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Interest Enhancements to Science Experiments: Interactions with Student Gender.
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Martinez, Michael E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Summarizes comparisons of self-reported interest by gender and experimental condition for middle school students (n=101) who performed scientific experiments under conditions designed to vary across difficulty levels, social contexts, and scenarios of fantasy to realism. Findings indicate that boys were more attentive to aspects of experimental…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Locus of Control, Middle Schools, Motivation
The Influences of Sequenced Instructional Strategy and Locus of Control on Preservice Elementary Teachers' Understanding of the Nature of Science.
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Scharmann, Lawrence C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1988
Examines the influence of both locus of control and three instructional strategies to foster an understanding of the nature of science. Reports that the nature of science was most predictable for a separate process/content/teaching methods and logical thinking ability was the best predictor of the nature of science. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Locus of Control, Logical Thinking