Table 4 Analysis on SE and NSE students’ feeling of enjoyment
From: The effect of a science festival for special education students on communicating science
Subthemes | Key words | No. of SE students (%) | No. of NSE (%) (N = 387) | When did students feel enjoyment? (Kinds of activities) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Visitor (N = 298) | Participants (N = 3) | ||||
Curiosity/Competing with friends | *fun, *curious, *exciting *want to visit again *happy | 270 (90.6%) | Â | Â | New experiences Unexpected experimental results (e.g., the polarized light made a cup disappear) Curious phenomena Beautiful outcomes Usefulness of the outcomes |
No enjoyment | *Scared, *nervous *Difficult *Not interesting | 14 (4.7%) | 2 (67%) | 67 (17.1%) | Experiences were not familiar to SE students The ear phone did not work. New experiences, worry about explaining to others |
Kindness | *happy *kind *proud *thanks | 83 (27.9%) | 2 (67%) | 327 (83.4%) | Kindness: participating students treated them kindly Proud of oneself for doing something for others Experiencing visitors’ satisfactory responses |
Sympathies | *worthwhile to do |  | 1 (33%) | 385 (98.7%) | Understanding of SE students’ difficulties Wonderful experience and memory |