The learning environment in Singapore primary science classrooms : the ideal and the real

Data collected from 485 students from four coeducational primary schools in Singapore were used to: validate a modified learning environment and attitude questionnaire; investigate differences between students’ perceptions of their actual and preferred classroom learning environments; examine sex di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goh, Su Fen
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2265
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Summary:Data collected from 485 students from four coeducational primary schools in Singapore were used to: validate a modified learning environment and attitude questionnaire; investigate differences between students’ perceptions of their actual and preferred classroom learning environments; examine sex differences in learning environment perceptions and attitudes to science; and investigate associations between students’ attitudes and the nature of the classroom learning environment.