Effectiveness of MAEA's interactive science programs in terms of African-American students' attitudes and classroom learning environment

The effectiveness of MAEA’s interactive science programs was investigated for a sample of 269 disadvantaged African-American students in Columbus, Ohio, in terms of students’ perceptions of their science classroom learning environment and attitudes. Whereas pretest-posttest changes were statisticall...

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Main Author: Baynes, Darryl Lee
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/944
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description The effectiveness of MAEA’s interactive science programs was investigated for a sample of 269 disadvantaged African-American students in Columbus, Ohio, in terms of students’ perceptions of their science classroom learning environment and attitudes. Whereas pretest-posttest changes were statistically nonsignificant for comparison schools, MAEA students experienced significant improvements in classroom cooperation and teacher support and in attitude to inquiry and enjoyment of science classes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-9442018-04-13T06:52:32Z Effectiveness of MAEA's interactive science programs in terms of African-American students' attitudes and classroom learning environment Baynes, Darryl Lee The effectiveness of MAEA’s interactive science programs was investigated for a sample of 269 disadvantaged African-American students in Columbus, Ohio, in terms of students’ perceptions of their science classroom learning environment and attitudes. Whereas pretest-posttest changes were statistically nonsignificant for comparison schools, MAEA students experienced significant improvements in classroom cooperation and teacher support and in attitude to inquiry and enjoyment of science classes. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/944 en 4874 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Baynes, Darryl Lee
Effectiveness of MAEA's interactive science programs in terms of African-American students' attitudes and classroom learning environment
title Effectiveness of MAEA's interactive science programs in terms of African-American students' attitudes and classroom learning environment
title_full Effectiveness of MAEA's interactive science programs in terms of African-American students' attitudes and classroom learning environment
title_fullStr Effectiveness of MAEA's interactive science programs in terms of African-American students' attitudes and classroom learning environment
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of MAEA's interactive science programs in terms of African-American students' attitudes and classroom learning environment
title_short Effectiveness of MAEA's interactive science programs in terms of African-American students' attitudes and classroom learning environment
title_sort effectiveness of maea's interactive science programs in terms of african-american students' attitudes and classroom learning environment
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/944