When Science Is

Costa, Victoria B.

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ERIC Number: EJ507335

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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When Science Is "Another World": Relationships between Worlds of Family, Friends, School, and Science.

Costa, Victoria B.

Science Education, v79 n3 p313-33 Jun 1995

The purpose of this article is two-fold: (1) to describe a model for understanding how students' responses to science are related to the degree of congruency between their worlds of family, friends, school, and science; and (2) to explore the implications of this model for practice and policy in science education. (LZ)

Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Instructional Improvement, Models, Science Education, Science Instruction, Sciences, Secondary Education, Social Cognition, Sociocultural Patterns, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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