TY - JOUR
AU1 - Moore, Richard W.
AU2 - Sutman, Frank X.
AB -  RICHARD MOORE W. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45066 AND FRANK SUTMAN X. Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19166 of an instrument containing these charIn the thirty years prior to 1962, several acteristics. That various instruments have tests of scientific attitudes or understand- these characteristics is evidence for their ings have been prepared and reported in usefulness. For example, it is important to the literature; four of them have been used know as precisely as possible what is being in experimental studies. These include in- tested. Dressel, Burmester, Mason and struments prepared by Allen,l Brandy- Nelson, writing in the NSSE Fifty-ninth berry: Cooley and Klopfer; and N011.~ Yearbook, note that teaching objectives Since 1962, the number of tests of scientific must be clearly stated and their attainment attitudes or understandings has increased. must be tested before they become real These include instruments prepared by objectives for either the teacher or the student.12 Further, using several items to Kimball,” Welch and Pella: K a ~ l a n , ~ Lowery: V i t r ~ g a n Schwirian,lO and Dut- assess each attitude should give a more ,~ reliable estimate of the extent to which the ton and Stephens.ll 
TI - The development, field test and validation of an inventory of scientific attitudes
JF - Journal of Research in Science Teaching
DO - 10.1002/tea.3660070203
DA - 1970-06-01
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SP - 85
EP - 94
VL - 7
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -