A Study of the Influence of Web Inquiry Assistance for Elementary Students’ Attitudes toward Science

• Main Authors: Chin-Chan Yang, 楊騏駸
• Other Authors: Yin-Te Tsai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/70734253828145465901

碩士 === 靜宜大學 === 資訊管理學系研究所 === 95 === The Ministry of Education issued the new curriculum of compulsory education stage in 1999.The basic competency is important at Grade 1-9 Curriculum. The study and inquiry acquired the attitudes toward science and the life ability. Along with the improvement of computer technology, as well as the growth and prosperity of the Internet, teaching and learning are presented differently from the past. Ideally, teachers should be able to raise the effectiveness of teaching and learning pluralistically via the use of digital technology. The main purpose of this research is to discuss the attitudes toward science and student’s learning achievement that used Web Inquiry experimental teaching to the 5th-grade students. This study was based on WebQuest theory. The quasi-experimental design research method in this study was applied. The subjects of this research were two classes of two graders that were taught by the researcher (There are 69 students totally). Two classes were randomly assigned as the experimental group (Web Inquired teaching) and the control group (the same materials but with conventional classroom teaching). The findings of the research are as follows: (1)The Web Inquiry helps those pupils with better abilities raise their interest in learning knowledge. (2)The Web Inquiry can help improve the Attitudes toward Science (3)The Web Inquiry integrated with the curriculum on living technology domain of Guide 1-9 Curriculum helps improve the learning achievements of the pupils.