Between Science Education and Environmental Education: How Science Motivation Relates to Environmental Values
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Science Motivation
1.2. Environmental Attitudes
1.3. Purpose
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Measures
2.3. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Measuring Environmental Values
3.2. Measuring Science Motivation
3.3. Science Motivation and Environmental Values
4. Discussion
4.1. Students’ Motivation to Learn Science
4.2. Students’ Environmental Values
4.3. Relationship between Science Motivation and Environmental Values
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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chi2 | df | chi2/df | CFI | RMSEA | SRMR | ||
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Environmental values | |||||||
1 Original model | (APR, UTL, PRE) | 186 | 87 | 2.14 | 0.91 | 0.056 | 0.058 |
1a One-factor model | (APR/UTL/PRE) | 462 | 90 | 5.13 | 0.63 | 0.110 | 0.104 |
1b Two-factor model | (APR/PRE, UTL) | 329 | 89 | 3.70 | 0.76 | 0.088 | 0.084 |
Science motivation | |||||||
2 Original model | 530 | 265 | 2.00 | 0.94 | 0.057 | 0.051 |
Boys | Girls | |||||||
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M | SE | M | SE | t | df | p | r | |
Environmental values | ||||||||
Appreciation | −0.15 | 0.05 | 0.31 | 0.08 | −4.90 | 387 | 0.000 *** | 0.24 |
Utilization | −0.02 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.02 | −2.35 | 387 | 0.019 * | 0.12 |
Preservation | −0.08 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.06 | −3.45 | 387 | 0.006** | 0.17 |
Science motivation | ||||||||
Intrinsic motivation | 0.11 | 0.05 | −0.22 | 0.10 | 2.89 | 194.26 | 0.004 ** | 0.20 |
Career motivation | 0.06 | 0.05 | −0.13 | 0.08 | 2.08 | 209.72 | 0.038 * | 0.14 |
Self-determination | 0.02 | 0.05 | −0.05 | 0.10 | 0.66 | 205.74 | 0.508 | |
Self-efficacy | 0.13 | 0.05 | −0.26 | 0.10 | 3.46 | 185.16 | 0.002 ** | 0.25 |
Grade motivation | 0.08 | 0.05 | −0.16 | 0.09 | 2.26 | 198.05 | 0.024 * | 0.16 |
Science Motivation | Intrinsic Motivation | Career Motivation | Self-Determination | Self-Efficacy | Grade Motivation |
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Intrinsic motivation | 1.00 | 0.71 *** | 0.61 *** | 0.67 *** | 0.65 *** |
Career motivation | 1.00 | 0.54 *** | 0.60 *** | 0.62 *** | |
Self-determination | 1.00 | 0.71 *** | 0.77 *** | ||
Self-efficacy | 1.00 | 0.76 *** | |||
Grade motivation | 1.00 |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleSchönfelder, Mona L., and Franz X. Bogner. 2020. "Between Science Education and Environmental Education: How Science Motivation Relates to Environmental Values" Sustainability 12, no. 5: 1968. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12051968