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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2013.33.2.466

An Exploration in the Measurement and Application of Attitude Towards Science based on Social Constructivism  

Jo, Sonmi (University of Arizona)
Ku, Ja-Ok (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.33, no.2, 2013 , pp. 466-477 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the measurement of attitude towards science based on social constructivism and the application of this scale. The data were collected using questionnaires from 833 middle school students in the second grade. First, factor analysis were used to assess the construct validity of the scale of Reputation in Culture Border Crossings (R-CBC) developed by Krogh and Thomsen (2005). This finding indicated the construct validity of R-CBC scale based on social constructivism. Second, the correlation among two scales based on social constructivism and Test of Science-Related Attitudes (TOSRA) scale based on individual constructivism were investigated to examine the convergent validity and the discriminant validity. The R-CBC scale was correlated with Simpson-Troost Attitude Questionnaire (STAQ) scale but the R-CBC scale and TOSRA scale were not connected. Third, students' attitude toward science assessed by three forms of measurements were compared according to the choice of high school type. Students' attitude toward science measured by R-CBC scale and STAQ scale were different in three types of high school. This finding indicated that two scales based on social constructivism are useful measurements that can predict the choice of high school type.
Keywords
social constructivism; culture border crossings; reputation; attitude toward science; measurement;
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