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Direct linkCetinkaya, Ertan; Saribas, Deniz – Science & Education, 2023
In a pandemic era, it is necessary to equip individuals with the ability to make informed decisions about health issues, especially in relation to viruses and vaccines. In order to achieve this goal, science educators need to explore students' decisions and reasoning about vaccination. The aim of the study reported in the paper, therefore, is to…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Immunization Programs, Decision Making, Diseases
Cobern, William W.; Adams, Betty A. J.; Pleasants, Brandy A.-S.; Bentley, Andrew; Kagumba, Robert – Science & Education, 2022
Science includes the fundamental attributes of durability and uncertainty; hence, we teach about the "tentative yet durable" nature of science. Public discourse can be different, where one hears both confidence about "settled science" and doubts about "just theories." The latter observation gives rise to the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Student Attitudes
Park, Hyeran; Nielsen, Wendy; Woodruff, Earl – Science & Education, 2014
This study examined and compared students' understanding of nature of science (NOS) with 521 Grade 8 Canadian and Korean students using a mixed methods approach. The concepts of NOS were measured using a survey that had both quantitative and qualitative elements. Descriptive statistics and one-way multivariate analysis of variances examined the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Scientific Principles, Middle School Students
