Change in First Graders’ Science-Related Competence Beliefs During Digitally Intensive Science Workshops

Anni Loukomies, Kalle Juuti, Jari Lavonen, Katariina Salmela-Aro

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Abstract

The aim of this research was to examine if a set of three science and technology workshops would promote first-grade pupils’ science-related competence beliefs. The first workshop dealt with electric circuits and related handicraft tasks. The second workshop involved programming with Lego Mindstorms robots. The third workshop was related to computer-based data logging. Fifty-nine Finnish first graders (age 7–8 years) participated in the digitally intensive science workshops, and 38 pupils served as a control group. The data were analysed using a paired samples t-test. The analysis results reveal that the set of three workshops increased the pupils’ science and technology-related competence beliefs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationContributions from Science Education Research
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages285-299
Number of pages15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Publication series

NameContributions from Science Education Research
Volume6
ISSN (Print)2213-3623
ISSN (Electronic)2213-3631

Keywords

  • Expectancy-value theory (EVT)
  • Primary school science and technology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education

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