When Should We Intervene in “Depth of Interest” in Observations and Experiments?: Promoting Positive Emotion in Science Learning

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  • SAITO Keisuke
    Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University
  • HARADA Yuki
    Faculty of Education and Human Studies, Akita University (Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science/Faculty of Education, Kochi University)
  • KUSABA Minoru
    Faculty of Education, Kochi University

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  • いつ，生徒の観察・実験に対する興味の“深さ”に介入するべきか？
  • ―理科全般に対するポジティブ感情の醸成を見据えて―

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<p>In recent studies, theoretical frameworks of interest that grasp positive emotion (strength) and cognition of value (depth) has been proposed, so it is important for science education to foster positive emotion and cognition of value toward a desirable state. Previous international surveys have shown that Japanese students have weak positive emotion, yet they have strong skills in observations and experiments. Generally, it is thought to be important to promote interest in science learning through observations and experiments. However, previous studies have not yet determined the optimal conditions for intervention in “depth of interest”. Therefore, in this study, we focused on strength and depth of interest in observations and experiments and aimed to consider the relationship of those factors with positive emotion in science learning. Our results show that “positive emotion in science learning” and “positive emotion in observations and experiments” could be extracted and examined as different factors, so it is considered that both interests are coexisting yet independent constructions. In addition, it was suggested that intervening in deep cognition of value for students with low positive emotion in observations and experiments can actually decrease their positive feelings toward science learning. Due to the interplay of these factors, teachers need to take care to intervene in depth of interest depending on the student’s strength of positive emotion in observations and experiments.</p>

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