Effectiveness of student learning during experimental work in primary school

Logar, Ana (author), Peklaj, Cirila (author), Ferk Savec, Vesna (author)

The aim of the research was to optimize the effectiveness of student learning based on experimental work in chemistry classes in Slovenian primary schools. To obtain evidence about how experimental work is implemented during regular chemistry classes, experimental work was videotaped during 19 units of chemistry lessons at 12 Slovenian primary schools from the pool of randomly selected schools. Altogether 332 eight-grade students were involved in the investigation, with an average age of 14.2 years. Students were videotaped during chemistry lessons, and their worksheets were collected afterward. The 12 chemistry teachers, who conducted lessons in these schools, were interviewed before the lessons; their teaching plans were also collected. The collected data was analyzed using qualitative methods. The results indicate that many teachers in Slovenian primary schools are not fully aware of the potential of experimental work integrated into chemistry lessons for the development of students’ experimental competence. Further research of the value of different kinds of training to support teachers for the use of experimental work in chemistry teaching is needed.

• Language: English
• Keywords: chemistry education, demonstration-based experimental work, experimental work, students' hands-on experimental work
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts; PEF - Faculty of Education
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2017
• Number of pages: Str. 661-671
• Numbering: Vol. 64, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-98598
• UDC: 37.091.31:54
• ISSN on article: 1318-0207
• DOI: 10.17344/acsi.2017.3544
• COBISS.SI-ID: 11661897

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• Publication date in RUL: 13.12.2017

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Acta chimica slovenica
• Shortened title: Acta chim. slov.
• Publisher: Slovensko kemijsko društvo = Slovenian Chemical Society
• ISSN: 1318-0207
• COBISS.SI-ID: 14086149

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Namen predstavljene raziskave je bil izboljšati učinkovitost učenja ob uporabi eksperimentalnega dela pri pouku kemije v slovenskih osnovnih šolah. Preučevali smo, kako se eksperimentalno delo izvaja pri rednem pouku kemije, in sicer je bilo posnetih 19 učnih enot rednega pouka kemije na 12 slovenskih osnovnih šolah, ki so bile naključno izbrane iz seznama šol iz celotne države. Skupno je bilo vključenih 332 osmošolcev, s povprečno starostjo 14,2 let. Učenci so bili posneti med poukom kemije, zbrani pa so bili tudi njihovi delovni listi, ki so jih reševali med eksperimentalnim delom. Z učitelji kemije, ki so izvedli pouk v teh šolah, so bili opravljeni intervjuji, prav tako so bili zbrane njihove učne priprave. Pridobljeni podatki so bili analizirani z uporabo kvalitativnih metod. Rezultati kažejo, da se mnogi učitelji v slovenskih osnovnih šolah v celoti ne zavedajo potenciala eksperimentalnega dela pri poučevanju kemije. Potrebne so nadaljnje študije, s katerimi bo preučena vrednost različnih oblik izobraževanja v podporo učiteljem pri nadaljnjem razvoju na področju uporabe eksperimentalnega dela pri pouku kemije.

• Keywords: eksperimentalno delo, učenje, učinkovitost, kemija