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ERIC Number: EJ258409
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Jan
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
The Development of the Image of Science and Scientists Scale.
Krajkovich, Joseph G.; Smith, Jeffrey K.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v19 n1 p39-44 Jan 1982
An instrument was developed to assess secondary school students' attitudes toward science using items based on Mead and Metraux's 1957 study. Instrument reliability (0.76 in a pilot study and 0.86 in a study with 251 ninth-grade students) and construct validity are discussed. (JN)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Measurement Techniques, Science Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Image of Science and Scientists Scale; Science Education Research