TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of project-based activities in developing high school students’ energy literacy
AU - Lin, Kuen Yi
AU - Lu, Shao Chuan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Energy literacy is a key factor in ensuring the protection of the natural environment. Numerous studies on energy literacy have demonstrated the development of instructional methods to promote the willingness to save energy as a critical research subject. Through a project-based activity, this research explored how hands-on activities improve the energy literacy of students. A quasi-experimental design was adopted, namely a pre-test and post-test nonequivalent control group design. In total, 77 senior high school students participated in a 6-week teaching experiment. A single-factor analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and multiple regression analyses were employed to analyze the collected data. The main findings were as follows: (1) Project-based hands-on activities helped improve the energy literacy of senior high school students; however, the effect was not statistically significant in both experimental and control groups. (2) The key factor influencing the energy conservation behavior of senior high school students was energy-re-lated attitudes following the project-based learning process.
AB - Energy literacy is a key factor in ensuring the protection of the natural environment. Numerous studies on energy literacy have demonstrated the development of instructional methods to promote the willingness to save energy as a critical research subject. Through a project-based activity, this research explored how hands-on activities improve the energy literacy of students. A quasi-experimental design was adopted, namely a pre-test and post-test nonequivalent control group design. In total, 77 senior high school students participated in a 6-week teaching experiment. A single-factor analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and multiple regression analyses were employed to analyze the collected data. The main findings were as follows: (1) Project-based hands-on activities helped improve the energy literacy of senior high school students; however, the effect was not statistically significant in both experimental and control groups. (2) The key factor influencing the energy conservation behavior of senior high school students was energy-re-lated attitudes following the project-based learning process.
KW - Energy literacy
KW - Project-based activity
KW - Senior high school students
KW - Solar-powered insect trap
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U2 - 10.33225/jbse/18.17.867
DO - 10.33225/jbse/18.17.867
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85055249185
SN - 1648-3898
VL - 17
SP - 867
EP - 877
JO - Journal of Baltic Science Education
JF - Journal of Baltic Science Education
IS - 5
ER -