Improving the interest of high-school students towards chemistry (and science in general) is one of the goals of the Italian Ministry of Education. To this aim, we designed a context-based activity that actively involved students in six different laboratory experiences interconnected by a case study of the murder of Miss Scarlet, from the famous game Clue. Key points of the activity were: the interest aroused by the subject of crime scene investigation; the direct involvement of the students in all stages of the work (from the realization of the experiments to the resolution of the case); the use of a multidisciplinary approach for addressing a complex scientific problem; the work in chemical laboratories with modern instrumentation; the team work and the supervision by young tutors. To verify the hypothesis that such a multidisciplinary activity could foster the interest for the discipline, an evaluation was performed using a self-report questionnaire designed to assess changes in the situational interest raised by the internship. It was found that the activity significantly increased interest and attitude toward chemistry, mainly for students with lower scores in pleasure for the study of chemistry, self-efficacy and self-concept in chemistry.

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通过犯罪现场调查提高高中生对化学的兴趣

提高高中生对化学（以及整个科学）的兴趣是意大利教育部的目标之一。为此，我们设计了一项基于情境的活动，该活动使学生积极参与了六种不同的实验室体验，并通过著名游戏《线索》中的斯卡利特小姐的谋杀案进行了案例研究。该活动的重点是：犯罪现场调查对象引起的兴趣；学生直接参与工作的各个阶段（从实验的实现到案件的解决）；使用多学科方法来解决复杂的科学问题；具有现代化仪器的化学实验室的工作；团队合作和年轻导师的监督。为了验证这种多学科活动可以激发该学科兴趣的假设，使用旨在评估实习引起的情境兴趣变化的自我报告调查表进行了评估。研究发现，这项活动显着增加了对化学的兴趣和态度，主要是针对化学学习，自我效能和自我概念的学习成绩较低的学生。