Date of Award
2017-01-01
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Education
Advisor(s)
Pei-Ling Hsu
Abstract
The purpose of this Thesis is to determine how participation in long term university science internships affect nature of science (NOS) conceptual change in high school students. The study was conducted on high school students who volunteered to participate in a seven month university science internship in west Texas. Student views of NOS were measured by pre- and post-internship interviews using five questions about NOS. Internship and no internship student responses were qualitatively analyzed to show change in views of NOS. Findings indicated that participation in long term science internships with cogenerative dialogues improved students conceptualizations of the social dimensions of NOS more than the no internship students. This trend indicates that long term science internships and cogenerative dialogues improve student conceptualizations of the role of social interaction in developing meaning in science.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2017-05
File Size
136 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Gabriel M. Hayes
Recommended Citation
Hayes, Gabriel M., "High School Students' Views of Science in a University Science Internship with Cogenerative Dialogues" (2017). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 664.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/664
Included in
Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons, Secondary Education and Teaching Commons