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A Cross-Age Study of Science Student Teachers' Chemistry Attitudes
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Çalik, Muammer; Ültay, Neslihan; Kolomuç, Ali; Aytar, Ayse – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of some variables (gender and year of study) on science student teachers' (SSTs) chemistry attitudes. An adapted version of Chemistry Attitudes and Experiences Questionnaire was administered to 983 SSTs drawn from four different universities in the region of Eastern Black Sea, Turkey. Significant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Chemistry
Development and Evaluation of a Chemistry-Specific Version of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS-Chemistry)
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Liu, Yujuan; Ferrell, Brent; Barbera, Jack; Lewis, Jennifer E. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2017
Fundamentally concerned with motivation, self-determination theory (SDT) represents a framework of several mini-theories to explore how social context interacts with people's motivational types categorized by degree of regulation internalization. This paper aims to modify an existing theory-based instrument (Academic Motivation Scale, or AMS) and…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Science Education, Self Determination, Test Validity