The affective dimension in students: the case of a socio-scientific research project

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12795/IE.2020.i101.11

Keywords:

Motivation, Interest, Social interaction, Affectivity, School research, Health, Environment

Abstract

This work describes a part of the socio-affective dimension, specifically, the value of homework in the development of collaborative work on socio-scientific issues addressed through school research in a science class. The initial sample considered is a classroom group of 28 seventh grade students. To characterize the socio-affective dimension of the group made up of the usefulness, interest and importance of the value of the task given by the students when dealing with the issues of biodiversity, air and water pollution, smoking, the social consequences of drugs, the effects of drugs on the human body and respiratory diseases, the MSLQ (Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire) was applied before and after an educational intervention, then a Category System was established to determine the state and level of development in the affective dimension and several of the seven subgroups established through an open interview were analyzed together to support the results obtained from the application of the questionnaire. The results show that the treatment of socio-scientific questions by school research allows students to maintain, self-regulate and increase interest and motivation, for which they use self-evaluation, social interaction and alternative spaces that generate desire for learning.

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Author Biographies

Jesús Elías Gómez Pérez, Universidad de Huelva

Ciencias de la Educación, docente.

Roque Jiménez Pérez, Universidad de Huelva

Departamento de Didácticas Integradas, Catedrático de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales.

Bartolomé Vázquez Bernal, Universidad de Huelva

Departamento de Didácticas Integradas, profesor de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales.

María Ángeles de las Heras Pérez, Universidad de Huelva

Departamento de Didácticas Integradas, profesora de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales.

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Published

2020-07-30

How to Cite

Gómez Pérez, J. E., Jiménez Pérez, R., Vázquez Bernal, B., & de las Heras Pérez, M. Ángeles. (2020). The affective dimension in students: the case of a socio-scientific research project. Investigaci´ón En La Escuela, (101), 128–142. https://doi.org/10.12795/IE.2020.i101.11
Received 2020-06-16
Accepted 2020-07-20
Published 2020-07-30
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