THE IMPACT OF A SCIENCE MUSEUM INVOKED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT (SMILE) ON STUDENTS
Title | THE IMPACT OF A SCIENCE MUSEUM INVOKED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT (SMILE) ON STUDENTS |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2012 |
Authors | Chang, C-Y, Huang, Y-C, Chen, C-Y |
Journal | Journal of Baltic Science Education |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 4 |
Start Page | 357-366 |
Date Published | December/2012 |
Type of Article | Original article |
ISSN | 1648-3898 |
Other Numbers | ICID: 1023448 |
Keywords | earth science curriculum, Learning Environment, Perception, science museum teaching |
Abstract | This study aims to develop an ESSMIM (Earth System-Science Museum Instructional Module) and evaluate its impacts on 11th grade high-school students’ expected and actual perceptions of a Science Museum invoked Learning Environment (SMiLE). The ESSMIM was designed following the principles of the “Earth System Education (ESE) learning cycle mode” (Chang, 2005): Engage, Explore, Analysis/Explain, as well as Apply and Evaluate. In terms of research design, a one group pretest posttest research design was adopted. The research subjects were a group of 11th grade students from a national senior high-school in Taiwan. Students’ expected and actual perceptions of SMiLE were investigated through the “SMiLE Inventory”. The results of this study showed that: (1) students’ scores, of expected SMiLE Inventory, both before and after the experimental teaching were higher than their actual SMiLE scores, (2) compared with previous actual experiences, ESSMIM created a SMiLE which was closer to students’ expectation, and (3) after experiencing the ESSMIM, the difference between students’ expectations and their actual experience of SMiLE was reduced. |
URL | http://oaji.net/articles/2014/987-1419169083.pdf |
DOI | 10.33225/jbse/12.11.357 |
Refereed Designation | Refereed |
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