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High School Students' Views about Technology.

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Griffiths, Alan K.; Heath, Nancy Parsons – 1995

In this technologically expanding world it is important for teachers and other educators to be aware of students' existing conceptions of technology and to provide appropriate avenues for change. This study interviewed high school students (n=26) in Newfoundland, Canada, about their beliefs of science and technology. Questions were asked regarding…

Descriptors: Beliefs, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools

Students' Preconceptions about the Epistemology of Science.

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Ryan, A. G.; Aikenhead, G. S. – Science Education, 1992

A sample of grade 11 and 12 Canadian students (n>2000) responded to a national survey concerning the epistemology of science. Results revealed preconceptions held by students involving the nature of science, scientific assumptions, values in science, conceptual inventions, the scientific method, consensus making in science, and characteristics…

Descriptors: Beliefs, Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Grade 11

The No Change in Junior Secondary Students' Attitudes toward Science in a Period of Curriculum Change: A Probe into the Case of British Columbia.

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Ebenezer, Jazlin V.; Zoller, Uri – School Science and Mathematics, 1993

Compared the science attitudes of tenth-grade students from British Columbia, Canada, in 1986 with those from tenth-grade students in 1989 after a three-year science-technology-society instructional period. No positive change in students' attitudes toward science was registered. (13 references) (MDH)

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Awareness, Computer Uses in Education, Conservation (Environment)