An investigation into interest and its elicitation in Middle School Science lessons

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An investigation into interest and its elicitation in Middle School Science lessons

I surveyed 193 Year 8 students in 50 high schools about their interest in science. Prior interest in science predicted general academic aptitude and lesson interest was inversely proportional to class size. Students with low prior interest in science responded differently from their peers. Novelty o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Newton-John, Osmar Jeremy
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 2015
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1130

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