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Alkis Küçükaydin, Mensure; Esen, Seher – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
The Draw-A Scientist Test (DAST) has been used for many years as a data collection tool in studies where the image of the scientist is attempted to be determined. In this test, in which the image of scientist is attempted to be revealed with drawings, the drawings are analyzed using a coding ruler or checklist. However, the DAST has been…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Cognitive Tests, Freehand Drawing, Projective Measures
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Ata-Aktürk, Aysun; Demircan, Hasibe Özlen – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2022
This study aimed to explore how preschoolers perceive engineers and engineering by using their drawings. For this aim, phenomenography was used as a research approach. The data were collected using the draw-and-tell technique and through the drawing and explanation related parts of the Draw an Engineer Test. Totally, 436 preschool children from 16…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Phenomenology, Freehand Drawing, Engineering
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Leblebicioglu, Gulsen; Cetin, Pinar; Eroglu Dogan, Eylem; Metin Peten, Duygu; Capkinoglu, Esra – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2021
Background: Many survey studies conducted in different countries have reported that students had stereotypical images of scientists, such as being male, old, bald, wearing eyeglasses, and working in laboratories. There are also intervention studies to introduce real scientists and change students' stereotypical image of scientists. The current…
Descriptors: Science Education, Camps, Scientists, Stereotypes
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Uçar, Sedat; Eti, Inanç; Demircioglu, Tuba; Aktas Arnas, Yasare – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
Courses in teacher training programmes, especially science method courses, play a major role in the development of beliefs. Because children's science learning starts in preschool years, it is critical to investigate early childhood teachers' beliefs about scientists and science teaching. The purpose of this study was to describe, document, and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Gencer, Sinem; Akkus, Huseyin – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2022
The purpose of this study is to examine pre-service chemistry teachers' orientations towards chemistry teaching during chemistry teaching method courses. This study was conducted with ten pre-service chemistry teachers for 28 weeks. The Draw-A-Science-Teacher-Test Checklist (DASTT-C), card-sorting activity, interviews, observations, and reflection…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Chemistry, Student Attitudes
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Halmatov, Sultanberk – European Journal of Educational Research, 2020
"Non-existent Animal" test, which is projective in nature, has been used as an individual recognition technique in many countries, especially in Russia. There are a number of important differences that distinguish "Non-existent Animal" Test from other similar tests. The most important one is that the "thing" to be…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Imagination, Animals, Gender Differences
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Ismail Dönmez – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
Various studies have reported that students have limited, stereotypical perceptions of STEM fields. However, few studies have attempted to evaluate interventions undertaken with the aim of changing female student's perceptions of STEM professions. This research aimed to examine the changes in mental images among female students as a result of…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, STEM Careers, STEM Education, Gender Differences
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Kuvac, Meltem; Koc, Isil – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: Several studies have reported that inservice and preservice teachers hold narrow and stereotypical perceptions of engineer and engineering. However, only a few studies attempted to examine interventions which improve their perceptions. Purpose: This study aimed to explore the preservice science teachers' (PSTs) perceptions of engineer…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Engineering
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Gokbulak, Yagmur; Senler, Burcu – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2021
This study aims to develop primary-school students' understanding of the scientific practices in the Benzene Ring Heuristic (BRH) and to determine how BRH applications would affect student perceptions about science, scientific knowledge, and scientists. An interpretative qualitative research design was used in the study. The study group consisted…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Students, Scientific Research, Heuristics
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Baybars, Meryem Gorecek – Science Education International, 2020
The purpose of the current study was to determine secondary school students' images of a scientist with regard to gender as the variable. The study was carried out with the participation of 240 secondary school students in a city located in the western part of Turkey in the fall term of the 2017-2018 school year. The data were collected with…
Descriptors: Scientists, Stereotypes, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries
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Alkis Küçükaydin, Mensure; Gökbulut, Yasin – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2020
This study aimed to compare the beliefs of teacher candidates from preschool teaching, classroom teaching and science teaching programs have toward their science teaching. A correlational survey model was applied for the design of the study. The study sample consisted of 236 teacher candidates who were selected using the maximum variation sampling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Beliefs
Kesicioglu, Oguz Serdar; Yildirim Haciibrahimoglu, Binnur; Aktas, Banu – Online Submission, 2019
The purpose of this study is to reveal the perceptions of today's children surrounding play. A phenomenological method was used in the research, designed qualitatively for the purpose of revealing pre-school-aged children's perceptions of play in their pictures. A total of 97 children being educated in two different preschools in the fall term of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Childrens Attitudes, Play, Preferences
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Erdogan, Sezen Camci – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2019
The present study aims to examine the perceptions towards scientists and science/pseudoscience distinctions of gifted education and elementary education teacher candidates who will educate gifted students especially at the elementary education level. A total of 92 volunteer prospective teachers, composed of candidates from gifted education and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Academically Gifted
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Turkmen, Hakan; Unver, Elif – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The Draw-A-Science-Teacher-Test Checklist (DASTT-C) is an useful instrument to show how our science teaching environment and science teacher behaviors have been going on. This study is a cross cultural and comparative study to contribute to literature of problems of science teacher behaviors and of science learning environment. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Students, Freehand Drawing, Cognitive Tests
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Karaçam, Sedat – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2016
The aim of this study is to examine primary school students' scientist-image stereotypes by considering the relationships among indicators. A total of 877 students attending Grades 6 and 7 in Düzce, Turkey participated in this study. The Draw-A-Scientist Test (DAST) was implemented during the 2013-2014 academic year to determine students' images…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes
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