期刊名称：Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
印刷版ISSN：2350-7756
电子版ISSN：2350-8442
出版年度：2018
卷号：6
期号：3
页码：57-67
出版社：Lyceum of the Philippines University - Batangas
摘要：One of the key components of effective Science education is the conduct of inquiry-based
laboratory activities which support and reinforce concepts, theories and laws learned in the classroom. This
descriptive-correlational study aimed to describe the Science laboratory interest and preferences of teacher
education students and their implications to Science teaching via a questionnaire. Data gathered were
analyzed using frequency, percentage, weighted means and t-test for correlated samples. Results showed that
students have very high interest in laboratory activities. They revealed in the interview that doing laboratory
activities make them work and discover things on their own, enhance their skills, don’t limit their explorations,
make them feel excited and very eager, let them discover a lot about things, and create in them a deeper sense
of learning whenever they perform. Students generally prefer structured (steps are given) and actual (handson)
lab activities using commercial and improvised materials and done collaboratively or by group. Besides
strictly observing lab rules and guidelines, students highly prefer separate laboratory rooms per Science
subject, a laboratory room with a laboratory assistant and complete with essential features. Teachers who are,
above all, personally intelligent, buoyant, fair, approachable, innovative, and who technically facilitate during
experiments, give well-planned activities, are organized and orderly are also preferred. Correlation tests
showed that students’ grade in Science is not significantly correlated to their interest in laboratory activities
but it is significantly correlated to the type of laboratory activities. Students’ interest in laboratory activities
is significantly correlated to their laboratory teacher characteristics.
关键词：Science Laboratory; Interest; Preferences; Performance; Teacher Education Students
