Science in the Learning Gardens (SciLG): a study of students' motivation, achievement, and science identity in low-income middle schools.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Science in the Learning Gardens (henceforth, SciLG) program was designed to address two well-documented, inter-related educational problems: under-representation in science of students from racial and ethnic minority groups and inadequacies of curriculum and pedagogy to address their cultural and motivational needs. Funded by the National Science Foundation, SciLG is a partnership between Portland Public Schools and Portland State University. The sixth- through eighth-grade SciLG curriculum aligns with Next Generation Science Standards and uses school gardens as the milieu for learning. This provides the context to investigate factors that support success of a diverse student population using the motivational framework of self-determination theory.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Williams DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6310407 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature