Selecting science subjects: Why students do, why they can’t!
This research used a survey and interviews to find out which science subjects 174 Year 10 students wanted to study in Year 11 and why. The results showed that the major reasons students wanted to study a particular science subject were because they were interested in the subject matter and because t...
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Australian Science Teachers Association
2010
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| author | Venville, G. Oliver, M. Longnecker, N. Rennie, Leonie |
| author_facet | Venville, G. Oliver, M. Longnecker, N. Rennie, Leonie |
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| description | This research used a survey and interviews to find out which science subjects 174 Year 10 students wanted to study in Year 11 and why. The results showed that the major reasons students wanted to study a particular science subject were because they were interested in the subject matter and because they felt they would achieve well in that subject. These students' Year 11 enrolment data indicated that far fewer students actually enrolled in each of the science subjects compared with those who said that they wanted to. Questions are raised about possible barriers to science enrolment including school policy relating to published school league tables. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.) |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-382332017-01-30T14:14:08Z Selecting science subjects: Why students do, why they can’t! Venville, G. Oliver, M. Longnecker, N. Rennie, Leonie This research used a survey and interviews to find out which science subjects 174 Year 10 students wanted to study in Year 11 and why. The results showed that the major reasons students wanted to study a particular science subject were because they were interested in the subject matter and because they felt they would achieve well in that subject. These students' Year 11 enrolment data indicated that far fewer students actually enrolled in each of the science subjects compared with those who said that they wanted to. Questions are raised about possible barriers to science enrolment including school policy relating to published school league tables. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.) 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38233 Australian Science Teachers Association restricted |
| spellingShingle | Venville, G. Oliver, M. Longnecker, N. Rennie, Leonie Selecting science subjects: Why students do, why they can’t! |
| title | Selecting science subjects: Why students do, why they can’t! |
| title_full | Selecting science subjects: Why students do, why they can’t! |
| title_fullStr | Selecting science subjects: Why students do, why they can’t! |
| title_full_unstemmed | Selecting science subjects: Why students do, why they can’t! |
| title_short | Selecting science subjects: Why students do, why they can’t! |
| title_sort | selecting science subjects: why students do, why they can’t! |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38233 |