Relationships between motivations to learn science and motivations for natural experience in junior high school students : An investigation using structural equation modeling
This study sought to investigate relationships between motivations to learn science and motivations for natural experience in junior high school students. The participants were 265 students in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Firstly, explanatory factor analysis revealed that motivations for natural experience were composed of three factors: “familiarity with immediate natural environment”, “familiarity with animals through the senses”, and “interest in animal morphology and ecology”. Next, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were used to further study the interrelationships. Motivations to learn science was assumed to include two factors: “expectancy of success” and “task values”. Excellent model fi t showed that factors in motivations to learn science have statistically significant effects on factors in motivations for natural experience.本研究の成果の一部は，平成27年度日本理科学会四国支部大会（高知大会）において岡田・草場・伊谷（2015）にて発表されたものである。また、本研究は平成27～31年度科学研究費補助金（基盤研究C：研究代表者：草場実）（課題番号15K04448，研究課題「メタ認知能力を基盤とした科学的思考力育成のための理科学習指導法の開発」）により行ったものである
