Measuring Attitude towards Science among Secondary School Students: The Affective Domain.

Francis, Leslie J.; Greer, John E.

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ERIC Number: EJ600223

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Measuring Attitude towards Science among Secondary School Students: The Affective Domain.

Francis, Leslie J.; Greer, John E.

Research in Science and Technological Education, v17 n2 p219-26 Nov 1999

Describes the development of a new measure of attitude towards science for use among secondary school pupils which operationalizes the affective attitudinal domain. Scale norms demonstrate that males record a more positive attitude towards science than females, and that younger pupils record a more positive attitude than older pupils. (Contains 78 references.) (Author/WRM)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Interest Inventories, Science Interests, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires

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Language: English

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