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Membiela, Pedro; Acosta, Katherine; Yebra, Miguel A.; González, Antonio – Science Education, 2023
Important factors in learning science include motivational variables (relevance of science learning for personal goals, self-efficacy for learning science, and interest in a scientific career), emotional variables (boredom and enjoyment in science classes), and engagement variables (vigor, dedication, and absorption towards science studies). Data…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Scientific Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Psychological Patterns
Do High-Ability Students Disidentify with Science? A Descriptive Study of U.S. Ninth Graders in 2009
Andersen, Lori; Chen, Jason A. – Science Education, 2016
The present study describes science expectancy-value motivation classes within a nationally representative sample of students who were U.S. ninth graders in 2009. An expectancy-value model was the basis for science-specific profile indicators (self-efficacy, attainment value, utility value, interest-enjoyment value). Using exploratory latent class…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes
Blanchard, Margaret R.; Southerland, Sherry A.; Osborne, Jason W.; Sampson, Victor D.; Annetta, Leonard A.; Granger, Ellen M. – Science Education, 2010
In this quantitative study, we compare the efficacy of Level 2, guided inquiry-based instruction to more traditional, verification laboratory instruction in supporting student performance on a standardized measure of knowledge of content, procedure, and nature of science. Our sample included 1,700 students placed in the classrooms of 12 middle…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Science Teachers, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis