Veena Prachagool
Faculty of Education, Mahasarakham University

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Investigating understanding the nature of science Veena Prachagool; Prasart Nuangchalerm
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) Vol 8, No 4: December 2019
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (415.826 KB) | DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v8i4.20282

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The survey method was employed for investigating understanding nature of science (NOS) between general science education and science pre-service teachers. Independent t-test and two-way ANOVA were used for testing hypothesis. Results found that both of two programs rated understanding NOS ranges disagree and highly agree levels in different items. The item ‘scientists work in their laboratory, even though social needs are not influence to scientists’, disagree for general science education but agree for science program. The post-hoc test indicated that there were not differences by mean scale of two programs. There was no interaction between group and components of NOS. The post-hoc test also indicated that not found the differences in each component among scientific worldview, scientific inquiry, and scientific enterprises. However, three components of NOS must incorporate to teacher preparation program for making community of science and literate person as well as philosophy of science education.
Scientific attitudes of young children through literature-based and project-based learning organization Veena Prachagool; Chanlada Arsaiboon
JPBI (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia) Vol. 7 No. 3 (2021): NOVEMBER
Publisher : University of Muhammadiyah Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22219/jpbi.v7i3.16646

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Young children’s scientific attitude is basic norms of human kind to cultivated actual learning, which has been an expected to be a curious, motivated, generous and responsible person. The study aimed to investigate scientific attitude of young children through literature-based and project-based learning organization (LPBL). The participants employed were young children, aged five to six years from Mahasarakham University Demonstration School (Elementary), Thailand. The duration of the study was nine weeks. The experiment was conducted in eight weeks, four days a week and 90 minutes per day which were done in 32 times. The research instruments were 32 LPBL learning plans, learning behavior observation forms, scientific attitude inventory, and debriefing focuses group interviews. The descriptive statistics used in the study were average and standard deviation. The results showed that the young children have scientific attitudes at high level by means of LPBL learning organization. The qualitative data supported that they express scientific attitudes in accordance with nature of learning.