{"id":15011,"date":"2019-08-23T11:44:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T08:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/publication-investigating-the-effectiveness-of-an-inquiry-based-intervention-on-human-reproduction-in-relation-to-students-gender-prior-knowledge-and-motivation-for-learning-in-biology\/"},"modified":"2019-08-23T13:36:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T10:36:24","slug":"publication-investigating-the-effectiveness-of-an-inquiry-based-intervention-on-human-reproduction-in-relation-to-students-gender-prior-knowledge-and-motivation-for-learning-in-biology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/publication-investigating-the-effectiveness-of-an-inquiry-based-intervention-on-human-reproduction-in-relation-to-students-gender-prior-knowledge-and-motivation-for-learning-in-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Publication: Investigating the Effectiveness of an Inquiry-Based Intervention on Human Reproduction in Relation to Students\u2019 Gender, Prior Knowledge and Motivation for Learning in Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><div class=\"tie-padding\" style=\"padding-left:10%; padding-right:10%;\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Andreas Ch. Hadjichambisa, Yiannis Georgioub, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambia, Eleni A. Kyzab &amp; Demetrios Mappourasa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><div class=\"tie-padding\" style=\"padding-left:10%; padding-right:10%;\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Despite the importance of understanding how the human reproductive system works, adolescents worldwide exhibit weak conceptual understanding, which leads to serious risks, such as unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. Studies focusing on the development and evaluation of inquiry-based learning interventions, promoting the knowledge of human reproduction, are very few. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an inquiry-based intervention on human reproduction in relation to students\u2019 gender, prior knowledge and motivation for learning in biology. Data collection methods included students\u2019 pre- and post-tests, evaluating students\u2019 conceptual understanding regarding human reproduction, and measurements of students\u2019 motivation employing the Motivational Learning Environment survey. The sample for the pre- and post-test conceptual understanding data included the whole population of the 7th graders in Cyprus (n = 6465). Students\u2019 motivation data were collected from a representative sample of the entire 7th graders population (n = 946 students). Statistical analyses indicated a statistically significant increase in students\u2019 conceptual understanding as well as in their motivation for learning in biology. However, students\u2019 gender, prior knowledge and initial motivation for learning in biology seemed to mediate the effectiveness of the inquiry-based intervention. All of these variables are deemed, therefore, as of great importance for the design, implementation and evaluation of biology teaching interventions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Please find attached\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00219266.2015.1067241.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>here <\/strong><\/a>the related article\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andreas Ch. Hadjichambisa, Yiannis Georgioub, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambia, Eleni A. Kyzab &amp; Demetrios Mappourasa Abstract Despite the importance of understanding how the human reproductive system works, adolescents worldwide exhibit weak conceptual understanding, which leads to serious risks, such as unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. 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