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Scale Of Out-Of-School Science Experiences for Secondary School Students –2010 Abdul Gafoor, K., Reader in Education, Department Of Education University Of Calicut

Jaithra V.S., M.Ed

A total of 160 direct, indirect or vicarious experiences related with three main branches of school science viz., Physics, Chemistry and Biology that the children have from their surroundings and which they choose to have without any external compulsion are put under five categories viz., observation, visits, collection, activity and experimentation. The experiences included were decided after informal interviews, pilot run of draft items, and conventional item analysis procedure for ensuring discrimination power among children of the pertinent age. For each item, students indicated extend of experience on a 3-point likert scale. Test re-test coefficient of correlation of the total scale was 0.96 (N=40). General Instruction The science experiences that your are acquiring form outside the school are categorised under four heads. The level of each experiences are displaced in the table (1. Never, 2. Sometime, 3. Always) given in the response sheet. Your responses can mark against the suitable one by putting () marks against it. The instructions given for each category should be read carefully before you mark in responses. Eg: Observation

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Scale Of Out-Of-School Science Experiences for Secondary School Students –2010

Part – 1 Instruction Mark your responses against the rate of observation and visit that you have done on the different kinds of organisms, objects and places by putting ''in your response sheet. 1. Flowering Plants 2. Non-flowering Plants 3. Ferns 4. Thorny plants 5. Palms 6. Different types of bamboos 7. Parasitic Plants 8. Parasitic Animals 9. Arthropods 10. Mammals 11. Lichens 12. Different Kinds of algae 13. Leaf colour and shape 14. Plant growth 15. Animal Movements 16. Methods of food collection among the living beings 17. Nesting by birds 18. Pappus hairs 19. Plant growth during the rainy season 20. Fragrance of soil on first rain 21. Plants slanting into rivers 22. Difficulty in closing doors during the rainy season 23. Cloud movements 24. Constellations 25. Rainbow 26. Pendular movement in clock 27. Loosening of electric lines during summer. 28. Working of machines 29. Sparks while welding. © Authors

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30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63.

Backward movement of road side plants while we travel. Telecast of rocket launching Reflection of light from water drops. Passengers falling down while drivers applies the break. Working of pressure cooker. Boiling of milk Hole formation while making a dosa. Verdigris Darkening of silver ornaments Spraying of insecticides on plants NPK fertilizers Rusting of iron Ayurvedic medicine preparation Different types of petroleum products Aquarium fish exhibition Flower show Botanical garden Scanning centre Primary health centres Silkworm hatchery Aquaculture (fish) farm Yoga training centre Family welfare centre Gymnasium Wild-life sanctuary National Parks Agriculture research centre Kirshibhavan Planetarium Lens shop Radio station Working of photostat Machine Television stations Hill stations

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64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.

Blacksmith's workshop Flour mill Water treatment plants. Soap factory Rubber/sandal factory Sugar factory Fire stations.

Part 2 Instruction Mark your responses against the collections that you have done, by putting a '' from the following. 71. Leaves 72. Feathers 73. Shells 74. Pictures of the living 75. Seeds 76. Handicrafts 77. Battery cells 78. Magnets 79. Photos of astronauts 80. Different types of soils/stones 81. Funny news 82. Photos of scientists 83. Science books Part 3 Instruction Mark your responses against the level of the activities, that you have done by putting a '' from the following list of activities. 84. Horticulture 85. Gardening 86. Making Aquarium 87. Cleaning the surroundings 88. Dressing the wounds 89. Making bird houses © Authors


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90. Regular food habits 91. Applying damp cloths for headache 92. Applying cold/salt water for bruises 93. Creating waves in water by dropping stones 94. Forming shadows by holding hands against light. 95. Looking to sky through transparent scales. 96. Kiting 97. Making toy bolls from palm leaves, paper etc. 98. Making flute out of papaya pipe. 99. Using Internet 100. Using cell phone 101. Playing computer game 102. Making electric circuits 103. Play with swing 104. Moving of cot on smooth floor while we slant towards wall from it. 105. Repairing electric gadgets 106. Dismantling equipments to observe 107. Connecting electric switches 108. Fixing electric fuse 109. Applying oil on pulley 110. Using thermo utensils 111. Salting of mango 112. Processing Cherry 113. Mixing blue with water 114. Making thick Jaggery 115. Winnowing/sifting 116. Fermenting dough 117. Treating the henna to enhance its dye 118. Using shoe flower to blacken the boards. 119. Marks on blackboard after cleaning it. 120. Preparing cosmetic materials. 121. Removing stains from cloths using kerosene. 122. Bleaching powder © Authors


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123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131.

Use of detergents Use baking soda Use of yeast Using vinegar Having fast food Having soft drinks Burning camphor Applying carbon in wells Using tamarind for cleaning utensils. Part 4 Instruction Make your responses on how much you are engaging in different kinds of activities that are given below, by putting a '' against the correct responses. 132. Sprouting the seeds. 133. Putting dry seeds in water 134. Putting grapes in honey 135. Touching the leaves of touch me not plant. 136. Applying chemical fertilizers in varying doses. 137. Dipping cockroach head in water. 138. Spraying water against light to make rainbow. 140. Rotating colour wheel 141. Applying soap on wet surface to substitute. 142. Blotting ink using chalk. 143. Raising bicycle using slope. 144. Reflecting sunlight using mirror 145. Changing size of shadows. 146. Applying soap below film strip. 147. Making loud noise in halls. 148. Making electric current from tomato 149. Attracting iron on to a magnet 150. Flashing light on to CD. 151. Rotating a burning stick. 152. Pouring oil to water. © Authors


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153. well. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160.

Feeling weight to the bucket when it comes above the water in Mirror image reading Dipping the plant in ink. Applying oil on paper to make it semi permeable. Mixing of dyes. Remove paints by using kerosene Making carbon by heating sugar Making litmus paper by using shoe flower.

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