Attitudes of Undergraduate General Science Students Toward Learning Science and the Nature of Science

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written by Jeffrey Marx, Shabbir M. Mian, and Vasilis Pagonis

We investigated general science students' attitudes regarding the acquisition of scientific knowledge and the nature of science by administering a 32-item attitudinal survey. To assemble a representative array of epistemological attitudes at our institution and to determine the impact of instruction, we administered this survey to over 250 students from 19 sections of three general science courses. We characterized the instructional styles for each course using three broad categories: Traditional, Transitional, and Learning-centered. This paper focuses on the impact those different instructional styles had on students' epistemological beliefs.

Physics Education Research Conference 2004
Part of the PER Conference series
Sacramento, California: August 4-5, 2004
Volume 790, Pages 125-128

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Published: September 1, 2005

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Education Foundations - Assessment - Student Characteristics = Affect Education Practices - Pedagogy = Instructional Issues	- Lower Undergraduate - Graduate/Professional	- Reference Material = Research study

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DOI:: 10.1063/1.2084717
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PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.Gm
Keywords:: PERC 2004, educational courses, epistemological attitudes, instructional styles, nature of science, physics, teaching
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Marx, J, S. Mian, and V. Pagonis. "Attitudes of Undergraduate General Science Students Toward Learning Science and the Nature of Science." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2004, Sacramento, California, August 4-5, 2004. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9548&DocID=3445 (accessed 8 October 2024).

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Marx, Jeffrey, Shabbir Mian, and Vasilis Pagonis. "Attitudes of Undergraduate General Science Students Toward Learning Science and the Nature of Science." Physics Education Research Conference 2004. Sacramento, California: 2004. 125-128 Vol. 790 of PER Conference. 8 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9548&DocID=3445>.

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