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The relationship between curiosity and academic achievement among black and white junior high school science pupils in Cape Town
Bibliography: pages 80-84.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/15994 The relationship between curiosity and academic achievement among black and white junior high school science pupils in Cape Town Neer, Sylvia Rochford, Kevin Learning, Psychology of Learning by discovery Curiosity Academic achievement - Psychological aspects Bibliography: pages 80-84. In this investigation an ex-post facto research method was used to gather the curiosity scores and academic science achievement results of approximately 200 pupils in one black and two predominantly white schools in Cape Town suburbs. Curiosity scores were also obtained for 150 pupils from five other high schools who submitted projects for the annual Young Scientists Exhibition (EXPO) in June 1988. The data was collected by means of two instruments devised and validated by Maw & Maw (1964) and by author-designed tests of curiosity, after refinement using a pilot study. The scores were analysed by means of t-tests, X2- (chi-square) tests and correlations. It was found that: 1) No significant differences existed samples of black and white junior between the high school science pupils on measures of curiosity. 2) No overall significant difference was found between high achieving and low achieving science pupils on the curiosity tests given to both the standard 6 and standard 7 pupils in the three chosen schools. 3) A highly significant difference on measures of curiosity was found between the group of Expo pupils (voluntary young scientists), and the ordinary groups of science pupils from the three different schools. 4) Significant correlations were found between the science pupils' inherent curiosity levels and their achievement in general science in several instances. 2015-12-28T06:09:35Z 2015-12-28T06:09:35Z 1990 Master Thesis Masters MEd http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15994 eng application/pdf School of Education Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Learning, Psychology of Learning by discovery Curiosity Academic achievement - Psychological aspects Neer, Sylvia The relationship between curiosity and academic achievement among black and white junior high school science pupils in Cape Town |
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| title | The relationship between curiosity and academic achievement among black and white junior high school science pupils in Cape Town |
| title_full | The relationship between curiosity and academic achievement among black and white junior high school science pupils in Cape Town |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between curiosity and academic achievement among black and white junior high school science pupils in Cape Town |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between curiosity and academic achievement among black and white junior high school science pupils in Cape Town |
| title_short | The relationship between curiosity and academic achievement among black and white junior high school science pupils in Cape Town |
| title_sort | relationship between curiosity and academic achievement among black and white junior high school science pupils in cape town |
| topic | Learning, Psychology of Learning by discovery Curiosity Academic achievement - Psychological aspects |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15994 |
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