The Effects of Learning Strategy Instruction on Achievement, Attitude, and Achievement Motivation in a Physics Course

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• 作者：Gamze Sezgin Sel?uk ; Mehmet Sahin and Kamile ¨¹n A??kg?z
• 关键词：Achievement motivation ; Attitude ; Graphic organizers ; Learning strategy instruction ; Physics ; Questioning ; Summarizing
• 刊名：Research in Science Education
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：January 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：41
• 期：1
• 页码：39-62
• 全文大小：579.4 KB

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This article reports on the influence of learning strategy instruction on student teachers’ physics achievement, attitude towards physics, and achievement motivation. A pre-test/post-test quasi-experimental design with matching control group was used in the study. Two groups of student teachers (n = 75) who were enrolled in an introductory physics course participated in the study. In the experimental group, questioning, summarizing, and graphic organizers were taught. The control group did not receive any presentation on strategy learning. Data were collected via the pre- and post-administration of the Physics Course Achievement Test, the Scale of Attitudes towards Physics, and the Achievement Motivation Scale. Univariate and multivariate analyses of variance on the data revealed no significant differences in the attitude and achievement motivation between the strategy and control groups. However, the strategy group students were observed to have a tendency of more positive attitude and motivation than the control group students. Results also showed that explicit learning strategy instruction was more effective than traditional instruction in improving physics achievement of the participating students. The implications of these results for physics education are discussed.