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Elementary School Students' Views on the Nature of Science  

Noh, Tae-Hee (Seoul National University)
Kim, Young-Hee (Seoul National University)
Han, Su-Jin (Seoul National University)
Kang, Suk-Jin (Seoul National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.22, no.4, 2002 , pp. 882-891 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary school students' views on the nature of science and to compare their views by gender. Participants were 159 sixth graders in Seoul. An instrument consisting of five multiple-choice items were developed on the bases of previous studies. At the end of each item, students were also asked to write their reason in details for selecting a specific option. The results indicated that the students' views on the nature of science, on the whole, were neither accurate nor adequate from the viewpoints of modern epistemology. On comparing their views by gender, however, no significant differences were found except the item concerning the 'nature of model'.
Keywords
nature of science; epistemology; elementary school student; gender;
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