Research indicates that student learning of science, student attitudes toward science, and their motivation to learn science and pursue science-related careers is related to classroom instruction. This study examined anatomy and physiology (A&P) classes in a south Texas high school where 97 percent of students are Hispanic bilingual learners. Classes were assigned to control or treatment groups, with the treatment group receiving instruction designed to help students develop a deeper understanding of anatomy vocabulary related to brain structures by making connections to these words in everyday life as well as to their understanding of Spanish. Main effects between group and test scores were significant, with the control group reporting higher test scores than the treatment group. We attribute this finding to a bleed-over of the treatment group instructional design to the control group. In addition, significant differences in mean and median scores were observed with respect to intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy. The statistically significant increases in learning for both groups suggests the activity-, problem-, and project-based (APB) curriculum has the potential to be an effective type of instruction, especially for bilingual learners.
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1 March 2017
The Role of Language in Anatomy and Physiology Instruction
Angela M. Chapman,
Hsuying C. Ward,
Ashwini Tiwari,
Amy Weimer,
Jaime B. Duran,
Federico Guerra,
Paul Sale
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The American Biology Teacher
Vol. 79 • No. 3
March 2017
Vol. 79 • No. 3
March 2017
Anatomy and physiology
English Language Learner
intrinsic motivation
secondary
self-efficacy