Is chemistry attractive for pupils? Czech pupils? perception of chemistry

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/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1444a" target="_blank" >10.12973/eurasia.2015.1444a</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Is chemistry attractive for pupils? Czech pupils? perception of chemistry

Original language description

Chemistry is an important subject due to understanding the composition and structure of the things around us. The main aim of the study was to find out the perception of chemistry by lower secondary school pupils. The partial aims were to find out the influence of gender, year of study and favorite subject on the perception of chemistry. The sample size comprised 379 Czech lower secondary schools pupils. The questionnaire was used as a research tool. It consisted of 25 5-point Likert type items. Items were, after application of factor analysis, divided into four categories: 1. The interest in chemistry, 2. The relevance of chemistry, 3. The future life and chemistry, 4. Chemical aids and laboratory experiments. Reliability of the research tool was determined by Cronbach?s alpha which had value aplha = 0.87). For the data evaluation the methods of inferential statistics were used, concretely analysis of variance (ANOVA). Pupils had low positive perception of chemistry.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AM - Pedagogy and education

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education

ISSN

1305-8215

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

TR - TURKEY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

855-863

UT code for WoS article

000359237700012

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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