Date of Award
5-1998
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Curriculum and Instruction: M.S.
Department
Teacher Development
College
School of Education
First Advisor
Robert Louisell
Second Advisor
Beverly Kochmann
Third Advisor
David C. Kramer
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
elementary science, student beliefs and attitudes, parent involvement
Abstract
PROBLEM:
By early elementary school years, students begin exhibiting a dislike and disinterest in science classes. Students find science classes taught using traditional teaching methods to be boring and unproductive.
PROCEDURE:
In the 1997-1998 school year a completely inquiry-based student-centered approach to teaching science was implemented in a fourth grade classroom The students and parents of this class were surveyed and interviewed to compare the student attitudes before and during the implementation of this teaching strategy.
FINDINGS:
It was found that an inquiry-based student-centered teaching approach to science classes had a definite impact on student attitudes, interest, and willingness to discuss what was being learned in this fourth grade class.
Recommended Citation
Arndt, Sandi J., "Improving Student Attitudes toward Science" (1998). Culminating Projects in Teacher Development. 76.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/ed_etds/76
