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Hiller, Suzanne E. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Citizen science programs provide opportunities for students to help professional scientists while fostering science achievement and motivation. Instruments which measure the effects of this type of programs on student motivational beliefs are limited. The purpose of this study was to describe the process of examining the reliability and validity…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Scientific Literacy, Self Efficacy, Likert Scales
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Dame, Kristina K.; Westerlund, Julie F. – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2015
The purpose of this three-year study was to examine secondary school students' attitudes about science in classrooms with "resident scientists" who had been trained in inquiry science teaching. The study was based upon a National Science Foundation (NSF) program called Project Flowing Waters, a five-year NSF Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12…
Descriptors: Scientists, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students