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Peer reviewedAikenhead, Glen S. – Science Education, 1987
As the third in a four-part series on issues related to science-technology-society (STS), this article discusses Canadian high school graduates' viewpoints on the characteristics and limitations of scientific knowledge. Responses indicated students harbored diverse and contradictory beliefs about scientific knowledge. (ML)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, National Surveys
Download full textAikenhead, Glen S.; And Others – 1985
The rationale and the methodology used in a study of high school graduates' viewpoints on science-technology-society (STS) topics are reviewed in this paper. The study employed the instrument, Views on Science-Technology-Society (VOSTS), which required students to write an argumentative paragraph responding to one of 46 statements about an STS…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Research Needs
