Date
5-2016
Department
School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Chair
Kurt Michael
Keywords
Attitudes Toward Science, Education Facilities, School Buildings
Disciplines
Curriculum and Social Inquiry | Education | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Educational Psychology | Other Education
Recommended Citation
Ford, Angela, "The Relationship between Science Classroom Facility Conditions and Ninth Grade Students’ Attitudes toward Science" (2016). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 1223.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/1223
Abstract
Over half of the school facilities in America are in poor condition. Unsatisfactory school facilities have a negative impact on teaching and learning. The purpose of this correlational study was to identify the relationship between high school science teachers’ perceptions of the school science environment (instructional equipment, demonstration equipment, and physical facilities) and ninth grade students’ attitudes about science through their expressed enjoyment of science, importance of time spent on science, and boredom with science. A sample of 11,523 cases was extracted, after a process of data mining, from a databank of over 24,000 nationally representative ninth graders located throughout the United States. The instrument used to survey these students was part of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:2009). The research design was multiple linear regression. The results showed a significant relationship between the science classroom conditions and students’ attitudes. Demonstration equipment and physical facilities were the best predictors of effects on students’ attitudes. Conclusions based on this study and recommendations for future research are made.
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