Is the Credibility Principle a Model for Changing Science Attitudes?.

Martin, Ralph E., Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ317459

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Publication Date: 1985

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Is the Credibility Principle a Model for Changing Science Attitudes?

Martin, Ralph E., Jr.

Science Education, v69 n2 p229-39 Apr 1985

Examined the effects different communicators (science methods instructors, supervisors, graduate assistants, and others) had on the attitudes of 25 elementary education majors toward science and science teaching, focusing on which communicators were perceived as being the most credible. (DH)

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Credibility, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education, Science Instruction, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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