Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.32633/eb.5.5
Interest of ten year olds for soil investigation
Marina Balažinec
orcid.org/0000-0001-9762-0668
; 3rd primary school Varazdin, Varazdin, Croatia
Abstract
The National curriculum adopted in 2019. emphasizes understanding of basic science concepts and learning about environment where the student is able to make responsible decisions and live sustainably. It has changed significantly in content and according to it, students explore the world around them by taking measurements and observations. One of the study units is Investigation of soil. As the soil has so far been very little represented in the regular teaching of the fifth grade of primary school, the aim of this paper was to examine the interest of 37 students of the fifth grade III. elementary schools in Varazdin in soil study. During the first semester (9th to 12th months), students completed five survey questionnaires using the online Google Forms using mobile and tablet devices. The results have shown high motivation for learning Nature as well as for investigating soil, they want to have excellent results in Nature and success is very important to them. They also showed that they have some background in soil, but it is not clear to them it’s genesis and the importance of soil is mentioned only as a basis for growth and construction. They have expressed a positive attitude towards collaborative group work and would like to spend more time outside. The survey should be conducted on a larger sample of respondents and explore the relationship between collaborative group work, the atmosphere and strategies used in learning, and motivation to learn Nature, interest in exploring soil, and strategies used during learning.
Keywords
soil investigation; survey questionnaires; collaborative learning; motivation; class atmosphere
Hrčak ID:
237764
URI
Publication date:
28.12.2019.
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