英文摘要
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To eliminate the gap in educational resources between urban and rural areas, the National Science and Technology Museum has developed interactive exhibit units and teaching kits, set up science exploration stations on remote school campuses and trained elementary school students to serve as interpreters for teachers and students from nearby schools. In this study, three students from an elementary school in a remote area of Taitung County who underwent interpretative training and service were purposively selected as the research subjects. A qualitative approach was adopted including interviews with teachers and students, participant observation and analysis of students' journals. The researchers aimed to explore students' scientific attitude and expression ability before and after interpretive service, as well as to understand if differences in family background lead to differences in level of performance. After a period of training and interpretive service at the science exploration station, in terms of attitude toward science, students more actively explored science and sought to understand the truth from fact. In addition, their expression ability improved significantly. Despite differences in certain dimensions due to differences in family background, similarities among the three students included improved academic performance and interpersonal relationships. This study demonstrated that interpretative service in a science exploration station has a positive influence on elementary school students' scientific attitude, learning attitude and expression ability.
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