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<journal-id>1983-2117</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ensaio Pesquisa em Educação em Ciências]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ens. Pesqui. Educ. Ciênc.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1983-2117</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1983-21172012000300017</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1590/1983-21172012140302</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="fr"><![CDATA[INCIDENCE DES CARACTÉRISTIQUES DES ÉLÈVES SUR LEUR DEGRÉ DE MOTIVATION À PARTICIPER À UNE EXPO-SCIENCES]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[INCIDENCE OF STUDENTS' CHARACTERISTICS ON THEIR LEVEL OF MOTIVATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A SCIENCE FAIR]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[INCIDÊNCIA DE CARACTERÍSTICAS DOS ESTUDANTES SOBRE SEU GRAU DE MOTIVAÇÃO PARA PARTICIPAR DE UMA EXPOSIÇÃO DE CIÊNCIAS]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Trudel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Louis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Reis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Giuliano]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dionne]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Liliane]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,University of Ottawa  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Otawa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Canada</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Ottawa Faculty of education ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Otawa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Canada</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2012</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2012</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>14</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>17</fpage>
<lpage>35</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1983-21172012000300017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1983-21172012000300017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1983-21172012000300017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="fr"><p><![CDATA[Les expo-sciences sont de plus en plus populaires chez les jeunes. Leur motivation &#224; participer peut &#234;tre influenc&#233;e par diff&#233;rents facteurs que notre &#233;tude cherche &#224; pr&#233;ciser. A cette fin, nous avons construit un questionnaire destin&#233; &#224; mesurer le degr&#233; de motivation des participants &#224; l'expo-sciences pan canadienne qui regroupe chaque ann&#233;e les meilleurs au pays. Nos r&#233;sultats indiquent que ces &#233;l&#232;ves sont tr&#232;s motiv&#233;s mais que contrairement &#224; certains r&#233;sultats de recherches ant&#233;rieures, leur degr&#233; de motivation est influenc&#233; par leur &#226;ge et leur niveau scolaire. Les autres facteurs &#233;tudi&#233;s n'ont pas eu d'influence significative sur leur degr&#233; de motivation. Nous concluons en &#233;noncant les limites de notre recherche et des suggestions quant &#224; des recherches ult&#233;rieures.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Science fairs are more and more popular among young pupils. The present study aims to identify the factors that can influence their motivation to participate in such events. To this end, we created a questionnaire intended to measure the degree of motivation of the participants in the Canada-Wide Science Fair. Our results indicate that participants are very motivated. However, and contrary to previous research, we also found that their degree of motivation is influenced by their age and grade. We conclude by acknowledging the limitations of our study and suggesting areas for subsequent research.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[As feiras de ci&#234;ncias s&#227;o cada vez mais populares entre os jovens. Neste contexto, a motiva&#231;&#227;o que possuem para participar deste tipo de atividade pode ser influenciada por v&#225;rios fatores, os quais o presente estudo visa esclarecer. Para este fim foi elaborado um question&#225;rio para medir o grau de motiva&#231;&#227;o dos participantes de uma feira nacional de ci&#234;ncias no Canad&#225;, a qual &#233; realizada anualmente e que re&#250;ne os melhores trabalhos do pa&#237;s. Nossos resultados indicam que os estudantes que responderam ao question&#225;rio s&#227;o individuos altamente motivados. Entretanto, e ao contr&#225;rio de algumas pesquisas anteriores, tal motiva&#231;&#227;o &#233; influenciada pela idade e n&#237;vel de ensino dos respondentes. Outros fatores estudados n&#227;o demonstraram influ&#234;ncia significativa sobre a motiva&#231;&#227;o dos participantes. Conclu&#237;mos nosso estudo com uma abordagem dos seus limites e apresentamos sugest&#245;es para futuras pesquisas.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Science fairs]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[questionário]]></kwd>
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