ERIC Number: EJ1361237
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Feb
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0157-244X
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1898
Implementing a Project-Based Learning Module in Urban and Indigenous Areas to Promote Young Children's Scientific Practices
Hsin, Ching-Ting; Wu, Hsin-Kai
Research in Science Education, v53 n1 p37-57 Feb 2023
This study examined the impact of a project-based learning module on young children's scientific practices in urban and Indigenous areas. The module was developed by drawing upon early science standards and research on scientific practices and project-based teaching approaches. Ninety-eight children from northern Taiwan participated. Their average age was 5 years and 7 months, ranging from 4 years and 6 months to 6 years and 5 months. A performance assessment of scientific practices was administered before and after the module. Results of paired sample t tests showed that children improved in overall practices and every sub-practice after taking the module. Both city and Indigenous children performed significantly better on the post-test, as did both the 4- and 5-year-old groups. ANCOVA results indicated no significant difference between urban and Indigenous children in the post-test scores of overall and most sub-practices; the only exception was that urban children had significantly better improvement on doing an experiment. Similar ANCOVA results were found for the 4- and 5-year-old groups; the 4-year-old group had significantly better improvement only on measuring. Results suggest that the module promoted scientific practices of children of different ages and ethnic backgrounds. This study sheds light on evidence-based early science curricula, early scientific practices, and the achievement of educational equity.
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Urban Areas, Young Children, Science Education, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Science, Early Childhood Education, Scores, Science Experiments, Preschool Children, Science Achievement, Evidence Based Practice, Science Process Skills
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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