ERIC Number: EJ1363973
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Publication Date: 2022
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Examining the Learning Progression of Undergraduate Students' Scientific Imagination: A Measurement Perspective
Wang, Chia-Chi; Ho, Hsiao-Chi; Cheng, Chih-Ling
SAGE Open, v12 n4 Oct-Dec 2022
This study aimed to examine the learning progression (LP) model of scientific imagination among undergraduate students using the Scientific Imagination Test-Verbal (SIT-Verbal) and investigated the influence of students' demographic characteristics including gender, age, and discipline on their scientific imagination. Six hundred and sixteen undergraduates from a university in southern Taiwan participated in this study. The SIT-Verbal covered four key components of the scientific imagination process: brainstorming, association, transformation/elaboration, and conceptualization/organization/formation. The multiple validities of SIT-Verbal were assessed via a Rasch partial credit model. The results indicated that the SIT-Verbal had good model-data fit, supporting that undergraduate students' scientific imagination in four stages from brainstorming, association and transformation/elaboration to conceptualization/organization/formation. Additionally, the results showed that the SIT-Verbal was suitable for measuring students' scientific imagination at the university level. The study also provided abundant evidence verifying the SIT-Verbal and supported the learning progression for undergraduate students' scientific imagination.
Descriptors: Learning Trajectories, Undergraduate Students, Sex, Age, Discipline, Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Science Education, Imagination, Imagery, Learning Strategies
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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