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High School Students' Views about the Nature of Science.
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Griffiths, Alan K.; Barry, Maurice – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Randomly selected high school seniors (n=32) were interviewed to assess their understanding of the nature of science. Views held by 10% or more of the students are reported in the categories of general views, scientific facts, scientific theories, and scientific laws. Reports how students differentiate between scientific facts, laws, and theories.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Interviews
The No Change in Junior Secondary Students' Attitudes toward Science in a Period of Curriculum Change: A Probe into the Case of British Columbia.
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Ebenezer, Jazlin V.; Zoller, Uri – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Compared the science attitudes of tenth-grade students from British Columbia, Canada, in 1986 with those from tenth-grade students in 1989 after a three-year science-technology-society instructional period. No positive change in students' attitudes toward science was registered. (13 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Awareness, Computer Uses in Education, Conservation (Environment)