Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Curriculum and Instruction / Michael F. Perl and Kay Ann Taylor / The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore (a) the types of student affective
responses that secondary science teachers reported emerged in science classes, (b) how those
teachers worked with student affective responses, and (c) what interactions were present in the
classroom when they worked with student affective responses. The study was motivated by
research indicating that student interest and motivation for learning science is low. Eight
secondary science teachers participated in the case study. The participants were selected from a
pool of teachers who graduated from the same teacher education program at a large Midwest
university. The primary sources of data were individual semi-structured interviews with the
participants. Krathwohl’s Taxonomy of the Affective Domain served as the research framework
for the study. Student affective behavior reported by participants was classified within the five
levels of Krathwohl’s Affective Taxonomy: receiving, responding, valuing, organization, and
characterization. Participants in the study reported student behavior representing all levels of the
Affective Taxonomy. The types of behavior most frequently reported by participants were
identified with the receiving and responding levels of the Affective Taxonomy. Organization
behavior emerged during the study of perceived controversial science topics such as evolution.
Participants in the study used student affective behavior to provide feedback on their lesson
activities and instructional practices. Classroom interactions identified as collaboration and
conversation contributed to the development of responding behavior. The researcher identified a
process of affective progression in which teachers encouraged and developed student affective
behavior changes from receiving to responding levels of the Affective Taxonomy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:KSU/oai:krex.k-state.edu:2097/17312 |
| Date | January 1900 |
| Creators | Grauer, Bette L. |
| Publisher | Kansas State University |
| Source Sets | K-State Research Exchange |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
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