-1579
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Sex, Grade-Level and Stream Differences in Learning Environment and Attitudes to Science in Singapore Primary Schools
Peer, Jarina; Fraser, Barry J.
Learning Environments Research, v18 n1 p143-161 Apr 2015
Learning environment research provides a well-established approach for describing and understanding what goes on in classrooms and has attracted considerable interest in Singapore. This article reports the first study of science classroom environments in Singapore primary schools. Ten scales from the What Is Happening In this Class?, Constructivist Learning Environment Survey and Test Of Science Related Attitudes were administered to 1,081 students in 55 classes. Factor and reliability analyses provided strong support for this widely-applicable questionnaire for assessing Involvement, Teacher Support, Investigation, Task Orientation, Cooperation, Personal Relevance, Uncertainty, Student Negotiation, Attitude to Inquiry and Enjoyment of Science Lessons among Singaporean primary-school students. Statistically significant findings of small magnitude emerged for sex differences, grade-level differences, stream differences, the stream-by-sex interaction and the grade-by-stream interaction.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Constructivist Learning Environment Survey; Test of Science Related Attitudes
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