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Khatoon, Zohra. "Development of TOSRA (Test of Science Related Attitudes) Instrument for Science Related Attitude Studies in Sindh Province." International Journal of Innovation in Teaching and Learning (IJITL) 7, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 79–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.35993/ijitl.v7i1.1327.
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This study aims to explore the implementation of attitude measurement tool known as Test of Science-Related Attitudes (TOSRA) in Sindh. 1097 higher-secondary level students from Hyderabad division of Sindh participated in the study. The alpha reliability values of different scale of TOSRA were analysed and enhanced to acceptable and good level using statistical techniques. The alpha coefficients for adapted TOSRA scales were observed as; Social Implications of Science (0.707), Adoption of Scientific Attitudes (0.801), Classroom Enjoyment (0.779), Leisure Interest in Science (0.767) and Career Interest in Science (0.701). The overall alpha coefficient for adopted (five-scale) TOSRA questionnaire administered in this study was 0.912. Similarly, the values of discriminant validity of the scales were deduced using correlation techniques for these scales where mean correlation between the scales ranged from 0.49 to 0.57. The adopted version of TOSRA was developed based on the statistical analyses including Cronbach alpha, Pearson’s correlation, and factor analysis, and showed sufficient validity and reliability to be implemented in subsequent research to measure students’ attitude towards science in province of Sindh, Pakistan.
Keywords: Attitude towards Science, TOSRA, Instrument development, Science Education, Higher secondary students
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Khalili, Khalil Y. "A crosscultural validation of a test of science related attitudes." Journal of Research in Science Teaching 24, no. 2 (February 1987): 127–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tea.3660240205.
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Naiker, Mani, Bibhya Sharma, Lara Wakeling, Joel Benjamin Johnson, Janice Mani, Bijeta Kumar, Anji Naidu, MGM Khan, and Stephen Brown. "Attitudes towards science among senior secondary students in Fiji." Waikato Journal of Education 25 (November 24, 2020): 57–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.15663/wje.v25i0.704.
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In order to investigate gender and ethnicity-based differences in scientific attitudes among Fijian students, the widely studied Test of Scientific Related Attitudes (TOSRA) was administered to 1401 senior secondary Fijian students (Years 11–13; approximately 15–18 years of age). Students generally had a positive attitude towards science overall in Years 11–13, with females showing a more positive attitude than males. By Year 13, the attitudes of females towards science had become more negative. The attitude of iTaukei students towards science started out lower than other ethnicities in Year 11 and increased during Year 12, before falling to below the starting attitude levels in Year 13. Fijian students of Indian descent generally had a positive attitude towards science that remained consistent throughout Years 11–13, with an increase in leisure and career interest in science in Year 13. A strong correlation was found between the ethnicity of a student and their first language. Continued science outreach programmes, particularly in Year 12, are important to achieve and retain scientific interest and attitudes among Fijian secondary students.
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CALıK, Imren, and Munise SECKıN-KAPUCU. "The Effect of Digital Story-Supported Science Practices on the Scientific Attitudes of 7th-Grade Students." Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences 21 (December 31, 2021): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.55549/epess.1040437.
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This study aims to examine the effect of supporting science applications courses with digital stories on the scientific attitudes of 7th-grade students. In this study, a quasi-experimental design was used. The study was carried out in the 2020-2021 academic year, during the 7th-grade Science Applications course of a state secondary school affiliated to the Eskisehir Provincial Directorate of National Education. The study sample consisted of 93 students from four branches, 53 male and 40 female, taking the Science Applications course. The lessons were supported by digital stories in the experimental group during the implementation process, whereas the control group followed the current curriculum. The data collection process was completed in six weeks. The scientific attitude scale was applied in the first week of this six-week process as the pre-test. 12 digital stories were used in the second, third, fourth, and fifth weeks. The scientific attitude scale was applied in the last week again as the post-test. Descriptive statistics and t-test for dependent and independent groups were used to analyze the quantitative data obtained from the Scientific Attitude Scale. A significant difference was found between the pre-test and post-test mean scores of experimental and control group students regarding their scientific attitudes, the pre-test-post-test related to the scientific attitudes of control group students, and the pre-test-post-test mean scores of experimental group students' scientific attitudes. As a result of the statistical analysis, it was concluded that digital storytelling positively improved students' scientific attitudes in the applied group.
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Muniandy, Thiwagar, Sabariah Sharif, and Muralindran Mariappan. "The Effect of Robotics Program on Students Attitude Towards Science." Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH) 7, no. 4 (April 10, 2022): e001422. http://dx.doi.org/10.47405/mjssh.v7i4.1422.
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The purpose of this research is to study the effect of robotics program on students attitude towards science. A total of 374 year 6 students (12years old) involving 10 primary schools from Malacca and Selangor have participated in this study. The researcher used Test of Science Related Attitudes (TOSRA) questionnaire developed by Fraser (1981) to measure students attitude towards science. In this study the researcher used a non-survey quantitative approach method with a quasi- experimental design involving treatment and control group. The changes in students attitude towards science was measured in three different times involving pre-test, post-test 1 and post-test 2. The researcher has performed two inferential statistical test, Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and One-way Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) at significant level of
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Kurbanoğlu, Namudar İzzet, and Fatma Koç Nefes. "EFFECT OF CONTEXT-BASED QUESTIONS ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ TEST ANXIETY AND SCIENCE ATTITUDE." Journal of Baltic Science Education 14, no. 2 (April 25, 2015): 216–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/jbse/15.14.216.
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The context-based questions have promise and potential to reduce the test anxiety of students and improve their attitudes towards science. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of context-based questions on test anxiety and science attitude of students. The research design employed was a quasi-experimental equivalent control group with a pre-test and post-test design. Samples were 70 secondary school students, selected from the 185 seventh grade students at a public school in Turkey. Test Anxiety and Science Attitude Scales were used to measure their test anxiety and attitude towards science, respectively. The results of the data analysis indicated that the context-based questions significantly reduced the test anxiety of the students in the experimental group and improved their attitudes towards science. In contrast, the conventional questions increased the test anxiety of the control group students, but no significant effect in science attitude was found among them. Further, the results showed that there was a relationship between the pre- and post-test scores of the test anxiety and science attitude of both the experimental and control groups. Key words: attitudes, context-based questions, conventional questions, secondary school students, test anxiety.
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Toprak Yallıhep, Emine Sena, Hakan Akcay, and Hasan Ozgur Kapici. "Impacts of Serious Games on Middle School Students’ Science Achievement and Attitudes towards Science." International Journal of Technology in Education and Science 5, no. 2 (March 17, 2021): 203–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.46328/ijtes.203.
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Developing students’ attitudes toward science is an important issue because societies need individuals who can contribute to scientific and technological developments. That’s why using various and different instructional tools in science education may have an impact on students’ attitudes towards science positively. Within this respect, the goal of the study is to investigate the effects of serious games on primary school students’ (fifth-grade) science achievement related to the topic of light and sound, and attitudes towards science. A quasi-experimental research design was used in the study. Fifth-grade students from two different classes were the participants in the current study. The data was gathered by the science achievement test and the attitude scale. The findings revealed that whereas students in the experimental group, who were taught by serious games, developed their attitudes towards science significantly positive, their counterparts did not. There was no significant effect of serious game on students’ achievement. This result showed that serious games as a different instructional tool may have crucial impacts on primary students’ attitudes toward science.
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Dalege, Jonas, Denny Borsboom, Frenk van Harreveld, and Han L. J. van der Maas. "A Network Perspective on Attitude Strength: Testing the Connectivity Hypothesis." Social Psychological and Personality Science 10, no. 6 (August 6, 2018): 746–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550618781062.
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Attitude strength is a key characteristic of attitudes. Strong attitudes are durable and impactful, while weak attitudes are fluctuating and inconsequential. Recently, the causal attitude network (CAN) model was proposed as a comprehensive measurement model of attitudes, which conceptualizes attitudes as networks of causally connected evaluative reactions (i.e., beliefs, feelings, and behavior toward an attitude object). Here, we test the central postulate of the CAN model that highly connected attitude networks correspond to strong attitudes. We use data from the American National Election Studies 1980–2012 on attitudes toward presidential candidates ( N = 18,795). We first show that political interest predicts connectivity of attitude networks toward presidential candidates. Second, we show that connectivity is strongly related to two defining features of strong attitudes—stability of the attitude and the attitude’s impact on behavior. We conclude that network theory provides a promising framework to advance the understanding of attitude strength.
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Navarro, Marianela, Carla Förster, Caterina González, and Paulina González-Pose. "Attitudes toward science: measurement and psychometric properties of the Test of Science-Related Attitudes for its use in Spanish-speaking classrooms." International Journal of Science Education 38, no. 9 (June 12, 2016): 1459–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2016.1195521.
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Retni S, Budiarti, Kurniawan Dwi Agus, Triani Elza, and Perdana Rahmat. "Evaluation of the Results of Attitudes and Self-Efficacy of Middle School Students in Science Subjects." Journal of Education Research and Evaluation 5, no. 4 (August 4, 2021): 525. http://dx.doi.org/10.23887/jere.v5i4.36409.
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Good attitudes and self-efficacy in each student's personality are very important to have in order to maximize the activities and learning outcomes of each student. The urgency of this research as a reference to the educators in conducting teaching to find out the significant and continuous impact on the success of student achievement in science subjects and student performance on the variables of self-efficacy and attitude in learning. This study aims to determine the differences and the relationship between attitudes and self-efficacy of students in science subjects. The type of research is comparative quantitative. The number of respondents as a sample is 74 students. The data collection technique used simple random sampling. The results of the study using the T test, which is a significant difference in student attitudes in science lessons, both female and male students in class VII A and class VII B. From the results of the T test for self-efficacy, there are differences in student self-efficacy in lessons Science both students and male students in class VII A and class VII B. The results of the correlation test between students' attitudes and self-efficacy towards science subjects in class VII A and VII B showed that attitudes and self-efficacy were related. This study has limitations including researchers only measuring the attitudes and self-efficacy of students in class VII. Recommendations for further researchers can research or measure students' interests and motivations or make generalizations about this research.
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Ernawati, Margaret Dwi Wiwik, Asrial Asrial, Rahmat Perdana, Sabila Eka Septi, Siti Rohana, and Ahmad Mansur Nawahdani. "Evaluation of Students' Interest, Attitudes, and Science Process Skills in Science Subjects." Journal of Education Research and Evaluation 6, no. 1 (February 22, 2022): 181–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.23887/jere.v6i1.37583.
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The main problem in learning science is shaping students' interests, attitudes and science process skills. Students' science process skills have not been developed optimally. This study aims to analyze the comparison and relationship of interests, attitudes and science process skills in science learning in two schools. This research method is quantitative with comparative type. The number of respondents as a sample is 140 students. The data collection technique used purposive sampling. The results of the study using the t-test that there are significant differences in the indicators of interest, attitude and science process skills of students. The results of the correlation test between interests, attitudes and science process skills in students showed that interests, attitudes and science process skills were interrelated. The limitation of this study is that it only uses two indicators per variable. It is better to use several indicators to find out in more detail the influence of the variables of interest, attitude, and science process skills on students. The researcher recommends further research to vary more indicators used in order to find out in more detail the variables studied and the researcher recommends conducting research at the junior high school level.
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Sumarni, Woro, Endang Susilaningsih, and Yeri Sutopo. "Construct Validity and Reliability of Attitudes towards Chemistry of Science Teacher Candidates." International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) 7, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijere.v7i1.11138.
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Developing students' positive attitude toward learning is one of the important things, because some researchers mention that attitudes toward the subjects are related to academic achievement. Teachers, in the implementation of learning can evaluate attitudes toward the subjects, in order to know how students' attitude toward learning that is/has been going on. Therefore, an attitude assessment is required for valid, reliable and practical learning. The purpose of this research is to develop a Likert scale type questionnaire that can measure students' attitudes toward chemistry. In this study initially has been compiled as many as 43 items. The items in the present scale were adapted from the Test of Science-Related Attitudes (TOSRA) and Attitudes towards Chemistry Lessons Scale (ATCLS). After the contents validation of the questionnaire by the expert, the questionnaire is tested on 245 college students. Determination of construct validity which is conducted with exploratory factor analysis obtained 32 items valid question. The result of factor analysis shows that the scale has nine factors that explain 62.105% of the total variance. In addition, it shows the finding of 'reliability coefficient (Cronbach' alpha) of 0.91. The results obtained showed that it has obtained valid and reliable questionnaires as a measuring tool that can be used to determine student attitudes toward chemistry in chemistry foodstuffs lectures.
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Jamhari, Muhammad, Syarifuddin Syarifuddin, and Herbert Sipahutar. "THE EFFECTS OF VISUAL MAPPING AND SCIENCE-RELATED ATTITUDES ON STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS." BIOTIK: Jurnal Ilmiah Biologi Teknologi dan Kependidikan 8, no. 2 (January 7, 2021): 146. http://dx.doi.org/10.22373/biotik.v8i2.8060.
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The aims of this study were to find out: (1) the effects of visual mapping on students’ critical thinking skills, (2) the effects of science-related attitudes on students’ critical thinking skills, (3) the interactions between visual mapping and science-related attitudes on students’ critical thinking skills, (4) the effects of visual mapping on students’ problem solving skills, (5) the effects of science-related attitudes on students’ problem solving skills, and (6) the interactions between visual mapping and science-related attitudes on students’ problem solving skills. This study was conducted at MAN 1 Tanjung Pura, totally 141 students. It was a quasi-experimental technique by using a pretest-posttest experimental group with 4x2 factorial design. The technique of data analysis was processed by the Two-Way ANOVA and followed by Duncan’s Multiple Range Test. The results showed that: (1) there were the significant effects of visual mapping on students’ critical thinking skills (F=87.082; P=0.000), (2) there were the significant effects of science-related attitudes on students’ critical thinking skills (F=2.493; P=0.040), (3) there were the interactions between visual mapping and science-related attitudes on students’ critical thinking skills (F=2.037; P=0.000), (4) there were the significant effects of visual mapping on students’ problem solving skills (F=94.214; P=0.000), (5) there were the significant effects of science-related attitudes on students’ problem solving skills (F=3.397; P=0.031), and (6) there were the interactions between visual mapping and science-related attitudes on students’ problem solving skills (F=2.195; P=0.000).
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Szászi, Beáta, and Pál Szabó. "Dancers’ Body: The Examination of Health, Body Satisfaction, Body Attitudes, Eating Attitudes, and Self-Esteem among Dancers." Tánc és Nevelés 2, no. 1 (February 28, 2021): 30–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.46819/tn.2.1.30-54.
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Objective: to conduct research on health state, body satisfaction, eating disorders (EDs), body investments, and self-esteem among adult dancers. Methods: General Health Questionnaire, WHO Well-Being Index, Body Satisfaction Scale, Human Figure Drawing Test, Body Investment Scale, Eating Attitudes Test, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Results: 45.8% of female and 21.2% of male dancers have significant symptoms/ diseases. 7.4% of females are underweight, besides 5.9% of females and 15.6% of males are overweight. 11.6% of females are at risk for EDs. Ballroom dancers are the most dissatisfied with their body and weight, and they are the most symptomatic concerning EDs. Modern dancers are the most protected regarding body-related extremes. Female dancers under 20 have stricter body evaluation, less body protection, more bulimic symptoms, and less self-esteem. Conclusions: An intervention programme should be implemented in dance education that provides both theoretical and practical knowledge with the participation of experts in the field of health, education, and child care as well. This may help dancers to improve health, endurance, body image, and self-esteem. The prevention of EDs must be a priority in this initiative.
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Araújo, José Luís, Carla Morais, and João Carlos Paiva. "STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCIENCE: THE CONTRIBUTION OF A CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT FOR MONITORING COASTAL WATER QUALITY AND (MICRO)PLASTICS." Journal of Baltic Science Education 20, no. 6 (December 10, 2021): 881–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/jbse/21.20.881.
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The promotion of positive attitudes towards science is an important goal of science education. This research aimed to identify students' attitudes towards science and whether their participation within a citizen science project has contributed to positive attitudinal changes. So, an attitudinal scale was developed, validated, and applied (as a pre and post-test) to 574 students aged between 12 and 14 years old. Positive attitudes towards science were recorded from the outset among children of both groups. Students' participation within the experimental group enhanced relevant positive attitudinal changes at the level of the critical analysis dimension, related to the perception of skills development such as questioning or critical thinking. Furthermore, positive attitudinal changes were achieved within the affinity dimension, related to perceived self-efficacy and appreciation of science and science classes. Positive attitudinal changes towards science among students indicate that citizen science contributes to enhance affective and attitudinal domains of their scientific literacy. Keywords: attitudes towards science scale, attitudinal changes, citizen science, science education, water quality monitoring
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Rahmawati, Aula, Ganis Indriati, and Hellena Deli. "Mother's Attitude and Role Related to Toilet Training Readiness in Toddler." Jurnal Ilmu dan Teknologi Kesehatan 9, no. 2 (March 31, 2022): 164–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.32668/jitek.v9i2.686.
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The toilet training readiness was influenced by various factors, such as the mother’s attitude, role, and the child's readiness. This study aimed to determine the correlation between mothers' attitudes and roles with toilet training readiness in toddlers. This study used a descriptive correlational design using a cross-sectional approach. The research sample was 96 respondents using an accidental sampling technique. The analysis used the chi-square test to identify the correlation between mothers' attitudes and roles with toilet training readiness in toddlers. The results of the study showed the mother's attitudes in the positive category (53.1%), the mother’s roles in the good category (54.2%) and toilet training readiness in the ready category (69.8%). The results of the chi-square test showed a correlation between mother's attitudes with toilet training readiness (p-value<0.001; alpha 0.05) and the correlation between mother's role and toilet training readiness (p-value0.001; alpha 0.05). This study shows a significant correlation between mothers' attitudes and roles with toilet training readiness in toddlers.
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Mohd Meerah, Tamby Subahan, Mohd Fairuz Ahmad Harail, and Lilia Halim. "MALAYSIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS BIOTECHNOLOGY." Journal of Baltic Science Education 11, no. 2 (June 20, 2012): 153–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/jbse/12.11.153.
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The purpose of this research is to investigate secondary students’ knowledge and attitude towards biotechnology and its application. A questionnaire was administered to 214 (16 years old) students who are either taking Biology or General Science. The questionnaire contained 15 items measuring students’ knowledge and also 28 items measuring students’ attitude towards biotechnology. The students’ level of knowledge is high but limited only to medical issues. Students showed positive attitude towards biotechnology applications that are related to medical and economic purposes. However, students are unaware of ethical issues related to biotechnology applications. The t-test showed that there was no significant difference of students’ knowledge of biotechnology in terms of gender. However, there was a significant difference in terms of students’ attitude towards biotechnology between Biology and General Science students. These findings serve as initial input of Malaysian secondary students’ knowledge and attitudes towards biotechnology and its application. Key words: attitude, biotechnology, knowledge, secondary school, survey.
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Suryadi, Ahmad, Mirnawati Mirnawati, and Nur Fadhilah. "PERBEDAAN SIKAP SISWA TERHADAP SAINS: STUDI BERDASARKAN LEVEL PENDIDIKAN DAN GENDER." Jurnal Pendidikan Matematika dan IPA 11, no. 2 (July 30, 2020): 206. http://dx.doi.org/10.26418/jpmipa.v11i2.36832.
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Attitude toward science is believed as one of the factors that can influence student learning outcomes. Therefore, information related to students’ attitudes towards science is important. This study aims to determine the effect of different levels of education and gender on students’ attitudes towards science. Student attitudes toward science were measured using a questionnaire instrument with a Likert scale that was adapted to the My Attitude Toward Science (MATS) instrument. Data were analyzed by descriptive analysis and Mann-Whitney test. In general, the results of the study indicated students showed positive attitudes towards science. Mann-Whitney test results also showed that the level of education has a significant effect on students' attitudes towards science statistically [U=4259.5; p<0.05]. Meanwhile, statistically, gender differences significantly influence students' attitudes towards science [U=4384.0; p<0.05]. The implication of this study is teachers could consider these results when they want to design instruction. In addition, this result is also important to preservice science teachers at the level of junior high school and senior high school to know the characteristics of the students’ attitude.AbstrakSikap terhadap pelajaran sains dipahami sebagai salah satu faktor yang dapat memengaruhi hasil belajar siswa. Oleh karena itu, informasi terkait sikap siswa terhadap sains menjadi penting. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh perbedaan level pendidikan dan gender terhadap sikap siswa terhadap sain. Sikap siswa terhadap sains diukur dengan menggunakan instrumen kuesioner dengan skala likert. Sikap siswa terhadap sains diukur dengan menggunakan instrumen My Attitude Toward Science (MATS). Data dianalisis dengan analisis deskriptif dan uji Mann-Whitney. Secara umum, hasil penelitian menunjukkan persepsi sikap siswa yang positif terhadap sains. Hasil Mann-Whitney test menunjukkan bahwa secara statistik, level pendidikan berpengaruh signifikan terhadap sikap siswa terhadap sains [U=4259,5; p<0,05]. Sementara itu, secara statistik, perbedaan jenis kelamin berpengaruh signifikan terhadap sikap siswa terhadap sains [U = 4384,0; p<0,05]. Guru dapat menjadikan hasil ini sebagai pertimbangan dalam merancang pembelajaran. Selain itu, hasil ini juga penting diketahui bagi calon guru sains pada tingkatan Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP) maupun Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) sebagai salah satu poin yang perlu diperhatikan dalam mengajar.Kata Kunci: Gender, Level Pendidikan, Sains, Sikap
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Ferguson, Robert H., Xiaofen D. Keating, Dwan M. Bridges, Jianmin Guan, and Li Chen. "California Secondary School Physical Education Teachers’ Attitudes Toward the Mandated Use of the Fitnessgram." Journal of Teaching in Physical Education 26, no. 2 (April 2007): 161–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.26.2.161.
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This study aimed to determine how California secondary physical education teachers perceive the state mandated youth fitness testing for the 5th, 7th, and 9th grades using Fitnessgram. The participants were secondary school physical education teachers (N = 323). A previously validated attitudinal instrument (Keating & Silverman, 2004a) was used to collect the data. The means and standard deviations for each attitude subdomain and the overall attitudes were computed. MANOVA and ANOVA were employed to test the differences in attitudes by demographic and profession-related variables. Teachers’ overall attitudes toward the Fitnessgram were slightly higher than a neutral attitude, indicating slightly positive attitudes on a 7-point Likert scale (M = 4.47, SD = 1.06). The mean scores for the attitude subdomain of cognitive (i.e., usefulness of fitness test results) and the affective (i.e., enjoyment of implementing fitness tests, and enjoyment of using fitness test results) components were 4.25 (SD = 1.38), 4.90 (SD = 1.15), and 4.39 (SD = 1.17), respectively. The data from the study suggested that teachers marginally agreed that the test results were useful and that they somewhat enjoyed implementing the test. Class size and student grade levels taught were important profession-related variables to consider regarding teacher attitudes toward the Fitnessgram.
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G. Adeniyi, Sunday, and Musa Yusuf. "COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ATTITUDES OF SCIENCE AND NON-SCIENCE STUDENTS TOWARDS STATISTICS." International Journal of Advanced Research 9, no. 5 (May 31, 2021): 378–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/12848.
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The current study was conducted to determine whether there would be a difference between science and non-science students attitudes towards statistics. Two hundred and eight undergraduates were pooled from three public tertiary institutions in the Kogi State of Nigeria as the study participants. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted. The participants completed a self-report measure of Survey of Attitude toward Statistics (SATS-36), originally developed by Schau (2003). An independent t-test performed on the data established a statistically significant difference in the attitudes of the science and non-science students towards statistics at MD = 0.77 (95% CI, 0.57 to 0.77), t (206) = 12.747, p = .001. It was concluded that there is variation between the attitude of science students and non-science students towards the teaching and learning of statistics. The study recommends that robust attitude change strategies be adopted to reshape the attitudes of the non-science students towards statistics.
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Steffens, Melanie C., and Axel Buchner. "Implicit Association Test: Separating Transsituationally Stable and Variable Components of Attitudes toward Gay Men." Experimental Psychology 50, no. 1 (January 2003): 33–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027//1618-3169.50.1.33.
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Implicit attitudes are conceived of as formed in childhood, suggesting extreme stability. At the same time, it has been shown that implicit attitudes are influenced by situational factors, suggesting variability by the moment. In the present article, using structural equation modeling, we decomposed implicit attitudes towards gay men into a person factor and a situational factor. The Implicit Association Test ( Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998 ), introduced as an instrument with which individual differences in implicit attitudes can be measured, was used. Measurement was repeated after one week (Experiment 1) or immediately (Experiment 2). Explicit attitudes towards gay men as assessed by way of questionnaires were positive and stable across situations. Implicit attitudes were relatively negative instead. Internal consistency of the implicit attitude assessment was exemplary. However, the within-situation consistency was accompanied by considerable unexplained between-situation variability. Consequently, it may not be adequate to interpret an individual implicit attitude measured at a given point in time as a person-related, trait-like factor.
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O’Keeffe, Brendan T., Ciaran MacDonncha, and Alan E. Donnelly. "Students’ attitudes towards and experiences of the Youth-fit health-related fitness test battery." European Physical Education Review 27, no. 1 (April 24, 2020): 41–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1356336x20917416.
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The aim of this study was to examine secondary school students’ attitudes towards and experiences of a student-centred health-related fitness test battery. A total of 795 adolescents (403 boys, 50.7%; 392 girls, 49.3%) aged 13.2 years (±0.39) from 20 secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland participated in the study. Schools were stratified for gender, location and educational (dis)advantage. Students completed the test battery in small groups ( n = ≤6) and each test item was administered by a trained senior student facilitator. Testing took place during physical education lessons. Test items included: body mass index; 20 m shuttle run; back-saver sit and reach; hand-grip strength; standing long jump; isometric plank-hold; 90° push-up; 4×10 m shuttle run; and blood pressure. Following participation in the test battery, students completed an instrument with valid scores for measuring attitudes towards fitness tests. Students’ experiences of each test item were also analysed. Overall, students had a positive attitude towards fitness testing ( M = 3.9, ±0.59) on a five-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Although both positive, the mean attitude score for boys ( M = 4.05, ±0.59) was significantly higher than girls ( M = 3.79, ±0.59; p < 0.01, t-test). Most students ( n = 690, 86.8%) agreed or strongly agreed that the senior student facilitator made it easier for them to perform the tests. In conclusion, students had positive attitudes towards and experiences of the Youth-fit test battery. Physical education teachers should consider implementing a small-group and senior student-facilitated approach when administering fitness tests.
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Smith, Colin Tucker, and Brian A. Nosek. "Affective Focus Increases the Concordance Between Implicit and Explicit Attitudes." Social Psychology 42, no. 4 (January 2011): 300–313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000072.
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Two attitude dichotomies – implicit versus explicit and affect versus cognition – are presumed to be related. Following a manipulation of attitudinal focus (affective or cognitive), participants completed two implicit measures (Implicit Association Test and the Sorting Paired Features task) and three explicit attitude measures toward cats/dogs (Study 1) and gay/straight people (Study 2). Based on confirmatory factor analysis, both studies showed that explicit attitudes were more related to implicit attitudes in an affective focus than in a cognitive focus. We suggest that, although explicit evaluations can be meaningfully parsed into affective and cognitive components, implicit evaluations are more related to affective than cognitive components of attitudes.
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Sumarni, Woro, Endang Susilaningsih, and Yeri Sutopo. "Construct Validity and Reliability of Attitudes towards Chemistry of Science Teacher Candidates." International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) 7, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijere.v1i1.11138.
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<p>Developing students' positive attitude toward learning is one of the important<br />things, because some researchers mention that attitudes toward the subjects<br />are related to academic achievement. Teachers, in the implementation of<br />learning can evaluate attitudes toward the subjects, in order to know how<br />students' attitude toward learning that is/has been going on. Therefore, an<br />attitude assessment is required for valid, reliable and practical learning. The<br />purpose of this research is to develop a Likert scale type questionnaire that<br />can measure students' attitudes toward chemistry. In this study initially has<br />been compiled as many as 43 items. The items in the present scale were<br />adapted from the Test of Science-Related Attitudes (TOSRA) and Attitudes<br />towards Chemistry Lessons Scale (ATCLS). After the contents validation of<br />the questionnaire by the expert, the questionnaire is tested on 245 college<br />students. Determination of construct validity which is conducted with<br />exploratory factor analysis obtained 32 items valid question. The result of<br />factor analysis shows that the scale has nine factors that explain 62.105% of<br />the total variance. In addition, it shows the finding of 'reliability coefficient<br />(Cronbach' alpha) of 0.91. The results obtained showed that it has obtained<br />valid and reliable questionnaires as a measuring tool that can be used to<br />determine student attitudes toward chemistry in chemistry foodstuffs<br />lectures</p>
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Ercan, Orhan. "THE EFFECTS OF MULTIMEDIA LEARNING MATERIAL ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCIENCE COURSES." Journal of Baltic Science Education 13, no. 5 (December 25, 2014): 608–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/jbse/14.13.608.
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This study implemented multimedia learning material developed for the 5th grade science course topic "Food and Healthy Nutrition" and examined its effect on students' academic achievement and science attitudes. The study used a control group, a pre-test-post-test quasi experimental research design, and a convenience sample consisting of 62 5th grade students. The research instruments were an achievement test and a science attitude scale. During the implementation process the experiment group learned using multimedia learning material and the control group learned with traditional methods. Data were analyzed using an independent-samples t test, a paired-samples t-test, and ANCOVA statistics. According to the findings there is a statically significant difference between post-test achievement scores of the experimental and control groups, with the experimental group scoring higher. Also there is a statically significant difference between students' post-test scores in terms of gender, favoring females over males. In terms of science attitude there is also a significant difference between post-test scores of the experimental and control groups. In conclusion it may be said that multimedia learning promotes more effective learning in science education. Key words: healthy nutrition, multimedia learning, science achievement, science attitudes.
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Zhan, Jintao, Yubei Ma, Xinye Lv, Meng Xu, and Mingyang Zhang. "Science or prejudice." China Agricultural Economic Review 12, no. 1 (September 30, 2019): 90–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/caer-12-2018-0241.
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Purpose Some researchers argue that consumers’ lack of knowledge is an important factor increasing risk for a new product derived from emerging agricultural technology. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential impacts and the differential effects of subjective and objective perceptions on Chinese consumers’ preferences for the application of a novel biotechnology. Design/methodology/approach Taking transgenic technology as an example and employing data from a survey of 1,000 consumers in Jiangsu Province, the authors develop a mixed-process regression model based on Fishbein’s multiple attributes attitude model. Findings The results suggest that there are apparent differences between Chinese consumers’ subjective perceptions and objective perceptions concerning transgenic technology and genetically modified (GM) food, and there exists certain selective perceptions of the emerging biotechnology. Having a subjective perception concerning transgenic technology has a positive effect on consumers’ overall attitudes, whereas subjective and objective perceptions concerning GM foods have a negative effect on consumers’ overall attitudes. Self-identification generated from subjective perception occupies a dominant position in determining consumers’ attitudes. Originality/value Consumers’ attitudes regarding an agricultural product depend on their perception of the attributes of the technology used to produce such a product. This study attempts to distinguish and empirically test urban consumers’ subjective perceptions (self-assessed or perceived) and objective perceptions (obtained from a test) about transgenic technology and GM foods and the impact of these four types of perception on the consumers’ attitudes regarding the application of transgenic technology. In this paper, the authors construct a mixed-process regression model to address the possible endogeneity of the perception variables.
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Lestari, Puji, and Zana Fitriana Octavia. "Knowledge and Attitudes about Nutrition related to Snacking Practices in Madrasah Tsanawiyah Students." Journal of Health Education 6, no. 2 (September 30, 2021): 82–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/jhe.v6i2.40182.
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Background: Snacks in students' social life are a means of socializing students with their friends. Students tend to consume less nutritious food. The practice of this student snack begins with the attitude of the students, which begins with the students' knowledge of nutrition. This study aims to analyze the relationship between knowledge and attitudes about nutrition on students' snacking practice. Methods: This study is a descriptive study with a cross-sectional research design. The research sample consisted of 133 students, who were students in grades 8 & 9 Mts Darul Ulum. Results: The results of the Spearman rho test, the relationship between nutritional knowledge and snacking practice (p = 0.084), the relationship between nutritional attitudes towards snacking practice (p = 0.013). Conclusion: Nutritional knowledge is not related to nutritional attitudes. Nutritional attitudes are related to snacking practices.
KEYWORDS: Nutrition Knowledge; Snack Attitude; Snack Practices
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Aynas, Naciye, and Mecit Aslan. "The Effects of Authentic Learning Practices on Problem-Solving Skills and Attitude towards Science Courses." Journal of Learning for Development 8, no. 1 (March 18, 2021): 146–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/jl4d.v8i1.482.
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This study aims to investigate the effects of authentic learning methods — applied in science courses — on the problem-solving skills and attitudes towards those courses. As a research design, a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test control groups was used in the study. The data of the study were collected from 92 students at the level of 6th grade in Van, Turkey in the 2017-2018 academic year. As data collection tools, the Problem-Solving Skills Test and Science Attitude Scale were used throughout the study. During the data analysis phase, descriptive statistics, one-factor analysis of variance for unrelated samples, t-test for related samples, Kruskal Wallis-H and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test were used. As a result of the study, it was realised that there was a significant difference between the experimental group and control groups' problem-solving skills total scores in favour of the experimental group. Furthermore, it was ascertained that authentic learning practices improved the problem-solving skills of the experimental group students to a significant extent. In terms of attitude points towards science, it was determined that the post-test scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than the control groups and authentic learning practices had a positive effect on attitude.
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Plotka, I. D., L. V. Simane-Vigante, and N. F. Blumenau. "Implicit association Self-concept test in studying of violence-related cognitions." Social Psychology and Society 9, no. 3 (2018): 176–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/sps.2018090317.
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The aim of research: to investigate violence-related cognitions with Self-Concept implicit association test (IAT) and self-reported procedures for sentenced and not sentenced males. The research questions: Is there correspondence between the results of measuring implicit associations related to criminal violence using Self-Concept IAT and self-reported criminal attitudes towards violence among sentenced and not sentenced males? Is there a relationship between implicit associations of self with criminal violence measured by Self-Concept IAT and personality traits: psychoticism, neuroticism, extraversion? Is there a relationship between self-reported attitudes towards criminal violence and these personality traits? Participants: 141 males. Groups: “Sentenced” — 77 prisoners, 20—62 years (Mdn = 34) undergoing sentence in high security prisons; “Not sentenced” — 64 previously not sentenced, 18—62 years (Mdn = 32). Violence Self-Concept IAT was specially designed. Self-reported procedures to measure criminal attitudes and personality traits were used. The correspondence between the results of implicit and explicit measurements was found under certain experimental conditions. The relationships between the personal traits and attitudes towards criminal violence measured by self-report procedures and IAT were revealed.
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Bayrak, Ramis, and Ahmet Gürses. "Teaching of the Subject of Solids Through Problem-Based Learning Approach." World Journal of Education 10, no. 3 (June 16, 2020): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wje.v10n3p47.
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The aim of the study is to investigate the attitudes of prospective science teachers towards the use of problem-based learning methods in the learning of concepts related to the subject of solids, and their opinions on its role in academic success, science process skills and the chemistry course. The study group consists of 83 prospective teachers studying in the science education undergraduate program. The experimental group and control group were determined by random sampling method. The problem-based learning method was used in the experimental group and the traditional approach was used in the control group. The experiment was carried out in a period of 5 weeks. As data collection tools; "Solid Concept Achievement Test", "Science Process Skill Test" and "The Attitude Scale toward Chemistry" were used. In the research, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), independent t-test and statistical methods with descriptions were used. The results showed that problem-based learning is more effective than the traditional approach to understanding the concepts related to solids by prospective teachers. The differences in academic achievement between the experimental and control groups in this study were parallel with the other results reported in the literature. Also, in terms of prospective teachers' development of science process skills and attitudes towards chemistry, it was seen that there was a significant difference between the groups in favor of problem-based learning.
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Charity, Dimlong, Bernadette Ebele Ozoji, Florence Osaze Osasebor, and Suleiman Ibn Umar. "Effects of Teaching Gardening on Science Students' Attitudes Towards Entrepreneurial Skills Acquisition." Science Education International 28, no. 2 (June 28, 2017): 136–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.33828/sei.v28.i2.6.
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This study investigated the effects of teaching gardening on science students' attitudes towards entrepreneurial skills acquisition in Jos South, Plateau State, Nigeria. The study employed the non-randomized pre-test-post-test non-equivalent control group design. A sample of 75 senior secondary school students from two intact classes, randomly assigned to an experimental group (n=38) and a control group (n=37) was used for the study. An Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientation Scale was used to collect data for analysis. The findings indicated that the experimental group exposed to gardening activities showed positive attitudes towards acquiring entrepreneurial skills unlike the control group. However, gender was found not to be a significant factor in students' attitudes towards entrepreneurial skills acquisition. It was concluded that teaching gardening has a significant effect on students' attitudes towards entrepreneurial skills acquisition. It is recommended that students should be taught gardening to enhance their attitudes towards entrepreneurial skills acquisition for self-reliance, among others.
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Basir, Leila, Mashallah Khanehmasjedi, and Samaneh Khanehmasjedi. "Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the oral health of children." Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences 21 (August 1, 2022): e228274. http://dx.doi.org/10.20396/bjos.v21i00.8668274.
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Parents are responsible for their children’s health care, and their oral health-related knowledge, attitude, and habits can affect their children’s oral health. Aim: The objective of this study was to evaluate parents’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding their children’s oral health. Methods: In this study, a sample of 398 parents of 4- to 6-year-old children completed a self-designed questionnaire. The parents’ oral health-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices were assessed. Children’s oral health was evaluated using decayed, missing, and filled tooth index (dmft). Data were analyzed using the SPSS version 23.0 with a p < 0.05 as statistically significant. Categorical data were reported as frequency (%), and continuous data were reported as mean ± SD. Moreover, Spearman’s correlation, multiple regression, Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal Wallis test, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test were used. Results: Most of the parents had a satisfactory level of knowledge and positive attitudes regarding their children’s oral health. The knowledge and attitude scores were higher among parents with higher education (p<0.001), and the knowledge score was higher among mothers (p=0.004). Also, the attitude score was correlated with the number of decayed, missed, and filled teeth of children (p=0.01, p=0.04, and p=0.007, respectively). However, there was no significant relationship between dmft and the parents’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices using multiple regression. The mean dmft of children was 6.86 ± 3.56, and most of the parents had poor oral health-related practices. Conclusion: The parents’ level of knowledge and attitudes were satisfactory, but they had poor oral health practices. Moreover, there was no significant relationship between children’s oral health and their parents’ level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Educating programs and strategies are needed to enhance parents’ oral health-related attitudes and knowledge and, more importantly, change their oral health practices.
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Desy, Elizabeth A., Catrina T. Adams, Teresa Mourad, and Scott Peterson. "Effect of an Online, Inquiry- & Mentor-Based Laboratory on Science Attitudes of Students in a Concurrent Enrollment Biology Course: The PlantingScience Experience." American Biology Teacher 80, no. 8 (October 1, 2018): 578–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/abt.2018.80.8.578.
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The goal of this project was to determine the impact of supplementing a concurrent enrollment (CE; also called dual enrollment) nonmajors biology course with online mentoring from professional scientists via the PlantingScience (PS) program (http://plantingscience.org). Student attitudes and motivation toward science were measured using the Test of Science-Related Attitudes (TOSRA) questionnaire as well as open-ended questions. Students in both the experimental group (CE biology course supplemented with PS) and the control group (CE biology course with no PS supplement) were surveyed during two academic years (2015–2017). The impact of PlantingScience on students’ attitudes toward science is discussed.
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Gauchat, Gordon William. "A Test of Three Theories of Anti-Science Attitudes." Sociological Focus 41, no. 4 (November 2008): 337–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00380237.2008.10571338.
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GÖKÇAY, Gönül, and Duygu AKÇA. "ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS IN HEALTH-RELATED DEPARTMENTS TOWARDS FAMILY PLANNING." INTERNATIONAL REFEREED ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF SPORTS, no. 45 (2022): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.17363/sstb.2022/abcd89/.45.2.
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The research was conducted to determine the attitudes of students studying in health departments towards family planning. Method: The study was planned in descriptive type. The study was planned in descriptive type. 470 students studying in undergraduate and associate degree departments of Health participated in the research. The data in the study were obtained by using the Socio-demographic Information Form and the Family Planning Attitude Scale (FPAS). The normality distribution of the data was determined by Kolmogorov Smirnov Test, number, percentage, mean and standard deviation values and independent sample t-test were evaluated using Bonferroni as one-way analysis of variance and Post-Hok test. Results: 67.4% of the students participating in the study are studying in associate degree departments, 57.7% are between the ages of 21-30, and 68.3%'s income is equal to their expenses. The students got 118.07 ± 26.91 points from FPAS. It has been determined that the mean FPAS scores of undergraduate students are higher than other students, girls are boys, married people are single, students whose parents are university graduates are illiterate, and those whose income is more than their expenses are higher than those whose income is equal to their expenses, and it is statistically significant. (p<0.05). Conclusion: It was found that the students had above-average positive attitudes when their FPAS and sub-dimension mean scores were evaluated. Suggestions were made in line with the results.
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HAMAMCI, Mehmet, Özgül KARASALAN, and Levent Ertuğrul İNAN. "Can personality traits, obesity, depression, anxiety, and quality of life explain the association between migraine and disordered eating attitudes?" Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 78, no. 9 (September 2020): 541–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0004-282x20200046.
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ABSTRACT Background: Few studies have explored the coexistence of migraine and disordered eating attitudes. Furthermore, the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of migraine and disordered eating attitude comorbidity are not clearly understood. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the association between migraine and disordered eating attitudes in relation to personality traits, obesity, quality of life, migraine severity, depression, and anxiety. Methods: This study included 91 patients with episodic migraine and 84 healthy control subjects. Self-report questionnaires were used to evaluate anxiety, depression, migraine-related disability, personality traits, quality of life, and eating disorders. Results: The Eating Attitude Test (EAT) showed disordered eating attitudes in 21 patients (23.1%) in the migraine group and eight patients (9.5%) in the control group. Migraine-related disability, anxiety, depression, neuroticism, and quality of life scores were significantly worse in migraine patients with disordered eating attitudes compared to migraine patients without disordered eating attitudes. In migraine patients, eating attitude test scores were positively correlated with migraine-related disability, anxiety, depression, and neuroticism scores, and negatively correlated with quality of life scores. Conclusion: The association of migraine and disordered eating attitudes was shown to be related to depression, anxiety, quality of life and personality traits and may also indicate a more clinically severe migraine. To the best of our knowledge, there is no literature study that deals with all these relevant data together. However, neuropsychiatry-based biological studies are required to better understand this multifaceted association.
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Zhou, Shao-Na, Hui Zeng, Shao-Rui Xu, Lu-Chang Chen, and Hua Xiao. "EXPLORING CHANGES IN PRIMARY STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) ACROSS GENDERS AND GRADE LEVELS." Journal of Baltic Science Education 18, no. 3 (June 10, 2019): 466–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/jbse/19.18.466.
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Primary education is an essential stage and has an important impact on students’ learning attitudes throughout the coming school years. The research explored the attitudes towards science, technology, engineering and mathematics among students through all grade levels in primary school. The Project-based Integrated STEM Program was proposed to study the changes of primary students’ attitudes towards STEM. An assessment of S-STEM which consists of the STEM subscale and the 21st century skills subscale was utilized for both pre-test and post-test. The results showed that primary students exhibited little different attitudes on the S-STEM in the pre-test, regardless of gender and grade level. As evident from the comparison between the pre-test and post-test, the Project-based Integrated STEM Program had a positive effect on student attitudes towards STEM. It is encouraging if there are more STEM-related programs implemented at all educational stages covering the primary level. Keywords: gender differences, grade levels, project-based integrated STEM program, school students, STEM education.
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G. Adeniyi, Sunday. "COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ATTITUDES OF SCIENCE AND NON-SCIENCE STUDENTS TOWARDS STATISTICS: THE ROLE OF STATISTIC ANXIETY." International Journal of Advanced Research 9, no. 10 (October 31, 2021): 933–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/13630.
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Statistics is an essential part of the curriculum in Nigerias education landscape taught in the science and non-science classrooms. However, there has been a growing concern about the students attitudes towards statistics across every level. The present study aimed to determine whether there would be a difference between science and non-science students attitudes towards statistics and whether statistics anxiety contributes to the variations in students attitudes towards statistics in the tertiary education level in Nigeria. A convenience sample of two hundred and twenty-two first-year students pooled from three public tertiary institutions in the Kogi State of Nigeria participated in the study. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted. The participants completed a self-report measure of Survey of Attitude toward Statistics (SATS-36),initially developed by Schau (2003), and a modified version of the Statistics Anxiety Rating Scale (SARS) developed initially by Baloǧlu (2002). An independent t-test performed on the data established a statistically significant difference in the attitudes of the science and non-science students towards statistics at MD = 1.78, t (200) = 13.632, P< = .05. The result of a regression analysis performed on the data revealed that statistics anxiety positively predicted attitudes towards anxiety. It was concluded that the variation between the attitude of science students and non-science students towards the teaching and learning of statistics is moderated by statistics anxiety. The study recommends that robust attitude change strategies be adopted to reshape the attitudes of the non-science students towards statistics.
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Meganita, Meganita, Pamella Mercy Papilaya, and Dominggus Rumahlatu. "Application of the science model community-based problem solving technology in improving learning outcomes, science process skills, and students scientific attitudes." BIOEDUPAT: Pattimura Journal of Biology and Learning 2, no. 1 (May 17, 2022): 10–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.30598/bioedupat.v2.i1.pp10-18.
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The STS (science technology and society) learning model teaches students to pay attention to problems that then emerge as other impacts of the use of new technologies in social life. Whereas the Problem Solving learning model teaches students to be trained in problem-solving using creative ways. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of the application of STS based problem-solving learning models on the learning outcomes, science process skills, scientific attitude of senior high school 6 Ambon. The research was conducted from January to February 2020. The research design was a quasi-experimental study using a non-equivalent group design. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics using the ANCOVA and ANOVA tests. Descriptive statistics are used to explain the range of research data on cognitive learning outcomes, science process skills, and scientific attitudes in the table. ANCOVA test is used to analyze the effect of learning models on cognitive learning outcomes. ANOVA test is used to analyze the effect of learning models on scientific process skills and scientific attitudes. The results showed that the distribution of cognitive learning outcomes, science process skills, and scientific attitudes of students in the experimental class taught using STS based problem solving learning models were better than students taught using conventional learning models (STAD). ANCOVA statistical test shows that the significant value is 0,000 <0.05. This shows that the learning model influences students' cognitive learning outcomes. ANOVA statistical test showed that the significant value was 0,000 <0.05. This shows that the learning model influences the science process skills and scientific attitude. The stages in the STS based problem solving learning models can accommodate cognitive learning outcomes, process skills, and scientific attitudes of senior high school 6 Ambon on Environmental Friendly Technology material.
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Machowska, Anna, Babu Lal Bamboria, Courtney Bercan, and Megha Sharma. "Impact of ‘HIV-related stigma-reduction workshops’ on knowledge and attitude of healthcare providers and students in Central India: a pre-test and post-test intervention study." BMJ Open 10, no. 4 (April 2020): e033612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033612.
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IntroductionPeople living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) experience stigma and discrimination throughout their life. The consequences of stigma and discrimination are severe when enacted by healthcare providers (HCPs), and result in a delay in or poor adherence to treatment. Studies have demonstrated the presence of stigmatising behaviours among HCPs, yet only a few have presented the impact of interventions on the knowledge and attitude of practising (clinicians and nurses) and future (students) HCPs.ObjectivesTo evaluate knowledge, attitudes and infection risk perceptions related to HIV/AIDS among practising and future HCPs in central India. In addition, the impact of the ‘HIV-related stigma-reduction workshop’ using a pre-intervention and post-intervention study design was evaluated.Settings and participantsThe study was conducted in 2016 at two tertiary-care hospitals and three healthcare colleges in central India. Overall, 650 HCPs (75 clinicians and 211 nurses) and students (205 medical, 123 nursing and 36 Diploma in Medical and Laboratory Technology (DMLT)) voluntarily participated in the study.InterventionThe educational intervention comprised of training in epidemiology, the transmission and treatment of the HIV infection, the rights of PLWHA, the duties of HCPs and the use of standard precautions.ResultsAt pre-intervention, DMLT students had the lowest and clinicians the highest knowledge scores (24% and 45%, respectively). The stigmatised attitude was reflected in all groups, the lowest among clinicians (21%) and the highest among DMLT students (34%). Improvement in the post-intervention knowledge scores was the highest in medical students (36%) and the lowest among clinicians (16%). The participants’ attitudes improved between 3% and 17% across all groups.ConclusionsSignificant post-intervention improvements were seen in both knowledge and attitudes in all groups. Students had a higher tendency to improve than HCPs. Further long-term studies are needed to evaluate the sustainability of the improvements in knowledge and attitudes of the participants.
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Sammet, Rebecca, and Daniel Dreesmann. "Developing Science Observation Skills." American Biology Teacher 77, no. 7 (September 1, 2015): 517–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/abt.2015.77.7.6.
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Acorn ants (genus Temnothorax) are a powerful model organism for illustrating the variety of interactions in an ecosystem. We developed five teaching units with acorn ants as the exemplary insect. The aim of this study was to provide a quantitative and qualitative analysis of secondary school students’ attitudes before and after teaching units. Students (N = 459) from 22 classes participated in the study. Students’ attitudes were measured using a two-stage test design. We investigated the influence of class level, gender, teaching units, and time period of participation on students’ attitudes. Additionally, we surveyed a subsample of students on their learning enjoyment in 10-minute interviews. The findings suggest that students’ previous investigations with insects in science classes had been few. The results indicate an influence of gender, time period, and the autonomous keeping of ants on attitudes toward the social insects. Although no changes in attitudes were observed for students of lower and higher secondary school, students at the intermediate level had slightly higher attitude scores on the posttest than on the pretest. The majority of students evaluated teaching units positively. Our findings suggest that ant research may offer new opportunities for directing students’ attention to native woodland inhabitants.
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Budiarti, Retni Sulistiyoning, Dwi Agus Kurniawan*, Sabila Eka Septi, and Rahmat Perdana. "Differences and Relationship Between Attitudes and Self Efficacy of Female and Male Students in Science Subjects in Junior High School." Jurnal Pendidikan Sains Indonesia 10, no. 1 (January 19, 2022): 73–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.24815/jpsi.v10i1.21979.
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Students' attitudes and self-efficacy are very important in science subjects. With a good attitude and self-efficacy, learning will be easier and more enjoyable. This study aims to examine the attitudes and self-efficacy of female and male students from two classes, namely VII A and VII B in junior high school. This research is a type of quantitative survey research. The sampling technique used in this study was simple random sampling with the research subjects as many as 74 junior high school students studying science. The instrument used in data collection was 28 questions containing 5 choices that must be filled out by students. Analysis of the data used in this study in the form of descriptive analysis and T test and correlation test to determine whether there is a comparison and relationship between students' attitudes and efficacy towards science. The results obtained indicate that there are significant differences and relationships between attitudes and self-efficacy of female and male students. These results indicate that male students have an average attitude and good self-efficacy compared to female students at the junior high school level
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Chandarana, Praful, Edward Helmes, and Nancy Benson. "Eating Attitudes as Related to Demographic and Personality Characteristics: A High School Survey." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 33, no. 9 (December 1988): 834–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674378803300910.
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A survey of 577 high school students was conducted to assess attitudes toward eating and their relationship to demographic and personality characteristics. Students completed a demographic questionnaire, and Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26) and the Basic Personality Inventory (A-BPI). When a cut-off score of 20 on EAT-26 was applied, overall prevalence of disordered eating attitude was found to be 7.5%. Groups scoring in pathological versus normal ranges showed no significant difference in mean age, socioeconomic status or race. The former group reported significantly shorter height and lower body weight. Of the subjects, 6.06% reported weight below the 10th percentile. This subgroup did not vary from those above the 10th percentile on sociodemographic and psychopathological variables, nor in prevalence of abnormal eating attitudes. Analysis of the A-BPI data showed subjects with abnormal eating attitudes had increased psychopathology in several areas, with greater neurotic tendencies, lower self-esteem and higher levels of deviant thinking and behaviour.
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Mede, Niels G., and Mike S. Schäfer. "Science-related populism declining during the COVID-19 pandemic: A panel survey of the Swiss population before and after the Coronavirus outbreak." Public Understanding of Science 31, no. 2 (November 10, 2021): 211–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09636625211056871.
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In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic led to increased public support for societal institutions including science, a phenomenon described as “rally-round-the-flag” dynamic. However, it is unclear if this dynamic has also reduced public resentment toward science such as science-related populist attitudes, that is, the preference of people’s common sense over allegedly elitist scientific knowledge. We test this, relying on individual-level data from panel surveys before and during the pandemic in Switzerland. Results show that science-related populist attitudes decreased after the pandemic started. The decrease was more pronounced among people who had been strong supporters of science-related populism prior to the pandemic, but otherwise spread equally across different sociodemographic and attitudinal segments of the Swiss population. This shows that the Coronavirus outbreak has the potential to undermine persistent (populist) resentments toward science and its epistemology among the general population.
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Walker, Scott L. "Development and Validation of the Test of Geography-Related Attitudes (ToGRA)." Journal of Geography 105, no. 4 (July 2006): 175–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221340608978683.
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Koçak, Ç. V. "The relationship between attitude towards sports and bodily-kinesthetic intelligence in university students of sport science." Physical education of students 23, no. 3 (May 24, 2019): 147–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.15561/20755279.2019.0306.
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Purpose : Studies on the relationship between university students' attitudes towards sports and bodily kinesthetic intelligence have not been reached in the literature. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the attitudes towards sport and bodily-kinesthetic intelligence levels of university students who studying in the sport science. Material : The study group is consisted 268 [n=107 - female, n=161 - male] students. The mean of the age of participants was 21.4 year [± 3.2]. Data was collected by personal information form, Undergraduate Students’ Attitudes Towards Sport Scale and the subscale of Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence of Multiple Intelligence Survey. SPSS 22 program was used in the analysis of the obtained data and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied to determine whether the data showed normal distribution and the significance level was accepted as 0.05 in the analyses. Data were not normally distributed. Mann-Whitney U test was used to analyze the data of gender and regularly exercise variable. Kruskal-Wallis test was used to analyze the age, university, department, and welfare level. Mann Whitney U test was used to determine the significant difference. Spearman Correlation test was applied to determine the relationship between the attitudes towards sport and bodily-kinesthetic intelligence. Results : As a result of the research, a high level of significant correlation was found between attitudes towards sports and bodily-kinesthetic intelligence. Also, a significant difference was found between regularly exercise and welfare levels [p<0.05]. There was no significant difference in gender, age, university and department variables [p>0.05]. Conclusions : The level of participating in sports and the level of welfare supports the attitude towards sports and the developing of bodily-kinesthetic intelligence. Likewise, as the attitude towards sports increases positively, bodily kinesthetic intelligence also increases positively.
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Pavlović, Maša, Iris Žeželj, Maša Marinković, and Jelena Sučević. "Implicit preference of sweets over fruit as a predictor of their actual consumption." British Food Journal 118, no. 10 (October 3, 2016): 2567–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-11-2015-0436.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test if our eating behavior is determined not only by conscious evaluations of certain foods (explicit attitudes), but also by their automatic evaluations (implicit attitudes). Design/methodology/approach In two studies, the authors examined the predictive and incremental validity of these two types of attitudinal measures of eating behavior. Implicit attitudes were assessed with a standard implicit attitude test procedure (target categories were “sweets” and “fruit,” and attribute categories were “good” and “bad”); two explicit attitude measures were assessed: an explicit measure of preference for sweets over fruit and a semantic differential measure. The behavioral measure in Study 1 was the quantity of sweets consumed; in Study 2, it was a relative measure of sweets vs fruit consumption registered through a three-day diary. Findings The relatively low correlation between implicit and explicit attitude measures indicated that these measures at least partially tap into different processes. Implicit attitudes proved to be superior over explicit attitudes in predicting food consumption, especially for consumption registered via diary. This fact suggests that implicit attitudes are powerful drivers of long-term behavior. Practical implications The findings could be useful in tailoring interventions to promote healthier eating habits. Originality/value The research tested predictive power of implicit food-related attitudes. It compared the food consumption in laboratory and real-life settings. A new measure for daily food consumption was developed and it was calculated relative to recommended serving size.
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Gursimsek, Isik. "Sexual Education and Teacher Candidates' Attitudes Towards Sexuality." Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling 20, no. 1 (July 1, 2010): 81–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/ajgc.20.1.81.
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AbstractThe aim of this study is to investigate teacher candidates' attitudes related to sexuality and homosexuality and to determine the relationship between these attitudes and course attendance, gender and cultural background. The sample of the study consist of teacher candidates that have (n= 302) and have not (n= 176) attended the sexual education course during the 2006–2007 academic year at a faculty of education in Izmir — a city in the western coastal region of Turkey. The Sexual Attitude Scale (SAS) and the Homosexuality Attitude Scale (HAS) were used to gather data at pre-test and post-test levels. Results demonstrate that sexuality education has a positive effect on participants' attitudes towards sexuality. In contrast, the course does not have any influence on candidates approach to homosexuality.
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Angelacheva, Antoaneta. "Possibilities of the Inquiry-Based Approach for Formation of the Key Competences in Secondary School Chemistry Education." Natural Science and Advanced Technology Education 30, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 100–118. http://dx.doi.org/10.53656/nat2021-1.06.
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The inquiry-based approach in science education is the main tool for the formation and development of key knowledge, skills and attitudes. Among the eight equal key competences are skills to support sustainable development and healthy lifestyles. They are related to the acquisition of ecological knowledge, formation of skills for environmental protection and for healthy lifestyles, building of attitudes to the environment. The article presents an attempt to use the inquiry-based approach in specialized chemistry education to enrich the system of knowledge, skills and attitudes related to environmental protection. A laboratory practicum with experimental research tasks for soil analysis is developed. A diagnostic test to establish the appropriateness of the created practicum is carried out. A criterion test to diagnose students’ cognitive achievements in the experimental groups is created. The test results show that the inclusion of experimental research tasks in the laboratory practicum positively influences on the development of ecological knowledge, skills for their implementation in different cognitive situations and attitudes towards the environment.
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Holloway, Harold D., Bert Hayslip, Melissa E. Murdock, Robyn Maloy, Heather L. Servaty, Kristan Henard, Luis Lopez, et al. "Measuring Attitudes toward Euthanasia." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 30, no. 1 (January 1, 1995): 53–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/eqp2-kufm-w7th-butl.
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The development of a measure assessing attitudes toward euthanasia is presented, where data gathered from over 400 young adults yielded a thirty item Likert scale with high internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Additionally, the discriminant validity of the scale was found in comparisons of those with death-related versus non-death-related experiences.