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In this research, secondary school science teacher's perception of MBL and its usage in schools were investigated using survey methods. One thousand secondary school science teachers across the country were surveyed through online for one month in May 2006, and their responses were analyzed. Through this research, the ways to improve the effectiveness and efficacy of scientific inquiry or experiments by implementing MBL in science education were expected to find out. The survey results showed that only 53.3% of science teachers have even heard of MBL and 31.7% of teachers have experienced MBL directly or indirectly, usually through teacher training programs. Also, a very small percentage of secondary schools(6.1%) were equipped with MBL tools and used them mainly for demonstration by teachers because of the low quantity of MBL tools. Thus it was found that only a small percentage of secondary school science teachers understood the meaning and value of MBL in terms of improving science experiments. Meanwhile, 70～80% of teachers had a positive opinion about the effectiveness and practicability in using MBL in scientific experiments, and 80.8% of teachers intend to participate in teacher training program on MBL in the future. Moreover they requested MBL tools in schools and teaching materials about MBL experiments for activating the usage of MBL in science education.
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MBL(Microcomputer-based Laboratories), secondary school science teacher, perceptions, scientific inquiry.
