This study is about the difference of science knowledge achievement of learner's cognition level and their cognition style after developing and applying a science class program of the 575 models which is presented by Iowa Chautauqua Program.
In this ...
This study is about the difference of science knowledge achievement of learner's cognition level and their cognition style after developing and applying a science class program of the 575 models which is presented by Iowa Chautauqua Program.
In this study, we picked out two classes. a total of 81 elementary students. The STS class model program was applied to the experimental group and the traditional class was applied to the comparison group. Then we looked into the alteration of the science knowledge achievement, the inquiry ability and the attitude toward science.
We also studied on the effect of the student's cognition level and their cognitive style which were differently shown in the STS model class.
The results of the study are as follows.
First, statistics figures of our study after classes show that the experimental group with the STS class model is significantly higher than the comparison group with the attitude toward science.
Secondly, in the cognitive levels, the students with STS model class show much higher statistics in inquiry ability of formal operation stage's alteration, in the attitude toward science of transitional stage's alteration. The students of the concrete operation stage show much higher statistics in the science knowledge achievement and in the inquiry ability.
Third, in the cognitive style, the statistics shows that students of the field independent group is higher in the alteration of the science knowledge achievement is higher in the change of attitude toward science, compared with the comparison group with the basic traditional class.
So far we have found that class with STS model is much more effective in elementary school students' science achievement than the students with the traditional class, not only in the concrete operation stage about the cognitive levels but also in the middle group between the field independent and the field dependent group on the style of cognition
Therefore because most students in elementary school belong to concrete operation stage and the lower levels of cognitive level, we can conclude that the class applied with STS model, which is basically focused on the practical life and subject from real life, affects elementary students more effectively.