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Peer reviewedOliver, J. Steve; Anderson, Norman D. – Science Education, 1986
Determined how 430 eighth-grade students perceived science teaching as a career. One area investigated was the relationship between student ratings of science teaching as a career and such variables as sex, race, age, educational aspirations, and mother's/father's education and job type. (JN)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Science Education
Peer reviewedGeorge, Rani; Kaplan, David – Science Education, 1998
Proposes a model of parent and teacher influences on the science attitudes of eighth-grade students using data from the base year survey of the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS: 88). Utilizes structural equation modeling methodology for analysis of categorical data. Contains 61 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Models
Peer reviewedTsai, Chin-Chung – Science Education, 1999
Describes a study that explored the interplay between students' scientific epistemological views (SEVs) and their learning in school laboratory activities. Finds that students having SEVs oriented to constructivist views of science tend to focus more on negotiating the meanings of experiments with their peers than students with SEVs more in line…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Discourse Analysis, Epistemology, Foreign Countries
Relationship of Family Support and Ethnic Minority Students' Achievement in Science and Mathematics.
Peer reviewedSmith, Frances M.; Hausafus, Cheryl O. – Science Education, 1998
Identifies those aspects of family support that have the most influence on students' learning in mathematics and science. Examines the relationship of the mother's support and participation to the eighth-grade minority child's score on standardized tests. Contains 36 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Influence, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
