A perception of chemistry by pupils of the second grade of an elementary school

Autor	Milan Kubiatko, Kateřina Švandová, Jiří Šibor, Jiří Škoda
Organisation	Pedagogická fakulta Masarykova Univerzita
Year	2012
Research type	study
Annotation	The research concerns attitudes of primary school pupil´s toward chemistry. An influence of gender, particular achieved grade, general attitudes of pupil´s to chemistry were taken into account. Given research sample included 379 pupils of second grade from eight Czech elementary schools. Boys and girls ratio was quite balanced. As a research tool, a questionnaire with 25 scale items of Likert´s type was used. By employing factor analysis, particular items were divided into four categories: interest in chemistry; importance of chemistry; chemistry and future life; chemical experiments
Keywords	attitudes toward chemistry; questionnaire with scale items; lower secondary school pupils
Research type	quantitative
Start date	1. 1. 2012
End date	31. 12. 2012
Obor	AM Pedagogy, education
Note	Citation: KUBIATKO, Milan - ŠVANDOVÁ, Kateřina - ŠIBOR, Jiří - SKODA, Jiří. Vnímání chemie žáky druhého stupně základních škol. Pedagogická orientace. ISSN 1211-4669, 2012, vol. 22, no. 1, s. 82-96.
Email	kubiatko@ped.muni.cz
Availability	available by the researcher
Research location	Pedagogická fakulta Masarykova Univerzita, Poříčí 9/11, Brno 60300
Organisation	Pedagogická fakulta Masarykova Univerzita
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