Enjoyment, Interest, and Achievement Levels of Third Grade Students in Separate Subject and Interrelated Subject Units in Science and Social Studies

The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference in the enjoyment, interest, perceived learning, and achievement levels of third grade students when social studies and science units were presented as interrelated subject units versus separate subject units. Eight units in social studies and science were chosen. Four of these units were selected at random to be presented as interrelated subject units and four to be presented as separate subject units. Interrelated units used the social studies or science topic as a core, and lessons in other subjects such as language arts, math, music, and art were related to this basic topic. Separate subject units focused on the particular topic of the unit and were not intentionally related to other subjects in curriculum. An attitude questionnaire and achievement test were administered as posttests after each unit. The results of the tests for matched pairs indicated a significant difference in the levels of enjoyment, interest, perceived learning, and achievement for the two types of units. It was concluded that the 28 third grade students taught using interrelated subject units showed a significantly higher level of enjoyment, interest, perceived learning, and achievement than the same group when taught using separate subject units.

Grantor dc:publisher

UNF Digital Commons

Year dc:date

1979

Author dc:creator

• Main, Edna D

• Thesis; University of North Florida; education; Education
• Elementary -- Curricula Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Elementary) Dissertations
• Academic -- UNF -- Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/662

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.unf.edu:etd-1703