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MOLINA, Manuel; CARRIAZO, José  e  CASAS, Jaime. Cross-sectional study on secondary students' attitudes towards science. Adaptation and application of an attitude questionnaire. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Tecnol. [online]. 2013, n.33, pp.103-122. ISSN 0121-3814.

This paper presents a study on secondary students' attitudes towards science. It was carried out by designing, adjusting and applying an assessment instrument initially designed by Barmby, Kind and Jones, (2008). The application of this instrument and a pedagogical semi-structured interview allowed the collecting of reliable results (Cronbach alpha, α = 0, 77), using several attitude categories (attitude components or constructs) for science. According to the obtained data, there are not important differences regarding the gender (male or female students' attitudes). It was found that there are positive conceptions regarding the "importance of science and technology" and the importance of laboratory work in science". However, it was found that the students present unfavourable conceptions regarding the future possibilities of working in the science field. In addition, several recurrent ideas considering the science as a complex activity were observed. Finally, a progressive decrease of the positive attitudes to science was evident from 5th to 11th grade students.

Palavras-chave : Attitudes; science; attitudes towards science; secondary school; teaching.

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