Chinese Journal of Science Education


Vol. 9 No. 1, Pages 79 - 100, 2001

The Application of STS Teaching Model in Elementary School: The Study of Teaching Module in Astronomical Phenomena and Space-Time Concepts (Article written in chinese)

Ming-Yang HSU, Yu-Hsuan WANG, Tien-Sue LIANG, & Shao-Long JENG

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to use quasi-experiment design to explore the real life issues about the concepts of astronomical phenomena and space-time, both of the two topics were introduced as the topic of learning separately from related c urriculum of natural science of 4th-grade and 5th-grade in primary school. Three elementary schools of Taipei city and Taipei county were selected as study samples, that all samples were divided into two groups: The experimental group and the control grou p. The experimental group used the STS teaching models that developed by the research. The control group used the teaching strategies from the current textbook. The results revealed that experimental group students' performance were significantly better n ot only in science concept but also science process skills than the control group students. The results could provide as a reference for science teachers who engage in elementary science teaching, and for the compiling of textbook.

Keywords: STS; concepts of astronomical phenomena and of space-time; science process skills; teaching module

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