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A study of the perceptual orientation of community college students and their attitudes toward science as they relate to science achievement
Author(s) -
Crow Linda W.,
Piper Martha K.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.3660200605
Subject(s) - perception , science education , psychology , orientation (vector space) , test (biology) , independence (probability theory) , mathematics education , field (mathematics) , community college , social psychology , medical education , mathematics , paleontology , statistics , geometry , neuroscience , pure mathematics , biology , medicine
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptual orientation and attitudes toward science of freshman community college students and the relationship of these characteristics toward science achievement. It was found that perceptual orientation (field independence‐dependence) was related to attitudes toward science. In addition, it was found that students who were field independent and possessed a positive attitude toward science scored significantly higher on the science achievement test than students who were field dependent and possessed a negative attitude toward science.