A 12-week newspapers-in-science-teaching program significantly improved sixth graders' attitudes toward science¶

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q2 i? After the newspaper-based intervention, sixth graders' Attitude toward Science scores rose significantly from pre-test to post-test (t = 7.327, p < .001). → Lai 2016

Evidence¶

Lai 2016¶

Lai, C., & Wang, Y. (2016). Newspapers in science education: A study involving sixth grade students. Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH), 2(2), 98-103. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1109392

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Paired t-test on the 27-item Attitude toward Science Scale (Cronbach's α = .92) given to the same 33 sixth graders before and after the 12-week newspaper-based science teaching. Pre-test mean 108.060 (SD 8.951), post-test mean 116.121 (SD 9.600).

"The results in Table 3 show that the outcomes of attitudes toward science instrument indicate that students did better in the post -test than in the pre -test (t = 7.327, p < .001)."

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