An investigation of Taiwanese early adolescents' views about the nature of science.
This study developed a Pupils' Nature of Science Scale, including the subscales of the invented and changing nature of science, the role of social negotiation on science, and cultural context on science, to assess early adolescents' views about the nature of science. More than 6,000 fifth and sixth graders in Taiwan responded to the Scale. The study revealed that the adolescents had quite different perspectives toward different subscales of the nature of science. Moreover, male adolescents tended to express more constructivist-oriented views toward the nature of science than did their female counterparts. The adolescents of different grades and races also displayed varying views toward the nature of science.
Huang
Chao-Ming
CM
Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tsai
Chin-Chung
CC
Chang
Chun-Yen
CY
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010811:Natural Science Disciplines; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan