Effect of STS Teaching on Students's Attitudes

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Prepared by:

NUR AMANI BINTI ABDUL RANI

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

AND SOCIETY

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AUTHOR

Mee-Kyeong Lee (Korea Institute of Curriculum

& Evaluation, Korea)

Ibrahim Erdogan (Firat University, Turkey)

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PARTICIPANTS

7 Korean Physic teachers(two middle school, 5

high school) who participated in 4-weeks

intensive summer Iowa ProfessionalDevelopment Program and their 591 students

in 14 classes agreed to involved in this study

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PURPOSE

Examine the effectiveness of Science

TechnologySociety approaches on student

attitudes toward science and creativity.

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INTRODUCTION

Students are exposed to teacher-dominated

instruction (lectures, drill and practice on sets ofproblems and structured cookbook laboratory

activities)

Traditional method

Ignore the interests of students which in turn

eliminate student motivation while developing more

negative attitudes toward science and creativity

Shift is necessary (STS approach) 6


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STS - defined as the teaching and learning of science-technology in the context of human experience (National

Science Teachers Association, 1993).

STS teaching - questions, problems, and a situation that

is relevant to and appropriate for students.

Investigate the questions, problems, and situations by

exploration and consideration of possible solutions.

Work both in groups and alone to solve problems and

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METHOD

7 teachers randomly assigned two of their

classes for the study (control group &

experimental group)

used same textbook and time for instruction variable were held constant (students grades,

same teachers, gender, group size for two

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EXPERIMENTAL GROUP CONTROL GROUP

STS approaches Traditional method

Teachers choose differenttopic and concepts and

developed their 4-week

modules

Teachers choose differenttopic and concepts and

developed their lesson plan

Encourage students to ask

their own questions and to

discuss them with other

students in an atmosphere

of freedom

Teachers lectures,

explanations and

demonstrations

Student-centered Teacher-centered

Teachersrole-Facilitator Teachersrole-Provider


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2 student surveys were administered:

a) - The Attitudes Toward Science Inventory (ASI) (Enger & Yager,

1998)

- involved 18 items and based on a five- point Likert scale (never

1 point, always 5 point)

b) - Assessment of Student Creativity (ASC) (Enger & Yager, 1998)

- ASC instrument includes three different subscales : Questioning,

Reasoning and Predicting Consequences

- each questions and statement were classified as irrelevant

(0 point), pertinent (1 point) and unique (2 point)10


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RESULT

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CONCLUSION

Experimental Group (STS approaches)more

positive attitudes and increase creativity skill

Control Group (Traditional Method)less

positive attitudes and decrease creativity skill Congruent with what Yager summarized

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Traditional Methodsitting and listening to

lectures, watching demonstrations and taking

notes

STS approachesresponsible for own learning,asking questions, conducting research and

finding their own information sources

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