Teaching the Experiments of the International Space Station by using the POE Strategy to Develop Secondary School Students' Attitudes towards Space Exploration and Their Scientific Explanations | ||
| مجلة دراسات في المناهج وطرق التدريس | ||
| Article 5, Volume 208, Issue 208, April 2015, Pages 1-50 PDF (838.44 K) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjat.2015.103492 | ||
| Author | ||
| Yasser Sayed Hassan* | ||
| کلية التربية - جامعة عين شمس | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest international scientific project in history. It serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory. The purpose of the present study is to examine the effectiveness of teaching the experiments of the ISS by using the Predict-Observe-Explain (POE) strategy to develop secondary school students' attitudes towards space exploration and their scientific explanations. A quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test experimental/control group design was utilized. The experimental group consisted of 38 grade 11 students, and the control group consisted of 37 students. A Likert-5 scale was created to measure attitudes towards space exploration. An open-ended scientific explanation instrument was prepared to measure students‘ ability to construct scientific explanations. A unit and a teacher‘s guide were prepared to help in teaching the ISS experiments by using the POE strategy. The data collection instruments were used as pre-tests before the implementation and as post-tests at the end of the implementation. Results indicated that using the POE strategy to teach the ISS experiments has a positive effect on learners‘ attitudes towards space exploration and their scientific explanations. Keywords: International Space Station (ISS), Predict-Observe-Explain (POE), attitudes towards space exploration, scientific explanations. | ||
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