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The Development of Instruments to Assess Attitudes Toward Science of Students and Their Parents  

Choi, Sung-Youn (Ewha Womans University)
Kim, Sung-Yeon (Ewha Womans University)
Kim, Sung-Won (Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.27, no.3, 2007 , pp. 272-284 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to describe the scales of attitudes toward science and the validation of instruments for students and their parents. These instruments include three scales: cognition about value of science, affection toward science & science learning, and conative participation in scientific activities. A sample of middle school students (N=198) and their parents (N=153) was selected. Data analysis indicated that the instruments developed in this study had proper validity and reliability measures (${\alpha}=0.93$ for student questionnaire, ${\alpha}=0.88$ for parent questionnaire). The results reveal that both students and parents were well aware of the academic/vocational and social value of science, but they had low awareness of the individual value. In spite of that, students have positive feelings regarding enjoyment toward science and science learning, their self-concept and self-efficacy were low. And parents' responses were observed to support their kids in general field but not in science. Especially, female students had low participation in scientific activities and also their parents had low support for scientific activities (p<.0.1). Finally, there were positive correlations between students' attitudes toward science and their parents' affection toward science & science learning and conative participation in science activities.
Keywords
developing instrument; attitude toward science; student; parent;
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