THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTIVATION TOWARD LEARNING BIOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างแรงจูงใจในการเรียนชีววิทยาและความเข้าใจแนวคิดทางชีววิทยาของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลาย
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The purpose of this research is to examine 1) motivation towards learning biology, and 2) the relationship between motivation towards learning biology and Biological Conceptual Understanding (BCU) of high school biology students using structural equation modeling (SEM). The BCU test and 6 dimensions of well-established motivation questionnaire were used as a tool to collect data. A hundred and six of students, who were studying in a high school, was selected as a target group. Data were analyzed IBM SPSS statistics 22 and IBM SPSS Amos. The results found Control of Learning Beliefs has a highest mean ( = 4.13, S.D. = .67). The model was consistent with empirical data (CMIN/DF = 2.610, GFI = .962, RMSEA = .047, CFI = .937, AGFI = .912). It reveals that Test Anxiety was highest significantly negative correlated with BCU (p
.001, TE = .09). The results suggest to promote the conceptual understanding of students, teaching and learning should reduce anxiety of testing.
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