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ERIC Number: EJ356065
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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High-School Graduates' Beliefs about Science-Technology-Society. III. Characteristics and Limitations of Scientific Knowledge.
Aikenhead, Glen S.
Science Education, v71 n4 p459-87 Jul 1987
As the third in a four-part series on issues related to science-technology-society (STS), this article discusses Canadian high school graduates' viewpoints on the characteristics and limitations of scientific knowledge. Responses indicated students harbored diverse and contradictory beliefs about scientific knowledge. (ML)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, National Surveys, Science and Society, Science Education, Scientific Enterprise, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Social Influences, Student Attitudes, Technology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada; Science Education Research