Primary-secondary transition

By 2009-01-01T00:00:00

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Researchers in Australia identify aspects of the learning experience that help to maintain students' interest in science as they progress into secondary school

Primary students' attitudes towards and interest in science tend to decline as they progress into secondary school. To get a deeper understanding of why this trend occurs Marianne Logan and Keith Skamp from Southern Cross University, New South Wales, completed a longitudinal study of a group of 20 students during their last year in primary school and their first year in secondary.1 

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