The purpose of this study was to determine the effects
of providing behavioral objectives prior to instruction on
the achievement of students in a one-semester college
general chemistry course and to determine the effect of
providing behavioral objectives of selected chemistry
experiments in the acquisition of achievement associated
with laboratory work.
The population consisted of 244 students enrolled in 12
sections of General Chemistry 102 at Chulachomklao Royal
Military Academy, Nakornayok, Thailand, during the second
semester of 1990.
Twelve sections were assigned at random to three
different treatments and one control group. Students in
group I received behavioral objectives for both classroom
and laboratory instruction. Students in group II received
behavioral objectives for classroom instruction and non-behavioral
objectives for laboratory instruction. Students
in group III received non-behavioral objectives for
classroom instruction and behavioral objectives for
laboratory instruction. The control group received non-behavioral
objectives for both classroom and laboratory
instruction. A list of behavioral objectives at cognitive
level was distributed to each student prior to the beginning
of each unit during two four-week units of study.
A one-way analysis of covariance was used to analyze
the achievement test scores. Scheffe's test was used for
multiple comparisons. The 0.05 level was used to determine
the significance of the results. There was a significant
difference in achievement between students in group I and
the control group. There was a significant difference in
achievement between students in group II and the control
group. There was a significant difference in achievement
between students in group III and the control group.
It was concluded that providing students with
behavioral objectives prior to instruction did significantly
enhance achievement in chemistry, as compared with providing
students with non-behavioral objectives prior to instruction
in both classroom and laboratory instruction. This
conclusion was limited to the Chulachomklao Royal Military
Academy, Thailand and any similar situation and groups that
may exist. / Graduation date: 1991
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/37871 |
| Date | 20 February 1991 |
| Creators | Mongkolsiri, Pravate |
| Contributors | Evans, Thomas P. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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