Efforts have been made to promote children's interest in science, but little is known about how children's interest in science relates to other characteristics, such as science-specific curiosity, domain-general epistemic curiosity, and verbal intelligence. The current study examines how these factors relate to individual differences in children's…

Students' beliefs that success in science depends on exceptional talent negatively impact their motivation to learn. For example, such beliefs have been shown to be a major factor steering students away from taking science and math courses in high school and college. In the present study, we tested a novel story-based instruction that models how…

Discusses Paleolithic and Neolithic cave art and artifacts, stressing the degree of intellectual ability exhibited by the creators of this art. Topics discussed include some misunderstandings about cave art intellect shown by cave artists and the use of light and color. (DS)

Reports a study's findings of which factors influence Nigerian secondary school students' choice of science subjects. Variables considered were sex, age, group of study (arts or science), attitudes, intelligence (IQ), and personality. Results from 1240 students indicated that attitude to science was most important factor followed by IQ. (ML)

White students in predominantly middle-class schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, who had used "Science - A Process Approach" in grades one through three, and students in an unidentified control group, were administered tests of intelligence, reading achievement, arithmetic achievement, and interest in science. The following significant…

Tests of intelligence and divergent thinking, and a measure of arts and science orientation, were administered to 310 unspecialized, mixed-ability, secondary pupils. Hudson's notion of convergence-divergence as a dimension contrasting preference for open-ended v closed-ended tests was not supported. (Author/SJL)