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Saudi Arabian Secondary Students' Views of the Nature of Science within Islamic Context
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Kim, Sun Young; Hamdan Alghamdi, Amani K. – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
This mixed-methods benchmark study examined Saudi Arabian (SA) Eastern Province secondary students' understandings of the nature of science (NOS) in the Islamic context. To that end, two instruments, the Scientific Epistemological Views (SEVs) and an open-ended questionnaire about science and scientists were employed. Convenience sampling yielded…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Scientific Principles, Islam, Epistemology
Students' Understandings of Nature of Science and Their Arguments in the Context of Four Socio-Scientific Issues
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Khishfe, Rola; Alshaya, Fahad S.; BouJaoude, Saouma; Mansour, Nasser; Alrudiyan, Khalid I. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine students understandings about nature of science (NOS) and their arguments in context of controversial socio-scientific issue (SSI). A total of 74 11th graders in six schools in Saudi Arabia participated in the study. The instrument used was a questionnaire consisting of four scenarios addressing SSI about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Grade 11, Secondary School Science