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Dunlop, Lynda; Turkenburg-van Diepen, Maria; Knox, Kerry J.; Bennett, Judith – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Open-ended investigative work is important for science at the high school level because it provides students with experiences approaching the authentic practice of scientists. In England context, some teachers provide opportunities for open-ended investigation, even though at post-16 (pre-university) A-Level they are no longer required to do so.…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction
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Bennett, Judith; Hogarth, Sylvia – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
The present paper describes a four-year project involving the development of a new instrument, the "Attitudes to School Science and Science" instrument, and its use to collect baseline attitudinal data from 280 students aged 11, 14, and 16 years. A key feature of the instrument is that it collects both descriptive and explanatory data in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Science Education, Sciences, Secondary School Students