Learning effectiveness of energy education in junior high schools: Implementation of action research and the predict-observe-explain model to STEM course.

ABSTRACT: This study designed an interdisciplinary energy education course that enables students to learn about wind power topics by following the predict-observe-explain (POE) model. Two rounds of action research involving eighth-grade students from a junior high school in Taiwan were conducted. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the inquiry-based model in an interdisciplinary energy education course and provide the observations as a reference for implementing fundamental education in energy-related domains. Pretest and posttest questionnaire responses were analyzed using the paired-sample t-test, and we discovered that (1) the POE inquiry-based model promoted independent and deep thinking and facilitated the acquisition of interdisciplinary energy knowledge; (

SUBMITTER: Wang JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10006632 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature