Young Kiwi's Motivation to Study Science
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.26352/F701_2384-9509" target="_blank" >10.26352/F701_2384-9509</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Young Kiwi's Motivation to Study Science
Original language description
As motivation is one of the crucial keys to better education, we explored the motivation of New Zealand students toward studying Science. We used the Science Motivation Questionnaire [1] to measure the motivation score of 648 students from 14 different high schools. To be able to identify and confirm latent components of the Science Motivation Questionnaire which have been discussed [2,3], we also employed factor analysis. We found boys were motivated toward studying science more than girls which was reflected in the different scores of only boys and only girls schools. The students who liked being challenged in Science lessons had the highest motivational scores in contrast to students who liked practicals and nothing. Students who mentioned practical specified things like "blowing stuff up". The students mostly disliked too much writing about their Science lessons, followed by listing specific topics. Perceiving Science as too hard and irrelevant were mentioned less often. Most of the students would consider taking non obligatory Biology lessons if they find them interesting and discover new things during them. This demant was followed by the future career requirements. It seems that in general, young Kiwis are motivated toward studying Science and are more likely to find it relevant and interesting than unconnected to real life and boring.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
Conference Proceedings. 11th International Conference "The Future of Education" 2021
ISBN
979-12-80225-23-8
ISSN
2384-9509
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
4
Pages from-to
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Publisher name
Filodiritto Editore
Place of publication
Florencie
Event location
Florencie
Event date
Jun 30, 2021
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
UT code for WoS article
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