Impact of an Active Learning Methodology on Students' Emotions and Self-Efficacy Beliefs towards the Learning of Chemical Reactions-The Case of Secondary Education Students

The main goal of this article was to analyse the impact of the implementation of an active methodology, namely inquiry-based learning, on the emotions experienced by students and their self-efficacy beliefs toward the curricular content in relation to chemical reactions. A sample of 56 students at t...

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Main Authors: Maria Antonia Dávila-Acedo (Author), Jesús Sánchez-Martín (Author), Diego Airado-Rodríguez (Author), Florentina Cañada-Cañada (Author)
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Published: MDPI AG, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:The main goal of this article was to analyse the impact of the implementation of an active methodology, namely inquiry-based learning, on the emotions experienced by students and their self-efficacy beliefs toward the curricular content in relation to chemical reactions. A sample of 56 students at the third level of compulsory secondary education (K-9) was considered. It was found that the use of an active methodology had on the one hand, a statistically significant effect on the promotion of positive emotions and a decrease in negative emotions and on the other hand a positive effect on the improvement of students' self-efficacy beliefs towards learning the curricular content related to chemical reactions. The implementation of practical activities in the classroom might lead to better learning of scientific content; at least, the results presented in the current article point in that direction.
Item Description:10.3390/educsci12050347
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