This study organized a Nature Friendly Science Improvement Activity Program designed for the middle school students', and applied it to the relevant students, and then analyzed the effect of e program on science-related attitudes. The science club stu...
This study organized a Nature Friendly Science Improvement Activity Program designed for the middle school students', and applied it to the relevant students, and then analyzed the effect of e program on science-related attitudes. The science club students in G middle school in Busan were sampled as the objects of the study consisting of one experiment group and one control group. The Nature Friendly Improvement Activity Program was applied to the experiment group as a club activity which was conducted every second Saturday from April to November.
T-test for the pre-test was used to examine the homogeneity between groups, and t-test for the post-test was used to see the effects of applying a Science Improvement Activity Program on science-related attitudes between two groups.
The following were the results of this study:
First, the students participated in the Science Improvement Activity showed an increase in the science-related attitudes compared with those who didn't. At first, the experiment and control groups had the same level of sdence-related attitudes, but the former indicated a higher level of improvement in attitudes than the latter after taking part in the program, and showed a significant difference in the development of science-related attitudes regarding that of the control group.
Second, women showed an effective increase in the science-related attitudes compared with men. Various activities with easily usable materials will be effective to enhance the science-related attitudes for women.
Third, by applying a Nature Friendly Improvement Activity Program, science-related attitudes in the inactive group reluctant to participate science events were more positively established than those in the active group.
These results of this study led to the following suggestions:
It is expected that the development of various activities for science improvement will be effective in enhancing the science-related attitudes. And it is also expected that the development of activity programs and their active application should be done in order to provide science education according to each student's capacity from various angles in school.