|
|
|
|
|
Wednesday, April 07, 2010 (14:51:48) |
| Tags : Students, Intellectual Risks, Science |
Older students less likely to take intellectual risks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Washington: As students get older they become less likely to take intellectual risks such as sharing their tentative ideas when learning science, a new study says.
A study looked at intellectual risk-taking of 585 students in the third- through sixth-grades in seven elementary schools. Fifty-one percent were girls.
They found that, in general, as students get older they become less likely to take intellectual risks when learning science.
Importantly, however, students who were interested in science had confidence in their own ideas, and felt that their teachers supported them -- by listening to their ideas and providing encouraging feedback.
These children were significantly more willing to take intellectual risks when learning science, said an Oregon release.
In fact, he said, the findings indicate that science interest, confidence in their own ideas and perceived teacher support were more important than even science ability in predicting students' reports of intellectual risk taking. (IANS) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Post your comment |
|---|
| |
| | Reader Comments |
|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Email Story
Write to the editor
Print Story