e-Pedagogium 2013, 13(1):69-81 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2013.007

Verification of a Research Tool Focused on Investigating of Pupils' Opinion of the Importance of Biology Skills

Milan Kubiatko, Monika Vašíčková
PaedDr. Milan Kubiatko, Ph.D., Institut výzkumu školního vzdělávání, Pedagogická fakulta MU, Poříčí 31, 603 00 Brno, email: mkubiatko@gmail.com
Mgr. Monika Vašíčková, Katedra biologie, Pedagogická fakulta MU, Poříčí 7, 603 00 Brno

The contribution deals with a pilot study used for verification of a research tool related to pupils' opinions of the importance of biology skills. The research tool was a questionnaire with 61 Likert type items divided into 4 parts. There was also investigated the influence of gender, grade and class on the pupils' opinion. The sample consisted of 91 pupils from a primary school. The Cronbach's alpha was used for the determination of reliability, and the Analysis of Variance was used for the finding of the influence of independent variables. The conclusion part of the contribution contains information about a future research.

Keywords: biology skills, pilot study, scaling questionnaire, pupils' opinion

Published: February 1, 2013  Show citation

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Kubiatko, M., & Vašíčková, M. (2013). Verification of a Research Tool Focused on Investigating of Pupils' Opinion of the Importance of Biology Skills. e-Pedagogium, 13(1), 69-81. doi: 10.5507/epd.2013.007
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