Learning Activities That Combine Science Magic Activities with the 5E Instructional Model to Influence Secondary-School Students’ Attitudes to Science

Jang-Long Lin; Meng-Fei Cheng; Ying-Chi Chang; Hsiao-Wen Li; Jih-Yuan Chang; Deng-Min Lin

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2014.1103a

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Jang-Long Lin ¹ ^* , Meng-Fei Cheng ¹, Ying-Chi Chang ¹, Hsiao-Wen Li ¹, Jih-Yuan Chang ¹, Deng-Min Lin ¹

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¹ National Changhua University, TAIWAN^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate how learning materials based on Science Magic activities affect student attitudes to science. A quasi-experimental design was conducted to explore the combination of Science Magic with the 5E Instructional Model to develop learning materials for teaching a science unit about friction. The participants were recruited from among the students of a middle school in central Taiwan. Based on our results, we conclude that our combined teaching method involving Science Magic activities and the 5E Instructional Model is effective for developing learning materials for teaching, and that this method improves students’ attitudes toward science.

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attitudes toward science
5E instructional model
scientific inquiry
science magic

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 10, Issue 5, 2014, 415-426

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Lin, J.-L., Cheng, M.-F., Chang, Y.-C., Li, H.-W., Chang, J.-Y., & Lin, D.-M. (2014). Learning Activities That Combine Science Magic Activities with the 5E Instructional Model to Influence Secondary-School Students’ Attitudes to Science. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 10(5), 415-426. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1103a

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Lin JL, Cheng MF, Chang YC, Li HW, Chang JY, Lin DM. Learning Activities That Combine Science Magic Activities with the 5E Instructional Model to Influence Secondary-School Students’ Attitudes to Science. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(5):415-26. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1103a

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Lin JL, Cheng MF, Chang YC, Li HW, Chang JY, Lin DM. Learning Activities That Combine Science Magic Activities with the 5E Instructional Model to Influence Secondary-School Students’ Attitudes to Science. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(5), 415-426. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1103a

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Lin, Jang-Long, Meng-Fei Cheng, Ying-Chi Chang, Hsiao-Wen Li, Jih-Yuan Chang, and Deng-Min Lin. "Learning Activities That Combine Science Magic Activities with the 5E Instructional Model to Influence Secondary-School Students’ Attitudes to Science". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2014 10 no. 5 (2014): 415-426. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1103a

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Lin, J.-L., Cheng, M.-F., Chang, Y.-C., Li, H.-W., Chang, J.-Y., and Lin, D.-M. (2014). Learning Activities That Combine Science Magic Activities with the 5E Instructional Model to Influence Secondary-School Students’ Attitudes to Science. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 10(5), pp. 415-426. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1103a

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Lin, Jang-Long et al. "Learning Activities That Combine Science Magic Activities with the 5E Instructional Model to Influence Secondary-School Students’ Attitudes to Science". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 10, no. 5, 2014, pp. 415-426. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1103a