Development of an empirically based questionnaire to investigate young students' ideas about nature of science

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 408-430

  Chen, Sufen ^a   Chang, Wen Hua ^b   Lieu, Sang Chong ^c   Kao, Huey Lien ^d   Huang, Mao Tsai ^e   Lin, Shu Fen ^f  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e National Academy for Educational Research   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

elementary school; instrument; nature of science

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; ELEMENTARY STUDENTS; INFERENTIAL STATISTICS; NATURE OF SCIENCE; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; STUDENT INTERVIEWS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84875240851     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.21079     Document Type: Article

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