Promoting fourth-grade students' autonomy, competence, and relatedness through service-learning.

The current study examined Connect Science, a service-learning program that incorporates social and emotional learning lessons and science lessons developed around Next Generation Science Standards. Guided by Self-Determination Theory, focus groups with 8 Connect Science classrooms and 8 control cla...

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Publicado en:Applied Developmental Science Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 58 - 82
Autores principales: Lapan, Candace, Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E., Merritt, Eileen G.
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan-Mar2024
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          Lapan, Candace
          Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.
          Merritt, Eileen G.
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          Wingate University
          University of Virginia
          Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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        Social emotional learning
        Student engagement
        Self-determination theory
        Autonomy (Psychology)
        Science classrooms
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          Social emotional learning
          Student engagement
          Self-determination theory
          Autonomy (Psychology)
          Science classrooms
      ab: The current study examined Connect Science, a service-learning program that incorporates social and emotional learning lessons and science lessons developed around Next Generation Science Standards. Guided by Self-Determination Theory, focus groups with 8 Connect Science classrooms and 8 control classrooms investigated fourth graders' experience of autonomy, competence, relatedness, and academic engagement in science. Results of a content analysis indicated that Connect Science students reported more frequent cognitive autonomy and more positive emotional science engagement than students in control classrooms. However, Connect Science students reported more mixed feelings about relatedness to their peers. Students from both Connect Science and control classrooms reported similar experiences of competence and teacher relatedness. The findings demonstrate that service-learning is a promising practice for facilitating student autonomy, choice, and emotional engagement in science while also highlighting the relational challenges of such approaches. We discuss future research directions and recommendations for mitigating such challenges in elementary classrooms.
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