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Direct linkDaniel R. Pimentel – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
Students frequently turn to the internet for information about a range of scientific issues. However, they can find it challenging to evaluate the credibility of the information they find, which may increase their susceptibility to mis- and disinformation. This exploratory study reports findings from an instructional intervention designed to teach…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Evaluative Thinking, Internet, Science Process Skills
Kalinowski, Steven T.; Willoughby, Shannon – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
We present a multiple-choice test, the Montana State University Formal Reasoning Test (FORT), to assess college students' scientific reasoning ability. The test defines scientific reasoning to be equivalent to formal operational reasoning. It contains 20 questions divided evenly among five types of problems: control of variables, hypothesis…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Test Construction, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses
