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How Chinese Students' Scientific Competencies Are Influenced by Their Attitudes?
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Zhu, Yuanze – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
In recent years, research on students' scientific competencies has generated much discussion. According to the PISA 2015 Assessment and Analytical Framework, both scientific competencies and attitudes towards science -- interest in science, valuing scientific approaches to enquiry (or epistemological beliefs about science), and environmental…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Competence
Investigating the Relationship between Students' Views of Scientific Models and Their Development of Models
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Cheng, Meng-Fei; Lin, Jang-Long – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Understanding the nature of models and engaging in modeling practice have been emphasized in science education. However, few studies discuss the relationships between students' views of scientific models and their ability to develop those models. Hence, this study explores the relationship between students' views of scientific models and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Student Attitudes, Science Achievement
Students' Awareness of Science Teachers' Leadership, Attitudes toward Science, and Positive Thinking
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Lu, Ying-Yan; Chen, Hsiang-Ting; Hong, Zuway-R.; Yore, Larry D. – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
There appears to be a complex network of cognitive and affective factors that influence students' decisions to study science and motivate their choices to engage in science-oriented careers. This study explored 330 Taiwanese senior high school students' awareness of their science teacher's learning leadership and how it relates to the students'…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Science Teachers, Teacher Leadership, Positive Attitudes
Relational Analysis of College Science-Major Students' Epistemological Beliefs toward Science and Conceptions of Learning Science
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Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest among educational researchers in exploring the relationships between learners' epistemological beliefs and their conceptions of learning. This study was conducted to investigate these relationships particularly in the domain of science. The participants in this study included 407 Taiwanese…
Descriptors: College Science, Science Interests, Educational Research, Majors (Students)
An Investigation of Students' Personality Traits and Attitudes toward Science
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Hong, Zuway-R.; Lin, Huann-shyang – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
The purposes of this study were to validate an instrument of attitudes toward science and to investigate grade level, type of school, and gender differences in Taiwan's students' personality traits and attitudes toward science as well as predictors of attitudes toward science. Nine hundred and twenty-two elementary students and 1,954 secondary…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Student Attitudes, Science Interests, Foreign Countries
Science Achievement and Students' Self-Confidence and Interest in Science: A Taiwanese Representative Sample Study
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Chang, Chun-Yen; Cheng, Wei-Ying – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
The interrelationship between senior high school students' science achievement (SA) and their self-confidence and interest in science (SCIS) was explored with a representative sample of approximately 1,044 11th-grade students from 30 classes attending four high schools throughout Taiwan. Statistical analyses indicated that a statistically…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Knowledge Level, Student Interests, Secondary School Science