ERIC Number: EJ1296878
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Publication Date: 2021
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Upper Primary Students' Views vis-à-vis Scientific Reasoning Progress Levels in Physics
Abate, Tsedeke; Michael, Kassa; Angell, Carl
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, v17 n5 Article em1958 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore grade eight students' views in terms of different scientific reasoning progress levels. To explore students' views, phenomenographic study was used. The qualitative analysis of students' interviews elicited three major themes of students' views about scientific reasoning progress levels: naïve, mixed, and scientific, along with the underlying ways of reasoning patterns. It was revealed that students think that scientific knowledge is static, fixed, universal, certain, and unchangeable. It is recommended that a need to consider an inquiry-based teaching in combination with the contextualized approach of nature of science in school science curriculum and classroom instruction to promote students' scientific views on the nature of science and higher scientific reasoning abilities.
Descriptors: Grade 8, Student Attitudes, Scientific Literacy, Science Process Skills, Thinking Skills, Logical Thinking, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Physics, Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Achievement, Prior Learning, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ethiopia
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