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ERIC Number: EJ295859
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Thirty Studies Involving the "Scientific Attitude Inventory": What Confidence Can We Have in This Instrument?
Zeidler, Dana Lewis
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v21 n3 p341-42 Mar 1984
Agrees that the conceptual validity of the Scientific Attitude Inventory is suspect and a conceptual reanalysis of the distinction between "attitudes to science" and "scientific attitudes" is needed. However, inquiry into whether such instruments are developed consistently with formal criteria and theoretical guidelines of social psychology is also needed. (JM)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Opinions, Research Needs, Science Education, Scientific Attitudes, Social Psychology, Student Attitudes, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research; Scientific Attitude Inventory
Note: For related article see EJ 278 630.