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Interest Enhancements to Science Experiments: Interactions with Student Gender.
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Martinez, Michael E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Summarizes comparisons of self-reported interest by gender and experimental condition for middle school students (n=101) who performed scientific experiments under conditions designed to vary across difficulty levels, social contexts, and scenarios of fantasy to realism. Findings indicate that boys were more attentive to aspects of experimental…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Locus of Control, Middle Schools, Motivation
The Effects of Instructional Organization and Locus of Control Orientation on Meaningful Learning in High School Biology Students.
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Sherris, Jacqueline D.; Kahle, Jane Butler – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1984
Investigated effects on meaningful learning achievement of concept-related instructional organization and locus of control orientation of 541 high school students. Indicates that externally-oriented subjects exposed to the treatment generally retained more than those in a comparison group. Other results are reported and discussed. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Biology, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, High Schools
Factors Related to the Decision of Men and Women to Continue Taking Science Courses in College.
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Deboer, George E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1984
Determined importance of transition between a student's initial collegiate science experience and the decision to continue in science, and whether reasons students give to explain their success or failure in their first course are related to that decision. Results demonstrate a sense of competence for students who continue in science. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attribution Theory, College Science, Higher Education