1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Development of Cognitive Evaluation on Science Materials and Their Evaluation by Practical Teachers

Research Project

Project/Area Number	06451156
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	教科教育
Research Institution	JOETU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
Principal Investigator	TOKITA Yoshinobu Joetu University of Education Professor, 学校教育学部, 教授 (20018659)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	NISHIKAWA Jun Joetu University of Education Assistant Professor, 学校教育学部, 助教授 (80218130)
Project Period (FY)	1994 – 1996
Keywords	SCIENCE EDUCATION / COGNITION / EVALUATION / SYMBOLIC DISTANCE EFFECT
Research Abstract	Affective evaluation using symbolic distance effect (SDE) in science classes was investigated. In the study, subjects were elementary school student. In the first experiment, they were presented with pairs of picture of animal. They were instructed to choose the member which is preference. The reaction time to choose the preference member varies inversely with steps between their preference order. In the second experiment, subjects' reaction times were measured at twice ; before the dissection experiment and after it. Change of students' preference expressed in change of preference member and change of reaction time.

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