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Learning Environments Research
Published in: Learning Environments Research 2/2020

09-07-2019 | Original Paper

Learning environments associated with technology-based science classrooms for gifted Singaporean females

Authors: G. Sundari Pramathevan, Barry J. Fraser

Published in: Learning Environments Research | Issue 2/2020

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Abstract

Because there has been very little past research into gifted students’ science learning environments, especially in Singapore, we selected from four established questionnaires six learning environment scales that are consistent with Van Tassel-Baska and Stambaugh’s guidelines for gifted education. These scales were modified slightly to enhance suitability for the target population and refined further based on feedback from teachers and students in a pilot study. Data from administration of the questionnaires to 722 gifted science students in grades 9 and 10 were analysed to provide support for the questionnaire’s factorial validity, internal consistency reliability, ability to differentiate between classrooms, and predictive validity (in terms of associations with self-efficacy). To evaluate a new one-student one-laptop program being implemented for the first time, we compared the learning environments of this program with regular classrooms and found higher levels of perceived investigation, task orientation, collaboration, computer usage and formative assessment in technology-based classrooms.
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Metadata
Title
Learning environments associated with technology-based science classrooms for gifted Singaporean females
Authors
G. Sundari Pramathevan
Barry J. Fraser
Publication date
09-07-2019
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Learning Environments Research / Issue 2/2020
Print ISSN: 1387-1579
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1855
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10984-019-09292-z

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