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ERIC Number: EJ658196
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Effect of the Challenger Experience on Elementary Children's Attitudes to Science.
Jarvis, Tina; Pell, Anthony
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v39 n10 p979-1000 Dec 2002
Explores how the Challenger experience influenced over 655 elementary boys' and girls' general attitudes toward science and space during the five months after their visit by examining their responses to four different attitude scales. Discusses positive outcomes and negative effects of the Challenger experience on children's attitude toward science, and differences between boys and girls. (Author/KHR)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Elementary Education, Science Education, Sex Differences, Space Sciences, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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